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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mahmood al Sayidul Mursaleen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ville Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Sayidul Mursaleen comes to the cage accompanied by Sokht Lalazar-e-man. Virtanen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pantera - Strength Beyond Strength kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mahmood al Sayidul Mursaleen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ville Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Sayidul Mursaleen misses with a hook. Virtanen ducked under it nicely.
al Sayidul Mursaleen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A combination from al Sayidul Mursaleen does no damage.
al Sayidul Mursaleen looks to land a combination but Virtanen avoids it well.
al Sayidul Mursaleen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Virtanen can pounce on him.
Virtanen throws a head kick that half lands.
al Sayidul Mursaleen misses with a body shot.
al Sayidul Mursaleen throws a right and a left that both miss.
al Sayidul Mursaleen misses with a double jab.
Virtanen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Virtanen throws a head kick but al Sayidul Mursaleen moves out of range.
al Sayidul Mursaleen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Virtanen.
Mahmood al Sayidul Mursaleen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Virtanen tries to close the distance and clinch but al Sayidul Mursaleen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
al Sayidul Mursaleen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Virtanen moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Virtanen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from al Sayidul Mursaleen finds it's way round the side to connect with Virtanen's head.
al Sayidul Mursaleen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice jab there from al Sayidul Mursaleen.
al Sayidul Mursaleen works Virtanen's body with a nice hook.
al Sayidul Mursaleen loads up on a big right hand but Virtanen slips the punch.
al Sayidul Mursaleen circles away from the clinch attempt.
al Sayidul Mursaleen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
al Sayidul Mursaleen misses the shot to the body.
Virtanen tries to clinch but al Sayidul Mursaleen is having none of it.
al Sayidul Mursaleen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Virtanen at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Sayidul Mursaleen lands a with a good body shot.
A slow jab from al Sayidul Mursaleen misses its intended target.
al Sayidul Mursaleen blocks the body kick.
al Sayidul Mursaleen swinging wilding here.
Virtanen wants to clinch up but al Sayidul Mursaleen keeps it at a distance.
Virtanen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from al Sayidul Mursaleen.
al Sayidul Mursaleen connects with a nice looking jab.
Virtanen tries to clinch but al Sayidul Mursaleen is having none of it.
A swing and a miss from al Sayidul Mursaleen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Sayidul Mursaleen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ville Virtanen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
al Sayidul Mursaleen swinging wilding here.
Virtanen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Virtanen wants to clinch up but al Sayidul Mursaleen keeps it at a distance.
al Sayidul Mursaleen tries to bum rush Virtanen with a series of wild strikes but Virtanen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
al Sayidul Mursaleen misses with a body shot.
Virtanen moves in looking to clinch but al Sayidul Mursaleen pushes him off.
A jab from al Sayidul Mursaleen misses.
Virtanen slips a jab and a cross from al Sayidul Mursaleen.
Virtanen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
al Sayidul Mursaleen throws a series of punches but Virtanen avoids them all with ease.
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.
Virtanen doesn't manage to clinch there - al Sayidul Mursaleen circles away.
al Sayidul Mursaleen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Virtanen fails in his attempt to clinch.
al Sayidul Mursaleen tests Virtanen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Virtanen slips under a jab from al Sayidul Mursaleen.
al Sayidul Mursaleen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Virtanen manages to avoid it.
Virtanen stuffs the takedown.
al Sayidul Mursaleen cracks Virtanen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
al Sayidul Mursaleen darts in trying to clinch
and Virtanen moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mahmood al Sayidul Mursaleen will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
al Sayidul Mursaleen shoots in for a double leg but Virtanen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
al Sayidul Mursaleen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Virtanen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mahmood al Sayidul Mursaleen is winning the standup battle so far.
Virtanen wants to clinch
enabling al Sayidul Mursaleen to counter with a crisp jab.
al Sayidul Mursaleen misses with a straight left.
al Sayidul Mursaleen misses with a series of wild punches.
al Sayidul Mursaleen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Virtanen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Virtanen.
Virtanen looking to throw knees to the head but al Sayidul Mursaleen is blocking nicely.
Virtanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Virtanen tries to land knees in the clinch but al Sayidul Mursaleen avoids the damage to the body.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but al Sayidul Mursaleen blocks it with crossed arms.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Virtanen missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Virtanen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
al Sayidul Mursaleen wants to break free but Virtanen has control.
Virtanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but al Sayidul Mursaleen blocks it with crossed arms.
Virtanen is breathing heavily.
