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IMMA ASS BEATER RD1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ken Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Naomasa Yi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ken Hansen had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ken Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Naomasa Yi!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hansen.
Hansen shoots in looking for a takedown but Yi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hansen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hansen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yi circles away quickly and effectively.
Yi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Yi misses the target.
Hansen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hansen is out of range.
Hansen tries a head kick but it misses.
Yi leaves Hansen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hansen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hansen connects with a solid leg kick.
Hansen throws a hook but Yi avoids it easily.
Ken Hansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yi stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Yi wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yi.
A slow jab from Yi misses its intended target.
Hansen staying out of range there.
Yi throws out a loose jab but Hansen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yi blocks a head kick by Hansen.
Yi misses with an uppercut. Hansen saw that one coming.
Hansen tries for a takedown but Yi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Yi tries to bum rush Hansen with a series of wild strikes but Hansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hansen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hansen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Yi as he avoids it easily.
Yi throws a hook but Hansen avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yi.
Hansen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hansen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hansen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Yi is trying to get back to full guard.
Hansen wants to free his trapped foot but Yi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Yi moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hansen trying to control the position from guard on top but Yi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hansen is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hansen wants to control from the top but Yi keeps moving.
Hansen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yi isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Hansen stacks Yi on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Hansen!
Hansen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Yi down.
Yi is letting Hansen control him for a moment.
Check out the look on Hansen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Yi is looking to reverse the position.
Yi trying to remain calm as Hansen controls from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Yi rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Hansen's guard! Nice work there by Yi!
Hansen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Yi looking to sit in guard and control but Hansen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hansen sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hansen trying to control but Yi is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hansen sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Hansen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hansen moves away from the strike by Yi.
Ken Hansen is winning the standup battle so far.
Hansen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hansen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hansen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yi throws a lazy right hand but Hansen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yi lands an overhand right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hansen.
Hansen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yi was well out of range. Poor timing from Hansen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hansen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yi sprawls well. Yi wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hansen gets slowly back to his feet.
Yi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yi shoots in but Hansen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hansen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yi misses with a few strikes there.
Hansen feints and then cracks Yi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yi down.
Ken Hansen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hansen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Yi throws a poor cross that misses
and Hansen counters with a nice double leg into 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.
Yi keeping moving, preventing Hansen from controlling successfully.
Hansen stands and steps away. Yi gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Crunch! Hansen slams his shin into Yi's torso.
Yi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nice uppercut lands for Yi. That snapped Hansen's head back.
Yi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hansen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hansen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Hansen.
Yi seems a little lost for a moment, as Hansen dominates the positioning.
Hansen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Yi down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen is looking to take a break and control but Yi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hansen looking to control but instead Yi has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Hansen trying to control from half guard but Yi is working away.
Hansen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ken Hansen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yi is refusing to be controlled, as Hansen sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen wants to work for an arm triangle but Yi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hansen is keen to just control but Yi is a slippery customer.
Nice strikes from Hansen there.
Hansen trying to control the pace.
Hansen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hansen thows a huge punch but Yi dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Hansen dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Hansen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A good leg kick by Hansen.
Yi slaps away a takedown attempt from Hansen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hansen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yi circles away quickly and effectively.
Yi throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Hansen tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Yi is in Hansen's guard.
Hansen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Yi postures up in Hansen's guard and throws a big left but Hansen blocks it.
Yi postures up.
Hansen looking to control but Yi passes into half guard.
Hansen wants to improve his position but Yi is controlling well.
Yi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi is looking to stall here but Hansen recovers full guard.
Yi postures up.
Hansen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yi.
Hansen wants to sweep but no luck.
Hansen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yi.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hansen wants to sweep but no luck.
Yi drops back looking for a leg! Hansen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hansen manages to kick Yi off! Yi jumps back into Hansen's guard.
Hansen wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yi connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yi being controlled here momentarily.
Yi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hansen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Yi wants to control from the top but Hansen keeps moving.
Hansen working for a triangle but Yi defends it easily.
Yi stopping the sweep attempt from Hansen.
Yi postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen looking for a triangle here. Yi is fighting it but it looks tight! Hansen pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Yi is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ken Hansen!
Ken Hansen thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Chimpo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Remy Hoost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chimpo comes to the cage accompanied by On The Darkside. Hoost has chosen Man With A Harmonica as his entrance music. Remy Hoost told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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190 lbs
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178 lbs
19 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Chimpo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Remy Hoost!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chimpo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hoost throws a leg kick but Chimpo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chimpo swats away the attempt to clinch by Hoost.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chimpo. Hoost does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chimpo throws a right and a left that Hoost avoids nicely.
Chimpo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Chimpo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hoost's head.
Chimpo trying to pass the guard but Hoost defending well.
Chimpo is looking for a kimura here.
Hoost really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chimpo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chimpo has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Hoost defend it? Chimpo steps over the head and cranks it - Hoost is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Chimpo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Johnny Chimpo!
During a confident post fight interview, Johnny Chimpo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Morgan Hilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason McFadden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McFadden is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Nobodies By Marilyn Manson . Morgan Hilton is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Excellent boxer
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Morgan Hilton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason McFadden!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McFadden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hilton.
A lazy left from McFadden finds it's target.
Nice defenses there by Hilton.
Hilton bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Jason McFadden has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McFadden keeps the fight on the outside.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
McFadden circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hilton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hilton tries to clinch up but McFadden circles away and keeps his distance.
McFadden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McFadden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hilton.
Hilton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McFadden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hilton moves away.
McFadden keeps the fight on the outside.
McFadden misses with a straight right.
McFadden misses with a jab, cross combination.
McFadden throws a big shot that misses.
Hilton cracks McFadden with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Hilton has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning McFadden to stand back up!
McFadden lands a nice looking body shot.
McFadden avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hilton closes the distance and clinches.
