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Featherweight Grand Prix Rd 1 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Guilherme Fonseca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ross Koscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koscheck has chosen Til I Collapse By Eminem ft Nate Dog as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Guilherme Fonseca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ross Koscheck!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koscheck with a jab.
Fonseca scores a takedown into full mount!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Koscheck tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Fonseca.
Fonseca lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Koscheck tries to hold on but Fonseca postures up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fonseca dominating with strikes here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koscheck is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koscheck in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Koscheck tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Koscheck is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fonseca avoids the attempt from Koscheck to control.
Fonseca controlling the position easily from mount.
Koscheck manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Fonseca seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Koscheck does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Koscheck actively working from the bottom here.
Fonseca working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fonseca wants to free his trapped foot but Koscheck is holding on for dear life with his legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koscheck looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Koscheck is pressing down on Fonseca's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Fonseca sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Koscheck looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fonseca slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Koscheck keeping moving, preventing Fonseca from controlling successfully.
Koscheck looking for a guillotine here but Fonseca defends easily.
Koscheck looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fonseca defends well.
Fonseca trying to control the position from guard on top but Koscheck is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fonsecais looking to pass into half guard but Koscheck pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Koscheck is in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koscheck stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fonseca swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Koscheck trying to control but Fonseca is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck drops back, looking for a kneebar! Fonseca looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Fonseca looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Fonseca!
Koscheck wants to control but Fonseca postures up.
Fonseca creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Koscheck sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Koscheck is trying to control Fonseca's posture but Fonseca avoids it.
Koscheck manages to work his way to half guard, despite Fonseca's best efforts.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koscheck looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koscheck is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Koscheck is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ross Koscheck will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Koscheck tries for a takedown but Fonseca circles away easily
and Fonseca counters with a one-two to the body.
Fonseca has a takedown stuffed.
Fonseca shoots in and bounces Koscheck off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Koscheck had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fonseca defends it easily.
Fonseca is stalling in the full guard.
Fonseca keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Koscheck's head.
Fonseca sitting in guard here, content to control.
Koscheck working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fonseca doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fonseca manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fonseca wants to control from the top but Koscheck keeps moving.
Koscheck is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fonseca has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Koscheck looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Fonseca is defending well. Koscheck quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Fonseca has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Koscheck celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ross Koscheck!
During a confident post fight interview, Ross Koscheck thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Preston Lacy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigori Draugovich Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lacy comes into the arena with MASTER OF PUPPETS blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Grigori Draugovich Ii enters the cage!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Preston Lacy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Grigori Draugovich Ii!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lacy shoots in for a double leg but Draugovich Ii sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lacy is looking to clinch but Draugovich Ii is avoiding it.
Lacy closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lacy lands in his opponent's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Draugovich Ii pushes a forearm under Lacy's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Lacy is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Grigori Draugovich Ii!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Curtis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirzai Navozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jackson Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 25 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mirzai Navozov!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curtis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Navozov in his tracks.
Good exchange - Navozov coming out on top.
Curtis misses with a wild body shot.
Navozov misses with a low kick.
Navozov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curtis throws out the jab.
No joy there for Navozov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Curtis closes the distance and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Curtis.
Curtis lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Curtis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Curtis lands a shoulder strike.
Navozov trying to control the position but instead, Curtis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Navozov into the cage.
Curtis lands a left hand.
Curtis gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Navozov regains guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Curtis wants to pass the guard but Navozov is keeping the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curtis postures up and lands a big shot to Navozov's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Navozov has momentary wrist control but Curtis slips an elbow through the middle.
Navozov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Curtis trying to control the position from guard on top but Navozov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Curtis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Navozov looks gassed!
Curtis wants to control from the top but Navozov keeps moving.
Curtis forces his way into half guard.
Curtis wants to pass the guard but Navozov is defending well.
Curtis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Navozov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Curtis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Curtis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Curtis moves nicely into side control.
Curtis cracks Navozov with a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Curtis 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.
Curtis working the body and head with strikes.
Curtis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Navozov seems a little lost for a moment, as Curtis dominates the positioning.
Curtis grinds an elbow into Navozov's temple.
Curtis working the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Curtis working the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Navozov takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Curtis working the body and head with strikes.
Navozov takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Curtis in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Curtis in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Navozov is rocked!
Curtis 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.
Navozov is trying to escape the position but Curtis is controlling the position.
Navozov is still in real trouble! Can Curtis finish him?
Curtis lands an elbow.
