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SISU 37: Reki vs Susi PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anders Jarryd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Wewito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wewito has chosen Had Enough as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anders Jarryd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miguel Wewito!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jarryd wants to clinch.
Wewito looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jarryd slips a jab and a cross from Wewito.
Wewito clinches with his opponent.
Wewito wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jarryd prevents Wewito from breaking the clinch.
Wewito wants to get back to striking at distance but Jarryd won't allow it.
Jarryd is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jarryd throws an elbow that misses.
Jarryd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wewito has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wewito tries to break the clinch but Jarryd is controlling the position.
Jarryd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wewito fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wewito fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jarryd pushes Wewito up against the ropes in a clinch.
Wewito throws a punch but it's blocked by Jarryd.
Jarryd tries to pull guard but Wewito holds him up against the ropes and eventually Jarryd drops back down to his feet.
Wewito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jarryd slips under a jab from Wewito.
Jarryd tries to clinch there but Wewito circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wewito closes the distance and clinches.
Wewito manages to break the clinch.
Wewito chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jarryd can pounce on him.
Jarryd gets the takedown into side control.
Wewito is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jarryd works to advance to full mount. Wewito defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Jarryd trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jarryd has control of Wewito's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Wewito regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Wewito tries to lock up and control but Jarryd gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wewito trying desperately to get to his feet.
Wewito tries to lock up and control but Jarryd gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarryd trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jarryd thowing shots but they're missing.
Jarryd putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jarryd throws some wild stikes that Wewito manages to avoid easily.
Jarryd controlling the position easily from mount.
Jarryd tries to control but Wewito wriggling away.
Jarryd with the ground and pound from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jarryd goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Wewito is on top in guard.
Jarryd controlling the position.
Wewito avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jarryd trying to keep a closed guard but Wewito is proving a slippery customer.
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 looking for a guillotine here but Wewito defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jarryd looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wewito is one step ahead there.
Jarryd is working hard here to advance position.
Jarryd is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anders Jarryd dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Wewito misses with a two punch combination.
Anders Jarryd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jarryd moves into the clinch successfully.
Jarryd looking to throw knees to the head but Wewito is blocking nicely.
Wewito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wewito shoots in for a takedown but Jarryd shows good takedown defense.
Wewito misses with a takedown
and Jarryd moves into the clinch.
Jarryd lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jarryd throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wewito is trying to break free.
Wewito wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wewito is trying to break the clinch but Jarryd has him pressed against the ropes.
Wewito tries to pull guard but Jarryd holds him up against the ropes and eventually Wewito drops back down to his feet.
Anders Jarryd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miguel Wewito.
Jarryd misses with a knee to the head.
Wewito wants to get back to striking at distance but Jarryd won't allow it.
A short uppercut from Wewito.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Wewito just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jarryd's brow.
Jarryd keeps control of Wewito as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wewito is looking to break free of the clinch but Jarryd has double underhooks.
Jarryd gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarryd lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wewito wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jarryd has him pressed against the ropes.
Jarryd throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jarryd has Wewito pushed against the ropes.
Wewito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jarryd has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A combination from Wewito does no damage.
Wewito is breathing heavily.
Jarryd moves in looking to clinch but Wewito pushes him off.
Jarryd scores with a push kick.
Jarryd wants to clinch
and Wewito counters with a left and a right that stings Jarryd.
Jarryd showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wewito.
Jarryd tries to clinch there but Wewito circles away.
Jarryd scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wewito takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wewito is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarryd swings around for an armbar but Wewito sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Jarryd's guard.
Jarryd has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wewito can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wewito won't allow Jarryd to sweep him here.
Jarryd is trying to keep Wewito in close.
Jarryd working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wewito doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Jarryd is tightening it up a little... Wewito has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Wewito reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Wewito taps out! nice BJJ there by Jarryd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Anders Jarryd!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bastian Schweinsteiger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Tomb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tomb has chosen Impaled Nazarene - Nyrkilla Tapettava Huora as his entrance music. Bastian Schweinsteiger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bastian Schweinsteiger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mark Tomb!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomb walks into a jab.
Tomb takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Schweinsteiger gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Schweinsteiger pulls guard effortlessly.
Schweinsteiger wants to sweep here but Tomb controlling him for the moment.
Schweinsteiger is controlling Tomb's posture.
Schweinsteiger manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
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.
Tomb really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Schweinsteiger is working for a guillotine from mount but Tomb frees his head quite easily.
Schweinsteiger thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schweinsteiger throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Tomb really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tomb sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Schweinsteiger is looking to take a break and control but Tomb is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Schweinsteiger looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tomb with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tomb tries to get to full guard but Schweinsteiger has control of the leg.
Tomb gets full guard.
Tomb is trying to control the position but Schweinsteiger postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schweinsteiger postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Schweinsteiger works over Tomb with some ground and pound from guard.
Schweinsteiger passes Tomb's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Schweinsteiger throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Schweinsteiger is looking to take a break and control but Tomb is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Schweinsteiger is really struggling to control Tomb but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Schweinsteiger is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tomb doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Schweinsteiger.
Schweinsteiger is breathing heavily.
Schweinsteiger is just content to waste time from the top position. Tomb takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomb looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tomb trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Schweinsteiger stopping the sweep attempt from Tomb.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Schweinsteiger slips a jab and a cross from Tomb.
Tomb has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Schweinsteiger.
Schweinsteiger looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Schweinsteiger throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Schweinsteiger throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tomb fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tomb shoots in for a takedown but Schweinsteiger shows good takedown defense.
Schweinsteiger moves in looking to clinch but Tomb pushes him off.
Bastian Schweinsteiger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Schweinsteiger lands with a shot to the body.
Schweinsteiger swings for the body but Tomb moves out of range.
Tomb fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bastian Schweinsteiger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Tomb.
Schweinsteiger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tomb manages to avoid it.
Schweinsteiger throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tomb wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schweinsteiger drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tomb gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Schweinsteiger works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Schweinsteiger drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Schweinsteiger jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Tomb 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.
Bastian Schweinsteiger dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tomb misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mark Tomb is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schweinsteiger takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Schweinsteiger connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Schweinsteiger tries to move into range but Tomb moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Schweinsteiger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tomb paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Schweinsteiger bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tomb moves out of range of the body kick from Schweinsteiger.
Tomb throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Schweinsteiger's waist but Schweinsteiger gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tomb off to one side.
Schweinsteiger lands a head kick!
Tomb swats away the attempt to clinch by Schweinsteiger.
Tomb ducks under a wild hook from Schweinsteiger.
Tomb avoids a kick to the body.
Schweinsteiger looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomb throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Schweinsteiger's waist but Schweinsteiger gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tomb off to one side.
Bastian Schweinsteiger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Tomb.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tomb on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Schweinsteiger punishes Tomb's body with a nice straight punch.
