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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ukko Metso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Newton comes to the cage accompanied by Destiny's Child - Bootylicious. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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190 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
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190 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Carlos Newton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ukko Metso!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Metso dives in and scores a takedown into Newton's guard.
Metso is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Newton is pulling down on Metso's head. It's preventing any offense from Metso, at least for the moment.
Metso drops back looking for a leg! Newton is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Newton manages to kick Metso off! Metso jumps back into Newton's guard.
Newton is trying to control the position but Metso postures up.
Metso trying to control but Newton is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Metso wants to pass the guard but Newton is keeping the position.
Newton is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Newton has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Metso can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Metso throwing strikes from guard but Newton blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Metso not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Metso loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Newton lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Metso is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Newton defends well.
Metso looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Newton throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Metso 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.
Newton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton scoring with punches to the head and body.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Metso is on top in guard.
Newton is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Metso is aware though and is defending well.
Metso's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Newton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Newton has momentary wrist control but Metso slips an elbow through the middle.
Metso is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Metso tries to free his leg and advance position but Newton is retaining full guard.
Newton is trying to keep Metso in close.
Newton controlling Metso's posture.
Metso connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newton is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Newton is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Newton keeping moving, preventing Metso from controlling successfully.
Newton trying to keep a closed guard but Metso is proving a slippery customer.
Metso must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Metso with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Newton has momentary wrist control but Metso slips an elbow through the middle.
Metso trying to control but Newton is working from the bottom.
Newton wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Metso lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newton looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Newton had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Metso defends it easily.
Newton looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Metso seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Metso makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Metso stands up over Newton, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Newton working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ukko Metso dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Metso dives in for a single leg takedown but Newton sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Metso has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Metso stuffs the takedown attempt from Newton. Newton gets slowly back to his feet.
Metso is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Metso shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Newton is trying to defend but Metso finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Metso not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Newton wants to control but Metso is keeping busy.
Metso prevents Newton from improving his position.
Metso is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Metso with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Metso is looking to take a break and control but Newton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Newton trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Metso thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Metso not doing much here.
Metso winds up and cracks Newton with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Newton slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Metso scoring with some ground and pound.
Newton escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Metso gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Metso pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Newton is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metso postures up.
Metso trying to control the position from guard on top but Newton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Metso throws an elbow that misses. Newton uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Metso's guard. Nice move by Newton!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Metso is on top in guard.
Newton trying to control the position.
Newton is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Newton lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newton looking to pass the guard.
Metso looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Metso looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Newton passes into half guard.
Metso tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Newton has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Metso is in all sorts of trouble here.
Newton controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newton lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Newton lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Newton is working for a guillotine from mount but Metso frees his head quite easily.
Newton tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Newton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Metso is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Newton breaks from Metso's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Newton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Metso?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Newton dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Newton shoots in and gets a takedown into Metso's guard.
Newton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Newton throws a big right hand that misses.
Metso looking for a sweep. Not yet Metso, not yet.
Metso working for a triangle but Newton defends it easily.
Metso is trying to control the position but Newton postures up.
Newton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Metso throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Newton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Metso works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Metso is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Newton jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Metso looking to control.
Newton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Newton trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Metso manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Newton controls Metso momentarily but Metso frees himself.
Metso showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Metso stands up over Newton, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metso is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Newton pulls Metso in to control the position.
Metso with a nice head shot there.
Metso preventing the sweep.
Newton looking to control.
Newton 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.
Newton controls Metso momentarily but Metso frees himself.
Metso won't allow Newton to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Newton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Metso working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Newton's head.
Metso got a little sloppy there for a moment and Newton has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Metso has managed to get both his arms back between Newton's legs - danger averted.
Newton looking to control.
Metso is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Metso accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Metso trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Newton is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Metso working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Newton's head.
Ukko Metso has got the better of the ground game so far.
Metso postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Newton seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Newton keeping moving, preventing Metso from controlling successfully.
Metso drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Newton manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Metso has Newton in his guard.
Newton's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Newton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Newton preventing the sweep.
Metso had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Newton defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Ukko Metso just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Back to the action!
Newton stuffs the takedown.
Metso shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Newton defends it nicely.
Metso shoots in looking for a takedown. Newton tries to sprawl out of it but Metso keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Newton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Carlos Newton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ukko Metso.
Metso stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Metso wants it to stay on the feet.
Newton shoots for a takedown but Metso saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Metso shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Metso throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in half guard, Metso seems content to control.
Newton wants to control but Metso is keeping busy.
Metso 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton trying to hold on to Metso's head to control him but Metso postures up.
Metso throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Metso tries to pass to full mount but Newton defends it.
Newton is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Metso scores with a couple of nice shots.
Metso not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Newton is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Newton looking for subs from the bottom but Metso mounts him!
Newton takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Metso connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Metso working over Newton with some ground and pound. Newton looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Newton looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Newton is not content to let Metso control the position.
Newton tries to get to full guard but Metso has control of the leg.
Metso keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Metso wants to take a breather but Newton is having none of it.
Newton wants to control but Metso is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Newton is trying to get back to full guard.
Newton trying to hold on to Metso's head to control him but Metso postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newton controlling the position for now.
Newton is trying to control but can't.
Metso is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Newton trying to control from the bottom.
Metso perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Metso looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Newton is trying to control but can't.
Ground and pound from Metso.
Newton has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Metso is working away from the top position though.
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.
Metso looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Metso looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Newton with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Metso is working for a kimura but Newton is defending it quite comfortably.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Metso winds up and cracks Newton with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ukko Metso dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Newton has managed to clinch.
I was talking to Newton's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Newton has clasped his hands together around Metso's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Newton scores with punches from side control.
Metso tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Newton working the head and body with strikes.
Metso is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Newton has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Metso is looking to regain half guard here but Newton keeps moving and retains side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Metso manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Newton is trying to control the action in half guard but Metso is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Metso slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Metso is trying to keep Newton in close.
Newton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Metso looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Newton postures up in Metso's guard and throws a big left but Metso blocks it.
Newton advances to half guard.
Newton seems to be working for a kimura but Metso defends the submission attempt.
Ground and pound from Newton.
Newton is keen to just control but Metso is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton prevents Metso from improving his position.
Newton lands strikes from half guard.
Metso tries to get to full guard but Newton has control of the leg.
The fighters are battling for position here. Metso manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Newton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Metso looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Metso wants to sweep but no luck.
Metso is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Newton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Newton tries to free his leg and advance position but Metso is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newton connects with a couple of short punches.
Newton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Metso wants to sweep but no luck.
Newton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Newton lands a couple of elbows.
Newton drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Newton jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Metso has his foot on Newton's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Newton works his way back into a safe position though.
Newton trying to control but Metso is working from the bottom.
Metso being controlled here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Metso swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Newton throwing strikes but missing.
Newton trying to control but Metso is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Metso misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ukko Metso is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Newton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Metso is fending him off so far but Newton persists. Nope, Metso circles away and we're back to standing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Metso fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Newton sprawls well initially but Metso persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Metso is keen to just control but Newton is a slippery customer.
Metso drops an elbow to the side of Newton's head.
Carlos Newton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Newton is trying to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Newton showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Metso 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 48:48
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 47:48
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ukko Metso!
Ukko Metso is the new middleweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Ukko Metso thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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