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CEC 188 : Achieving Greatness PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tauno Tasalakki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sabastian Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sabastian Carter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
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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
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tauno Tasalakki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sabastian Carter!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tasalakki tries to score with a low kick but Carter moves his leg out of the way.
Carter slips a straight right by Tasalakki.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tasalakki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Carter is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Carter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tasalakki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but Tasalakki blocks with his arms.
Tasalakki is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tasalakki just leaning against Carter, taking a breather.
Carter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carter with a knee to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Carter lands a nice uppercut.
Carter lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Carter managing to block the knees to the body from Tasalakki.
Tasalakki looking to slow down the pace here.
Tasalakki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter lands an uppercut.
Tasalakki swings wildly with an uppercut but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carter scores with a shot to the side of Tasalakki's head.
Tasalakki trying to control the position but instead, Carter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tasalakki into the cage.
Tasalakki avoiding damage as Carter throws knees to the body.
Tasalakki is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Carter is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tauno Tasalakki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tasalakki has had enough of the clinch but Carter keeps him there for the moment.
Tasalakki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tasalakki avoiding damage as Carter throws knees to the body.
Carter blocks an uppercut.
Carter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carter lands with a left to the head.
Carter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tasalakki blocks it with crossed arms.
Carter putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tasalakki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter has Tasalakki pressed against the cage, preventing Tasalakki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Carter lands a shot to the body.
Carter tries a knee to the head but Tasalakki blocks it.
Carter managing to block the knees to the body from Tasalakki.
Carter stalling in the clinch but Tasalakki improves position.
Carter tries a knee to the head but Tasalakki blocks it.
Carter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tasalakki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
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!
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but Tasalakki blocks with his arms.
Carter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tasalakki blocks it with crossed arms.
Carter keeps control of Tasalakki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tasalakki changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Carter fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tasalakki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tasalakki slips under a jab from Carter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tasalakki misses with a low kick.
Tasalakki moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tasalakki blocks a head kick by Carter.
Tasalakki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tasalakki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carter.
Tasalakki slips a straight right by Carter.
Carter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tasalakki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tasalakki throws a shot to the body.
Tasalakki just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tasalakki scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Tasalakki goes for an armbar but Carter turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Carter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tasalakki pulls Carter in close to prevent any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tasalakki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sabastian Carter will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tasalakki keeps the fight on the outside.
Tasalakki wants to slow Carter down by chopping away at his legs.
Carter forces Tasalakki back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from Carter - that landed with a thud.
Carter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tasalakki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tasalakki as Carter tries to tie him up.
Tasalakki tightens his grip and picks Carter up, before dumping him to the ground. Carter manages to land in guard.
Tasalakki has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Carter looking to control.
Carter lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tasalakki!
Tasalakki is desperately trying to improve his position but Carter has a good base and remains in mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tasalakki is working hard here to advance position.
Carter connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tasalakki wants to control but Carter is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Carter controlling his opponent.
Tasalakki is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter punching from mount but Tasalakki doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Carter throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Carter looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Carter cracks Tasalakki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tasalakki is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carter is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Tasalakki has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Tasalakki!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sabastian Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Tasalakki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Tasalakki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tasalakki cracks the inside of Carter's front leg.
Tasalakki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Carter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tasalakki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Carter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carter moves in looking to clinch but Tasalakki pushes him off.
Tasalakki throws a hook to the side of Carter's head but Carter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carter delivers a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tasalakki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tasalakki sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tasalakki keeps the fight on the outside.
Tasalakki throws a low kick but Carter avoids it.
Tasalakki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carter tries to clinch up.
Tasalakki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch but Tasalakki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tasalakki throws an overhand right that lands on Carter's shoulder, as Carter tries to avoid the shot.
Tasalakki checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tasalakki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tauno Tasalakki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter drives through and clinches with Tasalakki against the cage.
Tasalakki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tasalakki has Carter pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Carter manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Carter keeps control of Tasalakki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tasalakki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tasalakki missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Carter.
Carter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tasalakki can't find room to land a body shot as Carter controls the action.
Tasalakki is looking to control Carter's arms but Carter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tasalakki has his back to the cage.
Carter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tasalakki looking for a takedown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tasalakki's face.
Tasalakki is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tauno Tasalakki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Carter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tasalakki looking for a takedown.
Carter misses with a knee to the head.
Carter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carter is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tasalakki is defending well for now.
Tasalakki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carter throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Tasalakki fails to land.
Tasalakki can't find room to land a body shot as Carter controls the action.
Tasalakki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tasalakki misses with an elbow over the top.
Good body shot from Carter.
Carter gets through Tasalakki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tasalakki.
Carter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carter lands with a light punch inside.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tasalakki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tasalakki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carter's elbow.
Tasalakki is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Carter is defending well.
Carter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tasalakki looking to stall.
Tasalakki has picked Carter up - he's going for a ride! Tasalakki dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carter wants to improve his position but Tasalakki is controlling well.
Sabastian Carter is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tasalakki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Tasalakki. Oh but Carter has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Tasalakki goes limp - he's gone! Carter jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Sabastian Carter!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gigantor Tremendous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Chinaski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tremendous comes into the arena with Segertåget - Maskinen blaring out of the sound system. Gigantor Tremendous has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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260 lbs
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288 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Gigantor Tremendous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henry Chinaski!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tremendous moves away from the strike by Chinaski.
A slow jab from Chinaski misses its intended target.
Tremendous gets a clinch.
Tremendous successfully pulls guard.
Chinaski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tremendous works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chinaski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tremendous preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Chinaski with a nice head shot there.
Chinaski is looking to work some ground and pound but Tremendous has wrist control.
Tremendous is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tremendous wants to sweep but no luck.
Tremendous is pulling down on Chinaski's head to control his posture.
Chinaski is stalling in the full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chinaski throws an elbow that misses. Tremendous uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Chinaski's guard. Nice move by Tremendous!
Tremendous trying to control but Chinaski is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chinaski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chinaski seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Henry Chinaski wasn't active enough on the ground.
Chinaski tries to bum rush Tremendous with a series of wild strikes but Tremendous uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chinaski swats away the attempt to clinch by Tremendous.
Tremendous shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Chinaski as he avoids it easily.
Chinaski digs a good body shot into Tremendous's ribs.
Chinaski throws a right hand that misses
and Tremendous counters with a nice double leg into side control. Chinaski won't be happy with that.
Chinaski tries to improve position but can't.
Tremendous looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tremendous throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Tremendous landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Chinaski wants to get back to his feet.
Tremendous remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Chinaski takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tremendous is working Chinaski over with some ground and pound from side control.
