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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Antony (ranked 1085 p4p, 1181 weight class) and Metbal Skabetti (ranked 158 p4p, 171 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Antony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Metbal Skabetti!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antony fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Skabetti has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Antony tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Skabetti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Antony looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A good leg kick by Antony.
Skabetti defending well as Antony loads up on a big left hand.
Antony misses with a body kick.
Antony avoids the body shot from Skabetti.
Nice body kick there by Antony.
Antony connects with the punch.
It looks like Metbal Skabetti has been cut.
Skabetti fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Skabetti shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Antony misses with a straight left.
A little jabbing left from Skabetti on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Antony darts in and clinches Skabetti up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Antony swings wildly with an uppercut but Skabetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Antony.
Antony pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Antony throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Skabetti throws a leg kick
and Antony counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from Skabetti.
Antony throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Antony misses with a body shot.
Skabetti appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Skabetti scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Antony doesn't seem bothered though.
A jab from Skabetti misses.
Mark Antony seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antony is looking to land body kicks.
Antony throws a head kick but Skabetti moves out of range.
Antony looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Antony has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Skabetti finds it's way round the side to connect with Antony's head.
It looks like Mark Antony has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antony is looking to clinch.
Antony misses with a body punch
and Skabetti counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A big left from Skabetti misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skabetti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Antony. That did some damage!
Antony clinches up against the cage.
Antony misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Skabetti struggles to land a body shot inside as Antony controls his hands.
Antony misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Antony.
Skabetti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Antony avoids it.
Skabetti lands a nice shot to the body.
Skabetti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Antony has a couple of punches blocked by Skabetti.
Skabetti tries to throw a body punch but Antony avoids it by throwing Skabetti back against the cage.
Antony goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Skabetti keeps control of Antony as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Skabetti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Antony.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antony lands a shot to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Skabetti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Antony blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Antony scores with a nice short uppercut.
Antony works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Antony tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Skabetti lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Antony.
Skabetti with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Skabetti.
Skabetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Antony's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Antony throws out a powerful jab.
Skabetti looks to land a left hand but Antony moved out of range nicely.
Antony throws a leg kick which misses Skabetti's front leg but catches the back leg as Skabetti tries to avoid it.
Skabetti missing with a left hand there. Antony was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Skabetti stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Antony.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antony closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Skabetti lands with a short shot to the head.
Skabetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skabetti scores a nice knee to the body.
Skabetti working aggressively here.
Antony stalling in the clinch but Skabetti improves position.
A short right from Skabetti.
Antony lands an uppercut.
Antony goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Skabetti misses with a punch to the body.
Antony misses with a hook to the ribs.
Antony has a couple of punches blocked by Skabetti.
Antony goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Skabetti scores with a nice short uppercut.
Skabetti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Skabetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Antony.
Skabetti throws a head punch that misses.
Skabetti being controlled against the cage.
Skabetti working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mark Antony will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Antony ducks right into an uppercut from Skabetti.
Antony catches Skabetti with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Antony tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skabetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Antony.
Antony misses with a low kick.
Skabetti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Skabetti tries to score with a low kick but Antony moves his leg out of the way.
Antony lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Antony misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antony connects with a single shot there.
Skabetti takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Antony walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Antony lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skabetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Skabetti looks to land a right hand but Antony moved out of range.
Skabetti bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Antony's head.
A big left from Skabetti misses.
Antony throws a leg kick that is checked
and Skabetti counters with a nice uppercut.
Skabetti lands a head shot.
Skabetti has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Antony.
Antony uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Skabetti.
Skabetti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Skabetti throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Antony tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Skabetti is able to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antony slips under a jab.
Skabetti throws a right hand that misses
and Antony counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Skabetti thinking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy body kick from Antony
and Skabetti counters with a slapping leg kick.
Antony avoids a kick to the body.
Skabetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Antony.
Skabetti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Antony looks to score with a jab to the body but Skabetti is just out of range.
A big left from Skabetti misses.
Skabetti lands a head shot.
Skabetti throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Antony throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antony misses with a looping left.
Skabetti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Antony lands with an uppercut that bounces Skabetti off the cage and back into range.
Antony misses with a hook
and Skabetti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mark Antony's cut is getting worse.
Skabetti scores with a jab. Antony acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mark Antony is winning the standup battle so far.
A solid body kick from Antony.
A good leg kick by Antony.
Skabetti scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Skabetti misses with a wild body shot.
Antony tries to counter by clinching up but Skabetti breaks away and moves out of range.
Antony scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antony misses with a straight right.
Skabetti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Antony throws a hook but Skabetti avoids it easily.
Antony walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Skabetti checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Skabetti ducks under a wild hook from Antony.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skabetti looks to throw the jab but Antony is out of range.
Antony tries to move into range but Skabetti moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mark Antony's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Antony tries to clinch there but Skabetti circles away.
Skabetti misses with a hook
and Antony counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Skabetti bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Antony's head.
A low kick lands for Antony.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Antony - that will leave a mark!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Metbal Skabetti will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Antony throws a body punch but Skabetti moves out of range.
Antony throws a leg kick
and Skabetti counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Skabetti tries a low kick but Antony avoids it.
Antony ducks under a wild hook from Skabetti.
Antony blocks the body kick.
Antony closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Skabetti to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antony looks for the body kick but Skabetti saw that one coming.
Antony throws a hook to the side of Skabetti's head but Skabetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Skabetti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Skabetti takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Antony misses.
Antony fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Antony moves forwards but Skabetti connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Skabetti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Antony.
Antony lands a nice shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Antony.
Skabetti tries to work over Antony's front leg with a kick but Antony checks it.
Antony throws a right hand that misses
and Skabetti counters with a solid body kick.
Antony bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Antony.
Skabetti throws a body punch but Antony moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antony fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Skabetti has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Antony swings away with a body shot that misses
and Skabetti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Skabetti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Antony clinches with his opponent.
Antony doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skabetti.
Antony blocking some punches.
Antony goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Skabetti scores with a shot to the side of Antony's head.
Antony throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Skabetti fails to land.
Antony misses with the head strike.
A short left from Skabetti.
A left hand lands to the body for Antony.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Antony.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Antony on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Skabetti scores with a nice short uppercut.
Skabetti throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Skabetti.
Skabetti has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Antony.
Still in the clinch, Skabetti scores with a nice short uppercut.
Antony has a couple of punches blocked by Skabetti.
Antony misses with a hook to the ribs.
Antony throws a head punch that misses.
Skabetti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Antony is defending well for now.
Skabetti lands with a right to the head.
Skabetti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skabetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skabetti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Skabetti blocks a body shot from Antony.
A head punch on the inside from Skabetti fails to land.
Antony can't find room to land a body shot as Skabetti controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Antony.
A right handed body shot lands from Antony.
Skabetti blocks a body shot from Antony.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Antony misses with a punch to the body.
Antony prevents a body shot from Skabetti.
Skabetti blocking some punches.
Skabetti scores with a shoulder strike.
Skabetti is leaning against Antony and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Skabetti blocking some punches.
Skabetti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Skabetti pushes Antony back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Antony tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skabetti's elbow.
Antony working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Skabetti landing knees to the body.
Skabetti is working Antony over against the cage.
A short right from Skabetti.
Antony tries to throw a body punch but Skabetti avoids it by throwing Antony back against the cage.
Skabetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Antony uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skabetti landing knees to the head.
Jeez, Mark Antony's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Skabetti's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Skabetti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that's the end of the fight!
Metbal Skabetti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Skabetti 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Metbal Skabetti!
Metbal Skabetti decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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