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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mo Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Carlos Linhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by Snoop Dogg - Who Am I. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mo Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Carlos Linhares!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee wants to clinch up but Linhares keeps it at a distance.
Linhares motions for Lee to come forward. Linhares throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Linhares jabs at Lee's body.
Linhares connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lee looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Linhares scores with a leg kick.
Linhares throws a poor cross that misses
and Lee counters by moving into the clinch.
Lee avoids the elbow strike from Linhares, against the cage.
Linhares tries to pull guard but Lee forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Linhares is blocking nicely.
Linhares misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Linhares's elbow.
Knees to the body from Lee.
Lee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Linhares is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lee to keep the fight standing.
Linhares looking to stall.
Lee scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Linhares throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
Linhares doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Linhares avoids it.
Lee displaying some good clinch control by pressing Linhares up against the cage.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Lee on the inside.
Linhares blocks an elbow strike from Lee.
Linhares blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Linhares.
Lee tries to work over Linhares's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Linhares tries to pull guard but Lee won't allow it.
Mo Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Carlos Linhares.
Linhares misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Lee.
Linhares working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Linhares lands with a left to the head.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Linhares is blocking nicely.
Linhares gets through Lee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Linhares struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
Linhares avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.
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!
Lee lands an elbow that stopped Linhares in his tracks for a moment.
Lee trying to stall but Linhares improves his position.
Linhares tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Linhares back against the cage.
Linhares tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Linhares back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Linhares misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
Lee blocks an elbow strike.
Linhares pushes off an throws an elbow but Lee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a body punch.
Linhares swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lee will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Linhares up against the cage.
Linhares avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee.
Linhares misses with the head strike.
Linhares lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Linhares is trying to pull guard but Lee turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Lee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Linhares's brow.
Linhares tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lee is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lee seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Linhares blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Lee.
Linhares blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Linhares.
Linhares ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Linhares no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Lee wants to stand but Linhares has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Linhares working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lee doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lee manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Linhares is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Luis Carlos Linhares will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Linhares lands a body shot.
Linhares throws a big shot that misses.
Linhares connects with a single shot there.
Lee has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Linhares.
Lee throws a nice looking combination but Linhares bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Linhares punishes Lee's body with a nice straight punch.
Lee looks to throw the jab but Linhares is out of range.
Lee avoids the body shot from Linhares.
Both fighters circling a little - Linhares finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Linhares swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Linhares lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A good leg kick by Linhares.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares circles away from the clinch attempt.
Linhares lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lee misses with a hook
and Linhares counters with a low kick, right behind Lee 's knee.
Linhares scores with a hook to the body. Lee takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Linhares lands a glancing blow to the side of Lee's head.
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Linhares manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Linhares lands a nice shot to the body.
Linhares misses with a body kick.
Linhares looks to land a body kick but Lee moved away.
Lee tries to clinch there but Linhares circles away.
Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lee taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Linhares.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Linhares.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linhares drags the fight down to the ground.
Lee wanted to stand there but Linhares had control of the position.
Lee stays in close to Linhares's body and controls the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Linhares wants to sweep but no luck.
Linhares is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mo Lee.
Linhares misses with a right hand
and Lee counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Linhares jabs at Lee's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linhares throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lee works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lee is looking to clinch but Linhares is avoiding it.
Linhares pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lee scores with the left hand. Linhares knows he should have avoided that one.
Linhares throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
Linhares swings widly with a right hand
and Lee moves into the clinch.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Linhares doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Linhares tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lee throws an elbow but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.
Lee tries a knee to the head but Linhares blocks it.
Linhares misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Mo Lee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Linhares swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Linhares.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lee looking to stall.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Linhares has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Linhares tries to pull guard but Lee won't allow it.
Lee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Linhares misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Linhares decides to pull guard.
Linhares has a closed guard, preventing Lee from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Linhares 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Carlos Linhares showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Linhares goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Luis Carlos Linhares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Linhares swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Linhares throws a front kick aimed at Lee's knee but Lee avoids it well.
Linhares takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Lee rushes Linhares and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Linhares avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.
Linhares lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Linhares blocks an elbow strike from Lee.
Lee lands with a light punch inside.
Lee content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Linhares fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Linhares pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Linhares is trying to pull guard but Lee turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Linhares.
Lee misses with a knee to the head.
Linhares tries to pull guard but Lee holds him up against the cage and eventually Linhares drops back down to his feet.
Lee avoiding damage.
Linhares lands a right hand.
Linhares misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mo Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lee.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Linhares avoids the damage to the body.
Lee pressing his opponent against the cage.
Linhares with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Linhares lands a nice uppercut.
Linhares has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lee uses from the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linhares working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lee doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lee manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lee postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linhares wants to improve his position but instead Lee has moved into half guard.
Lee throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Linhares trying to control here.
Linhares moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lee wants to stand but Linhares has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Linhares on the ground.
Lee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Linhares 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhares looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lee controlling from the top position.
Linhares 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.
Linhares is working an open guard so Lee takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Luis Carlos Linhares is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Linhares lands a nice hook to Lee's body. Lee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Luis Carlos Linhares.
I've got Linhares winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Carlos Linhares!
A very excited looking Luis Carlos Linhares made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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