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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antti Karhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Karhu's choice of entrance music: Samuli Edelman - Teit meistä kauniin. Sadiq Hossein could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Antti Karhu's chin.
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152 lbs
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149 lbs
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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
37 - 23 - 5, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antti Karhu!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hossein lands with a nice body punch.
Karhu throws a chopping leg kick but Hossein manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hossein has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Sweat in the buildup to the fight.
Karhu throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hossein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karhu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hossein misses with a wild body shot.
Karhu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Karhu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Karhu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hossein throws a one two combo.
Karhu misses with a hook.
Hossein throws a sloppy body shot
and Karhu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karhu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Karhu is just out of range.
No joy there for Hossein, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hossein takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hossein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karhu manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Hossein. Those never looked like landing.
Karhu throws a low kick but Hossein moves out of range easily.
Hossein is looking to wear down Karhu with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hossein throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hossein moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hossein.
Karhu catches Hossein with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hossein throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hossein will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karhu closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hossein's guard.
Karhu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Karhu postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Karhu trying to control the position from guard on top but Hossein is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karhu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Karhu preventing the sweep.
Karhu trying to control but Hossein is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Karhu defends well.
Hossein looking for a sweep. Not yet Hossein, not yet.
Karhu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Karhu is working Hossein over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hossein is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hossein not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhu stands up over Hossein, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Karhu controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hossein lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Hossein wants to stand but Karhu has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Karhu wants to sweep here but Hossein controlling him for the moment.
Karhu looking to control.
Hossein wants to stand and escape but instead Karhu has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hossein controlling Karhu's posture.
Hossein has momentary wrist control but Karhu slips an elbow through the middle.
Hossein has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Karhu has passed into side control.
Hossein takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Karhu working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Karhu dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hossein on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Karhu. Karhu obviously looking to wear him down.
Karhu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hossein throws a body shot but no joy.
Hossein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karhu manages to avoid it.
Hossein throws a jab when Karhu was well out of range.
Karhu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Karhu is just out of range.
Karhu connects with a solid leg kick.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice straight punches there by Hossein. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hossein.
Hossein throws a big shot that misses.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karhu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Karhu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hossein swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karhu slips a jab from Hossein.
Karhu misses with an uppercut.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karhu.
Karhu throws a low kick, looking for Hossein's leg but Hossein calmly moves out of range.
Hossein misses with a double jab
and Karhu counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein takes a swing at Karhu's ribcage but misses.
Hossein swings for the body but Karhu moves out of range.
Karhu lands a head kick. Hossein smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hossein wants to slow Karhu down by chopping away at his legs.
A jab from Karhu does it's job there.
Karhu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hossein comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Karhu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hossein misses with a wild body shot.
Karhu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hossein throws a wild body kick that Karhu sees coming a mile off.
Karhu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hossein.
Hossein swings widly with a right hand
and Karhu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hossein shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Karhu eats them both and turns towards Hossein to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karhu bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hossein tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Hossein's face as Karhu controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein is trying to get back to half guard.
Karhu trying to control the position but Hossein is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hossein takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Karhu throws a strike aimed at the side of Hossein's head but Hossein avoids it well.
Karhu landing strikes.
Hossein tries to improve position but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Karhu are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Karhu trying to control the action but Hossein is working from the bottom.
Karhu landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Karhu throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Hossein works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Karhu not doing much here.
Hossein is concentrating on defense, preventing Karhu from advancing position.
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.
Karhu thows a huge punch but Hossein dodges it nicely.
Karhu not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hossein wants to improve his position but Karhu is controlling well.
Hossein has hold of Karhu's hands but Karhu slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hossein is trying to control but can't.
Karhu prevents Hossein from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Karhu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Hossein sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Karhu cracks Hossein with a good jab.
Karhu throws a hook to the side of Hossein's head but Hossein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hossein connects with a crisp jab.
Hossein waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karhu.
Hossein with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hossein avoids a punch combination nicely.
And Hossein counters with a quick kick to the body but Karhu blocks it.
Hossein swings for the body but Karhu moves out of range.
Hossein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karhu manages to avoid it.
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Karhu is just out of range.
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Karhu is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hossein misses with a low kick.
Karhu throws a big counter head kick but Hossein avoids it with no problem.
Karhu throws a head kick that misses.
Karhu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hossein.
Hossein moves away from the strike by Karhu.
Hossein digs a good body shot into Karhu's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karhu looks to score with a jab to the body but Hossein is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karhu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hossein.
Karhu feints the counter takedown.
The fighters circle momentarily. Karhu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
Hossein on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Karhu avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karhu was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Sadiq Hossein is winning the standup battle so far.
Hossein missing with a left hand there. Karhu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hossein has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Karhu.
Karhu avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Good standup being displayed there by Karhu as he connects with a hook.
Karhu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hossein.
Hossein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karhu.
Karhu throws a nice outside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Karhu. Beautiful body shot.
Karhu swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Karhu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Karhu lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hossein fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein throws a looping overhand right but Karhu ducks down to avoid it.
Karhu blocks the body kick.
Karhu drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hossein defends it well.
Hossein takes a swing at Karhu's ribcage but misses.
Crunch! Karhu slams his shin into Hossein's torso.
Hossein misses with a combination
and Karhu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karhu checks a low kick from Hossein.
Karhu shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hossein is trying to defend but Karhu finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hossein works his way to full guard. Good work.
Karhu looking to sit in guard and control but Hossein gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Antti Karhu has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hossein got a little sloppy there for a moment and Karhu has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hossein has managed to get both his arms back between Karhu's legs - danger averted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein wants to control from the top but Karhu keeps moving.
Hossein has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Karhu is proving hard to escape from.
Our spies down at at Gangsterdamage inform us that Karhu has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karhu is pulling down on Hossein's head to control his posture.
Karhu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Karhu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Karhu 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.
Hossein trying to control the position from guard on top but Karhu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hossein preventing the sweep.
Hossein postures up.
Karhu looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hossein is one step ahead there.
Karhu manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hossein manages to get himself to full guard.
Hossein controls Karhu momentarily but Karhu frees himself.
Hossein looking to control but Karhu passes into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antti Karhu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Karhu winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antti Karhu!
A relieved looking Antti Karhu thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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