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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daimondi Gaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arabian Beattie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaga's entrance music is Fabolous - Diamonds ft. Young Jeezy. A fine choice. Arabian Beattie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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166 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daimondi Gaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arabian Beattie!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaga is looking to clinch but Beattie is avoiding it.
Beattie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
It looks like Daimondi Gaga has been cut.
Beattie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beattie throws a sloppy head kick and Gaga moves out of range easily.
Arabian Beattie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beattie darts in and clinches Gaga up against the ropes.
Gaga landing knees to the head.
Beattie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gaga connects with a nasty looking knee right to Beattie's face.
Beattie lands a knee to the head.
Gaga is looking to control Beattie's arms but Beattie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gaga has his back to the ropes.
Gaga is trying to break free.
Gaga trying to stall but Beattie improves his position.
Gaga crunches a lovely knee into Beattie's ribcage.
Beattie throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Beattie looking to throw knees to the head but Gaga is blocking nicely.
Beattie looking to throw knees to the head but Gaga is blocking nicely.
Gaga tries a knee to the head but Beattie blocks it.
Gaga wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beattie has him pressed against the ropes.
Gaga is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gaga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Beattie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gaga looking to slow down the pace here.
Beattie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beattie can't get the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaga landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Beattie misses with a knee to the head.
Beattie looks gassed!
Beattie blocks the elbow strike.
Gaga misses with a punch on the inside.
Gaga takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gaga lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gaga landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gaga with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gaga connects with a knee to the head.
Gaga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gaga dodges an elbow strike from Beattie.
Beattie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gaga unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beattie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Beattie is trying to drag Gaga to the mat but Gaga just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Gaga wants to stall.
Beattie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gaga misses with a knee to the head.
Gaga missing with knees to the body.
Beattie avoiding damage as Gaga throws knees to the body.
Beattie is trying to drag Gaga to the mat but Gaga just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Daimondi Gaga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arabian Beattie.
Beattie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gaga has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaga connects with a knee to the head.
Gaga throws a knee to the head but misses.
Beattie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beattie is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gaga is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Beattie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beattie lands an elbow just above Gaga 's eye.
Gaga takes an elbow to the temple.
Beattie misses with a knee to the head.
Beattie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Beattie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beattie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gaga tries to clinch up
and Beattie counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Beattie.
Beattie tries to land a knee to the head but Gaga blocks with his arms.
Gaga avoiding damage as Beattie throws knees to the body.
Gaga connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaga unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beattie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gaga misses with a knee strike.
Beattie blocks the elbow strike.
Beattie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gaga takes an elbow to the forehead.
Beattie breaks from the clinch.
Gaga swinging wilding here.
Gaga misses with a body kick.
Gaga darts in trying to clinch
and Beattie counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beattie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gaga looking to throw knees to the head but Beattie is blocking nicely.
Beattie throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Beattie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beattie scores with a knee to the head.
Beattie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beattie tries a head kick but it misses.
Gaga tries to clinch but Beattie moves away
and Beattie counters with a head kick. That will keep Gaga thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beattie moves into the clinch successfully.
Beattie managing to block the knees to the body from Gaga.
Gaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beattie with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Beattie.
Beattie lands a nice knee to the body.
Come on Beattie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gaga is trying to stall.
Nice elbow from Beattie.
Beattie avoiding damage as Gaga throws knees to the body.
Gaga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A knee to the head by Beattie.
Gaga misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Beattie.
Beattie lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beattie with a knee to the head.
Gaga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Beattie avoiding damage as Gaga throws knees to the body.
Beattie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Beattie.
Gaga looking to throw knees to the head but Beattie is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arabian Beattie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daimondi Gaga'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.
Beattie lands a head kick!
Beattie throws a sloppy head kick and Gaga moves out of range easily.
Gaga tries to clinch
and Beattie counters with a three punch combo that has Gaga backing up. Gaga nods at Beattie to acknowledge the strikes.
Gaga wants to clinch but Beattie slips to the side
and Beattie counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gaga is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gaga instigates a clinch.
Beattie landing knees to the head.
Beattie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gaga misses with a knee to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gaga. Beattie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gaga tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gaga tries to clinch up.
