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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Curt Beaudin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Haaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haaker has chosen Im Not Your Boyfriend as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
2 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Curt Beaudin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trent Haaker!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haaker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Haaker moves in looking to clinch but Beaudin pushes him off.
Haaker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Haaker tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Haaker moves away from the strike by Beaudin.
Haaker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beaudin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Haaker misses with an uppercut.
Haaker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haaker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beaudin.
Beaudin loads up on a big right hand but Haaker slips the punch.
Beaudin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Haaker.
Haaker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Beaudin counters with a nice leg kick.
Haaker looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beaudin scores with a punch to the head.
Beaudin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haaker doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big head kick from Beaudin and Haaker is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Haaker is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beaudin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Haaker is still in real trouble! Can Beaudin finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaudin lands a couple of digs.
Beaudin lands a couple of digs.
Beaudin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Haaker seems to have recovered his senses.
Beaudin clinches up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Beaudin.
Beaudin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Beaudin.
Beaudin gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Beaudin decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Beaudin instigates a clinch.
Beaudin lands a nice shot to the body.
Beaudin pushes Haaker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beaudin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Haaker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Haaker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Beaudin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trent Haaker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beaudin has closed the distance and engaged Haaker in a clinch.
Beaudin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beaudin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Haaker at a distance.
Beaudin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Haaker momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haaker throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beaudin counters with a nice body kick.
Haaker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beaudin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Beaudin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haaker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beaudin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Haaker.
Haaker misses with the combination.
Beaudin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Haaker's sensitive parts.
Haaker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beaudin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Haaker but Haaker pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Haaker misses with a wild combination.
Beaudin slips a jab from Haaker.
Haaker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Haaker looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haaker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beaudin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Haaker is looking to clinch but Beaudin is avoiding it.
Beaudin connects with the punch.
Some wild striking there from Haaker.
Haaker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beaudin.
Haaker looks to land a combination but Beaudin avoids it well.
Haaker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Beaudin throws a nice head kick!
Haaker misses with a double jab.
Haaker throws a right and a left that Beaudin avoids nicely.
Beaudin shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Haaker is trying to defend but Beaudin finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Beaudin trying to control from half guard but Haaker is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haaker is trying to stand back up but Beaudin is controlling him
Beaudin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Beaudin stands up out of the half guard.
Beaudin cracks Haaker with a good jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Beaudin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haaker misses with the combination.
Beaudin tries to clinch but Haaker is having none of it.
Haaker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beaudin circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danga de danga de dang - Beaudin scores with a four punch combination!
Haaker swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Beaudin counters with a thumping low kick.
Haaker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haaker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Curt Beaudin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Haaker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haaker throws a looping overhand right but Beaudin ducks down to avoid it.
Beaudin is looking to clinch.
Haaker throws a series of punches but Beaudin moves out of range.
Beaudin shoots in and bounces Haaker off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Beaudin is pushing down on Haaker's leg trying to pass to half guard. Haaker is fighting to maintain full guard but Beaudin has managed to sneak the leg through.
Beaudin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Beaudin is working for a submission of some sort.
Haaker wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haaker wants to get back to full guard.
Beaudin lands strikes from half guard.
Beaudin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Beaudin 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.
Beaudin gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
The fighters circle momentarily. Beaudin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Beaudin scores with a nice strike.
Haaker throws a big shot that misses.
Beaudin throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Haaker's head.
Haaker tries to clinch there but Beaudin circles away.
Beaudin gets a clinch.
Haaker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beaudin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haaker avoids the head kick by Beaudin.
Haaker takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Haaker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Haaker misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haaker misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Haaker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beaudin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beaudin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Haaker slips a straight right by Beaudin.
Haaker looks to land a combination but Beaudin avoids it well.
Haaker throws a combination that misses
and Beaudin counters with a nice uppercut.
Trent Haaker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haaker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice defenses there by Haaker.
Haaker is looking to clinch but Beaudin is avoiding it.
Beaudin lands with a nice body kick.
