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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Siale Veainu (ranked 316 p4p, 181 weight class) and DaMatti Matikainen (ranked 43 p4p, 25 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 35 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Siale Veainu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DaMatti Matikainen!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veainu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Matikainen.
Veainu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Matikainen lands a front kick.
Veainu moves away from the strike by Matikainen.
Matikainen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Veainu throws a body shot but no joy.
Matikainen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Veainu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Matikainen can pounce on him.
Some wild striking there from Matikainen.
Veainu lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like DaMatti Matikainen has been cut.
Veainu throws a right hand that Matikainen ducks under and follows up with a left that Matikainen also avoids with ease.
Matikainen cracks Veainu with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matikainen misses with a head kick.
Matikainen scores with a push kick.
Matikainen thows a body kick. Veainu tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A big left from Matikainen misses.
Veainu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veainu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matikainen thinks about the counter body kick.
Veainu misses with a wild body shot.
Matikainen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Veainu on the side of the head.
Matikainen misses with a kick to the body.
Veainu moves away from the strike by Matikainen.
Veainu checks a leg kick nicely.
Veainu blocks a low kick nicely.
Veainu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Matikainen can pounce on him.
Veainu cracks a nice hook into Matikainen's ribs.
Veainu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Matikainen doesn't seem bothered though.
Veainu misses with a wild body shot.
Matikainen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Matikainen looks to land a right hand but Veainu moved out of range.
Veainu is looking to counter punch.
Veainu throws a right hand that Matikainen ducks under and follows up with a left that Matikainen also avoids with ease.
A big left from Veainu misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen slips a straight right by Veainu.
Matikainen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Veainu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Matikainen keeps Veainu at a distance using the push kick.
Veainu is looking to wear down Matikainen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Matikainen misses with a low kick.
Veainu takes a swing at Matikainen's ribcage but misses.
Matikainen misses with a leg kick.
Matikainen throws a push kick but Veainu slaps the foot to one side.
Matikainen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick from Matikainen, right into the meat of the thigh.
That kick from Matikainen tenderised Veainu's leg. Veainu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Veainu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matikainen manages to avoid it.
Veainu throws a jab when Matikainen was well out of range.
Jab from Matikainen.
Veainu throws a hook but Matikainen avoids it easily.
Veainu just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veainu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Matikainen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Matikainen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Veainu blocks a leg kick.
Matikainen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Veainu.
Matikainen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Veainu circles away quickly and effectively.
Matikainen is looking to slow Veainu down with leg kicks.
Veainu misses with a few strikes there.
Matikainen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Matikainen throws a jab when Veainu was well out of range.
Veainu blocks a leg kick.
Matikainen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Veainu.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Veainu crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Matikainen - the referee stops the clock and Veainu gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Matikainen. Veainu manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Veainu connects with a looping right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matikainen lands an overhand right.
Matikainen slips a jab from Veainu.
Matikainen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Veainu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Matikainen jabs at Veainu's body.
Veainu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Matikainen cracks Veainu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Matikainen connects with an inside leg kick.
A low kick lands for Matikainen.
Veainu will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Matikainen.
Matikainen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Veainu takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Veainu misses with a straight left.
A low kick lands for Matikainen.
Matikainen tries a low kick but Veainu avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
DaMatti Matikainen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on DaMatti Matikainen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Matikainen cracks Veainu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Veainu catches Matikainen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Matikainen connects with an inside leg kick.
Matikainen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Veainu. That did some damage!
Veainu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Matikainen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Veainu counters with a right hand to the body.
Matikainen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Veainu throwing a counter right hand but Matikainen manages to avoid it.
Veainu throws a body shot but no joy.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Veainu might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Veainu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matikainen manages to avoid it.
Matikainen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Matikainen.
A clash of legs there as Veainu blocks the low kick.
Matikainen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Veainu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Veainu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Matikainen. Matikainen obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matikainen misses with a left hand
and Veainu counters with a straight right hand.
Matikainen fakes the leg kick and cracks Veainu in the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veainu moves away from the strike by Matikainen.
Matikainen throws a push kick but Veainu slaps the foot to one side.
Matikainen throws a leg kick but Veainu checks it.
Nice shot lands for Matikainen.
Veainu checks a leg kick nicely.
Veainu avoids a kick to the body.
DaMatti Matikainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Veainu slips under a jab.
Matikainen clobbers Veainu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Matikainen throws out a loose jab but Veainu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matikainen throws an overhand right that lands on Veainu's shoulder, as Veainu tries to avoid the shot.
