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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anton Ilmarinen (ranked 817 p4p, 1460 weight class) and Gerwazy Babula (ranked 120 p4p, 217 weight class). Babula has chosen Hey Buddy as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Gerwazy Babula was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anton Ilmarinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gerwazy Babula!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babula scores with a hook.
Babula throws an overhand right that lands on Ilmarinen's shoulder, as Ilmarinen tries to avoid the shot.
Ilmarinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Babula is just out of range.
Babula misses with a hook. Ilmarinen ducked under it nicely.
Ilmarinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Babula.
A cross from Babula lands.
It looks like Anton Ilmarinen has been cut.
Babula throws a shot from downtown. Ilmarinen moves away and avoids it.
Babula doesn't manage to clinch there - Ilmarinen circles away.
Ilmarinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ilmarinen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Babula's guard.
Ilmarinen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ilmarinen throws a big right hand that misses.
Ilmarinen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ilmarinen stands up over Babula, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Babula wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Babula avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ilmarinen slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilmarinen lands an elbow.
Ilmarinen taking a breather here.
Babula wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Ilmarinen is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Babula will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Ilmarinen prevents Babula from escaping the position.
Ilmarinen working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Babula wants to get back to his feet but Ilmarinen drags him back down.
Ilmarinen is staying tight to Babula's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ilmarinen trying to control the position but Babula is working away.
Ilmarinen grinds an elbow into Babula's temple.
Ilmarinen working the ground and pound from side control.
Babula is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ilmarinen has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Babula takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Ilmarinen is putting a hurting on Babula here, landing some big shots from side control.
Babula is not content to let Ilmarinen control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ilmarinen landing a few strikes.
Babula is trying to buck Ilmarinen off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen working the head with strikes.
Ilmarinen 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.
Ilmarinen trying to control the position but Babula is working away.
Babula is pushing Ilmarinen's head away, looking to escape. Ilmarinen manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Babula is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Babula takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Babula is rocked!
Babula is trying to get back to his feet.
Babula is still in real trouble! Can Ilmarinen finish him?
Ilmarinen taking a breather here.
Babula seems to have recovered his senses.
Ilmarinen working the body and head with strikes.
Ilmarinen scoring with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen slows the pace down.
Babula is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Ilmarinen asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Ilmarinen working the head with strikes.
Ilmarinen grinds an elbow into Babula's temple.
Babula is trying to buck Ilmarinen off.
Ilmarinen lands a few punches from side control.
Ilmarinen scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Babula is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Ilmarinen can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anton Ilmarinen!
Anton Ilmarinen retains his middleweight title!
A victorious Anton Ilmarinen 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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mgr
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