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BHFC Kamppi TBA 2 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johann Bruno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kareefa Zhenny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kareefa Zhenny has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Johann Bruno's 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johann Bruno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kareefa Zhenny!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruno shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zhenny sprawls well. Zhenny wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bruno gets slowly back to his feet.
Bruno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zhenny swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zhenny is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zhenny.
Zhenny shoots in for a takedown but Bruno shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bruno shoots in but Zhenny avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Zhenny shoots in but no luck this time.
Johann Bruno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kareefa Zhenny.
Bruno tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Zhenny manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zhenny shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bruno sprawls well. Bruno wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Zhenny gets slowly back to his feet.
Zhenny doesn't manage to clinch there - Bruno circles away.
Horrible takedown by Zhenny or perhaps it was just good defense by Bruno which made him look bad.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhenny defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bruno.
Bruno looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Zhenny is fending him off so far but Bruno persists. Nope, Zhenny circles away and we're back to standing.
Bruno gets a clinch.
Bruno breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bruno throws a right hand that Zhenny ducks under and follows up with a left that Zhenny also avoids with ease.
Bruno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zhenny shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bruno as he jumps to the side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bruno looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bruno forces Zhenny back against the ropes and clinches.
Zhenny tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bruno breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhenny scores a takedown into full mount!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
A nice elbow there by Zhenny.
Zhenny punishing his opponent with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee warns Bruno that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Zhenny landing punches.
Bruno might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bruno really wants to buck Zhenny off and get back to his feet.
BOOM! Zhenny connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bruno is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Zhenny lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zhenny working the ground and pound effectively.
Zhenny trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhenny lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zhenny cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zhenny scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bruno?
Zhenny lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bruno hang on?
Zhenny lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Zhenny is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bruno can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Zhenny goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Bruno is on top in guard.
Bruno prevents Zhenny from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhenny working a defensive guard here.
Bruno gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Zhenny swats away the attempt to clinch by Bruno.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruno gets in close and instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bruno pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Zhenny shoots in looking for a takedown but Bruno manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Zhenny's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bruno has closed the distance and engaged Zhenny in a clinch.
A short left from Bruno.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kareefa Zhenny dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bruno tries to clinch but Zhenny is having none of it.
Bruno tries to clinch up but Zhenny circles away and keeps his distance.
Zhenny misses with a takedown attempt - Bruno sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Zhenny misses with a kick to the body.
Bruno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zhenny swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zhenny fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bruno connects with a high kick.
Zhenny is looking to clinch.
Bruno displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zhenny.
Zhenny fails to land the takedown.
Johann Bruno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kareefa Zhenny.
Bruno looks for a takedown but Zhenny sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruno pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zhenny gets a takedown into half guard.
Bruno is refusing to be controlled, as Zhenny sits in half guard.
Bruno keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zhenny is nestled in close to Bruno, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zhenny passes the guard and advances to mount!
Zhenny has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bruno's face.
Zhenny landing strikes from the mount and Bruno is in trouble!
Kareefa Zhenny has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruno squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Zhenny lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bruno hang on?
Zhenny working for a submission but Bruno is keeping him at bay.
BOOM! Zhenny connects with a massive shot to the dome!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zhenny unloading with bombs!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Zhenny pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bruno is in a horrible position here. Zhenny smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zhenny lands a heavy elbow.
Zhenny with a couple of short strikes.
Bruno is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhenny has control of Bruno's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bruno regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Zhenny can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bruno is looking to escape.
Bruno is in a horrible position here. Zhenny smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zhenny is landing with some decent strikes but Bruno is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bruno on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bruno tries to get out of the position.
Zhenny punishing his opponent with strikes.
A nice elbow there by Zhenny.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhenny landing shots from mount.
Zhenny won't let Bruno get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Zhenny with a couple of short strikes.
BOOM! Zhenny connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Zhenny looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Zhenny landing punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zhenny lands a nice shot to the head.
Zhenny postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bruno looks a forlorn figure.
Zhenny with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kareefa Zhenny showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Bruno throws a sloppy head kick and Zhenny moves out of range easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zhenny.