Matikainen wants to land a leg kick but Veainu is out of range.
Matikainen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Veainu's sensitive parts.
DaMatti Matikainen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Matikainen throws a body kick that misses
and Veainu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matikainen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Veainu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A telegraphed right hand from Matikainen misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veainu slips a straight right by Matikainen.
Veainu is looking to counter punch.
Matikainen throws a series of punches but Veainu avoids them all with ease.
Matikainen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matikainen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Veainu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Matikainen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Veainu misses with a straight right.
Veainu blocks the body kick.
Veainu misses with an uppercut.
Veainu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Veainu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Matikainen doesn't seem bothered though.
Matikainen throws a wild body kick that Veainu sees coming a mile off.
Matikainen slips under a jab.
Veainu moves away from the strike by Matikainen.
Veainu throws a one two combo.
Matikainen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Veainu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veainu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Veainu tries to clinch there but Matikainen circles away.
Matikainen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Veainu swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matikainen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Veainu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Veainu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Matikainen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Veainu.
Veainu takes a swing at Matikainen's ribcage but misses.
Veainu blocks a jab.
Matikainen throws a leg kick
and Veainu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Veainu misses the target.
A leg kick checked by Veainu.
Veainu misses with a right hand
and Matikainen counters with an inside leg kick.
Veainu throws a looping overhand right but Matikainen ducks down to avoid it.
Veainu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matikainen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Siale Veainu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veainu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Matikainen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Veainu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Veainu moves out of range as Matikainen strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matikainen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matikainen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matikainen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Matikainen misses with a hook.
Veainu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Matikainen at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Matikainen.
Matikainen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Matikainen avoids the body shot from Veainu.
Matikainen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Veainu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Veainu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Matikainen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but DaMatti Matikainen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on DaMatti Matikainen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Veainu lands the left hand.
Matikainen misses with a hook.
Matikainen lands with a cross.
Matikainen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Matikainen.
Matikainen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Matikainen.
Veainu misses with a hook. Matikainen ducked under it nicely.
Matikainen follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Veainu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Matikainen.
Matikainen connects with a solid leg kick.
Veainu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matikainen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Matikainen thumps Veainu with a low kick.
A head kick from Matikainen lands but Veainu takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A good leg kick by Matikainen.
Veainu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veainu misses the shot to the body.
Matikainen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Veainu checks a leg kick.
Matikainen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Veainu misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Matikainen! But no joy.
Veainu misses with a wild body shot.
Matikainen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Veainu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Matikainen is looking to chop away at Veainu's legs.
Veainu blocks a head kick by Matikainen.
Veainu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Matikainen connects with a solid leg kick.
Matikainen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Veainu checks a leg kick.
Veainu takes a swing at Matikainen's ribcage but misses.
Matikainen scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veainu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matikainen was well out of range. Poor timing from Veainu.
Veainu scores with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Matikainen misses its intended target.
It looked like Veainu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A leg kick checked by Veainu.
Veainu blocks a head kick by Matikainen.
Matikainen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Veainu misses with a right hand
and Matikainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Veainu avoids the head kick by Matikainen.
Veainu throwing a counter right hand but Matikainen manages to avoid it.
Matikainen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Matikainen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Veainu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Matikainen's hands.
Veainu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Veainu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matikainen manages to avoid it.
Despite the aggression on Matikainen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Veainu misses the shot to the body.
Veainu throws a jab when Matikainen was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matikainen misses with a head kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Veainu misses its target.
Veainu checks a low kick from Matikainen.
Matikainen lands a leg kick that knocks Veainu off balance momentarily.
Veainu throws a lazy right hand but Matikainen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Veainu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matikainen throws out the jab.
It looked like Veainu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Matikainen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Veainu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Veainu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Veainu missing with a left hand there. Matikainen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matikainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Veainu was well out of range. Poor timing from Matikainen.
An attempted straight right counter from Veainu misses the target.
Veainu just misses with a punch to the body.
Veainu misses with a wild body shot.
Veainu misses with the combination.
Veainu lands the left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veainu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matikainen.
Good leg kick by Matikainen.
Matikainen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Matikainen throws a hook to the side of Veainu's head but Veainu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Veainu on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A cross from Matikainen lands.
Matikainen ducks under a wild hook from Veainu.
Matikainen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Veainu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Matikainen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Veainu takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Matikainen throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
DaMatti Matikainen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Matikainen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DaMatti Matikainen!
After winning the bout, DaMatti Matikainen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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RATING
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