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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kamari Powell (ranked 3656 p4p, 3650 weight class) and Uli Mirzeski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uli Mirzeski has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kamari Powell's chin.
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kamari Powell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Uli Mirzeski!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell connects with a body shot.
Mirzeski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Powell listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Powell.
Powell with a hook.
Powell jabs Mirzeski right on the nose. Mirzeski blinks but takes it well.
Powell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mirzeski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Powell lands with an overhand left.
Powell connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Powell scores with a hook.
Powell is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A shot to the liver by Powell. Beautiful body shot.
A left lands for Powell.
Powell scores with a jab to the body.
Powell lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Powell scores with a decent looking hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Powell stuns Mirzeski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Powell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Powell.
Nice uppercut there from Powell.
Powell scores with a jab.
Powell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mirzeski's hands.
Powell cracks Mirzeski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mirzeski drops his hands momentarily and Powell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Powell lands a lovely overhand right.
Powell lands with a hook. Mirzeski tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mirzeski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Powell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A cross from Powell lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mirzeski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Powell.
Powell sizes up Mirzeski with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Powell scores with a jab to the head.
Powell scores with the left hand. Mirzeski knows he should have avoided that one.
Powell connects with a body shot that sends Mirzeski's belly button to the back.
Powell scores with a decent looking hook.
Powell is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mirzeski needs to keep his hands up - Powell had a free shot at his head there.
Powell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Powell.
Mirzeski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mirzeski walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Powell lands a jab to the head.
Powell with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mirzeski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Powell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mirzeski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kamari Powell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A shot to the liver by Powell. Beautiful body shot.
Powell is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Powell lands a right hook to the body.
Mirzeski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Powell.
Nice straight punches there by Powell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Powell.
Mirzeski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mirzeski walks into a jab.
Powell throws a lazy right hand but Mirzeski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mirzeski changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Mirzeski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mirzeski on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Powell scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mirzeski moves away from the strike by Powell.
Mirzeski drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Powell defends it well.
Mirzeski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powell cracks Mirzeski with an open hand slap.
Powell scores with a nice head shot.
Powell misses with a hook. Mirzeski ducked under it nicely.
Mirzeski changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Powell lands a lovely overhand right.
Good shot there by Powell.
Powell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jab, jab by Powell - just one landing.
A slow jab from Powell misses its intended target.
Powell throws a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mirzeski slips a straight right by Powell.
And Mirzeski tries to counter it with a takedown but Powell pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Mirzeski moves forwards but Powell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mirzeski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kamari Powell dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Powell scores with a sloppy right hand. Mirzeski should have avoided that one.
Powell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mirzeski can do to turn this around?
Powell lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A cross from Powell lands.
Powell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Powell bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mirzeski's head backwards.
Powell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mirzeski drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Powell defends it well.
Powell smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Powell scores with a shot to the body.
Mirzeski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kamari Powell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Powell listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mirzeski walks into a stiff left hand from Powell.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Powell.
Mirzeski on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirzeski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Powell bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Powell is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mirzeski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Powell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mirzeski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Powell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mirzeski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Powell to score with a decent uppercut.
Mirzeski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab from Powell does it's job there.
Mirzeski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Powell scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Powell catches Mirzeski with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Powell.
Powell cracks Mirzeski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powell lands a nice shot to the body.
Mirzeski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Powell scores with a hook.
Mirzeski gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mirzeski ducks under a wild hook from Powell.
And Mirzeski tries to counter it with a takedown but Powell pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Powell connects with a nice looking jab.
Mirzeski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Powell throws a jab but it's blocked by Mirzeski.
And Mirzeski tries to counter it with a takedown but Powell pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Kamari Powell is winning the standup battle so far.
Powell scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Powell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mirzeski changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Mirzeski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Powell throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Powell misses its intended target.
Powell could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Powell lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mirzeski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Powell, as that shot connected.
Powell smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Powell throws a shot to the body.
Mirzeski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Powell.
Mirzeski with the counter takedown but Powell avoids it easily.
Powell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mirzeski at a distance.
Powell throws a body shot but no joy.
Powell misses with a left hand
and Mirzeski counters with a takedown into side control.
Mirzeski throws a strike aimed at the side of Powell's head but Powell avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mirzeski staying calm.
Mirzeski is looking to take a break and control but Powell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mirzeski happy to just control the position for now.
You can see the frustration on Powell's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mirzeski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Powell tries to bench press Mirzeski off him but Mirzeski keeps the position.
Powell is trying to control Mirzeski's posture but Mirzeski avoids it.
Mirzeski is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Powell is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Powell trying his best to control but Mirzeski has mounted him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kamari Powell dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Mirzeski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Uli Mirzeski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Powell throws out a powerful jab.
Mirzeski on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A lazy left from Powell finds it's target.
Powell darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Uli Mirzeski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mirzeski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mirzeski moves forwards but Powell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Powell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Powell connects with a right hand. Mirzeski shakes it off.
