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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pentti Hirvonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
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ADCC Champion
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shawn Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pentti Hirvonen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hirvonen throws the left hand but Jackson avoids the punch easily.
Jackson drives through and clinches with Hirvonen against the cage.
Jackson avoids a wild elbow strike from Hirvonen.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Jackson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hirvonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jackson is defending well for now.
Hirvonen is trying to stall.
Jackson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jackson taking a breather.
Jackson scores with a shoulder strike.
Jackson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jackson obliges.
Hirvonen looking to slow down the pace here.
Hirvonen can't get the takedown.
Shawn Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pentti Hirvonen.
Hirvonen trying to land knees to the body.
Jackson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jackson lands a good knee to the midsection. Hirvonen won't want to take too many of those.
Jackson dodges an elbow strike from Hirvonen.
Stalling in the clinch from Jackson.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Come on Jackson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Jackson for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Jackson working Hirvonen over with knees to the body.
Hirvonen looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Hirvonen can't break the clinch.
The is referee keeping an eye on Jackson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hirvonen trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nice elbow from Jackson.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Hirvonen takes an elbow to the temple.
Hirvonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hirvonen's defenses.
Jackson lands a knee to the head.
Jackson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jackson stalling.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jackson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jackson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hirvonen is trying to stall.
Jackson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jackson.
Hirvonen takes an elbow to the temple.
Jackson pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hirvonen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson lands a good knee to the midsection. Hirvonen won't want to take too many of those.
Hirvonen has Jackson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jackson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Hirvonen shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jackson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Jackson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson lands a left hand.
Hirvonen misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Jackson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Jackson.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jackson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hirvonen is trying to stall.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Hirvonen shrugs off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Hirvonen shrugs off.
Jackson effectively controlling the action here.
Jackson scores with a shoulder strike.
Jackson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hirvonen thows a body shot but no joy.
Hirvonen dives in and grabs Jackson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jackson pushes down on Hirvonen's head and hops out.
Hirvonen tries to work over Jackson's front leg with a kick but Jackson checks it.
Jackson checks a leg kick nicely.
Jackson throws a shot to the body.
Jackson moves into range and clinches up with Hirvonen.
Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hirvonen trying to stall but Jackson improves his position.
Hirvonen has hold of one of Jackson's legs. Jackson is fighting the takedown attempt but Hirvonen gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Hirvonen is looking to advance position but Jackson has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson controlling his opponent.
Hirvonen is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hirvonen wants to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Hirvonen tries to reverse the position but Jackson maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hirvonen is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Jackson dominated that round.
That's time! Jackson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hirvonen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hirvonen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jackson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jackson duly obliges.
Jackson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hirvonen.
Hirvonen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hirvonen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jackson some visible discomfort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hirvonen trying to control the position but Jackson is working away.
Hirvonen scoring with punches and elbows.
Hirvonen is breathing heavily.
Jackson parries the strikes from Hirvonen easily there. Hirvonen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jackson to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson defending against the ground and pound.
Jackson is trying to improve his position.
Jackson pushes Hirvonen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hirvonen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
An elbow from Hirvonen crashes against the mat.
Hirvonen tries to advance to mount but Jackson denies him.
Hirvonen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jackson scores with a kick to the body.
Jackson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hirvonen will feel that in the morning.
Hirvonen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jackson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hirvonen somewhat.
Hirvonen 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson cracks Hirvonen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hirvonen throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Hirvonen throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Jackson.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hirvonen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hirvonen throws a combination that misses
and Jackson counters with a three punch combo that has Hirvonen backing up. Hirvonen nods at Jackson to acknowledge the strikes.
Hirvonen throws out a loose jab but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirvonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hirvonen.
Hirvonen scores with a jab. Jackson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Shawn Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A left and a right from Jackson both land. Nice combination.
Jackson throws a head kick but Hirvonen moves out of range.
Hirvonen throws a jab but it's blocked by Jackson.
Shawn Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson lands a two punch combo.
A head kick from Jackson lands but Hirvonen takes it in his stride.
Jackson staying out of range there.
Jackson misses with a two punch combination.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Hirvonen keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jackson connects with a crisp jab.
Hirvonen shoots and misses
and Jackson counters with a nice leg kick.
Shawn Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pentti Hirvonen.
Jackson lands with a nice combination. Hirvonen backs away looking to recover.
The fighters circling - Hirvonen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hirvonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Hirvonen.
Jackson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hirvonen takes a step back to recover.
Hirvonen slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
Hirvonen misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Jackson dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Hirvonen lands with a right hand.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Hirvonen avoids it well.
Jackson lands with a nice combination. Hirvonen backs away looking to recover.
Hirvonen with a poor takedown
and Jackson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hirvonen is defended easily by Jackson.
Hirvonen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jackson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hirvonen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hirvonen misses with an uppercut.
Jackson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hirvonen counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirvonen misses with an uppercut.
Hirvonen has his takedown stuffed
and Jackson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Shawn Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pentti Hirvonen.
Jackson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jackson misses with the combination.
Jackson feints and then cracks Hirvonen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hirvonen down.
Hirvonen moves forwards but Jackson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jackson lands with a shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jackson!
Hirvonen misses with a looping right.
Shawn Jackson is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Jackson finds it's way through Hirvonen's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson cracks Hirvonen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hirvonen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hirvonen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hirvonen throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Hirvonen throws the left hand but Jackson avoids the punch easily.
Nice cross by Jackson.
Hirvonen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jackson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hirvonen lands a nice looking body shot.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hirvonen throws a leg kick
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hirvonen misses with a shot to the body
and Jackson counters with a two punch combo.
Jackson defending well as Hirvonen loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirvonen tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Hirvonen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hirvonen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hirvonen avoids the head kick by Jackson.
Jackson rushes Hirvonen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson lands with a short shot to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jackson avoiding damage.
Hirvonen looking to stall.
Hirvonen is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Jackson has denied him.
Hirvonen missing with knees to the body.
Jackson tries to stall but Hirvonen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hirvonen wants a takedown.
Knees to the body from Jackson.
Pentti Hirvonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson gets underhooks to prevent Hirvonen's takedown attempt.
Jackson breaks from the clinch.
Jackson gets a clinch.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Hirvonen shrugs off.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Hirvonen 's eye.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson crunches a lovely knee into Hirvonen's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson stalls.
Jackson is leaning against Hirvonen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hirvonen misses with a body punch.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hirvonen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hirvonen is looking to control Jackson's arms but Jackson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hirvonen has his back to the cage.
Jackson crunches a lovely knee into Hirvonen's ribcage.
Hirvonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
Hirvonen takes a shot to the head.
Shawn Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shawn Jackson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jackson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shawn Jackson!
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energy
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