Schweinsteiger gets a clinch.
Tomb has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Schweinsteiger is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Schweinsteiger has clasped his hands together around Tomb's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Schweinsteiger wants to control but Tomb is keeping him busy.
Schweinsteiger landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tomb is looking to regain half guard here but Schweinsteiger keeps moving and retains side control.
Schweinsteiger working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Tomb tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schweinsteiger thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Schweinsteiger throws an elbow but Tomb slips to the side and avoids it well.
Schweinsteiger is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tomb is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Schweinsteiger throwing strikes but Tomb manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Schweinsteiger throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schweinsteiger is trying to work for a sweep but Tomb has mounted him!
Schweinsteiger takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tomb lands a heavy elbow.
Tomb tries to control but Schweinsteiger wriggling away.
Schweinsteiger is trying to escape the mount.
Tomb lands a big elbow.
Tomb has control of Schweinsteiger's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Schweinsteiger regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Schweinsteiger is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tomb lands a heavy elbow.
Schweinsteiger bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Tomb controls Schweinsteiger momentarily but Schweinsteiger frees himself.
Schweinsteiger trying to control the position from guard on top but Tomb is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tomb is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Schweinsteiger wants to improve his position but Tomb is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bastian Schweinsteiger dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Schweinsteiger misses with a double jab
and Tomb moves into the clinch.
Schweinsteiger wants to break free but Tomb has control.
Schweinsteiger managing to block the knees to the body from Tomb.
Schweinsteiger manages to break the clinch.
Tomb moves out of range as Schweinsteiger throws a body kick.
Tomb looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Schweinsteiger!
Schweinsteiger defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Tomb.
Schweinsteiger is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tomb controlling from the full mount.
Schweinsteiger is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomb is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Schweinsteiger can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tomb swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Schweinsteiger is now in Tomb's guard. A big mistake from Tomb there, giving up the dominant position!
Schweinsteiger thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Tomb seems keen to control Schweinsteiger's posture.
Tomb preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Schweinsteiger trying to move into half guard but instead Tomb has managed to sweep!
Schweinsteiger looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Tomb puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Schweinsteiger is looking to improve his position.
Schweinsteiger wants to control but Tomb is keeping busy.
Schweinsteiger is looking for a sweep. Tomb is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tomb feints and as Schweinsteiger raises his hands in defense, Tomb changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Schweinsteiger is looking to sweep but instead, Tomb has passed into half guard.
Tomb wants to get back to his feet.
Schweinsteiger trying to control from the bottom.
Tomb looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Schweinsteiger wants to control but Tomb passes into side.
Tomb works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomb advances to full mount.
Schweinsteiger is trying to reverse the position but instead Tomb has taken his back - oops!
Mark Tomb has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tomb gets his hands free as Schweinsteiger looks to control.
Tomb controlling well, preventing Schweinsteiger from escaping the position.
Schweinsteiger trying to control the position but Tomb manages to sink in the hooks.
Bastian Schweinsteiger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tomb keeps control of the position as Schweinsteiger tries to break free.
Schweinsteiger looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Tomb is not going to allow Schweinsteiger to sit and survive in this position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Tomb comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Schweinsteiger has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bastian Schweinsteiger!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Sax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Cifer Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sax comes to the ring accompanied by Somebody gonna get they ass kicked by: 36 Mafia. Lou Cifer Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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264 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harry Sax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lou Cifer Jr!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cifer Jr shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sax pinned against the cage. Sax gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sax scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cifer Jr fails with a takedown attempt.
Cifer Jr looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sax is fending him off so far but Cifer Jr persists. Nope, Sax circles away and we're back to standing.
Harry Sax has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lou Cifer Jr.
Sax shoots and misses
and Cifer Jr decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sax's guard.
Cifer Jr throwing strikes from guard but Sax blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cifer Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cifer Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Sax has wrist control.
Cifer Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cifer Jr postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cifer Jr postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sax keeping moving, preventing Cifer Jr from controlling successfully.
Sax looking for a sweep. Not yet Sax, not yet.
Cifer Jr landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cifer Jr tries to stand but Sax is controlling from the bottom.
Cifer Jr wants to pass the guard but Sax is keeping the position.
Cifer Jr thows a big elbow that misses.
Cifer Jr is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cifer Jr wants to pass the guard but Sax is keeping the position.
Cifer Jr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sax knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cifer Jr on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cifer Jr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sax's head.
Sax will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cifer Jr advances position into side control!
Cifer Jr grinds an elbow into Sax's temple.
Sax gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Sax wants to control but Cifer Jr is having none of it.
Sax is in a horrible position here. Cifer Jr smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sax really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sax working to try and regain half guard.
Sax is breathing heavily.
Cifer Jr landing shots from mount.
Cifer Jr postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sax looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns Sax that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Cifer Jr.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sax defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Cifer Jr.
Cifer Jr has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sax's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lou Cifer Jr dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sax clinches but Cifer Jr breaks the clinch
and Cifer Jr counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lou Cifer Jr has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cifer Jr looking to pass the guard.
Sax working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cifer Jr.
Cifer Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
Cifer Jr connects with a couple of short punches.
Cifer Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cifer Jr drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Cifer Jr seems to have locked his on tight now - Sax screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Cifer Jr, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Lou Cifer Jr!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Valdemar Friman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenneth Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Friman comes to the ring accompanied by Metallica - Damage Inc.. Valdemar Friman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Valdemar Friman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenneth Smith!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Friman misses with a head kick.
Valdemar Friman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Friman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Friman lands with a slapping head kick.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but Friman shows good takedown defense.
Friman throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Friman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Friman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Friman misses.
Valdemar Friman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith has a takedown stuffed.
Valdemar Friman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenneth Smith.
Friman misses with a head kick.
Friman misses with a double jab.
Friman looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Smith closes the distance and clinches up with Friman, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes Friman against the ropes but Friman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Smith closes the distance and clinches up with Friman, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes Friman against the ropes but Friman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Smith checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Friman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Friman throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
A slapping leg kick lands for Friman.
Friman thuds his right hand into Smith's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Friman tries to score with a low kick but Smith moves his leg out of the way.
Smith avoids the head kick by Friman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Friman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Friman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Friman misses the jab.
Friman throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Friman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Friman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Smith has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Smith and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Smith slips under a jab.
Friman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Friman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Friman is breathing heavily.
Smith blocks a head kick by Friman.
Friman throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Friman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Friman throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Valdemar Friman dominated that round.
That's time! Friman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Friman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Friman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Friman is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Friman's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Friman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Friman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Smith checks it well.
An inside leg kick lands from Friman.
A slow jab from Friman misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Friman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith moves away from the strike by Friman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Friman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith shoots for a takedown but Friman saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
No luck for Smith with that takedown attempt.
Smith blocks a head kick by Friman.