Bruno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zhenny dives in and scores a takedown into Bruno's guard.
Bruno is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zhenny is controlling him.
Zhenny chips away with some ground and pound.
Zhenny is looking to work some ground and pound but Bruno has wrist control.
Zhenny trying to control but Bruno is working from the bottom.
Zhenny won't allow Bruno to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhenny trying to control but Bruno is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bruno avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bruno wants to stand up but Zhenny is controlling him.
Zhenny gets to his feet. Bruno looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Zhenny drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zhenny working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zhenny chips away with some ground and pound.
Zhenny pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bruno is keeping the position for now.
Zhenny with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhenny cracks Bruno with a solid left hand.
Zhenny scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zhenny looking to sit in guard and control but Bruno gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zhenny pushes Bruno off and gets back to his feet.
Bruno pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zhenny is out of range and Bruno settles back down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bruno.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zhenny.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruno circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johann Bruno is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zhenny shoots in but Bruno avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Johann Bruno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kareefa Zhenny.
Bruno tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Zhenny paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zhenny changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bruno tries to avoid it but Zhenny manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bruno to the ground. Bruno escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Zhenny looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bruno moves into range and clinches up with Zhenny.
Zhenny tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bruno pushes Zhenny back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zhenny takes a shot to the head.
Zhenny throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruno pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Bruno breaks from the clinch.
Bruno pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bruno keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bruno misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johann Bruno is winning the standup battle so far.
Zhenny misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zhenny fails with the takedown.
Zhenny fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zhenny closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Zhenny lands in his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kareefa Zhenny comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Zhenny winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kareefa Zhenny!
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Undercard bout
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enoch Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haastu Turak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haastu Turak has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Enoch Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Haastu Turak!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Thompson misses with a takedown attempt
and Turak counters with a nice double leg into side control. Thompson won't be happy with that.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Turak tries for a kimura but Thompson is defending well.
Turak is staying tight to Thompson's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The ground and pound from Turak seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Thompson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Turak content to control rather than advance.
Thompson wants to get back to full guard.
Turak really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thompson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Turak wants to pass the guard but Thompson is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turak is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Haastu Turak wasn't active enough on the ground.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thompson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thompson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Turak counters with a single leg into guard. Thompson didn't expect that.
Turak is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Turak from controlling successfully.
Turak pushing down on Thompson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Thompson gets back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Turak is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Turak tries to free his leg and advance position but Thompson is retaining full guard.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Turak from controlling successfully.
Turak's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Enoch Thompson has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Turak fails with the takedown.
Left hook, right uppercut from Thompson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Thompson wants to take a breather but Turak is having none of it.
Thompson content to control rather than advance.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Thompson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Turak does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Enoch Thompson wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Thompson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enoch Thompson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thompson fails with a takedown attempt.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Thompson gets caught flat footed, as Turak shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Turak is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turak wants to control from the top but Thompson keeps moving.
Turak sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Haastu Turak dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Turak gets a takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Turak in particular looking to stall.
Turak wants to control but Thompson is keeping him busy.
Turak wants to pass to mount but Thompson is defending the position.
Turak not doing much here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Haastu Turak was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Thompson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Turak is fending him off so far but Thompson persists. Nope, Turak circles away and we're back to standing.
Enoch Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson wants to clinch
and Turak counters by clinching up.
Thompson is trying to pull guard but Turak has him pressed against the ropes.
Thompson is trying to drag Turak to the mat but Turak just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enoch Thompson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turak has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Thompson regains guard immediately.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turak pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thompson is keeping the position for now.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Turak from controlling successfully.
Thompson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Thompson wants to stand but Turak is controlling the position.
Turak lands a couple of digs.
Turak throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Turak with a flurry of punches that miss.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Turak from controlling successfully.
Thompson working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turak trying to control the position from guard on top but Thompson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Turak sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Haastu Turak was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Turak leaves Thompson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thompson misses with a takedown
and Turak moves into the clinch.
Turak tightens his grip and picks Thompson up, before dumping him to the ground. Thompson manages to land in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turak postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Turak looking to pass the guard.
