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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Metbal Skabetti (ranked 1417 p4p, 1265 weight class) and Pallas Anttonen (ranked 192 p4p, 166 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Metbal Skabetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pallas Anttonen!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anttonen connects with a nice looking jab.
Anttonen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Skabetti crunches a lovely knee into Anttonen's ribcage.
Anttonen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Skabetti has a couple of punches blocked by Anttonen.
Skabetti blocks a body shot from Anttonen.
Anttonen cracks Skabetti with a nice body shot.
Anttonen digs a right hand into Skabetti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skabetti's gas tank.
Anttonen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anttonen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Anttonen ducks under a wild hook from Skabetti.
Anttonen ducks right into an uppercut from Skabetti.
Nice body punch from Skabetti.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skabetti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Anttonen thuds his shin into the meat of Skabetti's side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skabetti moves out of range of the body kick.
Anttonen misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Skabetti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Skabetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Skabetti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pallas Anttonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anttonen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Skabetti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Skabetti tried to counter with a leg kick but Anttonen avoided it.
Skabetti swings for the body but Anttonen moves out of range.
Skabetti lands with a kick to the ribs.
A head kick by Skabetti misses
and Anttonen counters with a body kick.
Anttonen throws a head kick that misses.
Skabetti blocks a jab.
Skabetti swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anttonen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Skabetti misses with some punches.
Anttonen breaks from the clinch.
Anttonen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Metbal Skabetti has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anttonen 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.
Skabetti appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Skabetti throws a sloppy head kick
and Anttonen counters with a nice uppercut.
Anttonen throws a head kick but Skabetti moves out of range.
Anttonen scoring well with a low kick there.
Skabetti misses with a hook. Anttonen ducked under it nicely.
Nice shot lands for Anttonen.
Anttonen misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anttonen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anttonen cracks Skabetti with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Anttonen throws a good cross that connects.
Skabetti gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Skabetti stuns Anttonen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Anttonen loads up on a big right hand but Skabetti slips the punch.
Anttonen misses with an uppercut.
A little feinted left hand from Skabetti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Anttonen throws a leg kick but Skabetti checks it.
Anttonen misses with a right hand
and Skabetti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti connects with a good right hand that stumbles Anttonen. Anttonen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Skabetti misses with a low kick.
Anttonen avoids the body shot from Skabetti.
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!
Anttonen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Skabetti looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Anttonen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Skabetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anttonen scores with a jab to the body.
Anttonen sizes up Skabetti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Anttonen looks to land a body kick but Skabetti moved away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pallas Anttonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Metbal Skabetti's cut.
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.
Anttonen connects with an inside leg kick.
Skabetti throws a leg kick but Anttonen moved away.
Skabetti throws a big shot that misses.
Anttonen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Skabetti with a body shot.
Anttonen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Anttonen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Skabetti.
Skabetti slips a straight right by Anttonen.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Anttonen 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.
Anttonen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Skabetti on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anttonen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Skabetti's sensitive parts.
Anttonen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Skabetti misses with the head strike.
Skabetti tries to throw a body punch but Anttonen avoids it by throwing Skabetti back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skabetti lands a nice uppercut.
Anttonen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anttonen is working Skabetti over against the cage.
Skabetti throws a head punch that misses.
Anttonen can't find room to land a body shot as Skabetti controls the action.
Anttonen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Skabetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skabetti misses with some punches.
Anttonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Skabetti with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anttonen.
Anttonen lands a nice uppercut.
Skabetti cracks Anttonen with a nice body shot.
Anttonen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Anttonen lands a nice uppercut.
Anttonen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Anttonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anttonen lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anttonen prevents a body shot from Skabetti.
Skabetti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anttonen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Skabetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anttonen struggles to land a body shot inside as Skabetti controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anttonen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Skabetti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anttonen's elbow.
Skabetti blocks a body shot from Anttonen.
Skabetti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anttonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skabetti blocks a body shot from Anttonen.
