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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Little Mac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ville Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Virtanen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pantera - Strength Beyond Strength kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Little Mac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ville Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Virtanen tries to clinch but Mac is having none of it.
A punch combination from Mac misses.
Mac steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Virtanen. That one must have hurt.
Virtanen wants to clinch.
Virtanen clinches up against the cage.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mac is breathing heavily.
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!
Virtanen connects with a knee to the head.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head.
Mac could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Virtanen.
Mac takes a knee right on the jaw!
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Virtanen connects with a knee to the head.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Virtanen lands an elbow just above Mac 's eye.
Mac's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mac tries to break the clinch but Virtanen is controlling the position.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Virtanen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mac is trying to break free.
Virtanen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Virtanen.
Mac can't break the clinch.
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
Virtanen landing knees to the body.
Mac softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mac takes a knee right on the jaw!
Virtanen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mac wants to get back to striking at distance but Virtanen won't allow it.
Mac takes an elbow to the temple.
Mac has a couple of punches blocked by Virtanen.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Virtanen crunches a lovely knee into Mac's ribcage.
Virtanen lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Virtanen.
Virtanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mac's face.
Mac throws a head punch that misses.
Virtanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mac's face.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Mac has had enough of the clinch but Virtanen keeps him there for the moment.
Virtanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mac wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Virtanen lands an elbow just above Mac 's eye.
Virtanen lands an elbow just above Mac 's eye.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mac has had enough of the clinch but Virtanen keeps him there for the moment.
Virtanen crunches a lovely knee into Mac's ribcage.
Mac is looking to break free of the clinch but Virtanen has double underhooks.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head.
Mac tries to break the clinch but Virtanen is controlling the position.
Virtanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mac's face.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head.
Mac wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Mac takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mac scores with a nice hook to the head.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mac takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mac wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mac is trying to break the clinch but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Virtanen crunches a lovely knee into Mac's ribcage.
Virtanen prevents Mac from breaking the clinch.
Virtanen connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Virtanen.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Mac is trying to break the clinch but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Virtanen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mac struggles to land a body shot inside as Virtanen controls his hands.
Virtanen digs a right hand underneath Mac's ribcage. Mac let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Virtanen.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mac.
Mac wants to get back to striking at distance but Virtanen won't allow it.
A short right from Mac on the inside.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mac takes an elbow to the temple.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mac takes a knee right on the jaw!
Virtanen trying to control the position but instead, Mac has worked for underhooks and has pushed Virtanen into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Virtanen keeps control of Mac as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Mac is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mac wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Virtanen lands an elbow inside that Mac shrugs off.
Mac wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Virtanen.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Virtanen landing knees to the body.
Mac wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Virtanen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Virtanen leaning against his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Virtanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Virtanen misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Virtanen prevents Mac from breaking the clinch.
Mac wants to break free but Virtanen has control.
Mac working aggressively here.
Virtanen crunches a lovely knee into Mac's ribcage.
Virtanen keeps control of Mac as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mac is working Virtanen over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ville Virtanen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Virtanen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Virtanen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mac paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mac throws out a loose jab but Virtanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Virtanen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Virtanen tries to close the distance and clinch but Mac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mac throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Virtanen.
Virtanen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mac keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Virtanen wants to clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Virtanen 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.
Mac misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Virtanen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mac.
Virtanen moves into the clinch.
Virtanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Virtanen crunches a lovely knee into Mac's ribcage.
Virtanen connects with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Virtanen.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
A short left from Mac.
Virtanen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mac is keeping busy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mac.
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
Mac is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Virtanen prevents Mac from breaking the clinch.
Mac takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Mac doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Virtanen digs a right hand into Mac's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mac's gas tank.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Virtanen connects with a knee to the head.
Mac pushes Virtanen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Virtanen.
Virtanen blocks an uppercut.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
Virtanen landing knees to the body.
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice elbow from Virtanen.