Curtis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Curtis takes a little break here. Navozov wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curtis working the head with strikes.
Navozov being controlled for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Navozov seems to have recovered his senses.
Navozov taking a bit of punishment here - Curtis scoring with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Navozov is letting Curtis control him for a moment.
Curtis landing a few strikes.
Curtis has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Curtis working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Curtis is landing with some decent strikes but Navozov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Curtis with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jackson Curtis dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Curtis with a nice cross.
Mirzai Navozov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Curtis tries a low kick but Navozov avoids it.
Navozov misses with a straight right.
Curtis closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Curtis lands in his opponent's guard.
Curtis passes into half guard.
Jackson Curtis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Curtis seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Curtis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Curtis controlling the pace.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Curtis lands a nice short elbow.
Navozov is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Curtis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Curtis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Curtis passes to side control.
Curtis lands a nice forearm strike.
Curtis cracks Navozov with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Curtis moves into full mount!
Navozov is in a horrible position here. Curtis smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Curtis is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Navozov can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curtis scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Navozov?
The referee warns Navozov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Curtis! Navozov is hurt baaadly! Curtis is firing away with more strikes - Navozov is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jackson Curtis!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaer Emilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaer Emilson!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emilson moves out of range of the body kick.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Emilson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emilson throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wood was covering up waiting for the punch and Emilson finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Emilson tries to stand but Wood is controlling from the bottom.
Emilson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wood is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wood prevents Emilson from improving his position.
Wood wants to get back to his feet.
Emilson wants to get back to his feet.
Emilson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Emilson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Wood stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Emilson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emilson throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Emilson keeping moving, preventing Wood from controlling successfully.
Emilson has Wood pulled in close to control his posture.
Emilson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Emilson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Wood takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wood displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Emilson.
Emilson swings widly with a right hand
and Wood counters with a left and a right that stings Emilson.
Emilson shoots in but Wood avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Emilson swats away the attempt to clinch by Wood.
Emilson shoots in looking for a takedown. Wood tries to sprawl out of it but Emilson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wood manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Marcus Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaer Emilson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Emilson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wood pinned against the cage. Wood gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Emilson looks gassed!
Emilson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Emilson shoots in for a double leg but Wood sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Emilson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood shoots in but Emilson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wood scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Crunch! Wood slams his shin into Emilson's torso.
Wood throws a right and a left that Emilson avoids nicely.
Wood throws a series of punches but Emilson moves out of range.
Wood tries to clinch up.
Jaer Emilson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood stuffs the takedown attempt from Emilson. Emilson gets slowly back to his feet.
Wood is looking to clinch but Emilson is avoiding it.
Emilson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wood works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wood wants to sweep here but Emilson controlling him for the moment.
Wood throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Wood trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Wood manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Emilson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wood seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Emilson is holding on tight.
Wood looking to finish with strikes here!
Emilson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emilson is squirming around, avoiding Wood's attempts to control the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emilson is looking to get to half guard.
Emilson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wood. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wood has hold of Emilson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Emilson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Emilson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wood.
Emilson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Wood stops Emilson from getting back to his feet.
Wood wants to take a breather but Emilson is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emilson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Emilson is trying to stand up here but Wood is controlling him well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Emilson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Emilson tries to get to full guard but Wood has control of the leg.
Wood is thwarting Emilson's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jaer Emilson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Emilson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Emilson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Emilson landing shots from mount.
Emilson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wood takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wood regains half guard.
Emilson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood gets full guard.
Wood has a closed guard, preventing Emilson from standing up.
Jaer Emilson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Emilson stands up from Wood's guard - Emilson perhaps looking for a knockout.
Emilson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Emilson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emilson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Emilson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wood throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Emilson's head.
Emilson shoots in but no luck this time.
Wood lands a slapping body shot.
Emilson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch but Emilson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Emilson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Marcus Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaer Emilson.
Wood feints and then cracks Emilson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Emilson down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wood misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wood is defended easily by Emilson.
Wood lands a nice looking kick to the body. Emilson takes a step back to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood is looking to clinch but Emilson is avoiding it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Emilson.
Wood is looking to clinch.
Wood throws a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Emilson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emilson shoots in for a takedown but Wood shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wood lands with a hook. Emilson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Some wild striking there from Emilson.
Emilson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Emilson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Wood.
Emilson moves into range and clinches up with Wood.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Emilson's defenses.
It looks like Jaer Emilson has been cut.
Wood lands a knee to the body.