Tremendous remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Tremendous wants to control but Chinaski is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chinaski is trying to get back to half guard.
Tremendous trying to control the position but Chinaski is working away.
Tremendous swings around for an armbar but Chinaski sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Tremendous's guard.
Tremendous is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Chinaski has his hands clasped together but Tremendous extends an breaks Chinaski's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Tremendous.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gigantor Tremendous!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Gigantor Tremendous waved his t-shirt featuring Fight Club Clothing est. 09™'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hans Lankari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Kolari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lankari kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is AC/DC - Thunderstruck. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hans Lankari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Kolari!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kolari wants to land a leg kick but Lankari is out of range.
Lankari checks a leg kick.
Kolari connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lankari. Lankari circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lankari tries to clinch there but Kolari circles away.
Sami Kolari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lankari is looking to clinch.
Lankari is looking to land body kicks.
Lankari shoots in for a double leg but Kolari sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lankari checks a leg kick.
Lankari avoids the head kick by Kolari.
Lankari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kolari throws out the jab.
Lankari avoids the head kick by Kolari.
Jab, jab by Lankari - just one landing.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Lankari.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lankari wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kolari keeps working.
Lankari is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kolari has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kolari regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kolari is not content to let Lankari control the position.
Kolari is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lankari looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kolari trying to control from the bottom.
Kolari might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Lankari kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Hans Lankari has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A head kick misses from Kolari.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Lankari scores with a four punch combination!
Kolari scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kolari takes the fight into the clinch.
Lankari jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kolari walks away with a smile on his face. Lankari gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kolari tries a head kick but it misses.
Kolari throws a head kick but Lankari moves out of range.
Kolari tries a low kick but Lankari avoids it.
Kolari misses with a head kick.
Kolari misses with a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Lankari.
Kolari scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kolari chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kolari dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Kolari. No joy for Lankari on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Lankari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kolari misses with a leg kick
and Lankari counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolari throws a leg kick
and Lankari counters with a nice body kick.
Lankari blocks a low kick nicely.
Kolari scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kolari throws a head kick that misses.
Kolari tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lankari is able to avoid easily.
Lankari tries a head kick but it misses.
Lankari blocks a head kick by Kolari.
Lankari closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kolari circles away.
Lankari scores with a leg kick.
Kolari jabs Lankari to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kolari drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Lankari controls Kolari momentarily but Kolari frees himself.
Lankari is really struggling to control Kolari but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Lankari is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kolari is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Lankari has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kolari can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kolari wants to control from the top but Lankari keeps moving.
Lankari working for a triangle but Kolari defends it easily.
Lankari keeping moving, preventing Kolari from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lankari is striking but Kolari is not phased and passes to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sami Kolari will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kolari misses with a body shot.
Kolari fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kolari throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lankari is defended easily by Kolari.
Kolari throws a sloppy head kick
and Lankari counters with a series of strikes. Kolari will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kolari turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Lankari blocks the low kick.
Lankari gets tackled into the cage by Kolari. Kolari maintains the clinch.
Kolari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lankari's efforts to push away.
Lankari slowing the pace effectively.
Kolari has hold of one of Lankari's legs. Lankari is fighting the takedown attempt but Kolari gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Lankari wants to stand up but Kolari is controlling him.
Kolari trying to control the position from guard on top but Lankari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kolari stays in close to Lankari's body and controls the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kolari with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kolari slips nicely into half guard.
Kolari landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sami Kolari has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lankari tries to get to full guard but Kolari has control of the leg.
Kolari wants to free his trapped foot but Lankari is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lankari trying to control but Kolari postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lankari misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kolari controlling the action here.
Lankari is trying to maintain the position but Kolari is very close to passing his half guard.
Kolari thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kolari seems to be looking for submissions.
Lankari is not content to let Kolari control the position.
Kolari controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolari 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.
Lankari has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kolari is working away from the top position though.
Kolari seems to be looking for submissions.
Kolari wants to work for an arm triangle but Lankari is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kolari is trying to work for a kimura but Lankari is defending well.
Lankari is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kolari's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kolari's back!
Lankari is trying to stick to Kolari's back but Kolari is turning into Lankari. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Lankari's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Kolari.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kolari being controlled here momentarily.
Kolari works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kolari is looking for a kimura here.
Kolari is working for a submission of some sort.
Lankari punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sami Kolari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Kolari takes a swing at Lankari's ribcage but misses.
Kolari chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kolari throws a body punch but Lankari moves out of range.
Kolari avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horrible takedown by Lankari or perhaps it was just good defense by Kolari which made him look bad.
Kolari fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lankari is out of range.
Lankari fails to land the takedown.
Lankari blocks a low kick nicely.
Lankari ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sami Kolari seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lankari blocks a low kick nicely.
Kolari comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Lankari enables Kolari to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lankari manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Lankari managing to control the position.
Kolari is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kolari avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kolari tries to free his leg and advance position but Lankari is retaining full guard.
Lankari working a defensive guard here.
Kolari postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lankari throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kolari drops back looking for a leg! Lankari is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lankari manages to kick Kolari off! Kolari jumps back into Lankari's guard.
Kolari postures up.
Lankari working for a triangle but Kolari defends it easily.
Kolari keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lankari's head.
Kolari is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lankari working a defensive guard here.
Kolari trying to control but Lankari is working from the bottom.
Lankari trying to control the position.
Kolari trying to control the position from guard on top but Lankari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kolari pushes down on Lankari's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lankari trying to get back to full guard but Kolari takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Sami Kolari is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kolari has control of Lankari's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Lankari regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Kolari sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lankari wants to control but Kolari is having none of it.
Hans Lankari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lankari working to try and regain half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sami Kolari comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kolari has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sami Kolari!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Adebisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Dyzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dyzer is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by New Divide. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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217 lbs
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210 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Simon Adebisi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Dyzer!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dyzer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Adebisi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
No joy there for Adebisi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Adebisi tries to bum rush Dyzer with a series of wild strikes but Dyzer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dyzer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Adebisi as he avoids it easily.
Dyzer lands with a shot to the body.
Dyzer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dyzer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adebisi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Adebisi throws a series of punches but Dyzer moves out of range.
Dyzer connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adebisi lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Stephen Dyzer has been cut.
Adebisi tries to clinch but Dyzer is having none of it.
Adebisi throws a combination that misses
and Dyzer counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Simon Adebisi has been cut.
Adebisi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi tries to clinch up
and Dyzer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Good leg kick by Adebisi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Adebisi throws a right and a left that Dyzer avoids nicely.
Dyzer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dyzer misses with a wild body shot.
