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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Fosie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Matsushita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jacob Fosie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenji Matsushita!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fosie throws a sloppy head kick and Matsushita moves out of range easily.
Fosie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fosie shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Matsushita napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fosie taking a breather here.
Sloppy strikes there by Fosie.
Fosie decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Matsushita attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fosie doesn't manage to clinch there - Matsushita circles away.
Fosie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Matsushita paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Matsushita throws a front kick that sends Fosie stumbling back into the cage.
Fosie closes the distance but Matsushita moves to the side
and Matsushita counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Fosie is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Matsushita.
Fosie is looking to clinch.
Kenji Matsushita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fosie ducks under a wild hook from Matsushita.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Matsushita, right into the meat.
That kick from Matsushita tenderised Fosie's leg. Fosie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fosie avoids the body shot from Matsushita.
Fosie shoots in for a takedown but Matsushita shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Matsushita tries to throw a body punch but Fosie avoids it by throwing Matsushita back against the cage.
Matsushita throws a head punch that misses.
Matsushita can't find room to land a body shot as Fosie controls the action.
Matsushita breaks the clinch.
Matsushita lands with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fosie pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Matsushita thumps Fosie with a low kick.
Nice sprawl there from Matsushita as Fosie shoots in.
Matsushita checks the leg kick.
Matsushita lands a leg kick that knocks Fosie off balance momentarily.
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!
Matsushita leaves Fosie with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacob Fosie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matsushita lands a nice looking body shot.
Fosie shoots in and gets a takedown into Matsushita's guard.
Matsushita looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Matsushita is trying to control the position but Fosie postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fosie passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Matsushita is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Fosie's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Fosie in particular looking to stall.
It looks like Fosie is going to stand back up.
Matsushita is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fosie pulls his head out easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsushita is defending against the submission attempts here by Fosie.
Matsushita regains full guard. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Matsushita is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Fosie's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kenji Matsushita will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Fosie scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Matsushita makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Matsushita.
Matsushita keeping full guard, as Fosie tries to pass.
Fosie throws a big right hand that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Matsushita is on top in guard.
Jacob Fosie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Matsushita works over Fosie with some ground and pound from guard.
Fosie has his foot on Matsushita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Matsushita works his way back into a safe position though.
Matsushita connects with a couple of short punches.
Matsushita trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsushita loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fosie controlling Matsushita's posture.
Matsushita wants to control from the top but Fosie keeps moving.
Matsushita passes into half guard.
Matsushita wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fosie keeps working.
Fosie tries to roll over but Matsushita keeps him under control.
Matsushita not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fosie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsushita thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Matsushita wants to control but Fosie is keeping him busy.
Matsushita thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fosie's head.
Matsushita seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Matsushita moves into full mount! Fosie won't be happy about that!
Matsushita landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fosie taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matsushita cracks Fosie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fosie taking shots to the head.
Matsushita lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsushita lands a big elbow.
Matsushita working Fosie over with strikes here.
Matsushita lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Fosie hang on?
Matsushita scoring with strikes but Fosie is staying in there.
Fosie is rocked!
Matsushita avoids the attempt from Fosie to control.
Oh Fosie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fosie in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Matsushita with a couple of short strikes.
Matsushita lands a big elbow - Fosie is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Fosie is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kenji Matsushita!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Jamison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul Mohammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jamison comes to the cage accompanied by Bangarang. Mohammed has chosen M.I.A - Paper Planes as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Abdul Mohammed enters the cage!
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165 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jonny Jamison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Abdul Mohammed!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mohammed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jamison.
Jamison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jamison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mohammed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Mohammed as Jamison shoots in.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jamison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Jamison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jamison is looking to clinch.
Mohammed swings for the body but Jamison moves out of range.
Mohammed throws a body punch but Jamison moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamison tries to clinch but Mohammed moves out of range.
Jamison tries to clinch up.
Jamison checks a leg kick nicely.
Mohammed listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A jab from Jamison finds it's way through Mohammed's defenses.
Mohammed throws a hook to the side of Jamison's head but Jamison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jamison moves into the clinch.
Jamison has had enough of the clinch but Mohammed keeps him there for the moment.
Jamison tries to break the clinch but Mohammed is controlling the position.
Mohammed takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jamison jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mohammed walks away with a smile on his face. Jamison gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mohammed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jamison sprawls well. Jamison wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mohammed gets slowly back to his feet.
Mohammed scores with a shot to the body.
Mohammed throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mohammed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jamison tries to clinch but Mohammed moves out of range.
Jamison gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Jamison wants to stand but Mohammed is controlling the position.
Mohammed looking to sit in guard and control but Jamison gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed pulls Jamison in close to his closed guard and prevents Jamison from doing any damage or advancing position.
Jamison wanted to stand there but Mohammed had control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Abdul Mohammed hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Mohammed just misses with a punch to the body.
Jamison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mohammed throws out the jab.
Mohammed misses the shot to the body.
