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IF 16: Takedown PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jarrod Wyatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dj Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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180 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarrod Wyatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dj Penn!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn throws a series of strikes that have Wyatt backpedaling.
Wyatt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wyatt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wyatt lands with a right hand.
Penn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Penn tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Penn has his takedown stuffed
and Wyatt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Penn is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wyatt cracks Penn with a hook to the temple - Penn is on wobbly legs here! Wyatt swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Penn falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Wyatt wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jarrod Wyatt!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Slim Star (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Slim Star has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Slim Star!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Greg Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Star lands with a nice body punch.
Star throws a good cross that connects.
Anderson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Star connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Anderson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Star pinned against the cage. Star gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Anderson has a takedown stuffed.
Slim Star has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Anderson.
Anderson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Star's half guard.
Anderson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Anderson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Anderson misses with a head shot. Star uses the momentum to regain guard.
Anderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson stands and throws Star's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Star is trying to control Anderson's posture but Anderson avoids it.
Anderson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Star sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Anderson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Star is trying to buck Anderson off.
Star parries the strikes from Anderson easily there. Anderson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Star to escape.
Anderson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
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.
Anderson working the ground and pound.
It looks like Slim Star has been cut.
Anderson is chipping away with strikes.
Anderson working the body and head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anderson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Star regains half guard, as Anderson was trying to land strikes.
Anderson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Anderson thows a huge punch but Star dodges it nicely.
Anderson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Anderson throws a strike but Star avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a strike but Star rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Anderson throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Anderson is trying to control the position but Star postures up.
Anderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Star preventing the sweep.
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.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Star looking to pass the guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Slim Star just wasn't active enough.
Star getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Star takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Anderson misses with a right hand
and Star counters with a straight right hand.
Donk. Star catches Anderson right on the button with a cross.
Anderson throws out a loose jab but Star uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt
and Star counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Greg Anderson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Slim Star's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Anderson.
Anderson shoots in looking for a takedown. Star tries to sprawl out of it but Anderson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Star manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Anderson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Star scores with a jab to the body.
Slim Star is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Star lands a glancing blow to the side of Anderson's head.
Star changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Star lands with a shot to the body.
Star lands a head shot.
Greg Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Anderson is defended easily by Star.
Slim Star has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Anderson.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Anderson shoots in for a double leg but Star sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Star lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Greg Anderson has been cut.
Star is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A nice combination there by Star.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Star is pawing at Anderson, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Anderson's nose. Anderson is badly hurt! Star pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Anderson tries desperately to hold on but Star is relentless in his assault! As Anderson receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Star away and this one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slim Star!
Slim Star retains his middleweight title!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Train (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solidus Snake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Train kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rammstein - Feuer Frei. This should be a great matchup!
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220 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Train!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Solidus Snake!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Train throws a body punch but Snake moves out of range.
Train throws a low kick but Snake moves out of range easily.
Train misses with a left hand
and Snake counters with a nice uppercut.
Train throws a lazy uppercut
and Snake counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Snake misses with an uppercut
and Train counters with a stiff right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Snake slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Snake lands a glancing blow to the side of Train's head.
Train swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Snake makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Train is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Train misses with a double jab
and Snake counters with a crisp one two that drops Train! Snake thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Train to his feet! Train is in big trouble!
Snake lands a big right hand that sends Train crashing to the mat! Snake stays standing though and waves Train back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Snake tries a head kick but it misses.
Train misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Snake counters with a crisp right hand that drops Train! Snake lets Train back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
It looks like Mike Train has been cut.
Train throws an off balance right hand
and Snake counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Train falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Solidus Snake!
Solidus Snake is the new light heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fe Reti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Gaines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fe Reti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kevin Gaines!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reti misses with a shot to the body
and Gaines counters with a straight right hand.
Gaines drives through and clinches with Reti against the cage.
Gaines tries to break the clinch but Reti is controlling the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gaines creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gaines's efforts to push away.
Gaines lands a hook that snaps the head of Reti backwards.
Gaines's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gaines is looking to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reti. Gaines does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reti gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Reti moves out of range of the strikes.
Reti thows a body shot but no joy.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Gaines enables Reti to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gaines manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Reti stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gaines swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reti scoring with some ground and pound.
Reti won't allow Gaines to get back to his feet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Reti's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
It looks like Kevin Gaines has been cut.
