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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Waldemar Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and C G E Warfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). C G E Warfield will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Waldemar Silvia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, C G E Warfield!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warfield misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silvia closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Silvia wants to free his trapped foot but Warfield is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Warfield looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silvia takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Silvia is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Warfield doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Silvia.
Silvia prevents Warfield from standing back up.
Warfield is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silvia tries to pass to full mount but Warfield defends it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silvia shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvia is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Silvia throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Warfield is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Silvia pulls his head out easily.
Warfield gets full guard.
Warfield looking for a sweep. Not yet Warfield, not yet.
Warfield working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silvia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silvia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silvia drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Warfield dives on top into guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silvia has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Warfield can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Silvia is breathing heavily.
Silvia wants to sweep here but Warfield controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warfield tries to free his leg and advance position but Silvia is retaining full guard.
Silvia has a closed guard, preventing Warfield from standing up.
Warfield thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Silvia keeping full guard, as Warfield tries to pass.
Silvia trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Warfield drops back looking for a leg! Silvia is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silvia manages to kick Warfield off! Warfield jumps back into Silvia's guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Warfield gets caught flat footed, as Silvia shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warfield looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Silvia is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Warfield looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silvia stands up and waves to Warfield to follow him.
Silvia dodges the punch combination from Warfield.
Silvia feints and as Warfield raises his hands in defense, Silvia changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silvia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silvia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Silvia looking to pass the guard.
Warfield keeping moving, preventing Silvia from controlling successfully.
Warfield can't keep his opponent in guard - Silvia advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia trying to control from half guard but Warfield is working away.
Silvia lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silvia tries to pass the half guard into mount. Warfield knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silvia drops an elbow to the side of Warfield's head.
Silvia lands with a punch from half guard.
Silvia decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Silvia looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Silvia with a nice head shot there.
Warfield throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Waldemar Silvia dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A punch combination from Warfield misses.
Silvia moves into the clinch.
Warfield is trying to break free.
Silvia goes for a takedown attempt but Warfield pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silvia feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Warfield throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silvia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silvia avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silvia 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.
Silvia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silvia throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warfield looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Warfield is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Silvia decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Warfield tries to clinch
and Silvia counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silvia.
Silvia has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Warfield uses from the top position.
Silvia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Warfield's guard.
Warfield looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silvia is one step ahead there.
Warfield working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silvia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silvia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silvia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warfield throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Warfield tries to strike from the bottom.
Warfield had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Silvia is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Warfield Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Silvia's back instead.
Warfield has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Silvia! Can he survive? No! He's out! Warfield gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). C G E Warfield!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Nieminen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anders Jarryd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nieminen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Scream, Aim, Fire!. Anders Jarryd has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thomas Nieminen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anders Jarryd!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jarryd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nieminen looks to land a combination but Jarryd avoids it well.
A combination from Nieminen does no damage.
Nieminen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Nieminen wants to free his trapped foot but Jarryd is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nieminen is trying to control the action in half guard but Jarryd is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Nieminen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jarryd knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jarryd missing with punches from the bottom.
Jarryd missing with punches from the bottom.
Jarryd is refusing to be controlled, as Nieminen sits in half guard.
Jarryd slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Nieminen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jarryd plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jarryd pushes Nieminen up against the ropes in a clinch.
Jarryd is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jarryd lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jarryd lands an elbow just above Nieminen 's eye.
Jarryd fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nieminen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jarryd goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nieminen prevents it.
Jarryd has Nieminen pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Nieminen manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Thomas Nieminen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anders Jarryd.
Jarryd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nieminen blocks it with crossed arms.
Jarryd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nieminen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nieminen is trying to break free.
Jarryd breaks from the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Nieminen blocks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarryd tries to clinch but Nieminen moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Jarryd. No joy for Nieminen on that attempt.
Jarryd tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nieminen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jarryd feints and then cracks Nieminen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nieminen down.
Nieminen throws a head kick that misses.