Jamison shoots in for a takedown but Mohammed shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Jamison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mohammed lands a nice hook to Jamison's body. Jamison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jamison connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mohammed. Mohammed circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mohammed lands a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mohammed, as that shot connected.
Jamison avoids the body shot from Mohammed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdul Mohammed dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jamison fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mohammed, pushing him back against the cage.
Jamison breaks from the clinch.
Jamison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mohammed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mohammed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jamison manages to avoid it.
Mohammed is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jamison rather than just go for the knockout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mohammed. Jamison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jamison tries to clinch but Mohammed moves out of range.
Mohammed throws a body punch but Jamison moves out of range.
Mohammed keeps the fight on the outside.
Mohammed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jamison misses with a two punch combination.
Jamison tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Jamison fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jamison moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Mohammed.
Jamison is looking to reverse the position.
Mohammed slows the pace down.
Mohammed working the body and head with strikes.
Jamison manages to work his way to half guard, despite Mohammed's best efforts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jamison is trying to get back to full guard.
Mohammed scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mohammed sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jamison defending well though.
Jamison missing with punches from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mohammed with the ground and pound but Jamison uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jamison wriggles free and stands up.
Jamison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jamison fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mohammed scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jamison moves into range and clinches up with Mohammed.
Jamison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mohammed wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jamison has him pressed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Jamison.
Jamison looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jamison tries to land knees in the clinch but Mohammed avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jamison lands a nice knee to the body.
Jamison manages to break the clinch.
Jamison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mohammed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mohammed dodges the punch combination from Jamison.
Jamison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jamison takes one to the chin there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jamison takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mohammed lands with a good body shot.
Mohammed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mohammed tests Jamison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Abdul Mohammed will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jamison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mohammed.
Jamison wants to clinch up but Mohammed keeps it at a distance.
Jamison tries to close the distance and clinch but Mohammed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jamison tries to clinch there but Mohammed circles away.
Jamison tries to clinch up.
Jamison fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jamison closes the distance and clinches.
Jamison manages to break the clinch.
Mohammed misses with a low kick.
Jamison doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammed circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mohammed!
Mohammed punishes Jamison's body with a nice straight punch.
Mohammed lands with a hook. Jamison tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mohammed closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jamison circles away.
Jamison lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jamison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abdul Mohammed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mohammed swings widly with a right hand
and Jamison counters with a left and a right that stings Mohammed.
Jamison takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jamison doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammed circles away.
Jamison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jamison doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammed circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mohammed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jamison takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mohammed lands an overhand right.
Mohammed swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jamison.
Jonny Jamison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Jamison.
Mohammed throws a looping overhand right but Jamison ducks down to avoid it.
Mohammed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jonny Jamison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An inside leg kick lands from Mohammed.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mohammed, as that shot connected.
Jamison tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Jamison takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mohammed throws a leg kick but Jamison checks it.
Mohammed lands with a nice body punch.
Mohammed shoots for a takedown but Jamison saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jamison tries to clinch up.
Jamison fails with an attempt to clinch.
Abdul Mohammed is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed tests Jamison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mohammed digs a good body shot into Jamison's ribs.
Mohammed swings for the body but Jamison moves out of range.
Jamison fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jamison is trying to break free.
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.
Jamison has had enough of the clinch but Mohammed keeps him there for the moment.
Jamison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mohammed blocks it with crossed arms.
Mohammed is trying to maintain a safe position but Jamison gets an underhook and turns Mohammed into the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Abdul Mohammed.
I've got Mohammed 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abdul Mohammed!
Abdul Mohammed was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taisto Rahapussi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dougie Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rahapussi comes to the cage accompanied by Caged in A Rage . Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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190 lbs
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200 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taisto Rahapussi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dougie Silva!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Silva. Rahapussi shrugs it off though.
Rahapussi throws a shot to the body.
Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Rahapussi.
Rahapussi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silva under the eye.
Rahapussi misses the jab.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Taisto Rahapussi has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rahapussi.
Rahapussi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Rahapussi lands with a shot to the body.
Rahapussi avoids the head kick by Silva.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Rahapussi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rahapussi tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Rahapussi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Rahapussi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rahapussi looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Rahapussi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rahapussi misses with a head kick.
Rahapussi thows a body shot but no joy.
Rahapussi misses with an uppercut.
Rahapussi lands with a good body shot.
Rahapussi throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Rahapussi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rahapussi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Silva throws a head kick but Rahapussi moves out of range.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Rahapussi misses with an uppercut.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rahapussi takes a step back to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rahapussi is breathing heavily.
Rahapussi misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Rahapussi.
Silva looks for the body kick but Rahapussi saw that one coming.
Rahapussi misses with an uppercut.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rahapussi blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva lands a head kick!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva throws a push kick but Rahapussi slaps the foot to one side.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Rahapussi moved away.
Rahapussi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Rahapussi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rahapussi blocks a head kick by Silva.
Rahapussi throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahapussi misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Rahapussi.
Rahapussi looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
Rahapussi misses with a body shot.
Rahapussi misses with a leg kick
and Silva counters with a head kick that wobbles Rahapussi - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Silva sends him down. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dougie Silva!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Randy West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Truong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeremy Truong has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Randy West's chin.
