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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Randall Wickam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donkey Teeth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donkey Teeth will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randall Wickam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donkey Teeth!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wickam is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Teeth.
Teeth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wickam drops down looking for a counter takedown but Teeth sprawls and moves away.
Teeth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Teeth tries to bum rush Wickam with a series of wild strikes but Wickam uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Teeth throws a right and a left that Wickam avoids nicely.
No joy there for Teeth, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Donkey Teeth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teeth uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wickam.
Teeth lands a nice shot that snaps Wickam's head back.
Teeth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wickam feints and as Teeth raises his hands in defense, Wickam changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wickam looking to sit in guard and control but Teeth gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wickam is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wickam had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Teeth defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wickam escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Teeth gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wickam trying to control the position here.
Wickam trying to control the position.
That's two 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.
Wickam looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wickam thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Teeth advances to half guard.
Wickam is trying to maintain the position but Teeth is very close to passing his half guard.
Wickam is looking for a sweep. Teeth is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Teeth not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Teeth thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wickam holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Wickam tries to get to full guard but Teeth has control of the leg.
Wickam is looking to control Teeth's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wickam avoid being mounted?
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wickam doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wickam throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A left lands for Teeth.
Teeth throws a nice looking combination but Wickam bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Donkey Teeth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wickam shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Teeth manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Wickam is working Teeth over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wickam landing with the ground and pound.
Wickam trying to control the position from guard on top but Teeth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wickam trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wickam controls from within his opponent's guard.
We've been informed that Teeth has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Teeth is trying to hold Wickam in close to prevent damage but Wickam has managed to pass into half guard.
Wickam scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wickam seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donkey Teeth dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Wickam uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teeth.
Wickam half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Wickam misses with a hook
and Teeth counters with a two punch combo.
Teeth slips under a jab.
Donkey Teeth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Teeth looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wickam changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Teeth misses with a two punch combination.
Wickam dodges the punch combination from Teeth.
A jab from Teeth misses.
Good shot there by Teeth.
Teeth feints a jab promting Wickam to slip. Teeth then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Wickam slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Teeth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teeth moves in looking to clinch but Wickam pushes him off.
Wickam appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Wickam misses with an uppercut. Teeth saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Teeth.
Teeth misses with a looping right.
Wickam throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Teeth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wickam.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Teeth, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Teeth throws a jab when Wickam was well out of range.
Wickam drops down looking for a counter takedown but Teeth sprawls and moves away.
Teeth lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wickam at a distance.
Wickam misses with a wild combination.
Wickam misses with a straight right.
Wickam throws a right and a left that Teeth avoids nicely.
Despite the aggression on Teeth's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Wickam shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Wickam was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Teeth parries the strikes from Wickam easily there. Wickam is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Teeth to escape.
Teeth is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Wickam asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Wickam trying to control the position but Teeth is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wickam fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Wickam lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Teeth is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Wickam is controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wickam thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wickam is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Wickam looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Wickam thows a huge punch but Teeth dodges it nicely.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
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.
Teeth trying to hold on to Wickam's head to control him but Wickam postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Teeth wants to clinch up but Wickam keeps it at a distance.
Wickam half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Teeth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wickam.
Teeth throws a good cross that connects.
Nice uppercut there from Wickam.
It looks like Donkey Teeth has been cut.
Teeth swinging wildly here.
Teeth cracks Wickam with a good jab.
Teeth scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wickam lands a really nice looking cross but Teeth seems unphased.
A punch combination from Teeth misses.
Teeth instigates a clinch.
Teeth will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wickam up against the cage.
Teeth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donkey Teeth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Donkey Teeth's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A big right from Teeth misses.
Wickam is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Teeth works Wickam's body with a nice hook.
Wickam misses with an uppercut. Teeth saw that one coming.
Teeth throws a combination that misses
and Wickam counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wickam is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Teeth to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Wickam wants to control from the top but Teeth keeps moving.
Teeth utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wickam throws a big elbow that misses.
Wickam trying to control but Teeth is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wickam throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Teeth works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Wickam advances to half guard.
Wickam lands strikes from half guard.
Wickam has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Wickam postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Teeth looks a forlorn figure.
Teeth is looking to improve his position but Wickam isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wickam landing shots from mount.
Wickam controlling his opponent.
Teeth regains half guard.
Teeth is looking to get back to full guard here but Wickam has managed to pass to side control instead.
Wickam working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Randall Wickam overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teeth seems a little lost for a moment, as Wickam dominates the positioning.
You can see the frustration on Teeth's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wickam lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wickam cracks Teeth with a big right hand but Teeth just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wickam scoring with punches and elbows.
Wickam goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Teeth has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Wickam but great work by Teeth.
Wickam manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Wickam is looking for a kimura here.
Wickam controlling the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Randall Wickam showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Teeth has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donkey Teeth!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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