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CEC 286 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kareem al Rashid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rabban Harkonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Rashid comes into the arena with Highlight Reel blaring out of the sound system. Harkonnen has chosen Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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167 lbs
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168 lbs
19 - 11 - 3 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Kareem al Rashid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 3, fighting out of London, Rabban Harkonnen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Rashid scores with a jab.
Harkonnen wants to land a leg kick but al Rashid is out of range.
al Rashid keeps Harkonnen at a distance using the push kick.
Harkonnen connects with an inside leg kick.
al Rashid lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Harkonnen slips under a jab.
Rabban Harkonnen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
al Rashid closes the distance and clinches.
Harkonnen gets through al Rashid's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harkonnen is trying to stall.
al Rashid has a couple of punches blocked by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harkonnen throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
al Rashid throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harkonnen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by al Rashid.
Harkonnen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harkonnen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
al Rashid fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harkonnen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by al Rashid.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkonnen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from al Rashid.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick but al Rashid checks it.
al Rashid scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harkonnen with a hook.
Harkonnen thumps al Rashid with a low kick.
al Rashid lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harkonnen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harkonnen falls off balance throwing a combination
and al Rashid counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harkonnen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but al Rashid moves away.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick which misses al Rashid's front leg but catches the back leg as al Rashid tries to avoid it.
Harkonnen staying out of range there.
Harkonnen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
al Rashid throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rabban Harkonnen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harkonnen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harkonnen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and al Rashid has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
al Rashid throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harkonnen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
al Rashid keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Harkonnen misses with a left hand
and al Rashid counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
al Rashid wants to control from the top but Harkonnen keeps moving.
al Rashid prevents Harkonnen from getting back to his feet.
al Rashid drops back looking for a leg! Harkonnen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Harkonnen manages to kick al Rashid off! al Rashid jumps back into Harkonnen's guard.
al Rashid is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Harkonnen is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Harkonnen has escaped and now he's on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed al Rashid's guard.
al Rashid is trying to stand up here but Harkonnen is controlling him well.
al Rashid is trying to maintain the position but Harkonnen is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen tries to stand and escape but al Rashid is controlling the position.
Harkonnen is thwarting al Rashid's attempts to control the position.
We're going to have a standup here because Kareem al Rashid wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
al Rashid swings for the body but Harkonnen moves out of range.
al Rashid misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Harkonnen misses its intended target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
al Rashid on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Harkonnen throws a lazy right hand but al Rashid sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
al Rashid throws a head kick that Harkonnen semi-blocks.
Harkonnen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
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 Kareem al Rashid will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
al Rashid is looking to clinch.
Harkonnen scores with a hook.
al Rashid is rocked!
Harkonnen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt al Rashid.
Rabban Harkonnen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harkonnen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some wild striking there from al Rashid.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
al Rashid gets the takedown into side control.
al Rashid is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Harkonnen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
al Rashid trying to control the position but Harkonnen is working away.
Harkonnen is trying to buck al Rashid off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Rashid tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
al Rashid goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Harkonnen rolls with the submission and now he's on top in al Rashid's guard! Nice work there by Harkonnen!
al Rashid being controlled here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now al Rashid is on top in guard.
al Rashid wants to stand but Harkonnen has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Harkonnen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Harkonnen is trying to control the position but al Rashid postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid wants to pass the guard but Harkonnen is keeping the position.
al Rashid stops Harkonnen from standing up.
al Rashid has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Harkonnen is proving hard to escape from.
Harkonnen looking to control.
al Rashid has gone for a leg lock! Harkonnen slips out almost immediately though and dives into al Rashid's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid controls Harkonnen momentarily but Harkonnen frees himself.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kareem al Rashid wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Harkonnen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
al Rashid misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
al Rashid throws out a loose jab but Harkonnen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harkonnen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by al Rashid.
al Rashid throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harkonnen on the side of the head.
al Rashid jabs Harkonnen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kareem al Rashid dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harkonnen, right into the meat.
Harkonnen moves away from the strike by al Rashid.
al Rashid has a takedown stuffed.
Harkonnen throws a big shot that misses.
Harkonnen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
al Rashid lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harkonnen's sensitive parts.
Harkonnen staying out of range there.
al Rashid tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harkonnen is able to avoid easily.
Harkonnen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
al Rashid connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harkonnen. Harkonnen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Harkonnen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harkonnen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
al Rashid scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harkonnen doesn't seem bothered though.
al Rashid swings away with a leg kick that misses.
al Rashid keeps the fight on the outside.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick
and al Rashid counters with a left and a right that stings Harkonnen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkonnen throws a nice outside leg kick.
al Rashid misses with a body shot.
al Rashid is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
al Rashid throws a low kick, looking for Harkonnen's leg but Harkonnen calmly moves out of range.
al Rashid wants to clinch but Harkonnen slips to the side
and Harkonnen moves into the clinch.
al Rashid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harkonnen lands a left hand that snaps the head of al Rashid backwards.
al Rashid tries a body shot but Harkonnen blocks it.
Harkonnen blocks a body shot from al Rashid.
Harkonnen stalling the fight.
Harkonnen tries to work over al Rashid's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
al Rashid lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for al Rashid.
al Rashid is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
al Rashid misses with some punches.
Harkonnen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harkonnen is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid throws a punch but it's blocked by Harkonnen.
al Rashid misses with a hook from the clinch.
al Rashid misses with a body punch.
Harkonnen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of al Rashids head.
Nice body punch from Harkonnen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harkonnen breaks from the clinch.
al Rashid tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harkonnen digs a good hook to al Rashid's body.
al Rashid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab lands there for Harkonnen.
Harkonnen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Harkonnen is looking to land body kicks.
al Rashid takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harkonnen, right into the meat.
Harkonnen lands with a nice body punch.
al Rashid throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harkonnen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid tries to clinch but Harkonnen moves out of range.
Harkonnen misses with a head kick.
Harkonnen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to al Rashid's calf.
Harkonnen looks to land a left hand but al Rashid moved out of range nicely.
al Rashid shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
al Rashid misses with a wild body shot.
Harkonnen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harkonnen misses with a head kick.
Harkonnen throws a shot from downtown. al Rashid moves away and avoids it.
al Rashid fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harkonnen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice jab there from Harkonnen.
al Rashid tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harkonnen is looking to clinch.
Kareem al Rashid is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harkonnen throws a body punch but al Rashid moves out of range.
Harkonnen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but al Rashid moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Harkonnen misses.
