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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gianpaolo Cassano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigoriev Maxim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maxim has chosen Dolphin feat Stella - Eyes as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Grigoriev Maxim was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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153 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gianpaolo Cassano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grigoriev Maxim!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maxim will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Maxim is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cassano sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Grigoriev Maxim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maxim shoots in looking for a takedown. Cassano tries to sprawl out of it but Maxim keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cassano manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gianpaolo Cassano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Grigoriev Maxim.
Cassano connects with the punch.
Maxim fails to land the takedown.
Maxim closes the distance and clinches up with Cassano, looking for a takedown. Maxim pushes Cassano against the cage but Cassano circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cassano misses with a double jab.
Maxim shoots in for a double leg but Cassano sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Maxim shoots for a double leg takedown but Cassano sprawls well. He's pushed Maxim's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cassano gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cassano on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cassano tries to get out of the position.
Maxim stops Cassano from standing up.
Maxim throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cassano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cassano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maxim missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maxim trying to control the position from guard on top but Cassano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cassano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cassano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maxim.
Maxim throws a big elbow that misses.
Maxim is working Cassano over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Maxim throwing strikes from guard but Cassano blocks nicely.
Cassano is looking to stand up but Maxim isn't so interested in that idea.
Maxim throwing strikes from guard but Cassano blocks nicely.
Cassano wants to stand up but Maxim is controlling him.
Maxim makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Maxim lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cassano is looking to stand back up but Maxim counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Cassano.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maxim looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Maxim not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Maxim keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Maxim working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
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!
Maxim has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Cassano is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Maxim connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cassano is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Maxim lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Maxim trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cassano is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxim scores with a couple of good head shots there.
A nice elbow there by Maxim.
Maxim lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cassano hang on?
BOOM! Maxim connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Maxim has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Cassano's face.
Maxim takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Maxim is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cassano is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maxim landing strikes from the mount and Cassano is in trouble!
Oh Cassano is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maxim lands with some strikes.
Maxim loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Cassano scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Maxim land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Maxim stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grigoriev Maxim!
Grigoriev Maxim gave a mention to CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Auguste Grimm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evil Ryu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Auguste Grimm has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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156 lbs
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154 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Auguste Grimm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Evil Ryu!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ryu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ryu wants to clinch
and Grimm makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grimm misses with a hook. Ryu ducked under it nicely.
Grimm fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Grimm misses with a low kick as Ryu jumps back.
Ryu closes the distance but Grimm moves to the side
and Grimm counters with a big head kick but Ryu shrugs it off.
Grimm connects with a looping right hand.
Grimm feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ryu's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ryu moves into range and clinches up with Grimm.
Ryu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ryu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ryu.
Ryu misses with the head strike.
Ryu missing with knees to the body.
Grimm lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ryu backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimm on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grimm.
Grimm dodges an elbow strike from Ryu.
Ryu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grimm's elbow.
Ryu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grimm is defending well for now.
Grimm lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ryu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ryu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ryu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grimm working aggressively here.
Ryu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grimm blocks it with crossed arms.
Grimm managing to block the knees to the body from Ryu.
Ryu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ryu tries to throw a body punch but Grimm avoids it by throwing Ryu back against the cage.
Ryu wants to break free but Grimm has control.
Grimm lands with a left to the head.
Ryu lands a hook that snaps the head of Grimm backwards.
Grimm lands an elbow that stopped Ryu in his tracks for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimm lands an elbow inside.
Grimm lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ryu is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grimm lands an elbow inside that Ryu shrugs off.
Ryu is still on wobbly legs! Can Grimm finish him?
Ryu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ryu seems to have recovered his senses.
Ryu stalling in the clinch but Grimm improves position.
Ryu tries a body shot but Grimm blocks it.
Ryu working hard to break the clinch.
Ryu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grimm is defending well for now.
Grimm blocks an elbow strike.
Grimm blocks a body shot from Ryu.
Ryu can't find room to land a body shot as Grimm controls the action.
Grimm lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Grimm lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ryu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ryu blocks an elbow strike from Grimm.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ryu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grimm's brow.
A short body shot lands from Ryu as the two fighters clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ryu is trying to break the clinch but Grimm has him pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Ryu.
A nice left hand lands by Grimm.
Grimm tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ryu.
Grimm doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ryu trying to land knees to the body.
Grimm lands with a right to the head.
Ryu tries to break the clinch but Grimm is controlling the position.
Ryu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ryu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Grimm lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Grimm lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grimm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ryu is trying to stall.
Grimm scores with a shoulder strike.
Ryu pushes off an throws an elbow but Grimm leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grimm works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryu tries to break the clinch but Grimm is controlling the position.
Ryu is trying to break the clinch but Grimm has him pressed against the cage.
Grimm blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Ryu fails to land.
Grimm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grimm makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Grimm letting Ryu take a breather here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grimm lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ryu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grimm avoids it.
