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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jukka Pelkko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Roy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas Roy will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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193 lbs
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200 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jukka Pelkko!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucas Roy!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roy throws a lazy right hand but Pelkko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Roy shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Roy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pelkko has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Roy has managed to get both his arms back between Pelkko's legs - danger averted.
Roy advances position into side control!
Pelkko manages to work his way to half guard, despite Roy's best efforts.
Roy is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Pelkko!
Roy looking to secure an arm triangle but Pelkko defends it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pelkko defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Roy.
Pelkko really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pelkko tries to hold on but Roy postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Pelkko is working to get back to half guard.
Roy looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Roy is working for a guillotine from mount but Pelkko frees his head quite easily.
Pelkko keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Roy is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Pelkko is surviving well by controlling Roy's body position as best he can.
Roy is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Pelkko can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelkko working to try and regain half guard.
Roy goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Pelkko turns into him and now he's in Roy's guard.
Pelkko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Roy is keeping the position for now.
Roy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Pelkko defends well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pelkko stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Roy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pelkko defends it easily.
Roy has his foot on Pelkko's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Pelkko works his way back into a safe position though.
Roy is looking for a triangle here but Pelkko uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Pelkko wants to control but Roy is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roy sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Pelkko tries to pass the half guard into mount. Roy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pelkko is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Roy sees it coming and defends easily.
Roy works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roy wants to improve his position but instead Pelkko has moved into half guard.
Roy is looking to improve his position.
Pelkko seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Pelkko is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Roy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A slow jab from Roy misses its intended target.
Pelkko ducks under a wild hook from Roy.
Pelkko scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Roy prevents Pelkko from moving into mount.
Roy sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Pelkko trying to mount his opponent but Roy defends it.
Roy is pressing down on Pelkko's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Roy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Roy looking for a guillotine here but Pelkko defends easily.
Roy keeping moving, preventing Pelkko from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pelkko throws a strike but Roy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Roy advances to half guard.
Roy wants to free his trapped foot but Pelkko is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pelkko is controlling Roy's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Roy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Pelkko looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelkko gets back to full guard.
Pelkko is looking for a triangle but Roy pushes his legs off easily.
Roy is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Roy passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Roy is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Pelkko has escaped the position, nice work there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pelkko struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelkko manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Pelkko content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Roy wants to get back to full guard.
Roy wants to get back to his feet.
Roy is looking for a sweep. Pelkko is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pelkko tries to pass the half guard into mount. Roy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pelkko trying to control from half guard but Roy is working away.
Pelkko is really struggling to control Roy but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roy manages to get to full guard.
Roy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pelkko's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Roy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Roy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pelkko doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pelkko manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Roy is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pelkko sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Roy's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pelkko is pressing down on Roy's thigh, looking to free his foot. Roy is holding on for now.
Roy tries to get to full guard but Pelkko has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lucas Roy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Roy stuffs the takedown attempt from Pelkko. Pelkko gets slowly back to his feet.
Roy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pelkko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roy misses with the combination.
Good shot there by Roy.
Roy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Roy looks to land a right hand but Pelkko moved out of range.
Pelkko takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jukka Pelkko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roy punishes Pelkko's body with a nice straight punch.
Pelkko closes this distance looking for a takedown but Roy circles away.
Pelkko throws a lazy uppercut
and Roy counters with a straight right hand.
Roy throws a jab but it's blocked by Pelkko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelkko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roy scores with a hook to the body. Pelkko takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roy slaps away a takedown attempt from Pelkko, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jukka Pelkko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pelkko momentarily.
Pelkko throws a shot from downtown. Roy moves away and avoids it.
Roy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Roy lands a jab to the nose.
Roy misses with a wild body shot.
Horrible takedown by Pelkko or perhaps it was just good defense by Roy which made him look bad.
Pelkko gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Roy might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nice uppercut lands for Roy. That snapped Pelkko's head back.
Lucas Roy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelkko avoids the body shot from Roy.
Roy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pelkko manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Roy on his heels. He'll look to pass Roy's guard now, I'm sure.
Roy can't keep his opponent in guard - Pelkko advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pelkko controlling the action here.
Roy actively working from the bottom here.
Roy pushes Pelkko off looking to stand but Pelkko dives back in and keeps control.
Pelkko is trying to control the action in half guard but Roy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pelkko passes to side control.
Roy is trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Pelkko's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Roy wants to improve his position but Pelkko is controlling well.
Roy is defending against the submission attempts here by Pelkko.
Pelkko is working for a kimura but Roy is defending it quite comfortably.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roy is pressing down on Pelkko's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Roy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Pelkko defends well.
Pelkko trying to control the position from guard on top but Roy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pelkko preventing the sweep.
Pelkko looking to pass the guard.
Pelkko trying to control but Roy is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Roy really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pelkko looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Roy!
Pelkko lands a big shot there that rocks Roy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pelkko sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pelkko wants to control the pace but Roy is squirming around nicely.
Roy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pelkko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Roy is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelkko scoring with strikes but Roy is staying in there.
Pelkko prevents Roy from getting the reversal.
Pelkko looking for a guillotine from mount but Roy is having none of it.
Pelkko putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Roy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pelkko looking to control but Roy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pelkko is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Roy to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Roy shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roy can't escape the position.
Pelkko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Roy is looking to escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pelkko moves to back control.
Roy rolls, trying to escape but Pelkko keeps control of the position.
Pelkko doesn't have the hooks in and Roy manages to turn into his guard.
Roy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pelkko is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Roy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelkko is trying to keep Roy in close.
Pelkko manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Roy is trying desperately to improve position.
Roy slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Roy actively working from the bottom here.
Roy gets back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelkko wants to control from the top but Roy keeps moving.
Pelkko avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Roy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pelkko seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Pelkko sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Roy's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pelkko is looking to take a break and control but Roy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jukka Pelkko had his way with Lucas Roy in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Roy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pelkko eats them both and turns towards Roy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A punch combination from Roy misses.
Pelkko shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Roy defends it nicely.
Pelkko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roy.
Pelkko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pelkko shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Roy as he jumps to the side.
Roy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roy. Pelkko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roy swats away the attempt to clinch by Pelkko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelkko fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jukka Pelkko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Roy avoids the body shot from Pelkko.
Roy lands with a cross.
Roy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pelkko momentarily.
Roy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pelkko's hands.
Roy throws out a powerful jab.
Roy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pelkko shoots in for a takedown but Roy shows good takedown defense.
The fighters circling - Pelkko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pelkko walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pelkko has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Roy finds it's way round the side to connect with Pelkko's head.
Roy cracks Pelkko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roy connects with a crisp jab.
Roy drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pelkko tries to bench press Roy off him but Roy keeps the position.
Roy is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Pelkko knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pelkko is looking to reverse the position.
Roy has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Roy looking for a guillotine from mount but Pelkko is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelkko wants to control but Roy is having none of it.
Roy is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Pelkko can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Roy looking for a guillotine from mount but Pelkko is having none of it.
Roy looking for a guillotine from mount but Pelkko is having none of it.
Jukka Pelkko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pelkko sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelkko trying to control here.
Roy is looking for a kimura here.
Roy is looking for a kimura here.
Roy uses his free foot to push down on Pelkko's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Pelkko.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roy is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Pelkko to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Pelkko shrugs it off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Roy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roy 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 46:49
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 46:49
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas Roy! Lucas Roy retains his middleweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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