Harkonnen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch but al Rashid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
al Rashid fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kareem al Rashid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harkonnen checks a low kick from al Rashid.
Kareem al Rashid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
al Rashid tries to move into range but Harkonnen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Oh al Rashid is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harkonnen is stalking al Rashid. al Rashid circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Harkonnen, and it's lights out! al Rashid really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rabban Harkonnen!
A relieved looking Rabban Harkonnen 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Apollo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reino Tolonen (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 Reino Tolonen was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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158 lbs
25 - 19 - 1 |
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157 lbs
16 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
25 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan Apollo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reino Tolonen!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Apollo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Apollo ducks under a wild hook from Tolonen.
Apollo just misses with a punch to the body.
Tolonen lands a right hook to the body.
Apollo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tolonen. Apollo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tolonen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Apollo keeps Tolonen at a distance using the push kick.
Apollo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tolonen moves away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tolonen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Apollo looks to throw the jab but Tolonen is out of range.
Tolonen blocks the body kick.
Apollo misses with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Apollo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice cross by Tolonen.
Tolonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Apollo.
Apollo thumps Tolonen with a low kick.
Tolonen moves out of range as Apollo throws a body kick.
Apollo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tolonen.
Apollo clinches with his opponent.
Apollo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tolonen is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen leaning against his opponent.
Apollo lands an uppercut.
Tolonen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tolonen tries to score with a low kick but Apollo moves his leg out of the way.
Tolonen wants to clinch up but Apollo keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Apollo. Tolonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Apollo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Apollo slips under a jab from Tolonen.
Apollo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Apollo scores with a leg kick.
Tolonen avoids a kick to the body.
Apollo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tolonen clinches.
Apollo pushes Tolonen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tolonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Apollo avoids it.
Apollo presses Tolonen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Apollo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Apollo tries to land knees in the clinch but Tolonen avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apollo digs a right hand into Tolonen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tolonen's gas tank.
Apollo breaks the clinch.
That kick from Apollo tenderised Tolonen's leg. Tolonen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tolonen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Apollo. That one must have hurt.
Apollo works Tolonen's body with a nice hook.
Tolonen looks winded!
Apollo throws a head kick but Tolonen moves out of range.
Tolonen misses with the body kick
and Apollo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Apollo.
Tolonen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Apollo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tolonen connects with a knee to the head.
Apollo tries to land knees in the clinch but Tolonen avoids the damage to the body.
Apollo tries to land knees in the clinch but Tolonen avoids the damage to the body.
Apollo managing to block the knees to the body from Tolonen.
Tolonen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tolonen slows down the pace here.
Apollo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tolonen is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Apollo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tolonen.
Tolonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Apollo avoids the damage to the body.
Tolonen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tolonen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tolonen tries to clinch up.
Apollo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tolonen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Reino Tolonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolonen scores with a nice strike.
Tolonen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Apollo is able to avoid easily.
Apollo thumps Tolonen with a low kick.
Tolonen gets a clinch.
Tolonen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tolonen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tolonen with a knee to the head.
Apollo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tolonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Apollo avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apollo misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Apollo on the inside.
Apollo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tolonen avoids it.
Apollo blocking some punches.
Tolonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tolonen misses with an elbow over the top.
Apollo missing with knees to the body.
Tolonen managing to block the knees to the body from Apollo.
Tolonen blocks an uppercut.
Tolonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Apollo trying to control the position but instead, Tolonen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Apollo into the cage.
Tolonen dodges an elbow strike from Apollo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Apollo tries to work over Tolonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tolonen tries a body shot but Apollo blocks it.
Tolonen pushes Apollo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Apollo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Apollo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tolonen throws a looping overhand right but Apollo ducks down to avoid it.
Apollo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tolonen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Apollo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tolonen.
Tolonen throws the left hand but Apollo avoids the punch easily.
Apollo throws an overhand right that lands on Tolonen's shoulder, as Tolonen tries to avoid the shot.
Apollo clobbers Tolonen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tolonen is looking to clinch but Apollo is avoiding it.
Apollo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tolonen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tolonen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tolonen checks a leg kick.
Apollo checks a leg kick.
Apollo lands with a shot to the body.
Apollo misses with a low kick as Tolonen jumps back.
Ryan Apollo is winning the standup battle so far.
Tolonen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good exchange - Apollo coming out on top.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tolonen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tolonen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tolonen wants to clinch but Apollo slips to the side
and Apollo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen drives through and clinches with Apollo against the cage.
Tolonen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tolonen 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.
Apollo trying to land knees to the body.
Tolonen looking to throw knees to the head but Apollo is blocking nicely.
Apollo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tolonen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tolonen lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Ryan Apollo has been cut.
Apollo struggles to land a body shot inside as Tolonen controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tolonen.
Tolonen struggles to land a body shot inside as Apollo controls his hands.
Tolonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Apollo tries a knee to the head but Tolonen blocks it.
Tolonen misses with a knee to the head.
Apollo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tolonen tries to land a knee to the head but Apollo blocks with his arms.
Tolonen blocks the elbow strike.
Tolonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Apollo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Apollo tries to land knees in the clinch but Tolonen avoids the damage to the body.
Tolonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen misses with a punch to the body.
Apollo can't find room to land a body shot as Tolonen controls the action.
Apollo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tolonen is defending well for now.
Tolonen has a couple of punches blocked by Apollo.
Tolonen misses with an elbow over the top.
Apollo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tolonen.
Apollo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tolonen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Apollo blocks the elbow strike.
Apollo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tolonen's elbow.
Tolonen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tolonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Apollo blocks it with crossed arms.
Apollo trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Apollo fails to land.
Apollo being controlled against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tolonen.
Apollo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Apollo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Apollo cracks Tolonen with a nice body shot.
Apollo lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Apollo.
Tolonen is breathing heavily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Apollo as Tolonen tries to tie him up.
Apollo misses with an elbow over the top.
Apollo is working Tolonen over against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Apollo.
With the fighters up against the cage, Apollo throws an elbow but misses.
Apollo tries to land knees in the clinch but Tolonen avoids the damage to the body.
Apollo tries to land a knee to the head but Tolonen blocks with his arms.
Tolonen missing with knees to the body.
Tolonen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ryan Apollo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tolonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Apollo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tolonen misses with a knee to the head.
Apollo misses with a knee to the head.
Apollo avoiding damage as Tolonen throws knees to the body.
Apollo lands a shoulder strike.