Nieminen misses with the combination.
Jarryd stuffs the takedown.
Jarryd checks a low kick from Nieminen.
Anders Jarryd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jarryd chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nieminen can pounce on him.
Jarryd closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Jarryd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jarryd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jarryd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jarryd wants the takedown. Nieminen is fighting it off but Jarryd persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Nieminen's guard against the ropes.
Nieminen keeping moving, preventing Jarryd from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jarryd postures up.
Nieminen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jarryd accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nieminen had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Jarryd is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Nieminen Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Jarryd's back instead.
Nieminen is breathing heavily.
Nieminen is trying to stick to Jarryd's back but Jarryd is turning into Nieminen. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Nieminen's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Jarryd.
Nieminen controls Jarryd momentarily but Jarryd frees himself.
Jarryd advances position into side control!
Nieminen is trying to improve his position.
Jarryd working away.
Jarryd moves into full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen can't escape the position.
Jarryd trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jarryd might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Nieminen kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Jarryd avoids the attempt from Nieminen to control.
Jarryd is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Nieminen has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Nieminen!
Jarryd wants to sweep here but Nieminen controlling him for the moment.
Nieminen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anders Jarryd dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nieminen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nieminen misses with a hook.
Jarryd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nieminen throws the kick towards the body but Jarryd avoids it.
Nieminen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nieminen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nieminen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jarryd.
Nieminen misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Nieminen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jarryd drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Jarryd wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nieminen keeps working.
Jarryd has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Nieminen!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarryd scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nieminen?
Jarryd goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Nieminen is on top in guard.
Nieminen is looking to stand up but Jarryd won't let him.
Nieminen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jarryd is keeping the position for now.
Jarryd escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nieminen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Nieminen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jarryd is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jarryd keeping moving, preventing Nieminen from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen wants to get up but he can't break Jarryd's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Nieminen passes into half guard.
Jarryd wants to control but Nieminen is keeping busy.
Nieminen is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Jarryd has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jarryd slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jarryd tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jarryd wants to hit a switch here but Nieminen passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Jarryd there!
Nieminen prevents Jarryd from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jarryd is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jarryd is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nieminen jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Jarryd is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Jarryd and Nieminen has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Nieminen working away.
Nieminen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jarryd keeps working.
Jarryd regains half guard.
Nieminen is working for a kimura but Jarryd is defending it quite comfortably.
Jarryd gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jarryd has his foot on Nieminen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nieminen works his way back into a safe position though.
Jarryd is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nieminen drops back looking for a leg! Jarryd is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jarryd manages to kick Nieminen off! Nieminen jumps back into Jarryd's guard.
Jarryd keeping moving, preventing Nieminen from controlling successfully.
Jarryd can't keep his opponent in guard - Nieminen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jarryd is refusing to be controlled, as Nieminen sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anders Jarryd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Jarryd tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nieminen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jarryd counters with a nice double leg into side control. Nieminen won't be happy with that.
Nieminen tries to bench press Jarryd off him but Jarryd keeps the position.
Nieminen is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Jarryd's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Jarryd wants to work for an arm triangle but Nieminen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Nieminen gets back to full guard.
Jarryd looking to pass the guard.
Jarryd postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Nieminen is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Jarryd, into his guard.
Jarryd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nieminen trying to control but Jarryd is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieminen passes Jarryd's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Jarryd is looking to improve his position.
Nieminen is looking for a kimura but Jarryd is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Nieminen to get the leverage.
Nieminen is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nieminen is trying to control the action in half guard but Jarryd is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jarryd tries to roll over but Nieminen keeps him under control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jarryd manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jarryd trying to keep a closed guard but Nieminen is proving a slippery customer.
Jarryd working for a triangle but Nieminen defends it easily.
Nieminen wants to pass the guard but Jarryd is keeping the position.
Nieminen forces his way into half guard.
Nieminen wants to pass the guard but Jarryd is defending well.
Jarryd tries to get to full guard but Nieminen has control of the leg.