Anttonen is trying to break the clinch but Skabetti is controlling him.
Anttonen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anttonen working aggressively here.
Anttonen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anttonen misses with a body punch.
Anttonen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Skabetti prevents a body shot from Anttonen.
Anttonen lands a right hand.
Anttonen tries to work over Skabetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anttonen tries to throw a body punch but Skabetti avoids it by throwing Anttonen back against the cage.
Skabetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Anttonen.
Anttonen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Anttonen can't find room to land a body shot as Skabetti controls the action.
Skabetti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Skabetti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Skabetti is working Anttonen over against the cage.
Skabetti missing with knees to the body.
Anttonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anttonen working aggressively here.
Skabetti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Skabetti lands a shoulder strike.
Anttonen working aggressively here.
Anttonen can't find room to land a body shot as Skabetti controls the action.
Skabetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anttonen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skabetti backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skabetti.
Skabetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Skabetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anttonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Skabetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skabetti working aggressively here.
Skabetti blocks a body shot from Anttonen.
Skabetti takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti misses with a knee to the head.
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 swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skabetti tries to land a knee to the head but Anttonen blocks with his arms.
Anttonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anttonen prevents a body shot from Skabetti.
Skabetti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anttonen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Anttonen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anttonen breaks the clinch.
Skabetti misses with a shot to the body
and Anttonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Skabetti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Anttonen misses with a left hand
letting Skabetti counter with a right hand.
Anttonen connects with an inside leg kick.
Anttonen looks to throw a body kick
and Skabetti counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Pallas Anttonen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Metbal Skabetti's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Anttonen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Anttonen misses with a wild body shot.
Anttonen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Skabetti, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skabetti.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skabetti.
Still in the clinch, Anttonen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anttonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Anttonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Skabetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anttonen scores with a shot to the side of Skabetti's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right handed body shot lands from Anttonen.
Anttonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anttonen lands a left hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Anttonen.
Skabetti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Anttonen.
Skabetti misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skabetti misses with some punches.
Anttonen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Anttonen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Anttonen - that landed with a thud.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anttonen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Skabetti backwards.
Skabetti tries to throw a body punch but Anttonen avoids it by throwing Skabetti back against the cage.
Anttonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anttonen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Anttonen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Skabetti misses its intended target.
Anttonen just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been told by Skabetti's head coaches at in shig we trust that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nice defenses there by Skabetti.
Skabetti swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Skabetti misses with a hook. Anttonen ducked under it nicely.
Anttonen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Skabetti with a body shot.
Anttonen missing with a left hand there. Skabetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Metbal Skabetti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Skabetti pivots, looking for a leg kick but Anttonen is out of range and Skabetti settles back down.
Anttonen lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anttonen tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice body punch from Anttonen.
Anttonen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Skabetti looks to land a right hand but Anttonen moved out of range.
Anttonen has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Anttonen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Anttonen tries to close the distance and clinch but Skabetti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti misses with a low kick as Anttonen jumps back.
Skabetti looks to land a left hand but Anttonen moved out of range nicely.
Anttonen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Anttonen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anttonen misses with a low kick.
Skabetti misses with a looping right.
As Skabetti backs off Anttonen throws a huge counter combo but Skabetti manages to avoid it all.
Anttonen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Anttonen gets a clinch.
Anttonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anttonen scores with a shot to the side of Skabetti's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skabetti looking to throw knees to the head but Anttonen is blocking nicely.
Anttonen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Skabetti.
Skabetti working aggressively here.
Skabetti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pallas Anttonen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Anttonen blocks an uppercut.
Anttonen tries to throw a body punch but Skabetti avoids it by throwing Anttonen back against the cage.
Anttonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skabetti's elbow.
Anttonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Skabetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skabetti looking to throw knees to the head but Anttonen is blocking nicely.
Anttonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Anttonen.
Anttonen clinches with his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pallas Anttonen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Anttonen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pallas Anttonen!
A relieved looking Pallas Anttonen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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