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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Ignatiev (ranked 290 p4p, 840 weight class) and Rivo Niskanen (ranked 38 p4p, 100 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ignatiev might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Beats That. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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World class boxer
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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 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Nikolai Ignatiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rivo Niskanen!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niskanen throws a body punch but Ignatiev moves out of range.
Ignatiev has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Ignatiev misses with a shot to the body
enabling Niskanen to counter with a crisp jab.
Ignatiev avoids a kick to the body.
Niskanen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ignatiev throws a leg kick but Niskanen checks it.
Niskanen staying out of range there.
Ignatiev checks a low kick from Niskanen.
Ignatiev getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Niskanen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Niskanen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ignatiev needs to keep his hands up - Niskanen had a free shot at his head there.
Niskanen missing with a left hand there. Ignatiev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A counter left hand to the body from Ignatiev misses its target.
Niskanen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ignatiev ducks under a wild hook from Niskanen.
Ignatiev throws a wild body kick that Niskanen sees coming a mile off.
A clash of legs there as Niskanen blocks the low kick.
Niskanen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ignatiev on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ignatiev throws an overhand right that lands on Niskanen's shoulder, as Niskanen tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatiev lands with an uppercut that bounces Niskanen off the cage and back into range.
Ignatiev takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Niskanen connects with a body shot.
Ignatiev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niskanen.
Niskanen swings for the body but Ignatiev moves out of range.
Ignatiev slips a straight right by Niskanen.
Ignatiev keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Niskanen.
Niskanen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Ignatiev wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ignatiev misses with a left hand
and Niskanen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Niskanen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Niskanen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Niskanen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ignatiev.
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!
A low kick lands for Ignatiev.
Ignatiev throws a big shot that misses.
A punch combination from Niskanen misses.
Niskanen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Niskanen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niskanen checks a leg kick nicely.
Niskanen scores with a head kick. Ignatiev tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Nikolai Ignatiev has been cut.
Niskanen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice body punch from Ignatiev.
Rivo Niskanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Niskanen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Good standup being displayed there by Niskanen as he connects with a hook.
Ignatiev tries to score with a low kick but Niskanen moves his leg out of the way.
Niskanen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Niskanen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Niskanen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ignatiev.
It looked like Ignatiev wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ignatiev scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ignatiev lands an overhand right.
Niskanen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Niskanen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ignatiev counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ignatiev blocks a leg kick.
Ignatiev avoids a kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ignatiev checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niskanen avoids the body shot from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev swings for the body but Niskanen moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Niskanen.
Niskanen misses with a series of wild punches.
Niskanen connects with a looping right hand.
Ignatiev throws a leg kick
and Niskanen counters with a head kick. That will keep Ignatiev thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ignatiev misses with an uppercut. Niskanen saw that one coming.
Niskanen wants to slow Ignatiev down by chopping away at his legs.
Ignatiev throws a jab but it's blocked by Niskanen.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Niskanen checks a leg kick.
Niskanen looks to land a left hand but Ignatiev moved out of range nicely.
Ignatiev appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Niskanen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Niskanen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ignatiev has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ignatiev and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Niskanen misses with a wild body shot.
Niskanen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niskanen connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Niskanen misses its intended target.
Ignatiev looks to throw the jab but Niskanen is out of range.
Niskanen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ignatiev throws a looping overhand right but Niskanen ducks down to avoid it.
Ignatiev looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Niskanen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good exchange - Ignatiev coming out on top.
Niskanen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ignatiev counters with a solid body kick.
Niskanen wants to land a leg kick but Ignatiev is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ignatiev throws a lazy uppercut
and Niskanen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Niskanen dodges the punch combination from Ignatiev.
Niskanen ducks under a wild hook from Ignatiev.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rivo Niskanen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nikolai Ignatiev's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ignatiev takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Niskanen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ignatiev takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Niskanen misses with a straight right.
Niskanen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ignatiev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Niskanen.
Ignatiev looks to score with a jab to the body but Niskanen is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Niskanen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Niskanen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ignatiev scores with a spinning back kick!
Ignatiev misses with a hook to the body
and Niskanen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Niskanen checks a low kick from Ignatiev.
A jab from Ignatiev finds it's way through Niskanen's defenses.
Niskanen checks a low kick from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ignatiev defending well as Niskanen loads up on a big left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ignatiev staying out of range there.
Niskanen ducks under a wild hook from Ignatiev.
Niskanen defending well as Ignatiev loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niskanen throws a leg kick but Ignatiev sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ignatiev misses with a body shot.
Ignatiev misses with the combination.
A swing and a miss from Niskanen.
Ignatiev throwing a counter right hand but Niskanen manages to avoid it.
Ignatiev ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ignatiev tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice body kick there by Ignatiev.
Ignatiev misses with a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ignatiev. That's going to slow Niskanen down.
Niskanen misses with a lunging right hand
and Ignatiev counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Niskanen moves out of range of the strikes.
Niskanen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Niskanen.
Ignatiev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ignatiev feints and then cracks Niskanen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Niskanen down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ignatiev wants to land a leg kick but Niskanen is out of range.
Niskanen throws a jab when Ignatiev was well out of range.
Niskanen connects with a nice looking jab.
Niskanen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ignatiev scores with a punch to the head.
Niskanen lands a really nice looking cross but Ignatiev seems unphased.
