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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jami Balkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cechini Muszyna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Cechini Muszyna was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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152 lbs
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143 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jami Balkan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Cechini Muszyna!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balkan throws a head kick that misses
and Muszyna counters with a nice body shot.
Muszyna slips under a jab.
Muszyna scores with a hook.
A jab lands there for Balkan.
A head kick misses from Balkan.
Muszyna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balkan.
Muszyna avoids the head kick by Balkan.
Muszyna loads up on a big right hand but Balkan slips the punch.
Muszyna moves into range and connects with a jab.
Balkan slips under a jab from Muszyna.
Muszyna tries to clinch there but Balkan circles away.
Muszyna misses with a hook. Balkan ducked under it nicely.
Muszyna blocks a head kick by Balkan.
Muszyna doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Muszyna throws a right hand that Balkan ducks under and follows up with a left that Balkan also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Balkan misses with a double jab.
Muszyna blocks a head kick by Balkan.
Balkan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Balkan throws a solid leg kick but Muszyna takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Balkan.
Muszyna keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balkan.
Balkan looks to land a right hand but Muszyna moved out of range.
Muszyna fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muszyna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muszyna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Muszyna avoids the body shot from Balkan.
Muszyna scores with a hook.
Muszyna tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Muszyna throws a right and a left that both miss.
Muszyna takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Muszyna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Muszyna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balkan.
Balkan scoring well with a low kick there.
Muszyna misses the jab.
Balkan staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balkan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Balkan walks into a jab.
Muszyna clinches.
Muszyna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Balkan lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from Muszyna as the two fighters clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna blocks a body shot from Balkan.
Balkan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Balkan'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.
Balkan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Balkan working aggressively here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Muszyna struggles to land a body shot inside as Balkan controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Balkan as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Balkan.
Balkan tries to break the clinch but Muszyna is controlling the position.
Balkan stalling against the cage.
Muszyna blocks an elbow strike from Balkan.
Muszyna misses with a punch on the inside.
Balkan blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Balkans head.
Nice body punch from Muszyna.
Balkan tries a body shot but Muszyna blocks it.
Balkan prevents a body shot from Muszyna.
Muszyna misses with a body punch.
Muszyna will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Balkan up against the cage.
Muszyna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muszyna is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Balkan as Muszyna tries to tie him up.
A head punch on the inside from Muszyna fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muszyna throws a head punch that misses.
Balkan throws a punch but it's blocked by Muszyna.
Balkan lands a hook that snaps the head of Muszyna backwards.
Muszyna lands with a right to the head.
Balkan being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cechini Muszyna will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Balkan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Muszyna's head.
Muszyna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Muszyna closes the distance and clinches.
Balkan trying to stall but Muszyna improves his position.
Balkan breaks from the clinch.
Balkan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Balkan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Balkan moves out of range as Muszyna strikes.
Balkan checks a low kick from Muszyna.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balkan. Muszyna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Muszyna has closed the distance and engaged Balkan in a clinch.
Muszyna is pushing Balkan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Balkan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muszyna tries to stall but Balkan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Muszyna prevents a body shot from Balkan.
Balkan misses with a body punch.
Balkan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Balkan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Muszyna avoids it.
Muszyna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Muszyna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balkan throws a head punch that misses.
Cechini Muszyna seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Balkan breaks the clinch.
Balkan takes a swing at Muszyna's ribcage but misses.
Muszyna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Muszyna misses with a straight right.
Balkan misses with a double jab
and Muszyna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna swings widly with a right hand
and Balkan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Muszyna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Muszyna looks to land a right hand but Balkan moved out of range.
Balkan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Balkan lands with a shot to the body.
Balkan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Muszyna was well out of range. Poor timing from Balkan.
Muszyna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balkan wants to land a leg kick but Muszyna is out of range.
Muszyna's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Balkan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Muszyna scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muszyna connects with a looping right hand.
Nice shot by Muszyna.