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randy West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeremy Truong!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Truong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Truong lands a glancing blow to the side of West's head.
West clobbers Truong with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Truong missing with a left hand there. West was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oooooh!!! Truong has knocked West down with a huge combo! Truong steps away and waves a wobbly West back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
West is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Truong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oh West is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Truong ducks under a wild hook from West.
West scores with a shot to the body.
West seems to have got his legs back now.
Truong swings for the body but West moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by West. Beautiful body shot.
West blocks a jab.
Nice jab there from West.
West lands a glancing blow to the side of Truong's head.
Truong avoids a kick to the body.
West lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Truong circles away quickly and effectively.
West throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Truong drops West with a beautiful combination! West stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Truong is looking for the KO!
This has been an exciting period of action!
West shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Truong staying out of range there.
Truong blocks a jab.
Truong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by West.
West changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
West moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by West.
A punch combination from West misses.
Truong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Truong takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A shot to the liver by West. Beautiful body shot.
West slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Truong drops West with a beautiful combination! West stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Truong is looking for the KO!
West takes a swing at Truong's ribcage but misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts West, as that shot connected.
A punch combination from Truong misses.
A combination from Truong does no damage.
Truong misses with a left hand
and West makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
West fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Truong has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Truong throws a nice looking combination but West bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
West connects with a single shot there.
Nice body punch from Truong.
West throws a low kick but it's checked well by Truong.
West 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.
A good leg kick by West.
Truong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West works Truong's body with a nice hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by West.
West thows a body kick. Truong tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from West. Truong does a little dance to reset his feet.
West lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Truong backs up against the cage.
Truong on the wrong end of a nice jab.
West keeps Truong at a distance using the push kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for West.
Nice body punch from Truong.
Truong takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
West lands a nice hook to Truong's body. Truong takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
West throws a body punch but Truong moves out of range.
Truong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Randy West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Truong scores with a sloppy right hand. West should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from West. Truong does a little dance to reset his feet.
West catches Truong with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
West throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
West throws a lazy right hand but Truong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
West is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Truong.
West misses with an uppercut.
West throws a good cross that connects.
West feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Truong's calf.
West connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Truong momentarily.
West dodges the punch combination from Truong.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
West lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Truong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Truong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jeremy Truong will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Truong bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Truong checks a low kick from West.
Truong's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Truong steps to the side to avoid the strikes from West.
Jeremy Truong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
West tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Truong was well out of range. Poor timing from West.
Truong misses with a few strikes there.
West misses with a looping right.
A big left from Truong misses.
West looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
West misses with a looping left.
Truong misses with a series of wild punches.
West with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Truong lands with a straight right. West didn't see that one coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for West.
West misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West swings and misses with a hook to the body.
West is looking to score with low kicks.
Truong takes a swing at West's ribcage but misses.
Truong throws an off balance right hand
and West counters with a thumping low kick.
Jeremy Truong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Truong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
West swings and misses with a hook to the body.
West connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
West attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
West misses with an uppercut. Truong saw that one coming.
West looks to land a right hand but Truong moved out of range.
West lands with a thumping leg kick.
West lands with a nice body punch.
West connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Truong. Those never looked like landing.
Truong has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from West finds it's way round the side to connect with Truong's head.
Truong misses with the combination.
West misses the jab.
West finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
West throws a low kick but Truong avoids it.
Truong defending well as West loads up on a big left hand.
West lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
West takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
West changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Truong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by West. West obviously looking to wear him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from West, right into the meat.
Truong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for West. That snapped Truong's head back.
West misses with a hook.
Truong dodges the punch combination from West.
West lands a nice looking kick to the body. Truong takes a step back to recover.
West fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Truong shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Truong takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
West displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Truong throws out the jab.
Truong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from West.
Truong on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
West dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Truong. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West with a jab.
West lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by West.
Truong throws a combination. West tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Truong needs to keep his hands up - West had a free shot at his head there.
West throws a leg kick but Truong moved away.
West swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Truong.
West throws out a powerful jab.
Truong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
West fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Truong looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West punishes Truong's body with a nice straight punch.
West takes a jab right on the kisser.
West catches Truong with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy West dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Truong throws a head kick that misses.
Truong checks a leg kick.
West is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
West throws out a powerful jab.
West moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
West throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Truong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Truong checks a leg kick.
West lands a jab.
West misses with a wild body shot.
Truong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
West fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
West throws a nice looking combination but Truong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Truong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Truong keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
West throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot lands for West.
Truong on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Truong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
West gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Truong throws a right hand that West ducks under and follows up with a left that West also avoids with ease.
Truong looks to land a body kick but West moved away.
West avoids the body shot from Truong.
Truong misses with a jab, cross combination.
West connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Truong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice defenses there by West.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Truong checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
West swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from West. Truong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Truong has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Truong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big right from West misses.
West throws a poor cross that misses
and Truong counters with a left and a right that stings West.
