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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Asztalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morten Joikhaaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Asztalos's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Alex Entrance Song . Alex Asztalos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Asztalos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Morten Joikhaaja!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joikhaaja fails with a takedown attempt.
Asztalos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Asztalos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joikhaaja manages to avoid it.
Asztalos leaves Joikhaaja with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Joikhaaja shoots in looking for a takedown. Asztalos tries to sprawl out of it but Joikhaaja keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Asztalos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alex Asztalos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Morten Joikhaaja.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Joikhaaja is defended easily by Asztalos.
Asztalos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asztalos misses the shot to the body.
Asztalos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Elite Fighting Temple in the buildup to the fight.
Asztalos misses with a body shot.
Asztalos swings for the body but Joikhaaja moves out of range.
Joikhaaja fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asztalos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jab, jab by Joikhaaja - just one landing.
Joikhaaja avoids the body shot from Asztalos.
Joikhaaja shoots in but no luck this time.
Joikhaaja looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Asztalos is fending him off so far but Joikhaaja persists. Nope, Asztalos circles away and we're back to standing.
Joikhaaja goes for a double leg but Asztalos avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Asztalos continues to drive forward.
Asztalos drops Joikhaaja with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Joikhaaja looks back up at him and smiles so Asztalos waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joikhaaja jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Joikhaaja moves out of range of the strikes.
Joikhaaja is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Joikhaaja is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Asztalos's half guard.
Asztalos looks like he's trying to stand up.
Joikhaaja throwing shots but Asztalos is blocking nicely.
Asztalos wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joikhaaja thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Joikhaaja not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Joikhaaja is nestled in close to Asztalos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nice strikes from Joikhaaja there.
Joikhaaja working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Joikhaaja is nestled in close to Asztalos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Joikhaaja stops Asztalos from getting back to his feet.
Asztalos regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Joikhaaja.
Asztalos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Joikhaaja throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Asztalos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Joikhaaja scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Joikhaaja trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joikhaaja lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joikhaaja throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Joikhaaja works over Asztalos with some ground and pound from guard.
Asztalos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Joikhaaja missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Joikhaaja scoring with some ground and pound.
Asztalos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Asztalos wants to stand up but Joikhaaja is controlling him.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Good work by Joikhaaja as he checks the leg kick.
Joikhaaja takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Asztalos lands with a good body shot.
Asztalos fails to land with a series of punches.
Asztalos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Asztalos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joikhaaja was well out of range. Poor timing from Asztalos.
Joikhaaja tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Asztalos swivels and escapes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asztalos misses with a straight left.
Joikhaaja tries for a takedown but Asztalos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
It looked like Asztalos was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Joikhaaja steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Asztalos.
Joikhaaja fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Asztalos avoids it really well and circles away.
Asztalos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Asztalos swings for the body but Joikhaaja moves out of range.
Joikhaaja shoots in looking for a takedown but Asztalos manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Joikhaaja's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Joikhaaja changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Asztalos tries to avoid it but Joikhaaja manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Asztalos to the ground. Asztalos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Asztalos as Joikhaaja shoots in.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asztalos throws a jab but it's blocked by Joikhaaja.
Joikhaaja walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Asztalos slaps away a takedown attempt from Joikhaaja, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Asztalos throwing a counter right hand but Joikhaaja manages to avoid it.
Asztalos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joikhaaja gets a takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Asztalos dominated that 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.
Horrible takedown attempt by Joikhaaja or perhaps it was just good defense by Asztalos, which made it look bad.
Asztalos is looking to counter punch.
Joikhaaja looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Joikhaaja misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Alex Asztalos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Morten Joikhaaja.
Joikhaaja dives in and grabs Asztalos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Asztalos pushes down on Joikhaaja's head and hops out.
Joikhaaja tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Asztalos defends well and Joikhaaja ends up having to push Asztalos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Asztalos missing with a left hand there. Joikhaaja was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Asztalos misses with an uppercut. Joikhaaja saw that one coming.
Joikhaaja feints the counter takedown.
Joikhaaja changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Asztalos tries to avoid it but Joikhaaja manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Asztalos to the ground. Asztalos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Asztalos misses the target.
Asztalos misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joikhaaja tries to clinch up but Asztalos circles away and keeps his distance.
Asztalos is looking to counter punch.
Joikhaaja's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Asztalos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Joikhaaja scrambles back to his feet.
The fighters circling - Asztalos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Joikhaaja drives through with a takedown into Asztalos's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Asztalos wants to get back to his feet but Joikhaaja is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joikhaaja scoring with punches to the head and body.
Asztalos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Joikhaaja on the ground.
Joikhaaja postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Asztalos wants to stand up but Joikhaaja is controlling him.
Joikhaaja postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Joikhaaja lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Joikhaaja working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Asztalos wants to get back to his feet but Joikhaaja is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Joikhaaja has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Asztalos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Joikhaaja.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Asztalos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Joikhaaja.
Asztalos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joikhaaja can do to turn this around?
Joikhaaja fails with the takedown.
Joikhaaja bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joikhaaja changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Asztalos tries to avoid it but Joikhaaja manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Asztalos to the ground. Asztalos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Asztalos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Joikhaaja has time to react.
Joikhaaja shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Asztalos pinned against the cage. Asztalos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Alex Asztalos is winning the standup battle so far.
Joikhaaja throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Asztalos's waist but Asztalos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Joikhaaja off to one side.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Joikhaaja checks a leg kick.
Joikhaaja fails with a takedown attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Asztalos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Joikhaaja shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Asztalos as he jumps to the side.
Good leg kick by Asztalos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asztalos looks to land a left hand but Joikhaaja moved out of range nicely.
Asztalos throws a jab when Joikhaaja was well out of range.
Joikhaaja feints the counter takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Joikhaaja.
Morten Joikhaaja seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Asztalos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Joikhaaja needs to keep his hands up - Asztalos had a free shot at his head there.
Horrible takedown attempt by Joikhaaja or perhaps it was just good defense by Asztalos, which made it look bad.
Asztalos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Joikhaaja shoots in for a takedown but Asztalos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Asztalos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Joikhaaja shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Asztalos but Asztalos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Asztalos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Joikhaaja stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asztalos misses with an uppercut. Joikhaaja saw that one coming.
Asztalos is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Horrible takedown attempt by Joikhaaja or perhaps it was just good defense by Asztalos, which made it look bad.
Joikhaaja takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Asztalos thows a left - swing and a miss!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Asztalos throws a right and a left that Joikhaaja avoids nicely.
Joikhaaja tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Asztalos swivels and escapes.
It looked like Asztalos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A left lands for Asztalos.
Joikhaaja is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Joikhaaja dives in for a single leg takedown but Asztalos sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Asztalos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Joikhaaja shoots in and drives through. Asztalos sprawls well.
Joikhaaja is breathing heavily.
Asztalos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Joikhaaja misses with a takedown attempt - Asztalos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Asztalos dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Asztalos throws a shot from downtown. Joikhaaja moves away and avoids it.
Asztalos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Asztalos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joikhaaja.
Asztalos scores with a nice head shot.
Joikhaaja is rocked!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Joikhaaja.
Joikhaaja is still on wobbly legs! Can Asztalos finish him?
Asztalos pounces like a tiger and cracks Joikhaaja with a vicious hook! Joikhaaja is down but not out! Asztalos follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Alex Asztalos!
Alex Asztalos bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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