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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazuyoshi Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mercedes Benz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kazuyoshi Ishii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mercedes Benz!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishii clinches with his opponent.
Benz missing with knees to the body.
Ishii throws a punch but it's blocked by Benz.
Ishii with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ishii is leaning against Benz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Benz tries to circle away but Ishii has him pinned against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Benz.
Ishii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Benz is trying to break free.
Ishii is working Benz over against the cage.
Ishii tries a body shot but Benz blocks it.
Benz has had enough of the clinch but Ishii keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Benz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ishii with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ishii putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Benz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ishii trying to stall but Benz improves his position.
Ishii is struggling to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benz is keeping busy.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ishii scores with a shoulder strike.
Benz is trying to push Ishii away but Ishii has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Benz tries to land a knee to the head but Ishii blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ishii lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Mercedes Benz has been cut.
Benz missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Benz.
Ishii trying to control the position but instead, Benz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ishii into the cage.
Ishii looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Ishii moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Benz slows down the pace here.
Benz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benz can't find room to land a body shot as Ishii controls the action.
Benz is trying to break the clinch but Ishii is controlling him.
Benz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Benz looks winded!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Benz letting Ishii take a breather here.
Ishii looking to slow down the pace here.
Benz working hard to break the clinch.
Ishii tries a knee to the head but Benz blocks it.
Ishii tries to stall but Benz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ishii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Benz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Benz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benz closes the distance and pushes Ishii back into the cage.
Ishii tries to stall but Benz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Benz is trying to force a seperation but Ishii has the dominant position.
Ishii tries to stall but Benz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ishii effectively controlling the action here.
Ishii is trying to maintain a safe position but Benz gets an underhook and turns Ishii into the cage.
Benz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ishii works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ishii presses Benz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benz as Ishii tries to tie him up.
Ishii tries to land a knee to the head but Benz blocks with his arms.
Ishii wants to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Benz gets tackled into the cage by Ishii. Ishii maintains the clinch.
Ishii stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ishii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ishii is trying to maintain a safe position but Benz gets an underhook and turns Ishii into the cage.
Ishii seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Benz is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Ishii taking a breather.
Ishii using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ishii comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ishii is trying to maintain a safe position but Benz gets an underhook and turns Ishii into the cage.
Ishii looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Benz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ishii keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benz's efforts to push away.
Ishii unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazuyoshi Ishii dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mercedes Benz's cut.
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.
Ishii gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ishii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Benz tries to break free but Ishii pushes him back against the cage.
Benz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Benz wants to break the clinch but can't.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Benz is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Benz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishii stalling in the clinch but Benz improves position.
Ishii is trying to maintain a safe position but Benz gets an underhook and turns Ishii into the cage.
Ishii tries to stall but Benz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ishii pushes Benz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ishii is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benz is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii blocks an elbow strike.
Ishii lands an elbow inside.
Ishii misses with a punch to the body.
Benz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ishii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ishii tries to work over Benz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ishii has him pressed against the cage.
Benz takes an elbow to the temple.
That has opened up Mercedes Benz's cut even more.
Benz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ishii stalling in the clinch but Benz improves position.
Benz blocks an elbow strike from Ishii.
Ishii tries to land knees in the clinch but Benz avoids the damage to the body.
Ishii misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benz.
Benz slows down the pace here.
Ishii lands a knee to the head.
Benz is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ishii tries to stall but Benz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ishii is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benz is defending well for now.
Ishii is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benz is defending well for now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kazuyoshi Ishii has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Benz tries to break the clinch but Ishii is controlling the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benz as Ishii tries to tie him up.
A short body shot lands from Ishii as the two fighters clinch.
Ishii missing with knees to the body.
Ishii keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benz's efforts to push away.
Benz working hard to break the clinch.
Ishii misses with a punch on the inside.
Benz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishii lands an elbow inside that Benz shrugs off.
The cut above Mercedes Benz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ishii tries to stall but Benz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ishii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ishii taking a breather.
Ishii taking a breather.
Ishii is looking to control Benz's arms but Benz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ishii has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Benz darts in and clinches Ishii up against the cage.
Benz is trying to force a seperation but Ishii has the dominant position.
Ishii tries to throw a body punch but Benz avoids it by throwing Ishii back against the cage.
Benz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ishii misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Benz has Ishii pushed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benz trying to land knees to the body.
Benz is trying to break the clinch but Ishii is controlling him.
Ishii tries to stall but Benz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ishii lands a good knee to the midsection. Benz won't want to take too many of those.
The referee calls for Benz to work.
Ishii lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benz backwards.
Ishii is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ishii crunches a lovely knee into Benz's ribcage.
Ishii is trying to stall.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Benz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ishii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ishii is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benz can do to turn this around?
Ishii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazuyoshi Ishii dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mercedes Benz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Ishii gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ishii trying to control the position but instead, Benz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ishii into the cage.
Ishii throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ishii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benz's elbow.
Benz can't break the clinch.
Benz is trying to force a seperation but Ishii has the dominant position.
Ishii tries to stall but Benz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishii is working Benz over against the cage.
Benz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ishii is defending well for now.
Benz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ishii.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Benz in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Ishii gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Benz controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ishii works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ishii lands with a right to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ishii is looking to control Benz's arms but Benz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ishii has his back to the cage.
Ishii landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ishii tries to stall but Benz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ishii tries to stall but Benz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Ishii rushes Benz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ishii.
Ishii works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ishii misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishii lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benz letting Ishii take a breather here.
Ishii is trying to stall.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benz as Ishii tries to tie him up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ishii is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Ishii thows a body kick. Benz tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ishii lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Benz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ishii.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ishii fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benz, pushing him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benz working hard to break the clinch.
Ishii using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ishii holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Benz avoiding damage as Ishii throws knees to the body.
Ishii scores a nice knee to the body.
Ishii is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benz is keeping busy.
Benz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ishii has him pressed against the cage.
Ishii lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ishii lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mercedes Benz's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Benz can't break the clinch.
Ishii lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ishii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Benz is looking to break free of the clinch but Ishii has double underhooks.
Ishii creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Benz throws a head punch that misses.
Ishii controlling the action here for a moment.
Ishii can't find room to land a body shot as Benz controls the action.
Ishii misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benz.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ishii is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Ishii moves into the clinch.
Mercedes Benz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benz is trying to maintain a safe position but Ishii gets an underhook and turns Benz into the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kazuyoshi Ishii showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ishii has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kazuyoshi Ishii!
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