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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vo Nguyen Giap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mahti Sonni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giap's entrance music is Beach Party Vietnam. A fine choice. Sonni has chosen Aki & Turo - Mahtisonni - as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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158 lbs
14 - 12 - 1 |
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151 lbs
20 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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TWGC Champion
World class boxer
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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
14 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vo Nguyen Giap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mahti Sonni!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sonni shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Giap is looking to clinch but Sonni is avoiding it.
Sonni closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Giap lands a damaging elbow.
Giap scores a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sonni.
Giap lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Giap tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sonni avoids it.
Sonni has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Giap is trying to keep an underhook but Sonni manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Sonni working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giap wants to get back to full guard.
Sonni is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Giap keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giap blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sonni.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sonni wants to control but Giap is keeping him busy.
Sonni works his way into full mount!
Sonni sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Giap taking shots to the head.
Sonni thowing shots but they're missing.
Sonni throws a strike there. Giap manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonni thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sonni throwing shots but Giap is blocking nicely.
Sonni is trying to control the action in half guard but Giap is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sonni moves into full mount! Giap won't be happy about that!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sonni cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Giap is in a horrible position here. Sonni smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Giap is squirming around, avoiding Sonni's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonni with good strikes from the mount here!
Giap tries to hold on but Sonni postures up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sonni trying to control but Giap is having none of it.
Giap in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sonni lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sonni trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonni connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giap tries to hold on but Sonni pushes him away.
Sonni landing strikes from the mount and Giap is in trouble!
Giap takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sonni is landing with some decent strikes but Giap is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sonni throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sonni can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Giap is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mahti Sonni dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sonni moves into range and clinches up with Giap.
Sonni trying to land knees to the body.
Sonni misses with a body punch.
Sonni misses with a punch on the inside.
Sonni tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Giap's elbow.
Sonni is trying to push Giap away but Giap has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Giap is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short left from Sonni.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sonni is trying to break the clinch but Giap has him pressed against the cage.
Giap throws an elbow but it misses.
Giap lands a hook that snaps the head of Sonni backwards.
Giap misses with the head strike.
Sonni scores with a shoulder strike.
Giap throws a punch but it's blocked by Sonni.
Sonni tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sonni scores with a shoulder strike.
Giap is struggling to control the position.
Sonni misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giap tries to land knees in the clinch but Sonni avoids the damage to the body.
Giap misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Giap.
Giap misses with the head strike.
Sonni effectively controlling the action here.
Giap landing knees to the body.
Sonni is breathing heavily.
Sonni works on Giap's body with a couple of short punches.
Giap scores with a shoulder strike.
Sonni wants to take the fight to the mat but Giap manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Sonni lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Giap creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sonni takes a shot to the head.
Giap swings wildly with an uppercut but Sonni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Giap lands with a short shot to the head.
Giap lands with a short shot to the head.
Vo Nguyen Giap has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giap swings wildly with an uppercut but Sonni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sonni is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sonni working aggressively here.
Giap is struggling to control the position.
Sonni working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sonni tries to throw a body punch but Giap avoids it by throwing Sonni back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Giap creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sonni working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sonni gets control of Giap's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sonni will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Giap would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonni is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sonni tries to land a sweep but no joy.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Sonni is looking for a triangle but Giap pushes his legs off easily.
Sonni wants to hit a switch here but Giap passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Sonni there!
Giap is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Sonni is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giap is looking to stand but Giap has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Sonni has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Giap prevents Sonni from getting the reversal.
Giap tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Sonni is desperately trying to improve his position but Giap has a good base and remains in mount.
Mahti Sonni has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sonni is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vo Nguyen Giap dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!
Sonni misses with a body shot.
Giap has taken the fight to the clinch.
Giap working aggressively here.
Sonni breaks from the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Giap looking to slow down the pace here.
Sonni lands a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sonni.
Giap wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sonni has him pressed against the cage.
Giap taking a breather.
Giap using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sonni has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sonni missing with knees to the body.
Sonni can't find room to land a body shot as Giap controls the action.
Giap misses with a punch to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonni breaks the clinch.
Giap is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sonni lands the left hand.
Giap takes the fight into the clinch.
Giap is looking to break free of the clinch but Sonni has double underhooks.
Giap misses with a short punch on the inside.
Giap misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sonni misses with some punches.
Giap lands a right hand.
Giap is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sonni is defending well for now.
Sonni lands a left hand.
Sonni manages to break the clinch.
Sonni tries to work over Giap's front leg with a kick but Giap checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonni scores with a jab.
Giap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sonni manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Giap misses.
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!
Giap tries to clinch but Sonni moves away
and Sonni counters with a three punch combo that has Giap backing up. Giap nods at Sonni to acknowledge the strikes.
Sonni swinging wildly here.
Giap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sonni manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch but Sonni swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sonni loads up on a big right hand but Giap slips the punch.
Giap tries to clinch up.
Sonni misses with a low kick.
Giap scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Giap tries to clinch there but Sonni circles away.
Giap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sonni circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonni throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Giap's waist but Giap gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sonni off to one side.
Sonni changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Giap tries to avoid it but Sonni manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Giap to the ground. Giap escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Giap tries to clinch but Sonni moves away
and Sonni counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sonni forces Giap back against the cage and clinches.
Giap lands a hook that snaps the head of Sonni backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Giap.
Giap working Sonni over with knees to the body.
Sonni takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sonni takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Mahti Sonni has been cut.
Sonni avoids a wild elbow strike from Giap.
Giap works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sonni is trying to pull guard but Giap turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Vo Nguyen Giap has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mahti Sonni.
Giap lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sonni backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giap lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Giap gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sonni tries to pull guard but Giap forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sonni takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sonni is working for takedown but Giap is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Giap.
Giap has Sonni pressed against the cage, preventing Sonni from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Giap misses with an elbow over the top.
Giap lands with a left to the head.
Giap lands with a left to the head.
Nice elbow from Giap.
Sonni is rocked!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Giap.
Sonni is still on wobbly legs! Can Giap finish him?
A nice glancing elbow lands by Giap.
Giap creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Sonni's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Sonni drops to his knees and Giap pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vo Nguyen Giap!
Vo Nguyen Giap took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Hellbent for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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