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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sheng Chung Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sakari Sammio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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194 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sheng Chung Lin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sakari Sammio!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Eddie Farnsworth and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sammio takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sammio throws a body kick that misses.
Sammio scores with a punch to the head.
Sammio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lin.
Sammio lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sammio. Sammio obviously looking to wear him down.
Sammio slips under a jab.
Crunch! Lin slams his shin into Sammio's torso.
Lin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hell's Balls NY Hellcademy in the buildup to the fight.
Sammio finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sammio 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.
A jab from Lin finds it's way through Sammio's defenses.
Lin blocks a leg kick.
Sammio scores with a leg kick.
Sammio just misses with a punch to the body.
Lin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lin misses with a hook.
Sammio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lin manages to avoid it.
Lin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Sammio.
Sammio thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Sammio does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sammio. Lin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sammio scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sammio throws a sloppy head kick and Lin moves out of range easily.
Sammio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sammio.
Sammio fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lin checks it well.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lin.
The crowd cheers as Sammio lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lin doesn't seem phased though.
Sammio has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Sammio moves out of range of the body kick from Lin.
Lin throws a leg kick which misses Sammio's front leg but catches the back leg as Sammio tries to avoid it.
A solid body kick from Lin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sammio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lin manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sammio throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Sammio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sakari Sammio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sammio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sammio digs a good body shot into Lin's ribs.
Nice shot lands for Lin.
Sammio lands a head shot.
Sammio throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Lin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lin scores with a jab to the head.
Lin throws a right and a left that Sammio avoids nicely.
Sammio misses with a head kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sammio. Lin shrugs it off though.
Sammio lands with a shot to the body.
Lin moves out of range as Sammio throws a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lin slips a straight right by Sammio.
A jab from Lin misses.
Sammio throws a chopping leg kick but Lin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sammio scores with a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Sammio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lin misses with a looping left.
Lin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sammio's calf.
Sammio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sammio misses with a body kick.
Lin throws a leg kick that misses.
Lin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
No joy there for Sammio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sammio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lin throws a head kick that half lands.
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!
Sammio chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lin throws a leg kick but Sammio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Lin there.
Lin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
An inside leg kick lands from Sammio.
Sammio lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sammio is looking to slow Lin down with leg kicks.
Sammio lands with a kick to the ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Lin misses the target.
Lin lands a high kick!
Sammio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lin.
Lin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sammio checks it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sammio throws a jab when Lin was well out of range.
Sammio tries to land a front kick but Lin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lin is looking to chop away at Sammio's legs.
Sammio avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sakari Sammio dominated that 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.
Sammio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lin looks to score with a jab to the body but Sammio is just out of range.
Good leg kick by Lin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lin misses with a two punch combination.
Lin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sammio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lin misses with an uppercut. Sammio saw that one coming.
Lin throws a leg kick but Sammio sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sammio throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sammio can pounce on him.
Sammio swings for the body but Lin moves out of range.
Lin ducks under a wild hook from Sammio.
Sammio stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lin.
Sammio missing with a left hand there. Lin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sheng Chung Lin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sammio.
Lin blocks a low kick nicely.
A slow jab from Lin misses its intended target.
Sammio connects with a looping right hand.
Lin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sammio throws the kick towards the body but Lin avoids it.
Lin 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.
Sammio motions for Lin to come forward. Sammio throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sammio checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lin lands a body shot.
Sammio wants to slow Lin down by chopping away at his legs.
Sammio thows a leg kick but Lin checks it
and Lin moves into the clinch.
Sammio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lin trying to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sammio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sammio has had enough of the clinch but Lin keeps him there for the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sammio blocks a body shot from Lin.
Sammio manages to break the clinch.
Sammio throws a low kick, looking for Lin's leg but Lin calmly moves out of range.
Sammio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lin. Lin obviously looking to wear him down.
A jab from Lin misses.
Sammio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sammio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lin.
Sammio throws a head kick but Lin moves out of range.
Sammio tries a head kick but it misses.
Sammio misses with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Sammio.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sammio - that will leave a mark!
Sakari Sammio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sammio misses with a low kick.
Lin thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sammio defending well as Lin loads up on a big left hand.
Sammio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sammio under the eye.
Sammio will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sammio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lin looks to throw the jab but Sammio is out of range.
Lin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sammio in his tracks.
Sammio misses with a head kick.
Lin scores with a hook.
Sammio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lin checks a leg kick.
Lin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sammio pinned against the cage. Sammio gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sammio connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sammio takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sammio throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
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!
Lin ducks right into an uppercut from Sammio.
Lin 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.
Lin looks to land a left hand but Sammio moved out of range nicely.
Lin misses with a body kick.
Lin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sammio checks it well.
Lin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lin shoots in for a takedown but Sammio shows good takedown defense.
Sammio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sammio closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sammio tries a low kick but Lin avoids it.
Sammio avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sakari Sammio will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sammio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sammio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lin misses with a hook.
