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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jari Niskanen (ranked 4500 p4p, 4966 weight class) and Amr Zeineldin (ranked 489 p4p, 508 weight class). Niskanen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Kinslayer - Nightwish. Zeineldin has chosen The Fighter ft. Ryan Tedder as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jari Niskanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amr Zeineldin!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zeineldin is looking to clinch but Niskanen is avoiding it.
Zeineldin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Niskanen swivels and escapes.
Zeineldin is looking to clinch.
Niskanen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zeineldin doesn't seem bothered though.
Amr Zeineldin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Niskanen drives through with a takedown into Zeineldin's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Zeineldin being controlled here, momentarily.
Niskanen is in close to Zeineldin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zeineldin looking for a sweep. Not yet Zeineldin, not yet.
Niskanen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Zeineldin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niskanen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Niskanen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Zeineldin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Niskanen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Niskanen postures up and lands a big shot to Zeineldin's brow.
Niskanen controls from within his opponent's guard.
Niskanen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Niskanen's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Niskanen postures up and lands a big shot to Zeineldin's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Niskanen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Niskanen is in close to Zeineldin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Niskanen is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Zeineldin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Zeineldin looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeineldin can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Niskanen controls the pace.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Niskanen postures up and lands a big shot to Zeineldin's brow.
Niskanen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Niskanen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zeineldin's head.
Niskanen cracks Zeineldin with a solid left hand.
Niskanen advances to half guard.
Niskanen controlling the action here.
Zeineldin won't allow Niskanen to pass to mount.
Nice strikes from Niskanen there.
Niskanen lands strikes from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niskanen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zeineldin is looking to control Niskanen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Zeineldin avoid being mounted?
Niskanen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Niskanen working the head and body with strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Niskanen looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Niskanen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Zeineldin has closed the distance and engaged Niskanen in a clinch.
Niskanen lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Niskanen controlling the action here.
Zeineldin is trying to get back to full guard.
Niskanen controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niskanen lands strikes from half guard.
Niskanen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Niskanen in particular looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niskanen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Niskanen winds up and cracks Zeineldin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Still in half guard, Niskanen seems content to control.
Further stalling from Niskanen.
Zeineldin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Niskanen scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Niskanen in particular looking to stall.
Niskanen working Zeineldin over with strikes.
Zeineldin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Niskanen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Zeineldin is looking to control Niskanen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Zeineldin avoid being mounted?
Zeineldin is breathing heavily.
Niskanen with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Niskanen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jari Niskanen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Niskanen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Niskanen wants to pass to mount but Zeineldin is defending the position.
Niskanen not doing much here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Niskanen lands a nice short elbow.
Niskanen blocks the strikes from Zeineldin.
Niskanen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Niskanen working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zeineldin trying to control but Niskanen postures up.
Niskanen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Niskanen connects with a nice short shot to Zeineldin's temple.
Niskanen controlling the action here.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Niskanen is stinking the place up with his stalling.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Niskanen 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!
Zeineldin has a takedown stuffed.
Niskanen stuffs the takedown attempt from Zeineldin. Zeineldin gets slowly back to his feet.
Niskanen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zeineldin moves away.
Zeineldin is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Zeineldin doesn't manage to clinch there - Niskanen circles away.
Niskanen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Niskanen drives through with a takedown into Zeineldin's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Zeineldin kicks Niskanen off and gets to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zeineldin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Amr Zeineldin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Niskanen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Zeineldin looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Zeineldin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
You can see the frustration on Zeineldin's face as Niskanen controls the position.
Zeineldin looks to move to half guard but instead Niskanen has passed into mount! Damn!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niskanen controlling from mount.
Niskanen prevents Zeineldin from getting the reversal.
Niskanen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Niskanen looking to control and managing it successfully.
Niskanen cracks Zeineldin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Niskanen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Niskanen lands a nice shot to the head.
Zeineldin is rocked!
Niskanen controlling from the full mount.
Niskanen softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Zeineldin is out cold! Niskanen jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jari Niskanen!
Our winner, Jari Niskanen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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