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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Nyla (ranked 1347 p4p, 1300 weight class) and Adam East (ranked 180 p4p, 175 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 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sammy Nyla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adam East!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
East doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've been told by Nyla's head coaches at Crapollas Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
East lands with an uppercut that bounces Nyla off the cage and back into range.
Nyla staying out of range there.
Nyla tries to clinch up.
Nyla fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
East throws a series of punches but Nyla avoids them all with ease.
East takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A punch lands to the side of East 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nyla misses with a body shot.
East throws a right and a left that Nyla avoids nicely.
Nyla waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract East.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nyla's hands are dropping dangerously low here and East connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nyla scrambles back to his feet.
East lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyla throws a lazy right hand but East sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
East throws the left hand but Nyla avoids the punch easily.
Nyla wants to clinch but East slips to the side
letting East counter with a right hand.
East uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nyla takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nyla scores with a punch to the head.
Nyla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from East.
Nyla moves away from the strike by East.
An attempted straight right counter from Nyla misses the target.
Nyla cracks a nice hook into East's ribs.
Nyla throws an off balance right hand
and East connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice body punch from East.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
East jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice jab there from East.
East lands the left hand.
East steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nyla.
East is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nyla had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Donk. East catches Nyla right on the button with a cross.
A big right from Nyla misses.
East missing with a left hand there. Nyla was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nyla swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nyla throws a lazy right hand but East sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
East might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nice shot by East.
East uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
East moves out of range as Nyla strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyla moves out of range as East strikes.
Nyla lunges at East with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by East's hand.
East moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nyla lands a really nice looking cross but East seems unphased.
Nyla thows a left - swing and a miss!
East slips a jab from Nyla.
East throws out a counter right but Nyla avoids it with no problem.
Nyla is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nyla lands a jab to the nose.
East misses with a wild body shot.
East ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nyla moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Nyla misses the target.
East has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nyla uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from East.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nyla throws a poor cross that misses
and East counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nyla ducks under a wild hook from East.
East lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A cross from East lands.
East fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nyla looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
East throws a body punch but Nyla moves out of range.
Nyla misses with a lunging right hand
and East counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A punch lands to the side of East 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
East is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nyla.
A big right from East misses.
Nyla thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adam East dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
East takes a swing at Nyla's ribcage but misses.
Nyla has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nyla cracks East with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
East has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
East drops Nyla with a beautiful combination! Nyla stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - East is looking for the KO!
Nyla is rocked!
Nyla uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before East has time to react.
East takes one to the chin there.
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!
East scores with a body shot.
East scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nyla in his tracks.
Nyla tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but East was well out of range. Poor timing from Nyla.
A little jabbing left from East on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nyla with a hook.
Nyla throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
East throws out a counter right but Nyla avoids it with no problem.
Nyla throws an off balance right hand
and East counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
East is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nyla avoids the body shot from East.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyla swings widly with a right hand
letting East counter with a right hand.
Oh Nyla is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nyla throws the left hand but East avoids the punch easily.
Nyla seems to have got his legs back now.
East throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nyla throws a jab but it's blocked by East.
Nyla ducks under a wild hook from East.
Nyla displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as East throws out the jab.
Nyla scores with the left hand. East knows he should have avoided that one.
Nyla throws a lazy right hand but East sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nyla misses with a straight left.
Adam East seems to be getting the better of the standup.
East tries to move into range but Nyla moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
East slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
East blocks a jab.
East throws out a counter right but Nyla avoids it with no problem.
East has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
East moves away from the strike by Nyla.
East moves away from the strike by Nyla.
Nyla works East's body with a nice hook.
Nyla closes the distance but East moves to the side
and East counters with a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nyla takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
East ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from East! But no joy.
East takes a body punch but keeps moving.
East pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyla avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Nyla.
Nyla misses with a body shot
and East counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slow jab from Nyla misses its intended target.
Nyla takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nyla misses with a looping right.
Nyla misses with a right hand
and East counters with a stiff right hand.
Nyla throws out a loose jab but East uses good head movement to avoid it.
East fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nyla looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
East ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nyla moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
East throws the left hand but Nyla avoids the punch easily.
East throws a body punch but Nyla moves out of range.
Nyla just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Nyla misses the target.
East staying out of range there.
East gets tackled into the cage by Nyla. Nyla maintains the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nyla.
East has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Still in the clinch, Nyla scores with a nice short uppercut.
East blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nyla lands a shoulder strike.
Nyla scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nyla lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Sammy Nyla will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Nyla connects with a crisp jab.
Nyla throws a hook to the side of East's head but East sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Nyla misses.
A shot to the liver by East. Beautiful body shot.
Nyla throws a jab but it's blocked by East.
East throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nyla throws a shot from downtown. East moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like East was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nyla throws a hook to the side of East's head but East sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nyla takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nyla throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
East lunges at Nyla with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nyla's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
East throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nyla on the side of the head.
Nyla lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
East connects with a jab.
East lands a nice looking body shot.
Nyla misses with a looping right.
Nice shot lands for East.
East connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
East dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nyla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from East.
East connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Nyla misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Nyla misses the target.
Nyla displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as East throws out the jab.
Nyla ducks under a wild hook from East.
Nyla ducks down and throws a hook to the body but East moves away.
East throws out a counter right but Nyla avoids it with no problem.
East throws a looping overhand right but Nyla ducks down to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Nyla misses its target.
Nyla throws a looping overhand right but East ducks down to avoid it.
Nyla throws a looping overhand right but East ducks down to avoid it.
East ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nyla takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyla misses with a right hand
and East counters with a stiff right hand.
Nyla misses with an uppercut
and East counters with a left to the body.
East bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nyla throws a lazy right hand but East sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good shot there by East.
East misses with a double jab.
Nyla misses with a hook. East ducked under it nicely.
East misses with a wild combination.
Nyla gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nyla defending well as East loads up on a big left hand.
East tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nyla was well out of range. Poor timing from East.
Nyla throws out a loose jab but East uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nyla missing with a left hand there. East was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nyla throws a lazy uppercut
and East connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice jab there from Nyla.
East throws a body punch but Nyla moves out of range.
East moves out of range as Nyla strikes.
East scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adam East comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think East has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam East!
After winning the bout, Adam East 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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