Balkan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Balkan misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna closes the distance looking to clinch
and Balkan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Balkan misses the shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Balkan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Balkan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Muszyna misses with a hook. Balkan ducked under it nicely.
Balkan takes a swing at Muszyna's ribcage but misses.
Balkan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Muszyna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Muszyna shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Balkan!
Muszyna has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balkan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Muszyna up against the cage.
Muszyna lands a left hand.
Balkan tries a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks it.
Balkan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Balkan is looking to wear down Muszyna with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
An inside leg kick from Balkan misses.
Balkan keeps the fight on the outside.
Balkan scores with a jab to the head.
Balkan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters circling - Muszyna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balkan misses with a wild body shot.
Balkan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Muszyna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
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 Jami Balkan will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Balkan throws a sloppy head kick and Muszyna moves out of range easily.
Muszyna takes the fight into the clinch.
Muszyna trying to control the position but instead, Balkan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Muszyna into the cage.
The referee calls for Balkan to work.
Muszyna blocking some punches.
Balkan misses with a knee strike.
Balkan tries to land knees in the clinch but Muszyna avoids the damage to the body.
Balkan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Balkan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Muszyna is keeping busy.
Muszyna leaning against his opponent.
Muszyna blocks a body shot from Balkan.
Muszyna is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Balkan is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muszyna displaying some good clinch control by pressing Balkan up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cechini Muszyna.
Balkan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Balkan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Balkan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Muszyna connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Balkan scrambles back to his feet.
Balkan lands with a nice body punch.
Balkan misses with a low kick.
Balkan misses with a leg kick
and Muszyna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balkan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Muszyna counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Balkan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Muszyna misses with an uppercut.
Muszyna lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balkan throws a series of punches but Muszyna avoids them all with ease.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Muszyna crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Balkan - the referee stops the clock and Muszyna gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Balkan. Muszyna manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Muszyna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balkan.
Balkan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Muszyna.
Muszyna looks to land a left hand but Balkan moved out of range nicely.
Balkan throws a low kick but Muszyna avoids it.
Balkan throws a lazy body kick
and Muszyna counters with a nice uppercut.
Balkan lands a glancing blow to the side of Muszyna's head.
Balkan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Balkan swinging wildly here.
Balkan moves forwards but Muszyna connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Jami Balkan has been cut.
Balkan throws a low kick, looking for Muszyna's leg but Muszyna calmly moves out of range.
Muszyna misses with a straight left.
Jami Balkan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balkan misses with an uppercut
and Muszyna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balkan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Muszyna finds it's way round the side to connect with Balkan's head.
Muszyna lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Muszyna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Muszyna checks a low kick from Balkan.
Muszyna blocks the body kick.
Muszyna attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna misses with a hook
and Balkan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Muszyna avoids the head kick by Balkan.
Muszyna lands with a straight right. Balkan didn't see that one coming.
Cechini Muszyna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balkan misses with a wild combination.
Nice shot lands for Muszyna.
Balkan throws a leg kick
and Muszyna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A left lands for Balkan.
A low kick from Muszyna is predictable there
and Balkan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Balkan connects with a body shot that sends Muszyna's belly button to the back.
Muszyna comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Balkan throws a body punch but Muszyna moves out of range.
Balkan throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cechini Muszyna really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jami Balkan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Balkan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Muszyna takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Balkan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Muszyna ducks right into an uppercut from Balkan.
Good work by Muszyna as he checks the leg kick.
Muszyna tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Balkan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Muszyna closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Balkan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Muszyna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Muszyna tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Balkan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Muszyna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balkan staying out of range there.
Balkan throws a hook but Muszyna blocks it.
Muszyna connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A nice combination there by Balkan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muszyna misses with a looping left.
Muszyna loads up on a big right hand but Balkan slips the punch.
Balkan misses the shot to the body.
Balkan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Muszyna is looking to slow Balkan down with leg kicks.