Jarryd trying to control from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen is working for a kimura but Jarryd is defending it quite comfortably.
Jarryd works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jarryd lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Nieminen!
Jarryd controlling from mount.
Nieminen tries to hold on but Jarryd postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nieminen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jarryd landing strikes from the mount.
Nieminen wants to hold on but Jarryd pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jarryd cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jarryd looking to secure an arm triangle but Nieminen defends it well.
Jarryd can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nieminen is looking to escape.
Nieminen tries to lock up and control but Jarryd gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nieminen is working to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anders Jarryd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jarryd 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anders Jarryd!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jami Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Blake will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jami Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Blake!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blake throws a series of strikes that have Jokinen backpedaling.
It looks like Jami Jokinen has been cut.
Jokinen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jokinen stops Blake from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Jokinen throwing shots but Blake is blocking nicely.
Jokinen is looking to stall here but Blake recovers full guard.
Blake keeping moving, preventing Jokinen from controlling successfully.
Jokinen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blake works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Blake seems keen to control Jokinen's posture.
Blake can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jokinen controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen postures up.
Blake is looking to stand up but Jokinen isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jokinen has gone for a leg lock! Blake slips out almost immediately though and dives into Jokinen's guard.
Blake avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jokinen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Blake's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is looking to work some ground and pound but Blake has wrist control.
Blake really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jokinen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jokinen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jokinen prevents Blake from getting back to his feet.
Jokinen lands a couple of elbows.
Blake keeping moving, preventing Jokinen from controlling successfully.
Jokinen is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Blake is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jokinen is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Blake is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Blake has escaped and now he's on top!
Jokinen is breathing heavily.
Jokinen striking off his back but it's not causing Blake any problems.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jokinen wants to sweep but no luck.
Jokinen keeping moving, preventing Blake from controlling successfully.
Blake stands and steps away. Jokinen gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jokinen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Blake as he jumps to the side.
Blake moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Blake lands a slapping body shot.
Jokinen gets the takedown into side control.
Blake defending against the ground and pound.
Blake is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jokinen connects with a decent elbow.
Jokinen tries to move to mount but Blake blocks the move with his legs.
Blake defending against the ground and pound.
The referee asks Jokinen politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jokinen prefers to stall for the moment though.
Jokinen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jokinen lands a decent elbow from side control.
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 Jami Jokinen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jami Jokinen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jokinen shoots in and bounces Blake off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Jokinen wants to pass the guard but Blake is keeping the position.
Jokinen working some strikes from top position.
Jokinen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blake is keeping the position for now.
Jokinen gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jokinen gets a clinch.
Blake wants to break free but Jokinen has control.
Blake is looking to break free of the clinch but Jokinen has double underhooks.
Jokinen is trying to stall.
Jokinen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Blake prevents it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen looking for a takedown.
Jokinen fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jami Jokinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jokinen prevents Blake from breaking the clinch.
Jokinen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jokinen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Blake pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Blake wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jokinen manages to break the clinch.
Jokinen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Blake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jokinen.
Blake lands a two punch combo.
Blake misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blake lands with a shot to the body.
Blake stuns Jokinen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blake misses with the combination.
Blake misses with a few strikes there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jokinen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Blake as he avoids it easily.
Blake scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a few punches from side control.
Jokinen is working Blake over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jokinen working the ground and pound.
Jokinen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Blake knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Check out the look on Jokinen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen in side control, throwing shots but Blake defends.
Jokinen decides to stand up, so the ref orders Blake to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen feints and as Blake raises his hands in defense, Jokinen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jokinen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blake is keeping the position for now.
Blake keeping moving, preventing Jokinen from controlling successfully.
Jokinen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jokinen won't allow Blake to get back to his feet.
Jokinen cracks Blake with a solid left hand.
Jokinen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blake works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jokinen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake wants to get back to his feet.
Blake avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jokinen.
Blake wants to get back to his feet.
Jokinen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Blake manages to escape and get back to his feet!
