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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sampsa Pikari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris's entrance music is The Clash - Rock the Casbah. A fine choice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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182 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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21
183 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Powerful takedowns
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerome Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sampsa Pikari!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris closes the distance and clinches up with Pikari, looking for a takedown. Harris pushes Pikari against the cage but Pikari circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harris darts in and clinches Pikari up against the cage.
Pikari misses with the head strike.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Pikari uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harris.
Harris is working Pikari over against the cage.
Harris is stalling here.
Pikari stalls.
Pikari breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Pikari.
Harris manages to work his way to half guard, despite Pikari's best efforts.
Harris makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Harris.
Harris wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Harris is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris postures up.
Pikari working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harris.
Harris has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Harris scoring with punches to the head and body.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Pikari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pikari throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Harris will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pikari is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Harris defends well.
Pikari looking for a guillotine here but Harris defends easily.
Harris wants to control from the top but Pikari keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Harris not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Harris trying to control but Pikari is working from the bottom.
Pikari is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pikari landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pikari not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pikari is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pikari has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris trying to control from the bottom.
Harris desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Pikari missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Harris wants to control but Pikari is keeping busy.
Harris avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pikari.
Pikari wants to free his trapped foot but Harris is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pikari sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harris defending well though.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pikari shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pikari was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris is desperately trying to improve his position but Pikari has a good base and remains in mount.
Pikari putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pikari tries to push Harris's head away but Harris is holding on tight.
Harris tries to hold on but Pikari pushes him away.
Pikari scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pikari looking to finish Harris with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harris!
Pikari looking to ground and pound but Harris is blocking nicely.
Pikari prevents Harris from getting the reversal.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pikari is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Harris to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Harris shrugs it off.
Pikari looks gassed!
Harris is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sampsa Pikari dominated that round.
That's time! Harris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Pikari lands a with a good body shot.
Harris jabs at Pikari's body.
Harris throws the left hand but Pikari avoids the punch easily.
Harris throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Donk. Pikari catches Harris right on the button with a cross.
Harris stuns Pikari with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris misses with an uppercut. Pikari saw that one coming.
Harris misses the body punch
and Pikari counters with a right hand to the body.
Harris gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pikari to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Pikari preventing the sweep.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pikari slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Harris regains half guard.
Pikari throwing shots but Harris is blocking nicely.
Pikari working Harris over with strikes.
Sampsa Pikari has got the better of the ground game so far.
Harris is in trouble now - Pikari has advanced to mount!
Harris looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Pikari punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pikari with a couple of short strikes.
Pikari landing punches.
Harris wants to control but Pikari is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pikari thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Harris wants to control but Pikari is having none of it.
Pikari landing strikes from the mount and Harris is in trouble!
Pikari lands with some strikes.
Pikari avoids the attempt from Harris to control.
Harris is wriggling around trying to escape.
Harris wants to hold on but Pikari pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pikari landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pikari scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Harris?
Harris tries to lock up and control but Pikari gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Harris is trying to escape the mount.
Pikari avoids the attempt from Harris to control.
Pikari landing strikes from the mount and Harris is in trouble!
Harris tries to reverse the position but Pikari maintains control.
Pikari is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Harris can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pikari landing shots from mount.
Pikari lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Pikari postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Harris looks a forlorn figure.
Pikari is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Harris can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pikari looking to finish Harris with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harris!
Harris is looking to improve his position but Pikari isn't that keen on the idea.
Pikari lands a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pikari is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harris is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pikari working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pikari raining down shots from the mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pikari working the ground and pound effectively.
Pikari lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sampsa Pikari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pikari lands a nice shot to the body.
Pikari with a jab.
Harris is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Pikari circles away.
Pikari misses with a body shot
and Harris counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Harris takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pikari feints and as Harris raises his hands in defense, Pikari changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pikari wants to pass the guard but Harris is keeping the position.
Harris avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pikari looking to pass the guard.
Harris is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pikari gets full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris tries to free his leg and advance position but Pikari is retaining full guard.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Pikari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pikari is trying to keep Harris in close.
