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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vesku Torni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannu Hantta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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159 lbs
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163 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vesku Torni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hannu Hantta!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torni avoids the head kick by Hantta.
Hantta darts in and clinches Torni up against the cage.
Hantta lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hantta obliges.
Hantta lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Vesku Torni has been cut.
Torni tries to circle away but Hantta has him pinned against the cage.
Hantta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hantta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hantta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Torni's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Torni is looking to break free of the clinch but Hantta has double underhooks.
Hantta unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hantta lands a nice knee to the body.
Torni is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Torni is trying to break the clinch but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Hantta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hantta lands a knee to the head.
Torni wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Hantta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hantta lands an elbow that stopped Torni in his tracks for a moment.
Hantta works on Torni's body with a couple of short punches.
Hantta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tornis head.
Torni takes a knee right on the jaw!
Torni wants to break free but Hantta has control.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hantta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Torni is trying to break free.
A left hand lands to the body for Hantta.
Hantta lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hantta working Torni over with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hantta lands a knee to the head.
Hantta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hantta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Hantta.
Hantta lands an elbow inside that Torni shrugs off.
Hantta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right from Hantta.
Hantta lands an elbow that stopped Torni in his tracks for a moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Hantta.
Hantta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hantta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hantta lands an uppercut.
Hantta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A knee to the head by Hantta.
Hantta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Torni or not.
Hantta lands a body shot.
Hantta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Torni backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hantta.
A short right from Hantta on the inside.
Hantta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Torni or not.
Hantta landing knees to the head.
Hantta lands an elbow inside.
Torni wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Hantta.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hantta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Hantta.
Hantta lands a shot to the body.
Hantta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Torni can't break the clinch.
Hantta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hantta presses Torni against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Torni is trying to break free.
Torni is trying to break the clinch but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Hantta lands a knee to the head.
Hantta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Torni's efforts to push away.
Hantta scores with a hook to the body.
A knee to the head by Hantta.
Torni working hard to break the clinch.
Hantta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Torni's efforts to push away.
Hantta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hantta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hantta putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Torni in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Hantta.
Hantta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Torni's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hantta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hantta lands an elbow inside that Torni shrugs off.
Vesku Torni's cut is getting worse.
Hantta connects with a knee to the head.
Hantta lands a left hand.
Hantta scores with a knee to the head.
A short left from Hantta.
Hantta lands with a light punch inside.
Hantta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Torni lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hantta lands a nice elbow.
Hantta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hantta lands an elbow inside that Torni shrugs off.
Hantta lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Hantta.
Torni wants to get back to striking at distance but Hantta won't allow it.
Hantta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Torni.
Torni is trying to force a seperation but Hantta has the dominant position.
Hantta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hantta lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hantta pushes Torni back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Torni tries to circle away but Hantta has him pinned against the cage.
Hantta lands a hook that snaps the head of Torni backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hantta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tornis head.
Torni tries to break free but Hantta pushes him back against the cage.
Torni wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hantta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Torni backwards.
Hantta prevents Torni from breaking the clinch.
Hantta lands a nice shot to the body.
Hantta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Torni is trying to break the clinch but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Hantta landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Torni takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hantta.
A hook to the body from Hantta.
Hantta scores a nice knee to the body.
Torni working hard to break the clinch.
Torni wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Hantta.
Hantta scores a nice knee to the body.
Torni can't break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hantta scores with a knee to the head.
Hantta lands with a short shot to the head.
Hantta misses with a knee strike.
Hantta lands a good knee to the midsection. Torni won't want to take too many of those.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hantta.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannu Hantta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vesku Torni's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A punch combination from Torni misses.
Torni throws a jab but it's blocked by Hantta.
Hantta throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Torni counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Torni thows a body shot but no joy.
Hantta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Torni.
Torni throws a right and a left that both miss.
Torni swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hantta counters by moving into the clinch.
Hantta lands a shoulder strike.
Hantta landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hantta is leaning against Torni and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hantta lands a nice elbow.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hantta in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hantta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hantta lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A shot in the inside from Hantta.
A body shot lands from Hantta.
Nice elbow from Hantta.
Hantta lands a left hand.
Torni is looking to break free of the clinch but Hantta has double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Hantta.
Torni takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Torni takes a shot to the head.
Hannu Hantta seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hantta lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Hantta.
A nice left hand lands by Hantta.
Torni takes a shot to the head.
Hantta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hantta lands a knee to the body.
Torni is trying to break the clinch but Hantta is controlling him.
Hantta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hantta lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Hantta.
Hantta scores with a hook to the body.
Hantta digs a right hand underneath Torni's ribcage. Torni let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Torni wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right handed body shot lands from Hantta.
Hantta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hantta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hantta crunches a lovely knee into Torni's ribcage.
Nice body punch from Hantta.
A right hook to the body lands for Hantta.
Hantta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Hantta - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Hantta.
Hantta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Torni takes an elbow to the temple.
Hantta lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hantta crunches a lovely knee into Torni's ribcage.
Hantta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hand to the body from Hantta.
Torni tries to circle away but Hantta has him pinned against the cage.
Hantta lands a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Hantta.
Torni takes an elbow to the temple.
A right handed body shot lands from Hantta.
Hantta scores with a hook to the body.