No joy there for Truong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Truong misses with a combination
and West counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Truong takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Truong throws a leg kick
and West counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Truong.
West misses with a body kick.
Truong throws a series of punches but West avoids them all with ease.
West lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice body kick there by West.
West thuds his right hand into Truong's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
West stuns Truong with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Truong walks into a jab.
West lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jab, jab by Truong - just one landing.
Decent striking displayed by West there.
West connects with a crisp jab.
West moves out of range as Truong strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Truong gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Truong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Truong.
West avoids a punch combination nicely.
West throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Truong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
West comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
West turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
West lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Truong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
Truong tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Truong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that's the end of the fight!
Randy West showed his dominance in that final round.
Well West 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy West!
Our winner, Randy West, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Fantastic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orpo Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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21
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Fantastic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Orpo Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Jokinen moves out of range as Fantastic strikes.
Jokinen misses with a looping left.
Jokinen misses with a straight right.
Fantastic thows a body shot but no joy.
Fantastic throws a big shot that misses.
Jokinen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jokinen misses the jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Jokinen.
Fantastic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic misses the shot to the body.
Fantastic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fantastic wants it to stay on the feet.
Jokinen scores with a jab to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fantastic stuffs the takedown attempt from Jokinen. Jokinen gets slowly back to his feet.
Fantastic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jokinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Fantastic misses.
Jokinen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fantastic tries to avoid it but Jokinen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fantastic to the ground. Fantastic escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Johnny Fantastic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orpo Jokinen.
Fantastic loads up on a big right hand but Jokinen slips the punch.
Fantastic cracks a nice hook into Jokinen's ribs.
Sloppy strikes from Jokinen. Those never looked like landing.
A leg kick checked by Fantastic.
Fantastic tries a head kick but it misses.
Fantastic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jokinen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen misses with a low kick as Fantastic jumps back.
Jokinen tries a low kick but Fantastic avoids it.
Some bone on bone action there as Fantastic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fantastic. That did some damage!
Jokinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fantastic.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Jokinen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic tests Jokinen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jokinen checks a low kick from Fantastic.
Fantastic throws a hook but Jokinen blocks it.
Jokinen throws a leg kick which misses Fantastic's front leg but catches the back leg as Fantastic tries to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Jokinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Fantastic tests Jokinen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic lands a jab to the head.
Fantastic throws the kick towards the body but Jokinen avoids it.
Jokinen scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic misses with a body kick.
Fantastic throws an overhand right that lands on Jokinen's shoulder, as Jokinen tries to avoid the shot.
Fantastic throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen scores with a nice right hand.
Jokinen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fantastic in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen misses with a looping right.
Fantastic misses the jab.
Johnny Fantastic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic thows a body shot but no joy.
Jokinen connects with a body shot that sends Fantastic's belly button to the back.
Fantastic scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Fantastic.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Fantastic throws out a loose jab but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Jokinen misses.
Fantastic pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jokinen walks into a left hand.
Jokinen scores with a punch to the head.
Jokinen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big left from Fantastic misses.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fantastic.
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 Johnny Fantastic will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Fantastic stuffs the takedown.
A slow jab from Fantastic misses its intended target.
Jokinen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fantastic finds it's way round the side to connect with Jokinen's head.
Jokinen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fantastic moves away from the strike by Jokinen.
Fantastic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnny Fantastic is winning the standup battle so far.
Jokinen avoids a kick to the body.
Jokinen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jokinen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Crunch! Jokinen slams his shin into Fantastic's torso.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fantastic looks to land a body kick but Jokinen moved away.
Fantastic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fantastic misses with an uppercut. Jokinen saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Fantastic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fantastic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fantastic lands with a hook. Jokinen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab from Jokinen misses.
Fantastic lands the left hand.
Fantastic throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Fantastic misses the jab.
The fighters circling - Fantastic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jokinen moves out of range of the leg kick from Fantastic.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fantastic.
Jokinen looks to land a right hand but Fantastic moved out of range.
Jokinen misses with a left hand
and Fantastic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jokinen throws a body kick that misses
and Fantastic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fantastic misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Fantastic.
A telegraphed right hand from Fantastic misses the target.
Fantastic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. Fantastic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic scores with a decent looking hook.
Jokinen scores with a nice strike.
Jokinen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jokinen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Fantastic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fantastic checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fantastic tries to move into range but Jokinen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic thows a body kick. Jokinen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Fantastic avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic with a hook.
Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fantastic.
Jokinen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic misses with a kick to the body
and Jokinen counters with a thumping low kick.
Jokinen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jokinen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic missing with a left hand there. Jokinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jokinen throws a body kick that misses.
Fantastic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic connects with a crisp jab.
Jokinen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A left lands for Fantastic.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Fantastic moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
A bone on bone clash there as Fantastic blocks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Fantastic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic throws a hook but Jokinen avoids it easily.
Jokinen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fantastic circles away.
Johnny Fantastic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orpo Jokinen.
Fantastic drops Jokinen with a beautiful combination! Jokinen stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Fantastic is looking for the KO!