Friman stuffs the takedown attempt from Smith. Smith gets slowly back to his feet.
Valdemar Friman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenneth Smith.
Smith slips a straight right by Friman.
That's two 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.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but Friman shows good takedown defense.
Friman looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Friman tries a head kick but it misses.
Friman lands a nice looking body shot.
Friman stuffs the takedown.
Friman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Smith throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Friman's waist but Friman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Smith off to one side.
Smith is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Friman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
Friman throws a head kick that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Friman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Smith has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Smith and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Smith avoids the head kick by Friman.
Friman throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Friman throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith avoids the head kick by Friman.
Smith drives through with a takedown into guard.
Smith tries to free his leg and advance position but Friman is retaining full guard.
Friman controls Smith momentarily but Smith frees himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Valdemar Friman dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Friman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Friman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Friman thows a body shot but no joy.
Friman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Friman looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Friman.
Smith shoots in and drives through. Friman sprawls well.
Friman wants to slow Smith down by chopping away at his legs.
Valdemar Friman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Friman missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Friman throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith moves away from the strike by Friman.
Smith changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Friman tries to avoid it but Smith manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Friman to the ground. Friman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kenneth Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Friman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Friman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Valdemar Friman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenneth Smith.
A head kick from Friman lands but Smith takes it in his stride.
Friman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Smith avoids the head kick by Friman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Friman throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Smith changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Friman tries to avoid it but Smith manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Friman to the ground. Friman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Friman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Friman.
Smith checks the leg kick.
Friman throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith blocks the body kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Friman throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Friman swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Valdemar Friman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Friman, 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Valdemar Friman!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aganja Muamba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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255 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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264 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steve Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aganja Muamba!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevenson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stevenson.
Stevenson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stevenson tries to clinch there but Muamba circles away.
Stevenson tries to clinch there but Muamba circles away.
Muamba has a takedown stuffed.
Stevenson lands a head kick that stumbles Muamba and the fighters go to the mat.
Muamba is rocked!
It looks like Aganja Muamba has been cut.
Muamba looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Stevenson drops back looking for a leg! Muamba is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Muamba manages to kick Stevenson off! Stevenson jumps back into Muamba's guard.
Stevenson works over Muamba with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muamba keeping full guard, as Stevenson tries to pass.
Stevenson wants to control from the top but Muamba keeps moving.
Stevenson controlling from the top position.
Stevenson trying to control the position from guard on top but Muamba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stevenson throwing strikes from guard but Muamba blocks nicely.
That's two 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.
Stevenson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Muamba can't keep his opponent in guard - Stevenson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Muamba wants to get back to full guard.
Muamba blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stevenson.
Stevenson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Muamba keeps working.
Stevenson stalling.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson is looking for a kimura here.
Stevenson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Stevenson wants to control the pace but Muamba is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stevenson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Stevenson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Stevenson tries to control but Muamba wriggling away.
Stevenson takes Muamba's back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muamba staying busy and making it hard for Stevenson to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Stevenson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aganja Muamba's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stevenson.
Stevenson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stevenson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stevenson wants to clinch up but Muamba keeps it at a distance.
Stevenson misses with a wild body shot.
Muamba swats away the attempt to clinch by Stevenson.
Muamba takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Muamba avoids the head kick by Stevenson.
Stevenson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Muamba, pushing him back against the ropes.
Muamba is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson leaning against his opponent.
Muamba tries for a takedown but Stevenson manages to get underhooks.
Stevenson scores with a knee to the head.
Stevenson has Muamba pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Muamba manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Stevenson leaning against his opponent.
Stevenson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Muamba's face.
Stevenson lands a knee to the body.
Stevenson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stevenson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stevenson landing knees to the head.
Stevenson taking a breather.
Stevenson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Stevenson.
Stevenson crunches a lovely knee into Muamba's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Stevenson.
Stevenson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stevenson lands a knee to the body.
Muamba takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stevenson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stevenson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stevenson crunches a lovely knee into Muamba's ribcage.
Stevenson scores a nice knee to the body.
Stevenson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stevenson misses with a knee strike.
Stevenson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Muamba fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Muamba closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stevenson circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Muamba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stevenson closes the distance and clinches.
Muamba jumps guard but Stevenson stands there with Muamba around his waist. Muamba gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Steve Stevenson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aganja Muamba.
Knees to the body from Stevenson.
Stevenson lands a nice elbow.
Stevenson lands a nice knee to the body.
Stevenson scores with a knee to the head.
Stevenson stalling the fight.
Stevenson lands a nice knee to the body.
Stevenson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Muamba lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Stevenson trying to land knees to the body.
Stevenson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Muamba tries for a takedown. No joy.
Stevenson pulls guard successfully.
Muamba looking to pass the guard.
Stevenson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Muamba avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stevenson 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Stevenson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aganja Muamba's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Stevenson tries to close the distance and clinch but Muamba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stevenson moves in looking to clinch but Muamba pushes him off.
Muamba shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Muamba gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Stevenson thows a big elbow that misses.
Stevenson wants to control from the top but Muamba keeps moving.
Stevenson throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson tries to free his leg and advance position but Muamba is retaining full guard.
Stevenson forces his way into half guard.
Stevenson is trying to work for a kimura but Muamba is defending well.
Stevenson thows a huge punch but Muamba dodges it nicely.
Aganja Muamba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Stevenson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Stevenson controlling the pace for now.
Stevenson throws some wild stikes that Muamba manages to avoid easily.
Stevenson thowing shots but they're missing.
Stevenson looking to control but Muamba is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson throws some wild stikes that Muamba manages to avoid easily.
Stevenson controlling from the full mount.
Stevenson punching from mount but Muamba doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Stevenson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Stevenson looking to ground and pound but Muamba is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Muamba defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Stevenson.
Stevenson has hold of Muamba's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Muamba manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stevenson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Muamba has worked his arm free - good work by Muamba!
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Stevenson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stevenson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Stevenson!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leka Luu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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260 lbs
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270 lbs
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Leka Luu!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Luu.
A combination from Louis does no damage.
Louis takes a swing at Luu's ribcage but misses.
Luu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luu forces Louis back against the ropes and clinches.
Luu tries to land a knee to the head but Louis blocks with his arms.
Luu misses with a body punch.
Luu blocks an uppercut.
Luu misses with a knee to the head.
Louis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Luu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Luu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Louis's face.
It looks like Joe Louis has been cut.
Luu throws an elbow but it misses.
Luu keeps control of Louis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Luu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Louis is looking to break free of the clinch but Luu has double underhooks.
Louis takes an elbow to the temple.
Louis avoiding damage as Luu throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Luu.
Luu stalling against the ropes.
Luu landing knees to the body.
Louis is breathing heavily.
Louis dodges an elbow strike from Luu.
Luu lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Luu missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luu is looking to advance position but Louis won't allow it.
Luu thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Luu throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
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.