Powell lands a jab to the nose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Powell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Powell lands a body shot.
Mirzeski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirzeski takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Powell cracks Mirzeski with an open hand slap.
Powell lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mirzeski walks into a straight right hand from Powell.
Powell scores with a hook.
Powell throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mirzeski on the side of the head.
Mirzeski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mirzeski walks into a jab.
Mirzeski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mirzeski on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mirzeski walks into a left hand.
Mirzeski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Powell scores with a punch to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powell scores with a sloppy right hand. Mirzeski should have avoided that one.
Powell lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab lands there for Powell.
Mirzeski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Powell to score with a decent uppercut.
Powell lands a head shot.
Mirzeski moves forwards but Powell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Powell bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mirzeski's head.
Powell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Powell.
Mirzeski takes one to the chin there.
Powell lands a nice shot that snaps Mirzeski's head back.
Mirzeski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mirzeski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Powell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mirzeski momentarily.
Powell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mirzeski's hands.
Powell scores with a nice right hand.
Mirzeski drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Powell scores with a jab.
Powell lands a jab to the head.
Jab from Powell.
Powell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mirzeski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Powell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mirzeski momentarily.
Powell cracks Mirzeski with a good jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powell lands a jab to the nose.
Powell scores with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Mirzeski 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jab from Powell.
Mirzeski takes a jab right on the kisser.
A left lands for Powell.
Powell bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mirzeski's head backwards.
Kamari Powell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Powell lands with an overhand left.
A jab from Powell finds it's way through Mirzeski's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Powell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mirzeski on the side of the head.
Powell connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Powell.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kamari Powell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Powell, 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight for Kamari Powell!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Kamari Powell!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Kamari Powell!
Kamari Powell wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Lift (ranked 3713 p4p, 3803 weight class) and Memphis Yurchon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wayne Lift!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Memphis Yurchon!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yurchon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lift counters with a nice body shot.
Lift slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Yurchon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
 It looks like Wayne Lift has been cut.
Yurchon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lift manages to avoid it.
Yurchon throws a good cross that connects.
Lift works Yurchon's body with a nice hook.
Yurchon catches Lift with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A lazy left from Lift finds it's target.
Lift lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yurchon misses with an uppercut. Lift saw that one coming.
Yurchon lands with a straight right. Lift didn't see that one coming.
Lift misses the shot to the body.
Yurchon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lift.
Yurchon looks to score with a jab to the body but Lift is just out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Yurchon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Memphis Yurchon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yurchon throws a body shot but no joy.
Yurchon cracks Lift with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wayne Lift's cut is getting worse.
Yurchon misses the body punch
and Lift counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lift takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab from Yurchon finds it's way through Lift's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lift misses with an uppercut.
Lift displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yurchon throws out the jab.
Lift lands a nice hook to Yurchon's body. Yurchon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lift cracks Yurchon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lift steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yurchon.
Lift appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Yurchon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lift.
Yurchon cracks Lift with a right hand to the side of the head.
Yurchon throws a jab but it's blocked by Lift.
Yurchon is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lift had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Lift uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yurchon.
An attempted straight right counter from Lift misses the target.
Lift misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yurchon swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yurchon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lift moves away.
Lift jabs at Yurchon's body.
Yurchon loads up on a big right hand but Lift slips the punch.
Lift ducks under a wild hook from Yurchon.
Yurchon throws a good cross that connects.
Lift displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yurchon throws out the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Lift. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lift.
Lift rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yurchon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yurchon throws an off balance right hand
and Lift counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yurchon misses with a straight right.
It looked like Lift wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yurchon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yurchon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lift moves out of range of the strikes.
Yurchon lands with a straight right. Lift didn't see that one coming.
Wayne Lift's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Lift lands a nice shot that snaps Yurchon's head back.
Lift throws a shot from downtown. Yurchon moves away and avoids it.
Yurchon throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lift counters with a straight right hand.
Lift throws the left hand but Yurchon avoids the punch easily.
Lift uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yurchon.
Lift lands with an uppercut that bounces Yurchon off the cage and back into range.
Yurchon lands a nice shot to the body.
Lift scores with a jab to the body.
Yurchon takes a swing at Lift's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Yurchon.
Yurchon cracks Lift with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lift looks to throw the jab but Yurchon is out of range.
Good shot there by Yurchon.
Lift slips a jab from Yurchon.
Yurchon misses the jab.
Lift throwing a counter right hand but Yurchon manages to avoid it.
Yurchon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lift is breathing heavily.
Yurchon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yurchon looks to throw the jab but Lift is out of range.
Lift keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lift went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Yurchon misses with a right hand
and Lift counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yurchon thinking.
Yurchon misses with a straight right.
Yurchon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yurchon catches Lift with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jeez, Wayne Lift's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Wayne Lift's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Memphis Yurchon!
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