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Event:
Helsinki Fighting League: 47
Date: Jan 07, 2017 |
#R1#
Melin's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Melin duly obliges.
Melin lands with a nice combination. Benson backs away looking to recover.
Melin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.#CL2#
Benson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Benson.
Melin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Melin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Melin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Benson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benson lands a nice elbow.
Benson lands an elbow just above Melin 's eye. #CUT2#
It looks like John Melin has been cut.
Melin misses with a punch on the inside.
Benson lands a damaging elbow.
Benson lands a nice shot to the body.
Benson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Melin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.#T1#
Benson lands an elbow inside that Melin shrugs off.
Benson lands an elbow just above Melin 's eye.
Melin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benson tries to throw a body punch but Melin avoids it by throwing Benson back against the cage.
A short left from Benson.
Benson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Benson lands an elbow inside.
Melin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Benson lands an elbow that stopped Melin in his tracks for a moment.
Melin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benson lands an elbow that stopped Melin in his tracks for a moment.
Benson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Melin's defenses. #CUT2#
John Melin's cut is getting worse.
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!
Melin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Melin takes an elbow to the temple.
Benson lands a hook to the side of the head.#ROC2#
Melin is rocked!
Melin tries to break free but Benson pushes him back against the cage.
Melin is trying to maintain a safe position but Benson gets an underhook and turns Melin into the cage.#T2#
Nice elbow from Benson.
Oh Melin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Benson lands an elbow just above Melin 's eye.
Benson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Melin backwards.
Benson scores with a shoulder strike.
Benson lands a big right hand that drops Melin! The killer instinct kicks in and Benson finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Benson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Freddy Benson!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 06, 2016 |
#R1#
Sloppy strikes from Moutiniho. Those never looked like landing.
Melin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Moutiniho's coach down at Kell Fight House was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Moutiniho's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Melin stuns Moutiniho with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Melin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Melin throws a head kick that misses.
Melin slips a jab and a cross from Moutiniho.
Moutiniho tries to clinch up but Melin circles away and keeps his distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Melin.
Moutiniho throws a nice looking combination but Melin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Melin throws a series of punches but Moutiniho moves out of range.
As Melin backs off Moutiniho throws a huge counter combo but Melin manages to avoid it all.
Melin throws a sloppy head kick and Moutiniho moves out of range easily.
Moutiniho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Melin throws a head kick but Moutiniho moves out of range.
Moutiniho tries to bum rush Melin with a series of wild strikes but Melin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moutiniho throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Melin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Moutiniho throws a looping overhand right but Melin ducks down to avoid it.
Melin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moutiniho.
#T1#
Melin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Moutiniho.
John Melin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Moutiniho looks to land a combination but Melin avoids it well.
Moutiniho throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Melin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Melin tries a head kick but it misses.
Melin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Moutiniho checks a low kick from Melin.
Moutiniho misses with a takedown attempt #CL#
and Melin counters by moving into the clinch.
Moutiniho wants to break the clinch but can't.
Moutiniho wants to get back to striking at distance but Melin won't allow it.
#BC#
Melin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Melin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Moutiniho's sensitive parts.
Melin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Moutiniho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Decent striking displayed by Melin there.
Melin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Moutiniho circles away quickly and effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Melin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Moutiniho connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#CUT2#
It looks like John Melin has been cut.#T2#
Melin misses with a head kick.
Moutiniho smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Melin throws a series of punches but Moutiniho moves out of range.
Moutiniho uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Melin.
Melin throws a wild hook but Moutiniho just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Melin gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Moutiniho raises his hands in celebration and walks away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joao Moutiniho!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Oct 20, 2016 |
#R1#
Melin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
As Ya Beezy looks to move away, Melin throws a big counter combo but Ya Beezy just gets out of the way.
Melin throws a sloppy head kick and Ya Beezy moves out of range easily.
Ya Beezy slips a jab and a cross from Melin.
#CL2#
Ya Beezy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Melin, pushing him back against the cage.
Ya Beezy can't find room to land a body shot as Melin controls the action.
Good body shot from Ya Beezy.
Melin tries to break free but Ya Beezy pushes him back against the cage.
Ya Beezy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Melin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ya Beezy has Melin pressed against the cage, preventing Melin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ya Beezy tries to throw a body punch but Melin avoids it by throwing Ya Beezy back against the cage.
Melin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Ya Beezy.
Melin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
#T1#
Ya Beezy keeps control of Melin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Melin tries to break the clinch but Ya Beezy is controlling the position.
Ya Beezy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Melin's efforts to push away.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Ya Beezy has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Melin is trying to break the clinch but Ya Beezy has him pressed against the cage.
Ya Beezy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Melin avoids it.
Ya Beezy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Melin working hard to break the clinch.
Melin wants to stall.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ya Beezy. #T2#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Melin working hard to break the clinch.
Melin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ya Beezy tries to land knees in the clinch but Melin avoids the damage to the body.
Melin wants to break free but Ya Beezy has control.
A frustrated look appears on Melin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ya Beezy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Melin wants to break free but Ya Beezy has control.
Ya Beezy scores with a shot to the side of Melin's head. #CUT2#
It looks like John Melin has been cut.
Ya Beezy lands a nice uppercut.
Melin blocks a body shot from Ya Beezy.
Melin is trying to break the clinch but Ya Beezy is controlling him.