Turak is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Turak must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Turak trying to control but Thompson is working from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Haastu Turak wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nice sprawl there from Thompson as Turak shoots in.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson is looking to clinch but Turak is avoiding it.
Turak has closed the distance and engaged Thompson in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Haastu Turak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Turak changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Thompson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Turak lands an elbow.
Turak trying to control the action but Thompson is working from the bottom.
Turak misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Turak takes a little break here. Thompson wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Turak tries to move to mount but Thompson blocks the move with his legs.
Haastu Turak has got the better of the ground game so far.
Thompson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Turak.
Thompson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Turak is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Thompson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turak wants to control but Thompson is keeping him busy.
Thompson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Turak thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Turak controls the position.
Turak working the body and head with strikes.
Turak controls the position.
Thompson prevents Turak from moving into mount.
Turak is looking to take a break and control but Thompson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Thompson's face as Turak controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Thompson is not content to let Turak control the position.
Turak landing a few strikes.
Thompson is not content to let Turak control the position.
Turak takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thompson struggling a bit here.
Thompson is trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turak tries to advance to mount but can't.
Thompson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
A lull in the action here.
Thompson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Turak wants to control but Thompson is keeping him busy.
Turak cracks Thompson with a big right hand but Thompson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is trying to improve his position.
Thompson prevents Turak from moving into mount.
Turak remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Thompson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Turak controls the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Turak is looking to take a break and control but Thompson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Haastu Turak comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Turak winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Haastu Turak!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mamoru Takamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam The Furious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Mamoru Takamura has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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220 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mamoru Takamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sam The Furious!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takamura tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. The Furious manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takamura digs a good hook to The Furious's body.
The Furious scores with a takedown into Takamura's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The Furious advances position into side control!
Takamura is trying to escape the position but The Furious is controlling the position.
The Furious's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Takamura is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The referee asks The Furious politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. The Furious prefers to stall for the moment though.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takamura strikes from the bottom but The Furious takes advantage and advances to full mount!
The Furious sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Furious wants to take his opponent's back but Takamura doesn't allow it.
The Furious avoids the attempt from Takamura to control.
The Furious controlling the position easily from mount.
Takamura keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Takamura tries to lock up and control but The Furious gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The Furious controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takamura is working to get back to half guard.
Takamura tries to hold on but The Furious pushes him away.
The Furious controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takamura swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Takamura has given up his back here.
The Furious has good solid back control here.
Takamura trying to control the action but The Furious just sinks the hooks in.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Furious is hanging on to Takamura's back as he tries to escape.
Takamura just trying to survive but The Furious is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
A bit of a pause in the action here. The Furious controlling the positon.
Let's hope that The Furious has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Takamura tries to break free.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Furious controlling from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam The Furious dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The Furious misses with a two punch combination.
The Furious blocks a head kick by Takamura.
The Furious clinches.
Takamura wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Takamura is trying to push The Furious away but The Furious has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Takamura manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The Furious looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The Furious wants to pass the guard but Takamura is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takamura keeping moving, preventing The Furious from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Sam The Furious was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Takamura is looking to clinch.
Takamura tries to clinch but The Furious moves out of range.
Takamura circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Furious fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Takamura avoids it really well and circles away.
Takamura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Furious paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Takamura gets a clinch.
Takamura lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down The Furious.
Takamura jumps guard and drags The Furious to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takamura has his foot on The Furious's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Furious works his way back into a safe position though.
The Furious wants to control from the top but Takamura keeps moving.
Takamura is striking but The Furious is not phased and passes to half guard.
Takamura is looking to control The Furious's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Takamura avoid being mounted?
The Furious trying to mount his opponent but Takamura defends it.
The Furious keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takamura punching from the bottom.
The Furious is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Takamura tries to roll over but The Furious keeps him under control.
The Furious is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Sam The Furious hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Takamura closes the distance looking to clinch
and The Furious counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Takamura is looking to sweep but instead, The Furious has passed into half guard.
The Furious sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takamura wants to control but The Furious is keeping busy.
The Furious perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
OK we're going to have a standup here. Sam The Furious hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Takamura is looking to clinch but The Furious is avoiding it.
Takamura lands with a nice body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Takamura defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Furious.
