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IMMA 112: Taalasmaa vs Patton PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Rotten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antti Sokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rotten comes to the cage accompanied by White Zombie - More Human Than Human. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sokka's choice of entrance music: Black Sun Aeon - Core of Winter. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Antti Sokka was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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188 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Rotten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Sokka!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sokka walks into a jab.
Rotten has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sokka.
Sokka closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rotten to the mat! Rotten manages to get full guard.
Sokka advances position into side control!
Sokka looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Rotten is avoiding damage well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rotten managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sokka.
Sokka is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Rotten knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sokka advances nicely into full mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sokka prevents Rotten from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sokka controlling the pace for now.
Sokka goes for an armbar but Rotten turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Rotten.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rotten working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sokka keeping moving, preventing Rotten from controlling successfully.
Sokka manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sokka can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rotten is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sokka scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sokka looking to control but Rotten is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sokka is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Sokka tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sokka throwing strikes here but Rotten is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Rotten's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Sokka looking to control but Rotten is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sokka punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sokka goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Rotten turns into him and now he's in Sokka's guard.
Sokka keeping moving, preventing Rotten from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotten has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sokka is proving hard to escape from.
Rotten sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Sokka controls Rotten momentarily but Rotten frees himself.
Rotten throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sokka preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sokka looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sokka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Sokka 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.
A good leg kick by Sokka.
Sokka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sokka instigates a clinch.
Sokka is trying to pull guard but Rotten turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sokka tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sokka tries to pull guard but Rotten holds him up against the cage and eventually Sokka drops back down to his feet.
Johnny Rotten has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antti Sokka.
Rotten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rotten is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rotten can't break the clinch.
Rotten wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sokka jumps into guard, dragging Rotten to the mat.
Rotten throws a big right hand that misses.
Rotten trying to control the position from guard on top but Sokka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rotten sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rotten has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotten looking to sit in guard and control but Sokka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rotten not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sokka trying to control but Rotten is working from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sokka stays in close to Rotten's body and controls the position.
Sokka is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Rotten is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Rotten has escaped and now he's on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotten tries to free his leg and advance position but Sokka is retaining full guard.
Antti Sokka has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rotten is pushing down on Sokka's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sokka is fighting to maintain full guard but Rotten has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sokka manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rotten postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rotten wanted to stand there but Sokka had control of the position.
Rotten wants to pass the guard but Sokka is keeping the position.
Rotten working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sokka's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotten is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sokka keeping moving, preventing Rotten from controlling successfully.
Rotten postures up in Sokka's guard and throws a big left but Sokka blocks it.
Rotten throws a big right hand that misses.
Rotten wants to control from the top but Sokka keeps moving.
Sokka bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rotten's guard.
Sokka trying to control but Rotten is working from the bottom.
Sokka looking to sit in guard and control but Rotten gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sokka pulls Rotten in to control the position.
Sokka tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sokka preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sokka looking for a sweep. Not yet Sokka, not yet.
Rotten scoring with some ground and pound.
Rotten trying to control but Sokka is working from the bottom.
Rotten stopping the sweep attempt from Sokka.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rotten throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sokka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Rotten dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Rotten scores with a push kick.
Sokka throws the kick towards the body but Rotten avoids it.
Rotten looks to land a body kick but Sokka moved away.
Sokka closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rotten circles away.
Nice body kick from Rotten.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sokka.
Sokka swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sokka throws a leg kick but Rotten checks it.
Sokka motions for Rotten to come forward. Sokka throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rotten throws a jab when Sokka was well out of range.
Sokka is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rotten sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rotten tries a head kick but it misses.
Sokka fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Johnny Rotten has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antti Sokka.
Sokka thows a leg kick but Rotten checks it
and Rotten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab by Sokka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotten looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A big right from Rotten misses.
Rotten lands a nice looking body shot.
Sokka checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sokka fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rotten.
Antti Sokka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sokka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rotten has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sokka.
Sokka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sokka does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sokka scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rotten is pressing down on Sokka's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Sokka looking to sit in guard and control but Rotten gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rotten trying to control but Sokka is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotten missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rotten drops back, looking for a kneebar! Sokka looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Sokka looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Sokka!
Rotten prevents Sokka from improving position.
Sokka wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rotten, who protects the arm well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Sokka.
Sokka is looking to take a break and control but Rotten is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rotten dodges the ground and pound from Sokka.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sokka looks up at the clock and then as Rotten takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sokka smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sokka looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sokka controlling the position.
Sokka is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Rotten knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rotten regains half guard, as Sokka was trying to land strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antti Sokka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sokka 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antti Sokka!
Antti Sokka 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gomer Pyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janne Jakoavain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pyle comes into the arena with The Marines' Hymn blaring out of the sound system. Gomer Pyle could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Janne Jakoavain's chin.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gomer Pyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Janne Jakoavain!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pyle blocks a jab.
Pyle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jakoavain ducks under a wild hook from Pyle.
Pyle swats away the attempt to clinch by Jakoavain.
Jakoavain has closed the distance and engaged Pyle in a clinch.
Jakoavain has a couple of punches blocked by Pyle.
Jakoavain prevents Pyle from breaking the clinch.
Jakoavain pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Jakoavain fails to land.
Jakoavain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pyle paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pyle misses with a right hand
and Jakoavain holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jakoavain.
Jakoavain is trying to break the clinch but Pyle is controlling him.
Nice body punch from Pyle - that landed with a thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakoavain is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pyle manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Pyle is trying to control the position but Jakoavain postures up.
Jakoavain trying to control but Pyle is working from the bottom.
Jakoavain decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pyle, up you get!
Janne Jakoavain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pyle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pyle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pyle takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Jakoavain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pyle.
Jakoavain walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pyle checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jakoavain closes the distance and clinches.
Jakoavain is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Pyle.
Jakoavain is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pyle is keeping busy.
Pyle controlling the action here for a moment.
A short uppercut from Jakoavain.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jakoavain misses with a punch on the inside.
Pyle lands a nice uppercut.
Pyle has Jakoavain pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Pyle pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Jakoavain tumbling to the mat - Pyle dives into Jakoavain's guard.
Pyle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jakoavain wants to sweep here but Pyle controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pyle scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pyle with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pyle throwing strikes from guard but Jakoavain blocks nicely.
Pyle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pyle with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pyle stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jakoavain swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pyle's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pyle stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jakoavain swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pyle looking to sit in guard and control but Jakoavain gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pyle working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jakoavain doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jakoavain manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pyle throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pyle is looking for a triangle but Jakoavain pushes his legs off easily.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jakoavain trying to control the position from guard on top but Pyle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gomer Pyle dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pyle sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Pyle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jakoavain paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jakoavain is looking to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pyle.
Jakoavain jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jakoavain takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jakoavain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheers as Jakoavain lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pyle doesn't seem phased though.
A slow jab from Pyle misses its intended target.
Gomer Pyle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pyle plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pyle lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pyle fails to land the takedown.
Pyle moves into range and connects with a jab.
Janne Jakoavain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jakoavain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakoavain avoids the head kick by Pyle.
Jakoavain is looking to score with low kicks.
Jakoavain scores with a push kick.
