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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viljo Multanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivan Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Viljo Multanen!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Multanen throws a series of strikes that have Drago backpedaling.
It looks like Ivan Drago has been cut.
Multanen moves into the clinch.
Multanen is trying to stall.
Drago lands with a light punch inside.
Drago tries to score a body lock takedown but Multanen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Multanen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Multanen is looking to clinch but Drago is avoiding it.
Multanen wants to clinch.
Multanen looks to land a body kick but Drago moved away.
Ivan Drago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Multanen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Multanen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Drago.
Multanen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Drago fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Multanen moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drago just misses with a elbow thrown towards Multanen's brow.
Multanen tries to break free but Drago pushes him back against the cage.
Drago looking to throw knees to the head but Multanen is blocking nicely.
Multanen is trying to maintain a safe position but Drago gets an underhook and turns Multanen into the cage.
Drago is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Multanen is defending well for now.
Drago misses with a knee to the head.
Multanen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Multanen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drago pushes off an throws an elbow but Multanen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Multanen pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago breaks from the clinch.
Drago wants to clinch but Multanen slips to the side
and Multanen counters with a head kick.
Donk. Multanen catches Drago right on the button with a cross.
Multanen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Multanen lands with a slapping head kick.
Multanen tries to clinch up
and Drago decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Multanen's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Multanen is looking to stand up but Drago isn't so interested in that idea.
Drago trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Multanen has his feet on Drago's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Drago shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Multanen is trying to defend but Drago finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Drago trying to control the action but Multanen is working from the bottom.
Drago is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Multanen is just riding it out for now. Drago eventually gives up the hold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Multanen tries to kick Drago off but Drago keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
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.
Multanen is refusing to be controlled, as Drago sits in half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Drago stops Multanen from getting back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Multanen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Drago.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viljo Multanen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Drago'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.
Drago is trying hard to land a takedown here. Multanen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Multanen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Multanen lands the left hand.
Drago moves into range and clinches up with Multanen.
Multanen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Multanen pushes Drago back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Drago prevents Multanen from breaking the clinch.
Drago is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Multanen is defending well for now.
A short right from Multanen on the inside.
Drago blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drago throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Multanen blocks it with crossed arms.
Drago with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Multanen lands a shoulder strike.
Multanen blocks an uppercut.
Drago taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Drago misses with a knee to the head.
Drago with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Multanen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Drago up against the cage.
Multanen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Multanen breaks from the clinch.
Drago throws a low kick, looking for Multanen's leg but Multanen calmly moves out of range.
Multanen scores with a one two! Drago had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Multanen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Multanen.
Drago gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Multanen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Multanen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drago being controlled against the cage.
Multanen lands a nice shot to the body.
Multanen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Drago has had enough of the clinch but Multanen keeps him there for the moment.
Multanen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Drago.
Multanen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Multanen throws a combination. Drago tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Multanen is looking to clinch but Drago is avoiding it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Drago.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Drago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Multanen rushes Drago and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Multanen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Multanen scores with a shot to the side of Drago's head.
Multanen digs a right hand underneath Drago's ribcage. Drago let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Multanen.
Multanen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Multanen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Multanen breaks from the clinch.
Multanen rushes Drago and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Multanen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hand to the body from Multanen.
Multanen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Multanen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Multanen darts in and clinches Drago up against the cage.
Drago misses with a knee to the head.
Multanen lands with a left to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Multanen lands a body shot.
Drago throws a head punch that misses.
Drago is trying to maintain a safe position but Multanen gets an underhook and turns Drago into the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Multanen.
Multanen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Drago stalling in the clinch but Multanen improves position.
Multanen lands a shoulder strike.
Multanen digs a right hand underneath Drago's ribcage. Drago let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Multanen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drago is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Multanen pushes Drago back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Multanen keeps control of Drago as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Multanen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drago with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drago lands a nice elbow.
Drago using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Multanen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Multanen gets through Drago's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Drago's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Viljo Multanen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Multanen forces Drago back against the cage and clinches.
Drago breaks the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Multanen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Multanen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Multanen scores with a one two! Drago had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Drago throws a sloppy head kick and Multanen moves out of range easily.
Multanen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Drago.
Drago throws a low kick but it's checked well by Multanen.
Multanen is looking to clinch.
Multanen forces Drago back against the cage and clinches.
Multanen manages to break the clinch.
Drago misses with a few strikes there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Multanen circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick by Drago misses
and Multanen counters with a left to the body.
Multanen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Drago backs up against the cage.
Multanen tries to clinch but Drago is having none of it.
Drago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Viljo Multanen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Multanen closes the distance but Drago moves to the side
and Drago counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Multanen is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Drago tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viljo Multanen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ivan Drago's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Multanen instigates a clinch.
Multanen is leaning against Drago and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Drago misses with a knee to the head.
Drago is looking to control Multanen's arms but Multanen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Drago has his back to the cage.
Drago manages to break the clinch.
Multanen clinches.
Drago missing with knees to the body.
Multanen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Multanen tries to clinch up but Drago circles away and keeps his distance.
Drago clinches up with Multanen and pushes him back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Multanen as the two fighters clinch.
Drago blocks a body shot from Multanen.
Drago working hard to break the clinch.
Drago gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Drago has had enough of the clinch but Multanen keeps him there for the moment.
Multanen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Multanen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Drago can pounce on him.
Multanen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Drago misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ivan Drago is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drago takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Multanen lands a body shot.
Multanen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Multanen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Horrible takedown by Drago or perhaps it was just good defense by Multanen which made him look bad.
Drago fails in his attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Multanen misses.
Drago has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Drago blocks the body kick.
Drago throws a lazy head kick
and Multanen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Drago thinking.
Drago misses with a head kick.
Drago moves out of range of the body kick from Multanen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Multanen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Multanen tries to clinch up.
Drago shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Multanen as he jumps to the side.
Multanen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Multanen tries to close the distance and clinch but Drago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drago throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Drago.
Drago closes the distance and clinches.
Drago missing with knees to the body.
Drago misses with an elbow strike.
Drago connects with a knee to the head.
Multanen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Multanen can't break the clinch.
Drago drags the fight down to the ground.
Multanen tries to stand but Drago is controlling from the bottom.
Multanen wants to stand and escape but instead Drago has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Multanen wants to stand up but Drago is controlling him.
Drago wants to pass the guard but Multanen is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Drago stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ivan Drago has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drago connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Multanen throws a head kick but Drago moves out of range.
Drago tries to clinch there but Multanen circles away.
Drago tries a head kick but it misses.
No luck for Drago with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Drago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drago tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Viljo Multanen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Drago throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Drago showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Multanen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viljo Multanen!
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FIGHT
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