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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Emre Hussain (ranked 941 p4p, 114 weight class) and Edvard Grieg (ranked 3136 p4p, 325 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emre Hussain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edvard Grieg!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grieg throws a big shot that misses.
Hussain misses with a straight right.
Grieg now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hussain lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grieg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grieg avoids the body shot from Hussain.
Emre Hussain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hussain clinches up against the cage.
Grieg fails to pull guard.
Grieg works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hussain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grieg scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Emre Hussain has been cut.
Hussain connects with a jab.
Hussain throws a looping overhand right but Grieg ducks down to avoid it.
Grieg was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hussain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hussain instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hussain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Grieg has him pressed against the cage.
Hussain manages to break the clinch.
Hussain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hussain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grieg bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hussain throws a body kick that misses.
Grieg replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Hussain blocks it well.
Grieg ducks under a wild hook from Hussain.
Grieg avoids the body shot from Hussain.
Hussain closes the distance and pushes Grieg back into the cage.
Grieg throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hussain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hussain swats away the attempt to clinch by Grieg.
Hussain swings for the body but Grieg moves out of range.
It seemed like Grieg was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Grieg throws a head kick but Hussain moves out of range.
Hussain throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grieg stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Grieg lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hussain jabs Grieg right on the nose. Grieg blinks but takes it well.
A shot to the liver by Hussain. Beautiful body shot.
Hussain forces Grieg back against the cage and clinches.
Grieg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hussain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Grieg lands with a right to the head.
Grieg lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hussain avoids a wild elbow strike from Grieg.
Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hussain lands a glancing blow to the side of Grieg's head.
Hussain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hussain thuds his shin into the meat of Grieg's side.
Grieg punishes Hussain's body with a nice straight punch.
Grieg tries to clinch but Hussain is having none of it.
Hussain stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hussain thuds his right hand into Grieg's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Grieg thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hussain, right into the meat.
Hussain scores with a decent looking hook.
Hussain tries to clinch but Grieg moves out of range.
Grieg takes one on the button.
A swing and a miss from Grieg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grieg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grieg doesn't manage to clinch there - Hussain circles away.
Hussain lands a jab to the head.
Hussain attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Grieg was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hussain cracks Grieg with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hussain darts in and clinches Grieg up against the cage.
Hussain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hussain is trying to break free.
Hussain breaks the clinch.
Hussain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hussain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grieg misses with a body shot.
Hussain throws a lazy uppercut
and Grieg counters with a solid body kick.
Grieg moves out of range of the strikes.
Grieg swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big right from Hussain misses.
Grieg takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Emre Hussain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grieg walks into a jab.
Grieg throws a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grieg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grieg keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hussain.
Grieg raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hussain misses with a straight right.
Grieg smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hussain tries to clinch but Grieg moves out of range.
Hussain connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hussain moves into the clinch.
Hussain avoiding damage as Grieg throws knees to the body.
Hussain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hussain blocks a body shot from Grieg.
Hussain breaks the clinch.
Hussain lands with an uppercut that bounces Grieg off the cage and back into range.
Hussain tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Grieg counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grieg connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hussain swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hussain checks a leg kick nicely.
Hussain slaps away a takedown attempt from Grieg, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emre Hussain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Emre Hussain's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Grieg closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hussain to the mat! Hussain manages to get full guard.
Hussain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grieg can do to turn this around?
Hussain wants to get back to his feet but Grieg is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Grieg with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Grieg is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Grieg throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Grieg prevents Hussain from getting back to his feet.
Grieg throwing strikes but missing.
Hussain is looking to stand up but Grieg isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grieg stands up over Hussain, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grieg scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Grieg's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Grieg wants to pass the guard but Hussain is keeping the position.
Grieg throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hussain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hussain wants to stand but Grieg is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grieg with a nice head shot there.
Grieg is in close to Hussain's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Grieg throws a strike but Hussain rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Grieg is working an open guard so Hussain takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Hussain looks for the body kick but Grieg saw that one coming.
Grieg tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hussain misses the shot to the body.
Grieg throws out a counter right but Hussain avoids it with no problem.
Grieg defending well as Hussain loads up on a big left hand.
Grieg moves out of range as Hussain strikes.
Hussain clinches up with Grieg and pushes him back against the cage.