Pyle scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pyle takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pyle walks into a stiff left hand from Jakoavain.
Pyle throws a lazy uppercut
and Jakoavain counters with a straight right hand.
Jakoavain wants to clinch up but Pyle keeps it at a distance.
Pyle changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pyle misses with a hook
and Jakoavain counters with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jakoavain attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jakoavain connects with a body shot that sends Pyle's belly button to the back.
Nice defenses there by Pyle.
Jakoavain wants to clinch up but Pyle keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pyle tries to land a body kick
and Jakoavain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jakoavain takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jakoavain connects with a high kick.
Jakoavain slips a jab and a cross from Pyle.
Jakoavain throws a body kick that misses.
Jakoavain slips under a jab from Pyle.
Pyle tries to keep at a distance but Jakoavain has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pyle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jakoavain closes the distance and pushes Pyle back into the cage.
Pyle can't find room to land a body shot as Jakoavain controls the action.
Pyle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jakoavain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pyle throws a lazy right hand but Jakoavain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pyle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jakoavain takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pyle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pyle jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pyle moves away from the strike by Jakoavain.
Jakoavain attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jakoavain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pyle lands a nice shot that snaps Jakoavain's head back.
Jakoavain throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jakoavain clinches with his opponent.
Pyle tries a body shot but Jakoavain blocks it.
Jakoavain misses with a body punch.
Jakoavain's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pyle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Jakoavain.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pyle drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jakoavain gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gomer Pyle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A frustrated look appears on Jakoavain's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jakoavain lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pyle jumps guard.
Pyle looking to control.
Pyle 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.
Pyle pulls Jakoavain in close to prevent any damage.
Jakoavain got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pyle has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jakoavain has managed to get both his arms back between Pyle's legs - danger averted.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pyle is looking for a triangle here but Jakoavain uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Janne Jakoavain will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Pyle's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Jakoavain staying out of range there.
Pyle swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pyle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pyle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jakoavain.
Jakoavain avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jakoavain takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jakoavain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jakoavain closes the distance and clinches.
Jakoavain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pyle breaks from the clinch.
Jakoavain fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pyle has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jakoavain checks a leg kick.
Jakoavain wants to clinch up but Pyle keeps it at a distance.
Pyle is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jakoavain sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jakoavain misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pyle punishes Jakoavain's body with a nice straight punch.
Jakoavain looks to throw the jab but Pyle is out of range.
Jakoavain lands with a slapping head kick.
Jakoavain takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pyle fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jakoavain throws a nice outside leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Jakoavain 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pyle shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gomer Pyle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jakoavain moves into the clinch.
Jakoavain goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jakoavain is trying to force a seperation but Pyle has the dominant position.
Pyle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jakoavain's efforts to push away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jakoavain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pyle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jakoavain.
Pyle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pyle swings for the body but Jakoavain moves out of range.
Pyle misses with a takedown attempt - Jakoavain sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jakoavain is looking to clinch.
Pyle throws a hook but Jakoavain avoids it easily.
Jakoavain throws out a powerful jab.
Pyle ducks under a wild hook from Jakoavain.
Pyle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pyle fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pyle shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jakoavain pinned against the cage. Jakoavain gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jakoavain swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pyle throws a head kick that misses
and Jakoavain counters with a left to the body.
Pyle ducks under a wild hook from Jakoavain.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pyle.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pyle.
Pyle shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jakoavain as he avoids it easily.
Jakoavain lunges at Pyle with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pyle's hand.
Pyle fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jakoavain goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pyle fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pyle takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jakoavain takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jakoavain lands a glancing blow to the side of Pyle's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pyle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jakoavain fails to land with a series of punches.
Jakoavain throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jakoavain throws a nice looking combination but Pyle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jakoavain bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jakoavain tries to move into range but Pyle moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pyle misses the shot to the body.
Pyle misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jakoavain tests Pyle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jakoavain throws an overhand right that lands on Pyle's shoulder, as Pyle tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jakoavain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pyle shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jakoavain sprawls well. Jakoavain wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pyle gets slowly back to his feet.
Pyle fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Janne Jakoavain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jakoavain 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Janne Jakoavain!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Janne Jakoavain made sure he mentioned Brute, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Konrad Kurze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Efriam Haldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Efriam Haldi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Konrad Kurze's chin.
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144 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Konrad Kurze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Efriam Haldi!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Haldi misses
letting Kurze counter with a right hand.
Kurze lands a nice looking body shot.
Haldi wants to slow Kurze down by chopping away at his legs.
Kurze moves out of range as Haldi strikes.
Kurze ducks under a wild hook from Haldi.
Kurze looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Kurze is trying to control. Haldi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Haldi tries to kick Kurze off but Kurze keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kurze is trying to control the action in half guard but Haldi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kurze lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kurze stalling.
Kurze trying to control from half guard but Haldi is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurze is controlling the pace.
Kurze wants to lay and pray for a moment but Haldi keeps working.
We're going to have a standup here because Konrad Kurze wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Kurze cracks Haldi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kurze thows a body shot but no joy.
Haldi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Haldi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Efriam Haldi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Haldi blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haldi tries to clinch up but Kurze circles away and keeps his distance.
Haldi thows a body kick. Kurze tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good exchange - Haldi coming out on top.
Haldi wants to clinch but Kurze slips to the side
and Kurze makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Haldi really felt that one!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kurze. Haldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kurze throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Haldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab, jab by Kurze - just one landing.
Kurze cracks Haldi with a good jab.
Haldi looks to throw the jab but Kurze is out of range.
Kurze moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kurze tests Haldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kurze misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haldi takes a swing at Kurze's ribcage but misses.
Haldi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kurze shoots in but no luck this time.
Haldi tries to clinch up but Kurze circles away and keeps his distance.
Kurze fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Haldi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Haldi throws an overhand right that lands on Kurze's shoulder, as Kurze tries to avoid the shot.
Haldi throws a sloppy head kick and Kurze moves out of range easily.
Haldi misses with an uppercut. Kurze saw that one coming.
Haldi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kurze, pushing him back against the cage.
Kurze lands a body punch.
Kurze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Haldi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kurze is trying to pull guard but Haldi turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Konrad Kurze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurze tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Haldi smiles and moves away.
Haldi throws a wild body kick that Kurze sees coming a mile off.
Haldi slips under a jab from Kurze.
Kurze looks to score with a jab to the body but Haldi is just out of range.
Haldi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kurze throws an overhand right that lands on Haldi's shoulder, as Haldi tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haldi takes the fight into the clinch.
Haldi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haldi blocking some punches.
Haldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haldi throws a head punch that misses.
Kurze takes an elbow to the forehead.
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 Konrad Kurze 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.
Haldi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Haldi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Haldi clinches up against the cage.
Kurze ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kurze no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Haldi postures up.
Haldi won't allow Kurze to sweep him here.
Haldi wants to stand but Kurze is controlling his posture from full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Haldi stands up from Kurze's guard - Haldi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Kurze throws a looping overhand right but Haldi ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haldi misses with a looping left.
Kurze misses with a body shot.
Haldi misses with a looping right.
Kurze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haldi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kurze is defended easily by Haldi.
Haldi loads up on a big right hand but Kurze slips the punch.