The referee calls for Hilton to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFadden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McFadden keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Hilton does no damage.
McFadden lands a really nice looking cross but Hilton seems unphased.
Hilton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A punch combination from McFadden misses.
Hilton wants to clinch up but McFadden keeps it at a distance.
McFadden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some wild striking there from Hilton.
A telegraphed right hand from Hilton misses the target.
Hilton avoids a punch combination nicely.
McFadden circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hilton wants to clinch up but McFadden keeps it at a distance.
A swing and a miss from McFadden.
Hilton clinches up with McFadden and pushes him back against the cage.
McFadden is looking to break free of the clinch but Hilton has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Hilton.
McFadden looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Hilton scores with a nice short uppercut.
That has opened up Jason McFadden's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McFadden working hard to break the clinch.
Hilton just leaning against McFadden, taking a breather.
McFadden wants to get back to striking at distance but Hilton won't allow it.
Hilton holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hilton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The cut above Jason McFadden's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A nice left hand lands by Hilton.
Hilton lands a body punch in the clinch.
McFadden is trying to force a seperation but Hilton has the dominant position.
Hilton lands a hook that snaps the head of McFadden backwards.
Hilton lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Hilton - that landed with a thud.
Hilton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McFadden is looking to break free of the clinch but Hilton has double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jason McFadden's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Hilton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hilton stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hilton throws a punch but it's blocked by McFadden.
Hilton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McFaddens head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jason McFadden's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Morgan Hilton!
A victorious Morgan Hilton thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Heizel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Binzo Binzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heizel comes to the cage accompanied by Doctor Doctor. Binzo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hair of the Dog by Nazareth. On his way into the cage it seems that Matt Heizel has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Matt Heizel seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Heizel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Binzo Binzo!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Binzo misses with a straight left.
Binzo slips a straight right by Heizel.
Heizel scores with a kick to the midsection.
Heizel just misses with a punch to the body.
Binzo misses with a looping left.
Heizel misses with a looping right.
Heizel connects with a body shot.
Heizel misses with a low kick.
Binzo throws a one two combo.
A clash of legs there as Heizel blocks the low kick.
Binzo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Heizel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Binzo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Binzo connects with a body shot that sends Heizel's belly button to the back.
Binzo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Heizel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Binzo feints and then cracks Heizel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Heizel down.
A clash of legs there as Binzo blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Heizel 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 Binzo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Binzo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jab by Binzo.
Binzo gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heizel.
Heizel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Binzo.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Heizel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Heizel taking a breather.
Binzo misses with a punch to the body.
Heizel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Heizel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Matt Heizel.
Binzo looks to throw the jab but Heizel is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heizel pivots, looking for a leg kick but Binzo is out of range and Heizel settles back down.
Heizel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Matt Heizel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Binzo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Donk. Binzo catches Heizel right on the button with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heizel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heizel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Heizel throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Heizel on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Binzo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Heizel misses with a punch to the body.
Binzo tries a body shot but Heizel blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Binzo.
Heizel cracks Binzo with a nice body shot.
Heizel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Heizel is trying to stall.
Binzo misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Binzo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Binzo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heizel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Binzo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heizel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heizel blocks an uppercut.
Binzo lands a left hand.
Binzo keeps control of Heizel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Heizel - that landed with a thud.
Binzo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Binzo scores with a shot to the side of Heizel's head.
Binzo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Binzo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heizel is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Heizel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Binzo.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Heizel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Binzo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A clash of legs there as Binzo blocks the low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Heizel checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Binzo cracks Heizel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Heizel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Binzo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Heizel blocks a head kick by Binzo.
Binzo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Binzo moves out of range of the leg kick from Heizel.
Heizel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Binzo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Binzo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heizel.
Heizel feints and then cracks Binzo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Binzo down.
Binzo throws a leg kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Binzo Binzo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Heizel lands with an uppercut that bounces Binzo off the cage and back into range.
Heizel throws a leg kick but Binzo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice shot by Heizel.
Binzo takes a swing at Heizel's ribcage but misses.
Binzo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Heizel.
Binzo cracks Heizel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Heizel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Binzo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Heizel.
Binzo avoids the head kick by Heizel.
Heizel moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Binzo misses with a double jab.
Heizel slips a jab and a cross from Binzo.
Binzo throws a sloppy head kick and Heizel moves out of range easily.
Binzo Binzo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Heizel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Binzo was well out of range. Poor timing from Heizel.
Heizel takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heizel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Binzo was well out of range. Poor timing from Heizel.
Heizel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Binzo's sensitive parts.
Heizel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Binzo connects with an inside leg kick.
Heizel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Heizel misses with a leg kick.
Heizel is looking to slow Binzo down with leg kicks.
Heizel throws a chopping leg kick but Binzo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Heizel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Heizel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heizel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Heizel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Binzo.
Heizel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Heizel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Binzo doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Binzo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Heizel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Binzo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Binzo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Heizel misses with a body shot.
Heizel blocks a leg kick.
Binzo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Binzo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Heizel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Heizel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Heizel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Heizel trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Binzo tries to free his leg and advance position but Heizel is retaining full guard.
Heizel wants to sweep here but Binzo controlling him for the moment.
Heizel keeping moving, preventing Binzo from controlling successfully.
Heizel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Binzo.
Binzo prevents Heizel from getting back to his feet.
Heizel keeping moving, preventing Binzo from controlling successfully.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Heizel lets loose with a powerful body kick. Binzo will feel that in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heizel takes a jab right on the kisser.
Binzo scores with a nice right hand.
Heizel connects with a crisp jab.
Heizel stuns Binzo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Heizel keeps Binzo at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Binzo throws a head kick but Heizel moves out of range.
Binzo swings for the body but Heizel moves out of range.
Heizel will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
An inside leg kick lands from Heizel.
Binzo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Heizel's calf.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Binzo misses with a leg kick
and Heizel counters with a nice leg kick.