Louis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Luu.
Luu tries to pass to full mount but Louis defends it.
Luu missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Louis tries to get to full guard but Luu has control of the leg.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Louis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Louis tries to keep at a distance but Luu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Luu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Luu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Luu has clasped his hands together around Louis's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Louis is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Luu is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luu working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Luu is trying to ground and pound but Louis uses the momentary lack of control by Luu to regain half guard.
Luu wants to pass to mount but Louis is defending the position.
Louis manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Louis attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Louis misses with a jab, cross combination.
A low kick from Louis misses
and Luu counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Louis's guard now.
Louis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Luu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luu throwing strikes from guard but Louis blocks nicely.
Luu postures up in Louis's guard and throws a big left but Louis blocks it.
Louis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Luu throws a big right hand that misses.
Louis keeping full guard, as Luu tries to pass.
Louis is trying to control the position but Luu postures up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Louis lands with a nice body punch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Louis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Louis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Louis swinging wilding here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Luu gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Louis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Louis pivots, looking for a leg kick but Luu is out of range and Louis settles back down.
Louis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Luu counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Louis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Luu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Luu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Luu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Luu clinches with his opponent.
Luu gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Luu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Luu looking to pass the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luu wants to control from the top but Louis keeps moving.
Louis trying to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leka Luu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Louis's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Luu wants to clinch.
Louis throws a series of strikes that have Luu backpedaling.
Luu wants to slow Louis down by chopping away at his legs.
Luu is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Louis.
Joe Louis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luu ducks right into an uppercut from Louis.
Louis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luu has taken the fight to the clinch.
Luu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Louis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Luu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luu missing with knees to the body.
Louis breaks the clinch.
Louis scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louis gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Luu counters with a thumping low kick.
Luu tries to clinch up.
Louis misses with a low kick.
Louis misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Luu is looking to clinch.
Louis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A left and a right from Louis both land. Nice combination.
Luu takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Louis misses with a series of wild punches.
Louis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Luu's head backwards.
Luu thows a body shot but no joy.
Luu tries to close the distance and clinch but Louis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Louis misses with a wild combination.
Louis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luu throws a body punch but Louis moves out of range.
Joe Louis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Luu.
Louis fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Luu is out of range.
Louis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luu tries to clinch but Louis is having none of it.
Luu thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Louis takes a swing at Luu's ribcage but misses.
Luu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Louis moves away.
Luu misses with a wild body shot.
Luu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Luu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Louis throws a series of punches but Luu avoids them all with ease.
Luu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Luu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Louis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Luu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Luu swings for the body but Louis moves out of range.
Luu moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luu looking to throw knees to the head but Louis is blocking nicely.
Louis takes an elbow to the temple.
Luu tries to land knees in the clinch but Louis avoids the damage to the body.
Louis wants to break free but Luu has control.
Louis avoids the elbow strike from Luu, against the ropes.
Luu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luu crunches a lovely knee into Louis's ribcage.
Luu will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Louis up against the ropes.
Luu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Louis backwards.
Louis is trying to break free.
Louis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Louis is trying to break free.
Louis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Luu landing knees to the head.
Luu is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Louis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luu.
Louis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luu tries to land knees in the clinch but Louis avoids the damage to the body.
Luu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Louis is trying to break the clinch but Luu has him pressed against the ropes.
Louis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Luu missing with knees to the body.
Louis wants to break free but Luu has control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Luu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Louis blocks it with crossed arms.
Louis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Luu prevents Louis from breaking the clinch.
Luu prevents Louis from breaking the clinch.
Luu is trying to maintain a safe position but Louis gets an underhook and turns Luu into the ropes.
Louis tries to break the clinch but Luu is controlling the position.
Luu prevents Louis from breaking the clinch.
Luu misses with an elbow over the top.
Luu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Luu keeps control of Louis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Luu is working for takedown but Louis is calmly controlling the position for now.
Luu keeps control of Louis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Louis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Louis's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Louis duly obliges.
Louis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Louis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Louis swats away the attempt to clinch by Luu.
Luu is looking to clinch.
Louis misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Louis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Louis's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Louis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luu takes the fight into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luu.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Louis.
Luu prevents Louis from breaking the clinch.
Luu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Luu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Louis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Louis avoiding damage as Luu throws knees to the body.
Louis wants to stall.
Luu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Louis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luu looking to throw knees to the head but Louis is blocking nicely.
Louis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Luu missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Louis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Luu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis avoids the elbow strike from Luu, against the ropes.
Louis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luu can't get the takedown.
Louis tries to break the clinch but Luu is controlling the position.
Louis breaks from the clinch.
Luu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Louis throws a low kick, looking for Luu's leg but Luu calmly moves out of range.
Louis throws a body kick that misses.
Louis throws a right hand that Luu ducks under and follows up with a left that Luu also avoids with ease.
Luu checks the leg kick nicely there.
A punch combination from Louis misses.
Luu throws a leg kick which misses Louis's front leg but catches the back leg as Louis tries to avoid it.
Joe Louis is winning the standup battle so far.
Louis thuds his right hand into Luu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Luu shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Louis as he jumps to the side.
Louis throws the kick towards the body but Luu avoids it.
Louis tries to bum rush Luu with a series of wild strikes but Luu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luu dodges the punch combination from Louis.
Luu blocks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luu lands with a nice body punch.
Luu throws a leg kick which misses Louis's front leg but catches the back leg as Louis tries to avoid it.
A left and a right from Louis both land. Nice combination.
Luu takes a swing at Louis's ribcage but misses.
Luu is looking to slow Louis down with leg kicks.
Louis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Luu swings for the body but Louis moves out of range.
Louis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Luu.
Louis is looking to score with low kicks.
Luu stuns Louis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Louis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Luu jabs at Louis's body.
Louis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Louis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Luu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Louis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Luu cracks the inside of Louis's front leg.
Luu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Luu shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Louis's guard.
Luu trying to control but Louis is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Luu trying to control the position from guard on top but Louis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Luu won't allow Louis to get back to his feet.
Luu in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Luu in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Luu trying to control but Louis is working from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Luu checks a low kick from Louis.
Luu misses with a wild body shot.
Louis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
Luu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Louis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Luu thows a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Louis misses its intended target.
Luu shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Louis pinned against the cage. Louis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Joe Louis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leka Luu.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luu is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Louis rather than just go for the knockout.
Luu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Louis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Luu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Louis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Louis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Louis scores with a nice right hand.
Luu has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Luu clinches up with Louis and pushes him back against the ropes.
Louis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Louis wants to get back to striking at distance but Luu won't allow it.
Louis avoiding damage as Luu throws knees to the body.
Louis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A low kick from Louis is predictable there
and Luu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leka Luu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Luu has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leka Luu!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pellervo Pakkotoisto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matto Luuttu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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180 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pellervo Pakkotoisto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matto Luuttu!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pakkotoisto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pakkotoisto fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Luuttu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pakkotoisto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pakkotoisto throws a series of punches but Luuttu avoids them all with ease.