Reti postures up in Gaines's guard and throws a big left but Gaines blocks it.
Reti loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reti prevents Gaines from getting back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reti accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reti trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gaines is looking to stand up but Reti isn't so interested in that idea.
Gaines trying to keep a closed guard but Reti is proving a slippery customer.
Reti might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Reti passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Reti throws a strike aimed at the side of Gaines's head but Gaines avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reti working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Reti scores with punches from side control.
Reti tries to advance to mount but Gaines denies him.
Reti wants to control but Gaines is keeping him busy.
Gaines stops Reti from passing to mount.
Gaines is working to avoid the ground and pound but Reti connects with a decent elbow.
Check out the look on Reti's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reti tries to advance to mount but Gaines denies him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reti working the ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gaines is not content to let Reti control the position.
Gaines defending against the ground and pound.
Reti is working Gaines over with some ground and pound from side control.
Reti working the body and head with strikes.
The cut above Kevin Gaines's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kevin Gaines's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Fe Reti!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Gaines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Del Rio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Del Rio is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Requiem for a dream. The key to victory for Bob Gaines has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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, Bob Gaines!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alberto Del Rio!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaines changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Del Rio looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Del Rio takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Del Rio struggling a bit here.
Del Rio gets back to half guard.
Gaines throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gaines takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Del Rio wants to improve his position but Gaines is controlling well.
Del Rio trying to control here.
Gaines lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gaines working Del Rio over with strikes.
Gaines landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gaines lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Rio on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Del Rio taking some punishment here, with Gaines in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Gaines.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Del Rio works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gaines might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Del Rio has momentary wrist control but Gaines slips an elbow through the middle.
Gaines stands up over Del Rio, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gaines connects with a couple of short punches.
Gaines postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Del Rio pushes Gaines off and gets back to his feet.
Del Rio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Del Rio gets tackled into the cage by Gaines. Gaines maintains the clinch.
Gaines has hold of one of Del Rio's legs. Del Rio is fighting the takedown attempt but Gaines gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Gaines scoring with punches to the head and body.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Del Rio can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Del Rio 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.
Del Rio is trying to keep Gaines in close.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaines keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Del Rio's head.
Gaines scoring with some ground and pound.
Gaines scoring with some ground and pound.
Gaines lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gaines postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Del Rio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gaines. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Del Rio wants to sweep but no luck.
Gaines is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Del Rio wriggles free and stands up.
Del Rio looks gassed!
Gaines shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaines scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Del Rio?
Gaines with good strikes from the mount here!
Del Rio tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Del Rio is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gaines looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gaines landing strikes from the mount and Del Rio is in trouble!
Del Rio takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gaines scoring with strikes but Del Rio is staying in there.
Del Rio is looking to get to half guard.
Gaines lands a big elbow.
Gaines working Del Rio over with strikes here.
Del Rio working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio tries to hold on but Gaines pushes him away.
Del Rio is working to get back to half guard.
Del Rio takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gaines postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Del Rio looks a forlorn figure.
Gaines raining down hammerfists from mount.
Del Rio is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gaines landing strikes from the mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaines is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Del Rio can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee warns Del Rio that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Del Rio tries to hold on but Gaines pushes him away.
Gaines scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Del Rio?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Gaines dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Del Rio tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gaines counters with a single leg into guard. Del Rio didn't expect that.
Gaines stopping the sweep attempt from Del Rio.
Gaines 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.
Del Rio has momentary wrist control but Gaines slips an elbow through the middle.
Gaines landing with the ground and pound.
Gaines lands a couple of digs.
Del Rio wants to sweep here but Gaines controlling him for the moment.
Gaines working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Del Rio's head.
Del Rio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gaines doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gaines manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gaines distracts Del Rio with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Del Rio is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Rio has momentary wrist control but Gaines slips an elbow through the middle.
Gaines landing some decent shots from guard.
Gaines postures up.
Gaines lands a couple of digs.
Gaines works over Del Rio with some ground and pound from guard.
Del Rio wants to sweep but no luck.
Gaines scoring with some ground and pound.
Gaines postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gaines with a nice head shot there.
Gaines keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Del Rio's head.
Gaines working some strikes from top position.
Gaines lands a couple of elbows.
Gaines works over Del Rio with some ground and pound from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio looking to control.
