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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paha Henki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heikki Jaaskelainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaaskelainen has chosen Girl in a Uniform as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paha Henki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Heikki Jaaskelainen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henki throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Henki.
Jaaskelainen misses with a looping left.
Jaaskelainen is looking to clinch.
Jaaskelainen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Henki, pushing him back against the ropes.
Jaaskelainen has had enough of the clinch but Henki keeps him there for the moment.
Henki drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jaaskelainen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Heikki Jaaskelainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaaskelainen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jaaskelainen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jaaskelainen can't break the clinch.
Henki gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Henki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jaaskelainen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jaaskelainen is trying to maintain the position but Henki is very close to passing his half guard.
Henki is working for a submission of some sort.
Henki 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.
Jaaskelainen is defending against the submission attempts here by Henki.
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.
Henki thows a huge punch but Jaaskelainen dodges it nicely.
Jaaskelainen is trying to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Henki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Henki not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henki drops an elbow to the side of Jaaskelainen's head.
Henki will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Henki is looking for a kimura here.
Jaaskelainen pushes Henki off and gets back to his feet.
Jaaskelainen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Henki throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jaaskelainen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Henki is breathing heavily.
Henki working for a triangle but Jaaskelainen defends it easily.
Jaaskelainen lands a couple of digs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaaskelainen trying to control but Henki is working from the bottom.
Jaaskelainen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Henki escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jaaskelainen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Henki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jaaskelainen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jaaskelainen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jaaskelainen tries to stand but Henki is controlling from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jaaskelainen trying to control the position from guard on top but Henki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jaaskelainen stays in close to Henki's body and controls the position.
Henki has his foot on Jaaskelainen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jaaskelainen works his way back into a safe position though.
Jaaskelainen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Henki has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jaaskelainen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jaaskelainen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jaaskelainen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Henki's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paha Henki dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jaaskelainen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jaaskelainen tries to score with a low kick but Henki moves his leg out of the way.
Henki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jaaskelainen's waist but Jaaskelainen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henki off to one side.
A big left from Jaaskelainen misses.
Jaaskelainen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jaaskelainen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henki circles away quickly and effectively.
Henki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jaaskelainen.
Henki shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaaskelainen wants to clinch but Henki slips to the side
so Henki counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jaaskelainen is breathing heavily.
Henki won't allow Jaaskelainen to get back to his feet.
Henki drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Henki jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Henki trying to move into half guard but instead Jaaskelainen has managed to sweep!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jaaskelainen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Henki had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Jaaskelainen is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Henki Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Jaaskelainen's back instead.
Henki throwing sloppy strikes.
Henki controlling well, preventing Jaaskelainen from escaping the position.
Henki misses with an elbow to the head.
Jaaskelainen is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Henki looking for the choke but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaaskelainen trying to control the position but Henki manages to sink in the hooks.
Jaaskelainen is in a bad position with Henki working for a choke. Jaaskelainen manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment.
Henki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jaaskelainen is one step ahead there.
Jaaskelainen slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Henki.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henki is refusing to be controlled, as Jaaskelainen sits in half guard.
Henki looking for submissions off his back.
Well, if Jaaskelainen 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.
Henki misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Henki actively working from the bottom here.
Jaaskelainen keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jaaskelainen works his way into full mount!
Henki is working to get back to half guard.
Henki is squirming around, avoiding Jaaskelainen's attempts to control the action.
Paha Henki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Henki swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paha Henki dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Henki shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jaaskelainen pinned against the cage. Jaaskelainen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jaaskelainen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jaaskelainen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jaaskelainen throws a lazy body kick
and Henki counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jaaskelainen won't be happy with that.
Henki is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jaaskelainen is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Jaaskelainen is looking for a sweep.
Jaaskelainen is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Henki's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Henki is looking for a kimura here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jaaskelainen wants to control but Henki is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Henki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jaaskelainen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Henki looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Henki seems to be looking for submissions.
Jaaskelainen trying to control from the bottom.
That's two 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.
Henki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jaaskelainen defends it well.
Henki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jaaskelainen defends it well.
Henki moves nicely into side control.
Jaaskelainen wants to control but Henki postures up.
Jaaskelainen wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henki scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jaaskelainen to see if he's OK.
Henki wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jaaskelainen, who protects the arm well.
Jaaskelainen is trying to control Henki's posture but Henki avoids it.
Jaaskelainen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Jaaskelainen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Henki swings around for an armbar but Jaaskelainen sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Henki's guard.
Henki is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jaaskelainen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Henki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Henki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jaaskelainen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jaaskelainen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Heikki Jaaskelainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paha Henki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henki looking to control.
Jaaskelainen lands a couple of elbows.
Henki keeping moving, preventing Jaaskelainen from controlling successfully.
Henki has his foot on Jaaskelainen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jaaskelainen works his way back into a safe position though.
Henki is looking for a triangle but Jaaskelainen pushes his legs off easily.
Henki keeping moving, preventing Jaaskelainen from controlling successfully.
Henki striking off his back.
Henki is looking for a triangle but Jaaskelainen pushes his legs off easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paha Henki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Henki, 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paha Henki!
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FIGHT
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