It looks like Orpo Jokinen has been cut.
Fantastic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jokinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Jokinen goes down and covers up as Fantastic starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Fantastic!
Johnny Fantastic bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wavy Davy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joonas Mustonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davy comes to the cage accompanied by The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil. Joonas Mustonen acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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147 lbs
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140 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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Dangerous knees
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Wavy Davy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joonas Mustonen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mustonen fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Davy to the ground. Mustonen is now in Davy's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mustonen drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Davy dives on top into guard.
Mustonen looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Davy puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mustonen looking for submissions off his back.
Davy is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mustonen wants to get back to full guard.
Mustonen is trying to control but can't.
Davy wants to take a breather but Mustonen is having none of it.
Mustonen is looking to improve his position.
Mustonen tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Davy has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustonen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mustonen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Davy controlling his opponent.
Mustonen is looking to improve his position but Davy isn't that keen on the idea.
Mustonen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Mustonen can't escape the position.
Davy is trying to stick to Mustonen's back but Mustonen is turning into Davy. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Davy's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Mustonen.
Mustonen wants to control from the top but Davy keeps moving.
Davy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mustonen controls the pace.
Mustonen postures up.
Mustonen won't allow Davy to sweep him here.
Mustonen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davy pulls Mustonen in close to prevent any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Wavy Davy.
Mustonen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Davy.
Mustonen throws a body punch but Davy moves out of range.
A jab from Mustonen misses.
Mustonen misses the shot to the body.
Davy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mustonen.
Davy throws a looping overhand right but Mustonen ducks down to avoid it.
Davy thumps Mustonen with a low kick.
Davy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Davy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mustonen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Mustonen.
Mustonen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Davy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davy tries to clinch but Mustonen moves out of range.
Mustonen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mustonen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mustonen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Davy sprawls well. Davy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mustonen gets slowly back to his feet.
Wavy Davy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joonas Mustonen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davy tries to close the distance and clinch but Mustonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mustonen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wavy Davy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mustonen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Davy stuns Mustonen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mustonen fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Joonas Mustonen 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.
Davy lands a nice shot that snaps Mustonen's head back.
Davy moves away from the strike by Mustonen.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Davy 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 Mustonen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mustonen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mustonen looks for a takedown but Davy sprawls well.
Mustonen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mustonen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mustonen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Davy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mustonen.
Davy connects with a crisp jab.
Mustonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mustonen misses with an uppercut.
Davy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davy ducks under a wild hook from Mustonen.
Mustonen avoids the body shot from Davy.
Davy takes one to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Davy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mustonen checks a low kick from Davy.
Davy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mustonen.
Davy lands a high kick!
Mustonen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mustonen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Davy has time to react.
Mustonen drives through with a takedown into Davy's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Mustonen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Davy is keeping the position for now.
Mustonen pushes down on Davy's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Davy tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Mustonen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joonas Mustonen!
Joonas Mustonen really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that FinnSubs logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Fei Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Heinola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Markus Heinola will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alan Fei Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Markus Heinola!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heinola throws an off balance right hand
and Fei Hong cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Heinola tries to keep at a distance but Fei Hong has taken the fight into the clinch.
Heinola avoids the elbow strike from Fei Hong, against the cage.
Heinola can't break the clinch.
Heinola can't break the clinch.
Heinola escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heinola misses with a body shot.
Heinola throws a series of punches but Fei Hong moves out of range.
Heinola throws a low kick, looking for Fei Hong's leg but Fei Hong calmly moves out of range.
Heinola punishes Fei Hong's body with a nice straight punch.
Heinola misses with a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fei Hong.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heinola misses with a double jab.
Heinola goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fei Hong throws a hook to the side of Heinola's head but Heinola sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heinola lands a really nice looking cross but Fei Hong seems unphased.
Heinola 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.
Heinola throws a head kick but Fei Hong moves out of range.
Fei Hong on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A telegraphed right hand from Fei Hong misses the target.
Fei Hong slips under a jab from Heinola.
Heinola rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fei Hong counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Heinola scores with a body shot.
Fei Hong slips under a jab.
Fei Hong moves out of range as Heinola strikes.
Heinola throws a head kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heinola throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heinola waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fei Hong.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Heinola misses.
Fei Hong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heinola sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Heinola looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Heinola fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fei Hong manages to avoid it.
A jab from Fei Hong finds it's way through Heinola's defenses.
Heinola misses the shot to the body.
Fei Hong blocks a jab.
Heinola avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heinola scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fei Hong doesn't seem bothered though.
Fei Hong checks a leg kick.
Heinola throws a head kick but Fei Hong moves out of range.
Heinola takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Heinola scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fei Hong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heinola moves out of range as Fei Hong strikes.
Fei Hong wants to clinch.
Heinola swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fei Hong tries to clinch up.
Heinola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fei Hong instigates a clinch.
Heinola wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Heinola wants to get back to striking at distance but Fei Hong won't allow it.
Heinola will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fei Hong up against the cage.
Heinola has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heinola doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heinola wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fei Hong has him pressed against the cage.
