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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Espen Braaten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Meathead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Espen Braaten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Meathead!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braaten throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Braaten connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Braaten throws a right and a left that Meathead avoids nicely.
Braaten throws a nice looking combination but Meathead bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Braaten stuffs the takedown attempt from Meathead. Meathead gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch combination from Braaten misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Meathead.
Braaten looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Braaten tries to bum rush Meathead with a series of wild strikes but Meathead uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Horrible takedown by Meathead or perhaps it was just good defense by Braaten which made him look bad.
Espen Braaten has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Meathead.
Braaten throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meathead.
Meathead misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Braaten.
Meathead is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Braaten.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braaten lands a with a good body shot.
Braaten throws a right and a left that Meathead avoids nicely.
Braaten tries to clinch there but Meathead circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Meathead is defended easily by Braaten.
Braaten lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meathead circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meathead fails to land the takedown.
Braaten lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Braaten swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Braaten bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Braaten connects with a looping right hand.
Meathead shoots in but no luck this time.
Braaten scores with a jab to the body.
Braaten is looking to clinch but Meathead is avoiding it.
Meathead is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Braaten misses with a few strikes there.
No luck for Meathead with that takedown attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Braaten.
Meathead dodges the punch combination from Braaten.
Braaten lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meathead circles away quickly and effectively.
Meathead shoots in looking for a takedown. Braaten tries to sprawl out of it but Meathead keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Braaten manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Braaten lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Meathead backs up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braaten goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Braaten throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Braaten lands a two punch combo.
Braaten tries to bum rush Meathead with a series of wild strikes but Meathead uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice combination there by Braaten.
Braaten looks to land a combination but Meathead avoids it well.
Braaten throws a nice looking combination but Meathead bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Braaten moves out of range as Meathead throws a body kick.
Braaten cracks Meathead with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A nice combination there by Braaten.
Braaten lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Braaten works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Braaten throws a series of punches but Meathead moves out of range.
Braaten fails to land with a series of punches.
Braaten misses with a two punch combination.
Meathead misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Meathead looks gassed!
Braaten looks to land a combination. Meathead sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Meathead with that takedown attempt.
Braaten misses with the combination.
Meathead tries for a takedown but Braaten sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Braaten scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Braaten lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Meathead backs up against the cage.
Braaten bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Braaten scores with a sloppy right hand. Meathead should have avoided that one.
Braaten misses with a two punch combination.
Braaten swinging wilding here.
Braaten lands a two punch combo.
Braaten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Meathead throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Braaten's waist but Braaten gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Meathead off to one side.
Braaten works over Meathead's head and body with a nice combination.
Braaten misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Meathead tries to clinch up but Braaten circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Braaten, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Braaten.
Braaten throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meathead.
Braaten looks to land a combination but Meathead avoids it well.
Meathead on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Braaten throws a right hand that Meathead ducks under and follows up with a left that Meathead also avoids with ease.
Meathead walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Braaten fails to land with a series of punches.
Braaten lands the left hand.
Braaten displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Braaten lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Braaten.
Braaten looks to land a combination but Meathead avoids it well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Braaten moves in looking to clinch but Meathead pushes him off.
Meathead fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Braaten misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Meathead misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Espen Braaten dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Braaten moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Braaten lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Braaten misses with a wild combination.
Braaten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braaten's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Braaten duly obliges.
Braaten lands a right hook to the body.
Meathead takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Braaten moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Braaten scores with a jab.
Braaten will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braaten swinging wilding here.
Braaten punishes Meathead's body with a nice straight punch.
Braaten misses with the combination.
Braaten will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meathead shoots in but no luck this time.
Braaten slaps away a takedown attempt from Meathead, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Meathead is breathing heavily.
Meathead swats away the attempt to clinch by Braaten.
Braaten throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meathead.
Braaten misses with a jab, cross combination.
Espen Braaten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braaten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice takedown defense from Braaten. No joy for Meathead on that attempt.
Espen Braaten has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Meathead.
Meathead wants to clinch up but Braaten keeps it at a distance.
Meathead has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A punch combination from Braaten misses.
Braaten throws a right hand that Meathead ducks under and follows up with a left that Meathead also avoids with ease.
Braaten lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Braaten.
Meathead takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two 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.
Meathead showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Braaten.
Some wild striking there from Braaten.
Braaten scores with a nice strike.
Danga de danga de dang - Braaten scores with a four punch combination!
Braaten tries to keep at a distance but Meathead has taken the fight into the clinch.
Meathead dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nice body punch from Meathead.
Braaten has had enough of the clinch but Meathead keeps him there for the moment.
Meathead will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Braaten up against the cage.
Meathead is trying to drag Braaten to the mat but Braaten just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meathead is working for takedown but Braaten is calmly controlling the position for now.
Braaten is trying to break free.
Braaten tries to break the clinch but Meathead is controlling the position.
Meathead putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Braaten in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Braaten is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meathead manages to break the clinch.
Braaten lands a jab-cross combination.
Braaten throws a nice looking combination but Meathead bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Meathead throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Meathead fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Braaten scores with a three punch combo!
Braaten scores with a shot to the body.
Meathead takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Braaten misses with a jab, cross combination.
Meathead fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Braaten throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Braaten throws a right hand that Meathead ducks under and follows up with a left that Meathead also avoids with ease.
Braaten misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Braaten scores with a decent looking hook.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Braaten tries to bum rush Meathead with a series of wild strikes but Meathead uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meathead has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Meathead shoots for a double leg takedown but Braaten sprawls well. He's pushed Meathead's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Braaten lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Espen Braaten dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Braaten rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Meathead moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Meathead moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Meathead tries to clinch up.
Meathead has a takedown stuffed.
Meathead showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Braaten.
Espen Braaten is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meathead scores with a one two! Braaten had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Braaten.
Braaten lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Braaten bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Meathead's head.
Braaten looks to land a combination but Meathead avoids it well.
Meathead avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Meathead tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Meathead shoots for a double leg takedown but Braaten sprawls well. He's pushed Meathead's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Meathead fails with a takedown attempt.
Espen Braaten has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Meathead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braaten throws a one two combo.
Braaten lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Braaten lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Braaten ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A punch combination from Braaten misses.
Braaten swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Meathead moves into the clinch.
Meathead tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Braaten smiles and moves away.
A combination from Braaten does no damage.
Braaten lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Braaten.
Braaten misses with a series of wild punches.
Braaten throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Meathead stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's two 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.
Braaten tests Meathead's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Braaten throws a nice looking combination but Meathead bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Meathead shoots in for a takedown but Braaten shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Braaten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Braaten throws a nice looking combination but Meathead bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Braaten is working the combinations to good effect here.
Meathead drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Meathead shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Braaten as he jumps to the side.
Braaten lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meathead circles away quickly and effectively.
Meathead is trying desperately to land a takedown but Braaten is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Meathead.
No joy there for Braaten, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Braaten misses.
Braaten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Braaten looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Braaten looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Meathead doesn't manage to clinch there - Braaten circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meathead tries to move into range but Braaten moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Meathead tries to clinch up.
Meathead tries to clinch there but Braaten circles away.
Meathead shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Braaten but Braaten pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Meathead shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Braaten is not content to let Meathead control the position.
Meathead passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Braaten!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meathead trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Braaten squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Meathead comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Braaten has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Espen Braaten!
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pop
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RATING
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