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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jean Sibelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy La Plegua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Plegua is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "Blut Royale" by Combichrist. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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165 lbs
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177 cm
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167 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jean Sibelius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andy La Plegua!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Plegua misses with a straight left.
Sibelius throws a jab when La Plegua was well out of range.
Sibelius closes the distance and clinches up with La Plegua, looking for a takedown. Sibelius pushes La Plegua against the cage but La Plegua circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Andy La Plegua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Plegua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sibelius was well out of range. Poor timing from La Plegua.
La Plegua misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - La Plegua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sibelius throws a shot from downtown. La Plegua moves away and avoids it.
La Plegua throws a push kick but Sibelius slaps the foot to one side.
The fighters circling - Sibelius throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sibelius throws a hook but La Plegua avoids it easily.
Sibelius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La Plegua swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Plegua rushes Sibelius and presses him up against the cage.
Sibelius working hard to break the clinch.
La Plegua misses with a hook to the ribs.
La Plegua misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from La Plegua fails to land.
Sibelius manages to break the clinch.
La Plegua clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sibelius working hard to break the clinch.
La Plegua misses with a body punch.
La Plegua lands a body punch.
La Plegua tries a body shot but Sibelius blocks it.
Sibelius working hard to break the clinch.
A short left from La Plegua.
La Plegua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sibelius's elbow.
La Plegua scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sibelius is looking for a takedown up against the cage. La Plegua gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
La Plegua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Plegua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Plegua lands on the inside with an uppercut.
La Plegua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sibelius has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
La Plegua tries to throw a body punch but Sibelius avoids it by throwing La Plegua back against the cage.
Sibelius breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sibelius avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sibelius shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as La Plegua sprawls well. La Plegua wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sibelius gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jean Sibelius. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sibelius drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Plegua looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sibelius is one step ahead there.
La Plegua avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sibelius stands up over La Plegua, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
La Plegua wants to sweep but no luck.
Sibelius prevents La Plegua from getting back to his feet.
La Plegua looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sibelius is one step ahead there.
La Plegua trying to keep a closed guard but Sibelius is proving a slippery customer.
La Plegua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sibelius.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sibelius works a leg free and moves into half guard.
La Plegua tries to roll over but Sibelius keeps him under control.
Sibelius is looking to take a break and control but La Plegua is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
La Plegua keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
La Plegua is trying to maintain the position but Sibelius is very close to passing his half guard.
Sibelius scoring with strikes to the body and head.
La Plegua on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sibelius missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sibelius is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sibelius throws a strike but La Plegua avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Sibelius 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.
Sibelius trying to control the position from guard on top but La Plegua is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sibelius throws a big right hand that misses.
Sibelius postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sibelius trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sibelius loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sibelius wants to control from the top but La Plegua keeps moving.
La Plegua keeping full guard, as Sibelius tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jean Sibelius will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sibelius throws a big shot that misses.
Sibelius lands a nice looking body shot.
Sibelius looks to score with a jab to the body but La Plegua is just out of range.
Sibelius throws a body punch but La Plegua moves out of range.
La Plegua misses the jab.
La Plegua feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sibeliuss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like Jean Sibelius has been cut.
Sibelius misses with a straight left.
La Plegua looks to score with a jab to the body but Sibelius is just out of range.
La Plegua swings widly with a right hand
and Sibelius counters with a left to the body.
Sibelius swats away the attempt to clinch by La Plegua.
La Plegua slips under a jab.
Sibelius bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sibelius in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sibelius wants to lay and pray for a moment but La Plegua keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sibelius is really struggling to control La Plegua but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Sibelius looking to punish the body of his opponent here but La Plegua is avoiding damage well.
Sibelius gets to mount! La Plegua was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
La Plegua is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Sibelius scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish La Plegua?
Sibelius looking to control but La Plegua is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sibelius working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but La Plegua slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Sibelius is trying to control the action in half guard but La Plegua is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jean Sibelius has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
La Plegua swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sibelius drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Plegua tries to clinch but Sibelius moves out of range.
La Plegua misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from La Plegua misses its intended target.
Sibelius fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
La Plegua misses with a wild body shot.
Sibelius shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with La Plegua but La Plegua pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua throws a right and a left that Sibelius avoids nicely.
Sibelius closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. La Plegua quickly recovers to half guard.
Ground and pound from Sibelius.
La Plegua pushes Sibelius off looking to stand but Sibelius dives back in and keeps control.
La Plegua tries to get to full guard but Sibelius has control of the leg.
Sibelius throwing shots but La Plegua is blocking nicely.
Sibelius takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
La Plegua wants to control but Sibelius is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sibelius drops an elbow to the side of La Plegua's head.
La Plegua is refusing to be controlled, as Sibelius sits in half guard.
Sibelius sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. La Plegua defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sibelius trying to pass the guard but La Plegua defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Plegua wants to improve his position but Sibelius is controlling well.
Sibelius trying to control from half guard but La Plegua is working away.
Sibelius drops an elbow to the side of La Plegua's head.
Sibelius is looking to take a break and control but La Plegua is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sibelius with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La Plegua keeping control of the position.
La Plegua is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Sibelius dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jean Sibelius's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Sibelius 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.
The fighters circling - Sibelius throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sibelius has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sibelius there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sibelius throws a hook to the side of La Plegua's head but La Plegua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sibelius moves into range and connects with a jab.
La Plegua throws a low kick but Sibelius avoids it.
The fighters circling - Sibelius throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La Plegua has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sibelius finds it's way round the side to connect with La Plegua's head.
La Plegua connects with a body shot that sends Sibelius's belly button to the back.
Jab by Sibelius.
A punch lands to the side of Sibelius 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - La Plegua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
La Plegua loads up on a big right hand but Sibelius slips the punch.
Sibelius looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for La Plegua!
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Plegua gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
La Plegua taking some punishment here, with Sibelius in his half guard.
La Plegua holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
La Plegua wants to get back to full guard.
Sibelius is just content to waste time from the top position. La Plegua takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
La Plegua wants to sweep but no luck.
Sibelius is looking to pass into half guard but La Plegua pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now La Plegua is in guard.
La Plegua stopping the sweep attempt from Sibelius.
Sibelius is looking to stand up but La Plegua isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua controlling from the top position.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Andy La Plegua hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
La Plegua takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Plegua looks to throw the jab but Sibelius is out of range.
La Plegua misses with a body shot.
Sibelius moves away from the strike by La Plegua.
La Plegua walks into a straight right hand from Sibelius.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua gets caught napping as Sibelius dives in and scores a takedown. La Plegua manages to retain guard.
La Plegua not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sibelius preventing the sweep.
Sibelius throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as La Plegua works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sibelius trying to control the position from guard on top but La Plegua is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sibelius engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jean Sibelius is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jean Sibelius overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
La Plegua seems keen to control Sibelius's posture.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Andy La Plegua wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sibelius closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sibelius in particular looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sibelius is keen to just control but La Plegua is a slippery customer.
Andy La Plegua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La Plegua wants to improve his position but Sibelius is controlling well.
Sibelius wants to control but La Plegua is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jean Sibelius has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sibelius walks into a stiff left hand from La Plegua.
Sibelius circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sibelius lands a nice hook to La Plegua's body. La Plegua takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Sibelius showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sibelius, 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Sibelius!
Jean Sibelius decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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