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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tammelan Fasaani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnoldo Paulakorpi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulakorpi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Volbeat -Sad Mans Tongue. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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216 lbs
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190 cm
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205 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tammelan Fasaani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arnoldo Paulakorpi!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paulakorpi slips under a jab.
Paulakorpi cracks the inside of Fasaani's front leg.
Paulakorpi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paulakorpi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Arnoldo Paulakorpi has been cut.
Fasaani throws a hook but Paulakorpi avoids it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Fasaani there.
Fasaani throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Paulakorpi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paulakorpi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fasaani lands a jab-cross combination.
Fasaani blocks a head kick by Paulakorpi.
Paulakorpi walks into a jab.
Fasaani fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paulakorpi manages to avoid it.
Paulakorpi throws a series of punches but Fasaani avoids them all with ease.
Fasaani avoids the head kick by Paulakorpi.
Paulakorpi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Paulakorpi looks gassed!
Paulakorpi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fasaani throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fasaani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fasaani looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ground and pound from Fasaani.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fasaani is nestled in close to Paulakorpi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fasaani keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fasaani passes to full mount!
Fasaani scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fasaani is landing with some decent strikes but Paulakorpi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Paulakorpi is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Paulakorpi taking shots to the head.
Fasaani lands with some strikes.
Fasaani has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fasaani looking to control but Paulakorpi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fasaani punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fasaani putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Paulakorpi wants to try and get back to his feet.
Fasaani landing punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fasaani lands a nice shot to the head.
Paulakorpi is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Fasaani sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fasaani has control of Paulakorpi's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Paulakorpi regains control of the situation pretty easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fasaani wants to control the pace but Paulakorpi is squirming around nicely.
Fasaani is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Paulakorpi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The referee warns Paulakorpi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Paulakorpi is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fasaani punishing his opponent with strikes.
Paulakorpi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Paulakorpi slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Fasaani prevents Paulakorpi from standing back up.
Fasaani is trying to control the action in half guard but Paulakorpi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Fasaani moves into full mount! Paulakorpi won't be happy about that!
Fasaani won't let Paulakorpi get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Paulakorpi taking shots to the head.
Fasaani working the ground and pound effectively.
Fasaani with a couple of short strikes.
Fasaani dominating with strikes here.
Paulakorpi is squirming around, avoiding Fasaani's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fasaani breaks from Paulakorpi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fasaani wants to control the pace but Paulakorpi is squirming around nicely.
Fasaani landing punches.
Paulakorpi is trying to stand up.
Fasaani lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Fasaani has control of Paulakorpi's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Paulakorpi regains control of the situation pretty easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fasaani working Paulakorpi over with strikes here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fasaani scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fasaani landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tammelan Fasaani dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arnoldo Paulakorpi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Fasaani works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fasaani misses with an uppercut. Paulakorpi saw that one coming.
Paulakorpi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fasaani.
A punch combination from Paulakorpi misses.
Paulakorpi misses with a two punch combination.
Paulakorpi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Paulakorpi throws a series of punches but Fasaani avoids them all with ease.
Paulakorpi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fasaani counters with a stiff right hand.
Paulakorpi throws a right hand that Fasaani ducks under and follows up with a left that Fasaani also avoids with ease.
Fasaani loads up on a big right hand but Paulakorpi slips the punch.
Paulakorpi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fasaani counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fasaani gets a takedown into half guard.
Fasaani slips a nice elbow through Paulakorpi's hands, connecting with Paulakorpi's forehead.
Fasaani looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Paulakorpi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Paulakorpi is breathing heavily.
Fasaani drops an elbow to the side of Paulakorpi's head.
Fasaani landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Fasaani.
Fasaani moves nicely into side control.
Paulakorpi is trying to get back to his feet.
Fasaani connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Paulakorpi some visible discomfort.
Fasaani wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Paulakorpi, who protects the arm well.
Paulakorpi taking a bit of punishment here - Fasaani scoring with strikes.
Fasaani content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Tammelan Fasaani overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paulakorpi tries to improve position but can't.
Fasaani is chipping away with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulakorpi bucks up and tries to throw Fasaani off but instead Fasaani has got his back!
Fasaani is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Paulakorpi up.
Fasaani struggling to keep hold of the position.
Paulakorpi wants to get back to his feet.
Fasaani has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Paulakorpi has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Fasaani lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Fasaani looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fasaani lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Fasaani.
Fasaani controlling the position well here. Paulakorpi rolled but Fasaani kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Fasaani softening up his opponent with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulakorpi manages to reverse the position and now he's in Fasaani's guard. Nice work there by Paulakorpi.
Paulakorpi wants to stand but Fasaani is controlling his posture from full guard.
Fasaani is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Paulakorpi trying to control the position from guard on top but Fasaani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fasaani seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Fasaani keeping full guard, as Paulakorpi tries to pass.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Paulakorpi throws a series of punches but Fasaani avoids them all with ease.
Paulakorpi throws a series of punches but Fasaani avoids them all with ease.
Fasaani lands with a nice body punch.
Arnoldo Paulakorpi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fasaani closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Paulakorpi did well to prevent Fasaani getting side control.
Paulakorpi is staying active underneath Fasaani, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fasaani lands with a punch from half guard.
Fasaani works his way into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tammelan Fasaani dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arnoldo Paulakorpi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fasaani checks a leg kick.
A left lands for Fasaani.
Tammelan Fasaani is winning the standup battle so far.
Paulakorpi looks to land a left hand but Fasaani moved out of range nicely.
Fasaani connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Paulakorpi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fasaani was well out of range. Poor timing from Paulakorpi.
Fasaani avoids a kick to the body.
Paulakorpi scores with a spinning back kick!
Paulakorpi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fasaani decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fasaani is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paulakorpi can do to turn this around?
Fasaani passes the guard and advances to mount!
Fasaani can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Paulakorpi is looking to escape.
Paulakorpi really wants to buck Fasaani off and get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulakorpi is working to get back to half guard.
Fasaani landing strikes from the mount.
Fasaani wants to control the pace but Paulakorpi is squirming around nicely.
Fasaani landing punches.
Fasaani is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Paulakorpi has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Paulakorpi is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fasaani sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fasaani is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The referee warns Paulakorpi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Paulakorpi wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Fasaani postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Paulakorpi looks a forlorn figure.
Arnoldo Paulakorpi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paulakorpi is squirming around, avoiding Fasaani's attempts to control the action.
Tammelan Fasaani is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fasaani with a couple of short strikes.
Fasaani putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
A nice elbow there by Fasaani.
Fasaani dominating with strikes here.
Paulakorpi wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
The referee warns Paulakorpi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Paulakorpi taking shots to the head.
Fasaani lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Paulakorpi manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Fasaani is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Paulakorpi has a hand on Fasaani's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Fasaani takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fasaani landing strikes, looking to finish!
Paulakorpi tries to reverse the position but Fasaani maintains control.
Paulakorpi is in a horrible position here. Fasaani smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fasaani controlling from mount.
Fasaani with a couple of short strikes.
Paulakorpi working to try and regain half guard.
Fasaani looking to control but Paulakorpi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tammelan Fasaani showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fasaani has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tammelan Fasaani!
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