Heizel throws a head kick that misses.
Binzo throws a hook to the side of Heizel's head but Heizel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Heizel dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Binzo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heizel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heizel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Heizel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Binzo.
Binzo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Binzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Heizel thows a body shot but no joy.
Heizel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Binzo tests Heizel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Binzo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Heizel swings for the body but Binzo moves out of range.
Binzo sizes up Heizel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Binzo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Binzo walks into a straight right hand from Heizel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Binzo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Heizel.
Heizel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Binzo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Binzo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Heizel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Binzo, right into the meat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Heizel.
Binzo thumps Heizel with a low kick.
Binzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heizel moves away.
Binzo throws a leg kick but Heizel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Heizel scores with a shot to the body.
Binzo misses with a double jab.
Binzo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Heizel.
Heizel misses with a wild body shot.
Heizel tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Heizel is looking to wear down Binzo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Binzo misses with a shot to the body
and Heizel counters with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Binzo tried to score with a low kick but Heizel checks it.
Heizel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Binzo.
Binzo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Binzo loads up on a big right hand but Heizel slips the punch.
Heizel tests Binzo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Binzo scores with a decent looking hook.
Binzo feints and as Heizel raises his hands in defense, Binzo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Binzo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Heizel is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Heizel wants to sweep but no luck.
Binzo wants to control from the top but Heizel keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Binzo is looking to work some ground and pound but Heizel has wrist control.
Heizel trying to control the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Binzo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Binzo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Heizel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Binzo throws an elbow that misses. Heizel uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Binzo's guard. Nice move by Heizel!
Heizel wants to control from the top but Binzo keeps moving.
Heizel preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Binzo working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Heizel has passed into half guard!
Binzo is looking to improve his position.
Binzo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Heizel's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Heizel's back!
Binzo is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heizel manages to scramble and ends up in full guard, under a barage of strikes . Great composure from Heizel.
And that's the end of the fight!
Binzo Binzo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Binzo 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Binzo Binzo!
Binzo Binzo very nearly forgot to thank Empire Threads - The Best $15 You've Ever Spent! amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeramiah Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lasse Lasileuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeramiah Rose has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeramiah Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lasse Lasileuka!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lasileuka clinches up with Rose and pushes him back against the cage.
Rose wants to get back to striking at distance but Lasileuka won't allow it.
Lasileuka misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rose tries to circle away but Lasileuka has him pinned against the cage.
Rose working hard to break the clinch.
Lasileuka tries a body shot but Rose blocks it.
Rose really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rose pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lasileuka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lasileuka works Rose's body with a nice hook.
Lasileuka tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
Lasse Lasileuka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose takes a swing at Lasileuka's ribcage but misses.
Lasileuka instigates a clinch.
Lasileuka blocks an uppercut.
Rose is trying to break the clinch but Lasileuka is controlling him.
Rose blocks a body shot from Lasileuka.
Good body shot from Lasileuka.
Lasileuka tries a body shot but Rose blocks it.
Rose has a couple of punches blocked by Lasileuka.
Lasileuka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lasileuka holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Lasileuka on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Lasileuka.
Lasileuka lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lasileuka has Rose pressed against the cage, preventing Rose from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rose.
The referee calls for Lasileuka to work.
A short left from Lasileuka.
Rose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rose breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lasileuka is looking to clinch but Rose is avoiding it.
Lasileuka moves out of range as Rose strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rose throws a hook to the side of Lasileuka's head but Lasileuka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lasileuka wants to clinch up but Rose keeps it at a distance.
Rose throws a looping overhand right but Lasileuka ducks down to avoid it.
Lasileuka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rose can pounce on him.
Lasileuka is looking to clinch but Rose is avoiding it.
Rose throws a leg kick but Lasileuka moved away.
Lasileuka is looking to clinch but Rose is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lasileuka wants to clinch up but Rose keeps it at a distance.
A combination from Rose does no damage.
Rose waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lasileuka.
Rose clobbers Lasileuka with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rose keeps the fight on the outside.
Lasileuka misses with an uppercut.
Lasileuka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rose throws a body punch but Lasileuka moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lasileuka checks it well.
Rose throws a hook but Lasileuka blocks it.
Rose lands with a good body shot.
Rose avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lasileuka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lasileuka clinches.
Rose breaks the clinch.
Rose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lasileuka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rose.
Rose swings for the body but Lasileuka moves out of range.
Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lasileuka tries to clinch but Rose is having none of it.
Lasileuka misses with a lunging right hand
and Rose counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rose swats away the attempt to clinch by Lasileuka.
Rose is looking to wear down Lasileuka with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A big left from Rose misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rose, right into the meat.
Rose tries to keep at a distance but Lasileuka has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lasileuka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lasileuka tries to work over Rose's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lasileuka keeps control of Rose as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lasileuka is working Rose over against the cage.
Rose has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lasileuka scores with a shoulder strike.
Rose's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lasileuka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lasileuka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rose.
Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rose tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lasileuka is able to avoid easily.
Lasileuka tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
Rose slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lasileuka takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice shot by Rose.
Rose scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lasileuka moves out of range as Rose strikes.
Lasileuka swinging wildly here.
Lasileuka misses with a body shot.
Lasileuka tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
Lasileuka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rose swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lasileuka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rose.
Lasileuka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Lasse Lasileuka will probably get the nod.
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.
Rose looks to score with a jab to the body but Lasileuka is just out of range.
Lasileuka wants to clinch up but Rose keeps it at a distance.
Rose throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rose fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lasileuka misses with a hook. Rose ducked under it nicely.
Lasileuka moves away from the strike by Rose.
Rose feints a jab promting Lasileuka to slip. Rose then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lasileuka slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lasileuka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lasileuka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lasileuka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rose swats away the attempt to clinch by Lasileuka.