Takamura is looking to clinch but The Furious is avoiding it.
Takamura is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam The Furious showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
The Furious looks for a takedown but Takamura sprawls well.
Takamura tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. The Furious manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mamoru Takamura is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Takamura closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Takamura fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takamura moves out of range of the body kick from The Furious.
No joy there for Takamura, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Takamura fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takamura tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. The Furious manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takamura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Furious gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Takamura to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Takamura got a little sloppy there for a moment and The Furious has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Takamura has managed to get both his arms back between The Furious's legs - danger averted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Furious keeping full guard, as Takamura tries to pass.
Takamura trying to control but The Furious is working from the bottom.
Takamura might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Takamura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Takamura got a little sloppy there for a moment and The Furious has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Takamura has managed to get both his arms back between The Furious's legs - danger averted.
Takamura avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Takamura wants to control from the top but The Furious keeps moving.
Takamura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The Furious preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takamura wants to pass the guard but The Furious is keeping the position.
The Furious working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Takamura doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Takamura manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The Furious working for a triangle but Takamura defends it easily.
The Furious takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Furious looking for a guillotine here but Takamura defends easily.
The Furious had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Takamura defends it easily.
Takamura avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Furious preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The Furious escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Takamura gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Takamura wanted to stand there but The Furious had control of the position.
The Furious utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The Furious is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Takamura is aware though and is defending well.
Takamura tries to free his leg and advance position but The Furious is retaining full guard.
The Furious keeping moving, preventing Takamura from controlling successfully.
The Furious looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takamura would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The Furious looking for a guillotine here but Takamura defends easily.
Takamura controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The Furious is looking for a triangle but Takamura pushes his legs off easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Furious is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mamoru Takamura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sam The Furious is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Takamura throwing strikes but missing.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sam The Furious.
I've got The Furious winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam The Furious!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fowwest Gump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Psa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Fowwest Gump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sam Psa!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gump fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Psa sprawls well initially but Gump persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Gump is thwarting Psa's attempts to control the position.
Gump seems to be looking for submissions.
Psa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Psa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gump.
Psa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gump with the ground and pound but Psa uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Psa managing to control the position.
Gump lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Psa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gump manages to get himself to full guard.
Gump is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gump lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Psa trying to control here.
Gump has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gump not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Psa manages to get to full guard.
Gump throwing strikes from guard but Psa blocks nicely.
Gump throws a big elbow that misses.
Gump throwing strikes but missing.
Gump loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gump missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gump trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gump trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gump throwing strikes from guard but Psa blocks nicely.
Gump chips away with some ground and pound.
Gump throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Psa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gump scoring with some ground and pound.
Psa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gump working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Psa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gump's guard.
Psa gets to his feet. Gump looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Psa closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gump counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psa misses with a series of wild punches.
Psa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Gump counter with a right hand.
Gump thows a body shot but no joy.
Gump uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Psa has time to react.
Gump fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Psa sprawls well initially but Gump persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gump lands strikes from half guard.
Psa wants to get back to full guard.
Psa is pressing down on Gump's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Gump is looking to work some ground and pound but Psa has wrist control.
Gump throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Psa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Psa is on top in guard.
Gump throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Psa escapes and throws Gump's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Psa tries to stand but Gump is controlling his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gump is trying to control Psa's posture but Psa avoids it.
Psa decides to stand up, so the ref orders Gump to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fowwest Gump dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Psa wants to clinch
and Gump counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Psa tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Gump counter with a right hand.
Psa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gump scores a takedown into full mount!
Gump landing strikes, looking to finish!
Psa is looking to get to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Psa can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gump throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Psa is working to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gump breaks from Psa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gump working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Gump looking to finish Psa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Psa!
Gump throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Psa because Gump loaded up on that one.
Gump lands with some strikes.
Gump swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fowwest Gump!
Fowwest Gump decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannu Hanhi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petter Krustev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hanhi comes to the ring accompanied by Hannu Hanhet höyhennetään. Krustev has chosen Hubava si moya goro. as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hannu Hanhi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Petter Krustev!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krustev connects with a leg kick. Hanhi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Krustev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krustev throws a big shot that misses.
