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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Riley Beaudin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Formidable Opponent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riley Beaudin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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195 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Riley Beaudin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Formidable Opponent!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beaudin misses with a few strikes there.
Beaudin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Opponent uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beaudin.
Opponent darts in and clinches Beaudin up against the cage.
Beaudin tries to break the clinch but Opponent is controlling the position.
Beaudin wants to get back to striking at distance but Opponent won't allow it.
Beaudin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Opponent tries to land knees in the clinch but Beaudin avoids the damage to the body.
Opponent tries to stall but Beaudin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Beaudin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beaudin avoids the head kick by Opponent.
Beaudin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beaudin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Beaudin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Opponent throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beaudins head.
Opponent scores with a knee to the head.
Opponent blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The is referee keeping an eye on Opponent - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Opponent drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Opponent fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Opponent is trying to trip Beaudin. He has hold of a leg but Beaudin is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Opponent persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Beaudin wants to stand up but Opponent is controlling him.
Opponent trying to control but Beaudin is working from the bottom.
Beaudin working a defensive guard here.
Beaudin looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Opponent puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Beaudin is staying active underneath Opponent, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Beaudin pushes Opponent off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaudin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Opponent counters with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Beaudin.
Opponent slips under a jab from Beaudin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Opponent looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beaudin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Opponent shoots in and drives through. Beaudin sprawls well.
Riley Beaudin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Formidable Opponent.
Opponent shoots in for a double leg but Beaudin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Beaudin closes the distance but Opponent moves to the side
and Opponent counters with a thumping low kick.
Opponent closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Beaudin misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Beaudin.
Beaudin shoots in and bounces Opponent off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Beaudin is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Beaudin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Beaudin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Opponent works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Beaudin wanted to stand there but Opponent had control of the position.
Opponent working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Beaudin.
Opponent keeping moving, preventing Beaudin from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaudin won't allow Opponent to sweep him here.
Beaudin tries to free his leg and advance position but Opponent is retaining full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Opponent connects with a solid leg kick.
Beaudin clinches with his opponent.
Opponent throws an elbow but it misses.
Opponent is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Opponent lands an elbow inside that Beaudin shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Riley Beaudin will probably get the nod.
That's time! Beaudin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The fighters circling - Beaudin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Opponent closes the distance and clinches.
Opponent misses with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Opponent.
Opponent is fighting off a takedown attempt but Beaudin is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Opponent to the mat. Opponent regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Beaudin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Opponent not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Beaudin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Beaudin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Opponent is keeping the position for now.
Opponent lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Beaudin!
Beaudin is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaudin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Opponent can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Beaudin is looking to escape.
Opponent sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Beaudin manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Beaudin is trying to stand.
Opponent moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Beaudin.
Beaudin is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Opponent is controlling him well.
Beaudin is looking for a sweep.
Opponent trying to control the action but Beaudin is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaudin tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Opponent wants to control the pace but Beaudin is squirming around nicely.
You get the feeling that Beaudin really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Beaudin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Beaudin tries to get out of the position.
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.
Opponent raining down shots from the mount!
Beaudin is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Opponent wants to control the pace but Beaudin is squirming around nicely.
Beaudin's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Beaudin is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riley Beaudin dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Opponent lands a two punch combo.
Opponent rushes Beaudin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Opponent is working for takedown but Beaudin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Opponent stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Opponent trying to stall but Beaudin improves his position.
Beaudin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beaudin wants a takedown but no success here.
Beaudin prevents a takedown attempt there.
Beaudin blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Opponent breaks the clinch.
Beaudin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beaudin lands a nice shot to the body.
Beaudin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Opponent's head backwards.
Riley Beaudin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaudin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Opponent counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Opponent.
Beaudin lands a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Beaudin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Beaudin is looking to stand up but Opponent won't let him.
Beaudin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Beaudin chips away with some ground and pound.
Beaudin throws a big right hand that misses.
Beaudin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaudin stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Beaudin is looking to clinch but Opponent is avoiding it.
Beaudin misses with a body shot.
Horrible takedown by Beaudin or perhaps it was just good defense by Opponent which made him look bad.
Opponent displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Beaudin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Opponent thuds his shin into the meat of Beaudin's side.
Opponent throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Beaudin's waist but Beaudin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Opponent off to one side.
Riley Beaudin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Formidable Opponent.
Opponent fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beaudin missing with a left hand there. Opponent was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beaudin keeps the fight on the outside.
Beaudin tries to clinch up but Opponent circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Opponent circles away from the clinch attempt
and Opponent counters with a big head kick but Beaudin shrugs it off.
Beaudin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Opponent takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Opponent rushes Beaudin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Beaudin managing to block the knees to the body from Opponent.
Beaudin lands a damaging elbow.
Beaudin fails to pull guard.
Opponent tries for a takedown. No joy.
Beaudin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Opponent is keeping busy.
Opponent lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Beaudin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beaudin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Opponent counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Beaudin misses with a takedown attempt - Opponent sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Riley Beaudin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Opponent fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Beaudin sprawls well initially but Opponent persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Beaudin wants to get back to full guard but Opponent has mounted him!
Beaudin is working to get back to half guard.
Beaudin throwing hammer fists to the chest of Opponent. What's that going to do exactly?
Beaudin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Riley Beaudin.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Beaudin, 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Riley Beaudin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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