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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Peterson (ranked 216 p4p, 199 weight class) and Tank Ispa (ranked 36 p4p, 30 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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World class boxer
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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 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Tank Ispa!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Ispa does it's job there.
Ispa with a nice cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peterson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ispa has a takedown stuffed.
Peterson clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peterson.
Peterson lands an uppercut.
Ispa is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Peterson to keep the fight standing.
Ispa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ispa pushes off an throws an elbow but Peterson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Peterson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peterson gets underhooks to prevent Ispa's takedown attempt.
George Peterson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tank Ispa.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peterson.
Ispa tries to pull guard but Peterson holds him up against the cage and eventually Ispa drops back down to his feet.
Ispa lands a right hand.
Peterson avoids the elbow strike from Ispa, against the cage.
Ispa stalling the fight.
Ispa lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peterson blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson stalling the fight.
Ispa is trying to trip Peterson. He has hold of a leg but Peterson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Ispa persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Ispa looking to sit in guard and control but Peterson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ispa looking for a guillotine here but Peterson defends easily.
Ispa has his foot on Peterson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Peterson works his way back into a safe position though.
Peterson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ispa trying to control the position.
Ispa working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Peterson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Peterson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ispa wants to sweep here but Peterson controlling him for the moment.
Ispa lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ispa postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Peterson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ispa, into his guard.
Peterson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Peterson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ispa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Peterson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Peterson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ispa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Peterson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Peterson postures up.
Ispa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ispa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ispa is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tank Ispa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ispa keeps the fight on the outside.
Peterson tries to clinch but Ispa is having none of it.
Peterson is looking to clinch but Ispa is avoiding it.
Peterson instigates a clinch.
Peterson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Peterson throws an elbow but it misses.
Ispa avoids a wild elbow strike from Peterson.
Peterson throws an elbow that misses.
Peterson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ispa.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ispa throws an elbow but misses.
Ispa tries to work over Peterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ispa managing to block the knees to the body from Peterson.
Peterson misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ispa avoids it.
Ispa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ispa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ispa throws an elbow but misses.
Ispa misses with some punches.
Peterson taking a breather.
Ispa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Peterson backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Ispa.
Peterson misses with a knee strike.
Ispa lands a body punch.
Ispa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ispa avoids the elbow strike from Peterson, against the cage.
Ispa blocks an elbow strike.
Peterson scores with a shot to the side of Ispa's head.
Peterson avoids the elbow strike from Ispa, against the cage.
Ispa lands an elbow just above Peterson 's eye.
It looks like George Peterson has been cut.
Ispa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ispa pushes off an throws an elbow but Peterson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ispa misses with an elbow strike.
Good body shot from Ispa.
Peterson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Peterson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ispas head.
A head punch on the inside from Peterson fails to land.
Peterson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ispa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ispa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Peterson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ispa tries to work over Peterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Peterson wants to stall.
Peterson misses with an elbow over the top.
Ispa lands a damaging elbow.
Peterson blocks an elbow strike from Ispa.
Ispa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Peterson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ispa changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Peterson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Peterson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ispa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Peterson rushes Ispa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ispa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ispa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peterson.
Ispa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ispa taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ispa blocks a body shot from Peterson.
Ispa throws an elbow that misses.
Peterson avoiding damage.
Peterson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Peterson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ispa backwards.
Peterson tries to work over Ispa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Peterson blocks the elbow strike.
Ispa tries to throw a body punch but Peterson avoids it by throwing Ispa back against the cage.
Peterson looking to stall.
Good body shot from Ispa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ispa.
Ispa goes for a takedown attempt but Peterson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ispa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ispa showed some decent athleticism there.
Ispa seems to be looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ispa moves into full mount! Peterson won't be happy about that!
Ispa wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Peterson wants to hold on but Ispa pushes him away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ispa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Peterson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tank Ispa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on George Peterson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Ispa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Peterson moves to clinch but Ispa breaks away
and Ispa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ispa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ispa gets tackled into the cage by Peterson. Peterson maintains the clinch.
Ispa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Peterson's defenses.
Ispa swings wildly with an uppercut but Peterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ispa is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ispa lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Ispa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson dodges an elbow strike from Ispa.
Peterson lands with a left to the head.
Peterson lands a shoulder strike.
Peterson cracks Ispa with a nice body shot.
Peterson taking a breather.
Peterson misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson has a couple of punches blocked by Ispa.
Peterson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ispa.
Ispa avoids the elbow strike from Peterson, against the cage.
Ispa jumps guard.
Ispa is looking to sweep but instead, Peterson has passed into half guard.
Ispa tries to roll over but Peterson keeps him under control.
Ispa actively working from the bottom here.
Peterson content to control rather than advance.
Tank Ispa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ispa holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
George Peterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ispa felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ispa wants to control but Peterson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Peterson wants to take a breather but Ispa is having none of it.
Ispa wants to control but Peterson is keeping busy.
Peterson moves into full mount! Ispa won't be happy about that!
Ispa working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ispa wants to hold on but Peterson pushes him away.
Ispa can't escape the position.
Ispa wants to hold on but Peterson pushes him away.
Ispa is wriggling around trying to escape.
Peterson controlling from the full mount.
Peterson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ispa is desperately trying to improve his position but Peterson has a good base and remains in mount.
Peterson looking to ground and pound but Ispa is blocking nicely.
Ispa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ispa is working to get back to half guard.
Ispa gets back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ispa is trying to maintain the position but Peterson is very close to passing his half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Peterson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ispa 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tank Ispa!
A victorious Tank Ispa thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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