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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Patrik Mustonen (ranked 2773 p4p, 3032 weight class) and Nikola Tesla (ranked 343 p4p, 375 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrik Mustonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nikola Tesla!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tesla shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mustonen as he avoids it easily.
Mustonen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tesla changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Mustonen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mustonen gets a clinch.
Mustonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tesla has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mustonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tesla.
Tesla stalling.
Mustonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Tesla avoids the damage to the body.
Tesla misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tesla tries to throw a body punch but Mustonen avoids it by throwing Tesla back against the cage.
Tesla takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mustonen tries to work over Tesla's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mustonen crunches a lovely knee into Tesla's ribcage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mustonen landing knees to the body.
Tesla takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mustonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tesla has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mustonen lands a good knee to the midsection. Tesla won't want to take too many of those.
Tesla looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mustonen.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustonen lands a knee to the body.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mustonen connects with a knee to the head.
Mustonen working Tesla over with knees to the body.
Mustonen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tesla in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tesla lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mustonen landing knees to the body.
Mustonen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tesla's face.
Mustonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mustonen with a knee to the head.
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!
Mustonen lands a nice knee to the body.
Tesla misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mustonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mustonen with a knee to the head.
Mustonen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mustonen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tesla avoiding damage as Mustonen throws knees to the body.
Mustonen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tesla lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mustonen backwards.
Mustonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tesla.
Knees to the body from Mustonen.
Tesla misses with the head strike.
Mustonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Tesla scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mustonen lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mustonen obliges.
Tesla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Mustonen.
Tesla goes for a takedown attempt but Mustonen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tesla misses with a hook to the body
and Mustonen counters by clinching up.
A short uppercut from Tesla.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tesla lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mustonen obliges.
Knees to the body from Mustonen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tesla takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mustonen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mustonen landing knees to the head.
Tesla is looking to take this one to the mat.
Patrik Mustonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nikola Tesla.
Mustonen lands a nice knee to the body.
Mustonen scores with a knee to the head.
Mustonen lands a good knee to the midsection. Tesla won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Mustonen.
Mustonen scores with a knee to the head.
Tesla takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A knee to the head by Mustonen.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Mustonen scores a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mustonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Tesla takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mustonen prevents a body shot from Tesla.
Tesla looking to stall.
Tesla goes for a takedown attempt but Mustonen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mustonen scores with a nice body kick.
Tesla swings for the body but Mustonen moves out of range.
Mustonen tries to counter by clinching up but Tesla breaks away and moves out of range.
Mustonen tries to clinch up.
And Tesla tries to counter it with a takedown but Mustonen pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tesla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mustonen.
Mustonen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mustonen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patrik Mustonen 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.
Tesla throws a body shot but no joy.
Mustonen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mustonen moves out of range as Tesla strikes.
Tesla just misses with a punch to the body.
Tesla misses with the combination.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Mustonen. Tesla shrugs it off though.
Mustonen scores with a kick to the body.
Tesla swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mustonen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Mustonen.
Mustonen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tesla, pushing him back against the cage.
Mustonen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tesla in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tesla is breathing heavily.
Mustonen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mustonen crunches a lovely knee into Tesla's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustonen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mustonen lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mustonen.
Mustonen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tesla tries to stall but Mustonen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mustonen.
Mustonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tesla can do to turn this around?
Mustonen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mustonen.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mustonen obliges.
Mustonen crunches a lovely knee into Tesla's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mustonen lands a knee to the head.
Mustonen crunches a lovely knee into Tesla's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tesla's face.
Mustonen landing knees to the head.
Mustonen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tesla taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mustonen lands a knee to the head.
Mustonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tesla.
Mustonen misses with a knee strike.
Mustonen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mustonen.
Tesla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mustonen landing knees to the body.
Patrik Mustonen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tesla gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Tesla wants to control from the top but Mustonen keeps moving.
Mustonen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mustonen tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tesla missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tesla loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mustonen wants to sweep here but Tesla controlling him for the moment.
Tesla throws a big elbow that misses.
Tesla trying to control but Mustonen is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Tesla throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tesla tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Mustonen defends well and Tesla ends up having to push Mustonen into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tesla throws a series of punches but Mustonen moves out of range.
Tesla swings widly with a right hand
and Mustonen moves into the clinch.
Tesla struggles to land a body shot inside as Mustonen controls his hands.
Mustonen missing with knees to the body.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Tesla working aggressively here.
Mustonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tesla avoids it.
Tesla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mustonen misses with a knee strike.
Mustonen scores with a knee to the head.
Mustonen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mustonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Tesla avoids the damage to the body.
Tesla tries a body shot but Mustonen blocks it.
Mustonen tries a knee to the head but Tesla blocks it.
Tesla managing to block the knees to the body from Mustonen.
Tesla content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patrik Mustonen dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Tesla misses the shot to the body.
Nikola Tesla is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tesla scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tesla is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mustonen rather than just go for the knockout.
Mustonen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tesla swings widly with a right hand
and Mustonen counters with a thumping low kick.
Tesla misses with a left hand
and Mustonen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tesla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tesla lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tesla misses with the head strike.
Mustonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tesla blocks it with crossed arms.
Tesla can't get the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tesla misses with the head strike.
Mustonen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tesla displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mustonen up against the cage.
Mustonen prevents a body shot from Tesla.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustonen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tesla avoiding damage as Mustonen throws knees to the body.
Tesla avoiding damage as Mustonen throws knees to the body.
Tesla doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mustonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tesla working aggressively here.
Mustonen misses with a knee to the head.
Tesla doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Tesla.
Mustonen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mustonen lands a knee to the head.
Mustonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tesla avoids it.
Mustonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tesla is defending well for now.
Mustonen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tesla drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tesla lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tesla tries to score a body lock takedown but Mustonen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Patrik Mustonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nikola Tesla.
Mustonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tesla is defending well for now.
Tesla doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tesla throws a punch but it's blocked by Mustonen.
Mustonen misses with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mustonen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Mustonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Tesla avoids the damage to the body.
Tesla tries to throw a body punch but Mustonen avoids it by throwing Tesla back against the cage.
Tesla tries to score a body lock takedown but Mustonen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mustonen connects with a knee to the head.
Mustonen tries a knee to the head but Tesla blocks it.
Tesla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mustonen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tesla avoiding damage as Mustonen throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tesla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mustonen tries a knee to the head but Tesla blocks it.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Tesla working aggressively here.
Tesla leaning against his opponent.
Tesla working aggressively here.
Tesla tries a body shot but Mustonen blocks it.
Tesla trying to stall but Mustonen improves his position.
Mustonen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Mustonen.
Tesla managing to block the knees to the body from Mustonen.
Tesla lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tesla avoiding damage as Mustonen throws knees to the body.
Tesla managing to block the knees to the body from Mustonen.
Mustonen tries to land a knee to the head but Tesla blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tesla misses with some punches.
Tesla can't find room to land a body shot as Mustonen controls the action.
Tesla wants to take the fight to the mat but Mustonen manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Mustonen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mustonen connects with a knee to the head.
Mustonen crunches a lovely knee into Tesla's ribcage.
Mustonen lands a good knee to the midsection. Tesla won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Tesla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mustonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tesla.
Tesla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tesla creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tesla is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mustonen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tesla wants to take the fight to the mat but Mustonen manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Mustonen.
Tesla managing to block the knees to the body from Mustonen.
Nikola Tesla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mustonen blocks a body shot from Tesla.
And that's the end of the fight!
Patrik Mustonen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mustonen, 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrik Mustonen!
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