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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jozef Jankowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jozef Jankowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roy Brown!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown lands with a nice body punch.
Jankowski ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown looks to land a left hand but Jankowski moved out of range nicely.
Jankowski shoots in for a double leg but Brown sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jankowski.
Nice sprawl there from Brown as Jankowski shoots in.
Jankowski fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jozef Jankowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Jankowski with that takedown attempt.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jankowski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brown.
Jankowski scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Jankowski frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jankowski looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jankowski lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Brown holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jankowski tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jankowski scoring with strikes but Brown is staying in there.
Brown taking shots to the head.
Jankowski working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jankowski misses with a head shot.
Jankowski wants to control the pace but Brown is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee warns Brown that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Brown gets back to half guard.
Brown really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jankowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jankowski with the ground and pound but Brown uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Jankowski 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.
Jankowski controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brown working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jankowski.
Jankowski throws an elbow that misses. Brown uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jankowski's guard. Nice move by Brown!
Jankowski pulls Brown in close to his closed guard and prevents Brown from doing any damage or advancing position.
Brown gets to his feet - Jankowski follows without any prompting.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Brown as he jumps to the side.
Jankowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jankowski moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown stuffs the takedown attempt from Jankowski. Jankowski gets slowly back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jozef Jankowski dominated that round.
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.
Brown lands with a good body shot.
Jankowski tries to score a power double leg takedown but Brown sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jankowski somewhat.
Jankowski shoots in and drives through. Brown sprawls well.
Jankowski fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jozef Jankowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jankowski throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Brown tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Jankowski is in Brown's guard.
Jankowski throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankowski looking to sit in guard and control but Brown gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jankowski wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jankowski is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jankowski slips nicely into half guard.
Jankowski lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jankowski throwing shots but Brown is blocking nicely.
Brown wants to improve his position but Jankowski is controlling well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Brown can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jankowski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jankowski throwing shots but Brown is blocking nicely.
Jankowski lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jozef Jankowski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jankowski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to control Jankowski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brown avoid being mounted?
Jankowski is trying to control. Brown wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jankowski looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jankowski missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brown has hold of Jankowski's hands but Jankowski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brown knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jankowski missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jankowski looks to land a strike but Brown avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Jankowski 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.
Jankowski distracts Brown with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jankowski scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jankowski postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jankowski throws a big elbow that misses.
Brown utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jozef Jankowski dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Brown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jankowski shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brown defends it nicely.
Jankowski shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jankowski gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jozef Jankowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankowski shoots in but Brown avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jankowski shoots in but no luck this time.
Jankowski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brown finds it's way round the side to connect with Jankowski's head.
Brown connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski staying out of range there.
Jankowski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jankowski slips a jab from Brown.
Brown throws an off balance right hand
and Jankowski counters with a single leg into guard. Brown didn't expect that.
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!
Jankowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jankowski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jankowski has gone for a leg lock! Brown slips out almost immediately though and dives into Jankowski's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown preventing the sweep.
Brown wants to get up but he can't break Jankowski's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Brown is fighting to break Jankowski's control of his arms but Jankowski is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Jozef Jankowski has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Jankowski blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brown throws an off balance right hand
and Jankowski counters with a takedown into side control.
Jankowski sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Brown is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jankowski working the ground and pound from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jankowski tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jankowski working the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jozef Jankowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jankowski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jozef Jankowski!
After winning the bout, Jozef Jankowski thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Veterano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaki Sumitani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Veterano comes to the cage accompanied by Turn The Lights Out . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
7 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcelo Veterano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Masaki Sumitani!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sumitani misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sumitani walks into a left hand.
Veterano wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A slow jab from Sumitani misses its intended target.
Veterano scores with a hook to the body. Sumitani takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Veterano throws a big shot that misses.
Sumitani fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Veterano manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Sumitani. Those never looked like landing.
Jab, jab by Veterano - just one landing.
Sumitani misses the body punch
and Veterano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Veterano moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice shot lands for Sumitani.
Veterano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Veterano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sumitani manages to avoid it.
Veterano scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Masaki Sumitani has been cut.
Veterano misses with a double jab.
Veterano checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Veterano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sumitani tries to score with a low kick but Veterano moves his leg out of the way.
Sumitani gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sumitani throws an overhand right that lands on Veterano's shoulder, as Veterano tries to avoid the shot.
Veterano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Veterano lands a nice hook to Sumitani's body. Sumitani takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A combination from Veterano does no damage.
Veterano cracks Sumitani with a good jab.
Sumitani is looking to score with low kicks.
A jab from Veterano does it's job there.
Veterano moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sumitani takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Veterano misses
and Sumitani counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Veterano lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veterano throws a series of punches but Sumitani moves out of range.
Sumitani falls off balance throwing a combination
and Veterano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marcelo Veterano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Veterano connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Sumitani! He's out on his feet! Veterano rushes in and drops Sumitani with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marcelo Veterano!