Ryu struggles to land a body shot inside as Grimm controls his hands.
Ryu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
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 Auguste Grimm will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Grimm connects with a leg kick. Ryu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ryu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grimm. Ryu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grimm goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grimm goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ryu tries to clinch up.
Grimm connects with a nice looking jab.
Grimm throws a series of punches but Ryu moves out of range.
Ryu moves away from the strike by Grimm.
Grimm throws a solid leg kick but Ryu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Grimm.
Grimm cracks Ryu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Grimm lands a nice hook to Ryu's body. Ryu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ryu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ryu tries to clinch but Grimm moves away
and Grimm counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ryu tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryu tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Grimm counters with a thumping low kick.
Grimm looks for the body kick but Ryu saw that one coming.
Oooooh!!! Grimm has knocked Ryu down with a huge combo! Grimm steps away and waves a wobbly Ryu back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
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!
Ryu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ryu blocks a jab.
Grimm throws a jab when Ryu was well out of range.
Ryu tries to clinch but Grimm moves away
and Grimm counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Ryu! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Grimm!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Auguste Grimm!
A relieved looking Auguste Grimm thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan K (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaska Raatikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). K 's entrance music is Albatross, Albatross, Albatross. A fine choice. Raatikainen has chosen Children of Bodom - Are you dead yet as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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140 lbs
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145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan K !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaska Raatikainen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raatikainen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
K is looking to clinch but Raatikainen is avoiding it.
K keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
K is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
K buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
K tries to close the distance and clinch but Raatikainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
K lands a nice leg kick that just misses Raatikainen's sensitive parts.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by K .
K on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Raatikainen. Raatikainen obviously looking to wear him down.
Raatikainen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Raatikainen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raatikainen thows a body kick. K tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Raatikainen connects with a good right hand that stumbles K . K circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
K lands a jab to the head.
Raatikainen moves out of range of the body kick from K .
That's one minute gone in the round.
K clinches.
K effectively controlling the action here.
K 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
K dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Raatikainen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Raatikainen working hard to break the clinch.
K lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Raatikainen is trying to break the clinch but K has him pressed against the cage.
K tries to work over Raatikainen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
K prevents Raatikainen from breaking the clinch.
K misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raatikainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raatikainen tries to circle away but K has him pinned against the cage.
Raatikainen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
K slowing the pace effectively.
Raatikainen is trying to break free.
K throws a punch but it's blocked by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen takes a shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Raatikainen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Raatikainen wants to get back to striking at distance but K won't allow it.
Raatikainen lands a right hand that snaps the head of K backwards.
Raatikainen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but K has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by K .
Raatikainen wants to get back to striking at distance but K won't allow it.
A short uppercut from K .
Raatikainen has had enough of the clinch but K keeps him there for the moment.
Raatikainen is trying to push K away but K has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
K breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
K tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves out of range.
K throws a leg kick which misses Raatikainen's front leg but catches the back leg as Raatikainen tries to avoid it.
K cracks Raatikainen with an open hand slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
K lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Raatikainen at a distance.
K clinches up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from K .
K lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
K lands with a short head shot on the inside.
K scores with an uppercut up the middle.
K misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raatikainen tries to break the clinch but K is controlling the position.
K has Raatikainen pressed against the cage, preventing Raatikainen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice right hand lands inside from K .
A right hook to the body lands for K .
K misses with a body punch.
K lands a right hand that snaps the head of Raatikainen backwards.
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!
K lands with a light punch inside.
Raatikainen wants to break free but K has control.
Raatikainen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raatikainen letting K take a breather here.
K lands a nice uppercut.
Raatikainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raatikainen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Raatikainen.
K swings wildly with an uppercut but Raatikainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
K tries to work over Raatikainen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raatikainen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice left hand lands by K .
A short left from K .
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raatikainen wants to break the clinch but can't.
K lands with a left to the head.
K tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raatikainen tries to break the clinch but K is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan K 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.
K tries to clinch but Raatikainen is having none of it.
K lands a jab to the head.
K moves out of range of the body kick from Raatikainen.
Nice body punch from Raatikainen.
K connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Raatikainen's hands.
Raatikainen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from K .
Good work by K as he checks the leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Raatikainen.
K is looking to land body kicks.
K closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Raatikainen is trying to push K away but K has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A shot in the inside from K .
With the fighters clinched against the cage, K creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raatikainen throws a head punch that misses.
Raatikainen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from K .
Raatikainen breaks the clinch.
K keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Raatikainen swats away the attempt to clinch by K .
Jab from K .
K tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raatikainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
K misses with a low kick.
K throws a jab when Raatikainen was well out of range.
Raatikainen throws a body punch but K moves out of range.
Dan K is winning the standup battle so far.
A left lands for K .
K is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
K lands a leg kick that knocks Raatikainen off balance momentarily.
K cracks the inside of Raatikainen's front leg.
K is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen looks to score with a jab to the body but K is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raatikainen takes one to the side of the head.