Virtanen misses with some punches.
Virtanen misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Mac takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mac wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Virtanen connects with a knee to the head.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Virtanen scores with a knee to the head.
Mac lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen keeps control of Mac as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Virtanen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mac is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mac presses Virtanen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Virtanen.
Mac lands a body punch.
Virtanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mac's face.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen landing knees to the body.
Mac is working Virtanen over against the cage.
Mac lands a shoulder strike.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mac.
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mac wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Virtanen crunches a lovely knee into Mac's ribcage.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Virtanen prevents Mac from breaking the clinch.
Mac swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Mac.
Mac cracks Virtanen with a nice body shot.
That's four 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.
Mac wants to get back to striking at distance but Virtanen won't allow it.
A short left from Virtanen.
Mac has had enough of the clinch but Virtanen keeps him there for the moment.
Mac goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mac is trying to break free.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mac has had enough of the clinch but Virtanen keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Virtanen.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen keeps control of Mac as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mac is trying to break the clinch but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Virtanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Virtanen landing knees to the body.
Virtanen digs a right hand into Mac's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mac's gas tank.
Mac lands with a right to the head.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ville Virtanen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.
Virtanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mac wants to clinch but Virtanen slips to the side
and Virtanen counters by clinching up.
Mac is trying to break free.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Virtanen lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mac.
Mac lands a shot to the body.
Mac is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mac scores with a hook to the body.
Mac lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mac.
Virtanen lands an elbow that stopped Mac in his tracks for a moment.
Virtanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mac's face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees to the body from Virtanen.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Virtanen prevents Mac from breaking the clinch.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Mac misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Virtanen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mac's defenses.
Virtanen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mac is looking to break free of the clinch but Virtanen has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Virtanen prevents Mac from breaking the clinch.
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
Mac is trying to break free.
Virtanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Virtanen lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Virtanen.
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mac wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ville Virtanen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Virtanen lands a nice elbow.
Mac has had enough of the clinch but Virtanen keeps him there for the moment.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but Mac blocks it.
Virtanen crunches a lovely knee into Mac's ribcage.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head.
Mac takes a knee right on the jaw!
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Mac can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Virtanen.
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Virtanen.
Virtanen keeps control of Mac as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mac lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Mac takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mac is looking to break free of the clinch but Virtanen has double underhooks.
Mac pushes Virtanen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Virtanen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mac swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mac wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Virtanen.
Nice elbow from Virtanen.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Virtanen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mac tries to break the clinch but Virtanen is controlling the position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Virtanen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Virtanen.
Mac wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mac working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mac working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Virtanen lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mac's defenses.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
Virtanen is looking to control Mac's arms but Mac gets an underhook and turns him. Now Virtanen has his back to the cage.
Virtanen prevents Mac from breaking the clinch.
Virtanen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Virtanen lands an elbow just above Mac 's eye.
Mac throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Virtanen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mac's defenses.
A short right from Mac on the inside.
A short left from Virtanen.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Virtanen scores with a knee to the head.
Mac wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mac takes a knee right on the jaw!
Virtanen misses with a knee strike.
Mac has had enough of the clinch but Virtanen keeps him there for the moment.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Virtanen as the two fighters clinch.
Mac wants to get back to striking at distance but Virtanen won't allow it.
Mac is looking to break free of the clinch but Virtanen has double underhooks.
Virtanen landing knees to the body.
That's four 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.
Virtanen crunches a lovely knee into Mac's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Virtanen.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mac wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
Virtanen landing knees to the body.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mac blocks it with crossed arms.
Virtanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mac lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mac takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mac is looking to break free of the clinch but Virtanen has double underhooks.
Virtanen connects with a knee to the head.
Mac takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mac wants to break the clinch but can't.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Virtanen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Virtanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ville Virtanen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Virtanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Little Mac has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Virtanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Mac lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ville Virtanen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Virtanen 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 26:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ville Virtanen!
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