Gaines content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gaines throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gaines working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Del Rio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gaines throwing strikes but missing.
Gaines works over Del Rio with some ground and pound from guard.
Del Rio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Del Rio is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gaines is controlling him.
Gaines works over Del Rio with some ground and pound from guard.
Gaines looking to pass the guard.
Gaines postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaines is in close to Del Rio's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gaines stopping the sweep attempt from Del Rio.
Del Rio is trying to keep Gaines in close.
Gaines keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Del Rio's head.
Gaines lands a couple of digs.
Gaines lands a couple of digs.
Gaines chips away with some ground and pound.
Gaines won't allow Del Rio to get back to his feet.
Gaines lands a couple of digs.
Gaines is working Del Rio over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaines working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Del Rio not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gaines distracts Del Rio with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Gaines landing some decent shots from guard.
Gaines throwing strikes but missing.
Del Rio managing to control the position.
Del Rio is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Gaines has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Del Rio is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Del Rio stops a takedown attempt from Gaines.
Del Rio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Gaines dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Del Rio with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gaines counters with a nice double leg into side control. Del Rio won't be happy with that.
Del Rio struggling a bit here.
Check out the look on Gaines's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gaines lands a few punches from side control.
Gaines scoring with punches from side control.
Gaines lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Gaines connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Del Rio some visible discomfort.
Del Rio on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gaines grinds an elbow into Del Rio's temple.
Gaines lands a few punches from side control.
Gaines landing a few strikes.
Gaines is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Del Rio can do to turn this around?
Gaines working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Del Rio can't do much from the bottom here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gaines lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaines working the body and head with strikes.
Del Rio tries to bench press Gaines off him but Gaines keeps the position.
Del Rio can't do much from the bottom here.
Gaines scores with punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Del Rio's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bob Gaines overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Del Rio takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Gaines working the head and body with strikes.
Del Rio can't do much from the bottom here.
Gaines landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaines working the head and body with strikes.
Gaines working away.
Gaines lands some shots froms side control.
Gaines working the body and head with strikes.
Del Rio on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Del Rio sneaks back into half guard.
Gaines working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gaines takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Del Rio blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gaines.
Del Rio makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Del Rio.
Gaines working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gaines preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gaines manages to get to full guard.
Del Rio looking to pass the guard.
Gaines 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.
Gaines wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Del Rio manages to pass to side control.
Gaines wants to get back to his feet.
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.
Del Rio prevents Gaines from improving his position.
Gaines trying to control from the bottom.
Gaines pushes Del Rio off looking to stand but Del Rio dives back in and keeps control.
Del Rio trying to control from half guard but Gaines is working away.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alberto Del Rio.
Gaines tries to keep at a distance but Del Rio has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gaines wants a takedown but no success here.
Del Rio works on Gaines's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Del Rio is trying to force a seperation but Gaines has the dominant position.
Gaines can't get the takedown.
Del Rio lands with a light punch inside.
Alberto Del Rio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bob Gaines is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gaines blocks an elbow strike.
Del Rio lands a hook that snaps the head of Gaines backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Gaines showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gaines, 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Gaines!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gumby Pokey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Jones will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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210 lbs
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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, Gumby Pokey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Jones!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pokey takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pokey has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jones finds it's way round the side to connect with Pokey's head.
Jones feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pokeys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
Jones listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pokey shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Pokey in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Jones tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Pokey!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gumby Pokey!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sakke Pietila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clyde Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turner has chosen I'd Love To Knock The Hell Out Of You as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Clyde Turner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sakke Pietila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Clyde Turner!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pietila darts in and clinches Turner up against the cage.
Turner tries to circle away but Pietila has him pinned against the cage.
Pietila prevents Turner from breaking the clinch.
Pietila lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turner wants to break free but Pietila has control.
Turner is trying to force a seperation but Pietila has the dominant position.
A short body shot lands from Pietila as the two fighters clinch.
Pietila lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pietila holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pietila is working Turner over against the cage.
Turner looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hook to the body lands for Pietila.
Pietila lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
It looks like Clyde Turner has been cut.
Pietila avoiding damage.
Pietila scores with a shot to the side of Turner's head.
Turner takes a shot to the head.
Pietila lands a shot to the body.
Pietila dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pietila is working Turner over against the cage.