Luuttu shoots in and drives through. Pakkotoisto sprawls well.
Luuttu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Luuttu looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot by Pakkotoisto.
A combination from Pakkotoisto does no damage.
Pakkotoisto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luuttu.
Pakkotoisto lands a two punch combo.
Pakkotoisto moves into range and clinches up with Luuttu.
Pakkotoisto breaks the clinch.
Pakkotoisto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pakkotoisto is trying to break free.
Pakkotoisto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pakkotoisto lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Luuttu sprawling to the canvas. Pakkotoisto follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Luuttu hang on?
It looks like Matto Luuttu has been cut.
Pakkotoisto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Luuttu knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pakkotoisto is working for a kimura but Luuttu is defending it quite comfortably.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pakkotoisto is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Luuttu doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Pakkotoisto.
Luuttu wants to control but Pakkotoisto is keeping busy.
Pakkotoisto prevents Luuttu from improving his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pakkotoisto wants to get back to his feet.
Pakkotoisto is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Pakkotoisto tries to stand but can't do so whilst Luuttu controls his leg.
Luuttu moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Luuttu looking for a guillotine here but Pakkotoisto defends easily.
Pakkotoisto passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Pakkotoisto tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Luuttu struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pakkotoisto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Luuttu is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pakkotoisto wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Luuttu, who protects the arm well.
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.
Pakkotoisto working away.
Pakkotoisto decides to stand up, so the ref orders Luuttu to his feet.
Pakkotoisto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pakkotoisto misses with a wild combination.
Luuttu shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pakkotoisto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pakkotoisto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Luuttu changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pakkotoisto fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pellervo Pakkotoisto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matto Luuttu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pakkotoisto throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Luuttu shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pakkotoisto pinned against the cage. Pakkotoisto gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A cross from Pakkotoisto lands.
Pakkotoisto moves into the clinch successfully.
Pakkotoisto breaks the clinch.
Pakkotoisto misses with a series of wild punches.
Pakkotoisto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luuttu.
Pellervo Pakkotoisto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Horrible takedown by Luuttu or perhaps it was just good defense by Pakkotoisto which made him look bad.
Pakkotoisto throws a nice looking combination but Luuttu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pakkotoisto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pellervo Pakkotoisto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matto Luuttu's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Luuttu has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pakkotoisto tries to clinch up.
Luuttu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pellervo Pakkotoisto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice takedown defense from Pakkotoisto. No joy for Luuttu on that attempt.
Pakkotoisto throws a nice looking combination but Luuttu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Luuttu closes the distance and clinches up with Pakkotoisto, looking for a takedown. Luuttu pushes Pakkotoisto against the ropes but Pakkotoisto circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pakkotoisto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pakkotoisto fails to land with a series of punches.
Luuttu shoots in and drives through. Pakkotoisto sprawls well.
Pellervo Pakkotoisto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matto Luuttu.
Pakkotoisto tries to clinch there but Luuttu circles away.
Pakkotoisto stuffs the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pakkotoisto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Luuttu, pushing him back against the ropes.
Pakkotoisto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pakkotoisto connects with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luuttu fails with the takedown.
Danga de danga de dang - Pakkotoisto scores with a four punch combination!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pakkotoisto works over Luuttu's head and body with a nice combination.
Pakkotoisto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Luuttu closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pakkotoisto to the mat! Pakkotoisto manages to get full guard.
Luuttu is pushing down on Pakkotoisto's leg trying to pass to half guard. Pakkotoisto is fighting to maintain full guard but Luuttu has managed to sneak the leg through.
Luuttu is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Luuttu tries to pass to full mount but Pakkotoisto defends it.
Pakkotoisto tries to roll over but Luuttu keeps him under control.
Pakkotoisto manages to get to full guard.
Luuttu advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pakkotoisto manages to work his way to half guard, despite Luuttu's best efforts.
Pakkotoisto wants to get back to his feet.
Pakkotoisto is in trouble now - Luuttu has advanced to mount!
Luuttu prevents Pakkotoisto from getting the reversal.
Luuttu wants to control the pace but Pakkotoisto is squirming around nicely.
Pakkotoisto bucks up and throws Luuttu to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Pakkotoisto tries to clinch up but Luuttu circles away and keeps his distance.
Pakkotoisto connects with a good right hand that stumbles Luuttu. Luuttu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pakkotoisto tries to clinch up.
Luuttu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pakkotoisto is fending him off so far but Luuttu persists. Nope, Pakkotoisto circles away and we're back to standing.
Pakkotoisto moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Luuttu shoots in looking for a takedown. Pakkotoisto tries to sprawl out of it but Luuttu keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Pakkotoisto manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pakkotoisto throws a series of punches but Luuttu moves out of range.
Pakkotoisto lands a head shot.
Nice sprawl there from Pakkotoisto as Luuttu shoots in.
Pellervo Pakkotoisto is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Pakkotoisto.
Pakkotoisto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Luuttu takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Luuttu scores with a takedown into Pakkotoisto's guard.
Pakkotoisto is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Luuttu passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luuttu prevents Pakkotoisto from improving his position.
Pakkotoisto wants to get back to his feet.
Luuttu controlling the action here.
Pakkotoisto works his way to full guard. Good work.
Luuttu stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pakkotoisto swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pakkotoisto escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Luuttu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pakkotoisto is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Luuttu seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
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 Pellervo Pakkotoisto will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Matto Luuttu's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Pakkotoisto scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Danga de danga de dang - Pakkotoisto scores with a four punch combination!
Pakkotoisto misses with a double jab.
Pakkotoisto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luuttu shoots in for a takedown but Pakkotoisto shows good takedown defense.
Pakkotoisto misses with a wild combination.
Luuttu fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pakkotoisto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Luuttu shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pellervo Pakkotoisto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matto Luuttu.
Pakkotoisto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Luuttu, pushing him back against the ropes.
Pakkotoisto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pakkotoisto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luuttu shoots in looking for a takedown. Pakkotoisto tries to sprawl out of it but Luuttu keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Pakkotoisto manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luuttu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Luuttu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pakkotoisto is fending him off so far but Luuttu persists. Nope, Pakkotoisto circles away and we're back to standing.
Some wild striking there from Pakkotoisto.
Luuttu shoots in and drives through. Pakkotoisto sprawls well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Luuttu.
Pakkotoisto throws a series of strikes that have Luuttu backpedaling.
Pakkotoisto misses with the combination.
Pakkotoisto tries to clinch but Luuttu moves out of range.
Luuttu shoots for a double leg takedown but Pakkotoisto sprawls well. He's pushed Luuttu's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A lazy left from Pakkotoisto finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Pakkotoisto throws a combination. Luuttu tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Pakkotoisto scores with a jab to the head.
