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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johanna Reiman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonas Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Reiman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Deadmau5 - Ghosts 'N* Stuff. Norris has chosen Scooter - Nesaja as his entrance music. Jonas Norris looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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220 lbs
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240 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johanna Reiman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jonas Norris!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reiman stalks Norris and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Norris's face. Norris staggers backwards, shaken.
Norris looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Reiman closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Reiman lands in his opponent's guard.
Reiman postures up in Norris's guard and throws a big left but Norris blocks it.
Norris utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Norris keeping moving, preventing Reiman from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reiman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Reiman throwing strikes but missing.
Reiman trying to stand up but can't free himself from Norris's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reiman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Norris is keeping the position for now.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Reiman moves in looking to clinch but Norris pushes him off.
Reiman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Reiman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reiman lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Reiman moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Reiman throws a head kick that Norris semi-blocks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reiman lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Reiman!
Norris takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reiman throws a nice head kick!
Reiman wants to clinch.
Reiman scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Reiman stalks Norris and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Norris's face. Norris staggers backwards, shaken.
Reiman misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Reiman stalks Norris and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Norris's face. Norris staggers backwards, shaken.
Norris keeps the fight on the outside.
Reiman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Reiman closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris is trying to control Reiman's posture but Reiman avoids it.
Reiman is trying to get an arm triangle but Norris is defending well.
Reiman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Norris on the ground.
Norris is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Reiman in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reiman in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Reiman landing strikes.
Reiman works to advance to full mount. Norris defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Reiman working for a submission but Norris is keeping him at bay.
Reiman thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Norris is looking to get to half guard.
Reiman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johanna Reiman 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.
Reiman explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Reiman tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Norris swivels and escapes.
Reiman fails to land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Reiman scores with a four punch combination!
Reiman lands a high kick!
Reiman scores with a three punch combo!
A nice combination there by Reiman.
Reiman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Norris sprawls well initially but Reiman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Reiman is taking a breather. Norris says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Reiman postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Norris to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reiman scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Reiman lands with a cross.
Reiman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Norris shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Reiman counters with a shoot takedown. Norris fights it but they end up in guard.
Norris had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Reiman is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Norris Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Reiman's back instead.
Reiman tries to escape the position.
Norris is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Reiman is defending well though. Norris let's go of the attempt for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reiman turns into Norris and is now in his guard.
Reiman tries to free his leg and advance position but Norris is retaining full guard.
Reiman pushing down on Norris's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Reiman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Norris does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Reiman trying to control from Norris's half guard. Norris has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Reiman stopping the sweep attempt from Norris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reiman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Reiman throws and elbow that misses. Norris uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Reiman's guard. Nice move by Norris!
Norris avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Reiman trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Reiman throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Norris escapes and throws Reiman's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Reiman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Norris wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Reiman tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Reiman tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johanna Reiman dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Reiman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johanna Reiman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A left and a right from Reiman both land. Nice combination.
Reiman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Reiman moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Johanna Reiman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reiman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Norris sprawls well initially but Reiman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Norris blocking the ground and pound attempt from Reiman.
Reiman is nestled in close to Norris, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Norris trying to control here.
Reiman trying to control the action but Norris is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reiman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Norris can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reiman scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Norris blocking the ground and pound attempt from Reiman.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reiman throws a one two combo.
Reiman tries to clinch but Norris moves out of range.
Reiman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Johanna Reiman is winning the standup battle so far.
Norris with a poor takedown
and Reiman counters with a head kick.
Reiman tries to bum rush Norris with a series of wild strikes but Norris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Reiman throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Reiman swinging wilding here.
Reiman decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Norris looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Norris is defending against the submission attempts here by Reiman.
Norris is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Reiman's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Reiman's back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris is looking to control Reiman but Reiman is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Reiman manages to reverse the position and now he's in Norris's guard. Nice work there by Reiman.
Norris keeping moving, preventing Reiman from controlling successfully.
Norris working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Reiman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Reiman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Johanna Reiman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
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.
Reiman gets to his feet - Norris follows without any prompting.
Reiman tries to clinch there but Norris circles away.
Reiman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Norris's waist but Norris gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Reiman off to one side.
Reiman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Norris swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jonas Norris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice shot lands for Reiman.
A combination from Reiman does no damage.
Reiman is working the combinations to good effect here.
A slapping body kick lands there for Reiman.
Johanna Reiman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Norris takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johanna Reiman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reiman 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johanna Reiman!
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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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