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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andre Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamey Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andre Adams has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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170 lbs
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176 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Adams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jamey Mills!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adams wants to clinch.
Mills shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Adams's guard.
Mills tries to free his leg and advance position but Adams is retaining full guard.
Mills not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mills pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adams is keeping the position for now.
Adams working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mills seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Adams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mills shoots in looking for a takedown. Adams tries to sprawl out of it but Mills keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Adams manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Adams tries to clinch but Mills moves out of range.
Mills shoots in looking for a takedown. Adams tries to sprawl out of it but Mills keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Adams manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Adams moves in looking to clinch but Mills pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Adams but Adams pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Andre Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamey Mills.
Mills avoids the head kick by Adams.
Adams goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mills avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Andre Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Adams misses.
Adams leaves Mills with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Adams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adams is looking to clinch.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but Mills swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adams wants to clinch up but Mills keeps it at a distance.
Adams is looking to clinch.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mills swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mills is trying hard to land a takedown here. Adams sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Adams throws a head kick that misses.
Adams lands with a kick to the temple. Mills shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but Mills swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mills swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mills circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mills shoots for a takedown but Adams saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mills avoids the head kick by Adams.
Mills closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mills lands in his opponent's guard.
Adams is trying to control the position but Mills postures up.
Adams is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Mills is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Adams lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mills!
Mills is squirming around, avoiding Adams's attempts to control the action.
Adams is really struggling to control Mills but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Adams will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mills is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Adams looking to control but Mills is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Mills wants to control but Adams is having none of it.
Mills is working to get back to half guard.
Mills is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Adams tries to control but Mills wriggling away.
Mills is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mills tries to lock up and control but Adams gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Adams trying to control but Mills is having none of it.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Andre Adams just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Mills avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mills drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mills taking a breather here.
Adams tries to bench press Mills off him but Mills keeps the position.
Mills tries to stand but Adams is controlling his head.
Mills advances nicely into full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mills is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Mills circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Andre Adams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mills shoots for a double leg takedown but Adams sprawls well. He's pushed Mills's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Adams wants to clinch.
Adams moves in looking to clinch but Mills pushes him off.
Mills avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Adams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamey Mills dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Adams is looking to clinch.
Mills shoots in for a takedown but Adams shows good takedown defense.
Adams throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Adams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Adams doesn't manage to clinch there - Mills circles away.
Adams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Adams!
Adams misses with a two punch combination.
Andre Adams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Adams tries to clinch there but Mills circles away.
Adams leaves Mills with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mills darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mills content to control rather than advance.
Adams trying to control from the bottom.
Adams wants to improve his position but Mills is controlling well.
Adams really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mills seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills trying to control the pace.
Adams trying to control from the bottom.
Mills sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Mills is thwarting Adams's attempts to control the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Adams lands with a kick to the temple. Mills shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Adams has managed to clinch.
Mills wants to stall.
Adams landing knees to the head.
Mills is stalling here.
Adams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mills trying to stall but Adams improves his position.
A knee to the head by Adams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mills tries to score a body lock takedown but Adams shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Andre Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamey Mills.
Adams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mills is breathing heavily.
Mills takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mills takes a knee to the side of the body.
Adams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mills takes a knee to the side of the body.
Adams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mills in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mills is trying to maintain a safe position but Adams gets an underhook and turns Mills into the cage.
Adams with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adams.
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mills is defending well for now.
Mills on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Adams lands a good knee to the midsection. Mills won't want to take too many of those.
Mills's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mills receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Adams crunches a lovely knee into Mills's ribcage.
Mills throws a punch but it's blocked by Adams.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Mills blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills is pushing Adams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mills tries to land knees in the clinch but Adams avoids the damage to the body.
Adams gets underhooks to prevent Mills's takedown attempt.
Mills is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mills wants a takedown but no success here.
Adams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Adams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mills in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Adams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mills lands with a right to the head.
Adams blocks an elbow strike.
Adams landing knees to the head.
Adams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mills is defending well for now.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Mills taking a breather.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mills avoiding damage as Adams throws knees to the body.
Mills is looking to control Adams's arms but Adams gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mills has his back to the cage.
Adams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mills's face.
Mills displaying some good clinch control by pressing Adams up against the cage.
Mills looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Adams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four 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.
Mills looking to stall.
Adams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mills in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mills avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jamey Mills.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mills swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A solid body kick from Adams.
Adams moves into the clinch.
Adams blocking some punches.
Adams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Adams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mills is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adams is defending well for now.
Mills takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mills has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Adams is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Mills tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adams avoids it.
A knee to the head by Adams.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mills wants to stall.
Adams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mills has Adams pressed against the cage.
Adams scores with a knee to the head.
Mills will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Adams up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Adams dominated that second round.
That's time! Adams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Adams throws a leg kick which misses Mills's front leg but catches the back leg as Mills tries to avoid it.