Pakkotoisto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luuttu has a takedown stuffed.
Luuttu closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pakkotoisto circles away.
Pakkotoisto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pakkotoisto fails to land with a series of punches.
Luuttu shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pakkotoisto pinned against the cage. Pakkotoisto gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pakkotoisto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Luuttu can do to turn this around?
Luuttu fails with the takedown.
Pakkotoisto throws a combination. Luuttu tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Pakkotoisto misses with the combination.
Pakkotoisto misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luuttu slips a jab and a cross from Pakkotoisto.
Luuttu shoots in and drives through. Pakkotoisto sprawls well.
No joy there for Pakkotoisto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Pakkotoisto.
Pakkotoisto throws a jab when Luuttu was well out of range.
Luuttu feints and as Pakkotoisto raises his hands in defense, Luuttu changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pakkotoisto looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Luuttu tries to free his leg and advance position but Pakkotoisto is retaining full guard.
Pakkotoisto is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Luuttu has his hands clasped together but Pakkotoisto extends an breaks Luuttu's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Pakkotoisto.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pellervo Pakkotoisto!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Conway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franklin Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Franklin's Theme Song kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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144 lbs
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147 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight 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, Jimmy Conway!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Franklin Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conway manages to avoid it.
Jackson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Conway moves out of range of the leg kick from Jackson.
Conway closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jackson circles away.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Conway moves out of range easily.
Jackson throws a front kick aimed at Conway's knee but Conway avoids it well.
Conway uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Conway.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conway showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conway moves away.
Conway takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jackson swinging wilding here.
Conway avoids the head kick by Jackson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jackson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Conway.
Conway throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jackson's waist but Jackson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Conway off to one side.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Franklin Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Conway fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Conway. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conway uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Jackson takes a swing at Conway's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jackson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jackson throws a body kick that misses.
Conway shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed Conway's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Conway shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jackson as he avoids it easily.
Jackson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jackson takes a swing at Conway's ribcage but misses.
Conway bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Jackson throws a head kick but Conway moves out of range.
Conway avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice defenses there by Conway.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson swings for the body but Conway moves out of range.
Conway misses with a takedown attempt - Jackson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Franklin Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson keeps the fight on the outside.
Conway looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Conway is breathing heavily.
Jackson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jackson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Conway shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jackson but Jackson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jackson thuds his shin into the meat of Conway's side.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Jackson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Still in the clinch, Jackson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jackson lands a right hand.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Jackson slows down the pace here.
Conway is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
Conway takes an elbow to the forehead.
Conway takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franklin Jackson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Conway on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jackson. Jackson obviously looking to wear him down.
A bone on bone clash there as Conway blocks the leg kick.
Conway uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Jackson fails to land with a series of punches.
Horrible takedown by Conway or perhaps it was just good defense by Jackson which made him look bad.
Jackson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jackson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Conway on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson throws a leg kick that misses.
Jackson misses with a straight right.
Jackson wants to land a leg kick but Conway is out of range.
Conway shoots in but no luck this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Conway bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Conway misses with the ground and pound.
Conway will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Conway is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jackson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Conway 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.
Jackson keeps Conway under control for a moment.
Conway is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jackson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jackson regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conway tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jackson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jackson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jackson wriggles free and stands up.
A left and a right from Jackson both land. Nice combination.
Conway blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Jackson is looking to chop away at Conway's legs.
Jackson throws a push kick but Conway slaps the foot to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Conway has time to react.
Conway takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jackson lands a body punch.
Conway fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Conway. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conway fails to pull guard.
Jackson looking to stall.
Conway fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A body shot lands from Jackson.
Conway tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Conway has Jackson pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Jackson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Conway fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jackson lands a body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jackson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Conway shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Conway lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson lands a left hand.
Jackson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Conway blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conway tries to pull guard but Jackson holds him up against the ropes and eventually Conway drops back down to his feet.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Conway has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jackson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A right hand to the body from Jackson.
A short right from Jackson.
Jackson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Jackson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Conway tries to pull guard but Jackson won't allow it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jackson.
Jackson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A body shot lands from Jackson.
Jackson lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franklin Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Conway shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Conway fails with a takedown attempt.
Jackson wants to clinch but Conway slips to the side
and Conway counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jackson!
Poor strikes thrown by Conway there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Conway avoids the attempt from Jackson to control.
Jackson regains half guard.
Jackson holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Jackson is pressing down on Conway's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Conway is looking to stand up but Jackson won't let him.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Conway's guard.
Conway looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Conway keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Jackson looking to pass the guard.
Conway has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jackson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Conway is looking to sweep but instead, Jackson has passed into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conway tries to get to full guard but Jackson has control of the leg.
Conway looking for submissions off his back.
Conway tries to roll over but Jackson keeps him under control.
Jackson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Conway does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Conway wants to control but Jackson is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conway is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jackson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Jackson lands with a slapping head kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jackson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Conway has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Conway and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Conway.
Jackson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Decent striking displayed by Jackson there.
Jimmy Conway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson looks to land a combination. Conway sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Conway tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Conway closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Conway fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Conway. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson looking to slow down the pace here.
Conway pulls guard effortlessly.
Jackson trying to control but Conway is working from the bottom.
Jackson stopping the sweep attempt from Conway.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Franklin Jackson just about did enough to take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Conway steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Conway blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Jackson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jackson duly obliges.
Jackson throws a combination that misses
and Conway counters with a two punch combo.
Jackson misses with a combination
and Conway counters with a nice uppercut.
A punch combination from Conway misses.
Jackson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Conway counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jackson's guard now.
Conway wants to pass the guard but Jackson is keeping the position.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jackson wants to stand up but Conway is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway forces his way into half guard.
Jackson wants to improve his position but Conway is controlling well.
Conway wants to free his trapped foot but Jackson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Conway passes to full mount!
Conway is stalling here but it's allowed Jackson to get half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Conway looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet.
Conway passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jackson!
Conway is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson punishes Conway's body with a nice straight punch.
Jackson throws a solid leg kick but Conway takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jackson.
Jackson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Conway counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Conway trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Conway stands up from Jackson's guard - Conway perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jackson is looking to chop away at Conway's legs.
Jackson tries to clinch but Conway moves away
and Conway counters with a left and a right that stings Jackson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Jackson.
Conway shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson tries to clinch
and Conway counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson misses with a kick to the body.
Jackson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Conway counters with a three punch combo that has Jackson backing up. Jackson nods at Conway to acknowledge the strikes.
Jackson tries a head kick but it misses.
Horrible takedown by Conway or perhaps it was just good defense by Jackson which made him look bad.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jackson. That's going to slow Conway down.
Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Conway in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Conway had his way with Franklin Jackson in that round.
That's time! Conway's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Conway circles away.
