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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silvennoinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Louis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson Silvennoinen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silvennoinen sprawls well. Silvennoinen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Louis gets slowly back to his feet.
Silvennoinen looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Silvennoinen takes the fight into the clinch.
Louis gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Louis is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Silvennoinen wants to sweep here but Louis controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Louis slips nicely into half guard.
Louis controlling the action here.
Silvennoinen is trying to stand back up but Louis is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Louis is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Louis wants to work for an arm triangle but Silvennoinen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Louis with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Louis seems to be working for a kimura but Silvennoinen defends the submission attempt.
Louis wants to take a breather but Silvennoinen is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Louis lands a nice short elbow.
Louis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Louis wants to control but Silvennoinen is keeping him busy.
Louis works his way into full mount!
Louis avoids the attempt from Silvennoinen to control.
Louis looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Silvennoinen is squirming around, avoiding Louis's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis avoids the attempt from Silvennoinen to control.
Silvennoinen is squirming around, avoiding Louis's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four 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.
Louis breaks from Silvennoinen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Louis prevents Silvennoinen from getting the reversal.
Silvennoinen wants to get back to his feet.
Louis tries to control but Silvennoinen wriggling away.
Louis will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silvennoinen is desperately trying to improve his position but Louis has a good base and remains in mount.
Louis goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Silvennoinen is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Louis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Louis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Louis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silvennoinen tries to avoid it but Louis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silvennoinen to the ground. Silvennoinen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silvennoinen tries to clinch but Louis is having none of it.
Louis has a takedown stuffed.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Louis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Louis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silvennoinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis fails with a takedown attempt.
Silvennoinen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis gets back to full guard.
Silvennoinen is looking to stand up but Louis won't let him.
Silvennoinen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Louis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silvennoinen is one step ahead there.
Louis trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silvennoinen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Louis is keeping the position for now.
Louis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silvennoinen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silvennoinen throws a right and a left that Louis avoids nicely.
Louis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen lands a high kick!
Anderson Silvennoinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvennoinen misses with the combination.
Silvennoinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Louis scores a takedown into full mount!
Silvennoinen is trying desperately to improve position.
The referee warns Silvennoinen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Louis looking to control but Silvennoinen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Louis content just to control the position here.
Silvennoinen is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silvennoinen tries to hold on but Louis postures up.
Silvennoinen tries to reverse the position but Louis maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Anderson Silvennoinen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Silvennoinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Silvennoinen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silvennoinen tries to keep at a distance but Louis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Louis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Louis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silvennoinen.
Louis tries to land a knee to the head but Silvennoinen blocks with his arms.
Louis'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.
Louis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Louis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Silvennoinen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Louis's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis wants to get back to his feet but Silvennoinen passes into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Louis is trying to control but can't.
Louis makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Louis shoots in for a double leg but Silvennoinen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Louis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Louis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silvennoinen lands with a nice body kick.
Louis doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silvennoinen counters by moving into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Louis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Louis pulls Silvennoinen into guard.
Louis working a defensive guard but Silvennoinen passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen is stalling here. Louis is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Silvennoinen seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Louis has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Silvennoinen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silvennoinen struggling a bit here.
Silvennoinen manages to get back to half guard.
Louis is trying to control the action in half guard but Silvennoinen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Louis is just content to waste time from the top position. Silvennoinen takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Mike Louis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis wants to control from the top but Silvennoinen keeps moving.
Silvennoinen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Louis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Louis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silvennoinen keeping moving, preventing Louis from controlling successfully.
Louis gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Silvennoinen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Louis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silvennoinen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four 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.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silvennoinen.
Left hook, right uppercut from Louis.
Louis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mike Louis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silvennoinen misses with a takedown
and Louis counters with a single leg into guard. Silvennoinen didn't expect that.
Louis stays in close to Silvennoinen's body and controls the position.
Louis trying to control but Silvennoinen is working from the bottom.
Louis is fighting to break Silvennoinen's control of his arms but Silvennoinen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Silvennoinen wants to stand but Louis is controlling the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mike Louis.
I think Louis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Louis!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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