Good leg kick by Beaudin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A combination from Haaker does no damage.
Beaudin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Haaker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaudin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haaker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haaker scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Haaker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Haaker misses with a double jab
and Beaudin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Haaker circles away from the clinch attempt.
No joy there for Haaker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Curt Beaudin is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Haaker.
A big left from Beaudin misses.
A head kick misses from Beaudin.
Beaudin darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Haaker tries to kick Beaudin off but Beaudin keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaudin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Beaudin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Haaker does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Haaker pushes Beaudin off and gets back to his feet.
Beaudin pushes Haaker up against the cage in a clinch.
Haaker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Beaudin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Beaudin has Haaker pressed against the cage, preventing Haaker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Beaudin manages to break the clinch.
Haaker throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beaudin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beaudin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Beaudin stops Haaker from getting back to his feet.
Beaudin drops an elbow to the side of Haaker's head.
Haaker makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Haaker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beaudin moves into the clinch successfully.
Haaker gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beaudin is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Haaker's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Haaker's back!
Beaudin working for a choke but Haaker is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Curt Beaudin dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Haaker looks to land a combination but Beaudin avoids it well.
Beaudin tries to clinch but Haaker is having none of it.
Beaudin closes the distance and clinches.
Beaudin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beaudin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haaker can do to turn this around?
Beaudin is looking to slow Haaker down with leg kicks.
Trent Haaker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Haaker does no damage.
Beaudin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Haaker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beaudin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haaker takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Haaker throws a series of punches but Beaudin moves out of range.
Beaudin lands a high kick!
Beaudin drives through and clinches with Haaker against the cage.
Beaudin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Beaudin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Haaker tries to clinch
and Beaudin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Beaudin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaudin gets to his feet - Haaker follows without any prompting.
Haaker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Haaker throws a series of punches but Beaudin moves out of range.
Beaudin thuds his right hand into Haaker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Haaker misses with a combination
and Beaudin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Haaker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Beaudin lands an uppercut.
Beaudin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haaker throws a hook but Beaudin blocks it.
Haaker throws a combination that misses
and Beaudin counters with a solid body kick.
Beaudin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Beaudin lands with a slapping head kick.
Beaudin scores with a decent looking hook.
Beaudin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haaker misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haaker walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Haaker throws a series of punches but Beaudin avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Beaudin.
Beaudin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beaudin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haaker misses with a wild combination.
Haaker misses with a double jab
letting Beaudin counter with a right hand.
Beaudin tries to clinch but Haaker is having none of it.
Beaudin scores with a kick to the body.
Beaudin lands a nice shot that snaps Haaker's head back.
Haaker throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Beaudin to counter with a crisp jab.
Beaudin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haaker moves forwards but Beaudin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Haaker swinging wilding here.
Curt Beaudin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haaker gets caught flat footed, as Beaudin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Beaudin trying to control the position from guard on top but Haaker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Beaudin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Haaker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Beaudin throws a nice looking combination but Haaker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haaker misses with a combination
and Beaudin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Haaker is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A punch combination from Haaker misses.
Beaudin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Haaker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beaudin scores with a shoulder strike.
Beaudin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Haaker throws a big shot that misses.
Beaudin clinches with his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haaker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beaudin has him pressed against the cage.
Haaker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beaudin has him pressed against the cage.
Beaudin manages to break the clinch.
Beaudin lands with an uppercut that bounces Haaker off the cage and back into rage.
Haaker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Beaudin.
Beaudin instigates a clinch.
Haaker is trying to force a seperation but Beaudin has the dominant position.
Beaudin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Haaker is trying to break free.
Beaudin scores a nice knee to the body.
Haaker takes a shot to the head.
Trent Haaker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Haaker fails to land.
A short right from Beaudin.
Haaker tries to circle away but Beaudin has him pinned against the cage.
Beaudin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Beaudin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Beaudin has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Haaker regains guard immediately.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curt Beaudin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Beaudin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curt Beaudin!
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energy
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hype
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