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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sebastien Linne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Usko Luttinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Linne comes to the cage accompanied by Arcturus - The Chaos Path. Luttinen is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by usko luttisen elämänkerta. Usko Luttinen told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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158 lbs
33 - 15 - 0 |
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158 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
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
33 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sebastien Linne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Usko Luttinen!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linne misses with the body kick
and Luttinen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luttinen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Luttinen misses with a looping left.
We've been hearing reports that Linne has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Luttinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Linne fails with a takedown attempt.
Linne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luttinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Linne.
Left hook, right uppercut from Linne.
Luttinen 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.
Luttinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Linne lands with a good body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luttinen with a nice cross.
Luttinen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Luttinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Linne counters with a nice double leg into side control. Luttinen won't be happy with that.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Linne in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linne sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Luttinen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Luttinen is looking for a sweep.
Luttinen struggling a bit here.
Luttinen taking a bit of punishment here - Linne scoring with strikes.
Linne works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Linne wants to control but Luttinen is keeping him busy.
Linne postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Linne fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Luttinen taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linne creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luttinen gets back to half guard.
Linne sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Luttinen defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Linne looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Linne not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Linne lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Luttinen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Luttinen trying to hold on to Linne's head to control him but Linne postures up.
Luttinen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Linne.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linne throws a strike but Luttinen avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Luttinen throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Luttinen wants to stand but Linne is controlling the position.
Linne throws an elbow that misses. Luttinen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Linne's guard. Nice move by Luttinen!
Luttinen tries to stand but Linne is controlling from the bottom.
Luttinen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Linne looking for a sweep. Not yet Linne, not yet.
Linne lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Luttinen!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linne working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Luttinen tries to hold on but Linne pushes him away.
Linne can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Luttinen is looking to escape.
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!
Linne looking to finish with strikes here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice elbow there by Linne.
Linne landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebastien Linne dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Linne lands a nice hook to Luttinen's body. Luttinen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Linne tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Linne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Linne throws a leg kick which misses Luttinen's front leg but catches the back leg as Luttinen tries to avoid it.
Luttinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Linne was well out of range. Poor timing from Luttinen.
Linne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Luttinen.
Luttinen throws a push kick but Linne slaps the foot to one side.
Luttinen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Linne fails to land with a series of punches.
Linne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Linne shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Luttinen but Luttinen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Linne lands a right hook to the body.
Luttinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sebastien Linne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Linne throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luttinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Luttinen misses the shot to the body.
Linne keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Linne looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Luttinen is fending him off so far but Linne persists. Nope, Luttinen circles away and we're back to standing.
Linne misses with a wild body shot.
Luttinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Linne decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Luttinen's guard.
Linne loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Linne 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.
Luttinen wants to stand and escape but Linne is having none of it.
Linne is looking to work some ground and pound but Luttinen has wrist control.
Linne keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Luttinen's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luttinen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sebastien Linne overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luttinen is trying to keep Linne in close.
Luttinen is wriggling around but Linne manages to pass to half guard.
Linne throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Linne sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Luttinen defending well though.
Luttinen trying to control here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Linne lands a nice short elbow.
Linne throwing shots but Luttinen is blocking nicely.
Linne throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linne winds up and cracks Luttinen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Linne thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Linne looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Linne is nestled in close to Luttinen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Linne looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Luttinen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Linne misses with a head shot. Luttinen uses the momentum to regain guard.
Luttinen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Linne postures up in Luttinen's guard and throws a big left but Luttinen blocks it.
Linne wants to control from the top but Luttinen keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luttinen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Luttinen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luttinen is looking to stand up but Linne isn't so interested in that idea.
Luttinen is trying to control the position but Linne postures up.
Linne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Linne is looking to work some ground and pound but Luttinen has wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Linne postures up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Linne postures up in Luttinen's guard and throws a big left but Luttinen blocks it.
Luttinen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebastien Linne dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Linne misses with a kick to the body
and Luttinen counters with a good low kick that Linne was not able to check.
Linne looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Luttinen is fending him off so far but Linne persists. Nope, Luttinen circles away and we're back to standing.
Luttinen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luttinen scores with a leg kick.
Luttinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Linne.
Luttinen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Linne.
Linne lands a lovely overhand right.
Linne lands a nice leg kick that just misses Luttinen's sensitive parts.
Luttinen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Linne looks to land a body kick but Luttinen moved away.
Linne slips under a jab from Luttinen.
Luttinen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Luttinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luttinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Linne decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Luttinen's guard.
Luttinen trying to control the position here.
Linne scoring with punches to the head and body.
Linne loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Luttinen has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Linne has passed into side control.
Linne fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Linne trying to control the position but Luttinen is working away.
Usko Luttinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sebastien Linne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linne just content to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luttinen is looking to regain half guard here but Linne keeps moving and retains side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Luttinen is not content to let Linne control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luttinen regains half guard.
Linne wants to control but Luttinen is keeping him busy.
Luttinen wants to control but Linne is keeping busy.
Sebastien Linne has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Linne shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Luttinen napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Luttinen tries to improve position but can't.
Linne taking a breather here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linne has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Sebastien Linne has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Luttinen takes a swing at Linne's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luttinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luttinen dodges the punch combination from Linne.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sebastien Linne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Linne has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sebastien Linne!
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