Marcelo Veterano seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arnold Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leeroy Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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278 lbs
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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
17 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arnold Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Leeroy Russo!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russo tries to clinch up but Robinson circles away and keeps his distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Russo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robinson. Russo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Robinson throws a series of punches but Russo moves out of range.
Robinson throws a jab but it's blocked by Russo.
Robinson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Russo.
Russo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Robinson defending well as Russo loads up on a big left hand.
Robinson tries to move into range but Russo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Arnold Robinson has been cut.
Robinson scores with a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Robinson. Those never looked like landing.
Robinson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Russo looks to land a left hand but Robinson moved out of range nicely.
Russo throws a push kick but Robinson slaps the foot to one side.
Robinson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Robinson blocks a jab.
Russo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Russo throws a leg kick that misses.
Russo wants to clinch up but Robinson keeps it at a distance.
Russo darts in and clinches Robinson up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Russo.
Russo manages to break the clinch.
Robinson throws the left hand but Russo avoids the punch easily.
Robinson lands a jab to Russo's midsection.
Robinson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Robinson digs a good body shot into Russo's ribs.
Russo looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robinson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Robinson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Robinson stuns Russo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Robinson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Russo moves in looking to clinch but Robinson pushes him off.
Oooooh!!! Robinson has knocked Russo down with a huge combo! Robinson steps away and waves a wobbly Russo back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Leeroy Russo has been cut.
Robinson drops Russo with a straight right hand, right on the button! Robinson follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arnold Robinson!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Atreides (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Gregory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atreides's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hardcore Vibes. Gregory has chosen Chumbawamba - English Rebel Songs as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Paul Atreides is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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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
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Atreides!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Gregory!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atreides gets the takedown into side control.
Atreides looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Atreides is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gregory is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Atreides throwing strikes but Gregory manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Atreides is looking to reverse the position.
Atreides sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Atreides slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gregory gets to his feet. Atreides looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Horrible takedown by Atreides or perhaps it was just good defense by Gregory which made him look bad.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gregory tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atreides shoots in for a double leg but Gregory sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Atreides rushes Gregory and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Atreides is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Atreides. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Atreides tries to pull guard but Gregory won't allow it.
Gregory swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gregory lands an elbow just above Atreides 's eye.
Atreides has Gregory pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gregory manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gregory will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Atreides up against the cage.
Atreides tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gregory just stands there and leans against the cage.
Atreides is trying to pull guard but Gregory turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
The referee calls for Gregory to work.
Atreides manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gregory is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Atreides trying to strike off his back.
Atreides 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.
Gregory avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gregory drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gregory jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atreides looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Gregory has picked Atreides up and slammed him! Atreides can't keep hold of the triangle and Gregory manages to pass to side control!
Atreides is looking to reverse the position.
Gregory stands up.
Gregory lands a nice leg kick that just misses Atreides's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregory tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gregory forces Atreides back against the cage and clinches.
Gregory stalling in the clinch but Atreides improves position.
Atreides fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Atreides is working for takedown but Gregory is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gregory prevents the takedown attempt.
Gregory pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gregory lands a body shot in the clinch.
Atreides tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gregory lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Atreides or not.
Atreides gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gregory trying to control from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gregory has his hands clasped together around Atreides's back. He's all about the action.
Atreides is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atreides is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gregory defends it well.
Atreides is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atreides is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gregory is just riding it out for now. Atreides eventually gives up the hold.
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 Paul Atreides will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Atreides instigates a clinch.
Gregory stops a takedown attempt from Atreides.
Atreides ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Atreides no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Gregory tries to free his leg and advance position but Atreides is retaining full guard.
Atreides working for a triangle but Gregory defends it easily.
Atreides looking for a guillotine here but Gregory defends easily.
Atreides is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Gregory frees his head nicely. Oh but Atreides has switched to an armbar! Gregory is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Paul Atreides!
Paul Atreides managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, xXx - Voodoo Labs - 159++ Energy - $50, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Hawking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nuuska Muikkunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawking comes into the arena with One Winged Angel by The Black Mages blaring out of the sound system. Stephen Hawking has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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149 lbs
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153 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Hawking!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nuuska Muikkunen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muikkunen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawking.
Muikkunen stuns Hawking with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Muikkunen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Muikkunen throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Hawking tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Muikkunen is in Hawking's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hawking lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Muikkunen!
Hawking looking to ground and pound but Muikkunen is blocking nicely.
Muikkunen can't escape the position.
Hawking misses with a head shot.
Hawking working the ground and pound effectively.
It looks like Nuuska Muikkunen has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawking landing punches.
Hawking punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hawking looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawking landing strikes from the mount and Muikkunen is in trouble!
Hawking is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Muikkunen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hawking scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Muikkunen?
Muikkunen is rocked!
Hawking raining down hammerfists from mount.
Muikkunen is still in real trouble! Can Hawking finish him?
Hawking loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Muikkunen scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Hawking land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Hawking stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephen Hawking!