Jackson darts in trying to clinch
and Conway counters with a single leg into guard. Jackson didn't expect that.
Conway preventing the sweep.
Jackson keeping full guard, as Conway tries to pass.
Jackson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Jackson controls Conway momentarily but Conway frees himself.
Conway pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jackson is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jackson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Conway passes Jackson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Conway wants to free his trapped foot but Jackson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Conway staying out of range there.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Conway avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Conway fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jackson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jackson misses with a jab to the body
and Conway counters with a shoot takedown. Jackson fights it but they end up in guard.
Conway tries to free his leg and advance position but Jackson is retaining full guard.
Conway slips nicely into half guard.
Jackson tries to get to full guard but Conway has control of the leg.
Conway uses his free foot to push down on Jackson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jackson.
Conway get's back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conway closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jackson circles away.
Jackson misses with a combination
and Conway counters with a nice uppercut.
Jackson swings for the body but Conway moves out of range.
Conway scores with a body shot.
Conway circles away from the clinch attempt.
Conway looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Conway. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson misses with a looping left.
Conway misses with a takedown attempt - Jackson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jackson.
Jackson gets a clinch.
Jimmy Conway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Conway takes a shot to the head.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Conway is keeping busy.
Conway tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jackson just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Conway jumps guard but Jackson stands there with Conway around his waist. Conway gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Conway shrugs off.
Jackson can't find room to land a body shot as Conway controls the action.
Jackson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Conway.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Jackson scores with a shot to the side of Conway's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Conway showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jackson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 47:48
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 48:48
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 48:47
The fight is ruled a draw!
Jimmy Conway retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ville Ellimaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Flashlighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellimaki comes to the ring accompanied by Somos de calle. Flashlighter has chosen Aerosmith - Lightning Strikes as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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175 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ville Ellimaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Felix Flashlighter!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellimaki drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ellimaki tries to move into full mount but can't pass Flashlighter's legs.
Ellimaki postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Flashlighter is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Ellimaki has just dragged him back down to the mat.
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.
Flashlighter is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ellimaki looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ellimaki prevents Flashlighter from escaping the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ellimaki scoring with punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellimaki trying to control the position but Flashlighter is working away.
Ellimaki taking a breather here.
Flashlighter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ellimaki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Flashlighter taking a bit of punishment here - Ellimaki scoring with strikes.
Flashlighter is trying to improve his position.
Ellimaki is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Flashlighter is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Flashlighter is trying to get back to his feet.
That's two 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.
Ellimaki works to advance to full mount. Flashlighter defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Ellimaki throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Flashlighter because Ellimaki loaded up on that one.
Ellimaki throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Ellimaki looking to finish with strikes here!
Ellimaki scoring with strikes but Flashlighter is staying in there.
Ellimaki thowing shots but they're missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ellimaki looking for a guillotine from mount but Flashlighter is having none of it.
Ellimaki cracks Flashlighter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ellimaki has hold of Flashlighter's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Flashlighter manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Ellimaki is working for a guillotine from mount but Flashlighter frees his head quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellimaki avoids the attempt from Flashlighter to control.
Ellimaki unloads with some shots from mount but Flashlighter bucks and avoids them well.
Ellimaki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Flashlighter tries to buck Ellimaki off but Ellimaki takes his back!
Ellimaki trying to control.
Ellimaki missing with punches from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ville Ellimaki dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Flashlighter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice shot by Flashlighter.
A combination from Flashlighter does no damage.
Ellimaki forces Flashlighter back against the ropes and clinches.
Ellimaki has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Flashlighter uses from the top position.
Ellimaki has his foot on Flashlighter's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Flashlighter works his way back into a safe position though.
Flashlighter avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Flashlighter has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ellimaki is proving hard to escape from.
Flashlighter must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Flashlighter controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellimaki looking to control.
Flashlighter wants to stand but Ellimaki has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ellimaki wants to control but Flashlighter passes easily into half guard.
Ellimaki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Flashlighter.
Ellimaki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Flashlighter wants to stand but Ellimaki has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ellimaki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ellimaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Flashlighter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Flashlighter missing with a left hand there. Ellimaki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Flashlighter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ellimaki scores a takedown into full mount!
Flashlighter blocking the ground and pound.
Ellimaki misses with a head shot.
Ellimaki connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ellimaki is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Flashlighter is surviving well by controlling Ellimaki's body position as best he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter is squirming around, avoiding Ellimaki's attempts to control the action.
Flashlighter is trying to stand up.
Ellimaki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ellimaki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Flashlighter is looking to escape.
Flashlighter squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Flashlighter is breathing heavily.
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.
Ellimaki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ellimaki throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
BOOM! Ellimaki connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Flashlighter can't escape the position.
You get the feeling that Flashlighter really doesn't like being in this position too much.
A nice elbow there by Ellimaki.
Ellimaki trying to control but Flashlighter is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ville Ellimaki dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Flashlighter misses with a series of wild punches.
Ville Ellimaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ellimaki avoids the head kick by Flashlighter.
Flashlighter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Flashlighter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ellimaki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flashlighter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ellimaki throws a combination that misses
and Flashlighter counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ellimaki thinking.
Flashlighter keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Flashlighter throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ellimaki decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Flashlighter's guard.
Ellimaki postures up.
Flashlighter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ellimaki looking to pass the guard.
Ellimaki has gone for a leg lock! Flashlighter slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ellimaki's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellimaki is looking for a triangle but Flashlighter pushes his legs off easily.
Ellimaki striking off his back.
Ellimaki is looking for a triangle here but Flashlighter uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Ellimaki sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
It looks like Flashlighter is going to stand back up.
Ellimaki wants to control the action here but instead Flashlighter manages to pass to full mount!
Flashlighter takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Flashlighter looking to control but Ellimaki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ellimaki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellimaki throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Flashlighter trying to control but Ellimaki is having none of it.
Flashlighter blocks Ellimaki's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Flashlighter prevents Ellimaki from getting the reversal.
Ellimaki is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Flashlighter controlling from the full mount.
Ellimaki manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Flashlighter is thwarting Ellimaki's attempts to control the position.
Felix Flashlighter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flashlighter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ville Ellimaki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ellimaki, 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ville Ellimaki!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kimmo Reki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iso Susi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reki's entrance music is The Knife - We Share Our Mother's Health (Ratatat Remix). A fine choice. The key to victory for Kimmo Reki has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kimmo Reki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iso Susi!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Susi.
Susi gets a nice trip takedown into half 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.
Susi wants to pass the guard but Reki is defending well.
Susi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Reki is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Susi wants to work for an arm triangle but Reki is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Reki gets back to full guard.
Reki keeping moving, preventing Susi from controlling successfully.
Reki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reki blocks a head kick by Susi.
Reki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reki tries to clinch up but Susi circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Reki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Susi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Reki tries to avoid it but Susi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Reki to the ground. Reki escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Susi clinches up with Reki and pushes him back against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Reki.