Fei Hong keeps control of Heinola as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Heinola can't break the clinch.
Fei Hong lands a hook that snaps the head of Heinola backwards.
Fei Hong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heinola can't break the clinch.
Heinola has Fei Hong pushed against the cage.
Fei Hong lands a hook that snaps the head of Heinola backwards.
Heinola misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fei Hong avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fei Hong digs a right hand underneath Heinola's ribcage. Heinola let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Markus Heinola 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.
Heinola throws a head kick that misses.
Fei Hong avoids the body shot from Heinola.
Fei Hong avoids the head kick by Heinola.
Fei Hong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heinola paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fei Hong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Heinola swings for the body but Fei Hong moves out of range.
Fei Hong is looking to clinch but Heinola is avoiding it.
Heinola connects with a leg kick. Fei Hong looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Heinola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heinola throws out a leg kick but Fei Hong moves out of range and Heinola only half commits.
Fei Hong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heinola.
Heinola throws a lazy right hand but Fei Hong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fei Hong tries to close the distance and clinch but Heinola swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fei Hong instigates a clinch.
Heinola tries to break the clinch but Fei Hong is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fei Hong just leaning against Heinola, taking a breather.
Fei Hong creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Heinola's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Heinola drops to his knees and Fei Hong pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alan Fei Hong!
Our winner, Alan Fei Hong, 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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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kirk Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thunder Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Bodies/Drowning pool. Thunder Jackson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kirk Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thunder Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Kirk Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Jackson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jackson.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Kirk Gracie has been cut.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jackson obliges.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson connects with a knee to the head.
Jackson working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Jackson lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson lands a nice knee to the body.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kirk Gracie's cut is getting worse.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Jackson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kirk Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie is trying to maintain a safe position but Jackson gets an underhook and turns Gracie into the cage.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Jackson holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Gracie trying to stall but Jackson improves his position.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jackson keeps control of Gracie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jackson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson connects with a knee to the head.
Gracie jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jackson walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - Jackson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jackson closes the distance and pushes Gracie back into the cage.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Jackson with a knee to the head.
Gracie wants to break free but Jackson has control.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gracie jumps guard but Jackson stands there with Gracie around his waist. Gracie gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Jackson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Gracie jumps guard but Jackson stands there with Gracie around his waist. Gracie gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Jackson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Jackson won't allow it.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gracie is trying to break free.
Gracie jumps guard but Jackson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jackson lands a nice knee to the body.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gracie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jackson smiles and moves away.
Gracie closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jackson circles away.
Jackson rushes Gracie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson lands a knee to the body.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gracie wants to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thunder Jackson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kirk Gracie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jackson sprawls well. Jackson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gracie is defended easily by Jackson.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kirk Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson tries a head kick but it misses.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie checks a low kick from Jackson.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jackson sprawls well. Jackson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Jackson gets caught napping as Gracie dives in and scores a takedown. Jackson manages to retain guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gracie sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Gracie trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Jackson manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to control the position but Jackson says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Jackson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gracie does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gracie is trying to maintain the position but Jackson is very close to passing his half guard.
Jackson controlling the pace.
Gracie is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson wants to stand up but Gracie has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Thunder Jackson.
Jackson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jackson is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Jackson circles away and we're back to standing.
Jackson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Jackson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gracie.
Jackson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gracie, pushing him back against the cage.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jackson lands a knee to the body.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Jackson holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
A frustrated look appears on Gracie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gracie is trying to push Jackson away but Jackson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Jackson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson landing knees to the head.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Thunder Jackson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gracie jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jackson walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jackson counters with a big head kick but Gracie shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thunder Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kirk Gracie's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Jackson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie shoots in but Jackson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jackson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson with a knee to the head.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jackson working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment.
Gracie is trying to push Jackson away but Jackson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jackson lands a knee to the body.
Gracie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kirk Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Gracie jumps guard but Jackson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Jackson won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jackson.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jackson to keep the fight standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie is trying to maintain a safe position but Jackson gets an underhook and turns Gracie into the cage.
Jackson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gracie working hard to break the clinch.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie jumps guard but Jackson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gracie decides to pull guard.
Gracie has Jackson pulled in close to control his posture.
Gracie throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Jackson escapes and throws Gracie's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Jackson trying to control the position but Gracie is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jackson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gracie is controlling him.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Jackson looking to control but Gracie passes into half guard.
Gracie wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.
Gracie perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gracie is working away from the top position though.
Gracie is working for a kimura but Jackson is defending it quite comfortably.
Thunder Jackson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jackson is trying to stand back up but Gracie is controlling him
Gracie wants to free his trapped foot but Jackson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kirk Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie prevents Jackson from standing back up.
Kirk Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
And that's the end of the fight!
Thunder Jackson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jackson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thunder Jackson!
Thunder Jackson took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, ANABOLIC Nutrition 160Q for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Pearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhijing Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhijing Wang has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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159 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyson Pearson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zhijing Wang!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wang sprawls well initially but Pearson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wang is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wang wants to sweep but Pearson has passed to side control!
Wang struggling a bit here.
