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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tero Taikina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Lloyed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taikina comes into the arena with Cookie song blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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179 lbs
21 - 11 - 1 |
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178 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Decent boxing
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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
21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tero Taikina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josh Lloyed!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lloyed has Taikina up against the cage in a clinch.
Taikina on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taikina.
Taikina goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lloyed tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lloyed jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Taikina walks away with a smile on his face. Lloyed gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Taikina closes the distance and clinches.
Taikina blocks a body shot from Lloyed.
Taikina throws an elbow that misses.
Lloyed decides to pull guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Taikina trying to control the position from guard on top but Lloyed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taikina postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taikina loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Taikina accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taikina loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Taikina has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Taikina controlling from the top position.
Taikina with a nice head shot there.
Taikina in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Taikina postures up in Lloyed's guard and throws a big left but Lloyed blocks it.
Taikina pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lloyed is keeping the position for now.
Taikina throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lloyed works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taikina passes into half guard.
Taikina trying to advance position but Lloyed counters by regaining guard.
Taikina throws a big elbow that misses.
Taikina is looking to work some ground and pound but Lloyed has wrist control.
Taikina looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyed utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Taikina throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lloyed works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Taikina postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Taikina looking to sit in guard and control but Lloyed gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lloyed throws a strike but Taikina rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Taikina working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyed 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.
Taikina trying to control the position from guard on top but Lloyed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taikina postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lloyed is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lloyed looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tero Taikina dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lloyed throws a leg kick but Taikina moved away.
Taikina shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Taikina connects with a looping right hand.
Lloyed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lloyed avoids the body shot from Taikina.
Lloyed scores with a one two! Taikina had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Lloyed on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Taikina tries to clinch there but Lloyed circles away.
Taikina 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.
Taikina tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lloyed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lloyed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lloyed scores with the left hand. Taikina knows he should have avoided that one.
Lloyed scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taikina throws a body punch but Lloyed moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lloyed. Taikina does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taikina clinches up with Lloyed and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taikina looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Taikina scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lloyed is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Taikina is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, Lloyed scores with a nice short uppercut.
Taikina gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lloyed digs a right hand underneath Taikina's ribcage. Taikina let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Taikina lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Josh Lloyed has been cut.
Taikina lands a hook that snaps the head of Lloyed backwards.
Lloyed tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Taikina just stands there and leans against the cage.
Taikina throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lloyed.
Taikina is struggling to control the position.
Taikina pushes off an throws an elbow but Lloyed leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Taikina doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taikina misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lloyed just misses with a elbow thrown towards Taikina's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taikina misses with a punch on the inside.
Lloyed blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lloyed misses with a knee strike.
Taikina doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taikina missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Taikina.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lloyed blocks an elbow strike.
Taikina trying to land knees to the body.
Taikina trying to land knees to the body.
Lloyed misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Taikina fails to land.
Taikina throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Taikina swings wildly with an uppercut but Lloyed uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Taikina.
Lloyed stalling in the clinch but Taikina improves position.
Taikina has a couple of punches blocked by Lloyed.
Lloyed avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyed lands with a right to the head.
Taikina is trying to maintain a safe position but Lloyed gets an underhook and turns Taikina into the cage.
Lloyed throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tero Taikina has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lloyed tries to land a knee to the head but Taikina blocks with his arms.
Taikina lands an uppercut.
Taikina takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lloyed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lloyed dodges an elbow strike from Taikina.
Lloyed managing to block the knees to the body from Taikina.
Lloyed cracks Taikina with a nice body shot.
Taikina is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lloyed is keeping busy.
Taikina taking a breather.
Lloyed lands a body punch.
Taikina swings wildly with an uppercut but Lloyed uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyed throws a punch but it's blocked by Taikina.
Lloyed misses with a knee strike.
Lloyed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lloyed misses with a looping right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lloyed throws a head kick that misses.
Taikina fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lloyed, pushing him back against the cage.
A short right from Taikina on the inside.
Lloyed avoids a wild elbow strike from Taikina.
Taikina lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lloyed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Taikina's face.
Lloyed utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lloyed blocks an elbow strike from Taikina.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taikina struggles to land a body shot inside as Lloyed controls his hands.
Lloyed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taikina creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only 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 Tero Taikina will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Josh Lloyed's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Lloyed throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Taikina closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Taikina lands in his opponent's guard.
Taikina is looking to work some ground and pound but Lloyed has wrist control.
Lloyed keeping moving, preventing Taikina from controlling successfully.
Lloyed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Taikina content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taikina trying to control but Lloyed is working from the bottom.
Lloyed controls Taikina momentarily but Taikina frees himself.
Tero Taikina overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Taikina wants to pass the guard but Lloyed is keeping the position.
Taikina trying to control the position from guard on top but Lloyed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taikina looking to sit in guard and control but Lloyed gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taikina preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Taikina looking for a sweep. Not yet Taikina, not yet.
Lloyed throwing strikes but missing.
Lloyed throwing strikes but missing.
Lloyed trying to control the position from guard on top but Taikina is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taikina utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Taikina might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyed trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lloyed stopping the sweep attempt from Taikina.
Lloyed working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Josh Lloyed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Taikina is on top in guard.
Taikina wants to control from the top but Lloyed keeps moving.
Lloyed manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Taikina manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyed throws a big elbow that misses.
Taikina preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Taikina manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lloyed manages to get himself to full guard.
Taikina throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lloyed works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tero Taikina is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Taikina wants to pass the guard but Lloyed is keeping the position.
Taikina throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tero Taikina showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Taikina, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tero Taikina!
Tero Taikina seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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