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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ching Chang Bing Bang (ranked 1021 p4p, 131 weight class) and Verneri Ahma (ranked 958 p4p, 126 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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159 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ching Chang Bing Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Verneri Ahma!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahma closes the distance but Bing Bang moves to the side
and Bing Bang counters with a nice uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Bing Bang 's head but he takes it in his stride.
It looks like Ching Chang Bing Bang has been cut.
Ahma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ahma connects with a single shot there.
Ahma scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bing Bang in his tracks.
Ahma scores with a body shot.
Ahma lands with a nice body punch.
Ahma throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Bing Bang was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Ahma cracks Bing Bang with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bing Bang slips under a jab from Ahma.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ahma lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahma fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bing Bang looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ahma gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Bing Bang counters with a series of strikes. Ahma will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bing Bang misses with a body kick.
Ahma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bing Bang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ahma misses with a looping left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ahma.
Ahma throws a low kick but Bing Bang moves out of range easily.
Ahma swings widly with a right hand
and Bing Bang counters with a thumping low kick.
Ahma lunges at Bing Bang with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bing Bang's hand.
Bing Bang slips a straight right by Ahma.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bing Bang.
Ahma moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahma swings wildly with an uppercut but Bing Bang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bing Bang lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ahma or not.
Bing Bang lands a good knee to the midsection. Ahma won't want to take too many of those.
Ahma working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ahma blocks an uppercut.
Bing Bang breaks the clinch.
Ahma has closed the distance and engaged Bing Bang in a clinch.
I was talking to Bing Bang's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ahma misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ahma misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ahma throws a punch but it's blocked by Bing Bang.
Bing Bang misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahma throws a head punch that misses.
Bing Bang misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ahma throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bing Bang is looking to counter the offense by Ahma and move into the clinch.
Ahma looks to score with a jab to the body but Bing Bang is just out of range.
Bing Bang slips under a jab from Ahma.
Ahma throws a lazy uppercut
and Bing Bang counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ahma with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bing Bang crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ahma - the referee stops the clock and Bing Bang gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ahma. Bing Bang manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ahma buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ahma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bing Bang half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ahma lands with a shot to the body.
Bing Bang lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bing Bang 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.
Ahma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bing Bang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bing Bang drops his hands momentarily and Ahma takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the liver by Ahma. Beautiful body shot.
Bing Bang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ahma.
It looked like Bing Bang was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bing Bang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bing Bang takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ahma misses with a looping right.
A cross from Ahma lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Verneri Ahma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ching Chang Bing Bang's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bing Bang closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ahma keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ahma darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Verneri Ahma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ahma thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Ahma misses.
Ahma waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bing Bang.
Bing Bang gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A head kick misses from Ahma.
Bing Bang was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bing Bang checks a low kick from Ahma.
Bing Bang went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ahma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bing Bang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bing Bang wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bing Bang moves away from the strike by Ahma.
Bing Bang lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahma throws a hook to the side of Bing Bang's head but Bing Bang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bing Bang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ahma.
Ahma is looking to clinch but Bing Bang is avoiding it.
Ahma tries to work over Bing Bang's front leg with a kick but Bing Bang checks it.
Bing Bang is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ahma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ahma takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ahma scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bing Bang doesn't seem bothered though.
Crunch! Bing Bang slams his shin into Ahma's torso.
Ahma misses with a looping right.
Bing Bang slips under a jab from Ahma.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bing Bang tries to keep at a distance but Ahma has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bing Bang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bing Bang scores with a shot to the side of Ahma's head.
Bing Bang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ahma tries to throw a body punch but Bing Bang avoids it by throwing Ahma back against the cage.
Ahma scores with a hook to the body.
Ahma misses with a punch to the body.
Bing Bang misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahma misses with a punch to the body.
Ahma lands a right hand.
Ahma lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahma.
Ahma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ahma closes the distance and clinches.
Ahma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Verneri Ahma seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ahma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ahma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ahma.
Ahma lands with a short shot to the head.
Ahma lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bing Bang can't break the clinch.
Bing Bang works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ahma lands a right hand.
Ahma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ahma misses with the head strike.
Bing Bang can't find room to land a body shot as Ahma controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bing Bang.
Ahma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bing Bang's elbow.
Bing Bang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ahma pushes Bing Bang back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ahma tries to throw a body punch but Bing Bang avoids it by throwing Ahma back against the cage.
Ahma tries to throw a body punch but Bing Bang avoids it by throwing Ahma back against the cage.
Ahma lands a right hand.
Bing Bang landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahma lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bing Bang crunches a lovely knee into Ahma's ribcage.
Ahma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ahma has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A knee to the head by Bing Bang.
Ahma can't find room to land a body shot as Bing Bang controls the action.
Ahma struggles to land a body shot inside as Bing Bang controls his hands.
Bing Bang blocking some punches.
Bing Bang using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bing Bang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bing Bang tries to land knees in the clinch but Ahma avoids the damage to the body.
Ahma tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ahma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bing Bang lands a left hand.
Bing Bang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ahma throws a push kick but Bing Bang slaps the foot to one side.
Bing Bang takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Verneri Ahma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ching Chang Bing Bang's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ahma keeps Bing Bang at a distance using the push kick.
Ahma lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ching Chang Bing Bang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ahma sizes up Bing Bang with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ahma swings widly with a right hand
and Bing Bang counters with a two punch combo.
Ahma moves to clinch but Bing Bang breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ahma with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahma lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bing Bang will feel that in the morning.
Bing Bang misses with an uppercut. Ahma saw that one coming.
Ahma slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ahma throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahma scores with a nice right hand.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ahma. Bing Bang shrugs it off though.
Bing Bang keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bing Bang throws a leg kick but Ahma sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bing Bang throws the kick towards the body but Ahma avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ahma.
Ahma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ahma throws a jab but it's blocked by Bing Bang.
Bing Bang ducks under a wild hook from Ahma.
Bing Bang feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Verneri Ahma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ahma takes a swing at Bing Bang's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bing Bang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bing Bang went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ahma lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ahma lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ahma uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bing Bang has time to react.
Ching Chang Bing Bang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ahma lands with a nice body punch.
Verneri Ahma is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ahma lands a really nice looking cross but Bing Bang seems unphased.
Bing Bang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ahma.
Bing Bang seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ahma throws a body kick that misses.
Bing Bang ducks under a wild hook from Ahma.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Ahma is predictable there
and Bing Bang counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bing Bang manages to break the clinch.
Ahma scores with a jab to the head.
Bing Bang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ahma moves away.
Ahma scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Bing Bang
and Ahma counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bing Bang looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ahma misses with a hook. Bing Bang ducked under it nicely.
Bing Bang tries to counter by clinching up but Ahma breaks away and moves out of range.
Ahma digs a good hook to Bing Bang's body.
Bing Bang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ahma.
Ahma misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bing Bang counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahma scores with a hook to the body. Bing Bang takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ahma scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick from Ahma misses.
Bing Bang is looking for a counter combo.
Ahma just misses with a punch to the body.
Ahma lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A left lands for Ahma.
Ahma cracks the inside of Bing Bang's front leg.
Ahma ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ahma just misses with a punch to the body.
Bing Bang throws a quick counter head kick but Ahma was just out of range.
Ahma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Verneri Ahma comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ahma has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Verneri Ahma!
Verneri Ahma seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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