Hussain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grieg swinging wildly here.
Hussain loads up on a big right hand but Grieg slips the punch.
Hussain throws a body punch but Grieg moves out of range.
Grieg shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hussain cracks Grieg with a good jab.
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!
Hussain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grieg.
Hussain swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussain with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hussain moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grieg.
Grieg lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Grieg pulls guard effortlessly.
Hussain would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Grieg looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hussain is one step ahead there.
Grieg is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hussain looks like he's trying to stand up.
Grieg drops an elbow to the side of Hussain's head.
Hussain has one foot on Grieg's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Grieg lands a front kick.
Hussain misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain moves into the clinch.
Hussain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hussain prevents a body shot from Grieg.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grieg.
Hussain tries to break the clinch but Grieg is controlling the position.
Hussain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hussain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hussain misses with a hook. Grieg ducked under it nicely.
Grieg checks a leg kick nicely.
Hussain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grieg sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hussain lands a right hook to the body.
Hussain lands a jab to the nose.
Hussain looks for the body kick but Grieg saw that one coming.
Hussain wants to clinch.
Hussain throws a leg kick which misses Grieg's front leg but catches the back leg as Grieg tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grieg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grieg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grieg steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hussain.
Hussain misses with a body kick.
A little jabbing left from Grieg on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A head kick misses from Grieg.
Grieg throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Grieg looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grieg keeps the fight on the outside.
Grieg shoots in for a takedown but Hussain shows good takedown defense.
Hussain thuds a left hand into Grieg's body.
Grieg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hussain slips under a jab.
Hussain stuns Grieg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grieg moves into the clinch successfully.
Grieg keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hussain's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Emre Hussain will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Emre Hussain's cut.
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!
Hussain stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Grieg.
Good shot there by Hussain.
Hussain lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Grieg uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hussain.
Grieg takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hussain.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hussain. Grieg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hussain throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hussain tries to clinch up but Grieg circles away and keeps his distance.
Grieg scores with a one two! Hussain had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hussain tries to clinch but Grieg moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hussain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Emre Hussain is winning the standup battle so far.
Grieg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grieg appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Grieg misses with a body shot.
Hussain cracks Grieg with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grieg throws a big shot that misses.
Grieg dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grieg moves out of range of the body kick from Hussain.
Grieg wants to counter the offense by Hussain and move into the clinch position.
Hussain throws a body kick that misses.
Hussain throws a body punch but Grieg moves out of range.
Grieg counters with a body kick.
Hussain looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Grieg uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hussain.
Hussain misses with a low kick.
Grieg swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hussain misses with a hook. Grieg ducked under it nicely.
Hussain throws a lazy right hand but Grieg sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hussain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grieg gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Grieg shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hussain scores with a nice strike.
Grieg misses with a low kick.
Hussain misses with a right hand
so Grieg counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Edvard Grieg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Emre Hussain is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grieg throws a strike but Hussain rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hussain stopping the sweep attempt from Grieg.
Hussain is looking to stand up but Grieg won't let him.
Grieg will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Grieg looking for a sweep. Not yet Grieg, not yet.
Hussain gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Hussain connects with the punch.
Grieg circles away from the clinch attempt
and Grieg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grieg slips under a jab.
Grieg shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grieg moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grieg is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hussain.
Hussain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grieg on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hussain looks to throw the jab but Grieg is out of range.
Hussain lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hussain moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grieg has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hussain jabs Grieg to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Grieg looks for the body kick but Hussain saw that one coming.
Hussain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hussain scores with a kick to the midsection.
Grieg moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grieg on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hussain throws a good cross that connects.
Hussain throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hussain looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Grieg is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hussain scores with a spinning back kick!
Hussain tries to clinch up but Grieg circles away and keeps his distance.
Grieg raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hussain connects with a looping right hand.
Grieg misses with a body kick.
Hussain lands the left hand.
Grieg gets a double leg takedown into Hussain's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grieg stands up over Hussain, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hussain wants to stand and escape but Grieg is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grieg postures up in Hussain's guard and throws a big left but Hussain blocks it.
Hussain has his feet on Grieg's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hussain closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grieg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Emre Hussain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hussain, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emre Hussain!
Emre Hussain decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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