Melin is trying to break the clinch but Ya Beezy is controlling him.#T3#
Melin is trying to break the clinch but Ya Beezy has him pressed against the cage.
Melin is trying to break free.
Ya Beezy works on Melin's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Ya Beezy.
Knees to the body from Ya Beezy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ya Beezy.
Melin is trying to break the clinch but Ya Beezy is controlling him.
Melin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Melin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Melin has had enough of the clinch but Ya Beezy keeps him there for the moment.#T4#
Melin is trying to break the clinch but Ya Beezy has him pressed against the cage.
Melin is looking to control Ya Beezy's arms but Ya Beezy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Melin has his back to the cage.
Ya Beezy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Melin's efforts to push away.
Ya Beezy keeps control of Melin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Melin looking to stall.
Ya Beezy has Melin pressed against the cage, preventing Melin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ya Beezy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Melin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Melin looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teezy Ya Beezy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Melin's cut.
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.
#R2#
Melin closes the distance and lands a one-two.#CL2#
Melin gets tackled into the cage by Ya Beezy. Ya Beezy maintains the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ya Beezy in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Melin tries to break free but Ya Beezy pushes him back against the cage.
Melin tries to break the clinch but Ya Beezy is controlling the position.
Ya Beezy missing with knees to the body.
Melin wants to stall.
Melin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ya Beezy has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ya Beezy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Melin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.#T1#
Ya Beezy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Melin is defending well for now.
Ya Beezy lands a shot to the body.
Melin is trying to push Ya Beezy away but Ya Beezy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ya Beezy prevents Melin from breaking the clinch.
Ya Beezy tries a body shot but Melin blocks it.
Ya Beezy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Melin's elbow.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ya Beezy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Melin.
Melin is looking to break free of the clinch but Ya Beezy has double underhooks.
Ya Beezy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Melin.
Ya Beezy misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Ya Beezy. #T2#
Melin avoiding damage as Ya Beezy throws knees to the body.
Ya Beezy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Melin avoiding damage as Ya Beezy throws knees to the body.
Ya Beezy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ya Beezy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ya Beezy digs a right hand underneath Melin's ribcage. Melin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ya Beezy.
Melin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ya Beezy.
Melin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
#T3#
Ya Beezy looking to throw knees to the head but Melin is blocking nicely.
Ya Beezy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Melin wants to stall.
Ya Beezy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Melin's efforts to push away.
Ya Beezy tries a body shot but Melin blocks it.
Melin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ya Beezy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ya Beezy crunches a lovely knee into Melin's ribcage.
Teezy Ya Beezy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ya Beezy lands with a right to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Ya Beezy.
Melin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
#T4#
Melin tries to break free but Ya Beezy pushes him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Ya Beezy.
Ya Beezy tries to land a knee to the head but Melin blocks with his arms.
Ya Beezy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ya Beezy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Melin tries to land knees in the clinch but Ya Beezy avoids the damage to the body.
Ya Beezy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Melin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Ya Beezy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Melin tries to circle away but Ya Beezy has him pinned against the cage.
Melin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ya Beezy prevents Melin from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teezy Ya Beezy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Melin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
#R3##CL2#
Melin tries to keep at a distance but Ya Beezy has taken the fight into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Ya Beezy.
Ya Beezy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Melin's efforts to push away.
Melin tries to break free but Ya Beezy pushes him back against the cage.
Melin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ya Beezy lands a nice uppercut.
Melin looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Ya Beezy - that landed with a thud.
Melin wants to break free but Ya Beezy has control.
#T1#
Melin takes a shot to the head.
Melin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ya Beezy cracks Melin with a nice body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Melin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Melin tries to break free but Ya Beezy pushes him back against the cage.
Melin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Melin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ya Beezy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Melin is looking to break free of the clinch but Ya Beezy has double underhooks.
Melin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ya Beezy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Melin's brow.
Ya Beezy prevents Melin from breaking the clinch.#T2#
Melin is looking to control Ya Beezy's arms but Ya Beezy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Melin has his back to the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Melin can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Ya Beezy connects with a knee to the head.
Ya Beezy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Melin or not.
Melin wants to break free but Ya Beezy has control.
Melin tries to break the clinch but Ya Beezy is controlling the position.
Ya Beezy working Melin over with knees to the body.
Melin is looking to break free of the clinch but Ya Beezy has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Melin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Melin throws an elbow but it misses.
Ya Beezy prevents a body shot from Melin. #T3#
With the fighters up against the cage, Melin throws an elbow but misses.
Melin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ya Beezy pushes off an throws an elbow but Melin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Melin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ya Beezy.
Melin wants to get back to striking at distance but Ya Beezy won't allow it.
Ya Beezy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Melin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ya Beezy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Melin's elbow.
Melin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ya Beezy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ya Beezy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ya Beezy lands a hook that snaps the head of Melin backwards. #T4#
Ya Beezy works on Melin's body with a couple of short punches.
Ya Beezy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Melin managing to block the knees to the body from Ya Beezy.
Melin wants to get back to striking at distance but Ya Beezy won't allow it.
Ya Beezy lands a shoulder strike.
Ya Beezy trying to land knees to the body.
Melin is trying to break free.
Ya Beezy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Melin can't break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ya Beezy blocking some punches.
Melin can't break the clinch.
John Melin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Teezy Ya Beezy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ya Beezy lands a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Teezy Ya Beezy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ya Beezy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teezy Ya Beezy!
A very excited looking Teezy Ya Beezy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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