Pietila pushes Turner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pietila unloads a knee to the mid-section. Turner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short body shot lands from Pietila as the two fighters clinch.
Pietila is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short body shot lands from Pietila as the two fighters clinch.
Pietila landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A hook to the body from Pietila.
Pietila throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Turners head.
Pietila works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pietila misses with a knee to the head.
Pietila using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pietila lands an elbow that stopped Turner in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietila lands a right hand.
Pietila lands a nice uppercut.
Pietila lands with a right to the head.
Pietila is pushing Turner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Turner takes a shot to the head.
Come on Pietila - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A hook to the body from Pietila.
Pietila lands with a light punch inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pietila.
Pietila cracks Turner with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Pietila - that landed with a thud.
Pietila landing knees to the head.
Pietila throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pietila lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pietila lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pietila lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pietila putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Turner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pietila presses Turner against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pietila is struggling to control the position.
Pietila lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Turner or not.
A right hand to the body from Pietila.
Turner is trying to force a seperation but Pietila has the dominant position.
Pietila stalling.
Pietila works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pietila lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pietila lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Turner letting Pietila take a breather here.
Good body shot from Pietila.
Pietila scores with a shot to the side of Turner's head.
Turner is looking to break free of the clinch but Pietila has double underhooks.
Pietila lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pietila scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pietila lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pietila crunches a lovely knee into Turner's ribcage.
Pietila stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pietila lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Pietila scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pietila lands a left hand.
Turner tries to circle away but Pietila has him pinned against the cage.
Pietila makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Pietila.
Turner is trying to break the clinch but Pietila is controlling him.
Pietila is leaning against Turner and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pietila taking a breather.
Turner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Turner tries to break free but Pietila pushes him back against the cage.
Turner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Pietila.
Turner tries to break the clinch but Pietila is controlling the position.
Pietila prevents Turner from breaking the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Pietila.
Pietila lands a left hand.
Pietila lands an elbow inside.
Pietila lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A knee to the head by Pietila.
A frustrated look appears on Turner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pietila lands a nice shot to the body.
Turner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pietila scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pietila lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pietila lands a nice uppercut.
Pietila working Turner over with knees to the body.
Pietila lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pietila is looking to control Turner's arms but Turner gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pietila has his back to the cage.
Pietila tries to throw a body punch but Turner avoids it by throwing Pietila back against the cage.
Pietila misses with some punches.
Turner is trying to force a seperation but Pietila has the dominant position.
Pietila stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Turner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pietila has Turner pressed against the cage, preventing Turner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Turner wants to get back to striking at distance but Pietila won't allow it.
Pietila lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pietila lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Pietila to work.
Pietila lands a body shot in the clinch.
Turner breaks the clinch.
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pietila moves away.
Pietila closes the distance and clinches.
Pietila scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Pietila.
Pietila crunches a lovely knee into Turner's ribcage.
A nice left hand lands by Pietila.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pietila obliges.
Pietila prevents Turner from breaking the clinch.
Pietila keeps control of Turner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pietila creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Turner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pietila lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pietila lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pietila crunches a lovely knee into Turner's ribcage.
Pietila lands a knee to the head.
Turner tries to circle away but Pietila has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pietila gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Pietila.
Pietila is struggling to control the position.
Turner tries to break the clinch but Pietila is controlling the position.
Turner wants to get back to striking at distance but Pietila won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sakke Pietila dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clyde Turner's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Pietila slips the punch.
Clyde Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pietila moves into the clinch.
Pietila working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pietila throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pietila trying to stall but Turner improves his position.
Turner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pietila working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Pietila scores with a nice short uppercut.
Turner tries to break free but Pietila pushes him back against the cage.
Pietila misses with a knee to the head.
Pietila has Turner pressed against the cage, preventing Turner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Still in the clinch, Pietila scores with a nice short uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pietila - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pietila lands a good knee to the midsection. Turner won't want to take too many of those.
Pietila comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Turner takes a shot to the head.
Pietila connects with a knee to the head.
Pietila scores with a hook to the body.
Pietila has Turner pressed against the cage.
Pietila lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stalling in the clinch from Pietila.
Pietila tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Turner avoids it.
Pietila taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietila tries to throw a body punch but Turner avoids it by throwing Pietila back against the cage.
Turner is trying to break the clinch but Pietila is controlling him.