Lasileuka is looking to clinch but Rose is avoiding it.
Lasileuka looks to land a left hand but Rose moved out of range nicely.
Lasileuka tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rose counters with a leg kick.
Lasileuka is looking to clinch.
Rose connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lasileuka wants to clinch.
Rose misses with an uppercut. Lasileuka saw that one coming.
Lasileuka moves into range and clinches up with Rose.
Lasileuka has a couple of punches blocked by Rose.
Rose tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lasileuka's elbow.
Rose wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rose tries to break the clinch but Lasileuka is controlling the position.
Rose working hard to break the clinch.
Lasileuka misses with some punches.
Rose tries to work over Lasileuka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lasileuka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lasse Lasileuka seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rose can't break the clinch.
Rose is looking to break free of the clinch but Lasileuka has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rose.
Lasileuka tries to work over Rose's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rose looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rose is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Rose's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lasileuka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Rose looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lasileuka tries to throw a body punch but Rose avoids it by throwing Lasileuka back against the cage.
Lasileuka lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rose is trying to break the clinch but Lasileuka is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Rose's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lasileuka misses with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose tries to circle away but Lasileuka has him pinned against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Lasileuka.
Lasileuka tries to work over Rose's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lasileuka digs a right hand into Rose's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rose's gas tank.
Lasileuka prevents a body shot from Rose.
Rose's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lasileuka wants to clinch.
Lasileuka tries to clinch up.
Rose throws a leg kick which misses Lasileuka's front leg but catches the back leg as Lasileuka tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lasileuka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lasileuka ducks under a wild hook from Rose.
Jeramiah Rose is winning the standup battle so far.
Rose looks to throw the jab but Lasileuka is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lasileuka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rose. That's going to slow Lasileuka down.
Lasileuka closes the distance and pushes Rose back into the cage.
Rose is trying to push Lasileuka away but Lasileuka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rose breaks from the clinch.
Lasileuka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lasileuka tries to clinch but Rose moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rose.
Lasileuka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rose.
Rose throws a leg kick but Lasileuka checks it.
Lasileuka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lasileuka tries to clinch there but Rose circles away.
Lasileuka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rose was well out of range. Poor timing from Lasileuka.
Lasileuka fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lasileuka wants to clinch
and Rose counters with a left and a right that stings Lasileuka.
Lasileuka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A punch combination from Rose misses.
Lasileuka connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rose motions for Lasileuka to come forward. Rose throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
Lasileuka lands a nice hook to Rose's body. Rose takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rose jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lasileuka is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Lasileuka is looking to clinch but Rose is avoiding it.
Lasileuka doesn't manage to clinch there - Rose circles away.
Lasileuka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rose moves away.
Rose getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lasileuka staying out of range there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rose's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rose duly obliges.
Lasileuka tries to close the distance and clinch but Rose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lasileuka moves into the clinch.
Lasileuka scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jeramiah Rose will probably get the nod.
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. And we move into the final round!
Lasileuka wants to clinch
and Rose connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rose misses with an uppercut.
Rose swats away the attempt to clinch by Lasileuka.
Rose scores with a nice head shot.
Rose lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lasileuka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lasileuka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rose.
Rose tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lasileuka was well out of range. Poor timing from Rose.
Lasileuka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rose.
Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
Rose throws a hook to the side of Lasileuka's head but Lasileuka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lasileuka is looking to clinch but Rose is avoiding it.
Lasileuka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lasileuka tries to clinch there but Rose circles away.
Lasileuka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rose uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lasileuka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lasileuka catches Rose with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lasileuka is looking to clinch but Rose is avoiding it.
Lasileuka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rose. Rose obviously looking to wear him down.
Lasileuka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rose swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rose misses with a straight right.
Lasileuka clinches.
Rose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rose pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
Lasileuka tries to clinch but Rose moves out of range.
Lasileuka tries to close the distance and clinch but Rose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rose lands a body shot.
Lasileuka misses with a body shot
and Rose counters with a straight right hand.
That kick from Rose tenderised Lasileuka's leg. Lasileuka is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rose lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lasileuka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lasileuka tries to clinch there but Rose circles away.
Lasileuka closes the distance and pushes Rose back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lasileuka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lasileuka makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rose wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rose breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rose ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lasileuka wants to clinch.
Rose dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rose swats away the attempt to clinch by Lasileuka.
Rose is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lasileuka pushes Rose up against the cage in a clinch.
Rose is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rose wants to break free but Lasileuka has control.
Rose tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lasileuka's elbow.
Rose blocks a body shot from Lasileuka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rose lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lasileuka is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rose is keeping busy.
Rose wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lasileuka misses with a punch on the inside.
Lasileuka cracks Rose with a nice body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Lasileuka.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lasileuka lands a nice shot to the body.
Rose wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lasileuka tries to throw a body punch but Rose avoids it by throwing Lasileuka back against the cage.
Lasileuka pushes Rose back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lasileuka lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lasileuka will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rose up against the cage.
Lasileuka lands a body punch.
Lasileuka avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lasileuka scores with a hook to the body.
Lasileuka lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Lasileuka keeps control of Rose as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lasileuka controlling the action here for a moment.
Rose is trying to break the clinch but Lasileuka has him pressed against the cage.
Lasileuka slows down the pace here.
Rose working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lasileuka lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lasileuka lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rose.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lasileuka is leaning against Rose and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lasileuka lands with a short shot to the head.
Lasileuka tries a body shot but Rose blocks it.
Lasileuka digs a right hand into Rose's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rose's gas tank.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lasse Lasileuka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lasileuka has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lasse Lasileuka!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Lasse Lasileuka made sure he mentioned Fight Day Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Kyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Waclav Szbrjcik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle comes to the cage accompanied by UFC - Face the Pain . The crowd seem to be enjoying Szbrjcik's choice of entrance music: Public Enemy ft. Anthrax : Bring The Noise. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Kyle !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Waclav Szbrjcik!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyle tries to clinch
and Szbrjcik counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Szbrjcik sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kyle 's guard.