Wang regains half guard.
Pearson wants to pass the guard but Wang is defending well.
Pearson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Wang doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Pearson.
Wang gets full guard.
Pearson looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pearson wants to control from the top but Wang keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang looking to control.
Pearson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wang is looking for a triangle but Pearson pushes his legs off easily.
Wang looking for a sweep. Not yet Wang, not yet.
Pearson controlling from the top position.
Pearson trying to control but Wang is working from the bottom.
Wang keeping full guard, as Pearson tries to pass.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pearson is working hard here to advance position.
Wang looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson advances position into side control!
Pearson is trying to get an arm triangle but Wang is defending well.
Wang is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The strikes coming from Pearson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Pearson trying to control the position but Wang is working away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pearson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Wang is trying to control Pearson's posture but Pearson avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang gets back to half guard.
Wang trying to control here.
Wang tries to roll over but Pearson keeps him under control.
Pearson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Wang looking for submissions off his back.
Pearson is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearson wants to control the pace but Wang is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wang is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pearson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Wang can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Pearson is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Wang to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Wang shrugs it off.
Pearson looking to ground and pound but Wang is blocking nicely.
Wang is squirming around, avoiding Pearson's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wang gets back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wang tries to get to full guard but Pearson has control of the leg.
Wang is pressing down on Pearson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Pearson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pearson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Pearson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Wang struggling a bit here.
Pearson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Pearson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Wang regains half guard.
Pearson is working for a kimura but Wang is defending it quite comfortably.
Wang tries to get to full guard but Pearson has control of the leg.
Pearson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang trying to control here.
Wang looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Pearson is trying to control. Wang wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pearson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Pearson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Wang tries to lock up and control but Pearson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wang wants to control but Pearson is having none of it.
Pearson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Wang has worked his arm free - good work by Wang!
Pearson is trying to get an arm triangle but Wang is defending well.
Wang is not content to let Pearson control the position.
Wang struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Wang sneaks back into half guard.
Tyson Pearson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pearson is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Wang reverses the position - he's now on top in Pearson's guard.
Wang must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Pearson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wang defends well.
Pearson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wang gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pearson is keeping the position for now.
Pearson keeping moving, preventing Wang from controlling successfully.
Pearson can't keep his opponent in guard - Wang advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Wang throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wang is keen to just control but Pearson is a slippery customer.
Pearson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wang pulls his head out easily.
Pearson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pearson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pearson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wang defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Pearson dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Pearson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wang can pounce on him.
Pearson throws an off balance right hand
and Wang counters with a straight right hand.
Pearson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Wang.
Pearson shoots in for a double leg but Wang sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pearson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wang can pounce on him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wang, right into the meat.
Wang scores with a head kick.
Pearson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wang circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wang throws a nice head kick!
Wang scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tyson Pearson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wang throws a leg kick which misses Pearson's front leg but catches the back leg as Pearson tries to avoid it.
Wang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pearson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pearson loads up on a big right hand but Wang slips the punch.
Wang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pearson. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Pearson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyson Pearson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wang darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wang stalling.
Pearson is not content to let Wang control the position.
Wang looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pearson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Wang is looking to advance position but Pearson won't allow it.
Zhijing Wang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wang pulls his head out easily.
Pearson is in trouble now - Wang has advanced to mount!
Wang lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pearson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wang trying to control but Pearson is having none of it.
Wang with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Pearson is in a horrible position here. Wang smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pearson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Pearson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pearson regains half guard.
Wang moves into full mount! Pearson won't be happy about that!
Pearson tries to hold on but Wang pushes him away.
Pearson looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Wang looking for the RNC.
Wang throwing wild punches that miss their target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Pearson.
Wang is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pearson manages to reverse the position and now he's in Wang's guard. Nice work there by Pearson.
Pearson looking to pass the guard.
Pearson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wang is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pearson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Wang has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Pearson has managed to get both his arms back between Wang's legs - danger averted.
Tyson Pearson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wang is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pearson is aware though and is defending well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zhijing Wang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pearson 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Pearson!
After the big win, Tyson Pearson made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Outkast Clothing Line and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Torrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rambo Kalervo Kukkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eddie Torrez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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191 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Torrez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rambo Kalervo Kukkonen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kukkonen throws a leg kick
and Torrez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torrez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Torrez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kukkonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Torrez.
Torrez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Torrez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kukkonen.
Torrez lands a nice shot to the body.
Torrez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Torrez throws a body punch but Kukkonen moves out of range.
Kukkonen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kukkonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torrez manages to avoid it.
Torrez lands a left and a right that send Kukkonen crashing to the mat, dazed. Torrez thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Torrez.
Torrez looks to land a right hand but Kukkonen moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukkonen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Torrez moves out of range of the body kick.
Torrez moves out of range as Kukkonen throws a body kick.
Torrez misses with a hook to the body
and Kukkonen counters with an inside leg kick.
Kukkonen is looking to clinch but Torrez is avoiding it.
Eddie Torrez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kukkonen lands a nice looking body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Torrez. That's going to slow Kukkonen down.