Pietila tries to land knees in the clinch but Turner avoids the damage to the body.
Turner breaks from the clinch.
Turner swats away the attempt to clinch by Pietila.
Turner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turner misses with a left hand
and Pietila counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pietila is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Turner can do to turn this around?
Pietila rushes Turner and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pietila scores with a hook to the body.
Pietila dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pietila lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Pietila.
Pietila presses Turner against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A body shot lands from Pietila.
Pietila looking to throw knees to the head but Turner is blocking nicely.
Turner tries to break the clinch but Pietila is controlling the position.
Turner is trying to push Pietila away but Pietila has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Turner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Turner wants to get back to striking at distance but Pietila won't allow it.
Pietila unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Good body shot from Pietila.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pietila obliges.
Pietila lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Pietila.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietila lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Turner can't break the clinch.
Turner tries to circle away but Pietila has him pinned against the cage.
Pietila keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Turner's efforts to push away.
Pietila makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Turner can't break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pietila.
A body shot lands from Pietila.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pietila obliges.
Turner working hard to break the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pietila.
Nice body punch from Pietila - that landed with a thud.
Pietila works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A frustrated look appears on Turner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Turner is trying to push Pietila away but Pietila has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Turner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pietila lands a good knee to the midsection. Turner won't want to take too many of those.
Pietila connects with a nasty looking knee right to Turner's face.
Pietila lands a nice knee to the body.
Pietila stalling.
Sakke Pietila has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Turner as Pietila tries to tie him up.
Pietila tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pietila prevents Turner from breaking the clinch.
Pietila scores with a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Turner as Pietila tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Turner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Turner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pietila lands a shot to the body.
Pietila stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pietila stalls.
Knees to the body from Pietila.
Pietila digs a right hand underneath Turner's ribcage. Turner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pietila scores with a nice hook to the head.
Turner tries to break the clinch but Pietila is controlling the position.
Pietila landing knees to the body.
Pietila lands a body shot.
Turner working hard to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Pietila.
Turner is trying to force a seperation but Pietila has the dominant position.
Pietila keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Turner's efforts to push away.
Pietila lands with a left to the head.
Pietila lands a shot to the body.
Turner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pietila pushes Turner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pietila lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietila lands a body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pietila.
Pietila works on Turner's body with a couple of short punches.
Turner takes an elbow to the temple.
Turner takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Turner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Turner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Turner has had enough of the clinch but Pietila keeps him there for the moment.
Pietila is working Turner over against the cage.
Pietila lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pietila lands a nice shot to the body.
Turner working hard to break the clinch.
Pietila landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Pietila.
Turner is trying to force a seperation but Pietila has the dominant position.
Turner is looking to break free of the clinch but Pietila has double underhooks.
Pietila lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Turner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pietila lands a damaging elbow.
A short uppercut from Pietila.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner has had enough of the clinch but Pietila keeps him there for the moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Pietila.
Turner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pietila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turner breaks from the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Turner.
Turner throws a hook to the side of Pietila's head but Pietila sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sakke Pietila dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Clyde Turner's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Turner throws a hook to the side of Pietila's head but Pietila sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pietila closes the distance and pushes Turner back into the cage.
Pietila lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pietila moves into the clinch.
Turner working hard to break the clinch.
Pietila lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pietila taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Turner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Turner tries to circle away but Pietila has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Turner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pietila scores with a shoulder strike.
Pietila keeps control of Turner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Turner is looking to break free of the clinch but Pietila has double underhooks.
Pietila is struggling to control the position.
Turner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pietila displaying some good clinch control by pressing Turner up against the cage.
Good body shot from Pietila.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pietila has Turner pressed against the cage.
Turner has had enough of the clinch but Pietila keeps him there for the moment.
Pietila lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Turner tries to break free but Pietila pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Pietila.
Pietila lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pietila.
Nice body punch from Pietila - that landed with a thud.
Pietila softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pietila landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pietila.
Turner wants to get back to striking at distance but Pietila won't allow it.
Pietila avoiding damage.
Pietila lands a knee to the head.
Pietila lands with a light punch inside.
Pietila lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Pietila scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pietila stalling in the clinch but Turner improves position.
Pietila lands a body shot.
Pietila lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pietila lands an elbow inside.
Pietila lands with a left to the head.
Pietila throws a knee to the head but misses.