Dyzer is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Adebisi rather than just go for the knockout.
Adebisi wants to clinch up but Dyzer keeps it at a distance.
Dyzer lands a jab to Adebisi's midsection.
Dyzer connects with a body shot that sends Adebisi's belly button to the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dyzer lands a body shot.
Adebisi is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adebisi throws a nice looking combination but Dyzer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Adebisi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Adebisi has closed the distance and engaged Dyzer in a clinch.
Dyzer breaks the clinch.
Dyzer looking to score a takedown here. Adebisi is defending well but Dyzer drives through and ends up in Adebisi's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adebisi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Adebisi pulls Dyzer in close to prevent any damage.
Dyzer is looking to work some ground and pound but Adebisi has wrist control.
Dyzer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adebisi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyzer postures up in Adebisi's guard and throws a big left but Adebisi blocks it.
Dyzer pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adebisi is keeping the position for now.
Dyzer wants to control from the top but Adebisi keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dyzer feints and as Adebisi raises his hands in defense, Dyzer changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dyzer wants to pass the guard but Adebisi is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Adebisi keeping moving, preventing Dyzer from controlling successfully.
Adebisi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Simon Adebisi.
Adebisi throws a combination that misses
and Dyzer counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adebisi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adebisi tries to clinch up
and Dyzer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Dyzer dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Adebisi looks to clinch
and Dyzer counters with a shoot takedown. Adebisi fights it but they end up in guard.
Adebisi has his feet on Dyzer's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Adebisi tries to clinch up but Dyzer circles away and keeps his distance.
Dyzer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dyzer shoots in for a takedown but Adebisi shows good takedown defense.
Adebisi wants to clinch
and Dyzer counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Adebisi!
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!
Dyzer jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Adebisi is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Adebisi and Dyzer has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Dyzer wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Adebisi, who protects the arm well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi prevents Dyzer from improving position.
Dyzer advances nicely into full mount.
Stephen Dyzer has got the better of the ground game so far.
Adebisi avoids a series of strikes thrown by Dyzer.
Adebisi is squirming around, avoiding Dyzer's attempts to control the action.
Dyzer looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Dyzer goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Adebisi turns into him and now he's in Dyzer's guard.
Dyzer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dyzer wants to sweep but no luck.
Dyzer pulls Adebisi in close to prevent any damage.
Dyzer is looking for a triangle but Adebisi pushes his legs off easily.
Dyzer is looking for a triangle but Adebisi pushes his legs off easily.
Adebisi wants to control from the top but Dyzer keeps moving.
Dyzer escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Adebisi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyzer looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dyzer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Adebisi wants to stand but Dyzer is controlling his posture from full guard.
Adebisi stopping the sweep attempt from Dyzer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adebisi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dyzer wants to sweep here but Adebisi controlling him for the moment.
Adebisi tries to stand but Dyzer is controlling from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dyzer is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Dyzer is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Dyzer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Adebisi throws a low kick but Dyzer avoids it.
Adebisi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Adebisi cracks a nice hook into Dyzer's ribs.
Dyzer scores with a shot to the body.
Adebisi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dyzer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Adebisi misses with a low kick.
Adebisi throws a hook but Dyzer blocks it.
Dyzer checks a low kick from Adebisi.
Adebisi tries to clinch
and Dyzer counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Simon Adebisi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dyzer slips a straight right by Adebisi.
Adebisi tries to close the distance and clinch but Dyzer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adebisi clinches with his opponent.
Dyzer is trying to trip Adebisi. He has hold of a leg but Adebisi is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Dyzer persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Dyzer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adebisi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dyzer stopping the sweep attempt from Adebisi.
Dyzer working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Adebisi's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi keeping moving, preventing Dyzer from controlling successfully.
Dyzer throws a strike but Adebisi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dyzer wants to sweep here but Adebisi controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dyzer has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Adebisi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyzer looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dyzer working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Adebisi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Adebisi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Adebisi wants to stand but Dyzer is controlling his posture from full guard.
Adebisi preventing the sweep.
Simon Adebisi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi stands up from Dyzer's guard - Adebisi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Adebisi misses with a combination
and Dyzer counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dyzer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dyzeris looking to pass into half guard but Adebisi pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Adebisi is in guard.
Dyzer looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stephen Dyzer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dyzer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Dyzer!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Varian Wyrnn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Creaturos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Creaturos has chosen Riverside - O2 Panic Room as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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194 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Varian Wyrnn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Creaturos!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wyrnn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Creaturos.
Creaturos fails to land the takedown.
Wyrnn misses with a double jab.
Creaturos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Creaturos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Creaturos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Varian Wyrnn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Creaturos.
Wyrnn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Creaturos shoots in for a takedown but Wyrnn shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Creaturos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wyrnn. Wyrnn circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Varian Wyrnn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Creaturos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Creaturos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wyrnn avoids it really well and circles away.
Creaturos shoots in for a double leg but Wyrnn sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Creaturos throws a head kick that misses.
Wyrnn misses with a wild body shot.
Creaturos shoots in looking for a takedown. Wyrnn tries to sprawl out of it but Creaturos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wyrnn manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wyrnn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wyrnn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Creaturos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creaturos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wyrnn's head.
Wyrnn stuffs the takedown attempt from Creaturos. Creaturos gets slowly back to his feet.
Wyrnn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Creaturos.
Creaturos lands a right hook to the body.
Wyrnn lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wyrnn.
Creaturos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
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!
Creaturos shoots in and drives through. Wyrnn sprawls well.
Creaturos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anthony Creaturos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Creaturos swings widly with a right hand
and Wyrnn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyrnn takes one to the chin there.
Creaturos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wyrnn tries to avoid it but Creaturos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wyrnn to the ground. Wyrnn escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Wyrnn as Creaturos shoots in.
Creaturos throws a hook but Wyrnn avoids it easily.
Creaturos tries to land a front kick but Wyrnn steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A swing and a miss from Creaturos.
Wyrnn throws an overhand right that lands on Creaturos's shoulder, as Creaturos tries to avoid the shot.
Creaturos misses with an uppercut
and Wyrnn counters with a right hand to the body.
Creaturos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wyrnn is fending him off so far but Creaturos persists. Nope, Wyrnn circles away and we're back to standing.
No joy there for Wyrnn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Creaturos is defended easily by Wyrnn.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creaturos shoots for a takedown but Wyrnn saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wyrnn uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Creaturos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wyrnn just misses with a punch to the body.
Creaturos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wyrnn is looking to wear down Creaturos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A slow jab from Creaturos misses its intended target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Creaturos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wyrnn as he avoids it easily.
