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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erkki Peramerkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Fruller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fruller is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by target=blank>HELL YEAH!. Erkki Peramerkki has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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240 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Erkki Peramerkki! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Fruller! The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice takedown defense from Peramerkki. No joy for Fruller on that attempt. Fruller closes the distance and clinches up with Peramerkki, looking for a takedown. Fruller pushes Peramerkki against the cage but Peramerkki circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Fruller shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Peramerkki but Peramerkki pushes him off and we're back to square one. Erkki Peramerkki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Fruller. Peramerkki throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Bob Fruller has been cut. Peramerkki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Fruller pushes off an throws an elbow but Peramerkki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Peramerkki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Peramerkki darts in and clinches Fruller up against the cage. Peramerkki breaks the clinch.
Peramerkki thumps Fruller with a low kick. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Fruller shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Fruller looks gassed! Peramerkki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Fruller keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Peramerkki's efforts to push away. Peramerkki blocks an elbow strike. Peramerkki manages to break the clinch.
Peramerkki closes the distance and pushes Fruller back into the cage. Fruller throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Peramerkki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Peramerkki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Fruller throws an elbow that misses.
Peramerkki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fruller. A solid leg kick lands there for Peramerkki.
Bob Fruller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Peramerkki has Fruller up against the cage in a clinch.
Peramerkki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fruller's face.
That's one minute gone in the round. Peramerkki lands an elbow inside. Peramerkki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Fruller takes an elbow to the temple. Peramerkki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Erkki Peramerkki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Peramerkki throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That has opened up Bob Fruller's cut even more. Peramerkki darts in and clinches Fruller up against the cage. Peramerkki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Peramerkki drives through and clinches with Fruller against the cage.
Peramerkki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Peramerkki moves into the clinch. Peramerkki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Peramerkki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Fruller misses with an elbow over the top. Peramerkki manages to break the clinch.
Peramerkki darts in and clinches Fruller up against the cage. Peramerkki looking to stall.
Peramerkki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peramerkki connects with a high kick. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Peramerkki darts in and clinches Fruller up against the cage. Peramerkki lands a nice elbow. Peramerkki lands an elbow just above Fruller 's eye.
The cut above Bob Fruller's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Peramerkki breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fruller closes this distance looking for a takedown but Peramerkki circles away. Peramerkki lands a head kick!
Peramerkki clinches with his opponent.
A knee to the head by Peramerkki.
Peramerkki manages to break the clinch.
Peramerkki throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fruller takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Peramerkki moves into the clinch. Fruller misses with an elbow over the top. Peramerkki lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Peramerkki is looking to break free of the clinch but Fruller has double underhooks. Peramerkki lands an elbow that stopped Fruller in his tracks for a moment. Peramerkki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fruller throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fruller throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Peramerkki blocks an elbow strike from Fruller.
Peramerkki blocks an elbow strike. With the fighters up against the cage, Fruller throws an elbow but misses. With the fighters up against the cage, Fruller throws an elbow but misses. Peramerkki manages to break the clinch.
Peramerkki stuffs the takedown. Fruller is trying desperately to land a takedown but Peramerkki is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Fruller.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fruller shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Peramerkki but Peramerkki pushes him off and we're back to square one. Peramerkki throws a head kick but Fruller moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Peramerkki. No joy for Fruller on that attempt. Fruller fails with a takedown attempt. Fruller shoots in for a takedown but Peramerkki shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Peramerkki leaves Fruller with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Peramerkki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fruller, pushing him back against the cage. Peramerkki blocks an elbow strike. Peramerkki lands an elbow that stopped Fruller in his tracks for a moment. Fruller pushes off an throws an elbow but Peramerkki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Fruller keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Peramerkki's efforts to push away. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fruller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Peramerkki's brow. Peramerkki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Fruller throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Peramerkki blocks the elbow strike.
Fruller pushes off an throws an elbow but Peramerkki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Peramerkki breaks from the clinch.