K misses with a low kick as Raatikainen jumps back.
Raatikainen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
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!
Raatikainen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice straight punches there by K . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of K .
Raatikainen is rocked!
Raatikainen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Raatikainen is still on wobbly legs! Can K finish him?
K throws a nice outside leg kick.
Raatikainen seems to have recovered his senses.
Raatikainen throws a body kick that misses.
Raatikainen misses with a few strikes there.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Raatikainen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
K takes one to the side of the head.
K swings for the body but Raatikainen moves out of range.
K avoids a punch combination nicely.
K tries to close the distance and clinch but Raatikainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
K drives through and clinches with Raatikainen against the cage.
K blocks an uppercut.
K lands a right hand that snaps the head of Raatikainen backwards.
K tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
K presses Raatikainen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
K presses Raatikainen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Raatikainen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from K misses.
K stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
K pushes Raatikainen up against the cage in a clinch.
Raatikainen takes a shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from K as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
K lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Raatikainen.
K makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
K managing to block the knees to the body from Raatikainen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raatikainen wants to break free but K has control.
K can't find room to land a body shot as Raatikainen controls the action.
Raatikainen prevents a body shot from K .
Raatikainen has had enough of the clinch but K keeps him there for the moment.
Raatikainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
K throws a punch but it's blocked by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Raatikainen is trying to force a seperation but K has the dominant position.
Raatikainen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but K is keeping busy.
Raatikainen is trying to force a seperation but K has the dominant position.
A nice right hand lands inside from K .
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
K lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raatikainen backwards.
K lands a shot to the body.
Raatikainen is looking to break free of the clinch but K has double underhooks.
Raatikainen is trying to force a seperation but K has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan K dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Raatikainen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by K . K obviously looking to wear him down.
K fails to land with a series of punches.
K lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
K ducks under a wild hook from Raatikainen.
K buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Raatikainen throws a head kick but K moves out of range.
K stuns Raatikainen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A low kick from Raatikainen misses
and K counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Raatikainen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down K rather than just go for the knockout.
K throws a series of punches but Raatikainen avoids them all with ease.
Decent striking displayed by K there.
Raatikainen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
K scoring well with a low kick there.
K cracks the inside of Raatikainen's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
K scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
K swings and misses with a hook to the body.
K is looking to slow Raatikainen down with leg kicks.
K throws a leg kick but Raatikainen sees it coming and moves out of range.
K scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
K 's corner calls for a 1-2. K obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Raatikainen lands with a thumping leg kick.
K fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Raatikainen, pushing him back against the cage.
K keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raatikainen's efforts to push away.
K lands a body shot in the clinch.
K misses with a hook to the ribs.
K keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raatikainen's efforts to push away.
K taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raatikainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Raatikainen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling K to score with a decent uppercut.
Raatikainen works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raatikainen moves out of range as K throws a body kick.
K lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
K will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
K fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
K lands with a thumping leg kick.
K is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raatikainen can do to turn this around?
K fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
K wants to clinch up but Raatikainen keeps it at a distance.
K tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Raatikainen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
K wants to land a leg kick but Raatikainen is out of range.
Raatikainen misses with an uppercut. K saw that one coming.
Jaska Raatikainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
K throws a jab but it's blocked by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
K tries to clinch up.
K doesn't manage to clinch there - Raatikainen circles away.
K moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
K thuds his shin into the meat of Raatikainen's side.
K jabbing away but nothing is landing.
K gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dan K is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dan K has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Raatikainen wants to break free but K has control.
K keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raatikainen's efforts to push away.
Raatikainen struggles to land a body shot inside as K controls his hands.
Raatikainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from K .
K works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
K connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Raatikainen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
K throws a leg kick which misses Raatikainen's front leg but catches the back leg as Raatikainen tries to avoid it.
Raatikainen walks forward, straight into a front kick from K .
Dan K seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
K lands a leg kick that knocks Raatikainen off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice inside leg kick there by K . That's going to slow Raatikainen down.
Raatikainen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from K .
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab from K finds it's way through Raatikainen's defenses.
K lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Raatikainen misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan K showed his dominance in that final round.
Well K 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan K !
A victorious Dan K thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wolfe Larson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohammed Sissoko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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175 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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21
182 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick |
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Basic striking
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wolfe Larson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mohammed Sissoko!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sissoko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice body kick from Larson.
Sissoko finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sissoko.
Sissoko scores with a shot to the body.
Larson throws a low kick but Sissoko moves out of range easily.
Sissoko dives in and scores a takedown into Larson's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Larson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Larson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sissoko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sissoko content to stall in guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Wolfe Larson just wasn't active enough.
Larson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sissoko throws a low kick but Larson avoids it.
Sissoko on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Larson misses with a body shot.
Sissoko throws a low kick, looking for Larson's leg but Larson calmly moves out of range.
Larson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Larson connects with a solid leg kick.