John Blake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jokinen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jokinen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blake moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jokinen fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blake throws a nice looking combination but Jokinen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jokinen.
Blake misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jami Jokinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jami Jokinen's cut.
That's time! Jokinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Blake looks to land a combination but Jokinen avoids it well.
Jokinen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jokinen with the ground and pound from mount.
Jokinen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jokinen with a couple of short strikes.
Jokinen postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Blake in real trouble here! The ref calls for Blake to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jami Jokinen!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lasse Lock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pauli Sankari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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180 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lasse Lock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pauli Sankari!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sankari keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sankari should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Lock closes the distance and clinches up with Sankari, looking for a takedown. Lock pushes Sankari against the ropes but Sankari circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lock shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lasse Lock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lock shoots in but no luck this time.
Lock shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Horrible takedown by Lock or perhaps it was just good defense by Sankari which made him look bad.
Lock fails with a takedown attempt.
Lock looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Lock controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sankari bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lock's guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sankari tries to free his leg and advance position but Lock is retaining full guard.
Lock throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sankari tries to free his leg and advance position but Lock is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lock has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sankari can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sankari pushing down on Lock's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Lock is breathing heavily.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lock manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lock tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lock pushes Sankari off and scrambles back to his feet.
Lock swats away the attempt to clinch by Sankari.
Sankari drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sankari postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lock is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sankari passes into half guard.
Lock is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sankari is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lock doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sankari.
Sankari wants to work for an arm triangle but Lock is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Lock is looking to control Sankari's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lock avoid being mounted?
Sankari frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sankari looking to control but Lock is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sankari landing shots from mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lock bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lock is sitting in close to Sankari's body. Sankari has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Lock is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Lock is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Sankari.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Pauli Sankari!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Vaihoja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petr Had (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Seppo Vaihoja has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Seppo Vaihoja seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Vaihoja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Petr Had!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Had will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Had dodges the punch combination from Vaihoja.
Had is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vaihoja.
Had just misses with a punch to the body.
Vaihoja rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Had moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vaihoja rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Had moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circling - Had throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vaihoja fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vaihoja misses with a two punch combination.
Vaihoja looks to land a combination but Had avoids it well.
Vaihoja rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Had moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vaihoja closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Vaihoja is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Had will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Had tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vaihoja wants to lay and pray for a moment but Had keeps working.
Had tries to buck Vaihoja off but Vaihoja is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaihoja scoring with punches from side control.
Had tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vaihoja scores with punches from side control.
Vaihoja in side control lands a decent elbow.
Had is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Vaihoja decides to stand back up. Vaihoja steps back and let's Had get back to his feet.
Vaihoja uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Had has time to react.
Vaihoja misses with a two punch combination.
Vaihoja scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vaihoja closes the distance and clinches.
Vaihoja lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Had.
Had looks gassed!
Vaihoja is working Had over against the ropes.
Had wants to break free but Vaihoja has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaihoja blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Had wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vaihoja breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vaihoja lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Had backs up against the ropes.
Had falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vaihoja counters with a left and a right that stings Had.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vaihoja displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vaihoja lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Had throws a sloppy head kick and Vaihoja moves out of range easily.
Had showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vaihoja.
Vaihoja tries to close the distance and clinch up but Had swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Had fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Had swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vaihoja counters with a left and a right that stings Had.
Vaihoja throws a right hand that Had ducks under and follows up with a left that Had also avoids with ease.
Vaihoja swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vaihoja stalks Had and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Had's face. Had staggers backwards, shaken.
Vaihoja moves into range and clinches up with Had.
Vaihoja pushes Had back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Had drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Vaihoja gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Seppo Vaihoja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petr Had.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaihoja prevents Had from breaking the clinch.
Had is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Vaihoja breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vaihoja swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Had counters with a stiff right hand.
Had shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vaihoja pinned against the cage. Vaihoja gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Had tries to bum rush Vaihoja with a series of wild strikes but Vaihoja uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vaihoja uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Had has time to react.
