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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esko Morko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Albert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morko's entrance music is The Sound Of Thunder. A fine choice. Albert has chosen My Way- Frank Sinatra as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Esko Morko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frankie Albert!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morko throws a head kick that misses.
Morko finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Morko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morko has Albert up against the cage in a clinch.
Albert is trying to drag Morko to the mat but Morko just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Albert managing to block the knees to the body from Morko.
Morko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Frankie Albert has been cut.
Morko prevents the takedown attempt.
Albert tries to pull guard but Morko holds him up against the cage and eventually Albert drops back down to his feet.
Esko Morko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Albert.
Albert swings wildly with an uppercut but Morko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Albert just leaning against Morko, taking a breather.
Morko crunches a lovely knee into Albert's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Morko.
Albert looks gassed!
Morko misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Morko.
Morko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morko scores with a knee to the head.
Morko lands a knee to the body.
Albert is looking to break free of the clinch but Morko has double underhooks.
Morko lands a knee to the head.
Morko landing knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko lands a knee to the body.
Morko crunches a lovely knee into Albert's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morko.
A knee to the head by Morko.
Albert jumps guard but Morko stands there with Albert around his waist. Albert gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Morko landing knees to the head.
Albert is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Morko landing knees to the head.
Morko blocks the elbow strike.
Albert takes a knee right on the jaw!
Albert drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morko gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Albert lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Albert wants to get back to striking at distance but Morko won't allow it.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Albert blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Albert.
Albert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Albert tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morko smiles and moves away.
Morko tries to clinch up but Albert circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albert decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Morko works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morko has a closed guard, preventing Albert from standing up.
Morko managing to control the position.
Albertis looking to pass into half guard but Morko pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Morko is in guard.
Albert is looking for a triangle but Morko pushes his legs off easily.
Morko sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morko has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albert escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morko gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morko decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Morko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Albert, pushing him back against the cage.
Albert takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morko lands a knee to the head.
Albert takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morko landing knees to the head.
Albert fails to pull guard.
Morko crunches a lovely knee into Albert's ribcage.
Morko crunches a lovely knee into Albert's ribcage.
Morko misses with a knee to the head.
Morko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morko throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morko misses with a knee to the head.
Morko stops a takedown attempt from Albert.
Albert wants a takedown.
Morko lands a knee to the body.
Albert fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Morko scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Morko.
Morko misses with a knee to the head.
Albert is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Morko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Albert blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morko is pressed up against the cage. Albert has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morko down to the mat. Morko avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Morko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Albert wants to clinch up but Morko keeps it at a distance.
Morko throws a head kick that misses.
Albert changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morko tries to avoid it but Albert manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morko to the ground. Morko escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morko throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morko gets a clinch.
Morko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morko avoiding damage as Albert throws knees to the body.
Morko misses with a knee to the head.
Morko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esko Morko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frankie Albert's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Albert shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Albert lands with some strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morko is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Morko tries to hold on but Albert pushes him away.
Morko holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Albert tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Albert trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Albert wants to control the action but instead Morko gets a body lock and reverses into Albert's guard! Nice work!
Albert keeping moving, preventing Morko from controlling successfully.
Albert is trying to control the position but Morko postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morko stays in close to Albert's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Albert has a takedown stuffed.
Morko is looking to clinch but Albert is avoiding it.
Morko misses with the combination.
Albert avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Albert, pushing him back against the cage.
Morko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Albert has Morko pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morko manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Albert blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Morko.
Morko connects with a knee to the head.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Albert is trying to drag Morko to the mat but Morko just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Esko Morko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Albert.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but Albert blocks with his arms.
Albert tries for a takedown but Morko manages to get underhooks.
Knees to the body from Morko.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Albert lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Albert wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morko has him pressed against the cage.
Morko misses with a knee strike.
Albert has hold of one of Morko's legs. Morko is fighting the takedown attempt but Albert gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Albert trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Morko manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Morko avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Morko wants to control from the top but Albert keeps moving.
Albert is trying to control the position but Morko postures up.
Morko controlling from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albert looking for a guillotine here but Morko defends easily.
Morko showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Albert is working an open guard so Morko takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Morko tries to clinch up.
Morko tries to clinch there but Albert circles away.
Morko wants to clinch but Albert slips to the side
and Albert counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Morko is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Albert fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Albert blocks a head kick by Morko.
Morko forces Albert back against the cage and clinches.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Albert lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Albert dodges an elbow strike from Morko.
Morko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morko landing knees to the head.
Esko Morko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morko looking to throw knees to the head but Albert is blocking nicely.
Albert pulls Morko into guard.
Morko is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Albert is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esko Morko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frankie Albert's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Morko throws a head kick but Albert moves out of range.
Morko wants to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Albert shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morko as he jumps to the side.
Albert keeps the fight on the outside.
Albert darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Morko trying to control here.
Albert tries to pass the half guard into mount. Morko knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Albert throws a strike but Morko avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Morko wriggles free and stands up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morko doesn't manage to clinch there - Albert circles away.
Morko closes the distance and clinches.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Albert blocks it with crossed arms.
Morko tries a knee to the head but Albert blocks it.
Albert jumps guard but Morko stands there with Albert around his waist. Albert gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Albert tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Esko Morko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Albert.
Morko tries to land knees in the clinch but Albert avoids the damage to the body.
Morko looking to throw knees to the head but Albert is blocking nicely.
Albert digs a right hand into Morko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morko's gas tank.
Albert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Albert feints and as Morko raises his hands in defense, Albert changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Morko manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Albert working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko tries to control but Albert wriggling away.
Morko controlling from the full mount.
Albert tries to lock up and control but Morko gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morko controlling the pace for now.
Morko looking to control but Albert is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Albert is desperately trying to improve his position but Morko has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko trying to control but Albert is having none of it.
Albert flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Morko looking to control and managing it successfully.
Albert can't escape the position.
Morko sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Albert is desperately trying to improve his position but Morko has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morko tries to control but Albert wriggling away.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Esko Morko just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Morko scores with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Morko.
Morko lands with a slapping head kick.
Morko tests Albert's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Albert takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morko throws a leg kick which misses Albert's front leg but catches the back leg as Albert tries to avoid it.
Morko tries to close the distance and clinch but Albert swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Esko Morko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morko scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morko tries a knee to the head but Albert blocks it.
Frankie Albert has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Esko Morko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Albert goes for a takedown attempt but Morko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Morko closes the distance and clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Esko Morko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morko, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Esko Morko!
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energy
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hype
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