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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Tetrev (ranked 1085 p4p, 1383 weight class) and Jed Hall (ranked 56 p4p, 90 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tomas Tetrev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jed Hall!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Tetrev - just one landing.
Tetrev tries to sprawl but Hall drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Tetrev is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tetrev wants to control but Hall is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tetrev tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Hall has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Tetrev is looking to improve his position but Hall isn't that keen on the idea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tetrev is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall unloading with bombs!
Tetrev tries to hold on but Hall pushes him away.
Tetrev working to try and regain half guard.
Tetrev tries to lock up and control but Hall gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hall is landing with some decent strikes but Tetrev is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tetrev is desperately trying to improve his position but Hall has a good base and remains in mount.
Tetrev gets back to half guard.
Hall missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tetrev wants to control but Hall is keeping busy.
Tetrev moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tetrev is trying to keep Hall in close.
Tetrev wants to sweep here but Hall controlling him for the moment.
Tetrev throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tetrev wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Hall is now in half guard.
Hall thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tetrev wants to control the action here but instead Hall manages to pass to full mount!
Tetrev is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tetrev is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tetrev is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hall avoids the attempt from Tetrev to control.
Tetrev is looking to improve his position but Hall isn't that keen on the idea.
Hall cracks Tetrev with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hall scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tetrev?
Hall landing strikes from the mount and Tetrev is in trouble!
Hall avoids the attempt from Tetrev to control.
Tetrev is desperately trying to improve his position but Hall has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tetrev gets back to half guard.
Tetrev makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tetrev.
Hall throwing strikes from guard but Tetrev blocks nicely.
Hall postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hall postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tetrev trying to keep a closed guard but Hall is proving a slippery customer.
Tetrev looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hall is one step ahead there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jed Hall dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A slow jab from Tetrev misses its intended target.
Tetrev looks to land a left hand but Hall moved out of range nicely.
Tetrev avoids the body shot from Hall.
Tetrev takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tetrev moves into the clinch.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tetrev tries to stall but Hall uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short left from Tetrev.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hall as Tetrev tries to tie him up.
Hall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hall has Tetrev pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tetrev manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tetrev lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall blocks an uppercut.
I was talking to Tetrev's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hall is looking for a takedown.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hall as Tetrev tries to tie him up.
Hall changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tetrev fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tomas Tetrev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jed Hall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tetrev circles away quickly and effectively.
Hall moves forwards but Tetrev connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hall lands a nice looking body shot.
Tetrev misses with an uppercut.
Tetrev lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hall backs up against the cage.
Hall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tetrev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Tetrev misses its intended target.
Hall has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tetrev throws a jab when Hall was well out of range.
Tetrev lands with a straight right. Hall didn't see that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tetrev. Hall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hall connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tetrev misses with a wild body shot.
Hall misses with a looping left.
Hall changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tetrev looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tetrev is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tetrev manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tetrev trying to control but Hall postures up.
Tetrev wants to get back to full guard.
Hall blocks the strikes from Tetrev.
Tetrev avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hall.
Tetrev keeping control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tetrev is trying to maintain the position but Hall is very close to passing his half guard.
Tetrev keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jed Hall has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tetrev taking some punishment here, with Hall in his half guard.
Tetrev wants to get back to full guard but Hall has passed into side control.
Tetrev gets back to half guard.
Tetrev trying to control but Hall postures up.
Tetrev wants to improve his position but Hall is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tetrev wants to get back to full guard but Hall has passed into side control.
Tetrev misses with a strike from the bottom.
Tetrev manages to work his way to half guard, despite Hall's best efforts.
Tetrev moves into full guard.
Tetrev looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hall is one step ahead there.
Tetrev is trying to hold Hall in close to prevent damage but Hall has managed to pass into half guard.
Tetrev gets back to full guard.
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 Tomas Tetrev will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Hall uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tetrev.
Hall with the counter takedown but Tetrev avoids it easily.
Tetrev throws a body punch but Hall moves out of range.
Hall changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Tetrev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hall is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Tetrev swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
Tetrev doesn't manage to clinch there - Hall circles away.
Hall with the counter takedown but Tetrev avoids it easily.
Tetrev throws an overhand right that lands on Hall's shoulder, as Hall tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Tetrev.
Tetrev lands with a nice body punch.
Tetrev misses with a wild body shot.
Tetrev feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Halls jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tetrev drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hall sprawls and moves away.
Tetrev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hall sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And Hall tries to counter it with a takedown but Tetrev pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A big right from Tetrev misses.
Hall works Tetrev's body with a nice hook.
Tetrev throws the left hand but Hall avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Tetrev.
Tomas Tetrev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tetrev scores with a nice right hand.
Tomas Tetrev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tetrev tries to close the distance and clinch but Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hall changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Tetrev fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hall, pushing him back against the cage.
Tetrev scores with a shoulder strike.
Tetrev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hall blocks an uppercut.
Hall gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tetrev is refusing to be controlled, as Hall sits in half guard.
Tetrev is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall controlling the action here.
Hall lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hall lands with a punch from half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tetrev is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tetrev works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hall must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tetrev wants to sweep but no luck.
Hall landing with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tetrev is trying to control the position but Hall postures up.
Tetrev looking for a sweep. Not yet Tetrev, not yet.
Hall lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hall wants to control from the top but Tetrev keeps moving.
Tetrev tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hall throws a big shot that misses.
Hall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tetrev lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hall slips under a jab from Tetrev.
And Hall tries to counter it with a takedown but Tetrev pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tetrev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Hall ducks under a wild hook from Tetrev.
Hall connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tetrev. Tetrev circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hall drops Tetrev with a left and a right! Oh, Tetrev is hurt - Hall dives into side control looking to finish!
It looks like Tomas Tetrev has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tetrev is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tetrev takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tetrev tries to control but Hall manages to take his back.
Hall struggling to keep hold of the position.
Tetrev wants to escape the position.
Hall looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jed Hall comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hall 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jed Hall!
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