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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Flip Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blade Runner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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177 lbs
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180 cm
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174 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Flip Chase!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Blade Runner!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Runner misses.
Runner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chase ducks under a wild hook from Runner.
Chase is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab lands there for Runner.
Runner throws a jab when Chase was well out of range.
Chase gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chase can't find room to land a body shot as Runner controls the action.
Runner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Runner managing to block the knees to the body from Chase.
Runner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chase is struggling to control the position.
Runner struggles to land a body shot inside as Chase controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Runner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chase unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chase throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chase misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Runner.
Runner throws a punch but it's blocked by Chase.
Runner throws a head punch that misses.
Chase tries to work over Runner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chase throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Runner blocks it with crossed arms.
Chase tries to land knees in the clinch but Runner avoids the damage to the body.
Chase lands a right hand that snaps the head of Runner backwards.
Runner tries to circle away but Chase has him pinned against the cage.
Chase blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Runner throws a head punch that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Chase tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chase taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Chase wants a takedown but no success here.
Runner scores with a shot to the side of Chase's head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chase misses with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chase tries a body shot but Runner blocks it.
Runner throws a head punch that misses.
Runner misses with some punches.
Runner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chase unloads a knee to the mid-section. Runner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chase tries to land knees in the clinch but Runner avoids the damage to the body.
Chase keeps control of Runner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chase blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Runner has a couple of punches blocked by Chase.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase throws a knee to the head but misses.
Runner is trying to break the clinch but Chase has him pressed against the cage.
Chase landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chase drops down looking for an ankle pick but Runner pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Flip Chase. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chase is breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut there from Runner.
Chase tries to clinch but Runner moves out of range.
Runner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chase has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Runner lands a nice shot to the body.
Runner throws a punch but it's blocked by Chase.
Runner working hard to break the clinch.
Runner working aggressively here.
Chase crunches a lovely knee into Runner's ribcage.
Chase lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chase throws a knee to the head but misses.
Runner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Runner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Runner wants to break free but Chase has control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Runner being controlled against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Chase throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Runner blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Flip Chase dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Chase ducks right into an uppercut from Runner.
Runner uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Chase has time to react.
Runner connects with a crisp jab.
Runner throws out a loose jab but Chase uses good head movement to avoid it.
Runner with a hook.
Runner swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chase.
Runner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chase.
Runner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Runner lands with a nice body punch.
Runner with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Runner lands with an overhand left.
Jab, jab by Runner - just one landing.
Runner connects with a body shot.
Runner lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Runner.
Runner loads up on a big right hand but Chase slips the punch.
Runner swings for the body but Chase moves out of range.
Chase is looking to clinch but Runner is avoiding it.
Chase wants to clinch up but Runner keeps it at a distance.
Runner scores with a jab to the body.
Chase throws a body punch but Runner moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Runner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chase sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Runner is breathing heavily.
Chase instigates a clinch.
Chase misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Runner.
Chase tries to land a knee to the head but Runner blocks with his arms.
Runner avoiding damage as Chase throws knees to the body.
Chase has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Runner after a bit of a struggle.
Chase tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Runner avoids it.
A short uppercut from Runner.
Runner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chase missing with knees to the body.
Chase misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Runner.
Runner scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chase.
Chase pulls guard successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Chase had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Runner defends it easily.
Chase throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Runner wants to stand and escape but instead Chase has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Runner is looking to stand up but Chase isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chase works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Chase trying to control the pace.
Chase's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chase passes to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Flip Chase will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Chase shoots in and drives through. Runner sprawls well.
Runner lands with a shot to the body.
Runner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chase showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Runner.
Chase displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Runner throws out the jab.
Chase fails with the takedown.
Runner swats away the attempt to clinch by Chase.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chase tries to clinch up but Runner circles away and keeps his distance.
Chase tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Runner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Runner digs a good body shot into Chase's ribs.
A slow jab from Runner misses its intended target.
Chase instigates a clinch.
Runner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chase drops down looking for an ankle pick but Runner pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Flip Chase. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chase shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chase throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chase takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Chase scores with a head kick.
Chase rushes Runner and presses him up against the cage.
Chase tries to throw a body punch but Runner avoids it by throwing Chase back against the cage.
Chase trying to land knees to the body.
Runner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chase misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Runner.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Runner pushes Chase back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Runner managing to block the knees to the body from Chase.
Chase tries to land knees in the clinch but Runner avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Runner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chase drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Runner gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Chase throws a knee to the head but misses.
Runner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chase looking to throw knees to the head but Runner is blocking nicely.
Runner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chase lands a nice knee to the body.
Chase tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Runner throws a head punch that misses.
Runner is leaning against Chase and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Runner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Runner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flip Chase has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Runner lands a shot to the body.
Runner pushes Chase back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chase is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Runner is keeping busy.
Runner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Runner.
Runner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Runner managing to block the knees to the body from Chase.
Chase blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Runner misses with the head strike.
Runner prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Runner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blade Runner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flip Chase is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Runner misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Flip Chase.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Chase, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flip Chase!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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