Harris stands and throws Pikari's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Harris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pikari keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pikari regains half guard.
Ground and pound from Harris.
Pikari is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Harris's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Harris's back!
Harris covers up after that shot from Pikari.
Harris tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Harris is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pikari has hold of Harris's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Harris manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Harris wants to hold on but Pikari pushes him away.
Pikari prevents Harris from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to hold on but Pikari pushes him away.
Harris is desperately trying to improve his position but Pikari has a good base and remains in mount.
Pikari connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pikari working for a submission but Harris is keeping him at bay.
Harris is desperately trying to improve his position but Pikari has a good base and remains in mount.
Pikari scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Harris takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pikari thowing shots but they're missing.
Pikari prevents Harris from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to lock up and control but Pikari gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Harris is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Pikari postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Harris looks a forlorn figure.
Pikari lands a big elbow.
Pikari with the ground and pound from mount.
Harris is in a horrible position here. Pikari smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pikari with good strikes from the mount here!
Pikari punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pikari looking to finish Harris with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harris!
Pikari landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sampsa Pikari really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pikari.
Harris lands with a nice combination. Pikari backs away looking to recover.
Pikari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harris is looking to clinch.
Pikari throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pikari moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pikari slips a jab from Harris.
Pikari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris swings for the body but Pikari moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pikari is defended easily by Harris.
Harris fails with the takedown
and Pikari counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Harris lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pikari!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pikari is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pikari's face.
Pikari is trying desperately to improve position.
Harris controlling his opponent.
Pikari is in all sorts of trouble here.
Harris lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Harris thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Pikari is looking to improve his position but Harris isn't that keen on the idea.
Harris unloading with bombs!
Harris jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Pikari manages to avoid the submission attempt.
An elbow from Harris crashes against the mat.
Pikari struggling a bit here.
Pikari is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to control but Pikari is keeping him busy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Harris throws a right hand that Pikari ducks under and follows up with a left that Pikari also avoids with ease.
Pikari closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Pikari landing a few strikes.
Pikari working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Harris tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pikari wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pikari is putting a hurting on Harris here, landing some big shots from side control.
Harris is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pikari lands a few punches from side control.
Harris struggling a bit here.
Pikari working the body and head with strikes.
Pikari working the ground and pound.
Pikari creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Pikari tries to move to mount but Harris blocks the move with his legs.
Harris takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Harris is looking to reverse the position.
Pikari is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Harris knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pikari sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Harris is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sampsa Pikari dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Jab from Harris.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pikari.
Pikari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pikari closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pikari lands in his opponent's guard.
Pikari cracks Harris with a solid left hand.
Pikari preventing the sweep.
Pikari stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harris swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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.
Harris tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pikari loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pikari postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pikari is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Harris is trying to control the position but Pikari postures up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
Pikari throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Harris.
Pikari can't do much from the bottom here.
Pikari manages to work his way to half guard, despite Harris's best efforts.
Harris seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pikari does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to free his trapped foot but Pikari is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pikari moves into full guard.
Harris won't allow Pikari to sweep him here.
Pikari bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Harris's guard.
Harris trying to keep a closed guard but Pikari is proving a slippery customer.
Pikari lands a couple of digs.
Harris trying to control the position.
Pikari is looking to work some ground and pound but Harris has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pikari throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Harris lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pikari!
Jerome Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pikari tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harris landing strikes from the mount and Pikari is in trouble!
Harris landing strikes from the mount.
Sampsa Pikari is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pikari sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Harris trying to control from half guard but Pikari is working away.
Pikari is trying to control but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pikari works his way to full guard. Good work.
Harris wants to control from the top but Pikari keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pikari is on top in guard.
Harris controls Pikari momentarily but Pikari frees himself.
Harris tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pikari got a little sloppy there for a moment and Harris has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Pikari has managed to get both his arms back between Harris's legs - danger averted.
Harris can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Pikari controls the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sampsa Pikari comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pikari winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Sampsa Pikari!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Sampsa Pikari!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Sampsa Pikari!
Sampsa Pikari wins by unanimous decision!
Sampsa Pikari is the new welterweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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