Haldi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kurze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kurze avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kurze darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurze looks to score with a jab to the body but Haldi is just out of range.
Haldi throws a sloppy head kick and Kurze moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haldi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haldi throws a looping overhand right but Kurze ducks down to avoid it.
Haldi slips a jab from Kurze.
Kurze just misses with a punch to the body.
Kurze takes a swing at Haldi's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Kurze.
Haldi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A shot to the liver by Kurze. Beautiful body shot.
Haldi throws a lazy right hand but Kurze sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haldi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurze throws a shot to the body.
Kurze misses with a body shot.
Haldi throws a head kick but Kurze moves out of range.
Haldi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kurze manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kurze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haldi.
Kurze shoots in but no luck this time.
Kurze scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kurze bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Haldi is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Kurze lands a few punches from side control.
Kurze in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurze trying to control the position but Haldi is working away.
Haldi is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Haldi is looking for a sweep.
Kurze trying to control the action but Haldi is working from the bottom.
Kurze in side control, throwing shots but Haldi defends.
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kurze scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Haldi to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konrad Kurze dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
The crowd cheers as Kurze lands an impressive looking overhand right. Haldi doesn't seem phased though.
Haldi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kurze slips a jab from Haldi.
Kurze shoots in looking for a takedown. Haldi tries to sprawl out of it but Kurze keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Haldi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kurze lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Haldi at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kurze darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Haldi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kurze swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kurze thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haldi misses with a kick to the body.
Kurze scores with a jab to the head.
Haldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kurze manages to avoid it.
Haldi lands a glancing blow to the side of Kurze's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurze connects with a single shot there.
Kurze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haldi moves away.
Haldi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kurze counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Haldi throws a head kick but Kurze moves out of range.
Kurze with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kurze tries to work over Haldi's front leg with a kick but Haldi checks it.
Kurze blocks a head kick by Haldi.
Haldi misses with a looping right.
Haldi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Haldi is looking to clinch.
Kurze gets a takedown into half guard.
Kurze is stalling here. Haldi is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kurze seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Haldi has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Konrad Kurze is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurze wants to control but Haldi postures up.
Haldi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kurze is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Haldi tries to stand but Kurze is controlling his head.
Kurze gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kurze moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haldi wants to control from the top but Kurze keeps moving.
Kurze pulls Haldi in close to prevent any damage.
Kurze might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Haldi postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Kurze is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Haldi, into his guard.
Kurze stays in close to Haldi's body and controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kurze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haldi moves away.
Good shot there by Kurze.
Kurze misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Haldi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Haldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kurze's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haldi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Efriam Haldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kurze avoiding damage as Haldi throws knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Konrad Kurze showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kurze, 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Konrad Kurze!
Konrad Kurze really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Punishment Nutrition - All 159Q products now $75 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nazarethyan comes into the arena with Brennan Heart & Wildstylez - Lose My Mind blaring out of the sound system. Oliveira is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Far East Movement - Like a G6. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Suren Nazarethyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Charles Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazarethyan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oliveira.
Oliveira digs a good body shot into Nazarethyan's ribs.
Nazarethyan thuds a left hand into Oliveira's body.
Nice uppercut lands for Oliveira. That snapped Nazarethyan's head back.
Oliveira throws a hook to the side of Nazarethyan's head but Nazarethyan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good shot there by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Oliveira moves away from the strike by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan closes the distance and pushes Oliveira back into the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Oliveira has a couple of punches blocked by Nazarethyan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oliveira tries to throw a body punch but Nazarethyan avoids it by throwing Oliveira back against the cage.
Nazarethyan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Oliveira.
Nazarethyan stalling in the clinch.
Oliveira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nazarethyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliveira's elbow.
Oliveira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nazarethyan lands with a light punch inside.
Nazarethyan scores with a shoulder strike.
Oliveira is trying to stall.
Oliveira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan can't find room to land a body shot as Oliveira controls the action.
Nazarethyan struggles to land a body shot inside as Oliveira controls his hands.
Oliveira working aggressively here.
Oliveira lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nazarethyan.
Oliveira prevents a body shot from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan tries to throw a body punch but Oliveira avoids it by throwing Nazarethyan back against the cage.
Nazarethyan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Oliveira or not.
Oliveira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Nazarethyan.
Oliveira is looking to control Nazarethyan's arms but Nazarethyan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Oliveira has his back to the cage.
Oliveira misses with a punch on the inside.
Oliveira can't find room to land a body shot as Nazarethyan controls the action.
Oliveira swings wildly with an uppercut but Nazarethyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nazarethyan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nazarethyan lands a right hand.
Nazarethyan lands a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nazarethyan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oliveira pulls Nazarethyan into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Nazarethyan passes into half guard.
Oliveira looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Oliveira is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Nazarethyan pulls his head out easily.
Oliveira looking for submissions off his back.
Oliveira actively working from the bottom here.
Nazarethyan is taking a breather. Oliveira says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Nazarethyan is looking to pass Oliveira's guard but actually Oliveira recovers to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira keeping moving, preventing Nazarethyan from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oliveira is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nazarethyan wants to pass the guard but Oliveira is keeping the position.
Oliveira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nazarethyan is in close to Oliveira's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nazarethyan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looking for a guillotine here but Nazarethyan defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nazarethyan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Oliveira is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nazarethyan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nazarethyan wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Charles Oliveira 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.
Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
Oliveira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nazarethyan.
Oliveira walks into a left hand.
Nazarethyan swings for the body but Oliveira moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Oliveira. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Oliveira.
Oliveira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Oliveira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oliveira throws an overhand right that lands on Nazarethyan's shoulder, as Nazarethyan tries to avoid the shot.
Oliveira lands a really nice looking cross but Nazarethyan seems unphased.
Nice straight punches there by Nazarethyan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nazarethyan.
Oliveira throws a jab but it's blocked by Nazarethyan.
Oliveira 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira misses with a right hand
and Nazarethyan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nazarethyan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nazarethyan misses with a body shot.
Nazarethyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oliveira.
Nazarethyan catches Oliveira with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Oliveira misses with a wild body shot.
Oliveira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Nazarethyan misses.
Nazarethyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliveira manages to avoid it.
Oliveira throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nazarethyan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Oliveira tries to keep at a distance but Nazarethyan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nazarethyan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hook to the body lands for Nazarethyan.
Oliveira letting Nazarethyan take a breather here.
Oliveira tries to throw a body punch but Nazarethyan avoids it by throwing Oliveira back against the cage.
Suren Nazarethyan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nazarethyan is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Nazarethyan for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Nazarethyan gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A right hand to the body from Oliveira.
Nazarethyan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oliveira is trying to pull guard but Nazarethyan turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira takes a shot to the head.
Oliveira lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Oliveira on the inside.
Nazarethyan lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nazarethyan.
Oliveira throws a punch but it's blocked by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan digs a right hand underneath Oliveira's ribcage. Oliveira let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nazarethyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliveira's elbow.
Oliveira pushes Nazarethyan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oliveira misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oliveira.
Nazarethyan slows down the pace here.
Nazarethyan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nazarethyan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Oliveira up against the cage.
Oliveira scores with a shot to the side of Nazarethyan's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nazarethyan struggles to land a body shot inside as Oliveira controls his hands.