Szbrjcik scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Szbrjcik drops an elbow to the side of Kyle 's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kyle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Szbrjcik.
Szbrjcik stands up from half guard.
Kyle wants to clinch up but Szbrjcik keeps it at a distance.
Kyle forces Szbrjcik back against the cage and clinches.
Kyle is looking to break free of the clinch but Szbrjcik has double underhooks.
Szbrjcik tries a knee to the head but Kyle blocks it.
Szbrjcik wants a takedown.
Kyle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kyle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kyle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kyle wants to clinch but Szbrjcik slips to the side
and Szbrjcik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Mike Kyle has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Szbrjcik shoots in for a takedown but Kyle shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kyle throws a head kick but Szbrjcik moves out of range.
Szbrjcik dives in and scores a takedown into Kyle 's guard.
Szbrjcik stops Kyle from standing up.
Kyle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Szbrjcik prevents Kyle from getting back to his feet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Szbrjcik's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Szbrjcik landing with the ground and pound.
Szbrjcik wants to control from the top but Kyle keeps moving.
Szbrjcik throwing strikes but missing.
Kyle seems keen to control Szbrjcik's posture.
Szbrjcik stands and throws Kyle 's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Szbrjcik working the ground and pound.
Szbrjcik lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Szbrjcik scoring with punches from side control.
Kyle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Szbrjcik on the ground.
Szbrjcik working the body and head with strikes.
Szbrjcik thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kyle is looking for a sweep.
Szbrjcik in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Szbrjcik working the ground and pound.
Szbrjcik is looking to take a break and control but Kyle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kyle is looking to regain half guard here but Szbrjcik keeps moving and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kyle wants to get back to his feet.
Kyle tries to bench press Szbrjcik off him but Szbrjcik keeps the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szbrjcik tries to move to mount but Kyle blocks the move with his legs.
Szbrjcik has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Szbrjcik cracks Kyle with a big right hand but Kyle just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kyle is looking to get back to his feet here but Szbrjcik is keeping cool and he's managed to take Kyle 's back.
Kyle is covering up but some of the strikes from Szbrjcik are getting through and doing damage.
Szbrjcik has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Kyle .
Mike Kyle 's cut is getting worse.
Szbrjcik has Kyle flattened out and is raining down punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kyle tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Szbrjcik wants to finish this one by submission but Kyle is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Szbrjcik.
Szbrjcik working Kyle over with strikes here.
Mike Kyle 's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Szbrjcik postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kyle looks a forlorn figure.
Jeez, Mike Kyle 's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Kyle 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Waclav Szbrjcik!
Waclav Szbrjcik very nearly forgot to thank Punishment Nutrition - All 159Q products now $75 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sun Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy Krueger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kato comes to the cage accompanied by STILL BALLIN. Krueger has chosen Freddy's Coming For You as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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
23 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sun Kato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Freddy Krueger!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krueger closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kato.
Krueger throws a hook to the side of Kato's head but Kato sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krueger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Kato.
Krueger doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Kato. Beautiful body shot.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.
Kato tries to land a front kick but Krueger steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Krueger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
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!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kato.
Kato ducks under a wild hook from Krueger.
Kato checks a low kick from Krueger.
Krueger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kato clinches up with Krueger and pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Kato.
Kato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kato as Krueger tries to tie him up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krueger lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kato or not.
Krueger has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kato avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Krueger is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Kato can't fight it off and eventually Krueger manages to take the fight to the floor. Kato looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kato has his hands on Krueger's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kato wants to sweep but no luck.
Krueger throws a strike but Kato rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Krueger keeping moving, preventing Kato from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Krueger is proving hard to escape from.
Kato is pushing down on Krueger's leg trying to pass to half guard. Krueger is fighting to maintain full guard but Kato has managed to sneak the leg through.
Kato wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Krueger uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Kato showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krueger working for a triangle but Kato defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krueger keeping full guard, as Kato tries to pass.
Kato wants to control from the top but Krueger keeps moving.
Kato is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Krueger is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
We're going to have a standup here because Sun Kato wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Krueger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Krueger dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kato lands a nice hook to Krueger's body. Krueger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Krueger avoids the body shot from Kato.
Kato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krueger cracks Kato with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato lands with a kick to the temple. Krueger shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kato avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krueger scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Krueger, right into the meat.
Krueger checks a low kick from Kato.
Kato uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Krueger has time to react.
Kato throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Krueger counters with a three punch combo that has Kato backing up. Kato nods at Krueger to acknowledge the strikes.
Kato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krueger manages to avoid it.
Krueger throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kato.
Krueger lands with a hook. Kato tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kato throws a lazy uppercut
and Krueger counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krueger throws a body punch but Kato moves out of range.
Krueger cracks Kato with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Krueger fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kato on the side of the head.
Kato misses with a low kick as Krueger jumps back.
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 Sun Kato will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sloppy strikes from Krueger. Those never looked like landing.
Krueger takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Krueger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kato.
Krueger connects with a right hand. Kato shakes it off.
Kato loads up on a big right hand but Krueger slips the punch.
Kato tries a head kick but it misses.
Krueger shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kato gets tackled into the cage by Krueger. Krueger maintains the clinch.
Krueger misses with a knee strike.
Krueger tries to break free but Kato pushes him back against the cage.
Kato avoiding damage.
Kato lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kato is pushing Krueger up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krueger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kato misses with a low kick.
Krueger moves out of range as Kato throws a body kick.
Nice body punch from Krueger.
Krueger misses with a series of wild punches.
Kato scores with a spinning back kick!
Kato swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Krueger counters with a stiff right hand.
Kato scores with the left hand. Krueger knows he should have avoided that one.
