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Infinity XXVI PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juhani Jarvela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jarvela is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Real American. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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300 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hank Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juhani Jarvela!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes shoots in looking for a takedown. Jarvela tries to sprawl out of it but Holmes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jarvela manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Holmes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Holmes drags the fight down to the ground.
Holmes working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jarvela doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Holmes is tightening it up a little... Jarvela has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Jarvela reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Jarvela taps out! Nice BJJ there by Holmes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Hank Holmes!
A victorious Hank Holmes thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Haukka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Haukka has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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163 lbs
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192 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Haukka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jim Jones!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haukka is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Haukka lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A head kick misses from Jones.
Jones misses with a hook. Haukka ducked under it nicely.
Haukka tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Haukka.
Haukka closes the distance and clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Haukka.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Haukka on the inside.
Haukka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Haukka obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Haukka.
It looks like Jim Jones has been cut.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Haukka's brow.
Jones tries to stall but Haukka uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Haukka is stalling here.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haukka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haukka scores with a leg kick.
Haukka darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Daniel Haukka has been cut.
Haukka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haukka's defenses.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Haukka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haukka stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
Haukka lands a nice knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Haukka as Jones tries to tie him up.
Haukka unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haukka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Haukka throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Haukka lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Jones works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Jones looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Haukka swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jones is still trying to improve position.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Haukka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jones looking for a guillotine here but Haukka defends easily.
Haukka knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haukka tries to stand but Jones is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Haukka stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
Haukka has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Haukka is looking to stand up but Jones won't let him.
Jones looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Haukka is defending well. Jones quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Haukka has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Jones celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jim Jones!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jim Jones thanked Fight Night Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Gage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ko King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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276 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe Gage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ko King!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gage connects with a solid leg kick.
Gage is looking to slow King down with leg kicks.
King will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
King takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gage jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joe Gage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King is looking to score with low kicks.
Gage takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A low kick from King is predictable there
and Gage counters by moving into the clinch.
King tries to throw a body punch but Gage avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gage.
Gage lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gage.
Still in the clinch, Gage scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gage pushes King back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
King throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gage blocks a body shot from King.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gage pushes King back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stalling in the clinch from Gage.
A head punch on the inside from Gage fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gage lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from King.
Gage misses with a punch on the inside.
King working hard to break the clinch.
Gage lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Gage works on King's body with a couple of short punches.
King trying to land knees to the body.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Gage uses good head movement to avoid it.
King trying to land knees to the body.
Gage lands with a short shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gage scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King blocks a body shot from Gage.
Gage cracks King with a nice body shot.
Gage makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gage taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
King stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gage.
Gage lands with a short head shot on the inside.
King takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
Gage working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gage.
King is rocked!
Gage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Gage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gage blocks an uppercut.
Gage swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gage has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Gage throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Gage working aggressively here.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Gage controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gage.
Gage effectively controlling the action here.
Gage gets through King's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Gage lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
Gage content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gage misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gage throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
King trying to stall but Gage improves his position.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gage'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.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gage lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gage blocks an elbow strike from King.
Gage tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Gage back against the cage.
A short left from King.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gage lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gage misses with some punches.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
King stalling in the clinch but Gage improves position.
Gage working aggressively here.
King taking a breather.
Gage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
King blocks an uppercut.
Gage misses with a hook from the clinch.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gage's elbow.
Gage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gage misses with some punches.
King scores with a shot to the side of Gage's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Gage dominated that round.
That's time! Gage's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
King swinging wildly here.
King fails to land with a series of punches.
Gage throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and King counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
King moves out of range as Gage strikes.
Gage throws a solid leg kick but King takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gage.
A slow jab from King misses its intended target.
Gage lands a nice hook to King's body. King takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
King blocks a jab.
King misses with a hook.
A low kick from King is predictable there
and Gage counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps King thinking.
King throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gage on the side of the head.
Gage tried to score with a low kick but King checks it.
King walks into a stiff left hand from Gage.
Gage is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by King.
Gage throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gage misses with a straight left.
King lands a lovely overhand right.
King throws an off balance right hand
and Gage makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
King finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A jab from Gage does it's job there.
King fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gage has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
King is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gage tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
Gage scores with a kick to the midsection.
King on the wrong end of a nice jab.
King is still on wobbly legs! Can Gage finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King throws a leg kick but Gage sees it coming and checks it nicely.
King on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gage lands a nice leg kick that just misses King's sensitive parts.
King is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gage's head backwards.
Gage lands a big right hand that sends King crashing to the mat! Gage stays standing though and waves King back to his feet!
Gage checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gage misses with a body shot.
King misses with an uppercut. Gage saw that one coming.
Gage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Gage throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gage with a nice cross.
The fighters circle momentarily. King darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gage swinging wildly here.
King is holding his hands too far apart here. Gage throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! King is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joe Gage!
Post fight, Joe Gage took to the microphone: 'Ill fuck u till u love me faggot!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ari Kantola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wally Macab (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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250 lbs
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200 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ari Kantola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wally Macab!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kantola digs a good hook to Macab's body.