Wyrnn digs a good body shot into Creaturos's ribs.
Wyrnn throws a body punch but Creaturos moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Varian Wyrnn will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wyrnn throws a series of punches but Creaturos avoids them all with ease.
Creaturos shoots in for a takedown but Wyrnn shows good takedown defense.
Wyrnn displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Creaturos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wyrnn sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Creaturos lands with a shot to the body.
Wyrnn stuffs the takedown attempt from Creaturos. Creaturos gets slowly back to his feet.
Varian Wyrnn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Creaturos.
Creaturos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Creaturos just misses with a punch to the body.
Creaturos misses with a takedown attempt
and Wyrnn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Anthony Creaturos has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyrnn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Creaturos.
Creaturos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Creaturos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wyrnn's waist but Wyrnn gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Creaturos off to one side.
Donk. Wyrnn catches Creaturos right on the button with a cross.
Creaturos throws a leg kick but Wyrnn sees it coming and moves out of range.
A jab from Creaturos misses.
Creaturos misses with a takedown attempt - Wyrnn sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Varian Wyrnn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Wyrnn as Creaturos shoots in.
Creaturos is breathing heavily.
A left and a right from Wyrnn both land. Nice combination.
Creaturos gets a takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Creaturos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Creaturos trying to control the action but Wyrnn is working from the bottom.
Wyrnn is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Wyrnn is looking to control Creaturos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wyrnn avoid being mounted?
Wyrnn is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wyrnn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Creaturos.
Wyrnn wants to stand back up but Creaturos manages to pass into side control.
Creaturos postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyrnn can't do much from the bottom here.
Creaturos lands a few punches from side control.
Wyrnn is trying to get back to his feet.
Wyrnn tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Creaturos presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Creaturos with shots to the head and body - Wyrnn looks very uncomfortable down there.
Creaturos controlling from the full mount.
Wyrnn is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Creaturos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wyrnn working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creaturos controlling the position easily from mount.
Wyrnn is looking to get to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Creaturos lands with some strikes.
Creaturos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Creaturos working for a guillotine from mount but Wyrnn is in no mood to give up.
Creaturos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wyrnn is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Creaturos landing strikes from the mount.
Oh Wyrnn is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wyrnn on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wyrnn tries to get out of the position.
Wyrnn tries to lock up and control but Creaturos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Creaturos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Anthony Creaturos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Creaturos fails with the takedown.
Creaturos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wyrnn sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Creaturos somewhat.
Wyrnn seems to have got his legs back now.
Varian Wyrnn is winning the standup battle so far.
Creaturos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wyrnn as he avoids it easily.
Varian Wyrnn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Creaturos.
Creaturos shoots in for a double leg but Wyrnn sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Creaturos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Creaturos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Creaturos shoots in for a takedown but Wyrnn shows good takedown defense.
Creaturos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyrnn defending well as Creaturos loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Wyrnn misses.
Creaturos doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wyrnn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Creaturos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Horrible takedown by Creaturos or perhaps it was just good defense by Wyrnn which made him look bad.
Creaturos throws the kick towards the body but Wyrnn avoids it.
Creaturos misses with a head kick.
Creaturos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Creaturos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyrnn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Creaturos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Creaturos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wyrnn is fending him off so far but Creaturos persists. Nope, Wyrnn circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wyrnn misses with a series of wild punches.
Creaturos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wyrnn. Creaturos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Creaturos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wyrnn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wyrnn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Creaturos was well out of range. Poor timing from Wyrnn.
Wyrnn misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyrnn jabs at Creaturos's body.
Wyrnn stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wyrnn wants it to stay on the feet.
Creaturos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wyrnn but Wyrnn pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Creaturos throws a lazy uppercut
and Wyrnn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Creaturos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wyrnn.
Creaturos shoots and misses
and Wyrnn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Creaturos swings for the body but Wyrnn moves out of range.
Wyrnn misses with the combination.
Creaturos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creaturos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wyrnn, as that shot connected.
Creaturos closes the distance and clinches up with Wyrnn, looking for a takedown. Creaturos pushes Wyrnn against the cage but Wyrnn circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Creaturos tries to move into range but Wyrnn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Creaturos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wyrnn sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wyrnn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Creaturos.
Creaturos misses with a takedown attempt - Wyrnn sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wyrnn stuffs the takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Varian Wyrnn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wyrnn has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Varian Wyrnn!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pena Hirmu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hirmu's choice of entrance music: AC/DC - War Machine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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23
198 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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195 lbs
15 - 13 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gunnar Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pena Hirmu!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hirmu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nelson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hirmu is out of range.
Nelson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hirmu misses with a series of wild punches.
Hirmu throws a right hand that Nelson ducks under and follows up with a left that Nelson also avoids with ease.
Hirmu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nelson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hirmu.
Nelson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nelson slips a jab and a cross from Hirmu.
Hirmu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nelson lands a body shot.
Hirmu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nelson on the side of the head.
Hirmu throws a nice looking combination but Nelson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nelson.
Hirmu misses with the combination.
Nelson closes the distance and clinches.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hirmu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nelson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nelson tries to throw a body punch but Hirmu avoids it by throwing Nelson back against the cage.
Nelson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nelson stalls.
Nelson misses with a body punch.
Hirmu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hirmu wants to break free but Nelson has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson working aggressively here.
Nelson can't find room to land a body shot as Hirmu controls the action.
Nelson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hirmu avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Nelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Hirmu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hirmu breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nelson lands a head kick. Hirmu smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hirmu checks a low kick from Nelson.
Hirmu shoots and misses
and Nelson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nelson misses with a jab to the body
and Hirmu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nelson gets caught flat footed, as Hirmu shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Hirmu wants to pass the guard but Nelson is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Nelson is looking to stand up but Hirmu isn't so interested in that idea.
Nelson keeping full guard, as Hirmu tries to pass.
Nelson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Gunnar Nelson wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nelson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nelson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hirmu.
Hirmu looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hirmu misses with a double jab
and Nelson counters with a head kick.
Nelson slips a jab and a cross from Hirmu.
Nelson punishes Hirmu's body with a nice straight punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hirmu walks into a left hand.
Hirmu punishes Nelson's body with a nice straight punch.
Nelson throws a head kick but Hirmu moves out of range.
Nelson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Nelson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hirmu throws a series of punches but Nelson moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hirmu checks a leg kick.
Nelson loads up on a big right hand but Hirmu slips the punch.
Good exchange - Hirmu coming out on top.
Hirmu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nelson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nice sprawl there from Nelson as Hirmu shoots in.
Hirmu lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hirmu.