Larson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Larson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sissoko is out of range.
Sissoko looking to score a takedown here. Larson is defending well but Sissoko drives through and ends up in Larson's guard.
Larson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sissoko throws a strike but Larson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Larson postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Sissoko is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Larson, into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sissoko is looking to pass into half guard but Larson pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Larson is in guard.
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!
Sissoko is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Larson drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sissoko dives on top into guard.
Sissoko looking to pass the guard.
Sissoko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sissoko must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sissoko works over Larson with some ground and pound from guard.
Sissoko throws an elbow that misses. Larson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sissoko's guard. Nice move by Larson!
Larson trying to control but Sissoko is working from the bottom.
Larson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sissoko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Larson looking to sit in guard and control but Sissoko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sissoko stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Larson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sissoko wants to control from the top but Larson keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larson has Sissoko pulled in close to control his posture.
Larson trying to control the position.
Sissoko trying to control the position from guard on top but Larson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Larson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Wolfe Larson has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Larson lands a high kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sissoko shoots in for a double leg but Larson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sissoko shoots in and gets a takedown into Larson's guard.
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!
Sissoko trying to control the position from guard on top but Larson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammed Sissoko 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.
Larson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Larson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sissoko scores with a takedown into Larson's guard.
Sissoko trying to control but Larson is working from the bottom.
Larson is looking for a triangle but Sissoko pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sissoko wants to control from the top but Larson keeps moving.
Sissoko working some strikes from top position.
Larson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Larson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sissoko throws a big right hand that misses.
Sissoko drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Larson dives on top into guard.
Larson is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Sissoko is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Sissoko has escaped and now he's on top!
Larson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mohammed Sissoko has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sissoko trying to control but Larson is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sissoko is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Sissoko throws a big elbow that misses.
Sissoko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sissoko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Larson looking to control.
Sissoko wants to control from the top but Larson keeps moving.
Sissoko won't allow Larson to sweep him here.
Sissoko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Larson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sissoko throws a head kick but Larson moves out of range.
Larson lands a front kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sissoko shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Sissoko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Larson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sissoko trying to control the pace.
Sissoko prevents Larson from improving his position.
Larson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sissoko.
Sissoko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sissoko is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Larson is looking to improve his position.
Sissoko trying to control from half guard but Larson is working away.
Larson pushes Sissoko off looking to stand but Sissoko dives back in and keeps control.
Larson has hold of Sissoko's hands but Sissoko slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sissoko throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sissoko is keen to just control but Larson is a slippery customer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Larson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammed Sissoko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Sissoko misses with a body shot.
Sissoko throws a head kick that misses.
Sissoko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Larson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sissoko closes the distance and clinches up with Larson, looking for a takedown. Sissoko pushes Larson against the cage but Larson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Larson throws a low kick, looking for Sissoko's leg but Sissoko calmly moves out of range.
Sissoko checks a low kick from Larson.
Larson throws a push kick but Sissoko slaps the foot to one side.
Larson is looking to land body kicks.
Sissoko shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Larson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Larson trying to keep a closed guard but Sissoko is proving a slippery customer.
Larson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sissoko defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sissoko is in close to Larson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sissoko working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Larson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Larson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Larson wants to get back to his feet but Sissoko is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sissoko keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Larson's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Larson keeping moving, preventing Sissoko from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larson can't keep his opponent in guard - Sissoko advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sissoko winds up and cracks Larson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sissoko not doing much here.
Ground and pound from Sissoko.
Sissoko prevents Larson from improving his position.
Larson has hold of Sissoko's hands but Sissoko slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sissoko wants to pass the guard but Larson is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sissoko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sissoko not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sissoko winds up and cracks Larson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sissoko is stalling here. Larson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sissoko seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Larson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sissoko sneaks back into half guard.
Sissoko is controlling Larson's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Sissoko makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sissoko.
Sissoko controlling Larson's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larson drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sissoko dives on top into guard.
Sissoko controls from within his opponent's guard.
Mohammed Sissoko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wolfe Larson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mohammed Sissoko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sissoko 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohammed Sissoko!
Mohammed Sissoko decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rolland Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Barris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rolland Pierre has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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21
149 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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22
144 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rolland Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Barris!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barris drops his hands momentarily and Pierre takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Barris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pierre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pierre swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barris.
Pierre misses with a right hand
and Barris counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jab, jab by Pierre - just one landing.
Barris takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pierre throws a hook but Barris blocks it.
Barris slips under a jab.
Barris with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pierre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barris looks for a takedown but Pierre sprawls well.
Rolland Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barris manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre scores with a one two! Barris had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pierre connects with a body shot that sends Barris's belly button to the back.
Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barris ducks under a wild hook from Pierre.
Pierre connects with a right hand. Barris shakes it off.
Barris slips a jab and a cross from Pierre.
Barris dodges the punch combination from Pierre.
Pierre misses with a series of wild punches.