Had throws a combination that misses
and Vaihoja counters with a straight right hand.
Vaihoja misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vaihoja scores with a shot to the body.
Vaihoja throws a series of punches but Had moves out of range.
Had takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vaihoja fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Had on the side of the head.
Had shoots in but Vaihoja avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Had takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vaihoja scores with a jab.
Vaihoja throws a right hand that Had ducks under and follows up with a left that Had also avoids with ease.
Had throws a combination that misses
and Vaihoja counters with a straight right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vaihoja throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Had throws a right and a left that Vaihoja avoids nicely.
Vaihoja throws a left and a right that both miss
and Had counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Had is thwarting Vaihoja's attempts to control the position.
Had is trying to work for a kimura but Vaihoja is defending well.
Had wants to work for an arm triangle but Vaihoja is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Vaihoja on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Vaihoja tries to get out of the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vaihoja gets back to full guard.
Had won't allow Vaihoja to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seppo Vaihoja dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Had shoots in but Vaihoja avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vaihoja throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Had tries for a takedown but Vaihoja circles away easily
and Vaihoja counters with a nice uppercut.
Had misses with a takedown
and Vaihoja counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Seppo Vaihoja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petr Had.
Vaihoja lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Had tries to clinch
and Vaihoja connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vaihoja lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Vaihoja forces Had back against the ropes and clinches.
Had has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Vaihoja breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Seppo Vaihoja is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Had misses.
Had shoots and misses
and Vaihoja counters by moving into the clinch.
Vaihoja goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Had tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Had looking for a takedown.
Vaihoja can't find room to land a body shot as Had controls the action.
Had keeps control of Vaihoja as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaihoja lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Had or not.
Had manages to break the clinch.
Vaihoja fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vaihoja misses with a jab, cross combination.
Had throws a series of punches but Vaihoja moves out of range.
Had tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Vaihoja counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vaihoja is working the combinations to good effect here.
Had with a lazy takedown attempt
and Vaihoja makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Had changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Vaihoja tries to avoid it but Had manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Vaihoja to the ground. Vaihoja escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Had fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vaihoja manages to avoid it.
Vaihoja throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vaihoja lands a jab to Had's midsection.
Nice sprawl there from Vaihoja as Had shoots in.
Had ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vaihoja throws a combination that misses
and Vaihoja takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vaihoja is rocked!
Had has a takedown stuffed.
Oh Vaihoja is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Had pushes Vaihoja up against the ropes in a clinch.
Had lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Had breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Had pushes Vaihoja up against the ropes in a clinch.
Had is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Vaihoja seems to have got his legs back now.
Vaihoja lands a right hand.
Had misses with a short punch on the inside.
Had looking for a takedown.
A right hand to the body from Vaihoja.
Vaihoja lands a left hand that snaps the head of Had backwards.
Had breaks the clinch.
Had throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vaihoja's waist but Vaihoja gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Had off to one side.
Some wild striking there from Had.
Vaihoja lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vaihoja.
Vaihoja circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vaihoja counters with a straight right hand.
Vaihoja is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Had tries to clinch there but Vaihoja circles away.
Had ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vaihoja moves away.
Had throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vaihoja's waist but Vaihoja gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Had off to one side.
Had has a takedown stuffed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Had with that takedown attempt.
Vaihoja uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Had.
Vaihoja throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vaihoja lands a with a good body shot.
Vaihoja comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Seppo Vaihoja is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Had looks for a takedown but Vaihoja sprawls well.
Had on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Had wants to clinch.
Vaihoja misses with a double jab.
Vaihoja is looking to clinch but Had is avoiding it.
Seppo Vaihoja is winning the standup battle so far.
Had throws a big shot that misses.
Vaihoja swats away the attempt to clinch by Had.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Danga de danga de dang - Vaihoja scores with a four punch combination!
Had throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vaihoja throws a nice looking combination but Had bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vaihoja throws a body punch but Had moves out of range.
