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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juhani Kontiovaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thad Backer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Backer has chosen Hell Yeah as his entrance music. Juhani Kontiovaara has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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267 lbs
16 - 17 - 1 |
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260 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Dangerous knees
Powerful |
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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
16 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Juhani Kontiovaara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thad Backer!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Backer clinches with his opponent.
Kontiovaara breaks the clinch.
Kontiovaara misses with the combination.
Kontiovaara throws an off balance right hand
and Backer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Backer with a knee to the head.
It looks like Juhani Kontiovaara has been cut.
Backer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kontiovaara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Backer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kontiovaara's defenses.
Backer lands a nice elbow.
Backer landing knees to the head.
Juhani Kontiovaara's cut is getting worse.
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!
Kontiovaara tries to circle away but Backer has him pinned against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Backer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kontiovaara is breathing heavily.
Kontiovaara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Backer.
Backer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Backer drops Kontiovaara with a big knee straight up the middle! Kontiovaara is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Kontiovaara is rocked!
Backer keeps Kontiovaara at a distance using the push kick.
Backer clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Backer misses with a knee strike.
Backer lands a knee to the head.
Backer scores with a knee to the head.
Juhani Kontiovaara's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kontiovaara stalling in the clinch but Backer improves position.
Backer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kontiovaara's face.
Oh Kontiovaara is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are battling for dominant position up against the cage here. Backer manages to get control of his opponent's head and throws a big knee - Kontiovaara drops to the canvas! He's done! Backer goes wild and celebrates with his corner - this is a big victory for him and to get the win in such devastating fashion will certainly boost his reputation amongst the fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Thad Backer!
Post fight, Thad Backer stared into the camera and said 'WHERE'S MY POCKET PUSSY !'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rhomboid Goatcabin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goatcabin has chosen Selfishly Irritating as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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27
184 lbs
12 - 15 - 0 |
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175 lbs
15 - 13 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rhomboid Goatcabin!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Goatcabin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ryan scrambles back to his feet.
Goatcabin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ryan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ryan instigates a clinch.
Ryan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Goatcabin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ryan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Goatcabin trying to control the position but instead, Ryan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Goatcabin into the cage.
Ryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Goatcabin blocks it with crossed arms.
Ryan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Goatcabin is working for takedown but Ryan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Goatcabin wants a takedown.
Goatcabin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ryan is looking to chop away at Goatcabin's legs.
Goatcabin blocks a low kick nicely.
Ryan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Goatcabin checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan closes the distance and clinches up with Goatcabin, looking for a takedown. Ryan pushes Goatcabin against the cage but Goatcabin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Ryan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ryan throws the kick towards the body but Goatcabin avoids it.
Ryan moves into range and clinches up with Goatcabin.
Goatcabin avoiding damage.
Goatcabin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Goatcabin has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ryan after a bit of a struggle.
Ryan scores a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Goatcabin is struggling to control the position.
Ryan throws an elbow that misses.
Ryan misses with an elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ryan.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Goatcabin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan breaks the clinch.
Goatcabin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Goatcabin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Goatcabin darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ground and pound from Goatcabin.
Ryan manages to get to full guard.
Ryan is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Goatcabin throws an elbow that misses. Ryan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Goatcabin's guard. Nice move by Ryan!
Ryan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goatcabin working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ryan throwing strikes from guard but Goatcabin blocks nicely.
Ryan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ryan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ryan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ryan postures up.
Goatcabin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Goatcabin wants to improve his position but instead Ryan has moved into half guard.
Goatcabin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ryan pulls his head out easily.
Ryan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Goatcabin's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goatcabin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ryan lands with a punch from half guard.
Goatcabin gets back to full guard.
Goatcabin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ryan defends it easily.
Ryan preventing the sweep.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ryan trying to control the position from guard on top but Goatcabin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ryan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Goatcabin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Goatcabin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jack Ryan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Goatcabin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Goatcabin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ryan but Ryan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ryan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Goatcabin slips under a jab.
Ryan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Goatcabin.
Ryan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Goatcabin but Goatcabin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ryan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ryan swings widly with a right hand
and Goatcabin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ryan tries to clinch there but Goatcabin circles away.
Ryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Goatcabin.
Ryan missing with a left hand there. Goatcabin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ryan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Goatcabin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan shoots in and drives through. Goatcabin sprawls well.
Ryan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Goatcabin.
Ryan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Ryan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Goatcabin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Goatcabin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Goatcabin lands the left hand.
Goatcabin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ryan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ryan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
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!
Goatcabin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ryan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rhomboid Goatcabin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Goatcabin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ryan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Goatcabin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ryan is rocked!
Ryan misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Ryan.
Goatcabin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan misses with a head kick.
Goatcabin drops Ryan with a naaaaasty hook - Ryan is in real trouble here! Goatcabin dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rhomboid Goatcabin!