Hirmu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nelson connects with a leg kick. Hirmu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hirmu lands a right hook to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Hirmu scores with a four punch combination!
Pena Hirmu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Hirmu misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirmu throws a series of punches but Nelson moves out of range.
A slow jab from Nelson misses its intended target.
Hirmu thows a body shot but no joy.
Nelson dodges the punch combination from Hirmu.
Nelson throws a chopping leg kick but Hirmu manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hirmu misses with a hook.
Nelson wants to clinch.
Nelson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hirmu throws a series of punches but Nelson moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hirmu takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Good shot there by Nelson.
Nelson throws out a leg kick but Hirmu moves out of range and Nelson only half commits.
Hirmu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hirmu lands a head shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nelson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hirmu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hirmu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nelson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nelson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hirmu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nelson.
Hirmu looks to score with a jab to the body but Nelson is just out of range.
Nelson slips a jab and a cross from Hirmu.
Hirmu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gunnar Nelson is winning the standup battle so far.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hirmu checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirmu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hirmu looks to throw the jab but Nelson is out of range.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Pena Hirmu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hirmu throws a right hand that Nelson ducks under and follows up with a left that Nelson also avoids with ease.
Nelson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hirmu's sensitive parts.
Hirmu lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hirmu.
Hirmu slaps away a takedown attempt from Nelson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hirmu misses the body punch
and Nelson counters with a leg kick.
Nelson avoids the body shot from Hirmu.
Nelson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hirmu.
Nelson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hirmu was well out of range. Poor timing from Nelson.
Nelson has Hirmu up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Nelson fails to land.
Nelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hirmu controls his hands.
Nelson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hirmu breaks the clinch.
Nelson throws a leg kick which misses Hirmu's front leg but catches the back leg as Hirmu tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hirmu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nelson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nelson throws a solid leg kick but Hirmu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nelson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson cracks Hirmu with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hirmu checks a low kick from Nelson.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hirmu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Nelson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Nelson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hirmu but Hirmu pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nelson needs to keep his hands up - Hirmu had a free shot at his head there.
Hirmu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelson manages to avoid it.
Nelson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hirmu is able to avoid easily.
No joy there for Hirmu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hirmu throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hirmu throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nelson jabs Hirmu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Hirmu blocks the leg kick.
Nelson scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson connects with a single shot there.
Nelson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hirmu's sensitive parts.
Nelson is looking to slow Hirmu down with leg kicks.
Hirmu moves out of range as Nelson strikes.
A leg kick checked by Hirmu.
Nelson throws a leg kick but Hirmu sees it coming and moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nelson is defended easily by Hirmu.
Hirmu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nelson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Nelson.
Hirmu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hirmu.
Nelson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Hirmu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hirmu lands a head shot.
No joy there for Hirmu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hirmu with a hook.
Nelson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
Nelson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hirmu lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nelson backs up against the cage.
Hirmu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hirmu sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gunnar Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hirmu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hirmu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hirmu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hirmu shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nelson pinned against the cage. Nelson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hirmu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pena Hirmu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nelson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hirmu.
Hirmu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nelson counters with a right hand to the body.
Nelson shoots for a takedown but Hirmu saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nelson - that will leave a mark!
Nelson throws a head kick that half lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
A combination from Hirmu does no damage.
Hirmu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hirmu looks to score with a jab to the body but Nelson is just out of range.
Nelson throws a hook to the side of Hirmu's head but Hirmu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nelson.
Nelson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hirmu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Horrible takedown by Hirmu or perhaps it was just good defense by Nelson which made him look bad.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson clobbers Hirmu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hirmu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nelson.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gunnar Nelson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nelson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gunnar Nelson!
A victorious Gunnar Nelson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaarlo Vihtala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Dangle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vihtala's entrance music is Pohjois-Karjala. A fine choice. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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26
286 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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32
254 lbs
23 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good gas tank |
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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
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaarlo Vihtala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jim Dangle!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vihtala connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vihtala ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dangle moves away.
Vihtala misses with a body kick.
Vihtala takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vihtala throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dangle throws a right and a left that Vihtala avoids nicely.
Vihtala blocks a jab.
Vihtala lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dangle's sensitive parts.
Vihtala throws a jab when Dangle was well out of range.
Vihtala moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dangle is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vihtala looks for the body kick but Dangle saw that one coming.
Vihtala throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dangle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vihtala forces Dangle back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihtala tries to land knees in the clinch but Dangle avoids the damage to the body.
Vihtala dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dangle tries to circle away but Vihtala has him pinned against the cage.
Dangle gets through Vihtala's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vihtala misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vihtala avoiding damage.
Vihtala scores with a knee to the head.
Vihtala is stalling here.
Vihtala with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Jim Dangle has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dangle's efforts to push away.
Vihtala stalls.
Vihtala throws a head punch that misses.
Vihtala scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vihtala just leaning against Dangle, taking a breather.
Vihtala misses with a knee strike.
Dangle is trying to maintain a safe position but Vihtala gets an underhook and turns Dangle into the cage.
A short right from Vihtala on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vihtala.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dangle displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vihtala up against the cage.
Vihtala misses with a knee to the head.
Vihtala dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vihtala misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vihtala tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vihtala prevents a body shot from Dangle.
Vihtala is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dangle is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dangle has hold of one of Vihtala's legs. Vihtala is fighting the takedown attempt but Dangle gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Dangle wants to control from the top but Vihtala keeps moving.
Dangle lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dangle works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dangle landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dangle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
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!
Dangle is trying to control the action in half guard but Vihtala is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dangle is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Vihtala wants to get back to full guard.
Vihtala gets back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vihtala keeping moving, preventing Dangle from controlling successfully.
Dangle throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaarlo Vihtala dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jim Dangle's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A big right from Dangle misses.
Dangle cracks Vihtala with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dangle takes a swing at Vihtala's ribcage but misses.
Vihtala checks a leg kick.
Vihtala throws a hook but Dangle blocks it.
Dangle looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vihtala is fending him off so far but Dangle persists. Nope, Vihtala circles away and we're back to standing.
Dangle throws a big shot that misses.
Dangle takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Vihtala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dangle.
Vihtala tries to clinch there but Dangle circles away.
Dangle throws a hook but Vihtala avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by Vihtala.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihtala throws a chopping leg kick but Dangle manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A right-left combo lands from Dangle.
Vihtala is looking to clinch but Dangle is avoiding it.
Vihtala fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A slapping body kick lands there for Vihtala.
Dangle is breathing heavily.
Vihtala misses with a hook. Dangle ducked under it nicely.