Virtanen trying to land knees to the body.
al Sayidul Mursaleen managing to block the knees to the body from Virtanen.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
al Sayidul Mursaleen tries to score a body lock takedown but Virtanen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Virtanen keeps control of al Sayidul Mursaleen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but al Sayidul Mursaleen blocks it with crossed arms.
al Sayidul Mursaleen wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mahmood al Sayidul Mursaleen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
al Sayidul Mursaleen is trying to drag Virtanen to the mat but Virtanen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
al Sayidul Mursaleen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
al Sayidul Mursaleen avoids the elbow strike from Virtanen, against the cage.
Virtanen looking to throw knees to the head but al Sayidul Mursaleen is blocking nicely.
Virtanen misses with a knee to the head.
Virtanen trying to land knees to the body.
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.
Virtanen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Virtanen prevents a takedown attempt there.
al Sayidul Mursaleen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Virtanen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from al Sayidul Mursaleen.
al Sayidul Mursaleen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Virtanen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but al Sayidul Mursaleen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
al Sayidul Mursaleen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
al Sayidul Mursaleen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
al Sayidul Mursaleen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Virtanen slips a jab and a cross from al Sayidul Mursaleen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen tries to clinch up but al Sayidul Mursaleen circles away and keeps his distance.
al Sayidul Mursaleen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
al Sayidul Mursaleen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Virtanen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Virtanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to al Sayidul Mursaleen's face.
Virtanen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Virtanen scores with a knee to the head.
al Sayidul Mursaleen tries to break the clinch but Virtanen is controlling the position.
al Sayidul Mursaleen can't break the clinch.
Virtanen crunches a lovely knee into al Sayidul Mursaleen's ribcage.
al Sayidul Mursaleen jumps guard but Virtanen stands there with al Sayidul Mursaleen around his waist. al Sayidul Mursaleen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Virtanen is trying to stall.
Virtanen struggles to land a body shot inside as al Sayidul Mursaleen controls his hands.
al Sayidul Mursaleen wants to break free but Virtanen has control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen misses with a knee to the head.
al Sayidul Mursaleen is looking to break free of the clinch but Virtanen has double underhooks.
al Sayidul Mursaleen can't break the clinch.
Virtanen looking to throw knees to the head but al Sayidul Mursaleen is blocking nicely.
al Sayidul Mursaleen wants to get back to striking at distance but Virtanen won't allow it.
al Sayidul Mursaleen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Virtanen prevents al Sayidul Mursaleen from breaking the clinch.
Virtanen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from al Sayidul Mursaleen.
al Sayidul Mursaleen managing to block the knees to the body from Virtanen.
al Sayidul Mursaleen wants to break free but Virtanen has control.
Virtanen tries to land knees in the clinch but al Sayidul Mursaleen avoids the damage to the body.
Virtanen prevents al Sayidul Mursaleen from breaking the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
al Sayidul Mursaleen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Virtanen keeps control of al Sayidul Mursaleen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
al Sayidul Mursaleen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
al Sayidul Mursaleen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ville Virtanen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
al Sayidul Mursaleen lands a nice hook to Virtanen's body. Virtanen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Virtanen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
al Sayidul Mursaleen throws a series of strikes that have Virtanen backpedaling.
Mahmood al Sayidul Mursaleen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
al Sayidul Mursaleen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
al Sayidul Mursaleen misses with a double jab.
al Sayidul Mursaleen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
al Sayidul Mursaleen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Virtanen counters by clinching up.
Virtanen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Virtanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to al Sayidul Mursaleen's face.
Virtanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Virtanen trying to land knees to the body.
al Sayidul Mursaleen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Virtanen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Virtanen just misses with a elbow thrown towards al Sayidul Mursaleen's brow.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but al Sayidul Mursaleen blocks it.
al Sayidul Mursaleen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Virtanen avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
al Sayidul Mursaleen pulls guard successfully.
al Sayidul Mursaleen will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
al Sayidul Mursaleen is trying to control the position but Virtanen postures up.
al Sayidul Mursaleen has Virtanen pulled in close to control his posture.
al Sayidul Mursaleen wants to sweep but no luck.
al Sayidul Mursaleen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
al Sayidul Mursaleen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Sayidul Mursaleen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
al Sayidul Mursaleen is landing with some decent strikes but Virtanen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
al Sayidul Mursaleen controlling the pace for now.
al Sayidul Mursaleen landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Sayidul Mursaleen trying to control but Virtanen is having none of it.
Virtanen wants to hold on but al Sayidul Mursaleen pushes him away.
al Sayidul Mursaleen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Virtanen?
al Sayidul Mursaleen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
al Sayidul Mursaleen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Virtanen blocking the ground and pound.
al Sayidul Mursaleen controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Sayidul Mursaleen punching from mount but Virtanen doing a good job of avoiding damage.
al Sayidul Mursaleen tries to control but Virtanen wriggling away.
Virtanen is in all sorts of trouble here.
al Sayidul Mursaleen controlling the pace for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mahmood al Sayidul Mursaleen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think al Sayidul Mursaleen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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