Adams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adams wants to clinch.
Adams throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Adams clinches up against the cage.
Mills works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Mills tries to free his leg and advance position but Adams is retaining full guard.
Adams managing to control the position.
Adams working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mills is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Adams is trying to control the position but Mills postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Adams trying to control the position.
Mills's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Mills gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Mills circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adams closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries to clinch up.
Adams doesn't manage to clinch there - Mills circles away.
Mills shoots in but no luck this time.
Adams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adams goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Adams keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Adams moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Adams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adams tries to clinch but Mills is having none of it.
Adams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams tries to clinch but Mills moves out of range.
Adams slaps away a takedown attempt from Mills, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Andre Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamey Mills.
Adams moves in looking to clinch but Mills pushes him off.
Adams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills dives in and grabs Adams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Adams pushes down on Mills's head and hops out.
Adams gets caught flat footed, as Mills shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Adams trying to control the position.
Mills tries to free his leg and advance position but Adams is retaining full guard.
Adams controls Mills momentarily but Mills frees himself.
Mills looking to pass the guard.
Adams wants to sweep here but Mills controlling him for the moment.
Mills must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Adams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Adams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams stuffs the takedown attempt from Mills. Mills gets slowly back to his feet.
Adams closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Adams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mills paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mills shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mills was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Mills content just to control the position here.
Adams wants to control but Mills is having none of it.
Mills takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamey Mills really dominated that 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.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but Mills swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mills shoots in for a double leg but Adams sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Adams defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mills.
Adams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adams tries to clinch there but Mills circles away.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mills paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mills keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but Mills swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mills tries to stall but Adams uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Adams with a knee to the head.
Mills wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mills slowing the pace effectively.
Mills is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Mills trying to control the position but instead, Adams has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mills into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jamey Mills.
Adams tries to clinch but Mills moves out of range.
Adams tries to clinch there but Mills circles away.
Adams works over Mills's head and body with a nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams wants to clinch.
Mills looks for a takedown but Adams sprawls well.
Andre Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamey Mills.
Adams tries to clinch there but Mills circles away.
Adams tries to clinch there but Mills circles away.
Adams stuffs the takedown.
Adams moves into the clinch successfully.
Adams with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Adams.
Adams landing knees to the body.
Adams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mills in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Adams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mills's face.
Adams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mills in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mills is struggling to control the position.
Adams lands a good knee to the midsection. Mills won't want to take too many of those.
Adams with a knee to the head.
Adams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mills avoids it.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mills blocks it with crossed arms.
Adams blocks an elbow strike.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Mills pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mills gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Adams is looking to control Mills's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Adams avoid being mounted?
Mills prevents Adams from improving his position.
Mills seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Adams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mills stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Mills fails with the takedown.
Adams moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams pushes Mills up against the cage in a clinch.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mills takes a knee right on the jaw!
Adams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mills blocks it with crossed arms.
Adams gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mills.
Mills misses with a punch on the inside.
Mills is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Adams lands a nice knee to the body.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Mills avoids the damage to the body.
Mills is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mills just leaning against Adams, taking a breather.
Mills blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mills stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jamey Mills.
Adams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mills blocks a head kick by Adams.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
A bone on bone clash there as Mills blocks the leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mills throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Adams was covering up waiting for the punch and Mills finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Mills controlling from the top position.
Adams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mills slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Adams working a defensive guard here.
Mills trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Adams had his way with Jamey Mills in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adams is looking to clinch.
Mills fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Adams is looking to clinch.
Mills scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mills controls the position from side control.
Mills is looking to take a break and control but Adams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mills working away.
Adams is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mills working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mills taking a breather here.
Adams struggling a bit here.
Adams tries to improve position but can't.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mills shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Adams as he avoids it easily.
Adams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adams tries to clinch but Mills is having none of it.
Adams is looking to clinch but Mills is avoiding it.
Adams lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mills looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Adams trying to keep a closed guard but Mills is proving a slippery customer.
Mills showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Mills pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adams is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mills won't allow Adams to sweep him here.
Mills controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Adams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Adams is trying to control the position but Mills postures up.
Mills controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Mills stopping the sweep attempt from Adams.
Mills tries to stand but Adams is controlling from the bottom.
Mills seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams looking to control.
Mills seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Adams looking for a sweep. Not yet Adams, not yet.
Mills trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Adams manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mills manages to get himself to full guard.
Mills seems keen to control Adams's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Adams trying to control but Mills is working from the bottom.
Adams pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mills is keeping the position for now.
Jamey Mills has got the better of the ground game so far.
Adams trying to control the position from guard on top but Mills is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Adams slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Adams trying to control but Mills is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adams looking to pass the guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mills is defended easily by Adams.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jamey Mills comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mills 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 47:48
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 47:48
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamey Mills!
Jamey Mills is the new welterweight champion!
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