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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Driver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iiro Seppanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iiro Seppanen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Driver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iiro Seppanen!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seppanen is looking to clinch.
Seppanen throws a right and a left that Driver avoids nicely.
Driver gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Seppanen jumps guard but Driver stands there with Seppanen around his waist. Seppanen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Driver wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Seppanen has him pressed against the cage.
Seppanen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Seppanen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seppanen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Driver is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mike Driver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Iiro Seppanen.
Driver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Driver tries to score a body lock takedown but Seppanen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Driver has had enough of the clinch but Seppanen keeps him there for the moment.
Seppanen has clasped his hands together around Driver's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Driver tries to buck Seppanen off but Seppanen is having none of it.
Seppanen wants to stand but Driver has his arm trapped.
Seppanen working away.
Driver manages to work his way to half guard, despite Seppanen's best efforts.
Driver looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seppanen prevents Driver from improving his position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Driver clinches up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Driver as Seppanen tries to tie him up.
Seppanen breaks from the clinch.
Seppanen darts in trying to clinch
and Driver counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Seppanen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Driver cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Seppanen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Driver counters with a single leg into guard. Seppanen didn't expect that.
Seppanen is pulling down on Driver's head to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seppanen can't keep his opponent in guard - Driver advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Seppanen trying to hold on to Driver's head to control him but Driver postures up.
Driver missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Driver has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Seppanen defend it? Driver steps over the head and cranks it - Seppanen is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Driver!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mike Driver!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katu Pommittaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobby Powell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Katu Pommittaja!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pommittaja takes the fight into the clinch.
Powell is trying to break free.
Pommittaja will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Powell up against the cage.
Pommittaja lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pommittaja pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Powell moves out of range as Pommittaja throws a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pommittaja.
Pommittaja stuffs the takedown attempt from Powell. Powell gets slowly back to his feet.
Powell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Powell misses with a wild combination.
Powell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pommittaja looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Powell!
Powell is squirming around, avoiding Pommittaja's attempts to control the action.
Pommittaja is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pommittaja postures up.
Pommittaja stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Powell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pommittaja should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Pommittaja postures up.
Pommittaja tries to free his leg and advance position but Powell is retaining full guard.
Pommittaja won't allow Powell to get back to his feet.
Pommittaja controlling from the top position.
Powell bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pommittaja's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powell wants to stand but Pommittaja is controlling his posture from full guard.
Pommittaja keeping full guard, as Powell tries to pass.
Powell wants to stand but Pommittaja has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Powell preventing the sweep.
Pommittaja is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powell wants to control from the top but Pommittaja keeps moving.
Pommittaja looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Pommittaja has a closed guard, preventing Powell from standing up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pommittaja breaks from the clinch.
Powell tries for a takedown but Pommittaja circles away easily
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Pommittaja counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pommittaja.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pommittaja looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powell keeping full guard, as Pommittaja tries to pass.
Pommittaja prevents Powell from getting back to his feet.
Powell working a defensive guard here.
Pommittaja stops Powell from standing up.
Powell keeping moving, preventing Pommittaja from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Katu Pommittaja dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Powell shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
so Pommittaja counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Powell has a closed guard, preventing Pommittaja from standing up.
Pommittaja stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Powell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Powell wants to stand and escape but Pommittaja is having none of it.
Powell not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pommittaja decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Powell, up you get!
Powell lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pommittaja backs up against the cage.
It looks like Katu Pommittaja has been cut.
Pommittaja is breathing heavily.
Powell tries to bum rush Pommittaja with a series of wild strikes but Pommittaja uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Powell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pommittaja circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice takedown defense from Pommittaja. No joy for Powell on that attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pommittaja tries to close the distance and clinch but Powell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Powell misses with a two punch combination.
Powell misses with the combination.
Powell misses with a two punch combination.
Powell misses with a combination
and Pommittaja counters with a takedown into side control.
Pommittaja tries to get to his feet but Powell is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Pommittaja in his guard.
Pommittaja tries to free his leg and advance position but Powell is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pommittaja postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pommittaja trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Powell has his hands on Pommittaja's head, controlling the position.
Powell is trying to keep Pommittaja in close.
Powell wants to stand up but Pommittaja is controlling him.