Turner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Turner wants to break free but Pietila has control.
Turner is looking to break free of the clinch but Pietila has double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Pietila.
A hook to the body from Pietila.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pietila.
Pietila makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner wants to break free but Pietila has control.
Turner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pietila makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Turner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Turner breaks from the clinch.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Turner keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pietila makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pietila lands an elbow that stopped Turner in his tracks for a moment.
Turner wants to break free but Pietila has control.
Pietila connects with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Turner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pietila lands a body punch in the clinch.
The referee calls for Pietila to work.
Turner tries to break free but Pietila pushes him back against the cage.
Pietila landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pietila landing knees to the head.
Pietila lands a nice uppercut.
Pietila wants to stall.
Turner breaks the clinch.
Pietila tries to clinch but Turner is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pietila slips under a jab from Turner.
Turner tries to bum rush Pietila with a series of wild strikes but Pietila uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pietila tries to clinch up but Turner circles away and keeps his distance.
Pietila gets a clinch.
Turner tries to break free but Pietila pushes him back against the cage.
Pietila lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pietila lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Turner can't break the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pietila.
A right hook to the body lands for Pietila.
Turner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Turner wants to break free but Pietila has control.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pietila.
Pietila lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pietila is working Turner over against the cage.
Pietila is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A body shot lands from Pietila.
Nice body punch from Pietila.
A right handed body shot lands from Pietila.
Pietila is working Turner over against the cage.
Pietila tries to stall but Turner uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pietila lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietila is stalling here.
Turner is trying to push Pietila away but Pietila has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Turner tries to break the clinch but Pietila is controlling the position.
Turner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sakke Pietila is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pietila drives through and clinches with Turner against the cage.
Turner tries to break the clinch but Pietila is controlling the position.
Turner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pietila has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pietila.
Turner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pietila lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Turner can't break the clinch.
Turner is trying to push Pietila away but Pietila has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Turner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pietila lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pietila lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pietila obliges.
Pietila working Turner over with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pietila lands with a right to the head.
Clyde Turner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pietila.
Pietila lands a good knee to the midsection. Turner won't want to take too many of those.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sakke Pietila showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pietila, 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sakke Pietila!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Indiana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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282 lbs
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230 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ben Dover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gary Indiana!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dover rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Indiana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Ben Dover has been cut.
Indiana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Indiana has managed to clinch.
Indiana dodges an elbow strike from Dover.
Dover misses with an elbow over the top.
Indiana working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dover pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Indiana lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dover backwards.
Indiana throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dovers head.
Indiana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dover rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Indiana counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dover is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dover wants to stand and escape but Indiana is having none of it.
Oh Dover is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Indiana stands up from Dover's guard - Indiana perhaps looking for a knockout.
Dover seems to have got his legs back now.
Indiana closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Dover! Indiana dives in looking to finish! Dover is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gary Indiana!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Judah Benjamin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demissie Selassie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benjamin comes to the cage accompanied by lions sleeps tonight. Judah Benjamin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Demissie Selassie's chin.
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315 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Judah Benjamin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Demissie Selassie!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benjamin misses with a right hand
letting Selassie counter with a right hand.
It looks like Judah Benjamin has been cut.
Selassie throws a nice looking combination but Benjamin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benjamin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Selassie clinches.
Selassie lands an elbow inside.
Selassie lands an elbow just above Benjamin 's eye.
Judah Benjamin's cut is getting worse.
Selassie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benjamin.
Benjamin looking for a takedown.
Benjamin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Benjamin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Judah Benjamin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Selassie.
Benjamin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Selassie digs a right hand into Benjamin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Benjamin's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Selassie working Benjamin over with knees to the body.
Benjamin trying to stall but Selassie improves his position.
Benjamin managing to block the knees to the body from Selassie.
Benjamin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Selassies head.
Selassie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Benjamin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Selassie backwards.
Benjamin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Benjamin is breathing heavily.
Selassie dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Selassie lands a knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Selassie.
The referee calls for Selassie to work.
Selassie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benjamin backwards.
Jeez, Judah Benjamin's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Selassie to work.
Selassie continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Demissie Selassie.
Selassie scores with a shot to the body.
Selassie lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Demissie Selassie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benjamin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Judah Benjamin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Demissie Selassie!
Demissie Selassie is the new super heavyweight champion!
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