Apollo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Apollo scores with a shot to the side of Tolonen's head.
A short right from Apollo on the inside.
Apollo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Apollo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tolonen is rocked!
Tolonen tries a body shot but Apollo blocks it.
Tolonen is still on wobbly legs! Can Apollo finish him?
Tolonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Apollo.
Tolonen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tolonen tries a body shot but Apollo blocks it.
Apollo lands a nice knee to the body.
Apollo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tolonen backwards.
Nice body punch from Apollo.
Still in the clinch, Apollo scores with a nice short uppercut.
A hook to the body from Apollo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Apollo looking to throw knees to the head but Tolonen is blocking nicely.
Apollo lands a big right hand that drops Tolonen! The killer instinct kicks in and Apollo finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Apollo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Apollo!
A relieved looking Ryan Apollo 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Felix Flashlighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mag Ne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flashlighter comes to the cage accompanied by Ocoai - La Main d'Electrique . Ne has chosen Blå and Black - Nephew as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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
36 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Felix Flashlighter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mag Ne!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flashlighter throws a hook but Ne blocks it.
Ne thuds a left hand into Flashlighter's body.
Ne tries to clinch up.
Flashlighter fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ne has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Flashlighter lands a right hook to the body.
Ne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Flashlighter throws out the jab.
Ne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flashlighter.
Flashlighter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Flashlighter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flashlighter throws a chopping leg kick but Ne manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ne chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Flashlighter can pounce on him.
Ne looks to land a combination. Flashlighter sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ne pushes Flashlighter away with a front kick.
Good leg kick by Flashlighter there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ne connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Flashlighter momentarily.
Ne connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flashlighter feints and then cracks Ne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ne down.
Flashlighter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ne on the side of the head.
Ne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Flashlighter, as that shot connected.
A shot to the body from Ne misses
and Flashlighter counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ne's knee momentarily.
Flashlighter connects with a high kick.
Ne moves out of range of the body kick.
Flashlighter thows a body shot but no joy.
Ne tries to clinch but Flashlighter is having none of it.
Ne moves out of range of the strikes.
Flashlighter misses with a looping left.
Ne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Flashlighter.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Flashlighter, right into the meat.
Ne tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Flashlighter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab by Ne.
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!
Flashlighter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ne.
Flashlighter connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ne momentarily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Flashlighter.
A punch lands to the side of Flashlighter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Flashlighter scores with a sloppy right hand. Ne should have avoided that one.
Ne lands a front kick.
Flashlighter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ne.
Ne takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ne throws a body punch but Flashlighter moves out of range.
Flashlighter fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ne looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ne connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ne circles away quickly and effectively.
Ne throws a head kick but Flashlighter moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Flashlighter.
Flashlighter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ne.
Ne moves out of range of the body kick.
A left lands for Flashlighter.
Flashlighter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from Flashlighter misses.
Ne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Flashlighter throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ne counters with a body kick that stops Flashlighter in his tracks momentarily.
Ne scores with a hook to the body. Flashlighter takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Flashlighter misses with a wild body shot.
Flashlighter misses with a looping left.
Ne throws the left hand but Flashlighter avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ne just misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ne throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Flashlighter's head.
Flashlighter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Flashlighter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ne.
Ne gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ne's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ne.
Flashlighter throws a head kick but Ne moves out of range.
Flashlighter misses with a low kick as Ne jumps back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flashlighter scores with a leg kick.
Flashlighter 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.
Flashlighter misses with an uppercut
and Ne counters with a nice leg kick.
Good work by Flashlighter as he checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mag Ne will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Flashlighter misses with a wild body shot.
Flashlighter lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ne's sensitive parts.
Jab from Flashlighter.
Ne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ne throws a hook to the side of Flashlighter's head but Flashlighter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Flashlighter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ne.
No joy there for Ne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Flashlighter throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Flashlighter lands a two punch combo.
Flashlighter misses with a wild body shot.
Flashlighter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ne moves out of range of the leg kick from Flashlighter.
Flashlighter lands the left hand.
Ne looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flashlighter lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A nice combination there by Flashlighter.
Ne misses with a body shot.
Flashlighter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ne throws a body punch but Flashlighter moves out of range.
Felix Flashlighter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flashlighter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ne just misses with a punch to the body.
Flashlighter lands a nice looking body kick.
Ne fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Flashlighter checks it well.
Flashlighter lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ne's sensitive parts.
Flashlighter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Flashlighter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ne swings for the body but Flashlighter moves out of range.
Flashlighter throws a push kick but Ne slaps the foot to one side.
Flashlighter fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ne is out of range.
Flashlighter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ne throws a shot to the body.
Felix Flashlighter is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Ne.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Flashlighter.
Ne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Flashlighter throws out the jab.
Ne has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Flashlighter.
Ne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Flashlighter.
Ne misses the shot to the body.
Ne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Flashlighter throws a jab when Ne was well out of range.
Ne 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.
Ne scores with a nice strike.
Ne tries to close the distance and clinch but Flashlighter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ne gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ne ducks under a wild hook from Flashlighter.
Flashlighter connects with a crisp jab.
Flashlighter tries to work over Ne's front leg with a kick but Ne checks it.
Flashlighter blocks a jab.
Flashlighter lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Good work by Flashlighter as he checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter stuns Ne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ne lands with a hook. Flashlighter tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ne ducks under a wild hook from Flashlighter.
Flashlighter connects with a crisp jab.
Flashlighter lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ne bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Flashlighter's head.
Flashlighter looks to land a left hand but Ne moved out of range nicely.
Ne blocks a low kick nicely.
Both fighters circling a little - Flashlighter finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Flashlighter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flashlighter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Flashlighter throws a body punch but Ne moves out of range.
Flashlighter swings for the body but Ne moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Flashlighter dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Flashlighter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flashlighter feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Flashlighter lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ne with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Flashlighter avoids a kick to the body.
Ne goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ne throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Flashlighter on the side of the head.
Ne takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ne ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ne just misses with a punch to the body.
Flashlighter connects with a right hand. Ne shakes it off.
Ne has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Flashlighter lands with a nice combination. Ne backs away looking to recover.
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!
Flashlighter takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Flashlighter loads up on a big right hand but Ne slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flashlighter lands a really nice looking cross but Ne seems unphased.
Flashlighter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ne counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Flashlighter thinking.
Flashlighter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ne 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.
Ne blocks a head kick by Flashlighter.
