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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tukka Hirvonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nemean Athos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Athos is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Thundercats. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hirvonen
vs
Athos

185 cm
27
180 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

180 cm
31
181 lbs
25 - 9 - 0

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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Tukka Hirvonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nemean Athos!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Athos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hirvonen is fending him off so far but Athos persists. Nope, Hirvonen circles away and we're back to standing.
Athos misses with a straight left.
Hirvonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hirvonen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Athos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Athos is looking to clinch.
Hirvonen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Athos.
Hirvonen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Athos swivels and escapes.
Athos throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hirvonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Athos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Athos throws a jab when Hirvonen was well out of range.
Hirvonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Athos manages to avoid it.
Hirvonen dodges the punch combination from Athos.

Athos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Athos is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Hirvonen looking for a sweep. Not yet Hirvonen, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Athos advances position into side control!
Hirvonen is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hirvonen is trying to control but can't.
Athos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Athos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Athos lands a nice short elbow.
Athos controlling the action here.
Athos trying to control the action but Hirvonen is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Athos is taking a breather. Hirvonen says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Hirvonen works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hirvonen keeping moving, preventing Athos from controlling successfully.
Athos won't allow Hirvonen to sweep him here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Nemean Athos was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Hirvonen walks into a jab.
Athos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Athos dips to his left and cracks Hirvonen with an uppercut!
Hirvonen is looking to clinch but Athos is avoiding it.
Athos misses with a low kick.
Athos walks into a stiff left hand from Hirvonen.

Athos has Hirvonen up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirvonen misses with a body punch.
Athos misses with the head strike.
Athos lands with a light punch inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hirvonen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hirvonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hirvonen working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hirvonen.

Hirvonen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hirvonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Athos throws out the jab.
Athos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hirvonen ducks under a wild hook from Athos.
Athos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hirvonen is out of range.
Hirvonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hirvonen with a jab.
Athos misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hirvonen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hirvonen misses with a combination
and Athos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hirvonen thinking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Athos. Hirvonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Athos.
Hirvonen thows a body shot but no joy.
Athos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hirvonen fails to land the takedown.
Athos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hirvonen as he jumps to the side.
Athos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Athos connects with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Athos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nemean Athos dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Athos tries to close the distance and clinch but Hirvonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hirvonen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hirvonen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Athos's head.
Hirvonen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Athos, right into the meat.
Nemean Athos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Athos just misses with a punch to the body.
Hirvonen is looking to wear down Athos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hirvonen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Athos jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Athos throws a body punch but Hirvonen moves out of range.
Hirvonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Athos moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hirvonen. Athos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Athos moves in looking to clinch but Hirvonen pushes him off.
Athos doesn't manage to clinch there - Hirvonen circles away.
Athos dodges the punch combination from Hirvonen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Athos throws a wild body kick that Hirvonen sees coming a mile off.
Hirvonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Athos.
Athos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The fighters circling - Hirvonen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hirvonen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hirvonen lands a body shot.
Hirvonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Athos avoids the body shot from Hirvonen.
Athos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hirvonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hirvonen takes one to the chin there.
Athos throws a sloppy head kick and Hirvonen moves out of range easily.
Athos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Hirvonen misses.
Athos lands with a right hand.
Athos connects with a body shot.
Hirvonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Athos throws a low kick but Hirvonen moves out of range easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Athos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hirvonen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Athos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Athos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hirvonen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Athos.
Athos misses with a body shot.
Hirvonen swings for the body but Athos moves out of range.
Athos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Hirvonen gets a double leg takedown into Athos's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Athos pulls Hirvonen in to control the position.
Hirvonen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Athos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hirvonen wants to control from the top but Athos keeps moving.
Hirvonen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hirvonen stopping the sweep attempt from Athos.
Hirvonen tries to free his leg and advance position but Athos is retaining full guard.
Athos working a defensive guard here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hirvonen leaves Athos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Athos staying out of range there.
Hirvonen jabs Athos right on the nose. Athos blinks but takes it well.
Athos avoids the body shot from Hirvonen.
Athos tries to clinch up.
Athos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hirvonen.
Hirvonen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hirvonen is looking to clinch but Athos is avoiding it.
Hirvonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Athos was well out of range. Poor timing from Hirvonen.
Athos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hirvonen.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd cheers as Hirvonen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Athos doesn't seem phased though.
Athos thuds his shin into the meat of Hirvonen's side.
Athos looks for the body kick but Hirvonen saw that one coming.
Hirvonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tukka Hirvonen will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Athos connects with a body shot that sends Hirvonen's belly button to the back.
Hirvonen takes one to the side of the head.
Athos misses with a right hand
enabling Hirvonen to counter with a crisp jab.
Athos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hirvonen.
Athos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hirvonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Athos throws a jab but it's blocked by Hirvonen.
Nemean Athos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hirvonen lands a jab-cross combination.
Hirvonen throws a nice looking combination but Athos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hirvonen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hirvonen cracks a nice hook into Athos's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hirvonen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Athos's hands.
Hirvonen looks for a takedown but Athos sprawls well.
Hirvonen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirvonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Athos.
Hirvonen throws a hook to the side of Athos's head but Athos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hirvonen throws out a loose jab but Athos uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Athos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Hirvonen drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hirvonen with a nice head shot there.
Hirvonen is working Athos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hirvonen looking to pass the guard.
Hirvonen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hirvonen chips away with some ground and pound.
Hirvonen wants to pass the guard but Athos is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Athos keeping moving, preventing Hirvonen from controlling successfully.
Athos is trying to keep Hirvonen in close.
Hirvonen stopping the sweep attempt from Athos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hirvonen lands a couple of digs.
Tukka Hirvonen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Athos has his hands on Hirvonen's head, controlling the position.
Hirvonen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Athos keeping moving, preventing Hirvonen from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Athos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hirvonen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hirvonen is in close to Athos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hirvonen pushes down on Athos's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Athos trying to control here.
Athos is trying to get back to full guard.
Athos slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hirvonenis looking to pass into half guard but Athos pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Athos is in guard.
Hirvonen keeping moving, preventing Athos from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hirvonen doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Athos landing some decent shots from guard.
Hirvonen keeping moving, preventing Athos from controlling successfully.
Hirvonen is pulling down on Athos's head. It's preventing any offense from Athos, at least for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Athos wants to control from the top but Hirvonen keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Hirvonen keeping full guard, as Athos tries to pass.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tukka Hirvonen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hirvonen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tukka Hirvonen!
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