Balkan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Balkan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balkan moves out of range as Muszyna strikes.
Muszyna looks to land a right hand but Balkan moved out of range.
A jab from Balkan finds it's way through Muszyna's defenses.
Muszyna moves out of range of the leg kick from Balkan.
Balkan lands a right hook to the body.
Muszyna misses the jab.
Muszyna misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan connects with a single shot there.
Muszyna catches Balkan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A slapping leg kick lands for Balkan.
Balkan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Balkan.
Muszyna misses with a hook. Balkan ducked under it nicely.
Balkan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Muszyna checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Muszyna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balkan just misses with a punch to the body.
Balkan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Muszyna. Muszyna obviously looking to wear him down.
Balkan blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna misses with a straight left.
Muszyna tries to clinch up but Balkan circles away and keeps his distance.
Balkan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Muszyna is out of range.
Muszyna scores with a jab.
Balkan throws a hook but Muszyna avoids it easily.
Balkan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balkan slips under a jab from Muszyna.
Balkan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balkan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jab by Muszyna.
Muszyna ducks under a wild hook from Balkan.
Balkan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan cracks the inside of Muszyna's front leg.
Balkan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Muszyna misses with an uppercut. Balkan saw that one coming.
Muszyna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Balkan.
Balkan drops his hands momentarily and Muszyna takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Good shot there by Muszyna.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balkan looks to score with a jab to the body but Muszyna is just out of range.
Muszyna throws out a loose jab but Balkan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balkan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Muszyna.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muszyna drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Balkan motions for Muszyna to come forward. Balkan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balkan throws a lazy uppercut
and Muszyna counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Cechini Muszyna will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jami Balkan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Muszyna misses the shot to the body.
Muszyna tries to clinch up.
Balkan cracks Muszyna with an open hand slap.
Muszyna misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Balkan gets tackled into the cage by Muszyna. Muszyna maintains the clinch.
Balkan can't find room to land a body shot as Muszyna controls the action.
Balkan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The referee calls for Muszyna to work.
Balkan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Muszyna on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Muszyna tests Balkan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Balkan misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muszyna misses with a looping right.
Balkan blocks a jab.
Balkan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muszyna circles away quickly and effectively.
Muszyna jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Muszyna misses the shot to the body.
Muszyna scores with a jab.
Balkan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Muszyna throws the left hand but Balkan avoids the punch easily.
A leg kick checked by Muszyna.
Balkan misses with a straight left.
A head kick misses from Balkan.
Muszyna's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Muszyna misses with a wild combination.
Jami Balkan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Balkan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Muszyna connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Balkan scrambles back to his feet.
Muszyna throws a jab but it's blocked by Balkan.
Muszyna 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.
Balkan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Muszyna.
Balkan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Muszyna on the side of the head.
Balkan throws a leg kick
enabling Muszyna to counter with a crisp jab.
Muszyna feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Balkan's calf.
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!
Muszyna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balkan.
Muszyna connects with a nice looking jab.
Balkan misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Balkan is predictable there
and Muszyna counters with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muszyna. Balkan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balkan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Balkan thuds a left hand into Muszyna's body.
Balkan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cechini Muszyna is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Muszyna lands a nice hook to Balkan's body. Balkan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Balkan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balkan. Muszyna does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Balkan misses.
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.
Muszyna tests Balkan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Muszyna avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Balkan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Balkan just misses with a punch to the body.
Muszyna lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Balkan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Muszyna.
Muszyna cracks Balkan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Balkan misses with a hook
and Muszyna counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muszyna connects with the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Balkan looks to score with a jab to the body but Muszyna is just out of range.
A left and a right from Muszyna both land. Nice combination.
Balkan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Muszyna throws out the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cechini Muszyna.
Well Muszyna 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 48:48
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 46:49
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Cechini Muszyna!
Cechini Muszyna is the new featherweight champion!
Cechini Muszyna decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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