Flashlighter throws an overhand right that lands on Ne's shoulder, as Ne tries to avoid the shot.
Flashlighter misses with a looping left.
Ne lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ne jabs Flashlighter right on the nose. Flashlighter blinks but takes it well.
Flashlighter jabs Ne to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Flashlighter avoids the body shot from Ne.
Flashlighter lands with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ne throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
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!
Flashlighter keeps the fight on the outside.
Flashlighter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A slow jab from Ne misses its intended target.
Flashlighter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ne is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Flashlighter rather than just go for the knockout.
A head kick misses from Flashlighter.
Flashlighter swings for the body but Ne moves out of range.
Ne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Flashlighter tries a low kick but Ne avoids it.
Flashlighter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ne cracks the inside of Flashlighter's front leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Flashlighter 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.
Flashlighter scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ne doesn't manage to clinch there - Flashlighter circles away.
Ne swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Flashlighter walks into a straight right hand from Ne.
Ne keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice straight punches there by Flashlighter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Flashlighter.
Flashlighter throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Flashlighter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ne takes a swing at Flashlighter's ribcage but misses.
Flashlighter avoids the body shot from Ne.
Ne darts in and clinches Flashlighter up against the cage.
Flashlighter misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Flashlighter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ne creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter tries to work over Ne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Flashlighter pushes Ne back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flashlighter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ne pushes Flashlighter back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Flashlighter tries to throw a body punch but Ne avoids it by throwing Flashlighter back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Ne.
Ne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ne prevents a body shot from Flashlighter.
Flashlighter presses Ne against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Flashlighter misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Flashlighter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Ne - that landed with a thud.
Ne throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Flashlighters head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ne as Flashlighter tries to tie him up.
Flashlighter can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mag Ne.
I think Ne has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mag Ne!
Mag Ne made sure to mention his sponsor, Mango Nutrition in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emmanuel Bredenberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fincent LeBlond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bredenberg's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Heja Bamse. LeBlond has chosen Kari Tapio - Olen Suomalainen as his entrance music. Fincent LeBlond has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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290 lbs
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254 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emmanuel Bredenberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fincent LeBlond!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LeBlond on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
It looks like Fincent LeBlond has been cut.
Emmanuel Bredenberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
LeBlond tries a head kick but it misses.
Bredenberg throws a sloppy head kick and LeBlond moves out of range easily.
LeBlond avoids the head kick by Bredenberg.
Bredenberg throws a leg kick but LeBlond moved away.
Bredenberg tries a head kick but it misses.
Bredenberg thows a body shot but no joy.
Bredenberg swings for the body but LeBlond moves out of range.
A solid body kick from Bredenberg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bredenberg shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in LeBlond's guard.
LeBlond lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bredenberg!
LeBlond postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bredenberg looks a forlorn figure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bredenberg really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bredenberg regains half guard.
Well, if LeBlond is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Bredenberg wants to get back to full guard.
LeBlond missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bredenberg wants to get back to full guard.
Bredenberg has hold of LeBlond's hands but LeBlond slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
LeBlond not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bredenberg looking for submissions off his back.
Bredenberg is trying to control but can't.
Bredenberg is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but LeBlond pulls his head out easily.
Bredenberg tries to roll over but LeBlond keeps him under control.
Bredenberg is not content to let LeBlond control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bredenberg is trying to get back to full guard.
LeBlond is just content to waste time from the top position. Bredenberg takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
LeBlond passes Bredenberg's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bredenberg tries to roll over but LeBlond keeps him under control.
LeBlond is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bredenberg defends it well.
LeBlond passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LeBlond has hold of Bredenberg's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Bredenberg manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
LeBlond lands a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bredenberg is looking to get to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bredenberg bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
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 Emmanuel Bredenberg will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fincent LeBlond's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bredenberg misses with a body kick.
Bredenberg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
LeBlond throws a jab when Bredenberg was well out of range.
Bredenberg throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from LeBlond, right into the meat.
Bredenberg lands a nice hook to LeBlond's body. LeBlond takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bredenberg pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bredenberg throws a lazy head kick
and Bredenberg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good leg kick by LeBlond there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Emmanuel Bredenberg is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
LeBlond throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
LeBlond lands a glancing blow to the side of Bredenberg's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBlond scores with a jab to the head.
Bredenberg swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and LeBlond counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bredenberg won't be happy with that.
LeBlond wants to control but Bredenberg is keeping him busy.
LeBlond is working Bredenberg over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
LeBlond has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Bredenberg is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. LeBlond yanks on the arm and Bredenberg is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by LeBlond.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fincent LeBlond!
A victorious Fincent LeBlond 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keijo Harkimo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arne Riseman (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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285 lbs
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280 lbs
24 - 17 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keijo Harkimo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Arne Riseman!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Harkimo.
Harkimo looks to land a combination but Riseman avoids it well.
Harkimo cracks Riseman with a right hand to the side of the head.
Riseman misses with a few strikes there.
Riseman lands a slapping body shot.
Keijo Harkimo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harkimo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Riseman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harkimo circles away quickly and effectively.
Harkimo is looking to slow Riseman down with leg kicks.
Harkimo misses with a wild combination.
Harkimo scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Arne Riseman has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riseman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harkimo misses with a hook.
Harkimo swings for the body but Riseman moves out of range.
A slow jab from Harkimo misses its intended target.
Harkimo works the jab nicely.
The fighters circling - Harkimo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Riseman throws a series of punches but Harkimo moves out of range.
Harkimo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Riseman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkimo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Riseman's efforts to push away.
Harkimo working aggressively here.
Harkimo struggles to land a body shot inside as Riseman controls his hands.
Harkimo tries a body shot but Riseman blocks it.
Riseman digs a right hand into Harkimo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harkimo's gas tank.
A nice left hand lands by Harkimo.
Harkimo digs a right hand underneath Riseman's ribcage. Riseman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harkimo breaks from the clinch.
Riseman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Riseman moves away from the strike by Harkimo.
Harkimo misses with the combination.
Riseman looks to land a combination but Harkimo avoids it well.
Riseman slips a jab and a cross from Harkimo.
Riseman walks into a straight right hand from Harkimo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkimo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riseman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harkimo.
A combination from Riseman does no damage.
Riseman slips under a jab from Harkimo.
Harkimo cracks a nice hook into Riseman's ribs.
Riseman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harkimo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riseman.
Harkimo misses with the combination.
Riseman checks a low kick from Harkimo.