Oliveira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oliveira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Nazarethyan as the two fighters clinch.
Oliveira misses with some punches.
Oliveira misses with a punch on the inside.
Nazarethyan lands a hook that snaps the head of Oliveira backwards.
Nazarethyan misses with the head strike.
Oliveira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oliveira being controlled against the cage.
Oliveira stalling against the cage.
Oliveira gets through Nazarethyan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Nazarethyan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nazarethyan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Oliveira misses with the head strike.
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!
Oliveira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nazarethyan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Nazarethyan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nazarethyan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oliveira is keeping busy.
Oliveira goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nazarethyan prevents it.
Nazarethyan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oliveira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oliveira's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nazarethyan looking to stall.
Nazarethyan seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Oliveira is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nazarethyan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Suren Nazarethyan dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Nazarethyan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nazarethyan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Oliveira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nazarethyan.
Oliveira thows a body shot but no joy.
Nazarethyan moves out of range as Oliveira strikes.
Nazarethyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oliveira lands a really nice looking cross but Nazarethyan seems unphased.
Charles Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazarethyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nazarethyan rushes Oliveira and presses him up against the cage.
Oliveira is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nazarethyan is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Oliveira fails to land.
Oliveira tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nazarethyan smiles and moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nazarethyan's head backwards.
Charles Oliveira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nazarethyan slips a jab from Oliveira.
Nazarethyan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oliveira connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oliveira was well out of range. Poor timing from Nazarethyan.
Oliveira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nazarethyan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nazarethyan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nazarethyan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nazarethyan tries to clinch but Oliveira is having none of it.
Nazarethyan moves into the clinch successfully.
Nazarethyan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nazarethyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oliveira's elbow.
Oliveira is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Nazarethyan to keep the fight standing.
Oliveira has a couple of punches blocked by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan lands a hook that snaps the head of Oliveira backwards.
Oliveira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nazarethyan is working Oliveira over against the cage.
Oliveira successfully pulls guard.
Oliveira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazarethyan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Oliveira has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nazarethyan has managed to get both his arms back between Oliveira's legs - danger averted.
Nazarethyan tries to free his leg and advance position but Oliveira is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan stays in close to Oliveira's body and controls the position.
Oliveira has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nazarethyan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nazarethyan tries to free his leg and advance position but Oliveira is retaining full guard.
Nazarethyan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Suren Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan looks to throw the jab but Oliveira is out of range.
Oliveira takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Oliveira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nazarethyan misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a poor cross that misses
and Nazarethyan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nazarethyan has managed to clinch.
Oliveira blocks a body shot from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right handed body shot lands from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oliveira tries to pull guard but Nazarethyan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Suren Nazarethyan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Oliveira.
Oliveira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nazarethyan lands with a left to the head.
Nazarethyan tries to stall but Oliveira uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nazarethyan leaning against his opponent.
Nazarethyan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nazarethyan is trying to stall.
Nazarethyan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Suren Nazarethyan.
Oliveira takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliveira throws a hook to the side of Nazarethyan's head but Nazarethyan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oliveira slips a straight right by Nazarethyan.
Oliveira takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Oliveira swings for the body but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
Nazarethyan ducks under a wild hook from Oliveira.
Nazarethyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliveira manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nazarethyan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oliveira.
Nazarethyan slips a jab and a cross from Oliveira.
Oliveira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oliveira takes one on the button.
Nazarethyan throws a good cross that connects.
And that's the end of the fight!
Suren Nazarethyan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nazarethyan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Suren Nazarethyan!
Suren Nazarethyan 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 Taisto Tappura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vvierme Llamer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tappura comes into the arena with Ring of fire blaring out of the sound system. Llamer has chosen Prodigy - Spitfire as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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255 lbs
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277 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taisto Tappura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vvierme Llamer!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Llamer.
Llamer closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tappura to the mat! Tappura manages to get full guard.
Tappura will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Llamer is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Tappura looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tappura working a defensive guard here.
Tappura keeping moving, preventing Llamer from controlling successfully.
Llamer content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tappura keeping moving, preventing Llamer from controlling successfully.
Llamer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tappura is trying to control the position but Llamer postures up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Tappura holds on and takes a little breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Llamer wants to get up but he can't break Tappura's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Llamer 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.
Tappura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Llamer throws a head kick but Tappura moves out of range.
Tappura has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Llamer finds it's way round the side to connect with Tappura's head.
Tappura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Llamer.
Llamer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tappura.
Tappura just misses with a punch to the body.
Tappura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vvierme Llamer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tappura takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tappura takes a swing at Llamer's ribcage but misses.
Tappura checks a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tappura with a hook.
Tappura throws a predictable looking body shot
and Llamer counters with a solid body kick.
Good leg kick by Llamer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Llamer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Llamer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tappura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taisto Tappura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Llamer misses with a low kick.
Llamer misses with a body kick.
Llamer thows a body kick. Tappura tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A jab from Llamer misses.
Llamer throws the left hand but Tappura avoids the punch easily.
Llamer is looking to clinch but Tappura is avoiding it.
Llamer closes the distance and pushes Tappura back into the cage.
Llamer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Llamer lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tappura creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tappura blocking some punches.
Tappura pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tappura is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tappura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llamer working aggressively here.
Tappura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Llamer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Llamer misses with a kick to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tappura. That's going to slow Llamer down.
A head kick misses from Llamer.
Nice defenses there by Llamer.
Tappura scores with a body shot.
Llamer throws a head kick that misses.
Llamer closes the distance and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Tappura.
Llamer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Llamer struggles to land a body shot inside as Tappura controls his hands.
Llamer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Llamer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tappura misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tappura scores with a shoulder strike.
Llamer blocks an uppercut.
Llamer misses with an elbow strike.
Tappura putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Llamer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Llamer looks winded!
Llamer avoiding damage as Tappura throws knees to the body.
Tappura tries to work over Llamer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tappura misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tappura lands a hook that snaps the head of Llamer backwards.
Tappura lands a body shot.
Knees to the body from Tappura.
Llamer struggles to land a body shot inside as Tappura controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tappura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tappura is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tappura lands a shot to the body.
Tappura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vvierme Llamer 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.
Tappura throws a series of punches but Llamer avoids them all with ease.
Llamer misses with a wild combination.
Llamer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Llamer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tappura.
Llamer moves forwards but Tappura connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Vvierme Llamer has been cut.
Llamer misses with a head kick.
Tappura with a hook.
Llamer lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Llamer checks a low kick from Tappura.
Vvierme Llamer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Llamer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tappura. Tappura obviously looking to wear him down.
Tappura circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tappura connects with a leg kick. Llamer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tappura is looking to wear down Llamer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tappura swinging wildly here.
Tappura dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tappura throws a right hand that Llamer ducks under and follows up with a left that Llamer also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tappura scores with a decent looking hook.
Llamer is breathing heavily.
Llamer moves out of range of the leg kick from Tappura.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Tappura here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Llamer misses with a kick to the body.
Tappura cracks Llamer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Llamer loads up on a big right hand but Tappura slips the punch.
Llamer delivers a nice body kick.
Tappura lands with a nice body kick.
Tappura is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
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!
Tappura throws a series of punches but Llamer avoids them all with ease.
Tappura throws a leg kick that misses.