Hanhi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Krustev sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Krustev is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Krustev moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Krustev falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hanhi moves into the clinch.
Krustev tries for a takedown but Hanhi manages to get underhooks.
Hanhi misses with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanhi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Krustev blocks it with crossed arms.
Krustev takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krustev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hanhi effectively controlling the action here.
Hanhi pushes off an throws an elbow but Krustev leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Krustev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hanhi misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krustev can't break the clinch.
Hanhi tries a knee to the head but Krustev blocks it.
Hanhi landing knees to the head.
Krustev managing to block the knees to the body from Hanhi.
Hanhi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krustev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hanhi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Krustev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hanhi tries to clinch but Krustev moves out of range.
Hanhi wants to clinch.
Hanhi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krustev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krustev misses with a combination
and Hanhi counters by moving into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but Krustev blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanhi keeps control of Krustev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hanhi lands a good knee to the midsection. Krustev won't want to take too many of those.
Hanhi misses with a knee to the head.
Hanhi prevents Krustev from breaking the clinch.
Krustev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Krustev is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hanhi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Hanhi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Krustev's brow.
Krustev is looking to break free of the clinch but Hanhi has double underhooks.
Hanhi looking to throw knees to the head but Krustev is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanhi keeps control of Krustev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hanhi throws an elbow that misses.
Krustev tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krustev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hanhi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hanhi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Krustev in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hanhi stalling in the clinch but Krustev improves position.
Hanhi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Petter Krustev has been cut.
Krustev is trying to break the clinch but Hanhi has him pressed against the ropes.
Krustev lands a takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Krustev controls from within his opponent's guard.
Krustev wants to stand but Hanhi has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Krustev prevents Hanhi from getting back to his feet.
Hanhi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hanhi tries to get out of the position.
Hanhi looking for a sweep. Not yet Hanhi, not yet.
Krustev has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hanhi is proving hard to escape from.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanhi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Krustev won't allow Hanhi to get back to his feet.
Hanhi controlling the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Krustev shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hanhi but Hanhi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hannu Hanhi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petter Krustev.
Krustev throws a hook but Hanhi avoids it easily.
Hanhi doesn't manage to clinch there - Krustev circles away.
Hanhi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krustev lands with an overhand left.
Hanhi shoots in and drives through. Krustev sprawls well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krustev circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hanhi displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Krustev.
Krustev throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Petter Krustev will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Petter Krustev's cut.
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.
Hanhi avoids a kick to the body.
Krustev throws a nice looking combination but Hanhi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hanhi tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Krustev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krustev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Krustev circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hanhi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krustev circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hanhi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hanhi leaves Krustev with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hanhi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Krustev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krustev lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Good standup being displayed there by Hanhi as he connects with a hook.
Krustev moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krustev swats away the attempt to clinch by Hanhi.
Petter Krustev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krustev throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Krustev throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hanhi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krustev keeps the fight on the outside.
Hanhi tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Krustev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krustev looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Krustev attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Krustev tries to score with a low kick but Hanhi moves his leg out of the way.
Petter Krustev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hanhi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krustev swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hanhi moves into the clinch successfully.
Krustev can't break the clinch.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krustev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Krustev lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Krustev tries to break the clinch but Hanhi is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanhi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hannu Hanhi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Krustev lands with a left to the head.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but Krustev blocks with his arms.
Hanhi tries to stall but Krustev uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Krustev wants to break free but Hanhi has control.
Hanhi scores with a knee to the head.
Krustev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hanhi lands a good knee to the midsection. Krustev won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hanhi misses with a knee strike.
Krustev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krustev keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Krustev.
Krustev pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hanhi back to the ropes. Krustev follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanhi tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Krustev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hanhi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Krustev takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hanhi scores with a knee to the head.
Krustev has had enough of the clinch but Hanhi keeps him there for the moment.
Hanhi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hanhi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hanhi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krustev's efforts to push away.
Hanhi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hanhi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Krustev blocks it with crossed arms.
Hanhi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hanhi tries to land knees in the clinch but Krustev avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krustev has had enough of the clinch but Hanhi keeps him there for the moment.