Kato connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kato moves out of range of the leg kick from Krueger.
Krueger tries to clinch but Kato moves out of range.
Krueger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kato moves away.
Kato takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kato is looking to wear down Krueger with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Krueger misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato swings for the body but Krueger moves out of range.
Kato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kato. Krueger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kato throws a low kick but Krueger moves out of range easily.
Krueger has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kato.
Kato scores with a spinning back kick!
Kato lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kato takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kato cracks the inside of Krueger's front leg.
Kato takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Krueger takes one to the side of the head.
Krueger connects with a leg kick. Kato looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Krueger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kato counters with a solid body kick.
Krueger scores with a one two! Kato had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kato checks the leg kick.
Krueger dodges the punch combination from Kato.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato looks to score with a jab to the body but Krueger is just out of range.
Kato looks to land a right hand but Krueger moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Krueger misses the target.
Krueger has managed to clinch.
Kato cracks Krueger with a nice body shot.
Kato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kato tries to throw a body punch but Krueger avoids it by throwing Kato back against the cage.
Krueger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kato avoids it.
Kato struggles to land a body shot inside as Krueger controls his hands.
Krueger is working for takedown but Kato is calmly controlling the position for now.
Krueger can't find room to land a body shot as Kato controls the action.
Kato manages to break the clinch.
Kato is looking to score with low kicks.
Krueger throws a sloppy body shot
and Kato counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Krueger at a distance.
Kato throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Krueger swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kato.
Krueger thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kato throws a push kick but Krueger slaps the foot to one side.
Krueger throws a poor cross that misses
and Kato counters with a nice uppercut.
Kato tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krueger was well out of range. Poor timing from Kato.
Krueger takes a swing at Kato's ribcage but misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Krueger 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 Kato has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kato and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Krueger misses with a straight left.
Kato slips under a jab from Krueger.
Sun Kato is winning the standup battle so far.
Kato throws a leg kick
and Krueger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kato connects with a leg kick. Krueger looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Krueger tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kato manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krueger closes the distance and lands a one-two.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Sun Kato will probably get the nod.
That's time! Kato's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Krueger drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Krueger lands a glancing blow to the side of Kato's head.
Krueger missing with a left hand there. Kato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kato avoids the body shot from Krueger.
Kato throws a looping overhand right but Krueger ducks down to avoid it.
Kato tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kato misses with a looping right.
Kato throws a lazy right hand but Krueger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Krueger moves away.
Kato throws a wild body kick that Krueger sees coming a mile off.
Kato loads up on a big right hand but Krueger slips the punch.
Krueger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kato manages to avoid it.
Kato connects with a leg kick. Krueger looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krueger slips a straight right by Kato.
Krueger connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kato. Kato circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kato lands a nice looking body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krueger. Kato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krueger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kato. That's going to slow Krueger down.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.
Krueger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kato can pounce on him.
Kato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krueger.
Krueger swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kato counters with a body kick that stops Krueger in his tracks momentarily.
Krueger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Krueger throws a shot to the body.
Krueger misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Krueger misses the target.
Kato thuds a left hand into Krueger's body.
Krueger has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kato.
Krueger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kato throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krueger avoids the body shot from Kato.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Krueger stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kato misses with a low kick as Krueger jumps back.
Kato scores with a hook to the body. Krueger takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kato scores with a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Krueger.
Krueger moves to clinch but Kato breaks away
enabling Kato to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Kato.
Krueger throws a looping overhand right but Kato ducks down to avoid it.
Kato misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Krueger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kato takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Krueger takes a jab right on the kisser.
Krueger is looking to clinch.
Krueger throws an off balance right hand
and Kato counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krueger.
Kato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krueger.
Kato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kato scores with a hook to the body. Krueger takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kato throws a right hand that Krueger ducks under and follows up with a left that Krueger also avoids with ease.
Kato darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kato throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kato throws an overhand right that lands on Krueger's shoulder, as Krueger tries to avoid the shot.
Krueger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kato connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kato does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Krueger thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kato, right into the meat.
Freddy Krueger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krueger walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That kick from Kato tenderised Krueger's leg. Krueger is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krueger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kato.
Krueger misses with a wild body shot.
Krueger throws a shot from downtown. Kato moves away and avoids it.
Krueger dips to his left and cracks Kato with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A good leg kick by Kato.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.
Kato keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krueger.
Krueger lands with a good body shot.
Kato displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krueger throws out the jab.
Sun Kato is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kato scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krueger swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.
Krueger misses the shot to the body.
Krueger misses with an uppercut
and Kato counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sun Kato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kato 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sun Kato!
A victorious Sun Kato thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Connely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Grand Magus - Hammer of the North. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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194 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Connely!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Connely lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Smith slips a jab from Connely.
Smith blocks a jab.
Connely takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Chris Connely has been cut.
Connely turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Smith fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Connely is out of range.
Peter Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Connely throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Connely checks the leg kick nicely there.
Connely throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Connely sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Connely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith misses with a leg kick.
Connely swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Connely with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Smith to score with a decent uppercut.
Oooooh!!! Smith has knocked Connely down with a huge combo! Smith steps away and waves a wobbly Connely back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Connely is rocked!
Connely shoots for a double leg takedown but Smith sprawls well. He's pushed Connely's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Connely is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Connely uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Connely blocks a jab.
Smith catches Connely with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Connely forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Peter Smith!
Peter Smith seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Janis Lusis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gray has chosen make love not war baby as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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210 lbs
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193 lbs
14 - 4 - 1 |
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Granite chin |
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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
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Janis Lusis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Mr Gray!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray blocks a low kick nicely.
Lusis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lusis tries to clinch but Gray moves out of range.
Lusis throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gray fails to land with a series of punches.
Gray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gray takes a swing at Lusis's ribcage but misses.