Llamer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tappura.
Tappura is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tappura scores with the left hand. Llamer knows he should have avoided that one.
Tappura lands a body shot.
Tappura connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Llamer's hands.
Good shot there by Tappura.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Llamer.
Tappura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tappura throws a body punch but Llamer moves out of range.
Tappura cracks Llamer with an open hand slap.
Llamer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tappura tries a low kick but Llamer avoids it.
Tappura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tappura lands with a good body shot.
Tappura swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Llamer looks to land a body kick but Tappura moved away.
Tappura explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Llamer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tappura lands with a nice body punch.
Tappura misses the shot to the body.
Llamer looks to clinch
and Tappura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tappura throws a head kick but Llamer moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llamer walks into a straight right hand from Tappura.
Tappura throws a shot from downtown. Llamer moves away and avoids it.
Llamer throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Llamer misses the shot to the body.
Tappura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tappura moves out of range of the leg kick from Llamer.
Tappura takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Llamer throws a low kick, looking for Tappura's leg but Tappura calmly moves out of range.
Tappura will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
No joy there for Tappura, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tappura looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Llamer will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A combination from Tappura does no damage.
Llamer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tappura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Llamer closes the distance and clinches up with Tappura, looking for a takedown. Llamer pushes Tappura against the cage but Tappura circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circling - Tappura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tappura swinging wildly here.
Llamer lands a high kick!
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!
Tappura thows a body shot but no joy.
Llamer takes one to the side of the head.
Llamer scoring well with a low kick there.
Tappura jabs Llamer right on the nose. Llamer blinks but takes it well.
Tappura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Llamer was well out of range. Poor timing from Tappura.
Llamer looks to throw the jab but Tappura is out of range.
Tappura throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Llamer is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Tappura uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Llamer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A cross from Tappura lands.
Llamer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Llamer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taisto Tappura dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vvierme Llamer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Llamer misses with a low kick.
Tappura goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tappura misses with a body shot.
Llamer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tappura's calf.
Llamer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tappura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tappura's corner calls for a 1-2. Tappura obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
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!
Llamer looks to throw a body kick
and Tappura counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Llamer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tappura swivels and escapes.
Tappura keeps the fight on the outside.
Tappura lands with a right hand.
Tappura feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Llamer's calf.
Tappura throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tappura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Llamer!
Llamer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oooooh!!! Tappura has knocked Llamer down with a huge combo! Tappura steps away and waves a wobbly Llamer back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Llamer is rocked!
That has opened up Vvierme Llamer's cut even more.
Llamer seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Tappura shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Llamer is backing up but Tappura catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Llamer covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Tappura Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taisto Tappura!
Taisto Tappura 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 Son Goku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goku comes into the arena with Cha-La-Head-Cha-La blaring out of the sound system. Meyer has chosen I'd Love to Knock the Hell out of You as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kurt Meyer has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Son Goku's chin.
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270 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
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Son Goku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Kurt Meyer!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meyer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Meyer moves into range and connects with a jab.
Goku tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Goku.
Meyer misses with a straight right.
Goku misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meyer.
Goku smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Meyer will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Goku throws a low kick, looking for Meyer's leg but Meyer calmly moves out of range.
Goku cracks Meyer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Goku fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meyer manages to avoid it.
Goku moves out of range as Meyer strikes.
Meyer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Goku misses.
Goku throws a leg kick but Meyer checks it.
Goku throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Goku on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Meyer slips under a jab.
Meyer scores with a jab to the body.
Goku pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goku feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Meyer's calf.
Goku lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Meyer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Meyer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Goku drops his hands momentarily and Meyer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Meyer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meyer scores with a punch to the head.
Goku is rocked!
Goku throws a push kick but Meyer slaps the foot to one side.
Oh Goku is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Goku takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Goku is breathing heavily.
Meyer Throws a clean left jab. Meyer Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Goku's chin! Goku crumbles to the ground and Meyer follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Meyer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kurt Meyer!
During a confident post fight interview, Kurt Meyer 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Wise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Bracha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dennis Wise had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dennis Wise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eli Bracha!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bracha misses with the combination.
Bracha scores with a push kick.
Wise ducks under a wild hook from Bracha.
Wise uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bracha.
Wise's corner calls for a 1-2. Wise obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wise looks to throw the jab but Bracha is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bracha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bracha wants to clinch.
Good leg kick by Wise there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bracha gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bracha forces Wise back against the cage and clinches.
Bracha can't find room to land a body shot as Wise controls the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bracha tries a knee to the head but Wise blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bracha lands a shot to the body.
Bracha missing with knees to the body.
Wise prevents Bracha from breaking the clinch.
Bracha landing knees to the body.
Bracha is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wise misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wise lands a shot to the body.
Bracha throws an elbow that misses.
Bracha has a couple of punches blocked by Wise.
Wise throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from Bracha.
Wise scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wise stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bracha lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wise or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wise struggles to land a body shot inside as Bracha controls his hands.
Bracha stalling against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bracha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wise.
Bracha lands a nice elbow.
Wise lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bracha or not.
A head punch on the inside from Bracha fails to land.
Wise tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bracha's elbow.
Bracha has Wise pressed against the cage.
Wise throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wise.
Wise trying to land knees to the body.
Bracha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bracha throws a head punch that misses.
Wise lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bracha backwards.
Wise tries to land a knee to the head but Bracha blocks with his arms.
Wise works on Bracha's body with a couple of short punches.
Bracha throws a head punch that misses.
Wise working Bracha over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wise is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bracha is defending well for now.
Wise lands a left hand.
Wise lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wise misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bracha.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bracha misses with a punch to the body.
Bracha misses with a punch on the inside.
Bracha missing with knees to the body.
Bracha misses with a punch on the inside.
Bracha tries to work over Wise's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wise misses with a body punch.
Wise throws an elbow that misses.
Wise's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bracha misses with a punch to the body.
Wise softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wise lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bracha or not.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bracha.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bracha blocking some punches.
Bracha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wise is defending well for now.
Wise prevents a body shot from Bracha.
Wise pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bracha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wise.
Bracha lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wise blocks a body shot from Bracha.
Wise throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Still in the clinch, Wise scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wise blocks an elbow strike from Bracha.
Bracha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bracha.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wise working Bracha over with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Wise.
Bracha scores with a shoulder strike.
Wise gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wise pushes Bracha back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dennis Wise dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bracha misses with a hook. Wise ducked under it nicely.
Bracha throws a sloppy head kick and Wise moves out of range easily.
Wise goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wise tests Bracha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bracha throws an off balance right hand
and Wise counters with a nice uppercut.
Wise lands a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bracha takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bracha is rocked!
Dennis Wise is winning the standup battle so far.
Wise knocks out Bracha with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Wise before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Wise picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dennis Wise!
A relieved looking Dennis Wise thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Theo AtlaSon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Esposito has chosen Sukh Knight as his entrance music. 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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27
228 lbs
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285 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theo AtlaSon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Esposito!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
AtlaSon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Esposito has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
AtlaSon thows a body shot but no joy.
Esposito throws a hook but AtlaSon avoids it easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Esposito.
Esposito clobbers AtlaSon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like Theo AtlaSon has been cut.
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!