Peramerkki stuffs the takedown. Nice sprawl there from Peramerkki as Fruller shoots in. Peramerkki stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Peramerkki wants it to stay on the feet. Fruller misses with a takedown attempt - Peramerkki sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Fruller shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Peramerkki as he avoids it easily. Fruller shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Peramerkki defends it nicely. Fruller dives in and grabs Peramerkki's left leg, looking for a takedown. Peramerkki pushes down on Fruller's head and hops out. Fruller will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Fruller has a takedown stuffed. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fruller is defended easily by Peramerkki. Fruller is trying hard to land a takedown here. Peramerkki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erkki Peramerkki dominated that round. The cut man is working on Bob Fruller's cut. 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.
Peramerkki scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fruller swats away the attempt to clinch by Peramerkki. Nice sprawl there from Peramerkki as Fruller shoots in. Fruller shoots in looking for a takedown. Peramerkki tries to sprawl out of it but Fruller keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Peramerkki manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Peramerkki connects with a high kick. Peramerkki moves into the clinch successfully.
Peramerkki landing knees to the head.
Peramerkki landing knees to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Peramerkki avoids a wild elbow strike from Fruller. Peramerkki blocks an elbow strike from Fruller.
Peramerkki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fruller can do to turn this around? Peramerkki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fruller's face.
Peramerkki blocks an elbow strike from Fruller.
Peramerkki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Peramerkki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Peramerkki lands an elbow inside that Fruller shrugs off. Fruller looks to throw an elbow but misses. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fruller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Peramerkki's brow. Fruller throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Peramerkki dodges an elbow strike from Fruller.
That's one minute gone in the round. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fruller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Peramerkki's brow. A nice glancing elbow lands by Fruller. Peramerkki lands an elbow just above Fruller 's eye. Peramerkki looking to stall.
Peramerkki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Fruller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Peramerkki looking to throw knees to the head but Fruller is blocking nicely.
Fruller looks to throw an elbow but misses. Peramerkki avoids a wild elbow strike from Fruller. Nice elbow from Peramerkki. A nice glancing elbow lands by Fruller. Peramerkki lands a nice elbow. Peramerkki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Peramerkki misses with a knee to the head. Peramerkki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Peramerkki closes the distance and clinches. Fruller pushes off an throws an elbow but Peramerkki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Fruller throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fruller pushes off an throws an elbow but Peramerkki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Fruller lands an elbow inside. Fruller throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fruller.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Peramerkki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peramerkki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fruller throws an elbow that misses.
Fruller throws an elbow but it misses.
Fruller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. With the fighters up against the cage, Fruller throws an elbow but misses. Peramerkki breaks the clinch.
Peramerkki scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Peramerkki throws a head kick that misses. Fruller shoots in looking for a takedown. Peramerkki tries to sprawl out of it but Fruller keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Peramerkki manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Erkki Peramerkki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Fruller. Fruller fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Fruller closes this distance looking for a takedown but Peramerkki circles away. Peramerkki throws a head kick that misses. Fruller is trying hard to land a takedown here. Peramerkki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Fruller avoids the head kick by Peramerkki.
Nice takedown defense from Peramerkki. No joy for Fruller on that attempt. Fruller fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Fruller shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fruller fails with a takedown attempt. Peramerkki has managed to clinch.
Peramerkki avoids a wild elbow strike from Fruller. Fruller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Peramerkki lands an elbow inside that Fruller shrugs off. Peramerkki blocks an elbow strike from Fruller.
Fruller pushes off an throws an elbow but Peramerkki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Peramerkki takes an elbow to the temple. Peramerkki blocks the elbow strike.
Fruller throws an elbow that misses.
Fruller creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Peramerkki dodges an elbow strike from Fruller.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fruller throws an elbow but misses. Peramerkki tries to stall but Fruller uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fruller comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Peramerkki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Peramerkki avoids the elbow strike from Fruller, against the cage.
Peramerkki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fruller misses with a takedown attempt - Peramerkki sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Erkki Peramerkki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Fruller tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Peramerkki swivels and escapes.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Horrible takedown by Fruller or perhaps it was just good defense by Peramerkki which made him look bad. Peramerkki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Peramerkki with a knee to the head.