Lusis throws a head kick that misses
and Gray counters with a good low kick that Lusis was not able to check.
Gray checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gray looks to score with a jab to the body but Lusis is just out of range.
Gray checks a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Gray.
Lusis wants to land a leg kick but Gray is out of range.
Lusis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gray manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gray moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lusis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lusis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gray in his tracks.
Lusis clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray throws a punch but it's blocked by Lusis.
Lusis has Gray pressed against the cage, preventing Gray from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lusis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gray.
Gray is trying to pull guard but Lusis has him pressed against the cage.
Gray misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gray lands a body punch.
Lusis misses with a punch to the body.
Lusis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gray.
Gray misses with a body punch.
Gray jumps guard but Lusis turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Gray gets through Lusis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gray lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lusis looking to slow down the pace here.
Gray is looking to break free of the clinch but Lusis has double underhooks.
Gray misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lusis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gray tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Janis Lusis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Gray.
Lusis cracks Gray with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gray throws a punch but it's blocked by Lusis.
Lusis lands with a short shot to the head.
Gray misses with a body punch.
Lusis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gray avoids it.
Gray misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lusis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lusis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lusis missing with a left hand there. Gray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gray connects with a nice looking jab.
Gray darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lusis misses with a body shot.
Gray throws a head kick that misses.
Gray misses with an uppercut.
Gray throws a head kick but Lusis moves out of range.
Gray avoids the body shot from Lusis.
Gray looks to land a left hand but Lusis moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lusis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gray, pushing him back against the cage.
Gray can't find room to land a body shot as Lusis controls the action.
Gray has a couple of punches blocked by Lusis.
Lusis lands with a light punch inside.
Lusis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lusis controlling the action here for a moment.
Gray is trying to pull guard but Lusis has him pressed against the cage.
Gray's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A swing and a miss from Lusis.
Lusis throws a body kick that misses.
Good work by Gray as he checks the leg kick.
Lusis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lusis checks a leg kick.
Lusis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gray feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lusis's calf.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lusis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gray throws a leg kick but Lusis moved away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lusis.
Lusis lands a nice shot that snaps Gray's head back.
A low kick from Gray misses
and Lusis counters with a straight right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Gray misses the target.
Gray throws out a loose jab but Lusis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lusis misses with an uppercut. Gray saw that one coming.
A leg kick checked by Gray.
Lusis avoids the body shot from Gray.
Lusis avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gray moves out of range as Lusis strikes.
Gray lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lusis misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Janis Lusis dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gray lands with a shot to the body.
Gray takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gray throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lusis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lusis throws a low kick, looking for Gray's leg but Gray calmly moves out of range.
Lusis thumps Gray with a low kick.
Lusis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gray loads up on a big right hand but Lusis slips the punch.
Lusis thows a body kick. Gray tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gray bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lusis's head.
Gray moves out of range of the body kick.
Lusis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lusis misses with a head kick.
Gray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gray looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gray changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lusis tries to avoid it but Gray manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lusis to the ground. Lusis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray digs a good hook to Lusis's body.
Lusis misses with a low kick.
Lusis throws an off balance right hand
and Gray counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gray misses with a straight left.
Lusis does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gray connects with a body shot that sends Lusis's belly button to the back.
Lusis scores with a jab to the body.
Gray misses the shot to the body.
Gray takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lusis avoids the head kick by Gray.
Gray throws a hook but Lusis blocks it.
Gray steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lusis.
Gray waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lusis.
Gray stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lusis with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lusis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gray misses with a low kick.
Janis Lusis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lusis drops Gray with a huge uppercut! Gray drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Lusis is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Janis Lusis!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Hanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hanks comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Holmes has chosen F.A.M.E as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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221 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class 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
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fred Hanks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rodney Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanks wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanks.
Hanks throws a body punch but Holmes moves out of range.
Holmes staying out of range there.
Hanks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Holmes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hanks just misses with a punch to the body.
Holmes closes the distance and clinches.
Holmes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Hanks on the inside.
Holmes looking to throw knees to the head but Hanks is blocking nicely.
Hanks manages to break the clinch.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanks.
Hanks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Holmes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hanks.
Holmes misses with a two punch combination.
Hanks connects with a body shot that sends Holmes's belly button to the back.
Holmes lands a lovely overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hanks's calf.
Holmes connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks misses with a straight left.
Hanks walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Holmes moves into the clinch.
A short right from Hanks.
Holmes tries a body shot but Hanks blocks it.
Hanks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Holmes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Holmes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Holmes stalling the fight.
Hanks working hard to break the clinch.
Hanks misses with a body punch.
Hanks tries to break the clinch but Holmes is controlling the position.
Hanks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holmes.
Hanks looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right from Holmes.
Hanks prevents a body shot from Holmes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holmes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hanks's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hanks's elbow.
Holmes misses with the head strike.
Hanks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Holmes.
A body shot lands from Hanks.
Holmes struggles to land a body shot inside as Hanks controls his hands.
Holmes can't find room to land a body shot as Hanks controls the action.
Hanks prevents a body shot from Holmes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hanks blocking some punches.
Holmes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
It looks like Fred Hanks has been cut.
Hanks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hanks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Holmes blocks a body shot from Hanks.
Hanks takes a shot to the head.
Hanks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holmes keeps control of Hanks as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Holmes has a couple of punches blocked by Hanks.
Hanks tries to circle away but Holmes has him pinned against the cage.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks trying to control the position but instead, Holmes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hanks into the cage.
Hanks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Hanks there.
Holmes works Hanks's body with a nice hook.
Holmes looks to throw the jab but Hanks is out of range.
Hanks checks a low kick from Holmes.
Hanks slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Holmes misses with a body shot.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanks.
Holmes blocks a jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Holmes - that will leave a mark!
Holmes moves out of range of the strikes.