Nice defenses there by AtlaSon.
AtlaSon misses with a body shot
and Esposito counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
AtlaSon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Esposito misses with a shot to the body
and AtlaSon counters with a nice kick to the body.
Esposito thows a left - swing and a miss!
Esposito cracks AtlaSon with an open hand slap.
AtlaSon tries to clinch there but Esposito circles away.
AtlaSon throws a low kick but Esposito avoids it.
Esposito misses with an uppercut. AtlaSon saw that one coming.
Esposito misses with a straight right.
AtlaSon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Esposito moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
AtlaSon thows a body shot but no joy.
Esposito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fighters circling - Esposito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Esposito moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
AtlaSon lands a nice hook to Esposito's body. Esposito takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
AtlaSon swings for the body but Esposito moves out of range.
AtlaSon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A bone on bone clash there as AtlaSon blocks the leg kick.
Esposito takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like John Esposito has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
AtlaSon misses with a low kick as Esposito jumps back.
Esposito looks to throw the jab but AtlaSon is out of range.
AtlaSon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Esposito's calf.
Esposito connects with a nice looking jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito throws a right hand that AtlaSon ducks under and follows up with a left that AtlaSon also avoids with ease.
AtlaSon digs a good hook to Esposito's body.
Esposito misses with a body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as AtlaSon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Esposito swings and misses with a shot to the body
and AtlaSon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
AtlaSon throws a jab when Esposito was well out of range.
Esposito throws a lazy right hand but AtlaSon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Esposito ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
AtlaSon lands a glancing blow to the side of Esposito's head.
Esposito connects with an inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Esposito. Those never looked like landing.
Esposito scores with a one two! AtlaSon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nice body punch from Esposito.
AtlaSon cracks the inside of Esposito's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon connects with a body shot.
Esposito looks winded!
Esposito uses good head movement to avoid the hook from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Esposito was well out of range. Poor timing from AtlaSon.
Esposito throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
AtlaSon is looking to slow Esposito down with leg kicks.
A clash of legs there as Esposito blocks the low kick.
AtlaSon misses with a body shot.
AtlaSon avoids the body shot from Esposito.
Esposito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Esposito throws a body punch but AtlaSon moves out of range.
AtlaSon gets a clinch.
AtlaSon scores a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
AtlaSon manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
AtlaSon crunches a lovely knee into Esposito's ribcage.
AtlaSon lands a knee to the head.
AtlaSon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Esposito working aggressively here.
AtlaSon tries to land knees in the clinch but Esposito avoids the damage to the body.
A right hand to the body from AtlaSon.
A shot in the inside from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon lands a nice elbow.
AtlaSon slowing the pace effectively.
Esposito wants to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon lands a knee to the head.
AtlaSon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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 Theo AtlaSon will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
AtlaSon thows a body shot but no joy.
AtlaSon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
AtlaSon takes a swing at Esposito's ribcage but misses.
Esposito throws a chopping leg kick but AtlaSon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
John Esposito seems to be getting the better of the standup.
AtlaSon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
AtlaSon delivers a nice body kick.
AtlaSon misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for Esposito, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting AtlaSon here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Good leg kick by Esposito there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Esposito misses with a body shot.
AtlaSon jabs at Esposito's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esposito on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
AtlaSon stuns Esposito with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
AtlaSon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Esposito was well out of range. Poor timing from AtlaSon.
Esposito is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito throws a body punch but AtlaSon moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Esposito. AtlaSon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Esposito throws the left hand but AtlaSon avoids the punch easily.
AtlaSon scores with a leg kick.
AtlaSon misses with a head kick.
AtlaSon throws a leg kick which misses Esposito's front leg but catches the back leg as Esposito tries to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from AtlaSon.
Nice jab there from Esposito.
Nice shot lands for AtlaSon.
Esposito fakes the leg kick and cracks AtlaSon in the body.
AtlaSon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esposito swings for the body but AtlaSon moves out of range.
AtlaSon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Esposito was well out of range. Poor timing from AtlaSon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by AtlaSon.
AtlaSon jabs Esposito to the body, keeping him at a distance.
AtlaSon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
AtlaSon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Esposito circles away quickly and effectively.
Esposito slips a jab from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon takes a swing at Esposito's ribcage but misses.
AtlaSon cracks Esposito with an open hand slap.
Esposito misses the shot to the body.
AtlaSon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
AtlaSon throws a hook to the side of Esposito's head but Esposito sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
AtlaSon scores with a shot to the body.
AtlaSon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
AtlaSon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
AtlaSon has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
AtlaSon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by AtlaSon. That's going to slow Esposito down.
Jab by Esposito.
A big left from AtlaSon misses.
AtlaSon lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from AtlaSon. Esposito does a little dance to reset his feet.
AtlaSon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
AtlaSon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Esposito.
AtlaSon is looking to wear down Esposito with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
AtlaSon moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Esposito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
AtlaSon misses the jab.
AtlaSon clinches up with Esposito and pushes him back against the cage.
AtlaSon misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Esposito tries to break the clinch but AtlaSon is controlling the position.
Esposito has a couple of punches blocked by AtlaSon.
Esposito has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
AtlaSon trying to land knees to the body.
Esposito looking to stall.
AtlaSon lands a good knee to the midsection. Esposito won't want to take too many of those.
AtlaSon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Espositos head.
Esposito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
AtlaSon looking to throw knees to the head but Esposito is blocking nicely.
AtlaSon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Esposito in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
AtlaSon scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
AtlaSon misses with a knee strike.
AtlaSon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
AtlaSon tries to land knees in the clinch but Esposito avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Theo AtlaSon dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
AtlaSon wants to clinch up but Esposito keeps it at a distance.
AtlaSon scores with a leg kick.
AtlaSon cracks Esposito with an open hand slap.
AtlaSon slips a jab from Esposito.
Good leg kick by AtlaSon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice shot lands for AtlaSon.
This has been an exciting period of action!
AtlaSon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Esposito's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
AtlaSon lands with a kick to the temple. Esposito shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
AtlaSon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
AtlaSon moves into the clinch successfully.
AtlaSon scores with a knee to the head.
Esposito takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Esposito avoids the elbow strike from AtlaSon, against the cage.
AtlaSon lands with a light punch inside.
Esposito has a couple of punches blocked by AtlaSon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
AtlaSon connects with a knee to the head.
AtlaSon is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
AtlaSon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Esposito in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
AtlaSon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Esposito's efforts to push away.
AtlaSon works on Esposito's body with a couple of short punches.
Knees to the body from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Esposito lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
AtlaSon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.
Esposito working aggressively here.
AtlaSon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Esposito tries to throw a body punch but AtlaSon avoids it by throwing Esposito back against the cage.
AtlaSon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Esposito avoids it.
Esposito stalling the fight.
AtlaSon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Esposito is defending well for now.
John Esposito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Esposito fails to land.
AtlaSon digs a right hand into Esposito's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Esposito's gas tank.
AtlaSon landing knees to the head.
AtlaSon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Esposito can do to turn this around?
Nice body punch from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from AtlaSon - that landed with a thud.
A short right hand to the side of the head by AtlaSon.
AtlaSon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from AtlaSon.
Knees to the body from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon with a knee to the head.
That has opened up John Esposito's cut even more.