Rhomboid Goatcabin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Baller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cees Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baller's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Helicopter, made of meat!. The crowd seem to be enjoying Overeem's choice of entrance music: Drowning Pool - Bodies (Let The Bodies Hit The Floor) . Paul Baller has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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33
275 lbs
22 - 21 - 0 |
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30
265 lbs
24 - 21 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
22 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Baller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cees Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem is looking to clinch but Baller is avoiding it.
Baller throws a jab but it's blocked by Overeem.
Baller really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Overeem gets a clinch.
Overeem landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baller tries to pull guard but Overeem won't allow it.
Baller avoiding damage as Overeem throws knees to the body.
Overeem connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Paul Baller has been cut.
Baller is breathing heavily.
A bit of stalling here from Overeem.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Overeem.
Overeem drops Baller with a big knee straight up the middle! Baller is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Overeem closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Baller out cold! Baller corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Cees Overeem!
Our winner, Cees Overeem, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Irwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demian Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irwin comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - T.N.T. 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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212 lbs
19 - 8 - 0 |
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30
218 lbs
19 - 12 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Irwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Demian Silva!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irwin missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Irwin keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Irwin.
Irwin takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Irwin misses.
Irwin throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Irwin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Irwin moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Irwin moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva lands a jab-cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Irwin misses the jab.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Irwin throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Irwin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Paul Irwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Irwin slips the punch.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Irwin.
Irwin blocks a head kick by Silva.
Irwin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Irwin slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A leg kick checked by Irwin.
A big left from Irwin misses.
Irwin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Irwin throws a big shot that misses.
Irwin lands a big head kick that sends Silva tumbling to the mat! Irwin takes a step backwards and waves Silva back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Demian Silva has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Irwin misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irwin throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Irwin does it's job there.
Irwin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva throws a hook but Irwin avoids it easily.
Irwin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Silva avoids the body shot from Irwin.
Irwin looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Irwin misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva slips under a jab from Irwin.
Silva slips under a jab from Irwin.
Irwin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Irwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva defending well as Irwin loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Irwin misses with a straight right.
Irwin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Irwin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Irwin.
Silva tries to bum rush Irwin with a series of wild strikes but Irwin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva slips a straight right by Irwin.
Silva staying out of range there.
Irwin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silva cracks the inside of Irwin's front leg.
Irwin throws a right hand that misses
and Silva counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Irwin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Irwin down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irwin throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Irwin is breathing heavily.
Irwin lands a head shot.
Silva moves out of range as Irwin throws a body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Irwin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A jab lands there for Silva.
Silva blocks a jab.
A jab lands there for Irwin.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Irwin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Irwin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demian Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Demian Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Irwin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Irwin misses with an uppercut.
Irwin throws a front kick aimed at Silva's knee but Silva avoids it well.
Irwin throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Irwin misses with a body shot.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Irwin was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Nice uppercut lands for Irwin. That snapped Silva's head back.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Irwin throws a big shot that misses.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice shot by Silva.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva connects with a jab.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Irwin.
Irwin throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Irwin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Irwin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva is looking to clinch but Irwin is avoiding it.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Irwin.
Irwin throws a head kick that misses
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Silva misses with the combination.
Irwin connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Irwin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Demian Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva blocks a jab.
Good work by Irwin as he checks the leg kick.
Irwin misses the jab.
Irwin throws a lazy uppercut
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Irwin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Irwin lands a head kick!
Silva thumps Irwin with a low kick.
Irwin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva blocks a head kick by Irwin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Irwin's head back.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Irwin's sensitive parts.
Irwin avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Irwin circles away.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irwin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Irwin is rocked!
Jab from Silva.
Oh Irwin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva throws a right hand that Irwin ducks under and follows up with a left that Irwin also avoids with ease.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva throws a right and a left that Irwin avoids nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks Irwin with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Irwin tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Silva pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Irwin is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Demian Silva!
An out of breath Demian Silva thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Falcon Falconowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunks Jucci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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260 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Falcon Falconowski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hunks Jucci!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Falconowski misses.
Jucci gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Jucci keeping moving, preventing Falconowski from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Falconowski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jucci has control of Falconowski's left arm, preventing Falconowski from doing any damage.
Falconowski with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jucci is trying to keep Falconowski in close.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jucci lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Falconowski!
Jucci content just to control the position here.
Jucci trying to control but Falconowski is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jucci controlling from mount.
Jucci looking to control but Falconowski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jucci takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Hunks Jucci.
Jucci misses with a left hand
letting Falconowski counter with a right hand.
Jucci throws a right hand that misses
and Falconowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jucci throws a low kick but Falconowski moves out of range easily.
Falconowski tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falconowski misses with a wild body shot.
Jucci throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Falconowski clinches with his opponent.
Jucci leaning against his opponent.
Jucci lands a body shot in the clinch.
Falconowski trying to control the position but instead, Jucci has worked for underhooks and has pushed Falconowski into the cage.
Falconowski prevents a body shot from Jucci.
Falconowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falconowski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Falconowski tries to score a body lock takedown but Jucci shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jucci misses with a body punch.
Falconowski breaks from the clinch.
Falconowski ducks under a wild hook from Jucci.