Wood missing with knees to the body.
Wood is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wood is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wood connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wood obliges.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wood is looking to control Emilson's arms but Emilson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wood has his back to the cage.
Emilson tries to break the clinch but Wood is controlling the position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wood wants to break free but Emilson has control.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emilson lands with a right to the head.
Wood stalling in the clinch but Emilson improves position.
Emilson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Emilson throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood trying to control the position but instead, Emilson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wood into the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emilson tries to circle away but Wood has him pinned against the cage.
Emilson can't find room to land a body shot as Wood controls the action.
Wood wants to stall.
Emilson avoiding damage as Wood throws knees to the body.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Emilson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Emilson is looking to break free of the clinch but Wood has double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emilson tries a body shot but Wood blocks it.
Wood tries to stall but Emilson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wood trying to control the position but instead, Emilson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wood into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Wood dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jaer Emilson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Wood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Emilson. That did some damage!
Wood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Emilson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marcus Wood is winning the standup battle so far.
Emilson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wood did well to prevent Emilson getting side control.
Emilson stalling.
Emilson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wood is trying to control but can't.
Emilson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emilson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Emilson stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Wood to get to his feet.
Emilson scores with a decent looking hook.
Emilson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Emilson looks for a takedown but Wood sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Emilson drops his hands momentarily and Wood takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Emilson throws a series of punches but Wood moves out of range.
Wood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Emilson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Emilson lands in his opponent's guard.
Wood is looking for a triangle but Emilson pushes his legs off easily.
Wood utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Emilson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Emilson takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Wood had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Emilson defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emilson wanted to stand there but Wood had control of the position.
Wood is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Emilson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wood's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wood's back!
Emilson lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Wood tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Emilson landing shots from mount.
Emilson unloads with some shots from mount but Wood bucks and avoids them well.
Wood sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Emilson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wood manages to get to full guard.
Wood wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emilson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wood is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Emilson is aware though and is defending well.
Emilson stands and steps away. Wood gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Wood gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Emilson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wood.
Wood throws a nice looking combination but Emilson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Emilson cracks a nice hook into Wood's ribs.
Horrible takedown by Emilson or perhaps it was just good defense by Wood which made him look bad.
Wood fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Emilson tries to bum rush Wood with a series of wild strikes but Wood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood is looking to clinch.
Wood throws a series of strikes that have Emilson backpedaling.
Wood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Emilson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wood. Emilson shrugs it off though.
Emilson shoots in and bounces Wood off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood working for a triangle but Emilson defends it easily.
Emilson stands up from Wood's guard - Emilson perhaps looking for a knockout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood shoots in but Emilson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jaer Emilson.
I think Emilson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Forolov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Hoppus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Forolov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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195 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Forolov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adam Hoppus!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forolov looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hoppus is adopting a defensive guard.
Forolov trying to control but Hoppus is working from the bottom.
Forolov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Forolov pushing down on Hoppus's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Forolov controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hoppus trying to control from the bottom.
Forolov tries to stand and escape but Hoppus actually recovers to full guard.
Hoppus seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Forolov postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoppus might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Forolov kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Adam Hoppus was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Forolov misses with a takedown
and Hoppus counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Forolov actively working from the bottom here.
Hoppus thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Forolov's head.
Hoppus tries to stand and escape but Forolov is controlling the position.
Hoppus wants to take a breather but Forolov is having none of it.
Forolov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Forolov is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Hoppus jumps into side control!
Hoppus is looking to take a break and control but Forolov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hoppus working the ground and pound but Forolov is defending the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoppus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Forolov keeps working.
Forolov tries to improve position but can't.
Hoppus wants to control but Forolov is keeping him busy.
Hoppus working the ground and pound but Forolov is defending the strikes.
Forolov is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hoppus trying to control the action but Forolov is working from the bottom.
Hoppus working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forolov tries to bench press Hoppus off him but Hoppus keeps the position.
Hoppus tries for a kimura but Forolov is defending well.
Hoppus looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hoppus stands up and beckons Forolov to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forolov shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hoppus counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hoppus works his foot free and advances to mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Forolov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hoppus content just to control the position here.
Forolov tries to reverse the position but Hoppus maintains control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoppus lands with some strikes.
Forolov working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Hoppus dominated that round.
That's time! Forolov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hoppus throws a head kick but Forolov moves out of range.
Hoppus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hoppus is trying to trip Forolov. He has hold of a leg but Forolov is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Hoppus persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Hoppus throws a big elbow that misses.