A short right from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from AtlaSon.
Esposito tries to stall but AtlaSon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
AtlaSon lands with a right to the head.
AtlaSon stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
AtlaSon lands a body shot.
AtlaSon scores with a shot to the side of Esposito's head.
AtlaSon is stalling here.
Esposito is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Esposito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Esposito throws a lazy right hand but AtlaSon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Esposito thows a left - swing and a miss!
AtlaSon lands with a right hand.
AtlaSon is looking to slow Esposito down with leg kicks.
A slow jab from AtlaSon misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito misses with a left hand
and AtlaSon counters with a slapping leg kick.
AtlaSon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
AtlaSon ducks under a wild hook from Esposito.
AtlaSon connects with a leg kick. Esposito looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by AtlaSon.
AtlaSon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Esposito takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
AtlaSon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Esposito takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Esposito sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
AtlaSon connects with a body shot.
AtlaSon scores with a jab to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Theo AtlaSon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well AtlaSon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Theo AtlaSon!
Theo AtlaSon thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Glozman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abe Goldman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glozman comes to the cage accompanied by enae Volare Mezzo. Abe Goldman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Igor Glozman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abe Goldman!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glozman staying out of range there.
Goldman lands the left hand.
Glozman lands a lovely overhand right.
Goldman is looking to chop away at Glozman's legs.
Glozman misses with a body punch
and Goldman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Goldman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Glozman.
Goldman throws a big shot that misses.
Igor Glozman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Goldman misses with a body kick.
Goldman throws a shot from downtown. Glozman moves away and avoids it.
Glozman cracks the inside of Goldman's front leg.
Glozman moves away from the strike by Goldman.
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!
Goldman looks to score with a jab to the body but Glozman is just out of range.
Goldman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Goldman missing with a left hand there. Glozman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Glozman closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Goldman to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Igor Glozman has been cut.
Glozman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Goldman cracks the inside of Glozman's front leg.
Goldman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Glozman checks the leg kick.
Glozman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Goldman.
Glozman delivers a nice body kick.
Goldman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Glozman pushes Goldman up against the cage in a clinch.
Goldman is trying to break free.
Glozman leaning against his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Goldman manages to break the clinch.
Goldman throws a looping overhand right but Glozman ducks down to avoid it.
Glozman rushes Goldman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Glozman misses with some punches.
Goldman wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glozman taking a breather.
A short right from Glozman.
A right hook to the body lands for Glozman.
Goldman blocks a body shot from Glozman.
Goldman blocking some punches.
Glozman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Glozman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glozman has Goldman pushed against the cage.
Glozman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goldman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Glozman tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Glozman throws a sloppy head kick and Goldman moves out of range easily.
Goldman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Goldman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Glozman on the side of the head.
Goldman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Glozman moves in looking to clinch but Goldman pushes him off.
Glozman ducks under a wild hook from Goldman.
Goldman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Glozman scores with a nice head shot.
Glozman misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glozman misses the shot to the body.
Glozman explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Goldman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glozman wants to clinch
and Goldman counters with a one-two to the body.
Glozman feints and then cracks Goldman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Goldman down.
Glozman walks into a left hand.
Goldman is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
An inside leg kick lands from Glozman.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glozman. Goldman does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Glozman.
Goldman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Glozman.
Glozman looks to score with a jab to the body but Goldman is just out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Glozman lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Glozman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Glozman tests Goldman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Glozman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Igor Glozman's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Glozman misses the shot to the body.
Glozman throws a body punch but Goldman moves out of range.
Goldman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Glozman scores with a kick to the midsection.
Goldman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice uppercut lands for Glozman. That snapped Goldman's head back.
Sloppy strikes from Goldman. Those never looked like landing.
A big left from Glozman misses.
Igor Glozman is winning the standup battle so far.
Goldman lunges at Glozman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Glozman's hand.
Glozman lands a lovely overhand right.
Goldman checks a low kick from Glozman.
Glozman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glozman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Goldman tries to land a leg kick but Glozman saw it coming and moves away.
Goldman tries to land a leg kick but Glozman saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Glozman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Glozman throws a leg kick which misses Goldman's front leg but catches the back leg as Goldman tries to avoid it.
Glozman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice cross by Glozman.
Glozman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Glozman lands a jab to Goldman's midsection.
Goldman is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Goldman misses with a low kick.
Goldman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Glozman can pounce on him.
Goldman takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Glozman lands with a good body shot.
Glozman scores with a jab.
Glozman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Glozman scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glozman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Glozman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Glozman scores with a decent looking hook.
Glozman lands a big head kick that sends Goldman tumbling to the mat! Glozman takes a step backwards and waves Goldman back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Nice defenses there by Goldman.
Goldman has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Glozman thumps Goldman with a low kick.
Glozman lands a nice shot that snaps Goldman's head back.
Goldman moves away from the strike by Glozman.
Glozman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Goldman.
Goldman has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Glozman.
An inside leg kick from Glozman misses.
Goldman moves out of range of the body kick from Glozman.
Goldman avoids the head kick by Glozman.
Glozman throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Glozman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Goldman momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glozman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Goldman in his tracks.
Glozman lands a leg kick that knocks Goldman off balance momentarily.
Glozman throws a hook but Goldman avoids it easily.
Glozman tries to clinch up but Goldman circles away and keeps his distance.
Goldman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Glozman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Goldman scrambles back to his feet.
Goldman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Goldman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Glozman was well out of range. Poor timing from Goldman.
Goldman misses with a left hand
and Glozman counters by moving into the clinch.
Glozman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Glozman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Goldman can do to turn this around?
Glozman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Goldman is defending well for now.
Glozman working aggressively here.
Glozman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Glozman scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glozman crunches a lovely knee into Goldman's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Goldman is trying to break free.
Glozman has Goldman pushed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Glozman for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Glozman lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Glozman scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goldman.
Glozman landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Glozman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Igor Glozman's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Goldman misses with a straight right.
Goldman takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Glozman ducks under a wild hook from Goldman.
Glozman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Goldman throws out the jab.
Glozman is looking to land body kicks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Goldman checks a leg kick.
Goldman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Glozman to score with a decent uppercut.
Goldman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Glozman tries to work over Goldman's front leg with a kick but Goldman checks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Glozman.
Goldman scores with a jab to the head.
Glozman jabs Goldman right on the nose. Goldman blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glozman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Glozman scores with a leg kick.
Goldman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Glozman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Goldman looks to land a right hand but Glozman moved out of range.
Glozman throws a hook but Goldman avoids it easily.
Glozman has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Glozman pivots, looking for a leg kick but Goldman is out of range and Glozman settles back down.
Goldman looks to land a right hand but Glozman moved out of range.
Goldman misses with an uppercut.
Glozman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Goldman.
Glozman lands a nice looking body kick.
Goldman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Goldman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Goldman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Goldman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Goldman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Goldman walks forward, straight into a front kick from Glozman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Glozman.
Glozman lands a jab.
Glozman just misses with a punch to the body.
Glozman slips under a jab.
Glozman throws a series of punches but Goldman avoids them all with ease.
Goldman has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Glozman.
Goldman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Goldman throws a jab but it's blocked by Glozman.
