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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Plumpman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emil Costas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emil Costas acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Plumpman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emil Costas!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Costas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Costas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Costas misses with a knee to the head.
Costas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Costas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Plumpman's efforts to push away.
Costas breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Plumpman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Plumpman throws a right and a left that Costas avoids nicely.
Plumpman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Costas misses with a series of wild punches.
Costas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plumpman throws a right hand that Costas ducks under and follows up with a left that Costas also avoids with ease.
Costas tries to clinch but Plumpman is having none of it.
Costas rushes Plumpman and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Plumpman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Plumpman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Costas breaks from the clinch.
Costas clinches with his opponent.
Costas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice left hand lands by Costas.
Plumpman wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two 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.
Costas misses with a knee strike.
Costas keeps control of Plumpman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Costas lands a shot to the body.
Plumpman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Costas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Plumpman is breathing heavily.
Costas landing knees to the head.
Costas lands a good knee to the midsection. Plumpman won't want to take too many of those.
Costas looking to throw knees to the head but Plumpman is blocking nicely.
Costas manages to break the clinch.
Plumpman keeps the fight on the outside.
Costas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Plumpman is out of range and Costas settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costas moves in looking to clinch but Plumpman pushes him off.
Plumpman dodges the punch combination from Costas.
Plumpman swats away the attempt to clinch by Costas.
Plumpman swinging wilding here.
Costas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Plumpman throws a hook to the side of Costas's head but Costas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Plumpman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Costas can pounce on him.
Plumpman throws a one two combo.
Costas is looking to clinch but Plumpman is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Costas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costas closes the distance and clinches.
Costas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Costas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Costas tries to clinch but Plumpman moves out of range.
Plumpman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Costas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Plumpman. That did some damage!
Costas tries to close the distance and clinch but Plumpman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Costas clinches up with Plumpman and pushes him back against the ropes.
Costas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Costas misses with a few strikes there.
Costas gets a clinch.
Costas slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emil Costas dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Costas wants to clinch.
Costas thumps Plumpman with a low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Plumpman scores with a four punch combination!
Costas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Costas is looking to clinch but Plumpman is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costas darts in and clinches Plumpman up against the ropes.
Costas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Costas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costas working Plumpman over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Costas misses with a knee strike.
Costas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Costas lands with a left to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Costas.
Costas lands a nice knee to the body.
Costas slows down the pace here.
Costas receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A short right from Costas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Costas.
Costas manages to break the clinch.
Plumpman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Costas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Plumpman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Plumpman blocks a head kick by Costas.
Plumpman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Costas.
Costas clinches up with Plumpman and pushes him back against the ropes.
Costas manages to break the clinch.
Plumpman keeps the fight on the outside.
Costas is looking to clinch.
Costas tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Plumpman misses.
Costas throws a series of punches but Plumpman avoids them all with ease.
Plumpman throws a combination that misses
and Costas counters by clinching up.
Costas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Plumpman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Costas stalling against the ropes.
Good body shot from Costas.
Costas tries to land a knee to the head but Plumpman blocks with his arms.
Costas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Costas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Costas.
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.
Plumpman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Plumpman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Costas has him pressed against the ropes.
Costas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Costas has closed the distance and engaged Plumpman in a clinch.
Costas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costas breaks from the clinch.
Costas instigates a clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Costas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Plumpman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Costas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Costas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Plumpman counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emil Costas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Plumpman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Costas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Plumpman.
Costas doesn't manage to clinch there - Plumpman circles away.
Plumpman misses with a looping left.
Plumpman throws a right hand that Costas ducks under and follows up with a left that Costas also avoids with ease.
Plumpman just misses with a punch to the body.
Costas tries to clinch but Plumpman moves away
letting Plumpman counter with a right hand.
Costas tries to bum rush Plumpman with a series of wild strikes but Plumpman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Costas lands a two punch combo.
Plumpman lands a body shot.
Plumpman misses with a straight left.
Costas instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Costas throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costas avoiding damage.
Costas lands a left hand.
Costas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Costas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Costas slowing the pace effectively.
Costas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Plumpman is trying to force a seperation but Costas has the dominant position.
Costas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Costas lands a knee 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.
A short right from Costas.
Costas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Plumpman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Costas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Costas prevents Plumpman from breaking the clinch.
Costas breaks the clinch.
Costas tries to clinch but Plumpman is having none of it.
Costas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Costas is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Costas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Plumpmans head.
Costas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Plumpman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costas looking to throw knees to the head but Plumpman is blocking nicely.
Plumpman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costas with a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
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.
Costas with a knee to the head.
Costas avoiding damage.
Costas scores with a knee to the head.
Costas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Plumpman's face.
Plumpman is rocked!
Costas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Plumpman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Costas taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Emil Costas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Costas misses with a knee to the head.
Kalle Plumpman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Costas.
Costas tries a knee to the head but Plumpman blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Emil Costas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Costas 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emil Costas!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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