Lin just misses with a punch to the body.
Sammio looks to land a left hand but Lin moved out of range nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lin.
Sammio will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sammio scores with a nice right hand.
Sammio checks a low kick from Lin.
Sammio 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.
Sammio throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sammio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sammio moves out of range as Lin throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lin checks a leg kick.
Lin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sammio connects with a leg kick. Lin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sammio fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sammio lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lin at a distance.
An inside leg kick from Sammio misses.
Lin throws a leg kick but Sammio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sammio lands a nice looking body shot.
Sammio lands a jab to the nose.
Sammio moves out of range of the body kick from Lin.
Sammio bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lin's head backwards.
Lin scores with a sloppy right hand. Sammio should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Lin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sammio to score with a decent uppercut.
Sammio stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lin.
Lin lands a nice shot that snaps Sammio's head back.
Lin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sammio moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sammio tests Lin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sammio throws out a loose jab but Lin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sammio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lin is looking to chop away at Sammio's legs.
Lin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sammio.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sammio takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sammio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lin looks to throw the jab but Sammio is out of range.
Sammio drops Lin with a beautiful combination! Lin stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sammio is looking for the KO!
Lin is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sammio explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Oh Lin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sammio throws a head kick but Lin moves out of range.
A jab from Lin finds it's way through Sammio's defenses.
Sammio avoids a kick to the body.
Lin lands a jab to the head.
Lin misses with a low kick.
Lin seems to have got his legs back now.
Lin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sammio.
Sammio moves out of range as Lin throws a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sammio connects with a single shot there.
Lin misses the shot to the body.
Sammio misses with a straight left.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sammio, right into the meat.
Sammio lands a nice looking body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lin, as that shot connected.
Nice uppercut lands for Sammio. That snapped Lin's head back.
Lin slips a straight right by Sammio.
Sammio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lin misses with a kick to the body.
Sammio on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sammio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lin 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sakari Sammio really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sammio works over Lin's head and body with a nice combination.
Sammio throws a body kick that misses.
Nice jab there from Lin.
Sammio throws a push kick but Lin slaps the foot to one side.
Sammio connects with an inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Sammio.
Sammio throws a head kick that misses.
Sammio scoring well with a low kick there.
Lin gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sammio finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Sammio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lin 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.
Lin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sammio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sammio takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sammio cracks Lin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sammio finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sammio lands with a straight right. Lin didn't see that one coming.
Sammio swings widly with a right hand
so Lin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lin throwing strikes but missing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sammio can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sammio keeping moving, preventing Lin from controlling successfully.
Sammio trying to keep a closed guard but Lin is proving a slippery customer.
Lin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lin won't allow Sammio to get back to his feet.
Lin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sammio is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lin with a nice head shot there.
Lin 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.
Sammio is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Sammio keeping moving, preventing Lin from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lin is stalling in the full guard.
Lin wants to control from the top but Sammio keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sammio.
Lin throws a leg kick that misses.
Sammio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sammio misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Lin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lin throws a jab but it's blocked by Sammio.
Lin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sammio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sammio throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sammio connects with a solid leg kick.
Sammio on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sammio thumps Lin with a low kick.
Lin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sammio is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lin pushes Sammio away with a front kick.
Sammio fakes the leg kick and cracks Lin in the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sammio has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sammio digs a good hook to Lin's body.
Lin moves out of range of the body kick from Sammio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Sakari Sammio will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Lin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lin moves out of range of the body kick from Sammio.
Sammio throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lin.
A jab from Sammio misses.
Nice cross by Sammio.
Lin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sammio ducks under a wild hook from Lin.
Lin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Lin.
Sammio throws a leg kick which misses Lin's front leg but catches the back leg as Lin tries to avoid it.
Sammio digs a good hook to Lin's body.
Lin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sammio.
Lin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some bone on bone action there as Lin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sammio misses with a body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Lin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sammio slips a straight right by Lin.
Sammio misses the jab.
Jab by Lin.
Sammio scores with a kick to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Lin there.
Sammio looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sammio with a nice cross.
Sammio cracks Lin with an open hand slap.
A slow jab from Lin misses its intended target.
Lin scores with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Sammio misses
and Lin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sammio won't be happy with that.
Lin prevents Sammio from escaping the position.
Sammio is looking to regain half guard here but Lin keeps moving and retains side control.
Sammio is still trying to improve position.
Sammio is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Lin trying to control the action but Sammio is working from the bottom.
Lin throwing strikes but Sammio manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A control attempt from Lin but he's now mounted!
Lin tries to control the position but Sammio now has his back.
Lin tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Sheng Chung Lin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sammio tries to control but Lin wriggling away.
Lin regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lin trying to control but Sammio postures up.
Lin preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Sheng Chung Lin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sakari Sammio is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lin tries to get to full guard but Sammio has control of the leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sakari Sammio.
I've got Sammio 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 46:50
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 46:50
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sakari Sammio!
Sakari Sammio is the new middleweight champion!
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