Barris slips a jab and a cross from Pierre.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barris tries to close the distance and clinch but Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pierre.
Barris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pierre misses with a straight right.
Barris takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Barris misses with a two punch combination.
Pierre shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
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!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Pierre slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barris is looking for a sweep. Pierre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Barris moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Barris keeping full guard, as Pierre tries to pass.
Barris looking to control.
Barris keeping moving, preventing Pierre from controlling successfully.
Pierre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barris swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Barris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre postures up in Barris's guard and throws a big left but Barris blocks it.
Pierre tries to free his leg and advance position but Barris is retaining full guard.
Pierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Barris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barris tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rolland Pierre has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Pierre misses with a series of wild punches.
Barris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pierre misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Pierre misses.
Pierre is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pierre stuffs the takedown attempt from Barris. Barris gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rolland Pierre 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.
Barris misses with a looping left.
Pierre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barris scores with a jab.
Rolland Pierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pierre connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A slow jab from Pierre misses its intended target.
Barris takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pierre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pierre misses with a straight right.
Barris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pierre.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pierre. Barris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pierre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barris was well out of range. Poor timing from Pierre.
Pierre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barris was well out of range. Poor timing from Pierre.
Barris wants to clinch.
Pierre swinging wildly here.
A lazy left from Pierre finds it's target.
Barris tries for a takedown but Pierre sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Barris slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre throws a jab but it's blocked by Barris.
Barris defending well as Pierre loads up on a big left hand.
Pierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barris takes a shot to the body in his stride.
No luck for Barris with that takedown attempt.
Pierre lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pierre bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Barris's head.
Pierre getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pierre misses with a double jab.
Pierre moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barris shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pierre sprawls well. Pierre wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Barris gets slowly back to his feet.
Rolland Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Barris.
Pierre misses with a hook
and Barris counters with an inside leg kick.
Barris throws a series of punches but Pierre avoids them all with ease.
Pierre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barris avoids the body shot from Pierre.
Barris moves out of range as Pierre strikes.
Barris connects with the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pierre. Barris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barris cracks Pierre with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barris throws a hook to the side of Pierre's head but Pierre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pierre throws a right and a left that Barris avoids nicely.
Rolland Pierre is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barris misses with a takedown attempt
and Pierre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barris drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pierre throws an off balance right hand
and Barris counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pierre looks to land a combination but Barris avoids it well.
Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barris tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pierre swivels and escapes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barris looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pierre throws a poor cross that misses
and Barris counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pierre misses with an uppercut
and Barris counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pierre's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rolland Pierre 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Pierre scores with a body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Barris.
Pierre misses with a series of wild punches.
Pierre lands with a straight right. Barris didn't see that one coming.
Barris tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pierre swivels and escapes.
Barris closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pierre circles away.
Rolland Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Barris.
Pierre scores with a one two! Barris had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A jab lands there for Pierre.
Pierre misses with a right hand
and Barris counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pierre won't be happy with that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre can't do much from the bottom here.
Pierre manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Pierre trying to pass the guard but Barris defending well.
Pierre seems to be looking for submissions.
Barris tries to roll over but Pierre keeps him under control.
Barris is refusing to be controlled, as Pierre sits in half guard.
Barris is trying to get back to full guard.
Pierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barris keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre works his way into side control.
Barris wants to control but Pierre postures up.
Pierre is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Barris has escaped the position, nice work there.
Pierre working away.
Barris prevents Pierre from moving into mount.
The referee asks Pierre politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Pierre prefers to stall for the moment though.
Barris tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barris takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
John Barris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barris is not content to let Pierre control the position.
I wouldn't like to be where Barris is right now.
Barris is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Pierre is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Barris is squirming around, avoiding Pierre's attempts to control the action.
Barris is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rolland Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barris is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pierre tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Barris is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pierre controlling from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pierre wants to control the pace but Barris is squirming around nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rolland Pierre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pierre 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rolland Pierre!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Rolland Pierre made sure he mentioned CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Naza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blu Pisa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pisa has chosen Party Rock Anthem as his entrance music. Felipe Naza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Felipe Naza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Blu Pisa!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pisa throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Felipe Naza has been cut.
Naza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Naza.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Pisa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Naza changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Naza swings widly with a right hand
and Pisa counters with a nice leg kick.
Pisa checks a leg kick nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pisa.
Pisa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Felipe Naza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pisa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pisa scores with a kick to the midsection.
Pisa swings for the body but Naza moves out of range.
Pisa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pisa connects with the punch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pisa - that will leave a mark!
Naza is breathing heavily.
Pisa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pisa is looking to land body kicks.
Naza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Pisa.
Pisa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A solid body kick from Pisa.
Naza misses with a double jab.
Pisa throws a leg kick which misses Naza's front leg but catches the back leg as Naza tries to avoid it.
Pisa lands with a slapping head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pisa. That's going to slow Naza down.
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!
