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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and optimus Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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265 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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260 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
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Decent boxing
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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
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rob Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, optimus Prime!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prime lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Green circles away quickly and effectively.
Prime swinging wildly here.
Prime shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Green defends it nicely.
Prime looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Green looking for a sweep. Not yet Green, not yet.
Green is adopting a defensive guard.
Green avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Prime loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Green has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Prime stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Green swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime trying to control the position from guard on top but Green is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prime trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Prime drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Green really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Prime trying to control but Green is working from the bottom.
Prime trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Green will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Prime trying to control but Green is working from the bottom.
Prime tries to free his leg and advance position but Green is retaining full guard.
Green keeping moving, preventing Prime from controlling successfully.
Green is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Green wants to sweep here but Prime controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Green moves away from the strike by Prime.
Jab from Prime.
Prime scores with a jab.
Prime is trying hard to land a takedown here. Green sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Prime shoots in for a takedown but Green shows good takedown defense.
Rob Green has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of optimus Prime.
Green keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
optimus Prime seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prime shoots in but no luck this time.
Green throws a head kick but Prime moves out of range.
Green dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Prime. That did some damage!
Prime throws a lazy right hand but Green sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Green tries to bum rush Prime with a series of wild strikes but Prime uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prime misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Green ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Green tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Prime paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Prime has a takedown stuffed.
Green throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Prime looks gassed!
Prime blocks a low kick nicely.
Green throws a nice inside leg kick.
Green scores with a sloppy right hand. Prime should have avoided that one.
Green tries to clinch up but Prime circles away and keeps his distance.
Green goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Green with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Green lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green thumps Prime with a low kick.
Rob Green is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Green lands with a kick to the temple. Prime shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick from Green lands but Prime takes it in his stride.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Green, right into the meat.
Green clinches up against the cage.
Green slows down the pace here.
Green lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Green.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prime on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Green throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Prime blocks it with crossed arms.
Prime is trying to break the clinch but Green has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Green dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Prime takes a kick to the side of the head.
Green scoring well with a low kick there.
Prime shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Green lands a nice looking body kick.
Prime avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Green misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Green.
Green throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rob Green is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Prime takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Prime's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green lands with a thumping leg kick.
Prime misses with a combination
and Green counters with a big head kick but Prime shrugs it off.
Prime is breathing heavily.
Prime takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green clinches with his opponent.
Green leaning his opponent against the cage.
Prime avoiding damage as Green throws knees to the body.
Green throws an elbow that misses.
Prime has had enough of the clinch but Green keeps him there for the moment.
Prime blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Green missing with knees to the body.
Prime is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Green lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Prime backwards.
Green is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Prime can do to turn this around?
Green is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two 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.
Green scores a nice knee to the body.
Prime jumps guard but Green stands there with Prime around his waist. Prime gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Green throws an elbow but it misses.
Come on Green - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Green tries to land knees in the clinch but Prime avoids the damage to the body.
Prime avoids the elbow strike from Green, against the cage.
Prime managing to block the knees to the body from Green.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Green just misses with a elbow thrown towards Prime's brow.
Prime escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime fails to land the takedown.
Rob Green has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of optimus Prime.
Prime scores a takedown into full mount!
Prime avoids the attempt from Green to control.
Green is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Prime throwing strikes here but Green is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Prime can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Green is looking to escape.
Green tries to hold on but Prime postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime scoring with strikes but Green is staying in there.
Green gets back to half guard.
Prime has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Green trying to control here.
Prime trying to control from Green's half guard. Green has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Green not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Green keeping moving, preventing Prime from controlling successfully.
Green wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prime preventing the sweep.
Green wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Green dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Prime with a lazy takedown attempt
and Green counters with a straight right hand.
Green stuffs the takedown.
Prime looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Green is fending him off so far but Prime persists. Nope, Green circles away and we're back to standing.
Rob Green has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of optimus Prime.
A combination from Prime does no damage.
Green with a jab.
No joy there for Green, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Green avoids the body shot from Prime.
Prime takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Prime tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Green fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Prime.
Green connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Prime takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Green.
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!
Green lands with an overhand left.
Green scores with a jab to the head.
Rob Green is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green throws a head kick that Prime semi-blocks.
Prime fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Green avoids it really well and circles away.
Green is looking to slow Prime down with leg kicks.
Prime tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Green lands with a kick to the temple. Prime shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
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!
Green lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Green gets a clinch.
Green lands a body punch in the clinch.
Green missing with knees to the body.
Green misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Prime.
Green is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Green.
Prime fails to pull guard.
Green using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Green.
Green landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Prime blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Green scores with a knee to the head.
Prime tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Green just stands there and leans against the cage.
Green is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Prime is defending well for now.
Prime jumps guard but Green stands there with Prime around his waist. Prime gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Green.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Prime's efforts to push away.
Prime drags the fight down to the ground.
Prime keeping moving, preventing Green from controlling successfully.
Prime is trying to control the position but Green postures up.
Prime is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Green not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Rob Green is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Prime has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Green can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Prime controls Green momentarily but Green frees himself.
optimus Prime has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Prime misses with a combination
and Green counters with a thumping low kick.
Prime fails to land the takedown.
Green throws a nice inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab from Prime misses.
No luck for Prime with that takedown attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rob Green showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Green, 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Green!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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