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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sauli Niinisto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benedito Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sauli Niinisto had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sauli Niinisto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benedito Braga!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benedito Braga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braga is looking to slow Niinisto down with leg kicks.
Braga throws a sloppy head kick and Niinisto moves out of range easily.
Braga throws a right and a left that Niinisto avoids nicely.
Braga lands a body shot.
Braga misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Braga. Those never looked like landing.
Niinisto throws a low kick but Braga moves out of range easily.
Niinisto lands a nice hook to Braga's body. Braga takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Niinisto tries to clinch up.
Braga scores with a nice head shot.
Braga throws a leg kick but Niinisto moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niinisto tries to clinch but Braga moves out of range.
Niinisto connects with a solid leg kick.
Braga throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Braga looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Braga throws a head kick that misses.
Niinisto tries a low kick but Braga avoids it.
Niinisto blocks a head kick by Braga.
Niinisto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Braga blocks an elbow strike.
Braga is stalling here.
Braga gets through Niinisto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Braga scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga lands a good knee to the midsection. Niinisto won't want to take too many of those.
Braga trying to control the position but instead, Niinisto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Braga into the cage.
Niinisto trying to land knees to the body.
Niinisto throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Niinisto.
Niinisto missing with knees to the body.
Braga scores with a shot to the side of Niinisto's head.
Braga avoids a wild elbow strike from Niinisto.
Braga lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braga stalling in the clinch but Niinisto improves position.
Braga tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Niinisto avoids it.
Niinisto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Braga's defenses.
It looks like Benedito Braga has been cut.
Niinisto blocks the elbow strike.
Niinisto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Braga tries to land a knee to the head but Niinisto blocks with his arms.
Braga tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Niinisto avoids it.
Braga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga is looking to control Niinisto's arms but Niinisto gets an underhook and turns him. Now Braga has his back to the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Niinisto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Braga's brow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Braga.
Niinisto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Braga managing to block the knees to the body from Niinisto.
With the fighters up against the cage, Niinisto throws an elbow but misses.
Braga lands an elbow that stopped Niinisto in his tracks for a moment.
Braga lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Braga.
Niinisto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Braga tries a knee to the head but Niinisto blocks it.
Niinisto throws an elbow that misses.
Braga blocks an elbow strike.
Niinisto is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Braga tries to stall but Niinisto uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Niinisto blocks an elbow strike.
Niinisto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Braga trying to land knees to the body.
Niinisto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Braga avoids a wild elbow strike from Niinisto.
Braga avoids the elbow strike from Niinisto, against the cage.
Niinisto tries to land knees in the clinch but Braga avoids the damage to the body.
Niinisto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braga swings wildly with an uppercut but Niinisto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Niinisto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Niinisto misses with an elbow over the top.
Niinisto trying to land knees to the body.
Braga with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Niinisto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Braga.
Braga avoids a wild elbow strike from Niinisto.
Braga avoiding damage as Niinisto throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Benedito Braga will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Benedito Braga's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Braga moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Braga circles away from the clinch attempt.
Niinisto throws a body kick that misses.
Niinisto throws a nice inside leg kick.
Braga throws a right hand that Niinisto ducks under and follows up with a left that Niinisto also avoids with ease.
Braga forces Niinisto back against the cage and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Niinisto as Braga tries to tie him up.
Braga tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Niinisto obliges.
The referee is keeping an eye on Braga - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Braga throws an elbow that misses.
Niinisto throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Niinisto throws an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Braga stalls.
Braga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Niinisto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Braga.
Niinisto throws an elbow but it misses.
Braga avoids the elbow strike from Niinisto, against the cage.
Niinisto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Niinisto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Braga's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Braga trying to land knees to the body.
Braga lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Braga stalling the fight.
Braga misses with a knee to the head.
Braga stalling in the clinch but Niinisto improves position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niinisto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Niinisto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Niinisto pushes off an throws an elbow but Braga leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Braga.
Niinisto throws an elbow that misses.
Braga avoids the elbow strike from Niinisto, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Niinisto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Braga's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Niinisto trying to stall but Braga improves his position.
Niinisto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Niinisto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Braga's brow.
Braga is working Niinisto over against the cage.
Braga on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Niinisto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Niinisto prevents a body shot from Braga.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Braga takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Braga.
Braga scores with a shot to the side of Niinisto's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niinisto lands an elbow just above Braga 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Braga misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Niinisto.
Braga lands a damaging elbow.
Braga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Niinisto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Braga pushes Niinisto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Braga takes an elbow to the temple.
Braga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Niinisto blocks it with crossed arms.
Braga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Niinisto is pushing Braga up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nice body punch from Braga.
Niinisto pushes off an throws an elbow but Braga leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Niinisto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Braga's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niinisto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Braga avoids it.
Braga scores with a shot to the side of Niinisto's head.
Braga blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Braga lands an elbow inside that Niinisto shrugs off.
Braga's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Niinisto blocks a head kick by Braga.
Niinisto lands a leg kick that knocks Braga off balance momentarily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Braga checks a leg kick.
Braga lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Niinisto clinches up with Braga and pushes him back against the cage.
Come on Niinisto - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The referee is keeping an eye on Braga - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Benedito Braga will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Benedito Braga's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Niinisto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Braga manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Braga moves out of range as Niinisto throws a body kick.
Braga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Braga shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Niinisto but Niinisto pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Braga looks to land a body kick but Niinisto moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Niinisto.
Braga scores with a push kick.
Niinisto throws a low kick but Braga moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga fakes the leg kick and cracks Niinisto in the body.
Braga throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Niinisto.
Braga pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Niinisto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Braga unloads a knee to the mid-section. Niinisto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Niinisto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Niinisto trying to land knees to the body.
Braga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Niinisto prevents a body shot from Braga.
Niinisto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A bit of stalling here from Braga.
Braga lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Braga avoiding damage as Niinisto throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Niinisto trying to control the position but instead, Braga has worked for underhooks and has pushed Niinisto into the cage.
Niinisto scores a nice knee to the body.
Braga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Niinisto looking to slow down the pace here.
Braga slows down the pace here.
A short right from Braga.
Braga trying to land knees to the body.
Niinisto taking a breather.
Braga lands a nice knee to the body.
Niinisto takes a shot to the head.
Niinisto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Niinisto misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Braga fails to land.
Sauli Niinisto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Niinisto keeps control of Braga as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Niinisto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Braga is defending well for now.
Niinisto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Braga lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Braga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Braga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sauli Niinisto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Braga.
Nice body kick from Braga.
A head kick misses from Niinisto.
Braga moves out of range of the leg kick from Niinisto.
Niinisto stuffs the takedown attempt from Braga. Braga gets slowly back to his feet.
A head kick misses from Braga.
Benedito Braga is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga lands a nice looking body shot.
Niinisto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Braga.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Braga - that will leave a mark!
Braga scores with a jab to the jaw.
Niinisto wants to land a leg kick but Braga is out of range.
Niinisto throws a head kick but Braga moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Niinisto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niinisto throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benedito Braga comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Braga has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Benedito Braga!
A victorious Benedito Braga thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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