Susi misses with a punch to the body.
Reki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reki tries to clinch but Susi moves away
so Susi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Susi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reki thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Susi drops back looking for a leg! Reki is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Reki manages to kick Susi off! Susi jumps back into Reki's guard.
Reki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Susi throws and elbow that misses. Reki uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Susi's guard. Nice move by Reki!
Reki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Susi 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.
Reki has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Susi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Reki trying to control but Susi is working from the bottom.
Susi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Susi looks gassed!
Reki throws a big right hand that misses.
Reki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Susi's head.
Reki tries to free his leg and advance position but Susi is retaining full guard.
Reki wants to get up but he can't break Susi's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Susi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Susi controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reki looking to pass the guard.
Reki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Susi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Reki gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Reki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Susi is keeping the position for now.
Reki trying to control but Susi is working from the bottom.
Susi doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Reki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Susi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Susi gets the takedown into side control.
Reki sneaks back into half guard.
Susi prevents Reki from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi prevents Reki from improving his position.
Susi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Susi is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Reki doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Susi.
Susi is looking to take a break and control but Reki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Susi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Susi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iso Susi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Susi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reki closes the distance but Susi moves to the side
and Susi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Reki won't allow Susi to pass to mount.
Susi is keen to just control but Reki is a slippery customer.
Reki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Susi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reki's head.
Susi winds up and cracks Reki with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Susi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Reki flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Reki is refusing to be controlled, as Susi sits in half guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Reki tries to clinch up.
Susi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Reki sprawls well initially but Susi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Reki is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi wants to pass to mount but Reki is defending the position.
Susi trying to control the action but Reki is working from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Reki manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Susi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Iso Susi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Susi stopping the sweep attempt from Reki.
Reki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Susi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Reki tries to bench press Susi off him but Susi keeps the position.
Susi is working Reki over with some ground and pound from side control.
Susi advances nicely into full mount.
Reki is working to get back to half guard.
Reki is working hard here to advance position.
Susi trying to control but Reki is having none of it.
Reki working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Reki is looking to escape.
Reki is trying to escape the mount.
Susi with shots to the head and body - Reki looks very uncomfortable down there.
Reki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Reki is in a horrible position here. Susi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Reki swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Susi looking to finish Reki with some ground and pound. This is bad for Reki!
Susi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reki is squirming around, avoiding Susi's attempts to control the action.
Reki sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Susi moves into full mount! Reki won't be happy about that!
Susi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Reki is looking to escape.
Reki keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Susi with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Susi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Susi wants to control the pace but Reki is squirming around nicely.
Reki is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iso Susi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Reki circles away from the clinch attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reki checks a leg kick.
Susi drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Susi is looking to take a break and control but Reki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Susi taking a breather here.
Reki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi is looking to take a break and control but Reki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Susi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Susi keeps the fight on the outside.
Susi shoots in looking for a takedown. Reki tries to sprawl out of it but Susi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Reki manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kimmo Reki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Susi shoots in looking for a takedown. Reki tries to sprawl out of it but Susi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Reki manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Susi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Susi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Reki as he avoids it easily.
Kimmo Reki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Iso Susi.
Susi circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Reki keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Reki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Susi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Reki!
Susi working Reki over with strikes here.
Reki throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Reki tries to reverse the position but Susi maintains control.
Reki tries to hold on but Susi pushes him away.
Susi prevents Reki from getting the reversal.
Susi dominating with strikes here.
Reki regains half guard.
Susi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Reki gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susi wants to control from the top but Reki keeps moving.
Reki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Reki wants to stand but Susi is controlling the position.
Reki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Susi tries to reverse the position but Reki maintains control.
Reki is landing with some decent strikes but Susi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Reki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
BOOM! Reki connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Reki lands a heavy elbow.
Susi is squirming around, avoiding Reki's attempts to control the action.
Susi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Reki prevents Susi from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Reki.
A nice elbow there by Reki.
Susi is looking to improve his position but Reki isn't that keen on the idea.
Reki avoids the attempt from Susi to control.
Reki landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kimmo Reki clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Reki tries to clinch but Susi is having none of it.
Reki darts in trying to clinch
and Susi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Reki!
Reki working to try and regain half guard.
Susi with shots to the head and body - Reki looks very uncomfortable down there.
Susi tries to control but Reki wriggling away.
Reki is desperately trying to improve his position but Susi has a good base and remains in mount.
Susi looking to control but Reki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Reki flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Reki is trying desperately to improve position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Reki working to try and regain half guard.
Susi with a couple of short strikes.
Susi unloading with bombs!
Susi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Reki looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Susi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Reki is looking to get to half guard.
Reki throwing hammer fists to the chest of Susi. What's that going to do exactly?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi wants to control the pace but Reki is squirming around nicely.
Reki regains half guard.
Reki moves into full guard.
Susi tries to free his leg and advance position but Reki is retaining full guard.
Susi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reki will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Susi trying to control the position from guard on top but Reki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Susi!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reki connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Susi defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Reki.
Susi wants to hold on but Reki pushes him away.
Susi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Susi tries to hold on but Reki postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Susi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Reki tries to control but Susi wriggling away.
Reki lands with some strikes.
Reki is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Susi is surviving well by controlling Reki's body position as best he can.
Susi bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Susi advances to half guard.
Susi working over Reki with some ground and pound. Reki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iso Susi dominated that fourth 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Susi bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Reki takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Reki tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Susi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Susi trying to control the position but Reki is working away.
Susi might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Reki kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Reki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Susi wants to control but Reki is keeping him busy.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Susi lands some shots froms side control.
Reki is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Reki closes the distance looking to clinch
and Susi counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Reki's guard now.
Reki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Reki looking for a guillotine here but Susi defends easily.
Reki trying to control the position.
Susi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Susi distracts Reki with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Susi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Reki keeping moving, preventing Susi from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi trying to move into half guard but instead Reki has managed to sweep!
Susi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Reki trying to control but Susi is working from the bottom.
Susi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Reki wants to control from the top but Susi keeps moving.
Susi controls Reki momentarily but Reki frees himself.
Susi keeping moving, preventing Reki from controlling successfully.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Reki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reki tries to clinch but Susi moves away
and Susi counters with a single leg into guard. Reki didn't expect that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Susi is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reki is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Reki is on top in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Susi is on top in guard.
Susi not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Reki keeping moving, preventing Susi from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reki 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.
Susi trying to control but Reki is working from the bottom.
Kimmo Reki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reki trying to control the position.
Reki wants to stand and escape but Susi is having none of it.
Susi is stalling in the full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Reki rushes Susi and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Reki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reki swats away the attempt to clinch by Susi.
Reki tries to clinch up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Iso Susi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Susi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 46:49
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 46:49
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Iso Susi!
Iso Susi is the new heavyweight champion!
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