Riseman throws the left hand but Harkimo avoids the punch easily.
Sloppy strikes from Riseman. Those never looked like landing.
Harkimo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Riseman misses with a wild body shot.
Harkimo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Riseman, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riseman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Riseman throws a body punch but Harkimo moves out of range.
Riseman walks into a stiff left hand from Harkimo.
Riseman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Riseman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harkimo tried to score with a low kick but Riseman checks it.
Harkimo misses with a few strikes there.
Harkimo feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Riseman sprawling to the canvas! Riseman rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Harkimo finish him?!
Riseman is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harkimo clinches with his opponent.
Riseman is still on wobbly legs! Can Harkimo finish him?
Nice body punch from Harkimo.
Riseman looks winded!
Harkimo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harkimo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harkimo closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Riseman out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Keijo Harkimo!
A victorious Keijo Harkimo 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Silvera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Duddy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silvera comes to the cage accompanied by Wedlock. Duddy has chosen Dropkick Murphys - 'Loyal to No One' as his entrance music. John Duddy 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Joey Silvera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Duddy!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duddy throws a leg kick but Silvera checks it.
Silvera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Duddy's calf.
John Duddy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duddy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duddy connects with a looping right hand.
Duddy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Duddy throws a sloppy head kick and Silvera moves out of range easily.
Duddy misses the jab.
Duddy misses with a jab to the body
and Silvera counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silvera.
The referee calls for Silvera to work.
Silvera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like John Duddy has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Silvera is pushing Duddy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short right from Duddy on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvera tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duddy's elbow.
Silvera lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silvera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duddy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Duddy jumps guard but Silvera turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Silvera lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silvera slowing the pace effectively.
Silvera missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Silvera.
Duddy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silvera just stands there and leans against the cage.
Duddy is trying to maintain a safe position but Silvera gets an underhook and turns Duddy into the cage.
Duddy working aggressively here.
Silvera lands a body punch.
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!
Duddy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Silvera.
A shot in the inside from Silvera.
Silvera lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Silvera.
Silvera pushes Duddy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silvera tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duddy's elbow.
Silvera tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duddy's elbow.
Silvera lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silvera tries a body shot but Duddy blocks it.
Duddy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duddy.
Nice elbow from Silvera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera misses with the head strike.
Duddy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Duddy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silvera can't find room to land a body shot as Duddy controls the action.
Duddy ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Duddy no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Duddy trying to control the position.
Duddy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Duddy has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Silvera is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Duddy.
Silvera stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Duddy is predictable there
and Silvera counters with an inside leg kick.
Silvera takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Duddy lands with a kick to the temple. Silvera shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duddy takes one to the chin there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silvera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duddy misses with the combination.
Silvera moves out of range of the body kick from Duddy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Silvera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Duddy's cut.
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.
Duddy throws an off balance right hand
and Silvera counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silvera.
Silvera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silvera scores with a shoulder strike.
Silvera has Duddy pressed against the cage, preventing Duddy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silvera misses with an elbow strike.
Silvera has Duddy pressed against the cage.
Duddy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silvera connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silvera tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silvera fails in his attempt to clinch.
A left and a right from Silvera both land. Nice combination.
Silvera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Silvera.
A good leg kick by Silvera.
Duddy tries to score with a low kick but Silvera moves his leg out of the way.
Duddy misses with a combination
and Silvera counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Duddy is trying to force a seperation but Silvera has the dominant position.
Silvera scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silvera missing with knees to the body.
Duddy blocks the elbow strike.
Silvera lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silvera is struggling to control the position.
Silvera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Silvera displaying some good clinch control by pressing Duddy up against the cage.
Silvera presses Duddy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silvera.
That has opened up John Duddy's cut even more.
Silvera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duddy dodges an elbow strike from Silvera.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silvera misses with the head strike.
Duddy blocks a body shot from Silvera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera just leaning against Duddy, taking a breather.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silvera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Duddy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silvera misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silvera lands a left hand that snaps the head of Duddy backwards.
The cut above John Duddy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Silvera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duddy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duddy prevents a body shot from Silvera.
Come on Silvera - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silvera throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvera lands an elbow inside.
Duddy is trying to break free.
Come on Silvera - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silvera landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duddy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvera's elbow.
Silvera lands an elbow inside that Duddy shrugs off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silvera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Duddy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silvera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Silvera dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Duddy's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Silvera has managed to clinch.
Duddy is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silvera to keep the fight standing.
Duddy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Silvera taking a breather.
Silvera misses with a punch to the body.
Duddy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Joey Silvera has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silvera landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Duddy managing to block the knees to the body from Silvera.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duddy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silvera leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silvera throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Duddys head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silvera lands with a short shot to the head.
Silvera misses with a body punch.
Silvera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silvera softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duddy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvera stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Silvera for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Duddy is trying to break free.
Silvera unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvera just leaning against Duddy, taking a breather.
Silvera misses with a knee strike.
Silvera crunches a lovely knee into Duddy's ribcage.
Duddy is looking to control Silvera's arms but Silvera gets an underhook and turns him. Now Duddy has his back to the cage.
Duddy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silvera lands a shot to the body.
Duddy tries to pull guard but Silvera forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Silvera pushes Duddy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Duddy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duddy being controlled against the cage.
Silvera lands a hook to the side of the head.
John Duddy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silvera stalls.
Silvera scores with a shoulder strike.
John Duddy's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Silvera is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Duddy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duddy looking to slow down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvera pushes Duddy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silvera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duddy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silvera just leaning against Duddy, taking a breather.
Duddy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silvera walks away with a smile on his face. Duddy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Joey Silvera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Duddy.
Silvera throws a sloppy head kick and Duddy moves out of range easily.
Silvera lands with a thumping leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silvera checks a leg kick.
Duddy misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duddy misses with a body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch but Duddy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Duddy throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Silvera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silvera, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Silvera!
A very excited looking Joey Silvera rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Matson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raylan Givens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matson's entrance music is Remember the name. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josh Matson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Raylan Givens!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Givens moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Givens scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Givens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matson.
Matson just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Givens misses.
Givens slips a straight right by Matson.
Matson takes a swing at Givens's ribcage but misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Matson.
Matson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Givens was well out of range. Poor timing from Matson.
Givens checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Matson misses with a straight right.
Givens cracks Matson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Matson needs to keep his hands up - Givens had a free shot at his head there.
Givens connects with a crisp jab.