Macab with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kantola counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Macab misses the jab.
Kantola scores with a sloppy right hand. Macab should have avoided that one.
Kantola moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kantola. That's going to slow Macab down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kantola misses the body punch
enabling Macab to counter with a crisp jab.
Macab throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Kantola counter with a right hand.
Macab shoots and misses
and Kantola counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kantola throws a leg kick which misses Macab's front leg but catches the back leg as Macab tries to avoid it.
Kantola misses with a series of wild punches.
Macab doesn't manage to clinch there - Kantola circles away.
Kantola moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kantola.
Kantola buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Macab looks winded!
Macab on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kantola. Kantola obviously looking to wear him down.
Macab swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Macab gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kantola counters with a series of strikes. Macab will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ari Kantola has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wally Macab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kantola keeps Macab at a distance using the push kick.
Kantola looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Kantola backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Macab's temple! It sends Macab violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Kantola celebrates and the doctors try to help Macab!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Ari Kantola!
Ari Kantola was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iivari Ilkimys (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denis Turk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iivari Ilkimys!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Denis Turk!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ilkimys lands with a hook. Turk tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Turk dives in and scores a takedown into Ilkimys's guard.
Ilkimys looking to hit a scissor sweep but Turk is one step ahead there.
Turk scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Turk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ilkimys works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Turk throws a strike but Ilkimys rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Turk throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ilkimys lands a couple of digs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ilkimys is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ilkimys might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ilkimys sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Turk's guard.
Ilkimys working Turk over with strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Turk actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turk throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Ilkimys lands strikes from half guard.
Turk is trying to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Ilkimys.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ilkimys connects with a nice short shot to Turk's temple.
Ilkimys lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ilkimys frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Turk has decided that throwing punches whilst being mounted is the best he can manage just now.
Ilkimys looking to finish Turk with some ground and pound. This is bad for Turk!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ilkimys working Turk over with strikes here.
Turk is rocked!
Turk gets back to half guard.
Turk tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Turk wants to improve his position but Ilkimys is controlling well.
Turk has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ilkimys lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Turk is still in real trouble! Can Ilkimys finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ilkimys connects with a nice short shot to Turk's temple.
Ilkimys lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ilkimys lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Turk! More strikes land and this one is all over! Ilkimys jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iivari Ilkimys!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terry Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Calaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Terry Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mark Calaway!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
Thompson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thompson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Calaway moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thompson swinging wildly here.
A telegraphed right hand from Thompson misses the target.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Calaway.
Calaway misses with a straight right.
Thompson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thompson scores with a push kick.
Thompson throws a leg kick which misses Calaway's front leg but catches the back leg as Calaway tries to avoid it.
Thompson fails to land with a series of punches.
Thompson lands a slapping body shot.
Terry Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calaway doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Thompson misses with a two punch combination.
Thompson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Calaway moves away.
A punch combination from Calaway misses.
Calaway is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thompson.
Calaway keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thompson.
Thompson misses the jab.
Thompson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thompson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Calaway scores with a jab.
Calaway loads up on a big right hand but Thompson slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calaway takes a kick to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Calaway.
Thompson looks to throw the jab but Calaway is out of range.
Thompson swings for the body but Calaway moves out of range.
Thompson looks to land a body kick but Calaway moved away.
Thompson scores with a decent looking hook.
Thompson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Calaways jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Thompson is looking to wear down Calaway with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thompson. Calaway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Calaway walks into a left hand.
Thompson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Calaway manages to avoid it.
Calaway has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Thompson finds it's way round the side to connect with Calaway's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Thompson misses the target.
Thompson misses with a body shot.
Calaway tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thompson misses with a shot to the body
and Thompson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thompson throws a sloppy head kick and Calaway moves out of range easily.
Calaway smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Calaway keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donk. Thompson catches Calaway right on the button with a cross.
Thompson thows a body kick. Calaway tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Thompson throws a body punch but Calaway moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calaway blocks a jab.
Calaway moves out of range as Thompson strikes.
Thompson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thompson lands the left hand.
A shot to the liver by Thompson. Beautiful body shot.
Thompson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Thompson scores with a body shot.
Thompson connects with a leg kick. Calaway looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Calaway counters with a nice body shot.
Thompson takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terry Thompson 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.
Calaway takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thompson misses with the combination.
Thompson throws a shot from downtown. Calaway moves away and avoids it.
Thompson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Calaway counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thompson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Calaway jabs at Thompson's body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Calaway takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thompson scores with a one two! Calaway had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Thompson thows a body shot but no joy.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses.
Thompson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Calaway's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Calaway manages to avoid it.
Calaway loads up on a big right hand but Thompson slips the punch.
Calaway ducks under a wild hook from Thompson.
Thompson throws a sloppy body shot
and Calaway counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Calaway takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Thompson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thompson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Calaway.
Calaway swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Thompson scores with a four punch combination!
Calaway tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Terry Thompson is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Calaway uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thompson.
Thompson connects with a body shot that sends Calaway's belly button to the back.
Calaway looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thompson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Thompson connects with an inside leg kick.
Thompson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Thompson. That's going to slow Calaway down.
