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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nikki Benz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heikki Jaaskelainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benz comes to the cage accompanied by get it on the floor. Jaaskelainen is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Girl in a Uniform. Heikki Jaaskelainen is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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152 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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144 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nikki Benz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Heikki Jaaskelainen!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Benz.
Benz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jaaskelainen rushes Benz and presses him up against the cage.
Benz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jaaskelainen lands a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jaaskelainen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jaaskelainen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Benz's head.
Jaaskelainen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaaskelainen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Benz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jaaskelainen cracks Benz with a solid left hand.
Benz is looking to stand up but Jaaskelainen isn't so interested in that idea.
Jaaskelainen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaaskelainen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jaaskelainen preventing the sweep.
Benz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jaaskelainen on the ground.
Benz trying to keep a closed guard but Jaaskelainen is proving a slippery customer.
Jaaskelainen stops Benz from standing up.
Jaaskelainen trying to control but Benz is working from the bottom.
Jaaskelainen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jaaskelainen stopping the sweep attempt from Benz.
Benz wants to stand but Jaaskelainen is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jaaskelainen content to stall in guard here.
Jaaskelainen gets to his feet. Benz looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jaaskelainen fails to land with a series of punches.
Jaaskelainen swats away the attempt to clinch by Benz.
A punch combination from Benz misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaaskelainen closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jaaskelainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benz misses with a takedown attempt - Jaaskelainen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Benz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jaaskelainen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Benz is breathing heavily.
Jaaskelainen misses with a looping left.
Jaaskelainen throws a jab but it's blocked by Benz.
Jaaskelainen swats away the attempt to clinch by Benz.
Good shot there by Jaaskelainen.
Benz moves out of range of the strikes.
Jaaskelainen thows a body shot but no joy.
Jaaskelainen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jaaskelainen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Benz avoids it really well and circles away.
Jaaskelainen swinging wilding here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaaskelainen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Benz pinned against the cage. Benz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Benz looks to clinch
and Jaaskelainen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benz wants to control but Jaaskelainen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Benz desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Jaaskelainen seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Jaaskelainen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Benz keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heikki Jaaskelainen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jaaskelainen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jaaskelainen scores a takedown into full mount!
Jaaskelainen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jaaskelainen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jaaskelainen lands a big shot there that rocks Benz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jaaskelainen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Benz is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jaaskelainen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Benz tries to lock up and control but Jaaskelainen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaaskelainen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Benz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jaaskelainen content just to control the position here.
Jaaskelainen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaaskelainen controlling the position easily from mount.
Let's hope that Jaaskelainen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Jaaskelainen tries to control but Benz wriggling away.
Jaaskelainen looking to finish Benz with some ground and pound. This is bad for Benz!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaaskelainen looking to control and managing it successfully.
Despite being in the dominant position, Heikki Jaaskelainen just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jaaskelainen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Benz looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jaaskelainen working away.
Jaaskelainen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jaaskelainen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Benz has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jaaskelainen in side control lands a decent elbow.
Jaaskelainen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Jaaskelainen throws a strike aimed at the side of Benz's head but Benz avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaaskelainen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jaaskelainen in side control lands a decent elbow.
The strikes coming from Jaaskelainen are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jaaskelainen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Benz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Benz pushes Jaaskelainen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Jaaskelainen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heikki Jaaskelainen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Jaaskelainen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jaaskelainen wants to slow Benz down by chopping away at his legs.
Jaaskelainen takes a swing at Benz's ribcage but misses.
Jaaskelainen misses the shot to the body.
Heikki Jaaskelainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaaskelainen tries to score with a low kick but Benz moves his leg out of the way.
Jaaskelainen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Benz in his tracks.
Benz closes the distance and pushes Jaaskelainen back into the cage.
Jaaskelainen manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaaskelainen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benz's calf.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jaaskelainen misses with a double jab
and Benz counters with a head kick. That will keep Jaaskelainen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Jaaskelainen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benz moves away.
Benz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Benz wants it to stay on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benz tries to close the distance and clinch but Jaaskelainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jaaskelainen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jaaskelainen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jaaskelainen counters with a nice leg kick.
Benz slips a straight right by Jaaskelainen.
Benz wants to clinch up but Jaaskelainen keeps it at a distance.
Benz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jaaskelainen throws a combination that misses
and Benz counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jaaskelainen's knee momentarily.
A combination from Benz does no damage.
Benz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jaaskelainen.
Benz scores with a one two! Jaaskelainen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jaaskelainen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Benz counters with a series of strikes. Jaaskelainen will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Benz tries to clinch up.
Benz throws a sloppy head kick and Jaaskelainen moves out of range easily.
Benz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Benz wants it to stay on the feet.
Benz tries to clinch up but Jaaskelainen circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jaaskelainen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jaaskelainen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Benz manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Jaaskelainen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jaaskelainen wants to pass the guard but Benz is keeping the position.
Jaaskelainen controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benz wants to stand but Jaaskelainen is controlling the position.
Jaaskelainen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Benz's guard.
Jaaskelainen is nestled in close to Benz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Jaaskelainen throwing shots but Benz is blocking nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jaaskelainen lands a nice short elbow.
Jaaskelainen uses his free foot to push down on Benz's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Benz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaaskelainen unloading with bombs!
Benz squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
A nice elbow there by Jaaskelainen.
Jaaskelainen breaks from Benz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jaaskelainen working the ground and pound effectively.
Benz is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Jaaskelainen working Benz over with strikes here.
Nikki Benz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Heikki Jaaskelainen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jaaskelainen looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heikki Jaaskelainen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jaaskelainen 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 26:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heikki Jaaskelainen!
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energy
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hype
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