Fruller looks to throw an elbow but misses. Peramerkki avoids a wild elbow strike from Fruller. Peramerkki avoids the elbow strike from Fruller, against the cage.
Peramerkki looking to throw knees to the head but Fruller is blocking nicely.
Peramerkki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Fruller has a takedown stuffed. Peramerkki throws a nice head kick!
Fruller shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Peramerkki as he avoids it easily. Peramerkki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Peramerkki throws a head kick but Fruller moves out of range.
Fruller will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Peramerkki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Peramerkki blocks an elbow strike. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erkki Peramerkki dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Bob Fruller's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Nice sprawl there from Peramerkki as Fruller shoots in. Peramerkki goes for a high kick. It partially lands. Peramerkki moves into the clinch. Peramerkki manages to break the clinch.
Fruller fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Peramerkki closes the distance and clinches. Fruller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Peramerkki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peramerkki throws a quick inside leg kick. Peramerkki scores with a head kick.
Fruller looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Erkki Peramerkki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Fruller. Peramerkki throws a head kick that Fruller semi-blocks.
Peramerkki stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Peramerkki wants it to stay on the feet. Peramerkki keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Fruller shoots in for a double leg but Peramerkki sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Peramerkki defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fruller. Fruller tries for a takedown but Peramerkki sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. Fruller takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round. Peramerkki lands a high kick!
Fruller shoots for a double leg takedown but Peramerkki sprawls well. He's pushed Fruller's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. A head kick misses from Peramerkki. Peramerkki clinches with his opponent.
Fruller throws an elbow but it misses.
Peramerkki landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Peramerkki.
Peramerkki blocks the elbow strike.
Peramerkki dodges an elbow strike from Fruller.
Fruller looks to throw an elbow but misses. Fruller lands an elbow just above Peramerkki 's eye. With the fighters up against the cage, Fruller throws an elbow but misses. Peramerkki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Peramerkki stuffs the takedown attempt from Fruller. Fruller gets slowly back to his feet. Fruller shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Peramerkki but Peramerkki pushes him off and we're back to square one. Fruller throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Peramerkki was covering up waiting for the punch and Fruller finishes the takedown easily into guard. Fruller tries to stand but Peramerkki is controlling from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Peramerkki kicks Fruller off and gets to his feet. Fruller slips a jab and a cross from Peramerkki.
Fruller shoots in but Peramerkki avoids the takedown attempt easily. Fruller fails with the takedown. Peramerkki lands with a slapping head kick. Fruller shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Peramerkki sprawls well. Peramerkki wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fruller gets slowly back to his feet. Fruller closes the distance and clinches up with Peramerkki, looking for a takedown. Fruller pushes Peramerkki against the cage but Peramerkki circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fruller dives in and grabs Peramerkki's left leg, looking for a takedown. Peramerkki pushes down on Fruller's head and hops out. Peramerkki throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fruller. Fruller fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Fruller looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Erkki Peramerkki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Nice sprawl there from Peramerkki as Fruller shoots in. Peramerkki stuffs the takedown. Fruller takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fruller shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Peramerkki pinned against the cage. Peramerkki gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Fruller shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Peramerkki as he jumps to the side. Peramerkki throws a series of strikes that have Fruller backpedaling.
Fruller shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Peramerkki as he jumps to the side. Fruller takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Peramerkki tries to clinch but Fruller moves out of range. Fruller fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Peramerkki avoids it really well and circles away. Fruller fails with the takedown. Fruller misses with a takedown attempt - Peramerkki sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. A head kick misses from Peramerkki. A slapping leg kick lands for Peramerkki.
Fruller fails with a takedown attempt. Erkki Peramerkki is winning the standup battle so far. No luck for Fruller with that takedown attempt. Peramerkki tries to clinch up. Fruller fails with the takedown. Bob Fruller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Peramerkki throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fruller's head.
And that's the end of the fight! Erkki Peramerkki showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Peramerkki, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26 Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26 Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erkki Peramerkki!
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