Dangle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vihtala stuns Dangle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vihtala listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vihtala connects with a jab.
Vihtala is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dangle walks into a stiff left hand from Vihtala.
Vihtala ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kaarlo Vihtala is winning the standup battle so far.
Dangle takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dangle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vihtala sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Vihtala. No joy for Dangle on that attempt.
Nice body punch from Vihtala.
Vihtala lands with a slapping head kick.
Vihtala with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vihtala throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Vihtala keeps Dangle at a distance using the push kick.
Vihtala scores with a jab. Dangle acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Vihtala is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dangle avoids the head kick by Vihtala.
Vihtala lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vihtala fails to land with a series of punches.
Vihtala is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dangle can do to turn this around?
Dangle misses with a looping right.
Vihtala moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vihtala closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vihtala throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dangle blocks it with crossed arms.
Dangle is trying to break the clinch but Vihtala has him pressed against the cage.
Vihtala tries a body shot but Dangle blocks it.
Dangle has had enough of the clinch but Vihtala keeps him there for the moment.
Dangle trying to control the position but instead, Vihtala has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dangle into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dangle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dangle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vihtala misses with the head strike.
Dangle managing to block the knees to the body from Vihtala.
A knee to the head by Vihtala.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vihtala scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vihtala avoiding damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vihtala.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaarlo Vihtala dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jim Dangle's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Dangle with a jab.
Vihtala fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vihtala moves out of range of the leg kick from Dangle.
Dangle throws a hook to the side of Vihtala's head but Vihtala sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dangle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vihtala fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Donk. Vihtala catches Dangle right on the button with a cross.
Dangle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vihtala.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dangle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vihtala will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dangle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vihtala paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dangle blocks the body kick.
Vihtala clinches with his opponent.
Dangle gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Vihtala gets full guard.
Vihtala manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Vihtala prevents Dangle from getting the reversal.
Vihtala controlling the pace for now.
Dangle working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala with shots to the head and body - Dangle looks very uncomfortable down there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dangle is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vihtala tries to control but Dangle wriggling away.
Vihtala cracks Dangle with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Vihtala prevents Dangle from getting the reversal.
Vihtala wants to control the pace but Dangle is squirming around nicely.
Vihtala controlling the position easily from mount.
Kaarlo Vihtala overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dangle sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dangle is trying to control but can't.
Jim Dangle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kaarlo Vihtala wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Vihtala keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vihtala takes the fight into the clinch.
Vihtala drops Dangle with a big knee straight up the middle! Dangle is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Dangle is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vihtala ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dangle is still on wobbly legs! Can Vihtala finish him?
Vihtala tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dangle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dangle takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Dangle seems to have recovered his senses.
Vihtala has closed the distance and engaged Dangle in a clinch.
Vihtala stops a takedown attempt from Dangle.
Vihtala landing knees to the head.
Vihtala content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Vihtala gets through Dangle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vihtala stalling against the cage.
Vihtala drops Dangle onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Dangle is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
And that's the end of the fight!
Kaarlo Vihtala showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vihtala has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaarlo Vihtala!
Kaarlo Vihtala thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Croix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaw has chosen Body Head Bangerz - Can't Be Touched as his entrance music. Don Shaw acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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180 lbs
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179 lbs
15 - 9 - 1 |
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Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Croix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw slips a jab and a cross from Croix.
Croix pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Croix drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Shaw throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shaw rushes Croix and presses him up against the cage.
Croix tries to break free but Shaw pushes him back against the cage.
Shaw escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shaw shoots in looking for a takedown. Croix tries to sprawl out of it but Shaw keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Croix manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Shaw fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Croix manages to avoid it.
Croix cracks a nice hook into Shaw's ribs.
Shaw tries to close the distance and clinch but Croix swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Croix misses with a double jab.
Croix rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shaw moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good shot there by Croix.
Croix just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw throws the left hand but Croix avoids the punch easily.
Donk. Shaw catches Croix right on the button with a cross.
Shaw stuns Croix with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Croix swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Croix thows a body shot but no joy.
Shaw slips a jab from Croix.
Croix throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shaw.
Croix falls off balance throwing a combination
and Shaw counters with a nice leg kick.
Croix misses with a hook. Shaw ducked under it nicely.
Croix throws a combination that misses
and Shaw counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Shaw.
Croix is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shaw advances position into side control!
Shaw looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Croix is avoiding damage well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Shaw tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Croix seems a little lost for a moment, as Shaw dominates the positioning.
Shaw throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Croix regains half guard, as Shaw was trying to land strikes.
Nice strikes from Shaw there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw controlling the action here.
Shaw is keen to just control but Croix is a slippery customer.
Shaw thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Croix's head.
Croix is defending against the submission attempts here by Shaw.
Croix blocking the ground and pound attempt from Shaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Shaw unloads with some shots from mount but Croix bucks and avoids them well.
Shaw won't let Croix get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Shaw throws some wild stikes that Croix manages to avoid easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Croix blocking the ground and pound.
Croix on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Croix tries to get out of the position.
Shaw controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Shaw dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Shaw gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shaw breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Croix's corner calls for a 1-2. Croix obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Croix rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shaw moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shaw shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Croix is trying to defend but Shaw finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Shaw looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Croix with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shaw is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Croix defends it well.
Croix avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw wants to control but Croix is keeping him busy.
Croix kicks off Shaw and gets to his feet.
Shaw closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Croix did well to prevent Shaw getting side control.
Shaw has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shaw throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Shaw looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Shaw is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Croix doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Shaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw works his way into full mount!
You get the feeling that Croix really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw throws some wild stikes that Croix manages to avoid easily.
Shaw looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Shaw tries to control but Croix wriggling away.
Shaw unloads with some shots from mount but Croix bucks and avoids them well.
Shaw throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw raining down shots from the mount!
Shaw connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Shaw trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shaw might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Croix kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Shaw fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Shaw showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Shaw fails in his attempt to clinch.
Croix misses with a double jab.
Shaw works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Shaw shoots in looking for a takedown. Croix tries to sprawl out of it but Shaw keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Croix manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Croix lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Shaw throws a head kick that misses.
Shaw throws a push kick but Croix slaps the foot to one side.
Croix throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tony Croix is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Croix scores with a jab. Shaw acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Shaw swings for the body but Croix moves out of range.
Shaw slips a jab and a cross from Croix.
Shaw's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Croix connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Shaw scrambles back to his feet.
Don Shaw seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Croix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Croix misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Croix throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Croix looks to land a right hand but Shaw moved out of range.