Krustev is trying to break the clinch but Hanhi is controlling him.
Hanhi misses with a knee to the head.
Krustev tries to circle away but Hanhi has him pinned against the ropes.
Hanhi trying to land knees to the body.
Krustev is looking to break free of the clinch but Hanhi has double underhooks.
Krustev is working for takedown but Hanhi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Krustev is looking to break free of the clinch but Hanhi has double underhooks.
Hanhi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hanhi connects with a knee to the head.
Hanhi is trying to maintain a safe position but Krustev gets an underhook and turns Hanhi into the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but Krustev blocks with his arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanhi lands a good knee to the midsection. Krustev won't want to take too many of those.
Hanhi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but Krustev blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannu Hanhi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Petter Krustev's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Hanhi tries to clinch up.
Hanhi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Krustev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hanhi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krustev shoots in for a takedown but Hanhi shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hanhi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Krustev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hanhi rushes Krustev and presses him up against the ropes.
Hanhi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Krustev looking for a takedown.
Hanhi prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hannu Hanhi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petter Krustev.
Hanhi looking to throw knees to the head but Krustev is blocking nicely.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but Krustev blocks with his arms.
Hanhi throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanhi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Krustev blocks it with crossed arms.
Hanhi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Krustev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hanhi tries a knee to the head but Krustev blocks it.
Krustev takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but Krustev blocks with his arms.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hanhi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krustev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Krustev tries to break free but Hanhi pushes him back against the ropes.
Hanhi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Krustev in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hanhi keeps control of Krustev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hanhi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hanhi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hanhi lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanhi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hanhi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Krustev blocks it with crossed arms.
Hanhi tries to land knees in the clinch but Krustev avoids the damage to the body.
Krustev is looking for a takedown.
Krustev manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Krustev is trying to break the clinch but Hanhi has him pressed against the ropes.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krustev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hanhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krustev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hanhi throws an elbow but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krustev working hard to break the clinch.
Hanhi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Krustev blocks it with crossed arms.
Krustev wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hanhi has him pressed against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanhi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Krustev is trying to drag Hanhi to the mat but Hanhi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Krustev blocks an elbow strike from Hanhi.
Hanhi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hanhi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krustev.
Krustev tries to break the clinch but Hanhi is controlling the position.
Hanhi prevents Krustev from breaking the clinch.
Hanhi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hanhi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Krustev breaks the clinch.
Hanhi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hanhi is looking to control Krustev's arms but Krustev gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hanhi has his back to the ropes.
Hanhi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Krustev blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanhi gets underhooks to prevent Krustev's takedown attempt.
Hanhi landing knees to the head.
Hanhi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hanhi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Krustev can't break the clinch.
Hanhi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hanhi misses with a knee strike.
Hanhi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Krustev blocks it with crossed arms.
Hanhi is trying to stall.
Krustev can't break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krustev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krustev swinging wildly here.
Krustev swinging wildly here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hannu Hanhi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hanhi 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hannu Hanhi!
Hannu Hanhi really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Fight Day Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jouko Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jon Stone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jouko Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jon Stone!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone clinches up against the ropes.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stone manages to break the clinch.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Stone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Stone counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Stone throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Jones is looking to clinch but Stone is avoiding it.
Jones looks to clinch
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Stone circles away.
Jones looks to clinch
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Stone counters with a head kick. That will keep Jones thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones wants to clinch but Stone slips to the side
and Stone counters with a nice kick to the body.
Stone tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
Stone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stone blocking some punches.
Stone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones blocks a head kick by Stone.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones tries to clinch but Stone moves away
and Stone counters with a two punch combo.
Stone is looking to land body kicks.
Stone lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Stone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch but Stone moves out of range.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Stone counters with a thumping low kick.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jouko Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones wants to clinch
and Stone counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Stone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stone scores with a nice strike.
Stone throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jones stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Stone counters with a slapping leg kick.
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to clinch.
Stone moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Stone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stone counters with a right hand to the body.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch
and Stone counters with a solid body kick.
Stone looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stone blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stone.
Stone breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Stone paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stone counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jones tries to clinch
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Stone misses the target.