Matson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Matson misses with a leg kick
and Givens counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Givens accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Givens wants to control from the top but Matson keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Givens throws an elbow that misses. Matson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Givens's guard. Nice move by Matson!
Givens has his foot on Matson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Matson works his way back into a safe position though.
Matson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Givens is keeping the position for now.
Matson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Matson wants to control from the top but Givens keeps moving.
Matson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Matson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Josh Matson just wasn't active enough.
Matson throws a looping overhand right but Givens ducks down to avoid it.
Matson keeps Givens at a distance using the push kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Givens tries to land a front kick but Matson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Givens takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Matson throws a leg kick that misses.
Matson misses with a kick to the body.
Givens pivots, looking for a leg kick but Matson is out of range and Givens settles back down.
Matson is looking to wear down Givens with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Matson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Givens manages to avoid it.
Matson cracks Givens with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Josh Matson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Givens shoots in and drives through. Matson sprawls well.
Givens throws a wild body kick that Matson sees coming a mile off.
Matson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Givens.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Givens has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Givens and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A slow jab from Givens misses its intended target.
Matson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Givens circles away quickly and effectively.
Matson lands with a nice body punch.
Givens misses with a few strikes there.
Matson misses with a combination
and Givens counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Matson!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matson can't do much from the bottom here.
Givens tries to move into full mount but can't pass Matson's legs.
Givens scores with punches from side control.
Matson wants to get back to his feet but Givens drags him back down.
Matson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Givens tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Givens throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Givens scores with punches from side control.
Givens lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ground and pound from Givens seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Givens has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Givens trying to control the position but Matson is working away.
Matson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Givens throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Matson works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Givens is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matson wants to get back to full guard.
Givens frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raylan Givens dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Givens cracks Matson with a good jab.
Givens connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Matson tried to score with a low kick but Givens checks it.
Josh Matson is winning the standup battle so far.
Matson is looking to chop away at Givens's legs.
Givens closes the distance and clinches up with Matson, looking for a takedown. Givens pushes Matson against the cage but Matson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Givens misses with an uppercut. Matson saw that one coming.
Givens lands with a nice body kick.
Givens works the jab nicely.
Givens misses the shot to the body.
A big left from Matson misses.
Givens fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Givens tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A right-left combo lands from Matson.
Matson checks a low kick from Givens.
Matson misses with a leg kick
and Givens counters with a low kick, right behind Matson 's knee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Givens scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Matson looks to land a right hand but Givens moved out of range.
Matson misses with a low kick as Givens jumps back.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Givens enables Matson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Givens manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Matson trying to control but Givens is working from the bottom.
Givens has his foot on Matson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Matson works his way back into a safe position though.
Matson passes Givens's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Matson prevents Givens from improving his position.
Matson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Givens sees it coming and defends easily.
Givens is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Matson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Matson's back!
Matson is trapped and Givens is scoring with shots to the head and 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!
Givens struggling to keep hold of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matson covering up well under a series of strikes from Givens.
Givens lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Matson rolls, trying to escape but Givens keeps control of the position.
Givens scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Matson is looking for a way out.
Givens is landing with strikes from the back.
Givens scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Matson is looking for a way out.
Givens is punishing Matson with strikes - can he finish him?!
Raylan Givens has got the better of the ground game so far.
Matson covering up well under a series of strikes from Givens.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Givens missing with strikes from the back.
Matson is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Givens is landing with strikes. Matson can't take much more of this.
Givens is striking well from the back but Matson escapes and manages to control the positon and works his way to half guard. A much better position - the crisis is over for the time being.
Givens thows a huge punch but Matson dodges it nicely.
Givens thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Matson's head.
Givens trying to mount his opponent but Matson defends it.
Matson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Matson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Givens pulls his head out easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Givens moves into full mount! Matson won't be happy about that!
Givens postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Matson looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Givens with the ground and pound from mount.
Givens lands a couple of good shots and Matson has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Well, with Givens on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Matson is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Matson covers up after that shot from Givens.
Givens is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Matson is tapping out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Raylan Givens!
After winning the bout, Raylan Givens thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mulroon Deforz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armo Kuusela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuusela is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Promentory. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mulroon Deforz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Armo Kuusela!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deforz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kuusela.
Deforz throws a shot to the body.
Kuusela takes a swing at Deforz's ribcage but misses.
Deforz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A jab from Deforz misses.
Kuusela throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Deforz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Deforz checks a leg kick.
Kuusela moves in looking to clinch but Deforz pushes him off.
Deforz lands a nice hook to Kuusela's body. Kuusela takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kuusela ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kuusela sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Deforz tries to clinch up.
Kuusela changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Deforz wants to land a leg kick but Kuusela is out of range.
Kuusela dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deforz misses with a left hand
and Kuusela counters with a nice uppercut.
Kuusela misses with a kick to the body.
Kuusela moves out of range of the body kick from Deforz.
Kuusela moves into range and clinches up with Deforz.
Kuusela blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kuusela misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kuusela tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Deforz's elbow.
Deforz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Deforz 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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kuusela.
Kuusela avoids the head kick by Deforz.
Deforz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kuusela momentarily.
Deforz blocks the body kick.
Deforz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mulroon Deforz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Deforz.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Deforz connects with a crisp jab.
Deforz scores with a nice strike.
Deforz uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Deforz lands with a cross.
Deforz is looking to clinch.
Kuusela throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Deforz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kuusela swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Deforz thuds a left hand into Kuusela's body.
Kuusela gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Deforz slowing the pace effectively.
Deforz is looking to break free of the clinch but Kuusela has double underhooks.
Deforz scores with a shot to the side of Kuusela's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deforz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Deforz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kuusela lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Kuusela.
Deforz slowing the pace effectively.
Kuusela blocking some punches.
Deforz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Deforz is trying to push Kuusela away but Kuusela has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kuusela misses with a punch to the body.
Kuusela working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Deforz tries a body shot but Kuusela blocks it.
Deforz working hard to break the clinch.
Deforz managing to block the knees to the body from Kuusela.
Deforz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Deforz swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuusela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Deforz misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deforz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Deforz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Deforz.
Kuusela gets through Deforz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Deforz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kuusela tries to work over Deforz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Deforz avoiding damage as Kuusela throws knees to the body.
Deforz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kuusela backwards.
Deforz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Deforz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kuusela is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Deforz rather than just go for the knockout.
Deforz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deforz wants to clinch but Kuusela slips to the side
and Kuusela cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kuusela throws out a powerful jab.