Niskanen throws a hook to the side of Ignatiev's head but Ignatiev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ignatiev quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Niskanen throws an overhand right that lands on Ignatiev's shoulder, as Ignatiev tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Ignatiev misses its intended target.
Ignatiev takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ignatiev throws a nice looking combination but Niskanen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ignatiev takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Niskanen tries to land a front kick but Ignatiev steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ignatiev sizes up Niskanen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ignatiev loads up on a big right hand but Niskanen slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niskanen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ignatiev.
Rivo Niskanen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Niskanen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ignatiev shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ignatiev ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good leg kick by Ignatiev.
Niskanen throws a leg kick but Ignatiev sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Ignatiev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Niskanen avoids the head kick by Ignatiev.
Ignatiev misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ignatiev. Niskanen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ignatiev throws a predictable looking body shot
and Niskanen counters with a nice body shot.
Niskanen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ignatiev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Niskanen takes one to the side of the head.
Niskanen throws a low kick but Ignatiev moves out of range easily.
Niskanen throws a body shot but no joy.
Niskanen throws a looping overhand right but Ignatiev ducks down to avoid it.
Ignatiev misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Niskanen cracks Ignatiev with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Niskanen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ignatiev.
Ignatiev misses with an uppercut. Niskanen saw that one coming.
Niskanen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Niskanen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ignatiev throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ignatiev is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ignatiev scores with a jab to the jaw.
Niskanen misses with a looping right.
Niskanen scores with a body shot.
Ignatiev looks to land a left hand but Niskanen moved out of range nicely.
Ignatiev looks for the body kick but Niskanen saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ignatiev throws a hook to the side of Niskanen's head but Niskanen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ignatiev looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Niskanen tried to score with a low kick but Ignatiev checks it.
Niskanen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ignatiev swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rivo Niskanen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Nikolai Ignatiev's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ignatiev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Niskanen moves away.
Niskanen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ignatiev looks to land a body kick but Niskanen moved away.
Niskanen tests Ignatiev's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Niskanen throws a push kick but Ignatiev slaps the foot to one side.
Ignatiev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Niskanen tries to land a front kick but Ignatiev steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A thudding body kick lands there by Niskanen!
Niskanen tried to score with a low kick but Ignatiev checks it.
Ignatiev looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ignatiev swings away with a body shot that misses
and Niskanen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Niskanen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ignatiev.
Ignatiev misses with a jab to the body
and Niskanen counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ignatiev misses with a body kick.
A jab from Ignatiev finds it's way through Niskanen's defenses.
Ignatiev cracks Niskanen with an open hand slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Niskanen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ignatiev is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fighters circling - Ignatiev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Niskanen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatiev lands a front kick.
Ignatiev lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Niskanen throws a hook to the side of Ignatiev's head but Ignatiev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Niskanen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ignatiev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Niskanen.
Niskanen lands with a shot to the body.
Ignatiev misses with a hook. Niskanen ducked under it nicely.
Niskanen throws a looping overhand right but Ignatiev ducks down to avoid it.
Ignatiev looks to score with a jab to the body but Niskanen is just out of range.
Niskanen throws a poor cross that misses
and Ignatiev counters with a thumping low kick.
Ignatiev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ignatiev misses with a body shot.
Niskanen misses with a hook. Ignatiev ducked under it nicely.
Ignatiev tries to land a front kick but Niskanen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Niskanen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Niskanen tries a low kick but Ignatiev avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Niskanen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ignatiev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niskanen.
Nikolai Ignatiev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ignatiev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niskanen.
Ignatiev feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ignatiev feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Niskanens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Niskanen throws a head kick that Ignatiev semi-blocks.
Niskanen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ignatiev goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Niskanen checks the leg kick.
Ignatiev jabs Niskanen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Niskanen slips a jab from Ignatiev.
A little jabbing left from Niskanen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Niskanen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Niskanen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ignatiev.
Good exchange - Niskanen coming out on top.
Ignatiev tests Niskanen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ignatiev fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niskanen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ignatiev.
Niskanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ignatiev listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A low kick from Ignatiev is predictable there
and Niskanen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Niskanen misses with a low kick.
Ignatiev is looking to counter with a body kick.
Ignatiev uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Niskanen has time to react.
Niskanen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Niskanen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ignatiev was well out of range. Poor timing from Niskanen.
Ignatiev fires out a quick counter leg kick but Niskanen just manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Ignatiev misses its intended target.
Ignatiev staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from Niskanen.
Ignatiev moves out of range of the strikes.
Ignatiev throws a front kick aimed at Niskanen's knee but Niskanen avoids it well.
Ignatiev thuds his shin into the meat of Niskanen's side.
Niskanen dips to his left and cracks Ignatiev with an uppercut!
Ignatiev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ignatiev on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice shot by Niskanen.
Niskanen throws an overhand right that lands on Ignatiev's shoulder, as Ignatiev tries to avoid the shot.
Niskanen connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Niskanen, right into the meat of the thigh.
Niskanen throws a head kick that Ignatiev semi-blocks.
Niskanen connects with an inside leg kick.
Ignatiev fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Niskanen.
Niskanen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Niskanen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Niskanen cracks Ignatiev with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niskanen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Niskanen throws a head kick but Ignatiev moves out of range.
Niskanen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Rivo Niskanen has been cut.
Ignatiev moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rivo Niskanen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Niskanen 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rivo Niskanen!
A very excited looking Rivo Niskanen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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