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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bacardi Briggs (ranked 3115 p4p, 3104 weight class) and Henri Saari (ranked 329 p4p, 327 weight class). Briggs kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Stopper by Cutty Ranks. Bacardi Briggs could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Henri Saari's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bacardi Briggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Henri Saari!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saari doesn't manage to clinch there - Briggs circles away.
Saari rushes Briggs and presses him up against the cage.
Briggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saari throws a punch but it's blocked by Briggs.
Briggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Saari.
A short left from Briggs.
Briggs is trying to push Saari away but Saari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Briggs works on Saari's body with a couple of short punches.
Saari working aggressively here.
Saari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saari misses with a punch on the inside.
Saari throws a punch but it's blocked by Briggs.
Saari gets through Briggs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Briggs scores with a nice hook to the head.
Briggs wants to get back to striking at distance but Saari won't allow it.
Briggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Briggs has had enough of the clinch but Saari keeps him there for the moment.
Briggs wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Briggs definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Briggs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saari has him pressed against the cage.
Briggs tries to break free but Saari pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saari throws a head punch that misses.
Briggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Briggs can't break the clinch.
Briggs is trying to break the clinch but Saari has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Briggs.
Saari has a couple of punches blocked by Briggs.
Saari misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Briggs.
Briggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Briggs tries to break free but Saari pushes him back against the cage.
Saari prevents Briggs from breaking the clinch.
Briggs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Saari has Briggs pressed against the cage, preventing Briggs from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Briggs wants to break the clinch but can't.
Saari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Saari creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Briggs is trying to break the clinch but Saari is controlling him.
Briggs tries to break free but Saari pushes him back against the cage.
Briggs blocks an uppercut.
Saari lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Saari fails to land.
Briggs blocking some punches.
Briggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Briggs is trying to break free.
Saari throws a head punch that misses.
Saari misses with the head strike.
Saari makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Briggs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saari has him pressed against the cage.
Briggs is looking to break free of the clinch but Saari has double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Briggs.
A short uppercut from Saari.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Briggs wants to break free but Saari has control.
Briggs tries to break free but Saari pushes him back against the cage.
Saari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Briggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Saari scores with a sloppy right hand. Briggs should have avoided that one.
Saari is looking to clinch but Briggs is avoiding it.
Briggs swats away the attempt to clinch by Saari.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saari moves away.
Briggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Saari is just out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Briggs.
Saari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Briggs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Briggs misses with a jab, cross combination.
Saari tries to clinch but Briggs moves out of range.
Briggs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Briggs keeps the fight on the outside.
A counter left hand to the body from Briggs misses its target.
Saari closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Briggs's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saari.
Briggs throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Briggs scores with a shoulder strike.
Briggs is trying to break the clinch but Saari is controlling him.
Briggs blocks an uppercut.
Saari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briggs blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Briggs's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Saari makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saari misses with the head strike.
Briggs blocking some punches.
We've been informed that Saari has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Briggs is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Saari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Briggs lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Briggs wants to break free but Saari has control.
A short right from Briggs.
Saari lands with a short shot to the head.
Briggs has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Saari misses with a hook from the clinch.
Briggs pushes Saari back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Saari looks winded!
Briggs gets through Saari's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Briggs scores with a shoulder strike.
Saari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Briggs lands a hook that snaps the head of Saari backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saari.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Henri Saari will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Saari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bacardi Briggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saari wants to clinch up but Briggs keeps it at a distance.
Saari pushes Briggs up against the cage in a clinch.
Saari misses with a punch on the inside.
Saari swings wildly with an uppercut but Briggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Briggs.
Briggs wants to break free but Saari has control.
Saari working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Briggs lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saari backwards.
Saari misses with a punch on the inside.
Briggs lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Briggs lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Saari backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Briggs is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Briggs blocks an uppercut.
Briggs is trying to break the clinch but Saari has him pressed against the cage.
Briggs lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saari backwards.
Briggs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saari has him pressed against the cage.
Saari has a couple of punches blocked by Briggs.
Briggs lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Saari.
Saari is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs working hard to break the clinch.
Briggs wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Saari in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Briggs working hard to break the clinch.
Briggs is trying to break the clinch but Saari is controlling him.
Briggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saari's elbow.
Briggs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Briggs lands a right hand.
Briggs can't break the clinch.
Briggs is trying to push Saari away but Saari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Briggs scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Briggs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Briggs is trying to break the clinch but Saari has him pressed against the cage.
Briggs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Briggs lands a body punch in the clinch.
Briggs lands a body punch in the clinch.
Briggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Briggs has had enough of the clinch but Saari keeps him there for the moment.
Briggs lands a left hand.
Briggs has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Briggs tries to break free but Saari pushes him back against the cage.
Briggs tries to break free but Saari pushes him back against the cage.
Briggs wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Briggs is trying to push Saari away but Saari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Briggs pushes Saari back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Briggs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bacardi Briggs has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Briggs looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Briggs wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Briggs is trying to force a seperation but Saari has the dominant position.
Saari misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Briggs's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Saari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saari misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Briggs tries to circle away but Saari has him pinned against the cage.
Briggs tries to break the clinch but Saari is controlling the position.
Briggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Briggs blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briggs is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Briggs tries to circle away but Saari has him pinned against the cage.
Saari misses with a punch on the inside.
Saari throws a head punch that misses.
Briggs is trying to break free.
Saari throws a punch but it's blocked by Briggs.
Saari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saari.
Briggs lands with a left to the head.
Briggs blocking some punches.
Briggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saari misses with a body punch.
Briggs wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Briggs wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Briggs is trying to break the clinch but Saari is controlling him.
Saari takes a shot to the head.
Saari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Briggs scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Briggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saari has a couple of punches blocked by Briggs.
Saari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Briggs blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Briggs's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Saari keeps control of Briggs as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Saari throws a punch but it's blocked by Briggs.
Briggs tries to break the clinch but Saari is controlling the position.
Briggs is trying to push Saari away but Saari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Briggs has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Saari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Briggs blocks an uppercut.
Briggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Saari.
Briggs scores with a hook to the body.
Saari prevents Briggs from breaking the clinch.
Briggs lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Briggs wants to break free but Saari has control.
Briggs has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bacardi Briggs dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Saari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Saari bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Briggs's head.
Saari is looking to clinch but Briggs is avoiding it.
Saari showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Briggs.
Saari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Briggs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saari takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Briggs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saari wants to clinch
and Briggs counters with a series of strikes that sends Saari to the canvas! Briggs follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
Saari is rocked!
Briggs trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Briggs trying to control but Saari is working from the bottom.
Briggs avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Saari working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Briggs.
Saari takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Briggs throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saari works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Briggs controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Saari looking for a sweep. Not yet Saari, not yet.
Briggs knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Saari on the ground.
Briggs postures up in Saari's guard and throws a big left but Saari blocks it.
Briggs throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Briggs throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saari works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Saari keeping full guard, as Briggs tries to pass.
Briggs trying to control the position from guard on top but Saari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Briggs loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Saari looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Briggs trying to control the position from guard on top but Saari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Briggs is looking to wear down Saari with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Briggs! Saari is backing up but he can't get away as Briggs lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Saari and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bacardi Briggs!
After winning the bout, Bacardi Briggs 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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