Kuusela misses with an uppercut. Deforz saw that one coming.
Deforz is looking to clinch but Kuusela is avoiding it.
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 Mulroon Deforz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Deforz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kuusela scores with a nice right hand.
Kuusela wants to clinch up but Deforz keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuusela. Deforz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kuusela misses with a head kick.
Deforz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kuusela can pounce on him.
Deforz throws out a loose jab but Kuusela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuusela tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Deforz was well out of range. Poor timing from Kuusela.
Kuusela throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kuusela cracks the inside of Deforz's front leg.
Deforz cracks a nice hook into Kuusela's ribs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Deforz.
Deforz looks to land a left hand but Kuusela moved out of range nicely.
Deforz throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deforz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Deforz cracks Kuusela with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Deforz throws a lazy uppercut
and Kuusela makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Deforz connects with an inside leg kick.
Kuusela slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kuusela clinches up against the cage.
Deforz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Deforz fails to land.
Kuusela goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Deforz misses with a punch on the inside.
Kuusela pushes Deforz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Deforz wants to break free but Kuusela has control.
Deforz blocks a body shot from Kuusela.
Mulroon Deforz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Deforz throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuusela.
Deforz tries to circle away but Kuusela has him pinned against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deforz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kuusela or not.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Deforz is trying to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuusela.
Kuusela breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuusela throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Deforz to counter with a crisp jab.
Kuusela keeps the fight on the outside.
Kuusela scores with a push kick.
Kuusela uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Deforz.
Deforz on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kuusela uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Deforz.
Deforz thuds his right hand into Kuusela's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kuusela throws a jab when Deforz was well out of range.
Kuusela misses with a leg kick
and Deforz counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Kuusela.
Kuusela scores with a nice strike.
Deforz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kuusela thows a body shot but no joy.
Kuusela tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Deforz pushes Kuusela up against the cage in a clinch.
Kuusela blocks a body shot from Deforz.
A head punch on the inside from Deforz fails to land.
Kuusela taking a breather.
Kuusela blocks a body shot from Deforz.
Kuusela throws a head punch that misses.
Deforz struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuusela controls his hands.
Deforz looking to stall.
Deforz is trying to break the clinch but Kuusela is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deforz throws a head punch that misses.
Deforz throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuusela.
A shot in the inside from Kuusela.
Kuusela tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Deforz tries a body shot but Kuusela blocks it.
Deforz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kuusela misses with a hook from the clinch.
Deforz tries to work over Kuusela's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Kuusela.
Deforz tries to throw a body punch but Kuusela avoids it by throwing Deforz back against the cage.
Kuusela leaning against his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuusela.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Deforz.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Deforz.
Kuusela tries to land knees in the clinch but Deforz avoids the damage to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Deforz.
Deforz lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Armo Kuusela will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Deforz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Kuusela takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd cheers as Deforz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kuusela doesn't seem phased though.
Kuusela defending well as Deforz loads up on a big left hand.
Kuusela darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Deforz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kuusela at a distance.
Deforz misses the jab.
Kuusela on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Deforz. Deforz obviously looking to wear him down.
Deforz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuusela was well out of range. Poor timing from Deforz.
Kuusela looks to score with a jab to the body but Deforz is just out of range.
Kuusela throws a nice inside leg kick.
Deforz scores with the left hand. Kuusela knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Deforz throws a head kick that misses.
Kuusela scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Deforz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Deforz throws out a powerful jab.
Deforz avoids a kick to the body.
Deforz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kuusela. That did some damage!
Deforz tries to clinch up but Kuusela circles away and keeps his distance.
Deforz connects with a crisp jab.
Deforz throws a body kick that misses.
Kuusela blocks the body kick.
Deforz moves out of range of the body kick from Kuusela.
Kuusela throws a sloppy head kick and Deforz moves out of range easily.
Kuusela fails in his attempt to clinch.
Deforz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuusela manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deforz throws a leg kick
and Kuusela counters with a two punch combo.
Deforz misses with a low kick.
Deforz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuusela.
Kuusela misses with a looping left.
Kuusela wants to clinch up but Deforz keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuusela chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Deforz can pounce on him.
Kuusela misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kuusela keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Deforz slips under a jab from Kuusela.
Deforz throws a leg kick but Kuusela checks it.
Deforz lands with a cross.
Armo Kuusela seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Deforz thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deforz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kuusela uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Deforz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Deforz lands a slapping body shot.
Deforz throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Deforz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Deforz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Deforz thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kuusela if he has to take too many more of those.
Kuusela looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kuusela 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.
Deforz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Deforz moves in looking to clinch but Kuusela pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Deforz.
Kuusela takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kuusela slips under a jab from Deforz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuusela feints and then cracks Deforz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Deforz down.
Kuusela misses with the combination.
Deforz lands a nice shot that snaps Kuusela's head back.
Kuusela bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kuusela clinches.
Deforz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kuusela's elbow.
Kuusela lands a hook that snaps the head of Deforz backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kuusela creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Deforz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Deforz.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mulroon Deforz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Deforz 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommi Hartola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jokinen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Prodigy - Omen. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
44 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ossi Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Hartola!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jokinen lands a body shot.
Hartola scoring well with a low kick there.
Jokinen is looking to clinch but Hartola is avoiding it.
Hartola with a jab.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hartola.
Hartola connects with a solid leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jokinen throws the kick towards the body but Hartola avoids it.
Hartola moves out of range of the strikes.
Hartola checks a leg kick.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hartola 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.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jokinen.
Ossi Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen jabs Hartola to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Hartola.
Hartola blocks a low kick nicely.
Hartola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen feints and then cracks Hartola's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hartola down.
Nice defenses there by Hartola.
Hartola throws a chopping leg kick but Jokinen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hartola.
Hartola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Hartola.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen punishes Hartola's body with a nice straight punch.
Jokinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hartola checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hartola with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
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!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hartola crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jokinen - the referee stops the clock and Hartola gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jokinen. Hartola manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jokinen moves out of range of the body kick from Hartola.
Hartola throws a leg kick but Jokinen checks it.
Jokinen moves in looking to clinch but Hartola pushes him off.
Jokinen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hartola scores with a head kick. Jokinen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Ossi Jokinen has been cut.
Hartola misses with a kick to the body.
Jokinen is looking to clinch but Hartola is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hartola lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice shot lands for Jokinen.
Hartola walks into a straight right hand from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a right hand
and Hartola counters with a good low kick that Jokinen was not able to check.