Vaihoja fails to land with a series of punches.
Vaihoja misses with a double jab.
Vaihoja scores with a jab. Had acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Had.
Had is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Vaihoja is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Vaihoja avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Had.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vaihoja tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Vaihoja gets back to half guard.
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 Seppo Vaihoja will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Vaihoja scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vaihoja scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Vaihoja misses with the combination.
Had takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Had swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vaihoja fails to land with a series of punches.
Vaihoja misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vaihoja.
A nice combination there by Vaihoja.
Vaihoja throws a right and a left that Had avoids nicely.
Had connects with a crisp jab.
A nice combination there by Vaihoja.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vaihoja fails to land with a series of punches.
Vaihoja goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A right-left combo lands from Vaihoja.
Vaihoja gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaihoja escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Had shoots in looking for a takedown. Vaihoja tries to sprawl out of it but Had keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Vaihoja manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Vaihoja displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vaihoja rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Had moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vaihoja fails in his attempt to clinch.
Had dodges the punch combination from Vaihoja.
Vaihoja misses with a wild combination.
Had shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vaihoja pinned against the cage. Vaihoja gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Had throws a jab but it's blocked by Vaihoja.
Had misses with a head kick.
Had misses with a takedown attempt
and Vaihoja counters with a one-two to the body.
Seppo Vaihoja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petr Had.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaihoja circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vaihoja counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Had thinking.
Vaihoja lands a jab to Had's midsection.
Vaihoja throws a combination. Had tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Had has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Vaihoja displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vaihoja throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Vaihoja fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vaihoja walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Vaihoja throws a nice looking combination but Had bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Had walks into a stiff left hand from Vaihoja.
Vaihoja throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A combination from Had does no damage.
Had on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vaihoja looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Vaihoja misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Had tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vaihoja swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vaihoja throws a series of punches but Had moves out of range.
Had lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Had with a poor takedown
and Vaihoja counters with a two punch combo.
Had throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vaihoja jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Had ducks right into an uppercut from Vaihoja.
Vaihoja closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Had is rocked!
Vaihoja slips under a jab.
Vaihoja swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Had.
Had is still on wobbly legs! Can Vaihoja finish him?
Had slow jab from Vaihoja misses its intended target.
Had seems to have recovered his senses.
Had misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vaihoja.
Vaihoja lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
No luck for Had with that takedown attempt.
Vaihoja ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Horrible takedown by Had or perhaps it was just good defense by Vaihoja which made him look bad.
A punch combination from Vaihoja misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaihoja misses with a double jab.
Had throws a hook but Vaihoja avoids it easily.
Had takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vaihoja moves into range and connects with a jab.
Vaihoja rushes Had and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A short left from Vaihoja.
Had has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Vaihoja uses from the top position.
Had being controlled here, momentarily.
Vaihoja trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Petr Had has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vaihoja postures up in Had's guard and throws a big left but Had blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vaihoja tries to free his leg and advance position but Had is retaining full guard.
Had is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Vaihoja's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that's the end of the fight!
Seppo Vaihoja showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vaihoja, 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seppo Vaihoja!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julle Kuikka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julle Kuikka looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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Basic striking
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Basic striking
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Julle Kuikka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nate Silva!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kuikka looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva throws a head kick that Kuikka semi-blocks.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kuikka is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva drops Kuikka with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Kuikka! Silva dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Nate Silva!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samba Mamba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Jacques Machado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machado has chosen Sound Of Madness - Shinedown as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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 Helsinki, Samba Mamba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jean Jacques Machado!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mamba fails with a takedown attempt.
Machado looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mamba!
Machado stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Machado decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Mamba is not content to let Machado control the position.
Mamba is looking to improve his position.
Mamba trying to control but Machado postures up.
Mamba is defending against the submission attempts here by Machado.
Mamba is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamba gets back to full guard.
Mamba keeping moving, preventing Machado from controlling successfully.
Mamba had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Machado is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Mamba Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Machado's back instead.