Naza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Naza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Naza takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pisa drops Naza with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Naza looks back up at him and smiles so Pisa waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Naza is rocked!
Felipe Naza's cut is getting worse.
Pisa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oh Naza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Naza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pisa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pisa drops Naza with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Naza looks back up at him and smiles so Pisa waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Pisa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pisa thuds his shin into the meat of Naza's side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pisa feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Naza collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Blu Pisa!
A very excited looking Blu Pisa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jami Balkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cechini Muszyna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Cechini Muszyna was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jami Balkan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Cechini Muszyna!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balkan throws a head kick that misses
and Muszyna counters with a nice body shot.
Muszyna slips under a jab.
Muszyna scores with a hook.
A jab lands there for Balkan.
A head kick misses from Balkan.
Muszyna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balkan.
Muszyna avoids the head kick by Balkan.
Muszyna loads up on a big right hand but Balkan slips the punch.
Muszyna moves into range and connects with a jab.
Balkan slips under a jab from Muszyna.
Muszyna tries to clinch there but Balkan circles away.
Muszyna misses with a hook. Balkan ducked under it nicely.
Muszyna blocks a head kick by Balkan.
Muszyna doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Muszyna throws a right hand that Balkan ducks under and follows up with a left that Balkan also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Balkan misses with a double jab.
Muszyna blocks a head kick by Balkan.
Balkan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Balkan throws a solid leg kick but Muszyna takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Balkan.
Muszyna keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balkan.
Balkan looks to land a right hand but Muszyna moved out of range.
Muszyna fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muszyna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muszyna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Muszyna avoids the body shot from Balkan.
Muszyna scores with a hook.
Muszyna tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Muszyna throws a right and a left that both miss.
Muszyna takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Muszyna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Muszyna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balkan.
Balkan scoring well with a low kick there.
Muszyna misses the jab.
Balkan staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balkan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Balkan walks into a jab.
Muszyna clinches.
Muszyna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Balkan lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from Muszyna as the two fighters clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna blocks a body shot from Balkan.
Balkan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Balkan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Balkan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Balkan working aggressively here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Muszyna struggles to land a body shot inside as Balkan controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Balkan as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Balkan.
Balkan tries to break the clinch but Muszyna is controlling the position.
Balkan stalling against the cage.
Muszyna blocks an elbow strike from Balkan.
Muszyna misses with a punch on the inside.
Balkan blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Balkans head.
Nice body punch from Muszyna.
Balkan tries a body shot but Muszyna blocks it.
Balkan prevents a body shot from Muszyna.
Muszyna misses with a body punch.
Muszyna will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Balkan up against the cage.
Muszyna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muszyna is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Balkan as Muszyna tries to tie him up.
A head punch on the inside from Muszyna fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muszyna throws a head punch that misses.
Balkan throws a punch but it's blocked by Muszyna.
Balkan lands a hook that snaps the head of Muszyna backwards.
Muszyna lands with a right to the head.
Balkan being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cechini Muszyna will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Balkan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Muszyna's head.
Muszyna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Muszyna closes the distance and clinches.
Balkan trying to stall but Muszyna improves his position.
Balkan breaks from the clinch.
Balkan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Balkan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Balkan moves out of range as Muszyna strikes.
Balkan checks a low kick from Muszyna.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balkan. Muszyna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Muszyna has closed the distance and engaged Balkan in a clinch.
Muszyna is pushing Balkan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Balkan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muszyna tries to stall but Balkan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Muszyna prevents a body shot from Balkan.
Balkan misses with a body punch.
Balkan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Balkan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Muszyna avoids it.
Muszyna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Muszyna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balkan throws a head punch that misses.
Cechini Muszyna seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Balkan breaks the clinch.
Balkan takes a swing at Muszyna's ribcage but misses.
Muszyna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Muszyna misses with a straight right.
Balkan misses with a double jab
and Muszyna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna swings widly with a right hand
and Balkan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Muszyna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Muszyna looks to land a right hand but Balkan moved out of range.
Balkan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Balkan lands with a shot to the body.
Balkan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Muszyna was well out of range. Poor timing from Balkan.
Muszyna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balkan wants to land a leg kick but Muszyna is out of range.
Muszyna's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Balkan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Muszyna scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muszyna connects with a looping right hand.
Nice shot by Muszyna.
Balkan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Balkan misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna closes the distance looking to clinch
and Balkan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Balkan misses the shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Balkan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Balkan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Muszyna misses with a hook. Balkan ducked under it nicely.
Balkan takes a swing at Muszyna's ribcage but misses.
Balkan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Muszyna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Muszyna shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Balkan!
Muszyna has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balkan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Muszyna up against the cage.
Muszyna lands a left hand.
Balkan tries a knee to the head but Muszyna blocks it.
Balkan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Balkan is looking to wear down Muszyna with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
An inside leg kick from Balkan misses.
Balkan keeps the fight on the outside.
Balkan scores with a jab to the head.