Shaw pushes Croix away with a front kick.
Tony Croix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shaw shoots in and bounces Croix off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Shaw forces his way into half guard.
Shaw with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Shaw landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shaw uses his free foot to push down on Croix's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Croix.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shaw looking to control but Croix is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shaw sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Shaw lands with some strikes.
Tony Croix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Don Shaw is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shaw with a couple of short strikes.
Shaw unloads with some shots from mount but Croix bucks and avoids them well.
Shaw is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Croix is surviving well by controlling Shaw's body position as best he can.
Shaw tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw wants to control the pace but Croix is squirming around nicely.
Shaw controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shaw wants to control the pace but Croix is squirming around nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Don Shaw comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shaw has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Shaw!
During a confident post fight interview, Don Shaw thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Riku Noitalahti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Gavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gavin has chosen Bisz (B.O.K) vs Arctic Monkeys - Za bardzo (video mash-up) as his entrance music. Dennis Gavin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Riku Noitalahti's chin.
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26
269 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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25
281 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
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Dangerous knees
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Riku Noitalahti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dennis Gavin!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noitalahti throws a push kick but Gavin slaps the foot to one side.
Jab by Gavin.
It looks like Riku Noitalahti has been cut.
Noitalahti wants to clinch
and Gavin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab from Gavin misses.
Noitalahti jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Dennis Gavin has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noitalahti goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gavin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A good leg kick by Noitalahti.
Noitalahti lands a jab to Gavin's midsection.
Noitalahti misses with a body kick.
Noitalahti bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Noitalahti lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gavin looks gassed!
Gavin tries to get into range but Noitalahti steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Gavin! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Noitalahti scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Riku Noitalahti!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Plo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Brevik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Plo comes to the cage accompanied by ISIS - Grinning Mouths. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Patrick Plo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donald Brevik!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brevik slips under a jab from Plo.
Plo throws out a loose jab but Brevik uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brevik ducks under a wild hook from Plo.
Brevik wants to clinch up but Plo keeps it at a distance.
Plo looks to land a left hand but Brevik moved out of range nicely.
Plo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brevik.
Brevik misses with a body kick.
Plo misses the shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for Plo.
Brevik thumps Plo with a low kick.
Plo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brevik uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Plo.
Brevik looks to score with a jab to the body but Plo is just out of range.
Brevik stuffs the takedown attempt from Plo. Plo gets slowly back to his feet.
Brevik is looking to clinch but Plo is avoiding it.
Brevik forces Plo back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brevik unloads a knee to the mid-section. Plo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Plo fails to pull guard.
Brevik lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Plo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Plo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brevik pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Plo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Plo is looking for a takedown.
Plo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Plo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brevik lands a knee to the body.
Plo is trying to pull guard but Brevik has him pressed against the cage.
Plo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Plo pulls guard successfully.
Brevik content to stall in guard here.
Plo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brevik controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Donald Brevik has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Plo avoids the body shot from Brevik.
Brevik fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brevik misses with a wild body shot.
Brevik misses with a body kick.
Brevik moves into the clinch.
Plo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Plo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Plo missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Brevik.
It looks like Patrick Plo has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brevik trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Plo - that landed with a thud.
Brevik lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brevik tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Plo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brevik lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Plo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brevik just stands there and leans against the cage.
Plo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Plo avoiding damage as Brevik throws knees to the body.
Plo fails to pull guard.
Brevik blocks an uppercut.
Plo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brevik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Plo is defending well for now.
Plo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Plo lands an uppercut.
Plo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brevik just stands there and leans against the cage.
Plo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brevik walks away with a smile on his face. Plo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Donald Brevik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Plo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Plo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brevik.
Plo just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Brevik tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Plo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brevik tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Plo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Brevik looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
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!
Brevik is letting Plo control him for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brevik prevents Plo from improving position.
Brevik wants to control but Plo postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A lull in the action here.
Brevik struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Donald Brevik will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Patrick Plo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Plo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brevik moves away.
Brevik tries to clinch but Plo moves out of range.
Brevik clinches up with Plo and pushes him back against the cage.
Brevik putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Plo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Plo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Brevik fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Brevik takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brevik misses with a kick to the body.
Plo moves out of range as Brevik throws a body kick.
Plo blocks a head kick by Brevik.
Brevik needs to keep his hands up - Plo had a free shot at his head there.
Plo misses with an uppercut. Brevik saw that one coming.
Plo swings for the body but Brevik moves out of range.
Brevik tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brevik has taken the fight to the clinch.
Plo misses with a body punch.
Plo misses with the head strike.
Plo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Brevik to keep the fight standing.
Brevik landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brevik is struggling to control the position.
Brevik landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brevik scores a nice knee to the body.
Brevik utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Plo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brevik avoids it.
Brevik landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Plo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brevik just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Plo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Plo tries a body shot but Brevik blocks it.
Plo working aggressively here.
Plo is trying to pull guard but Brevik turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Brevik lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brevik scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brevik tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Plo avoids it.
Plo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brevik just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brevik landing knees to the head.
Plo is rocked!
Brevik with a knee to the head.
Oh Plo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brevik lands a knee to the body.
Brevik landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Brevik.
Brevik unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Brevik.
Donald Brevik seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brevik is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Brevik.
Brevik with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brevik connects with a nasty looking knee right to Plo's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brevik.
Brevik using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brevik lands an elbow just above Plo 's eye.
Brevik blocks an uppercut.
Brevik gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brevik comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brevik lands a knee to the body.
Plo is trying to maintain a safe position but Brevik gets an underhook and turns Plo into the cage.
Brevik lands a knee to the body.
Brevik unloads a knee to the mid-section. Plo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brevik with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brevik lands an elbow that stopped Plo in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brevik obliges.
Brevik lands an elbow inside.
Brevik lands a nice knee to the body.
Brevik lands an elbow inside that Plo shrugs off.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brevik as Plo tries to tie him up.
Plo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Plo throws an elbow but it misses.
Plo tries for a takedown but Brevik manages to get underhooks.
Brevik lands a good knee to the midsection. Plo won't want to take too many of those.
Brevik stalling.
Plo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brevik unloads a knee to the mid-section. Plo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brevik lands a knee to the body.
Brevik scores with a knee to the head.
Brevik is pushing Plo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brevik is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brevik with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brevik landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Plo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Plo moves out of range as Brevik strikes.
Plo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brevik.
Plo blocks a head kick by Brevik.
Plo misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plo lands an overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Plo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brevik is fending him off so far but Plo persists. Nope, Brevik circles away and we're back to standing.
Donald Brevik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Plo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brevik throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brevik misses with a body kick.