Hoppus avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hoppus trying to control the position from guard on top but Forolov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Forolov looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hoppus passes into half guard.
Hoppus wants to control but Forolov is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoppus tries to pass the half guard into mount. Forolov knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Forolov wants to control but Hoppus is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hoppus escapes and gets back to his feet.
Mark Forolov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Forolov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hoppus gets back to half guard.
Hoppus trying to control from the bottom.
Forolov stops Hoppus from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forolov trying to mount his opponent but Hoppus defends it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Forolov is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Forolov is working for a submission of some sort.
Hoppus is trying to stand.
Hoppus is looking to control Forolov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hoppus avoid being mounted?
Hoppus is pressing down on Forolov's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoppus looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hoppus is trying to control the position but Forolov postures up.
Hoppus keeping moving, preventing Forolov from controlling successfully.
Forolov is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Hoppus is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Hoppus has escaped and now he's on top!
Forolov keeping moving, preventing Hoppus from controlling successfully.
Forolov wants to sweep here but Hoppus controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forolov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hoppus trying to control but Forolov is working from the bottom.
Forolov looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hoppus passes into half guard.
Hoppus thows a huge punch but Forolov dodges it nicely.
Nice strikes from Hoppus there.
Forolov trying to control but Hoppus postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoppus controlling the action here.
Hoppus is trying to control. Forolov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Hoppus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hoppus closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hoppus lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hoppus tries to pass to full mount but Forolov defends it.
Adam Hoppus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Forolov preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Hoppus decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Hoppus leaves Forolov with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hoppus throws a sloppy head kick and Forolov moves out of range easily.
Hoppus misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Forolov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hoppus did well to prevent Forolov getting side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hoppus actively working from the bottom here.
Hoppus is trying to control but can't.
Hoppus pushes Forolov off and gets back to his feet.
Forolov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hoppus counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Forolov tries to clinch there but Hoppus circles away.
Forolov throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Hoppus tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Forolov is in Hoppus's guard.
Forolov stands up over Hoppus, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Forolov advances to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Forolov wants to stand up but Hoppus is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoppus preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Hoppus is trying to stand.
Hoppus missing with punches from the bottom.
Hoppus trying to hold on to Forolov's head to control him but Forolov postures up.
Forolov trying to mount his opponent but Hoppus defends it.
Forolov trying to control from half guard but Hoppus is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forolov is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Hoppus is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mark Forolov!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jack Lane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wanderlei Emelianenko is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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155 lbs
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139 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Lane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wanderlei Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lane fails with the takedown.
Lane misses with the combination.
Emelianenko gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Emelianenko is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Emelianenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lane scores a nice knee to the body.
Lane throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lane swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lane darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Emelianenko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Emelianenko closes the distance and pushes Lane back into the cage.
Emelianenko wants to stall.
Emelianenko working hard to break the clinch.
Lane misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lane throws an elbow but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lane ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lane no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Emelianenko is looking to work some ground and pound but Lane has wrist control.
Emelianenko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lane pulls Emelianenko in close to prevent any damage.
Emelianenko in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Emelianenko would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Lane pushes Emelianenko off and scrambles back to his feet.
Lane shoots in looking for a takedown. Emelianenko tries to sprawl out of it but Lane keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Emelianenko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Emelianenko shoots in but no luck this time.
Emelianenko closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lane quickly recovers to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lane flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lane is trying to stand back up but Emelianenko is controlling him
Emelianenko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Emelianenko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lane is trying to control but can't.
Lane is breathing heavily.
Emelianenko wants to take a breather but Lane is having none of it.
Emelianenko takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelianenko tries to stand and escape but Lane is controlling the position.
Lane is trying to get back to full guard.
Emelianenko working over Lane with some ground and pound. Lane looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lane has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Emelianenko is working away from the top position though.
Emelianenko is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lane forces Emelianenko back against the cage and clinches.
Emelianenko crunches a lovely knee into Lane's ribcage.
Lane tries to land a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks with his arms.
Lane tries to break the clinch but Emelianenko is controlling the position.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Emelianenko misses with the ground and pound.
Lane is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Emelianenko has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Emelianenko decides to stand back up. Emelianenko steps back and let's Lane get back to his feet.
Emelianenko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Emelianenko moves in looking to clinch but Lane pushes him off.
Danga de danga de dang - Emelianenko scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelianenko scores with a three punch combo!
Emelianenko lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Emelianenko lands with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lane is fending him off so far but Emelianenko persists. Nope, Lane circles away and we're back to standing.
