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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clayton Atkinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tapio Sammalkorpi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tapio Sammalkorpi was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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BJJ Blue 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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clayton Atkinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tapio Sammalkorpi!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sammalkorpi misses with a hook
and Atkinson counters with an inside leg kick.
Sammalkorpi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sammalkorpi working the ground and pound but Atkinson is defending the strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Atkinson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sammalkorpi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sammalkorpi trying to control the action but Atkinson is working from the bottom.
Sammalkorpi throws an elbow but Atkinson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sammalkorpi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sammalkorpi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sammalkorpi working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Sammalkorpi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sammalkorpi misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sammalkorpi wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Atkinson, who protects the arm well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sammalkorpi throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Atkinson is looking for a sweep.
Sammalkorpi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Atkinson keeps working.
Sammalkorpi working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sammalkorpi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Atkinson keeps working.
Atkinson trying to remain calm as Sammalkorpi controls from the top position.
Atkinson tries to escape but Sammalkorpi is in control.
Sammalkorpi working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sammalkorpi cracks Atkinson with a big right hand but Atkinson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Atkinson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sammalkorpi moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Atkinson prevents Sammalkorpi from improving position.
Sammalkorpi is putting a hurting on Atkinson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sammalkorpi controlling the position from side mount.
Atkinson is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sammalkorpi landing a few strikes.
Sammalkorpi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sammalkorpi trying to control the position but Atkinson is working away.
Atkinson has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Atkinson is looking to reverse the position.
Sammalkorpi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Atkinson is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sammalkorpi is putting a hurting on Atkinson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sammalkorpi trying to control the position but Atkinson is working away.
Atkinson wants to get back to his feet.
Atkinson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sammalkorpi on the ground.
Sammalkorpi working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Atkinson being controlled for a moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Atkinson stops Sammalkorpi from passing to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tapio Sammalkorpi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Atkinson stuffs the takedown attempt from Sammalkorpi. Sammalkorpi gets slowly back to his feet.
Sammalkorpi shoots in and drives through. Atkinson sprawls well.
Atkinson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Atkinson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sammalkorpi will feel that in the morning.
Atkinson tries to sprawl but Sammalkorpi drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Sammalkorpi prevents Atkinson from improving his position.
Sammalkorpi wants to control but Atkinson is keeping him busy.
Tapio Sammalkorpi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sammalkorpi is pressing down on Atkinson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Atkinson is holding on for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atkinson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sammalkorpi.
Sammalkorpi is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Atkinson is just riding it out for now. Sammalkorpi eventually gives up the hold.
Atkinson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sammalkorpi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sammalkorpi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Atkinson keeps working.
Sammalkorpi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sammalkorpi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Atkinson tries to kick Sammalkorpi off but Sammalkorpi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Atkinson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sammalkorpi.
Sammalkorpi seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Atkinson wants to improve his position but Sammalkorpi is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sammalkorpi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Atkinson defending well though.
Sammalkorpi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Atkinson taking some punishment here, with Sammalkorpi in his half guard.
Atkinson kicks Sammalkorpi off and gets back to his feet.
Sammalkorpi fails with a takedown attempt.
It looked like Atkinson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Clayton Atkinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tapio Sammalkorpi.
Sammalkorpi looking to score a takedown here. Atkinson is defending well but Sammalkorpi drives through and ends up in Atkinson's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sammalkorpi trying to control the position from guard on top but Atkinson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sammalkorpi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sammalkorpi prevents Atkinson from getting back to his feet.
Sammalkorpi is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Atkinson wants to stand and escape but Sammalkorpi is having none of it.
Atkinson keeping moving, preventing Sammalkorpi from controlling successfully.
Sammalkorpi with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Atkinson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sammalkorpi controls the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sammalkorpi drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Atkinson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sammalkorpi looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Atkinson is avoiding damage well.
Atkinson is trying to improve his position.
Sammalkorpi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Atkinson keeps working.
Sammalkorpi controlling the position from side mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sammalkorpi trying to control the action but Atkinson is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tapio Sammalkorpi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Atkinson misses with a head kick.
Atkinson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sammalkorpi.
Atkinson lands a head kick. Sammalkorpi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Atkinson is looking to slow Sammalkorpi down with leg kicks.
Sammalkorpi looks for a takedown but Atkinson sprawls well.
Atkinson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sammalkorpi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Atkinson but Atkinson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sammalkorpi goes for a double leg but Atkinson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Atkinson continues to drive forward.
Clayton Atkinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tapio Sammalkorpi.
Sammalkorpi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sammalkorpi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Atkinson avoids it really well and circles away.
Atkinson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkinson throws a nice head kick!
Atkinson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sammalkorpi loads up on a big right hand but Atkinson slips the punch.
Sammalkorpi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sammalkorpi closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sammalkorpi is working Atkinson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Atkinson stops Sammalkorpi from passing to mount.
Atkinson tries to escape but Sammalkorpi is in control.
The ground and pound from Sammalkorpi seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Atkinson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Sammalkorpi cracks Atkinson with a big right hand but Atkinson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sammalkorpi creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Atkinson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atkinson tries to buck Sammalkorpi off but Sammalkorpi is having none of it.
Sammalkorpi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sammalkorpi in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sammalkorpi in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Atkinson is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tapio Sammalkorpi!
A victorious Tapio Sammalkorpi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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