Goldman tries to keep at a distance but Glozman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Glozman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Goldman backwards.
Goldman avoids the elbow strike from Glozman, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glozman lands an elbow inside.
Goldman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Glozman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Igor Glozman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Glozman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Glozman.
Abe Goldman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Goldman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Goldman breaks from the clinch.
Glozman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Goldman misses with a low kick.
Glozman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Goldman misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glozman misses with a wild body shot.
Goldman throws an overhand right that lands on Glozman's shoulder, as Glozman tries to avoid the shot.
Glozman tries to clinch there but Goldman circles away.
Glozman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Glozman misses the shot to the body.
Goldman misses with an uppercut. Glozman saw that one coming.
Goldman scoring well with a low kick there.
Glozman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Goldman throws out the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goldman motions for Glozman to come forward. Goldman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Glozman blocks the leg kick.
Goldman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Goldman throws a leg kick
enabling Glozman to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Glozman throws a hook to the side of Goldman's head but Goldman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Glozman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Igor Glozman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Glozman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Glozman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Glozman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Glozman!
A very excited looking Igor Glozman rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patton has chosen Marilyn Manson - Born Villain as his entrance music. Seppo Taalasmaa had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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162 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seppo Taalasmaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Patton!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patton moves out of range as Taalasmaa strikes.
Taalasmaa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Patton has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Taalasmaa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Patton lands a nice looking body shot.
Patton misses with a few strikes there.
Taalasmaa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Patton has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Taalasmaa slips under a jab from Patton.
Patton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Patton throws a leg kick but Taalasmaa moved away.
Taalasmaa connects with a right hand. Patton shakes it off.
Taalasmaa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Patton does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Taalasmaa jabs Patton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Taalasmaa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patton takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Taalasmaa throws a leg kick but Patton checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Patton checks a low kick from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Taalasmaa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Taalasmaa throws a leg kick but Patton sees it coming and moves out of range.
Taalasmaa feints and then cracks Patton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Patton down.
Taalasmaa shoots for a double leg takedown but Patton sprawls well. He's pushed Taalasmaa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Taalasmaa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice jab there from Patton.
Michael Patton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Taalasmaa misses with a looping left.
Taalasmaa ducks under a wild hook from Patton.
Patton moves out of range of the body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Taalasmaa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Taalasmaa checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Taalasmaa clinches up with Patton and pushes him back against the cage.
Taalasmaa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taalasmaa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Patton connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Taalasmaa scrambles back to his feet.
Taalasmaa moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Taalasmaa moves into the clinch.
Patton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Patton checks a low kick from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Patton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Taalasmaa blocks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Patton.
Taalasmaa shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Patton napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Patton is looking to reverse the position.
Taalasmaa sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Patton is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa throwing strikes but Patton manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Taalasmaa is looking for a sweep.
Taalasmaa is trying to control Patton's posture but Patton avoids it.
Taalasmaa regains half guard.
Taalasmaa wants to improve his position but Patton is controlling well.
Patton gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Taalasmaa connects with a crisp jab.
Patton comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A head kick misses from Patton.
Patton tries a head kick but it misses.
Seppo Taalasmaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taalasmaa 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!
A jab from Patton finds it's way through Taalasmaa's defenses.
Patton closes the distance but Taalasmaa moves to the side
and Taalasmaa counters with a low kick, right behind Patton 's knee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Patton takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Patton sizes up Taalasmaa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michael Patton will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Taalasmaa connects with a right hand. Patton shakes it off.
Patton chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Taalasmaa thumps Patton with a low kick.
Patton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taalasmaa moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Taalasmaa.
Patton finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Patton throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Taalasmaa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice takedown defense from Patton. No joy for Taalasmaa on that attempt.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Patton.
Patton motions for Taalasmaa to come forward. Patton throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Patton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Patton misses with a shot to the body
letting Taalasmaa counter with a right hand.
Patton throws a sloppy head kick and Taalasmaa moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Taalasmaa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Taalasmaa gets a double leg takedown into Patton's guard.
Taalasmaa is standing up over Patton. Patton looks to escape but Taalasmaa dives into side control.
Taalasmaa creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Patton sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Patton takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Taalasmaa controlling from side mount.
Taalasmaa tries to advance to mount but Patton denies him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Patton tries to bench press Taalasmaa off him but Taalasmaa keeps the position.
Taalasmaa working the body and head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Patton sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Taalasmaa is trying to control the action in half guard but Patton is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Taalasmaa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Patton gets back to full guard.
Taalasmaa throws a strike but Patton rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Patton got a little sloppy there for a moment and Taalasmaa has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Patton has managed to get both his arms back between Taalasmaa's legs - danger averted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Taalasmaa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Patton looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton wants to get up but he can't break Taalasmaa's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Taalasmaa keeping full guard, as Patton tries to pass.
Patton must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Taalasmaa is looking for a triangle here but Patton uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Taalasmaa is trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taalasmaa is working hard here to advance position.
Patton decides to stand up, so the ref orders Taalasmaa to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Michael Patton will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Taalasmaa checks a low kick from Patton.
Patton walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Patton defending well as Taalasmaa loads up on a big left hand.
Taalasmaa scores with a nice right hand.
Taalasmaa scores with a jab. Patton acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice body kick there by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Taalasmaa lands a jab-cross combination.
Taalasmaa throws a push kick but Patton slaps the foot to one side.
Taalasmaa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patton is looking to clinch.
Patton lands a nice looking body kick.
Patton avoids the body shot from Taalasmaa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton cracks Taalasmaa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Patton lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Patton lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Taalasmaa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Taalasmaa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Patton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taalasmaa shoots in for a takedown but Patton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Taalasmaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patton.
Taalasmaa lands a right hook to the body.
Patton takes a swing at Taalasmaa's ribcage but misses.
Patton feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Taalasmaa's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patton lands with a nice combination. Taalasmaa backs away looking to recover.
Taalasmaa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Michael Patton is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Patton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Patton jabs at Taalasmaa's body.
Taalasmaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patton slips a straight right by Taalasmaa.
A big left from Taalasmaa misses.
Taalasmaa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Patton.
Taalasmaa throws a leg kick that misses.
Taalasmaa throws a shot to the body.
Patton misses with a body shot.
Patton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa misses with a combination
and Patton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Patton.
Taalasmaa blocks a head kick by Patton.
Taalasmaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Patton was well out of range. Poor timing from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa shoots for a takedown but Patton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Taalasmaa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Patton. Patton circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Taalasmaa throws a big shot that misses.
Seppo Taalasmaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Patton checks a leg kick.
Patton plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Patton takes a swing at Taalasmaa's ribcage but misses.
Taalasmaa misses with a low kick.
Taalasmaa misses with the combination.
Patton is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Taalasmaa rather than just go for the knockout.
Taalasmaa blocks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton throws a nice head kick!
Michael Patton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice sprawl there from Patton as Taalasmaa shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seppo Taalasmaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taalasmaa throws a body kick that misses.
Patton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Taalasmaa walks into a stiff left hand from Patton.
Patton moves in looking to clinch but Taalasmaa pushes him off.
Taalasmaa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Patton circles away.
Taalasmaa fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taalasmaa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Patton.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Patton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Patton 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Patton!
Our winner, Michael Patton, 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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