Gaga closes the distance looking to clinch
and Beattie counters with a head kick.
Gaga is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gaga misses with a head kick.
Oh Gaga is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beattie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Beattie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beattie throws a sloppy head kick and Gaga moves out of range easily.
Gaga seems to have got his legs back now.
A head kick misses from Beattie.
Gaga throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Beattie has closed the distance and engaged Gaga in a clinch.
Gaga throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gaga is trying to stall.
Beattie misses with a knee to the head.
Beattie lands a knee to the head.
Gaga trying to land knees to the body.
Gaga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beattie scores with a knee to the head.
Gaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beattie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beattie lands a nice elbow.
Gaga tries a knee to the head but Beattie blocks it.
Beattie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beattie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gaga backwards.
Beattie has Gaga pressed against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Beattie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaga scores with a knee to the head.
Beattie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gaga's face.
Gaga trying to land knees to the body.
Gaga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gaga wants to break free but Beattie has control.
Beattie misses with a knee to the head.
Gaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beattie blocks it with crossed arms.
Gaga misses with a knee strike.
Beattie tries a knee to the head but Gaga blocks it.
Gaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beattie blocks it with crossed arms.
Arabian Beattie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Beattie manages to break the clinch.
Gaga clinches but Beattie breaks the clinch
and Beattie counters by clinching up.
Gaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beattie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beattie with a knee to the head.
Gaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beattie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gaga misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Beattie.
Beattie misses with a knee to the head.
Beattie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gaga lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beattie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gaga tries to land a knee to the head but Beattie blocks with his arms.
Beattie has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Gaga is trying to keep an underhook but Beattie manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Gaga wants to improve his position but Beattie is controlling well.
Gaga wants to get back to full guard but Beattie has passed into side control.
Gaga wants to control but Beattie is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaga is looking to improve his position but Beattie isn't that keen on the idea.
Gaga is working hard here to advance position.
Beattie pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Beattie with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arabian Beattie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Daimondi Gaga'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. This is the final round!
Gaga tries to clinch but Beattie moves away
and Beattie counters with a head kick that drops Gaga - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
Gaga wants to get back to full guard.
Beattie stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Gaga to get to his feet.
Beattie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Beattie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gaga shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head kick by Beattie misses
and Gaga counters with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beattie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beattie throws a sloppy head kick
and Gaga counters with a thumping low kick.
Beattie has Gaga up against the ropes in a clinch.
Beattie drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gaga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beattie is working for takedown but Gaga is calmly controlling the position for now.
Beattie avoiding damage as Gaga throws knees to the body.
Beattie looking to throw knees to the head but Gaga is blocking nicely.
Gaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beattie tries a knee to the head but Gaga blocks it.
Gaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gaga tries a knee to the head but Beattie blocks it.
Beattie scores a nice knee to the body.
Gaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Beattie.
Beattie misses with a knee to the head.
Beattie lands an elbow just above Gaga 's eye.
Beattie scores with a shot to the side of Gaga's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gaga is trying to break free.
Beattie is leaning against Gaga and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Beattie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Beattie looking to stall.
Gaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beattie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beattie looking to stall.
Beattie is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Gaga has denied him.
Gaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The is referee keeping an eye on Beattie - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gaga is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Gaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beattie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Come on Beattie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Beattie lands a knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Beattie as Gaga tries to tie him up.
Beattie is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gaga lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beattie misses with a knee to the head.
Gaga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Beattie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Beattie stalling in the clinch but Gaga improves position.
Gaga missing with knees to the body.
Beattie managing to block the knees to the body from Gaga.
Beattie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gaga avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Daimondi Gaga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arabian Beattie.
Gaga lands an elbow inside.
Gaga looking to throw knees to the head but Beattie is blocking nicely.
Beattie lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gaga has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Beattie is working away from the top position though.
Gaga is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Beattie's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Beattie's back!
Gaga working for a choke but Beattie is defending well.
Beattie preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Gaga.
Arabian Beattie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beattie is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Daimondi Gaga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beattie defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Gaga is not going to allow Beattie to sit and survive in this position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arabian Beattie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beattie has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arabian Beattie!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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