Katu Pommittaja has got the better of the ground game so far.
Powell has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pommittaja can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pommittaja trying to control the position from guard on top but Powell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pommittaja preventing the sweep.
Pommittaja trying to control the position from guard on top but Powell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Powell uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Powell lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pommittaja takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Powell scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pommittaja in his tracks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pommittaja has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Powell swinging wilding here.
Powell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Powell doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pommittaja counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Powell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pommittaja postures up.
Pommittaja wants to control from the top but Powell keeps moving.
Powell trying to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pommittaja is looking to stand up but Powell won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Katu Pommittaja will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Katu Pommittaja's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Powell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pommittaja.
Pommittaja tries to clinch there but Powell circles away.
Powell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bobby Powell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pommittaja shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pommittaja was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Powell tries to hold on but Pommittaja pushes him away.
Pommittaja trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Powell blocking the ground and pound.
Pommittaja takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Powell slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Pommittaja wants to free his trapped foot but Powell is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Powell wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pommittaja is working away from the top position though.
Powell regains full guard. Nicely done.
Pommittaja stops Powell from standing up.
Pommittaja tries to stand but Powell is controlling from the bottom.
Powell trying to control the position.
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.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Powell digs a good body shot into Pommittaja's ribs.
Pommittaja fails with an attempt to clinch.
Powell throws a series of punches but Pommittaja avoids them all with ease.
Powell gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pommittaja counters with a head kick.
Powell misses with a wild combination.
Powell swinging wilding here.
Powell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Powell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pommittaja pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powell lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Powell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pommittaja feints and as Powell raises his hands in defense, Pommittaja changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Powell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pommittaja is trying to get back to full guard.
Powell wants to stand up but Pommittaja is controlling the position.
Pommittaja wants to get back to full guard but Powell has mounted him!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pommittaja's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Pommittaja working to try and regain half guard.
Powell can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pommittaja is looking to escape.
Powell wants to get back to his feet but Pommittaja is holding on tight.
Powell is looking to work his way around to Pommittaja's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Bobby Powell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Katu Pommittaja is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Powell working for a guillotine from mount but Pommittaja is in no mood to give up.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bobby Powell.
I think Pommittaja 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Katu Pommittaja!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yeardley von Winkleshire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and VLAD Xeron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as VLAD Xeron enters the cage!
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Basic striking
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yeardley von Winkleshire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, VLAD Xeron!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
von Winkleshire shoots in and bounces Xeron off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Xeron looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
von Winkleshire thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
von Winkleshire drops back looking for a leg! Xeron is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Xeron manages to kick von Winkleshire off! von Winkleshire jumps back into Xeron's guard.
von Winkleshire passes into half guard.
von Winkleshire is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
von Winkleshire has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
von Winkleshire working for a submission but Xeron is keeping him at bay.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xeron is trying desperately to improve position.
von Winkleshire controlling his opponent.
von Winkleshire working for a submission but Xeron is keeping him at bay.
von Winkleshire takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
von Winkleshire seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Xeron for as long as he can get away with.
von Winkleshire is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! von Winkleshire extends the arm and Xeron is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yeardley von Winkleshire!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan de Madrid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikey Barr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mikey Barr struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Juan de Madrid could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mikey Barr's chin.
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juan de Madrid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikey Barr!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Barr looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
A head kick misses from de Madrid.
A big right from de Madrid misses.
de Madrid scores with the left hand. Barr knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Mikey Barr has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
de Madrid connects with a superb combination that knocks Barr out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles de Madrid before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Barr!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Juan de Madrid!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Klubbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Vastapallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that DJ Vastapallo was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hugo Klubbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, DJ Vastapallo!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vastapallo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Vastapallo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Klubbo pinned against the cage. Klubbo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Vastapallo misses with a head kick.
Vastapallo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Klubbo but Klubbo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hugo Klubbo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DJ Vastapallo.
Vastapallo fails with a takedown attempt.
Klubbo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Vastapallo shoots in and drives through. Klubbo sprawls well.
Vastapallo looks gassed!
Vastapallo tries to clinch there but Klubbo circles away.
Vastapallo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Klubbo connects with a solid leg kick.
Vastapallo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klubbo pushes Vastapallo away with a front kick.
