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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anton Ilmarinen (ranked 242 p4p, 326 weight class) and Adrian Adamos (ranked 11 p4p, 40 weight class). Adamos is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Watch. On his way into the cage it seems that Anton Ilmarinen has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Anton Ilmarinen seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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18 - 5 - 0 |
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195
14 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anton Ilmarinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adrian Adamos!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adamos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ilmarinen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Anton Ilmarinen has been cut.
Ilmarinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adamos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ilmarinen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Adamos on the side of the head.
Ilmarinen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Adamos tries to roll over but Ilmarinen keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ilmarinen controlling the action here.
Ilmarinen trying to control from half guard but Adamos is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilmarinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ilmarinen thows a huge punch but Adamos dodges it nicely.
Ilmarinen wants to take a breather but Adamos is having none of it.
Ilmarinen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ilmarinen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ilmarinen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Adamos does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ilmarinen working the head and body with strikes.
Ilmarinen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ilmarinen not doing much here.
Ilmarinen is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adamos tries to get to full guard but Ilmarinen has control of the leg.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Adamos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ilmarinen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ilmarinen sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ilmarinen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Adamos doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Adamos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ilmarinen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Adamos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ilmarinen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ilmarinen is trying to control the action in half guard but Adamos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ilmarinen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Adamos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ilmarinen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Adamos defending well though.
Ilmarinen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ilmarinen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Adamos has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ilmarinen thows a huge punch but Adamos dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen wants to control but Adamos is keeping him busy.
Ilmarinen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ilmarinen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Well, if Ilmarinen is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Ilmarinen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ilmarinen throwing shots but Adamos is blocking nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anton Ilmarinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anton Ilmarinen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ilmarinen lands with an overhand left.
Ilmarinen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Adrian Adamos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ilmarinen throws a series of punches but Adamos avoids them all with ease.
Ilmarinen slips under a jab from Adamos.
Ilmarinen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Ilmarinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adamos.
Adamos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ilmarinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adamos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ilmarinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adamos.
Ilmarinen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ilmarinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adamos was well out of range. Poor timing from Ilmarinen.
Adamos swings for the body but Ilmarinen moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ilmarinen momentarily.
A slow jab from Adamos misses its intended target.
Adamos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ilmarinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Adamos.
Ilmarinen scores with a decent looking hook.
Ilmarinen shoots in for a takedown but Adamos shows good takedown defense.
Adamos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Adamos looks to land a right hand but Ilmarinen moved out of range.
Ilmarinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adamos.
Adamos misses with a hook. Ilmarinen ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adamos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ilmarinen throws out the jab.
Ilmarinen throws a hook but Adamos avoids it easily.
Ilmarinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adamos.
A big left from Adamos misses.
Adamos tries to clinch up.
Ilmarinen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Nice defenses there by Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen missing with a left hand there. Adamos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adamos takes a jab right on the kisser.
Adamos stuffs the takedown attempt from Ilmarinen. Ilmarinen gets slowly back to his feet.
Adamos now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Ilmarinen. Beautiful body shot.
Ilmarinen defending well as Adamos loads up on a big left hand.
Ilmarinen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Ilmarinen throws a body punch but Adamos moves out of range.
A slow jab from Ilmarinen misses its intended target.
Ilmarinen throws a body punch but Adamos moves out of range.
Ilmarinen swings for the body but Adamos moves out of range.
It seemed like Adamos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Adrian Adamos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adamos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ilmarinen defending well as Adamos loads up on a big left hand.
Ilmarinen attempts a counter takedown but Adamos avoids it well and moves away.
Ilmarinen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Adamos looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen working the ground and pound but Adamos is defending the strikes.
Adamos trying to remain calm as Ilmarinen controls from the top position.
Ilmarinen tries to score with some ground and pound. Adamos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
An elbow from Ilmarinen crashes against the mat.
Ilmarinen tries for a kimura but Adamos is defending well.
Ilmarinen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Adamos has escaped the position, nice work there.
Ilmarinen advances nicely into full mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anton Ilmarinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anton Ilmarinen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ilmarinen throws a lazy right hand but Adamos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adamos misses with an uppercut
and Ilmarinen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ilmarinen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ilmarinen is looking to work some ground and pound but Adamos has wrist control.
Ilmarinen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ilmarinen working some strikes from top position.
Adamos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ilmarinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Adamos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ilmarinen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilmarinen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Adamos being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ilmarinen throwing strikes but missing.
Ilmarinen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ilmarinen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ilmarinen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Adrian Adamos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ilmarinen stays in close to Adamos's body and controls the position.
Ilmarinen trying to control but Adamos is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Ilmarinen moves away from the strike by Adamos.
Adamos throws a body shot but no joy.
Ilmarinen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Ilmarinen swings for the body but Adamos moves out of range.
Adamos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ilmarinen manages to avoid it.
Ilmarinen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Adamos manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Ilmarinen throws a big elbow that misses.
Ilmarinen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Adamos's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen throwing strikes but missing.
Ilmarinen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ilmarinen won't allow Adamos to sweep him here.
Ilmarinen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ilmarinen passes Adamos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ilmarinen content to control rather than advance.
Ilmarinen wants to take a breather but Adamos is having none of it.
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.
Adamos is trying is best to control the position here.
Ilmarinen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ilmarinen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Adamos's head.
Ilmarinen with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ilmarinen wants to take a breather but Adamos is having none of it.
Anton Ilmarinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ilmarinen controlling the action here.
Ilmarinen winds up and cracks Adamos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ilmarinen is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ilmarinen slows the pace down in half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anton Ilmarinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ilmarinen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anton Ilmarinen!
A victorious Anton Ilmarinen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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