Hantta lands with a short shot to the head.
Torni takes a knee right on the jaw!
A right handed body shot lands from Hantta.
Hantta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Torni backwards.
Hantta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Torni wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Hantta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hantta pushes Torni back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hantta trying to land knees to the body.
Hantta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hantta is working Torni over against the cage.
Torni can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torni blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Torni is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hantta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Torni's efforts to push away.
Hantta prevents Torni from breaking the clinch.
Hantta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Torni's efforts to push away.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hantta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hantta digs a right hand into Torni's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Torni's gas tank.
Hantta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Hantta as the two fighters clinch.
Torni takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hantta lands an elbow inside that Torni shrugs off.
Hantta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Torni wants to break free but Hantta has control.
Torni wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hantta cracks Torni with a nice body shot.
Hantta lands a right hand.
Hantta working Torni over with knees to the body.
Hantta lands a knee to the body.
Torni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Hantta.
Hantta scores with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hantta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Torni blocks it with crossed arms.
Hantta looking to throw knees to the head but Torni is blocking nicely.
Torni avoiding damage as Hantta throws knees to the body.
Torni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hantta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hantta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hantta misses with the head strike.
Torni tries to break free but Hantta pushes him back against the cage.
Hantta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hantta tries a knee to the head but Torni blocks it.
Torni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Torni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Torni wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hantta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Torni.
Torni wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Torni is trying to break the clinch but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Torni wants to break the clinch but can't.
Torni has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hantta unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hantta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Torni wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannu Hantta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vesku Torni's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Torni misses with a hook. Hantta ducked under it nicely.
Torni throws a right and a left that Hantta avoids nicely.
Torni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hantta was well out of range. Poor timing from Torni.
Hantta forces Torni back against the cage and clinches.
Hantta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hantta lands a hook that snaps the head of Torni backwards.
Torni takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hantta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hantta lands a nice elbow.
Hantta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hantta connects with a knee to the head.
Hantta tries a knee to the head but Torni blocks it.
Torni wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Hantta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hantta tries a knee to the head but Torni blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torni is trying to force a seperation but Hantta has the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Torni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hantta.
Hantta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hantta.
Torni is trying to force a seperation but Hantta has the dominant position.
Hantta prevents Torni from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Hantta.
Torni is looking to break free of the clinch but Hantta has double underhooks.
Hantta lands a knee to the head.
Torni takes an elbow to the temple.
Torni has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hantta throws an elbow that misses.
Hantta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hantta throws a punch but it's blocked by Torni.
Torni working hard to break the clinch.
Torni is trying to break free.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hantta.
A short left from Hantta.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hantta.
Hantta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Torni.
Torni is trying to break free.
Hantta throws an elbow that misses.
Torni tries to break the clinch but Hantta is controlling the position.
Hantta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torni managing to block the knees to the body from Hantta.
Torni wants to break the clinch but can't.
Torni wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hantta gets through Torni's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hantta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hantta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hantta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hantta has Torni pressed against the cage, preventing Torni from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hantta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hantta lands with a light punch inside.
Hantta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Torni has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hantta throws an elbow but it misses.
Hantta has Torni pressed against the cage, preventing Torni from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Torni tries to break the clinch but Hantta is controlling the position.
Hantta connects with a knee to the head.
Hantta misses with a body punch.
Torni wants to get back to striking at distance but Hantta won't allow it.
Torni is trying to break free.
Torni wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hantta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Torni's defenses.
Torni wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Torni can't break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hantta fails to land.
Hantta scores with a shot to the side of Torni's head.
Hantta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Torni has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hantta misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hantta is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torni is defending well for now.
Torni wants to break free but Hantta has control.
Hantta has Torni pressed against the cage, preventing Torni from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Torni on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hantta tries to throw a body punch but Torni avoids it by throwing Hantta back against the cage.
Torni breaks from the clinch.
Torni misses with a few strikes there.
Hantta tries a head kick but it misses.
Hantta closes the distance and clinches.
Hantta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Torni's efforts to push away.
Hantta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Torni wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Hantta scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Hantta.
Torni takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hantta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torni avoids it.
Hantta tries to land knees in the clinch but Torni avoids the damage to the body.
Hantta prevents Torni from breaking the clinch.
Hantta is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Torni blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
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.
Hantta has Torni pressed against the cage, preventing Torni from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Torni is looking to break free of the clinch but Hantta has double underhooks.
Torni is trying to break free.
Torni is trying to break the clinch but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Hantta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hantta is leaning against Torni and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hantta lands an elbow inside that Torni shrugs off.
Vesku Torni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A frustrated look appears on Torni's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hantta lands a knee to the body.
Torni is trying to break the clinch but Hantta is controlling him.
Torni tries to break free but Hantta pushes him back against the cage.
Torni has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Torni is trying to break the clinch but Hantta has him pressed against the cage.
Torni is looking to break free of the clinch but Hantta has double underhooks.
Hantta lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hantta scores with a hook to the body.
Hantta scores with a hook to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hantta lands an elbow that stopped Torni in his tracks for a moment.
A knee to the head by Hantta.
Hantta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Hantta.
Hannu Hantta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Torni working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hannu Hantta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hantta 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 26:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hannu Hantta!
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