Stone misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones avoids the head kick by Stone.
Stone scores with the left hand. Jones knows he should have avoided that one.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Stone dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Stone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Stone circles away.
Stone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones is looking to clinch but Stone is avoiding it.
Jones tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Stone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Stone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stone lands a leg kick that knocks Jones off balance momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stone. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stone counters with a series of strikes. Jones will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jones closes the distance but Stone moves to the side
and Stone counters with a crisp one two that drops Jones! Stone thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Jones to his feet! Jones is in big trouble!
Jones is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones slips a straight right by Stone.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones seems to have got his legs back now.
Jones wants to clinch
and Stone counters with a leg kick.
Stone misses with a wild combination.
Jones tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jones closes the distance and pushes Stone back into the ropes.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stone breaks the clinch.
Jones tries to clinch but Stone moves out of range.
Jones looks to clinch
and Stone counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jones checks a low kick from Stone.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stone.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch
and Stone counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves to clinch but Stone breaks away
and Stone counters with a nice kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones tries to clinch
and Stone counters with a nice body shot.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Stone counters with a good, hard body kick but Jones shrugs it off.
Stone has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Jones keeps control of Stone as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A telegraphed right hand from Stone misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones tries to clinch up but Stone circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Stone.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stone.
Stone bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jones tries to clinch but Stone is having none of it.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Stone counters with a two punch combo.
Stone throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones wants to clinch up but Stone keeps it at a distance.
Jones tries to clinch but Stone is having none of it.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch
and Stone counters with a thumping low kick.
Stone bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jones's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch but Stone moves out of range.
Jones wants to clinch.
Stone gets tackled into the ropes by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones blocks the body kick.
Jouko Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stone misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Stone looks to land a body kick but Jones moved away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stone keeps the fight on the outside.
Stone misses the shot to the body.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Stone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Jones closes the distance but Stone moves to the side
and Stone counters with a straight right hand.
Stone has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Stone tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the ropes.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Stone has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stone is trying to break free.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
Stone blocking some punches.
Stone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stone.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stone breaks from the clinch.
Stone keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Stone circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to clinch but Stone slips to the side
and Stone counters with a nice body shot.
Stone fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Stone.
Jones avoids the head kick by Stone.
Stone cracks Jones with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Jones gets tackled into the ropes by Stone. Stone maintains the clinch.
Jones is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Stone is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Stone is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Stone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stone tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stone.
Stone is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Stone's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stone blocks an uppercut.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones prevents Stone from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Stone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Stone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Stone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones closes the distance but Stone moves to the side
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones tries to clinch
and Stone counters with a solid body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to clinch.
Stone uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jones has time to react.
Stone wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jones avoids the head kick by Stone.
Stone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Stone counters with an inside leg kick.
Jon Stone is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Stone paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Stone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jones tries to clinch but Stone moves away
and Stone counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stone looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stone.
Stone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Stone counters with a head kick. That will keep Jones thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone lands with a nice body kick.
Jouko Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Some wild striking there from Stone.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Stone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Stone 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Stone!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Montoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Great might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Adiemus. Montoya has chosen Roy Jones - Can't be touched as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Great!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Montoya!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montoya fails with the takedown.
Great throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Great moves into the clinch.
Great fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Great pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Great rushes Montoya and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Great trying to stall but Montoya improves his position.
Great lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Great stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Great softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Good body shot from Great.
Great's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Montoya avoids the body shot from Great.
John Montoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Great takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montoya is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Great tries a body shot but Montoya blocks it.
Great lands a left hand.
Montoya is trying to push Great away but Great has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Montoya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Montoya shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Great sprawls well. Great wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Montoya gets slowly back to his feet.
Montoya changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Great tries to avoid it but Montoya manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Great to the ground. Great escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alexander Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Montoya.
Montoya shoots and misses
and Great counters with a body kick.
Great wants to clinch
and Montoya decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Great's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Montoya wants to control from the top but Great keeps moving.
Great has his hands on Montoya's head, controlling the position.
Montoya trying to control but Great is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by John Montoya.