Stephen Hawking retains his featherweight title!
Stephen Hawking took some time post fight to say the following; 'I am the best lookin, smartest and baddest man on this planet !!! NO ONE CAN DEFEAT ME !!! '.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Murray Esson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukasz Sajewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Esson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life. Murray Esson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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169 lbs
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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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Murray Esson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lukasz Sajewski!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Esson checks a leg kick.
Sajewski shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Esson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sajewski tries to work over Esson's front leg with a kick but Esson checks it.
Sajewski thows a body shot but no joy.
Esson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sajewski avoids it really well and circles away.
A lazy left from Sajewski finds it's target.
Sajewski cracks Esson with a right hand to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Esson.
Esson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Esson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Esson checks a leg kick.
Sajewski lands with an overhand left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sajewski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Esson counters with a good, hard body kick but Sajewski shrugs it off.
Lukasz Sajewski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esson closes the distance and clinches up with Sajewski, looking for a takedown. Esson pushes Sajewski against the cage but Sajewski circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Sajewski blocks the leg kick.
Esson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sajewski circles away quickly and effectively.
A punch lands to the side of Esson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sajewski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sajewski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Esson.
Esson gets the takedown into side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Esson is looking to take a break and control but Sajewski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sajewski tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Esson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Esson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Esson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The strikes coming from Esson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Esson throws an elbow but Sajewski slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sajewski is looking for a sweep.
Esson tries to move into full mount but can't pass Sajewski's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Esson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sajewski has escaped the position, nice work there.
Esson tries to advance to mount but Sajewski denies him.
Esson is working hard here to advance position.
Esson is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Sajewski looks calm but he's in trouble here. Esson gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Sajewski is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Esson lets go of the hold and Sajewski can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Murray Esson!
Murray Esson is the new lightweight champion!
Murray Esson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antti Kantola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brutaali Keijo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keijo has chosen CMX - Pyörivät Sähkökoneet as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Kantola!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brutaali Keijo!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keijo scores with a nice strike.
Kantola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kantola staying out of range there.
Kantola throws a low kick, looking for Keijo's leg but Keijo calmly moves out of range.
Kantola misses with a wild body shot.
Kantola misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kantola with a lazy takedown attempt
and Keijo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Keijo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Kantola.
Keijo misses with a low kick.
Kantola gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keijo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brutaali Keijo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keijo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kantola.
Keijo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Keijo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kantola was well out of range. Poor timing from Keijo.
Kantola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keijo thows a body shot but no joy.
Keijo takes one to the side of the head.
Antti Kantola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kantola scores with a head kick.
Kantola takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keijo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Keijo looks to land a body kick but Kantola moved away.
Kantola takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Some bone on bone action there as Kantola checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Keijo.
Kantola wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Keijo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kantola.
Kantola uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Keijo.
Kantola thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Keijo.
Kantola moves out of range of the body kick.
Kantola ducks under a wild hook from Keijo.
Keijo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Keijo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kantola lands with a straight right. Keijo didn't see that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keijo misses with a straight left.
Keijo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Keijo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kantola circles away quickly and effectively.
Kantola throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kantola staying out of range there.
Kantola just misses with a punch to the body.
Keijo checks a leg kick.
Kantola ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keijo tries to keep at a distance but Kantola has taken the fight into the clinch.
Keijo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kantola lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kantola stalls.
Keijo lands with a right to the head.
Kantola lands a hook that snaps the head of Keijo backwards.
Kantola taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keijo.
Kantola wants to stall.
Keijo avoiding damage as Kantola throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Keijo fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Keijo misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Keijo fails to land.
Kantola avoids a wild elbow strike from Keijo.
Kantola tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Keijo just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brutaali Keijo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Keijo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kantola is looking to wear down Keijo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Keijo throws a jab when Kantola was well out of range.
Keijo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kantola.
Decent striking displayed by Keijo there.
Keijo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keijo tries a low kick but Kantola avoids it.
Kantola ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Keijo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kantola lands with a hook. Keijo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kantola checks a leg kick.
Keijo throws a leg kick which misses Kantola's front leg but catches the back leg as Kantola tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keijo thuds his shin into the meat of Kantola's side.
Kantola throws a body punch but Keijo moves out of range.
Kantola bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Keijo's head.
Keijo misses with a body shot.
Keijo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kantola throws a body punch but Keijo moves out of range.
Kantola tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kantola ducks under a wild hook from Keijo.
Kantola throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Keijo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kantola momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice straight punches there by Keijo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Keijo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kantola walks into a stiff left hand from Keijo.
Kantola checks a leg kick nicely.
Keijo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A solid body kick from Keijo.
A lazy left from Keijo finds it's target.
Kantola is rocked!
Keijo scores with a leg kick.
Oh Kantola is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keijo finds Kantola's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Kantola flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Keijo lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Kantola will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brutaali Keijo!
Brutaali Keijo is the new welterweight champion!
Our winner, Brutaali Keijo, 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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