Torrez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kukkonen looks to land a right hand but Torrez moved out of range.
Kukkonen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Torrez is out of range.
Torrez swings for the body but Kukkonen moves out of range.
Kukkonen lands with a hook. Torrez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kukkonen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Torrez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kukkonen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kukkonen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kukkonen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Torrez swings away with a body shot that misses
so Kukkonen counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kukkonen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kukkonen trying to control the position from guard on top but Torrez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kukkonen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Torrez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kukkonen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kukkonen wants to control from the top but Torrez keeps moving.
Torrez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kukkonen is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torrez controls Kukkonen momentarily but Kukkonen frees himself.
Kukkonen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Torrez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kukkonen trying to control the position from guard on top but Torrez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kukkonen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kukkonen throws a sloppy head kick and Torrez moves out of range easily.
Kukkonen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Torrez is trying to maintain the position but Kukkonen is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torrez is not content to let Kukkonen control the position.
Kukkonen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kukkonen trying to control the pace.
Kukkonen thows a huge punch but Torrez dodges it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kukkonen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kukkonen thowing shots but they're missing.
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 Eddie Torrez will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Torrez ducks under a wild hook from Kukkonen.
Kukkonen tries for a takedown but Torrez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kukkonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Torrez.
Torrez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kukkonen can pounce on him.
Kukkonen walks into a straight right hand from Torrez.
Kukkonen scores with a jab. Torrez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice sprawl there from Torrez as Kukkonen shoots in.
Kukkonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kukkonen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Torrez's head.
Kukkonen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Torrez at a distance.
Torrez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kukkonen rushes Torrez and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kukkonen as Torrez tries to tie him up.
Kukkonen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Torrez can't break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Kukkonen.
Kukkonen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kukkonen scores with a shot to the side of Torrez's head.
Torrez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kukkonen blocks an uppercut.
Kukkonen misses with a knee to the head.
Torrez is looking to break free of the clinch but Kukkonen has double underhooks.
Torrez gets underhooks to prevent Kukkonen's takedown attempt.
Eddie Torrez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rambo Kalervo Kukkonen.
Kukkonen gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Torrez regains guard.
Kukkonen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kukkonen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kukkonen pushing down on Torrez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torrez trying to control but Kukkonen postures up.
Kukkonen wants to take a breather but Torrez is having none of it.
Torrez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kukkonen lands a nice short elbow.
Kukkonen winds up and cracks Torrez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kukkonen wants to pass the guard but Torrez is defending well.
Torrez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rambo Kalervo Kukkonen has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukkonen is just content to waste time from the top position. Torrez takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Kukkonen preventing the sweep.
Torrez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kukkonen is looking to pass into half guard but Torrez pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Torrez is in guard.
Torrez would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kukkonen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kukkonen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Torrez defends it easily.
Kukkonen working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torrez wants to stand but Kukkonen has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Torrez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kukkonen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Torrez is aware though and is defending well.
Kukkonen pulls Torrez in close to prevent any damage.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kukkonen is looking for a triangle but Torrez pushes his legs off easily.
Torrez decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Kukkonen clinches with his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torrez blocking some punches.
Torrez tries to circle away but Kukkonen has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rambo Kalervo Kukkonen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kukkonen fails to land the takedown.
Torrez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kukkonen shoots in and drives through. Torrez sprawls well.
Kukkonen blocks a jab.
Eddie Torrez is winning the standup battle so far.
Kukkonen fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Torrez to the ground. Kukkonen is now in Torrez's guard.
Torrez keeping moving, preventing Kukkonen from controlling successfully.
Kukkonen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Torrez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Torrez keeping moving, preventing Kukkonen from controlling successfully.
Kukkonen throws a big right hand that misses.
Kukkonen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kukkonen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukkonen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kukkonen trying to control the position from guard on top but Torrez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kukkonen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kukkonen throws an elbow that misses. Torrez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kukkonen's guard. Nice move by Torrez!
Kukkonen has a closed guard, preventing Torrez from standing up.
Kukkonen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Torrez!
Kukkonen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Torrez because Kukkonen loaded up on that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kukkonen looking to finish Torrez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Torrez!
Kukkonen lands a heavy elbow.
Kukkonen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kukkonen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kukkonen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kukkonen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Torrez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Kukkonen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kukkonen thowing shots but they're missing.
Kukkonen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Torrez because Kukkonen loaded up on that one.
Kukkonen throwing strikes here but Torrez is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukkonen with a couple of short strikes.
BOOM! Kukkonen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kukkonen wants to control the pace but Torrez is squirming around nicely.
Torrez blocking the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kukkonen with good strikes from the mount here!
Kukkonen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kukkonen scoring with strikes but Torrez is staying in there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kukkonen tries to control but Torrez wriggling away.
Kukkonen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kukkonen trying to control but Torrez is having none of it.
Kukkonen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Torrez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Kukkonen landing shots from mount.
Kukkonen is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Torrez is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rambo Kalervo Kukkonen!
Rambo Kalervo Kukkonen is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Rambo Kalervo Kukkonen 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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