Calaway's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Calaway slips under a jab.
Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
Calaway stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thompson.
Thompson lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson takes the fight into the clinch.
Thompson can't find room to land a body shot as Calaway controls the action.
Calaway is looking to break free of the clinch but Thompson has double underhooks.
Thompson breaks the clinch.
Thompson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thompson blocks a jab.
Thompson fakes the leg kick and cracks Calaway in the body.
Calaway gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thompson.
Thompson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Calaway looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Calaway might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Thompson lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Thompson.
Calaway chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Thompson can pounce on him.
Thompson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thompson lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson lands a nice hook to Calaway's body. Calaway takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Calaway looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mark Calaway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Thompson pushes Calaway up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thompson slowing the pace effectively.
Thompson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terry Thompson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Thompson is looking to slow Calaway down with leg kicks.
Calaway uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thompson.
Calaway stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a body shot.
Calaway misses with a two punch combination.
Thompson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Calaway takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thompson. Calaway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some wild striking there from Calaway.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thompson.
Calaway bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thompson's head.
Calaway's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Thompson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Calaway scrambles back to his feet.
Thompson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thompson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thompson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Calaway's sensitive parts.
Thompson thows a body kick. Calaway tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Thompson takes a swing at Calaway's ribcage but misses.
Calaway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thompson.
Mark Calaway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throws an overhand right that lands on Calaway's shoulder, as Calaway tries to avoid the shot.
Thompson looks for the body kick but Calaway saw that one coming.
Thompson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Calaway.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Calaway ducks under a wild hook from Thompson.
Thompson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Calaway walks forward, straight into a front kick from Thompson.
Thompson throws the left hand but Calaway avoids the punch easily.
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
Calaway on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thompson misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calaway takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thompson swings for the body but Calaway moves out of range.
Thompson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Calaway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thompson.
Thompson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Calaway was well out of range. Poor timing from Thompson.
Thompson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Calaway.
Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
Thompson jabs at Calaway's body.
Thompson digs a good hook to Calaway's body.
Calaway takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Thompson misses with a double jab.
Thompson is looking to slow Calaway down with leg kicks.
Thompson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Calaway swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thompson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thompson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Calaway at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thompson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thompson looks to score with a jab to the body but Calaway is just out of range.
Thompson thuds a left hand into Calaway's body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Terry Thompson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thompson 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Thompson!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pietro Donatelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pasi Palander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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 Pasi Palander was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pietro Donatelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pasi Palander!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palander swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Palander lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
It looks like Pietro Donatelli has been cut.
A right-left combo lands from Palander.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palander misses with a wild combination.
Palander checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Donatelli.
Palander avoids the head kick by Donatelli.
A nice inside leg kick there by Donatelli. That's going to slow Palander down.
A thudding body kick lands there by Donatelli!
Palander stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Donatelli.
Donatelli closes the distance and clinches.
Donatelli lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Donatelli lands a body shot.
Donatelli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Donatelli scores with a shot to the side of Palander's head.
Donatelli scores with a hook to the body.
Palander looks winded!
Donatelli scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palander tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Donatelli.
Palander blocks a body shot from Donatelli.
A head punch on the inside from Donatelli fails to land.
Donatelli digs a right hand underneath Palander's ribcage. Palander let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Palander's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Donatelli blocks an uppercut.
Donatelli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donatelli lands a body punch.
Donatelli misses with a punch to the body.
Palander fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Donatelli works on Palander's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Donatelli on the inside.
Palander swings wildly with an uppercut but Donatelli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palander tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palander tries to circle away but Donatelli has him pinned against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Donatelli.
Donatelli scores with a shot to the side of Palander's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli swings wildly with an uppercut but Palander uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Donatelli.
A short left from Donatelli.
Donatelli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Donatelli tries to throw a body punch but Palander avoids it by throwing Donatelli back against the cage.
Donatelli scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Donatelli breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Donatelli.
Palander misses with a series of wild punches.
Donatelli feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Palander's calf.
Donatelli misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donatelli lands a head kick!
It looks like Pasi Palander has been cut.
Donatelli throws a leg kick which misses Palander's front leg but catches the back leg as Palander tries to avoid it.
Donatelli throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donatelli slips a straight right by Palander.
Donatelli turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Donatelli throws a head kick that misses.
Palander connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Donatelli momentarily.
Palander looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Palander misses with a wild body shot.
Donatelli scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Donatelli tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Palander paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Palander does no damage.
Palander on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Palander misses with a wild body shot.
Donatelli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donatelli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palander.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donatelli avoids a punch combination nicely.
Donatelli thuds his shin into the meat of Palander's side.
Palander's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donatelli lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donatelli lands a head kick. Palander smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Donatelli cracks the inside of Palander's front leg.
Donatelli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Donatelli dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Palander. That did some damage!
Donatelli fakes the leg kick and cracks Palander in the body.
Donatelli lands a big head kick that sends Palander tumbling to the mat! Donatelli takes a step backwards and waves Palander back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Palander is rocked!
Palander walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Donatelli! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pietro Donatelli!
A very excited looking Pietro Donatelli 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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