Hunks Jucci is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jucci.
Jucci checks a low kick from Falconowski.
Jucci lands with a straight right. Falconowski didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Falcon Falconowski has been cut.
Jucci scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jucci bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jucci lands with an overhand left.
Jucci misses with a low kick.
Jucci misses with a right hand
and Falconowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Falconowski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falconowski on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jucci. Jucci obviously looking to wear him down.
Falconowski throws a nice looking combination but Jucci bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Falconowski misses with a hook.
Jucci swats away the attempt to clinch by Falconowski.
Jucci moves away from the strike by Falconowski.
Jucci lands a leg kick that knocks Falconowski off balance momentarily.
Falconowski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jucci avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jucci lands with a nice body punch.
Falconowski is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Falconowski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jucci lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sloppy strikes from Jucci. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hunks Jucci dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Falcon Falconowski's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Falconowski tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jucci throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Falconowski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jucci feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Falconowski's calf.
Jucci fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jucci lunges at Falconowski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Falconowski's hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jucci, as that shot connected.
Falconowski fails with a takedown attempt.
Falconowski takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Jucci just misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Falconowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jucci closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hunks Jucci seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jucci throws out a loose jab but Falconowski uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jucci throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Falconowski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jucci swings for the body but Falconowski moves out of range.
Falconowski works over Jucci's head and body with a nice combination.
Jucci stuns Falconowski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jucci lands a right hook to the body.
Jucci has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jucci drops Falconowski with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Falconowski looks back up at him and smiles so Jucci waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jucci fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jucci throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jucci closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Falconowski! Jucci dives in looking to finish! Falconowski is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hunks Jucci!
Hunks Jucci is the new heavyweight champion!
Hunks Jucci 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Torsti Turjake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson's entrance music is Wu Tang - Triumph. A fine choice. Torsti Turjake has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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165 lbs
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32
161 lbs
29 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rashad Jackson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Torsti Turjake!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turjake scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Rashad Jackson has been cut.
Jackson misses with a looping left.
Turjake throws a series of punches but Jackson avoids them all with ease.
Jackson checks a low kick from Turjake.
Jackson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Turjake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jackson walks into a straight right hand from Turjake.
Turjake attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turjake manages to avoid it.
Turjake digs a good body shot into Jackson's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turjake is looking to score with low kicks.
Turjake misses with a lunging right hand
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
Jackson misses with a lunging right hand
and Turjake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jackson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jackson throws a lazy right hand but Turjake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turjake throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turjake looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Nice jab there from Turjake.
Turjake lands a slapping body shot.
Jackson throws a low kick but Turjake moves out of range easily.
Turjake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turjake will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Turjake. That's going to slow Jackson down.
Torsti Turjake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turjake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turjake connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Turjake bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jackson's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Turjake.
Jackson throws a right hand that misses
and Turjake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Turjake. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turjake.
Turjake with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turjake lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Turjake looks to throw the jab but Jackson is out of range.
Torsti Turjake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turjake takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rashad Jackson's cut is getting worse.
Turjake misses with a two punch combination.
Turjake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turjake connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jackson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A punch lands to the side of Jackson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A jab from Jackson misses.
Turjake fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jackson is out of range.
Turjake is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jackson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Turjake moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson jabs Turjake right on the nose. Turjake blinks but takes it well.
Turjake lands a big shot that drops Jackson! Can he finish him?
Jackson is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turjake throwing strikes but missing.
Turjake throws a big elbow that misses.
Turjake throwing strikes from guard but Jackson blocks nicely.
Turjake advances to half guard.
Jackson looking for submissions off his back.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jackson is concentrating on defense, preventing Turjake from advancing position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turjake not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turjake missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jackson is staying active underneath Turjake, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Turjake landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jackson wants to improve his position but Turjake is controlling well.
Jackson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turjake.
Jackson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jackson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Turjake trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson is working an open guard so Turjake takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Nice body punch from Jackson.
An inside leg kick lands from Turjake.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Torsti Turjake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rashad Jackson's cut.
That's time! Jackson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Turjake with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Turjake lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A left lands for Turjake.
Rashad Jackson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Turjake scores with a body shot.
Turjake scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jackson doesn't seem bothered though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jackson is defended easily by Turjake.
Turjake misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turjake works over Jackson's head and body with a nice combination.
Turjake throws a leg kick but Jackson moved away.
Turjake cracks a nice hook into Jackson's ribs.
Jackson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turjake connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jackson's hands.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson fails with a takedown attempt.
Jackson seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rashad Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turjake throws out a loose jab but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turjake has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turjake throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jackson throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Turjake misses its intended target.
Turjake scores with a one two! Jackson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jeez, Rashad Jackson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Turjake misses with an uppercut.
Turjake lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turjake scores with a leg kick.
Jackson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Turjake moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Jackson goes down! Can Turjake finish him!?
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rashad Jackson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Torsti Turjake! Torsti Turjake retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Torsti Turjake made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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