Emelianenko wants to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Emelianenko. No joy for Lane on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Lane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emelianenko cracks Lane with an open hand slap.
Jack Lane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelianenko goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Emelianenko moves into the clinch.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but Lane blocks it.
Lane manages to break the clinch.
Lane shoots in but Emelianenko avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Emelianenko delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Emelianenko.
Emelianenko explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but Lane is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Emelianenko dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Emelianenko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Emelianenko throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lane.
Lane swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Emelianenko counters with a three punch combo that has Lane backing up. Lane nods at Emelianenko to acknowledge the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lane throws a looping overhand right but Emelianenko ducks down to avoid it.
Lane shoots in for a double leg but Emelianenko sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A nice combination there by Emelianenko.
Lane moves out of range as Emelianenko throws a body kick.
Lane throws a body punch but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Emelianenko moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lane shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Emelianenko scores with a one two! Lane had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lane crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Emelianenko - the referee stops the clock and Lane gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Emelianenko. Lane manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Emelianenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Emelianenko misses with the combination.
Lane shoots in looking for a takedown but Emelianenko manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lane's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Lane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lane has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lane on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Emelianenko. Emelianenko obviously looking to wear him down.
Emelianenko throws a series of strikes that have Lane backpedaling.
Emelianenko forces Lane back against the cage and clinches.
Lane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Emelianenko, right into the meat.
Emelianenko is working the combinations to good effect here.
Lane chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Emelianenko can pounce on him.
Wanderlei Emelianenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Emelianenko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Emelianenko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Emelianenko lands a leg kick that knocks Lane off balance momentarily.
Lane shoots in for a double leg but Emelianenko sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lane has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Emelianenko.
A good leg kick by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko shoots for a double leg takedown but Lane sprawls well. He's pushed Emelianenko's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lane fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Emelianenko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lane is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lane throws a right hand that Emelianenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelianenko also avoids with ease.
Emelianenko throws a series of strikes that have Lane backpedaling.
Emelianenko throws a head kick but Lane moves out of range.
Lane has closed the distance and engaged Emelianenko in a clinch.
Lane on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lane breaks the clinch.
Lane misses with a few strikes there.
Emelianenko gets a double leg takedown into Lane's guard.
Emelianenko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Emelianenko wants to pass the guard but Lane is keeping the position.
Emelianenko is in close to Lane's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Emelianenko prevents Lane from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lane is trying to control the position but Emelianenko postures up.
Lane tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lane is working an open guard so Emelianenko takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Emelianenko cracks Lane with an open hand slap.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Emelianenko, right into the meat.
Emelianenko misses with a double jab.
Lane misses with a head kick.
Lane throws a low kick, looking for Emelianenko's leg but Emelianenko calmly moves out of range.
Emelianenko thows a body kick. Lane tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Lane stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko gets a clinch.
Lane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Left hook, right uppercut from Emelianenko.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lane gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lane tries to land a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks with his arms.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Emelianenko misses with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lane fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Emelianenko manages to avoid it.
Emelianenko scores with a one two! Lane had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Emelianenko slips a jab and a cross from Lane.
Emelianenko connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Emelianenko lands a really nice looking cross but Lane seems unphased.
No luck for Lane with that takedown attempt.
Lane misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emelianenko lands with a nice combination. Lane backs away looking to recover.
Emelianenko is looking to clinch.
Lane shoots in but Emelianenko avoids the takedown attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Emelianenko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Emelianenko gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lane keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Emelianenko's efforts to push away.
Lane tries to land knees in the clinch but Emelianenko avoids the damage to the body.
Emelianenko stalling in the clinch but Lane improves position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Emelianenko as Lane tries to tie him up.
Emelianenko manages to pull guard.
Lane postures up.
Emelianenko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Emelianenko is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Emelianenko is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Emelianenko wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Wanderlei Emelianenko.
Emelianenko tries to clinch up but Lane circles away and keeps his distance.
Emelianenko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Emelianenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lane feints and as Emelianenko raises his hands in defense, Lane changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lane postures up in Emelianenko's guard and throws a big left but Emelianenko blocks it.
Lane tries to stand but Emelianenko is controlling from the bottom.
Emelianenko pushes Lane off and gets back to his feet.
Emelianenko slaps away a takedown attempt from Lane, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Emelianenko clinches up with Lane and pushes him back against the cage.