Machado rolls, trying to escape but Mamba keeps control of the position.
Mamba working for a choke but Machado is defending well.
Mamba has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Machado has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machado breaks Mamba's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Machado stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mamba swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Machado trying to control the position from guard on top but Mamba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mamba throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machado looking to sit in guard and control but Mamba gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Machado not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Machado manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Machado wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Machado goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Mamba turns into him and now he's in Machado's guard.
Machado looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamba is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Mamba stopping the sweep attempt from Machado.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mamba avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Machado throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Jacques Machado dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mamba changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Machado looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Machado tries to buck Mamba off but Mamba is having none of it.
Machado wants to control but Mamba postures up.
Machado tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mamba stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Machado tries for a takedown but Mamba circles away easily
and Mamba counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mamba.
Mamba chips away with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mamba accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Machado is breathing heavily.
Mamba stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Machado swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mamba is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Machado is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Machado has escaped and now he's on top!
Machado pushes down on Mamba's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Mamba wants to control but Machado is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Machado is trying to control the action in half guard but Mamba is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Machado has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamba is in all sorts of trouble here.
Machado working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Mamba turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Machado off and cradles Mamba's limp body as Machado celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Jean Jacques Machado!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aganja Muamba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klaxon Karman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Karman's choice of entrance music: Smooth Criminal. Aganja Muamba has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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240 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aganja Muamba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Klaxon Karman!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Karman. No joy for Muamba on that attempt.
Muamba misses with a takedown attempt - Karman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Karman throws a right and a left that Muamba avoids nicely.
Muamba misses with a takedown attempt - Karman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aganja Muamba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karman changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Muamba looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Muamba is not content to let Karman control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muamba taking punishment in the form of punches.
Karman goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Muamba has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Karman but great work by Muamba.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Karman is looking for a sweep.
Karman wants to control but Muamba postures up.
Karman sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Karman moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Karman has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Muamba can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karman trying to keep a closed guard but Muamba is proving a slippery customer.
Karman wants to get back to his feet but Muamba is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Karman working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Muamba doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Muamba manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Karman throws his legs up looking for a submission but Muamba uses it to pass to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karman struggling a bit here.
Karman manages to work his way to half guard, despite Muamba's best efforts.
Muamba will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Karman works his way to full guard. Good work.
Muamba is breathing heavily.
Karman looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Karman had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Muamba is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Karman Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Muamba's back instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muamba is keeping busy.
Karman lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Muamba hold on?!
Karman gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Karman is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Muamba defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Klaxon Karman dominated that round.
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.
Muamba with a lazy takedown attempt
and Karman counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Klaxon Karman has got the better of the ground game so far.
Karman wants to control from the top but Muamba keeps moving.
Karman cracks Muamba with a solid left hand.
Karman sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Muamba's guard.
Muamba is staying active underneath Karman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karman has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karman has control of Muamba's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Muamba regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Karman dominating with strikes here.
Karman is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Karman!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Klaxon Karman!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antti Timonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ville Ellimaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellimaki has chosen Somos de calle as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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178 lbs
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169 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin |
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Basic striking
Granite chin |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Timonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ville Ellimaki!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellimaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Timonen moves away.
Ellimaki slips under a jab from Timonen.
Ellimaki moves into range and clinches up with Timonen.
Ellimaki is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Timonen can't fight it off and eventually Ellimaki manages to take the fight to the floor. Timonen looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Timonen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ellimaki doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ellimaki manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Timonen looking for a sweep. Not yet Timonen, not yet.
Timonen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ellimaki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Timonen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Timonen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ellimaki is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timonen is looking for a triangle here but Ellimaki uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Ellimaki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ellimaki working away.
Timonen is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ellimaki connects with a decent elbow.
Timonen is not content to let Ellimaki control the position.
Ellimaki working the ground and pound.
Ellimaki advances nicely into full mount.
Ellimaki is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellimaki with a couple of short strikes.
