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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Fei Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iivana Jalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jalo has chosen Aino Venna - Waltz to Paris as his entrance music. Iivana Jalo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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275 lbs
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alan Fei Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iivana Jalo!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jalo slips a jab and a cross from Fei Hong.
We've been informed that Jalo has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fei Hong on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jalo moves forwards but Fei Hong connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Iivana Jalo has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jalo throws a leg kick but Fei Hong sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fei Hong closes the distance and pushes Jalo back into the cage.
The referee calls for Fei Hong to work.
Nice body punch from Jalo.
Jalo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fei Hong swinging wildly here.
Fei Hong has been working on his boxing with his coaches at UMMA Gym Now with StandUP in the buildup to the fight.
Jalo scores with the left hand. Fei Hong knows he should have avoided that one.
Jalo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fei Hong has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fei Hong lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Fei Hong.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jalo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fei Hong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jalo misses with some punches.
Fei Hong controlling the action here for a moment.
Fei Hong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jalo avoids a wild elbow strike from Fei Hong.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalo throws a head punch that misses.
Jalo stalling the fight.
Jalo blocking some punches.
Fei Hong taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fei Hong throws an elbow but misses.
Fei Hong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jalo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jalo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fei Hongs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jalo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fei Hong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jalo moves away from the strike by Fei Hong.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fei Hong walks into a straight right hand from Jalo.
A jab from Jalo does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei Hong looks to throw the jab but Jalo is out of range.
Jalo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fei Hong tries to clinch up
and Fei Hong takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jalo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fei Hong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jalo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fei Hong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jalo throws a shot from downtown. Fei Hong moves away and avoids it.
Fei Hong tries to clinch but Jalo moves out of range.
Jalo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fei Hong momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd cheers as Jalo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fei Hong doesn't seem phased though.
Jalo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fei Hong had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jalo scores with the left hand. Fei Hong knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jalo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jalo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jalo throws the left hand but Fei Hong avoids the punch easily.
Jalo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fei Hong tries to clinch up
and Jalo counters with a good low kick that Fei Hong was not able to check.
Jalo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The fighters circling - Jalo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fei Hong tries to move into range but Jalo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fei Hong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fei Hong takes the fight into the clinch.
Fei Hong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iivana Jalo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iivana Jalo's cut.
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.
Jalo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fei Hong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jalo.
Jalo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jalo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jalo misses with a two punch combination.
Jalo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fei Hong tries to clinch there but Jalo circles away.
Iivana Jalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fei Hong moves into the clinch.
Fei Hong lands a left hand.
Fei Hong creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fei Hong lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fei Hong trying to control the position but instead, Jalo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fei Hong into the cage.
Jalo misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalo takes a shot to the head.
Jalo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fei Hongs head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fei Hong.
Jalo misses with some punches.
Jalo blocks an elbow strike.
Fei Hong has Jalo pressed against the cage, preventing Jalo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fei Hong stalls.
A body shot lands from Jalo.
Jalo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jalo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fei Hong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jalo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jalo misses with a kick to the body.
Jalo scores with a body shot.
Jalo catches Fei Hong with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jalo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fei Hong on the side of the head.
Jalo lands with a right hand.
Jalo jabs Fei Hong right on the nose. Fei Hong blinks but takes it well.
Fei Hong moves in looking to clinch but Jalo pushes him off.
Fei Hong tries to clinch there but Jalo circles away.
Fei Hong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jalo.
Jalo is looking to score with low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei Hong slips under a jab.
Jalo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fei Hong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Jalo to counter with a crisp jab.
Jalo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fei Hong has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Fei Hong misses with a two punch combination.
Iivana Jalo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fei Hong tries to clinch up.
Jalo throws a good cross that connects.
Fei Hong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jalo connects with a right hand. Fei Hong shakes it off.
A lazy left from Jalo finds it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fei Hong moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fei Hong checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jalo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Fei Hong wants to clinch.
Fei Hong tries to clinch but Jalo moves out of range.
Fei Hong connects with a crisp jab.
Fei Hong moves away from the strike by Jalo.
Jalo slips under a jab from Fei Hong.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jalo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jalo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fei Hong scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iivana Jalo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Iivana Jalo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Fei Hong gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jalo.
Fei Hong wants to clinch up but Jalo keeps it at a distance.
Jalo lands a leg kick that knocks Fei Hong off balance momentarily.
Fei Hong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jalo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A cross from Jalo lands.
Jalo missing with a left hand there. Fei Hong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jalo lands a nice looking body shot.
Fei Hong misses with a wild combination.
Fei Hong closes the distance and pushes Jalo back into the cage.
A short right from Fei Hong.
Fei Hong looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jalo throws a punch but it's blocked by Fei Hong.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fei Hong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalo blocks an elbow strike from Fei Hong.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fei Hong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fei Hong stalls.
Fei Hong stalling in the clinch but Jalo improves position.
Jalo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Fei Hong lands an elbow inside that Jalo shrugs off.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Fei Hong scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalo being controlled against the cage.
Jalo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fei Hong lands an elbow inside.
Fei Hong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fei Hong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fei Hong has a couple of punches blocked by Jalo.
A shot in the inside from Fei Hong.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fei Hong leaning against his opponent.
Fei Hong tries to stall but Jalo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Alan Fei Hong.
Fei Hong on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jalo throws a looping overhand right but Fei Hong ducks down to avoid it.
Jalo scores with a hook to the body. Fei Hong takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jalo throws a right hand that misses
and Fei Hong cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fei Hong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jalo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fei Hong is looking to clinch but Jalo is avoiding it.
Fei Hong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fei Hong tries to close the distance and clinch but Jalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fei Hong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fei Hong chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jalo can pounce on him.
Fei Hong misses with an uppercut. Jalo saw that one coming.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jalo, as that shot connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jalo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fei Hong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jalo lands a glancing blow to the side of Fei Hong's head.
Iivana Jalo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fei Hong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fei Hong moves to clinch but Jalo breaks away
and Jalo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jalo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fei Hong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fei Hong tries to clinch but Jalo moves out of range.
Alan Fei Hong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jalo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Iivana Jalo.
I've got Jalo 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Iivana Jalo!
A very excited looking Iivana Jalo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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