Balkan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters circling - Muszyna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balkan misses with a wild body shot.
Balkan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Muszyna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jami Balkan will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Balkan throws a sloppy head kick and Muszyna moves out of range easily.
Muszyna takes the fight into the clinch.
Muszyna trying to control the position but instead, Balkan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Muszyna into the cage.
The referee calls for Balkan to work.
Muszyna blocking some punches.
Balkan misses with a knee strike.
Balkan tries to land knees in the clinch but Muszyna avoids the damage to the body.
Balkan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Balkan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Muszyna is keeping busy.
Muszyna leaning against his opponent.
Muszyna blocks a body shot from Balkan.
Muszyna is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Balkan is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muszyna displaying some good clinch control by pressing Balkan up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cechini Muszyna.
Balkan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Balkan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Balkan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Muszyna connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Balkan scrambles back to his feet.
Balkan lands with a nice body punch.
Balkan misses with a low kick.
Balkan misses with a leg kick
and Muszyna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balkan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Muszyna counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Balkan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Muszyna misses with an uppercut.
Muszyna lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balkan throws a series of punches but Muszyna avoids them all with ease.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Muszyna crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Balkan - the referee stops the clock and Muszyna gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Balkan. Muszyna manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Muszyna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balkan.
Balkan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Muszyna.
Muszyna looks to land a left hand but Balkan moved out of range nicely.
Balkan throws a low kick but Muszyna avoids it.
Balkan throws a lazy body kick
and Muszyna counters with a nice uppercut.
Balkan lands a glancing blow to the side of Muszyna's head.
Balkan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Balkan swinging wildly here.
Balkan moves forwards but Muszyna connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Jami Balkan has been cut.
Balkan throws a low kick, looking for Muszyna's leg but Muszyna calmly moves out of range.
Muszyna misses with a straight left.
Jami Balkan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balkan misses with an uppercut
and Muszyna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balkan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Muszyna finds it's way round the side to connect with Balkan's head.
Muszyna lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Muszyna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Muszyna checks a low kick from Balkan.
Muszyna blocks the body kick.
Muszyna attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna misses with a hook
and Balkan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Muszyna avoids the head kick by Balkan.
Muszyna lands with a straight right. Balkan didn't see that one coming.
Cechini Muszyna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balkan misses with a wild combination.
Nice shot lands for Muszyna.
Balkan throws a leg kick
and Muszyna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A left lands for Balkan.
A low kick from Muszyna is predictable there
and Balkan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Balkan connects with a body shot that sends Muszyna's belly button to the back.
Muszyna comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Balkan throws a body punch but Muszyna moves out of range.
Balkan throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cechini Muszyna really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jami Balkan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Balkan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Muszyna takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Balkan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Muszyna ducks right into an uppercut from Balkan.
Good work by Muszyna as he checks the leg kick.
Muszyna tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Balkan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Muszyna closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Balkan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Muszyna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Muszyna tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Balkan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Muszyna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balkan staying out of range there.
Balkan throws a hook but Muszyna blocks it.
Muszyna connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A nice combination there by Balkan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muszyna misses with a looping left.
Muszyna loads up on a big right hand but Balkan slips the punch.
Balkan misses the shot to the body.
Balkan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Muszyna is looking to slow Balkan down with leg kicks.
Balkan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Balkan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balkan moves out of range as Muszyna strikes.
Muszyna looks to land a right hand but Balkan moved out of range.
A jab from Balkan finds it's way through Muszyna's defenses.
Muszyna moves out of range of the leg kick from Balkan.
Balkan lands a right hook to the body.
Muszyna misses the jab.
Muszyna misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan connects with a single shot there.
Muszyna catches Balkan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A slapping leg kick lands for Balkan.
Balkan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Balkan.
Muszyna misses with a hook. Balkan ducked under it nicely.
Balkan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Muszyna checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Muszyna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balkan just misses with a punch to the body.
Balkan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Muszyna. Muszyna obviously looking to wear him down.
Balkan blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna misses with a straight left.
Muszyna tries to clinch up but Balkan circles away and keeps his distance.
Balkan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Muszyna is out of range.
Muszyna scores with a jab.
Balkan throws a hook but Muszyna avoids it easily.
Balkan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balkan slips under a jab from Muszyna.
Balkan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balkan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jab by Muszyna.
Muszyna ducks under a wild hook from Balkan.
Balkan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan cracks the inside of Muszyna's front leg.
Balkan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Muszyna misses with an uppercut. Balkan saw that one coming.
Muszyna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Balkan.
Balkan drops his hands momentarily and Muszyna takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Good shot there by Muszyna.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balkan looks to score with a jab to the body but Muszyna is just out of range.
Muszyna throws out a loose jab but Balkan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balkan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Muszyna.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muszyna drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Balkan motions for Muszyna to come forward. Balkan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balkan throws a lazy uppercut
and Muszyna counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Cechini Muszyna will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jami Balkan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Muszyna misses the shot to the body.
