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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marc Tong Panong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Fingers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tong Panong comes into the arena with Tetris Song (remix) blaring out of the sound system. Fingers comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Im tired. U suck. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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190 lbs
17 - 19 - 0 |
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193 lbs
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Good wrestling
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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
17 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marc Tong Panong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobby Fingers!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fingers gets tackled into the cage by Tong Panong. Tong Panong maintains the clinch.
Fingers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tong Panong shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fingers sprawls well. Fingers wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tong Panong gets slowly back to his feet.
Tong Panong scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fingers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tong Panong fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Fingers avoids it really well and circles away.
Tong Panong shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fingers defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marc Tong Panong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fingers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tong Panong as he jumps to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fingers ducks under a wild hook from Tong Panong.
Tong Panong displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fingers.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fingers.
Fingers misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tong Panong dodges the punch combination from Fingers.
Tong Panong tries to clinch but Fingers moves out of range.
Fingers throws a right and a left that Tong Panong avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fingers gets a double leg takedown into Tong Panong's guard.
Tong Panong is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fingers wants to pass the guard but Tong Panong is keeping the position.
Fingers throws a big right hand that misses.
Fingers tries to free his leg and advance position but Tong Panong is retaining full guard.
Tong Panong is trying to keep Fingers in close.
Fingers throws a big right hand that misses.
Fingers stopping the sweep attempt from Tong Panong.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tong Panong is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Fingers trying to control the position from guard on top but Tong Panong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fingers is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Tong Panong is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tong Panong manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tong Panong misses with a head shot.
Tong Panong throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Fingers wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tong Panong misses with a head shot.
Tong Panong has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fingers holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tong Panong tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fingers is bucking up trying to escape but Tong Panong cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tong Panong throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Fingers wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tong Panong.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fingers wants to try and get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fingers holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tong Panong tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marc Tong Panong dominated that round.
That's time! Tong Panong's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tong Panong clinches with his opponent.
Tong Panong is trying to drag Fingers to the mat but Fingers just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tong Panong is working for takedown but Fingers is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tong Panong is working for takedown but Fingers is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marc Tong Panong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fingers is looking to take this one to the mat.
Fingers prevents a takedown attempt there.
Fingers taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tong Panong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fingers decides to pull guard.
Fingers working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tong Panong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fingers is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tong Panong trying to control but Fingers is working from the bottom.
Tong Panong missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tong Panong throwing strikes from guard but Fingers blocks nicely.
Tong Panong wants to control from the top but Fingers keeps moving.
Fingers scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fingers is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tong Panong sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tong Panong is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Fingers's half guard.
Tong Panong scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fingers looks like he's trying to stand up.
Tong Panong tries to pass to full mount but Fingers defends it.
Fingers avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tong Panong.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tong Panong stalling away here and it's allowed Fingers to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Fingers keeping moving, preventing Tong Panong from controlling successfully.
Tong Panong pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fingers is keeping the position for now.
Fingers is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tong Panong is controlling him.
Tong Panong loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tong Panong throwing strikes from guard but Fingers blocks nicely.
Tong Panong throws a big right hand that misses.
Tong Panong passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Fingers wants to get back to his feet.
Fingers managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Tong Panong.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tong Panong working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Tong Panong working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marc Tong Panong dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Tong Panong shoots in for a takedown but Fingers shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fingers lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fingers slips under a jab.
Fingers misses with the combination.
Fingers missing with a left hand there. Tong Panong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tong Panong gets the takedown into side control.
Marc Tong Panong overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tong Panong in side control, throwing shots but Fingers defends.
Tong Panong throws an elbow but Fingers slips to the side and avoids it well.
Fingers regains half guard there - taking advantage of Tong Panong's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Tong Panong throwing shots but Fingers is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tong Panong sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fingers defending well though.
Tong Panong throws a strike but Fingers avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Fingers working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tong Panong.
Tong Panong throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fingers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tong Panong postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tong Panong stops Fingers from standing up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tong Panong's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Marc Tong Panong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tong Panong wants to control from the top but Fingers keeps moving.
Fingers is looking to stand up but Tong Panong isn't so interested in that idea.
Fingers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tong Panong trying to control the position from guard on top but Fingers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fingers being controlled here, momentarily.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Marc Tong Panong just wasn't active enough.
Tong Panong shoots in looking for a takedown. Fingers tries to sprawl out of it but Tong Panong keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fingers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fingers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tong Panong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tong Panong gets underhooks to prevent Fingers's takedown attempt.
Tong Panong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fingers.
Tong Panong wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marc Tong Panong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tong Panong jumps guard.
Fingers stopping the sweep attempt from Tong Panong.
Tong Panong manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fingers manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fingers keeping moving, preventing Tong Panong from controlling successfully.
Fingers is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Bobby Fingers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fingers tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fingers looking for a takedown.
Tong Panong gets underhooks to prevent Fingers's takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tong Panong lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marc Tong Panong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tong Panong, 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marc Tong Panong!
In his post fight interview, Marc Tong Panong started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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hype
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