Montoya fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Great avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Great fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Montoya checks it well.
Great slaps away a takedown attempt from Montoya, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Great pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Horrible takedown by Montoya or perhaps it was just good defense by Great which made him look bad.
Great lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Great moves into range and clinches up with Montoya.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Great takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Great misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montoya breaks from the clinch.
Great lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Montoya misses with a takedown attempt - Great sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Great.
Great lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Montoya or not.
Great lands a hook that snaps the head of Montoya backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Great swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Great looking to slow down the pace here.
Great misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Great dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Montoya throws a body kick that misses.
Great throws a head kick that Montoya semi-blocks.
Montoya throws a head kick that misses
and Great counters with a head kick that wobbles Montoya - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Great sends him down. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Great!
Alexander Great really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Skin-Clothes Designing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hampton Forbes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Voll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voll has chosen Monster Magnet - Powertrip as his entrance music. Frank Voll has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hampton Forbes's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hampton Forbes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Voll!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voll throws a shot from downtown. Forbes moves away and avoids it.
Forbes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Forbes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Voll tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Forbes's elbow.
Forbes has Voll pressed against the ropes, preventing Voll from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Forbes misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Forbes on the inside.
Forbes presses Voll against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Forbes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Forbes lands an uppercut.
Forbes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Voll looks gassed!
Forbes lands a nice knee to the body.
Forbes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Forbes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Forbes.
It looks like Frank Voll has been cut.
Forbes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Forbes lands with a short shot to the head.
Forbes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Forbes lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Forbes as the two fighters clinch.
Forbes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Forbes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Forbes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Forbes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Voll being controlled against the ropes.
A short left from Forbes.
Forbes lands a left hand.
Forbes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Voll has a couple of punches blocked by Forbes.
Forbes leaning against his opponent.
Forbes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Forbes.
Forbes lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Forbes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Voll backwards.
Forbes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Forbes pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Forbes scores with a shot to the side of Voll's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forbes lands with a left to the head.
Voll takes a knee to the side of the body.
Forbes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Voll or not.
Forbes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Voll backwards.
Forbes holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Voll taking a breather.
Forbes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Good body shot from Forbes.
A right hand to the body from Forbes.
Forbes lands a left hand.
Forbes lands with a short shot to the head.
Forbes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Forbes lands with a left to the head.
Voll is rocked!
Forbes creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Voll with a big uppercut! Voll tries to clinch up but Forbes pushes him back against the ropes and lands another monster strike that crumples Voll to the mat! Voll covers up and Forbes unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Hampton Forbes!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shank Flabbott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tadashi Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flabbott comes to the ring accompanied by Master P Ft.Silkk The Shocker - Bout Dat . Shank Flabbott has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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290 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shank Flabbott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tadashi Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura throws the left hand but Flabbott avoids the punch easily.
Nakamura shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Nakamura tries to pass the half guard into mount. Flabbott knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nakamura passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Flabbott!
Nakamura throwing strikes here but Flabbott is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Nakamura thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Flabbott really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Nakamura looking to control but Flabbott is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Nakamura is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Flabbott is surviving well by controlling Nakamura's body position as best he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura prevents Flabbott from getting the reversal.
Nakamura trying to control but Flabbott is having none of it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Flabbott takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Flabbott tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Flabbott is bucking up trying to escape but Nakamura cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakamura tries to control but Flabbott wriggling away.
BOOM! Nakamura connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flabbott is trying desperately to improve position.
Nakamura wants to control the pace but Flabbott is squirming around nicely.
Nakamura has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Flabbott's face.
Nakamura can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Flabbott is looking to escape.
Nakamura looking to finish Flabbott with some ground and pound. This is bad for Flabbott!
Nakamura looking to control but Flabbott is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Flabbott tries to buck Nakamura off but he can't manage it.
Nakamura prevents Flabbott from getting the reversal.
Nakamura has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nakamura lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Nakamura trying to control but Flabbott is having none of it.
Nakamura with a couple of short strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakamura postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Flabbott out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Nakamura goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tadashi Nakamura!
After the big win, Tadashi Nakamura made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS - AJFC ↑ DOUBLE 160Q * and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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