Muszyna tries to clinch up.
Balkan cracks Muszyna with an open hand slap.
Muszyna misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Balkan gets tackled into the cage by Muszyna. Muszyna maintains the clinch.
Balkan can't find room to land a body shot as Muszyna controls the action.
Balkan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The referee calls for Muszyna to work.
Balkan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Muszyna on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Muszyna tests Balkan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Balkan misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muszyna misses with a looping right.
Balkan blocks a jab.
Balkan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muszyna circles away quickly and effectively.
Muszyna jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Muszyna misses the shot to the body.
Muszyna scores with a jab.
Balkan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Muszyna throws the left hand but Balkan avoids the punch easily.
A leg kick checked by Muszyna.
Balkan misses with a straight left.
A head kick misses from Balkan.
Muszyna's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Muszyna misses with a wild combination.
Jami Balkan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Balkan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Muszyna connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Balkan scrambles back to his feet.
Muszyna throws a jab but it's blocked by Balkan.
Muszyna 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.
Balkan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Muszyna.
Balkan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Muszyna on the side of the head.
Balkan throws a leg kick
enabling Muszyna to counter with a crisp jab.
Muszyna feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Balkan's calf.
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!
Muszyna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balkan.
Muszyna connects with a nice looking jab.
Balkan misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Balkan is predictable there
and Muszyna counters with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muszyna. Balkan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balkan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Balkan thuds a left hand into Muszyna's body.
Balkan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cechini Muszyna is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Muszyna lands a nice hook to Balkan's body. Balkan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Balkan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balkan. Muszyna does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Balkan misses.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Muszyna tests Balkan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Muszyna avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muszyna with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Balkan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Balkan just misses with a punch to the body.
Muszyna lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Balkan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Muszyna.
Muszyna cracks Balkan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Balkan misses with a hook
and Muszyna counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muszyna connects with the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Balkan looks to score with a jab to the body but Muszyna is just out of range.
A left and a right from Muszyna both land. Nice combination.
Balkan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Muszyna throws out the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cechini Muszyna.
Well Muszyna has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 48:48
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 46:49
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Cechini Muszyna!
Cechini Muszyna is the new featherweight champion!
Cechini Muszyna decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Backscratcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruger comes to the cage accompanied by Tnt. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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28
197 lbs
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190 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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Counter striker
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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
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Kruger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Backscratcher!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger connects with a nice looking jab.
Backscratcher throws a leg kick
and Kruger counters with a straight right hand.
Backscratcher bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Backscratcher throws a series of punches but Kruger moves out of range.
Kruger lands a right hook to the body.
A jab from Kruger misses.
Kruger shoots in and drives through. Backscratcher sprawls well.
Kruger ducks under a wild hook from Backscratcher.
Kruger uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kruger bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kruger misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kruger cracks Backscratcher with a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kruger trying to control the action but Backscratcher is working from the bottom.
Backscratcher dodges the ground and pound from Kruger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Kruger throws an elbow but Backscratcher slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kruger in side control lands a decent elbow.
Backscratcher is looking for a sweep.
Kruger misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Backscratcher tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kruger wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kruger moves into full mount!
Backscratcher wants to control but Kruger is having none of it.
Backscratcher really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruger fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kruger connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kruger raining down hammerfists from mount.
Backscratcher is rocked!
Kruger lands a big shot to the head and Backscratcher winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). John Kruger!
John Kruger retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, John Kruger thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Krzysztof Jarzyna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Warner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jarzyna comes to the cage accompanied by The Prodigy - Omen. Jay Warner told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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160 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Krzysztof Jarzyna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jay Warner!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warner fails with the takedown.
Krzysztof Jarzyna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Warner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jarzyna.
Warner misses with a takedown
and Jarzyna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Warner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jarzyna to score with a decent uppercut.
A punch combination from Jarzyna misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jarzyna darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jarzyna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Warner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jarzyna throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Warner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jarzyna is fending him off so far but Warner persists. Nope, Jarzyna circles away and we're back to standing.
Krzysztof Jarzyna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Warner.
Jarzyna throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Warner counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Ground and pound from Warner.
Warner is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jarzyna tries to get to full guard but Warner has control of the leg.
Warner is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jarzyna has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jarzyna is looking to control Warner's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jarzyna avoid being mounted?
Jarzyna is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Warner there.
Warner is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarzyna is looking to improve his position.
Warner trying to control the action but Jarzyna is working from the bottom.
Warner trying to mount his opponent but Jarzyna defends it.
Warner 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Warner is trying to work for a kimura but Jarzyna is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warner is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jarzyna manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Warner tries to free his leg and advance position but Jarzyna is retaining full guard.
Warner won't allow Jarzyna to sweep him here.
Warner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Warner postures up.
Warner drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Warner seems to have locked his on tight now - Jarzyna screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Warner, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jay Warner!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jay Warner thanked CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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