Lane avoiding damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lane obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries to pull guard but Lane forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Emelianenko jumps into guard, dragging Lane to the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lane stopping the sweep attempt from Emelianenko.
Wanderlei Emelianenko has got the better of the ground game so far.
Emelianenko wants to stand but Lane is controlling the position.
Lane chips away with some ground and pound.
Lane is working Emelianenko over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Emelianenko is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Emelianenko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lane stopping the sweep attempt from Emelianenko.
Lane stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lane.
Emelianenko looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lane is fending him off so far but Emelianenko persists. Nope, Lane circles away and we're back to standing.
Jack Lane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wanderlei Emelianenko.
That kick from Emelianenko tenderised Lane's leg. Lane is trying to keep his angry face on.
Emelianenko throws a leg kick but Lane sees it coming and checks it nicely.
No joy there for Lane, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Emelianenko throws a nice looking combination but Lane bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Lane, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Emelianenko is looking to clinch.
Jack Lane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Emelianenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lane has managed to clinch.
Emelianenko manages to break the clinch.
Emelianenko slips a jab and a cross from Lane.
Wanderlei Emelianenko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Emelianenko moves in looking to clinch but Lane pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lane pushes Emelianenko up against the cage in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Lane blocks with his arms.
Lane lands a knee to the body.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Emelianenko closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lane quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in half guard, Emelianenko seems content to control.
Lane wants to control but Emelianenko is keeping busy.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Emelianenko in particular looking to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Emelianenko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Emelianenko 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Emelianenko!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between White Widow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Yuste (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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153 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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148 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, White Widow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Manuel Yuste!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuste scores with a nice strike.
Manuel Yuste seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Widow shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yuste manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Widow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Widow tries to free his leg and advance position but Yuste is retaining full guard.
Widow is working hard here to advance position.
Widow is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Widow trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yuste is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Widow tries to free his leg and advance position but Yuste is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Widow working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Widow's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Widow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Widow throws a big elbow that misses.
Widow 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.
Widow trying to control but Yuste is working from the bottom.
Widow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Widow with a nice head shot there.
Widow in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Widow throws a big elbow that misses.
Widow is looking to work some ground and pound but Yuste has wrist control.
Widow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Widow postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Yuste looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Widow stands up from Yuste's guard - Widow perhaps looking for a knockout.
Yuste throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Widow scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Widow uses his free foot to push down on Yuste's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Yuste.
Widow landing strikes from the mount and Yuste is in trouble!
Widow raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Widow scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yuste?
Widow dominating with strikes here.
Yuste is rocked!
Widow looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Yuste covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). White Widow!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Barris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Makarov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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144 lbs
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143 lbs
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Basic striking
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, John Barris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrei Makarov!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Makarov.
Makarov trying to control the position but Barris is working away.
Barris struggling a bit here.
Barris is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Makarov is trying to get an arm triangle but Barris is defending well.
Makarov wants to control but Barris is keeping him busy.
Makarov tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barris sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Barris is trying to get back to full guard.
Barris throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Barris tries to get to full guard but Makarov has control of the leg.
Barris slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Barris lands a decent punch to the body there.
Makarov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barris. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Makarov throws a big elbow that misses.
Makarov is looking to stand up but Barris won't let him.
Makarov trying to control the position from guard on top but Barris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makarov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Makarov is posturing up here but Barris has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Makarov tries to roll out but it's too tight and Makarov has to tap! Slick submission there by Barris!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Barris!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dingo Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eder Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes to the cage accompanied by deftones-simple man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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143 lbs
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dingo Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eder Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a right and a left that Penn avoids nicely.
Penn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Penn shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Silva is trying to defend but Penn finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Penn wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
Penn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Penn thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Penn is pressing down on Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silva is holding on for now.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.
Silva wants to improve his position but Penn is controlling well.
Penn working the head and body with strikes.
Penn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Penn works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn controlling the position easily from mount.
Penn tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Penn prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Penn lands a heavy elbow.
Silva wants to control but Penn is having none of it.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Penn landing shots from mount.
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Penn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Penn working the ground and pound effectively.
Penn is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Penn trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Penn lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penn avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
Penn wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Penn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Penn wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Penn with shots to the head and body - Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Penn prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Silva wants to control but Penn is having none of it.
Penn landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Penn cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! Penn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Silva is rocked!
It looks like Eder Silva has been cut.
A big strike lands for Penn! That's really hurt Silva and he's turned his back - Penn keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Penn jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dingo Penn!
During a confident post fight interview, Dingo Penn thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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