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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Armo Kuusela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Silvera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuusela comes to the cage accompanied by Promentory. Silvera has chosen Wedlock as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!
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193 lbs
26 - 17 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
31 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Armo Kuusela!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Joey Silvera!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kuusela.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch but Kuusela swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvera swings widly with a right hand
and Kuusela counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silvera rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kuusela counters with a stiff right hand.
Kuusela looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silvera scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kuusela is looking to clinch.
Kuusela feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silvera's calf.
Kuusela throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silvera throws the left hand but Kuusela avoids the punch easily.
Joey Silvera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvera chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvera catches Kuusela with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Silvera has Kuusela up against the cage in a clinch.
Silvera is trying to stall.
Kuusela tries a knee to the head but Silvera blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela misses with a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Silvera.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Silvera will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kuusela up against the cage.
Silvera lands a knee to the head.
Silvera creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kuusela's defenses.
Kuusela tries to land knees in the clinch but Silvera avoids the damage to the body.
Silvera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kuusela blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silvera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kuusela goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silvera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silvera lands a nice uppercut.
Kuusela is leaning against Silvera and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kuusela is trying to break free.
Silvera misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvera can't find room to land a body shot as Kuusela controls the action.
Kuusela stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silvera lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvera lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kuusela tries to stall but Silvera uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silvera avoiding damage as Kuusela throws knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kuusela - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kuusela.
Kuusela tries to work over Silvera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silvera tries to land a knee to the head but Kuusela blocks with his arms.
Silvera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kuusela is looking to control Silvera's arms but Silvera gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kuusela has his back to the cage.
Silvera tries to work over Kuusela's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silvera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silvera lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kuusela blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kuusela blocking some punches.
Silvera just leaning against Kuusela, taking a breather.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Silvera missing with knees to the body.
Silvera tries to land knees in the clinch but Kuusela avoids the damage to the body.
Silvera tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kuusela's elbow.
Kuusela has Silvera pushed against the cage.
Kuusela blocks a body shot from Silvera.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Silvera takes a shot to the head.
Silvera lands a good knee to the midsection. Kuusela won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silvera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kuusela working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silvera takes a shot to the head.
Silvera tries to throw a body punch but Kuusela avoids it by throwing Silvera back against the cage.
Silvera can't find room to land a body shot as Kuusela controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela misses with a body punch.
Silvera tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kuusela's elbow.
Silvera lands with a short shot to the head.
Silvera scores with a shoulder strike.
Kuusela lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Kuusela tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvera's elbow.
Kuusela using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silvera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silvera digs a right hand underneath Kuusela's ribcage. Kuusela let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kuusela takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silvera working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kuusela with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silvera misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Silvera.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kuusela avoids a wild elbow strike from Silvera.
Silvera trying to stall but Kuusela improves his position.
Silvera holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silvera is leaning against Kuusela and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Silvera dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Silvera gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silvera has a couple of punches blocked by Kuusela.
A left hand lands to the body for Silvera.
Joey Silvera seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right hand to the body from Silvera.
Silvera lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kuusela misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kuusela tries to work over Silvera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kuusela tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kuusela looking to slow down the pace here.
Silvera scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silvera lands a shoulder strike.
Kuusela takes a shot to the head.
Kuusela is rocked!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silvera.
Oh Kuusela is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kuusela is looking to control Silvera's arms but Silvera gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kuusela has his back to the cage.
Kuusela blocks a body shot from Silvera.
Silvera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silvera creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kuusela's defenses.
Silvera lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silvera blocks it with crossed arms.
Kuusela is trying to break the clinch but Silvera is controlling him.
A short uppercut from Silvera.
Silvera lands a good knee to the midsection. Kuusela won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silvera lands a nice elbow.
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!
Silvera is leaning against Kuusela and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silvera unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Kuusela! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Silvera is unloading with more strikes now! Kuusela drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Silvera!
Joey Silvera is the new middleweight champion!
Joey Silvera looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'In nomine dei nostri satanas luciferi excelsi!'.
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