Klubbo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klubbo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Klubbo lands a slapping body shot.
The fighters circle, before Klubbo throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Vastapallo's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Klubbo lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Hugo Klubbo!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steven Liv (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reijo Ryti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven Liv has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steven Liv!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reijo Ryti!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liv gets a takedown into half guard.
Ryti is in trouble now - Liv has advanced to mount!
Liv trying to control but Ryti is having none of it.
Ryti wants to try and get back to his feet.
Liv sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ryti is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Liv.
Liv is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ryti is surviving well by controlling Liv's body position as best he can.
Ryti is trying to stand up.
Liv trying to control but Ryti is having none of it.
Ryti is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liv fails to advance to Ryti's back.
Liv trying to control but Ryti is having none of it.
Ryti wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Liv.
Liv looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Ryti is trying to stand.
Liv controlling from the full mount.
Ryti is bucking up trying to escape but Liv cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ryti wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Liv.
Ryti prevents Liv from taking his back.
Liv is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Liv is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Ryti is in real trouble.
Ryti looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Liv struggling to keep hold of the position.
Ryti controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liv missing with strikes.
Ryti has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Liv is trying to control but Ryti is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Liv sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Liv won't let Ryti get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Liv 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.
Poor strikes thrown by Liv there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ryti blocking the ground and pound.
Ryti is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liv tries to control but Ryti wriggling away.
You get the feeling that Ryti really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Liv is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ryti is surviving well by controlling Liv's body position as best he can.
Ryti is trying to stand up.
Liv looking to ground and pound but Ryti is blocking nicely.
You get the feeling that Ryti really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Liv is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ryti is surviving well by controlling Liv's body position as best he can.
Ryti is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
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.
Liv trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Liv working for a submission but Ryti is keeping him at bay.
Ryti's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ryti wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Liv.
Ryti somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Reijo Ryti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Liv takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Liv dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A shot to de liver by Ryti. Beautiful body shot.
Ryti drops Liv with a nice combination! Ryti dives into Liv's guard, looking to finish!
It looks like Steven Liv has been cut.
Liv is working an open guard so Ryti takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ryti lands a hook that stumbles Liv back into the cage. Ryti follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Liv to the canvas! Ryti pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Liv has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Reijo Ryti!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Draper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dunder Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Draper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dunder Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draper tries to bum rush Karlsson with a series of wild strikes but Karlsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karlsson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Karlsson tries to clinch but Draper moves out of range.
Karlsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Draper throws a series of punches but Karlsson avoids them all with ease.
Draper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Karlsson is looking to clinch but Draper is avoiding it.
Karlsson tries to clinch but Draper is having none of it.
Draper is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Karlsson hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Don Draper!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Aalto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Jutila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jutila has chosen The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Viktor Aalto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jari Jutila!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jutila.
It looks like Viktor Aalto has been cut.
Aalto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jutila.
Jutila rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aalto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aalto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Aalto lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jutila at a distance.
Aalto feints and as Jutila raises his hands in defense, Aalto changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Aalto slips nicely into half guard.
Aalto is stalling here. Jutila is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Aalto seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Jutila has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Aalto gets back to half guard.
Aalto slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aalto looking for a guillotine here but Jutila defends easily.
Jutila works over Aalto with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aalto is trying to control the position but Jutila postures up.
Jutila tries to stand but Aalto is controlling from the bottom.
Jutila is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Aalto wants to sweep but no luck.
Jutila trying to stand up but can't free himself from Aalto's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Aalto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jutila counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jutila lands a body shot.
Aalto is breathing heavily.
Jutila swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jutila throws a good cross that connects.
Aalto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jutila.
Aalto connects with a right hand. Jutila shakes it off.
Aalto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Jutila lands an impressive looking overhand right. Aalto doesn't seem phased though.
Some wild striking there from Aalto.
Aalto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jutila lands an overhand right.
Aalto moves away from the strike by Jutila.
Jutila slips a straight right by Aalto.
Aalto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jutila moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jutila misses with a double jab
and Aalto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aalto misses with a shot to the body
and Jutila connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jutila catches Aalto with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jutila scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Aalto is rocked!
Jutila lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Aalto falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jari Jutila!
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