Timonen is bucking up trying to escape but Ellimaki cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Timonen wants to hold on but Ellimaki pushes him away.
Ellimaki is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ellimaki tries to control but Timonen wriggling away.
Timonen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ellimaki manages to capitalize on a mistake by Timonen to take his back!
Ellimaki controlling from the back.
Timonen is trying to break free.
Ellimaki has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Timonen.
Ellimaki is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Timonen tries to escape but Ellimaki has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timonen prevents Ellimaki from getting a body triangle.
Ellimaki has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Timonen has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Ellimaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Timonen tries to roll but Ellimaki sticks to his back.
Ellimaki is trying to stick to Timonen's back but Timonen is turning into Ellimaki. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Ellimaki's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Timonen.
Timonen is breathing heavily.
Ellimaki scores with a nice shot.
Ellimaki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Timonen postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timonen advances position into side control!
Timonen tries to advance to mount but Ellimaki instead regains half guard.
Timonen is trying to work for a kimura but Ellimaki is defending well.
Ellimaki moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ellimaki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ville Ellimaki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Timonen tries to clinch but Ellimaki is having none of it.
Timonen tries to clinch but Ellimaki moves away
and Ellimaki counters with a straight right hand.
Ellimaki misses with a series of wild punches.
Timonen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ellimaki circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ellimaki counters with a shoot takedown. Timonen fights it but they end up in guard.
Ellimaki trying to control but Timonen is working from the bottom.
Ellimaki is pushing down on Timonen's leg trying to pass to half guard. Timonen is fighting to maintain full guard but Ellimaki has managed to sneak the leg through.
Still in half guard, Ellimaki seems content to control.
Ellimaki working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timonen is looking to control Ellimaki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Timonen avoid being mounted?
Timonen has hold of Ellimaki's hands but Ellimaki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ellimaki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ellimaki prevents Timonen from improving his position.
Ellimaki passes to full mount!
Ellimaki lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Timonen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ellimaki wants to control the pace but Timonen is squirming around nicely.
Ellimaki is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Timonen can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Ellimaki is breathing heavily.
Timonen is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellimaki is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Timonen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Timonen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Timonen wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Timonen can't escape the position.
Timonen breaks Ellimaki's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Ellimaki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Timonen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ellimaki is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Timonen tries to get to full guard but Ellimaki has control of the leg.
Ellimaki is trying to work for a kimura but Timonen is defending well.
Timonen wants to improve his position but Ellimaki is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellimaki wants to control but Timonen is keeping him busy.
Ellimaki is working for a kimura but Timonen is defending it quite comfortably.
Timonen tries to roll over but Ellimaki keeps him under control.
Ellimaki is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Timonen is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ville Ellimaki!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Nielsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nielsen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Time to say Goodbye kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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215 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeff Robinson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thor Nielsen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson lands a slapping body shot.
Nice combo by Robinson! Oh, that's hurt him - Nielsen falls to the canvas and Robinson follows him into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robinson is looking to take a break and control but Nielsen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nielsen manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Nielsen wants to get back to full guard.
Nielsen is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Robinson pulls his head out easily.
Robinson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nielsen keeps working.
Robinson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Nielsen is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Nielsen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Robinson stalling away here and it's allowed Nielsen to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Robinson looking to sit in guard and control but Nielsen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nielsen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Robinson drops his shoulder and cracks Nielsen with a huge uppercut! Nielsen goes down! Can Robinson finish him?
Nielsen is rocked!
Nielsen keeping moving, preventing Robinson from controlling successfully.
Nielsen is still in real trouble! Can Robinson finish him?
Nielsen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Robinson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Nielsen looks gassed!
Robinson sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Nielsen seems to have recovered his senses.
Robinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Nielsen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nielsen is trying to control the position but Robinson postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nielsen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nielsen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Robinson lands a jab to the head.
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!
Robinson scores with a leg kick.
Robinson lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Nielsen crumples to the floor! Robinson milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jeff Robinson!
Jeff Robinson is the new light heavyweight champion!
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