Plo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brevik.
Plo digs a good body shot into Brevik's ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brevik.
Plo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brevik can pounce on him.
Plo misses with a left hand
and Brevik counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Plo thinking.
Brevik pushes Plo up against the cage in a clinch.
Plo seems to have got his legs back now.
Brevik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Plo is defending well for now.
Brevik missing with knees to the body.
Brevik with a knee to the head.
Plo managing to block the knees to the body from Brevik.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Plo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Plo gets control of Brevik's arms and successfully pulls guard. Plo will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Plo is controlling Brevik's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donald Brevik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Patrick Plo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Brevik thows a left - swing and a miss!
Plo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Plo looks to throw the jab but Brevik is out of range.
Plo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brevik.
Brevik ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Plo moves away.
Plo misses with a straight left.
Plo avoids a kick to the body.
Plo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brevik throws a head kick but Plo moves out of range.
Brevik throws a half hearted mid kick.
Brevik closes the distance and clinches.
Plo tries to pull guard but Brevik holds him up against the cage and eventually Plo drops back down to his feet.
Plo pulls Brevik into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brevik trying to control the position from guard on top but Plo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Plo looking to control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Brevik wants to stand but Plo is controlling his posture from full guard.
Plo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Donald Brevik.
Plo takes one on the button.
Brevik cracks the inside of Plo's front leg.
Plo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Brevik stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brevik throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brevik misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Plo.
Brevik throws a head kick that half lands.
Plo misses with a hook.
Plo checks a leg kick nicely.
Plo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Plo digs a good hook to Brevik's body.
Plo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Plo looks to throw the jab but Brevik is out of range.
Donald Brevik seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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!
Brevik drives through and clinches with Plo against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brevik displaying some good clinch control by pressing Plo up against the cage.
Plo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brevik lands a damaging elbow.
Brevik with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Plo fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Plo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brevik just misses with a elbow thrown towards Plo's brow.
Brevik prevents a body shot from Plo.
Brevik tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Plo avoids it.
Brevik tries to land knees in the clinch but Plo avoids the damage to the body.
Brevik lands a shot to the body.
Plo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brevik smiles and moves away.
Plo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Brevik tries to clinch there but Plo circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brevik moves into the clinch.
Brevik managing to block the knees to the body from Plo.
Plo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Brevik to keep the fight standing.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brevik.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plo fails to pull guard.
Plo avoiding damage as Brevik throws knees to the body.
Plo tries to pull guard but Brevik holds him up against the cage and eventually Plo drops back down to his feet.
Brevik prevents the takedown attempt.
Brevik lands an elbow inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Plo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Plo tries to pull guard but Brevik won't allow it.
Plo takes an elbow to the temple.
Brevik connects with a nasty looking knee right to Plo's face.
Plo misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donald Brevik really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patrick Plo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Brevik bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Plo avoids the body shot from Brevik.
Plo avoids the body shot from Brevik.
Brevik is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Plo rather than just go for the knockout.
Plo looks to land a right hand but Brevik moved out of range.
Plo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brevik slips a straight right by Plo.
Brevik throws a head kick that misses.
Brevik lands with an overhand left.
Donk. Plo catches Brevik right on the button with a cross.
Plo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Breviks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Plo looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Plo trying to control but Brevik is working from the bottom.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brevik has Plo pulled in close to control his posture.
Plo throws a strike but Brevik rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Plo keeping moving, preventing Brevik from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Donald Brevik.
Brevik tries to clinch there but Plo circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brevik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brevik throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brevik misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Plo.
Brevik tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Plo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Plo gets tackled into the cage by Brevik. Brevik maintains the clinch.
Plo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Plo drags the fight down to the ground.
Brevik won't allow Plo to sweep him here.
Brevik pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Plo is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Plo is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Patrick Plo.
Plo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brevik misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Plo.
Plo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brevik was well out of range. Poor timing from Plo.
Plo scores with a jab to the body.
Plo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brevik lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big right from Brevik misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brevik throws a body punch but Plo moves out of range.
Brevik slips a jab from Plo.
Plo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Plo looks to throw the jab but Brevik is out of range.
Brevik throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brevik staying out of range there.
Plo shoots in but no luck this time.
Brevik is looking to clinch.
Brevik throws a wild body kick that Plo sees coming a mile off.
Brevik throws a body punch but Plo moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Plo checks a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brevik.
Plo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brevik.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Patrick Plo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Patrick Plo's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Brevik gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Plo is looking to control Brevik's arms but Brevik gets an underhook and turns him. Now Plo has his back to the cage.
Brevik avoiding damage as Plo throws knees to the body.
Plo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brevik wants to stall.
Brevik putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Plo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Plo can't break the clinch.
Plo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brevik blocks an elbow strike.
Plo wants the takedown. Brevik is fighting it off but Plo persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Brevik's guard against the cage.
Brevik is looking to stand up but Plo isn't so interested in that idea.
Plo throwing strikes from guard but Brevik blocks nicely.
Plo working some strikes from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brevik keeping moving, preventing Plo from controlling successfully.
Brevik looking to hit a scissor sweep but Plo is one step ahead there.
Brevik keeping moving, preventing Plo from controlling successfully.
Plo throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plo trying to control the position from guard on top but Brevik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Patrick Plo just wasn't active enough.
Plo throws a jab but it's blocked by Brevik.
Brevik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Plo lands a jab to Brevik's midsection.
Brevik throws a head kick that misses.
Plo throws a big shot that misses.
Plo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brevik throws a hook to the side of Plo's head but Plo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brevik moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Plo works over Brevik's head and body with a nice combination.
Plo throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plo swings for the body but Brevik moves out of range.
Plo avoids the body shot from Brevik.
Brevik scores with a nice body kick.
Plo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brevik's head backwards.
Brevik buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Plo misses with a hook
and Brevik counters with an outside leg kick.
Brevik swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Plo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Plo thuds his right hand into Brevik's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A swing and a miss from Plo.
Brevik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Plo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Plo misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Brevik lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Plo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Plo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brevik moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brevik tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Plo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice sprawl there from Brevik as Plo shoots in.
Donald Brevik is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Brevik lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Brevik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Plo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Plo throws a body punch but Brevik moves out of range.
Patrick Plo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A looping hook to the body misses from Brevik. Plo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brevik chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Plo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brevik.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brevik throws a lazy uppercut
and Plo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brevik throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brevik slaps away a takedown attempt from Plo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
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 Patrick Plo.
I think Brevik has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 47:48
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 46:50
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 48:48
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Donald Brevik!
Donald Brevik is the new featherweight champion!
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