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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Damato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Jussila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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217 lbs
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225 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pete Damato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaakko Jussila!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Alyssa Summers and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damato blocks a jab.
A head kick misses from Damato.
Jussila turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jussila tests Damato's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Damato misses.
Jussila jabs at Damato's body.
The fighters circling - Jussila throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Damato wants to clinch.
Damato tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jussila swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jussila tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Damato is able to avoid easily.
Damato misses with an uppercut.
Damato with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Jussila misses.
Jussila rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Damato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jussila takes one to the chin there.
Damato pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jussila throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jussila misses with a head kick.
Jussila moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jussila misses with a lunging right hand
and Damato counters with a left and a right that stings Jussila.
Damato uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jussila.
Jussila takes a swing at Damato's ribcage but misses.
Damato moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jussila fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Damato is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jussila connects with a solid leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jussila.
Damato misses with a looping left.
Jussila connects with a right hand. Damato shakes it off.
Damato tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jussila manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jussila goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jussila chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice jab there from Jussila.
Jussila throws a wild body kick that Damato sees coming a mile off.
Jussila looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Damato looks to score with a jab to the body but Jussila is just out of range.
Jussila pivots, looking for a leg kick but Damato is out of range and Jussila settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato misses with an uppercut
and Jussila makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jussila does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Damato scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jussila in his tracks.
Jaakko Jussila seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jussila gets off balance looking for a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jussila lands with a slapping head kick.
Damato throws a leg kick but Jussila moved away.
Jussila fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Damato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Damato takes a swing at Jussila's ribcage but misses.
Damato scoring well with a low kick there.
Jussila misses with an uppercut
and Damato counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice leg kick lands there from Damato.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jussila throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Damato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Damato misses with an uppercut.
Jussila lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jussila misses with a body kick.
A leg kick checked by Jussila.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jussila!
Jussila's corner calls for a 1-2. Jussila obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Damato lands with a cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jussila avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jussila lands with a cross.
Damato misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaakko Jussila 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.
Damato walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jussila checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Damato tries to land a front kick but Jussila steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Damato looks to land a left hand but Jussila moved out of range nicely.
Jussila chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jussila keeps the fight on the outside.
Jussila uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Damato.
Damato tried to score with a low kick but Jussila checks it.
Damato takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Damato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jussila. That did some damage!
Damato tried to score with a low kick but Jussila checks it.
Jussila checks a leg kick.
Jussila finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jussila keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jussila throws a body kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Damato. That's going to slow Jussila down.
Damato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jussila moves away.
Damato on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jussila looks to land a left hand but Damato moved out of range nicely.
Damato tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jussila paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Damato throws the kick towards the body but Jussila avoids it.
Damato swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jussila misses with a wild body shot.
Jussila feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Damato's calf.
Damato's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jussila connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Damato scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jussila misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Damato throws a low kick but Jussila moves out of range easily.
Nice defenses there by Damato.
Damato cracks Jussila with a right hand to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jussila keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Damato.
Damato misses with a kick to the body.
Jussila lands a nice hook to Damato's body. Damato takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jussila takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A telegraphed right hand from Damato misses the target.
Damato checks a low kick from Jussila.
Damato misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jussila connects with the punch.
Jaakko Jussila seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice uppercut there from Damato.
Nice body kick from Jussila.
That kick from Jussila tenderised Damato's leg. Damato is trying to keep his angry face on.
Damato drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Damato scores with a nice body kick.
Jussila connects with a looping right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jussila keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Damato blocks the body kick.
Damato throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jussila.
Jussila tries to work over Damato's front leg with a kick but Damato checks it.
Jussila lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damato checks a leg kick.
Damato walks into a straight right hand from Jussila.
Damato has Jussila up against the cage in a clinch.
Jussila lands with a left to the head.
Damato misses with the head strike.
Jussila works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Damato stalling against the cage.
Damato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jussila.
Damato blocking some punches.
Jussila misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaakko Jussila showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Damato throws a low kick but Jussila avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Damato.
Jussila tries to work over Damato's front leg with a kick but Damato checks it.
Nice shot by Damato.
The fighters circling - Jussila throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Damato throws a low kick but Jussila moves out of range easily.
Jussila tries a head kick but it misses.
Jussila feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Damato's calf.
Damato throws a right hand that misses
and Jussila counters with a straight right hand.
Jussila throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Damato throws a push kick but Jussila slaps the foot to one side.
Damato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jussila jabs at Damato's body.
Jussila tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jussila fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Damato looks for the body kick but Jussila saw that one coming.
Jussila misses with a right hand
and Damato counters with a good, hard body kick but Jussila shrugs it off.
Jussila connects with a good right hand that stumbles Damato. Damato circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jussila. That's going to slow Damato down.
Jussila looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Damato throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jussila.
Jussila is looking to slow Damato down with leg kicks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jussila with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pete Damato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jussila scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Damato throws a leg kick but Jussila sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jussila checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jussila slips a straight right by Damato.
Jussila misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jussila fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jussila lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Damato closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jussila misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Damato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jussila scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jussila fakes the leg kick and cracks Damato in the body.
Jussila pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jussila scores with a nice right hand.
Damato tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Damato avoids the head kick by Jussila.
Jussila scores with a leg kick.
Jussila misses with the combination.
Damato throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice shot lands for Jussila.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jussila moves out of range of the leg kick from Damato.
Jussila looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jussila uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Damato.
Jussila misses with a head kick.
Jussila connects with a crisp jab.
Damato ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Damato throws the left hand but Jussila avoids the punch easily.
Damato scores with a head kick.
Jussila is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jussila moves out of range as Damato strikes.
Jussila is still on wobbly legs! Can Damato finish him?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jussila uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Damato.
Damato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Damato misses with a head kick.
Jussila slips a straight right by Damato.
Good leg kick by Damato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Damato jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Damato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Damato throws a shot from downtown. Jussila moves away and avoids it.
Damato misses with a straight left.
Jussila defending well as Damato loads up on a big left hand.
Damato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jussila.
Damato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
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 Pete Damato.
Well Jussila 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaakko Jussila!
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