Holmes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Holmes throws a leg kick but Hanks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hanks checks a low kick from Holmes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes slips a jab from Hanks.
Holmes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hanks lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanks throws a body punch but Holmes moves out of range.
Hanks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holmes was well out of range. Poor timing from Hanks.
Holmes closes the distance and pushes Hanks back into the cage.
Hanks prevents a body shot from Holmes.
Hanks misses with some punches.
Hanks lands with a left to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Hanks.
Holmes can't find room to land a body shot as Hanks controls the action.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hanks has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes misses with some punches.
Hanks has a couple of punches blocked by Holmes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Holmes - that landed with a thud.
Hanks gets through Holmes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hanks has a couple of punches blocked by Holmes.
Hanks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Holmes has him pressed against the cage.
Hanks misses with a hook from the clinch.
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 Fred Hanks will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fred Hanks's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hanks looks to land a left hand but Holmes moved out of range nicely.
Holmes misses with a body punch
and Hanks counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Holmes throws a looping overhand right but Hanks ducks down to avoid it.
Holmes tries to clinch but Hanks is having none of it.
Hanks wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hanks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Holmes misses with a double jab.
Hanks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holmes manages to avoid it.
Hanks throws a right and a left that Holmes avoids nicely.
Hanks looks to score with a jab to the body but Holmes is just out of range.
Holmes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hanks's head backwards.
Holmes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hanks misses the shot to the body.
Hanks tests Holmes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanks walks into a jab.
A combination from Hanks does no damage.
Fred Hanks is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes throws a series of punches but Hanks moves out of range.
Holmes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hanks stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holmes. Hanks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holmes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hanks.
Hanks throws a body punch but Holmes moves out of range.
Hanks misses with a straight right.
Hanks is looking to wear down Holmes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Holmes is looking to chop away at Hanks's legs.
Holmes scores with a leg kick.
Holmes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holmes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hanks misses the jab.
Holmes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanks lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hanks checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hanks misses with the combination.
Holmes tries to land a front kick but Hanks steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hanks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hanks scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes lands with a shot to the body.
Holmes moves away from the strike by Hanks.
Holmes stuns Hanks with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Holmes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Holmes scores with a jab. Hanks acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Holmes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Holmes missing with a left hand there. Hanks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hanks throws a hook but Holmes avoids it easily.
Hanks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Holmes.
Holmes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hanks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hanks.
Hanks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Holmes. Holmes obviously looking to wear him down.
Hanks just misses with a punch to the body.
Holmes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hanks looks to score with a jab to the body but Holmes is just out of range.
Hanks 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.
Holmes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hanks.
Good leg kick by Holmes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hanks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holmes.
Hanks moves out of range of the body kick from Holmes.
Holmes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hanks's sensitive parts.
Hanks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Holmes is looking to clinch.
Hanks swings for the body but Holmes moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Holmes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hanks just misses with a punch to the body.
Holmes is looking to clinch but Hanks is avoiding it.
Holmes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanks keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Holmes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hanks walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hanks misses with a body shot.
Hanks drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Holmes avoids the body shot from Hanks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hanks throws out the jab.
Holmes slips a jab from Hanks.
A slow jab from Hanks misses its intended target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Holmes 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 Hanks has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hanks and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rodney Holmes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Fred Hanks's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Hanks jabs Holmes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Holmes. Beautiful body shot.
Hanks connects with a body shot.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hanks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hanks takes a swing at Holmes's ribcage but misses.
Holmes lands with a straight right. Hanks didn't see that one coming.
Sloppy strikes from Hanks. Those never looked like landing.
Hanks bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Holmes misses the shot to the body.
Hanks takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hanks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hanks connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holmes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hanks.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanks.
Hanks thows a body shot but no joy.
Hanks looks to score with a jab to the body but Holmes is just out of range.
Holmes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hanks looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Holmes.
Holmes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hanks.
Hanks just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holmes. Hanks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holmes lands with a nice body punch.
Holmes walks into a jab.
Hanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hanks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holmes manages to avoid it.
Holmes throws a hook to the side of Hanks's head but Hanks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hanks moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hanks thuds his right hand into Holmes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Holmes lands with an uppercut that bounces Hanks off the cage and back into range.
Hanks stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Holmes.
Hanks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Holmes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hanks throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanks misses the body punch
and Holmes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Holmes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Holmes misses the shot to the body.
Holmes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Holmes misses with a jab to the body
and Hanks counters with a right hand to the body.
Hanks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Holmes just misses with a punch to the body.
Holmes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Holmes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanks moves away.
Hanks throws a body punch but Holmes moves out of range.
Holmes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hanks.
Hanks looks to score with a jab to the body but Holmes is just out of range.
Hanks loads up on a big right hand but Holmes slips the punch.
Hanks connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes moves in looking to clinch but Hanks pushes him off.
Holmes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Holmes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hanks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Hanks misses.
Hanks displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hanks slips a jab and a cross from Holmes.
Hanks slips a jab from Holmes.
Hanks connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A chopping leg kick lands by Holmes.
Holmes throws a leg kick but Hanks sees it coming and moves out of range.
Holmes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanks.
Hanks tries to bum rush Holmes with a series of wild strikes but Holmes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holmes scores with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes throws a front kick aimed at Hanks's knee but Hanks avoids it well.
Hanks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Holmes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanks scores with a jab.
Holmes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hanks avoids the head kick by Holmes.
Holmes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanks moves away.
Holmes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanks moves away.
Holmes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A swing and a miss from Hanks.
Hanks lands a glancing blow to the side of Holmes's head.
Holmes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanks moves away.
Holmes thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Holmes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Holmes connects with an inside leg kick.
Hanks thows a left - swing and a miss!
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 Fred Hanks.
I think Hanks 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodney Holmes!
A very excited looking Rodney Holmes rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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