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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shefki Kuqi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juha Mieto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juha Mieto will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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183 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Shefki Kuqi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juha Mieto!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Mieto.
Kuqi looks to land a combination but Mieto avoids it well.
Mieto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kuqi has time to react.
Mieto throws a leg kick but Kuqi moved away.
Kuqi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mieto.
Kuqi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kuqi throws a series of punches but Mieto avoids them all with ease.
Mieto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kuqi misses with a two punch combination.
Mieto cracks the inside of Kuqi's front leg.
Kuqi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mieto is fending him off so far but Kuqi persists. Nope, Mieto circles away and we're back to standing.
Mieto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kuqi's sensitive parts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mieto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Mieto finds it's way through Kuqi's defenses.
Mieto throws out a powerful jab.
Juha Mieto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mieto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kuqi's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mieto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kuqi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kuqi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mieto circles away quickly and effectively.
Mieto scores with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mieto.
Sloppy strikes from Kuqi. Those never looked like landing.
Mieto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kuqi misses with a few strikes there.
Mieto scores with a head kick. Kuqi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A lazy left from Mieto finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mieto with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice shot lands for Mieto.
Mieto lands a leg kick that knocks Kuqi off balance momentarily.
Mieto clobbers Kuqi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kuqi closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kuqi lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kuqi keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mieto's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mieto trying to control the position.
Kuqi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kuqi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kuqi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mieto looking to control.
Mieto is controlling Kuqi's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mieto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kuqi trying to control the position from guard on top but Mieto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kuqi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Juha Mieto hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Mieto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A good leg kick by Mieto.
Mieto with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mieto. That's going to slow Kuqi down.
Mieto throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mieto. That's going to slow Kuqi down.
Kuqi tries for a takedown but Mieto sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kuqi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mieto is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kuqi blocks a head kick by Mieto.
Mieto is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kuqi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Horrible takedown by Kuqi or perhaps it was just good defense by Mieto which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shefki Kuqi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mieto.
Kuqi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kuqi fails with a takedown attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Mieto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mieto throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kuqi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kuqi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mieto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juha Mieto dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Mieto misses with a straight right.
Mieto throws a low kick, looking for Kuqi's leg but Kuqi calmly moves out of range.
Kuqi blocks the body kick.
Mieto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kuqi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Mieto misses.
Kuqi throws a nice looking combination but Mieto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Kuqi.
Kuqi lands some shots froms side control.
Kuqi is looking to take a break and control but Mieto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kuqi looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Mieto is avoiding damage well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuqi lands a nice forearm strike.
Kuqi tries to score with some ground and pound. Mieto controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Mieto managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kuqi.
Kuqi wants to control but Mieto is keeping him busy.
Kuqi working the ground and pound.
Kuqi working the ground and pound from side control.
Kuqi trying to control the action but Mieto is working from the bottom.
Mieto tries to buck Kuqi off but Kuqi is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mieto can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mieto takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
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!
Kuqi cracks Mieto with a big right hand but Mieto just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mieto is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mieto is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuqi scoring with punches and elbows.
Kuqi looks up at the clock and then as Mieto takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kuqi smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kuqi landing a few strikes.
Kuqi trying to control the position but Mieto is working away.
Kuqi throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Mieto is not content to let Kuqi control the position.
Kuqi misses with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mieto taking punishment in the form of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuqi is looking to take a break and control but Mieto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kuqi tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mieto managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kuqi.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kuqi working the ground and pound but Mieto is defending the strikes.
Mieto can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shefki Kuqi dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Mieto misses with a head kick.
Mieto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mieto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mieto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mieto connects with a leg kick. Kuqi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mieto is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kuqi.
Kuqi blocks a low kick nicely.
Mieto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuqi.
Sloppy strikes from Kuqi. Those never looked like landing.
Shefki Kuqi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice takedown defense from Mieto. No joy for Kuqi on that attempt.
Mieto is looking to clinch.
Mieto scores with a punch to the head.
Mieto lands with a slapping head kick.
Kuqi staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuqi looks to score with a jab to the body but Mieto is just out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mieto.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mieto!
Mieto lands with a slapping head kick.
Kuqi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mieto.
Mieto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mieto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kuqis head.
Mieto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mieto lands a left hand.
Mieto has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mieto stalls.
Mieto throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuqi.
Kuqi is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mieto misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Mieto scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Mieto.
Mieto misses with some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mieto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mieto throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuqi.
Mieto gets underhooks to prevent Kuqi's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shefki Kuqi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kuqi has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mieto after a bit of a struggle.
Mieto lands a right hand.
Kuqi blocking some punches.
Mieto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mieto scores with a shot to the side of Kuqi's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mieto throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuqi.
Mieto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mieto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mieto lands a shoulder strike.
Mieto can't find room to land a body shot as Kuqi controls the action.
Mieto has a couple of punches blocked by Kuqi.
Mieto lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mieto.
Mieto gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kuqi.
Mieto lands a body shot.
Mieto taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mieto digs a right hand into Kuqi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kuqi's gas tank.
Mieto prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mieto misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Mieto as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mieto avoiding damage.
Mieto scores with a shot to the side of Kuqi's head.
Mieto scores with a shot to the side of Kuqi's head.
Mieto is defending well against a takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mieto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mieto has a couple of punches blocked by Kuqi.
Mieto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juha Mieto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mieto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juha Mieto!
A very excited looking Juha Mieto made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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