Hartola misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hartola misses with a body kick.
Jokinen pushes Hartola away with a front kick.
Hartola misses with a low kick.
Hartola circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jokinen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hartola defending well as Jokinen loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Hartola.
Jokinen throws the left hand but Hartola avoids the punch easily.
Hartola avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen takes a swing at Hartola's ribcage but misses.
Hartola throws a lazy uppercut
and Jokinen counters with a big head kick but Hartola shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hartola is able to avoid easily.
Jokinen ducks under a wild hook from Hartola.
Hartola throws a solid leg kick but Jokinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hartola.
Jokinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen slips a straight right by Hartola.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen stuns Hartola with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
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 Ossi Jokinen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ossi Jokinen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jokinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hartola defending well as Jokinen loads up on a big left hand.
Hartola throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen missing with a left hand there. Hartola was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A shot to the body from Hartola misses
and Jokinen counters with a straight right hand.
Jokinen throws a jab when Hartola was well out of range.
Jokinen blocks the body kick.
Hartola throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jokinen counters with a stiff right hand.
Hartola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Hartola.
Hartola throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jokinen counters with a nice body shot.
Jokinen scores with a spinning back kick!
Hartola throws a leg kick
and Jokinen counters with a thumping low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartola scores with a body shot.
Jokinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jokinen lands with a hook. Hartola tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A shot to the liver by Hartola. Beautiful body shot.
A jab from Jokinen misses.
Hartola just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jokinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen looking to throw knees to the head but Hartola is blocking nicely.
Hartola trying to control the position but instead, Jokinen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hartola into the cage.
Jokinen tries to work over Hartola's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hartola misses with a punch on the inside.
Jokinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hartola gets through Jokinen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen tries to work over Hartola's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hartola with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jokinen tries to land knees in the clinch but Hartola avoids the damage to the body.
Hartola's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hartola blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Jokinen fails to land.
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jokinen looking to throw knees to the head but Hartola is blocking nicely.
Jokinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hartola's elbow.
Jokinen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jokinen works on Hartola's body with a couple of short punches.
Jokinen tries to work over Hartola's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jokinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Jokinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hartola with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jokinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
Jokinen misses with some punches.
Jokinen crunches a lovely knee into Hartola's ribcage.
Hartola with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hartola tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jokinen tries a body shot but Hartola blocks it.
Jokinen can't find room to land a body shot as Hartola controls the action.
Jokinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hartola backwards.
A short right from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a knee strike.
Hartola avoiding damage.
Nice body punch from Jokinen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hartola blocks a body shot from Jokinen.
Hartola tries to work over Jokinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jokinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hartola.
Jokinen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jokinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hartola throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jokinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ossi Jokinen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hartola breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hartola is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jokinen rather than just go for the knockout.
Jokinen lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hartola swats away the attempt to clinch by Jokinen.
Hartola slips a straight right by Jokinen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ossi Jokinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ossi Jokinen's cut.
That's time! Jokinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jokinen connects with a body shot.
Jokinen cracks Hartola with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hartola finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hartola looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hartola misses with an uppercut
and Jokinen counters with an inside leg kick.
Jokinen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hartola's hands.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hartola ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Ossi Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Hartola takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hartola fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jokinen.
Hartola wants to slow Jokinen down by chopping away at his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Jokinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hartola lands a head shot.
Jokinen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Hartola.
Jokinen throws a low kick but Hartola avoids it.
Hartola tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jokinen is able to avoid easily.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Hartola sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hartola with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jokinen to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Hartola sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hartola pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jokinen is out of range and Hartola settles back down.
Jokinen feints and then cracks Hartola's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hartola down.
Tommi Hartola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ossi Jokinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Hartola
and Jokinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jokinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice shot lands for Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a series of punches but Hartola moves out of range.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. Hartola looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hartola finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen throws a low kick but Hartola moves out of range easily.
Hartola misses with a low kick as Jokinen jumps back.
Nice shot by Jokinen.
Hartola jabs Jokinen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jokinen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hartola if he has to take too many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tests Hartola's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jokinen moves out of range of the body kick from Hartola.
Jokinen tries to work over Hartola's front leg with a kick but Hartola checks it.
Jokinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hartola takes one to the side of the head.
Jokinen cracks Hartola with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hartola looks to land a body kick but Jokinen moved away.
Hartola takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hartola lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jokinen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jokinen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hartola checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hartola looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
Jokinen checks a leg kick nicely.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jokinen throws a front kick aimed at Hartola's knee but Hartola avoids it well.
A good leg kick by Jokinen.
Hartola looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jokinen tries to clinch up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hartola throws a low kick but Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Hartola misses with a low kick.
Jokinen gets a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ossi Jokinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jokinen 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ossi Jokinen!
Ossi Jokinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Farro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Humberto Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz has chosen Deja Vu as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Farro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 13 - 5, fighting out of London, Humberto Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Farro wants to land a leg kick but Cruz is out of range.
Farro misses with a takedown attempt - Cruz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A shot to the body from Farro misses
and Cruz counters with a takedown into side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Farro tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Farro is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Cruz's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Cruz is thwarting Farro's attempts to control the position.
Farro wants to improve his position but Cruz is controlling well.
Cruz passes to full mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farro tries to lock up and control but Cruz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cruz forces the positional change into back control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farro trying to control the hands but Cruz breaks the grip.
Cruz working for the choke.
Farro wants to escape the position.
Farro is working hard here to advance position.
Farro just trying to survive but Cruz is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Cruz is hanging on to Farro's back as he tries to escape.
Farro breaks Cruz's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Cruz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Farro with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farro wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Farro keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cruz's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Farro from controlling successfully.
Farro stands and throws Cruz's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Farro throws a strike aimed at the side of Cruz's head but Cruz avoids it well.
Cruz is trying to control Farro's posture but Farro avoids it.
Farro is working Cruz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Cruz taking a bit of punishment here - Farro scoring with strikes.
Cruz is trying to get back to half guard.
Farro lands some shots froms side control.
Cruz is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Farro off and has taken his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farro defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Cruz's arms.
Farro tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Farro is looking to improve his position but Cruz isn't that keen on the idea.
Farro bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Farro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Farro has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Farro trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Cruz is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Farro rolls with it to try and escape but Cruz cranks on the arm and Farro is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Humberto Cruz!
Humberto Cruz is the new lightweight champion!
After winning the bout, Humberto Cruz 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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