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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heikki Mela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Schnitzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heikki Mela has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Heikki Mela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Schnitzer!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Schnitzer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Schnitzer stuffs the takedown.
Schnitzer fails with the takedown
and Mela counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Mela has gone for a leg lock! Schnitzer slips out almost immediately though and dives into Mela's guard.
Schnitzer is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Schnitzer stopping the sweep attempt from Mela.
Schnitzer trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schnitzer working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Schnitzer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mela works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Schnitzer with a flurry of punches that miss.
Schnitzer thows a big elbow that misses.
Mela utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schnitzer throwing strikes but missing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mela wants to clinch up but Schnitzer keeps it at a distance.
Mela looks for the body kick but Schnitzer saw that one coming.
Mela misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mela has his takedown stuffed
and Schnitzer counters with a shoot takedown. Mela fights it but they end up in guard.
Schnitzer stands up over Mela, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mela avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Schnitzer with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mela wants to stand and escape but Schnitzer is having none of it.
Mela might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Schnitzer throws a big right hand that misses.
Schnitzer content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schnitzer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Schnitzer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mela works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mela working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schnitzer.
Schnitzer cracks Mela with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Schnitzer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mela has momentary wrist control but Schnitzer slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mela is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mela is breathing heavily.
Schnitzer throwing strikes from guard but Mela blocks nicely.
Mela manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Schnitzer manages to get himself to full guard.
Mela gets to his feet. Schnitzer looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schnitzer fails with the takedown
and Mela counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Schnitzer's guard now.
Schnitzer is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Schnitzer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Schnitzer is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mela can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Schnitzer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Schnitzer looking to finish Mela with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mela!
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!
Schnitzer lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mela hang on?
Schnitzer raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schnitzer looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Schnitzer avoids the attempt from Mela to control.
BOOM! Schnitzer connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Schnitzer prevents Mela from getting the reversal.
Schnitzer fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Schnitzer connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Schnitzer raining down shots from the mount!
Schnitzer lands a big shot there that rocks Mela but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mela really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mela is in a horrible position here. Schnitzer smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Schnitzer dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Schnitzer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mela can pounce on him.
Mela throws a head kick but Schnitzer moves out of range.
Mela misses with a takedown
and Schnitzer decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mela's guard.
Schnitzer working some strikes from top position.
Schnitzer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Schnitzer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mela is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Schnitzer trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mela manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Schnitzer tries to hold on but Mela pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schnitzer wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mela.
Schnitzer is wriggling around trying to escape.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Schnitzer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mela working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Schnitzer slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Schnitzer is looking to improve his position.
Schnitzer is refusing to be controlled, as Mela sits in half guard.
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.
Schnitzer desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Mela is trying to control the action in half guard but Schnitzer is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mela with a lazy takedown attempt
and Schnitzer decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mela's guard.
Mela is trying to keep Schnitzer in close.
Schnitzer is looking to work some ground and pound but Mela has wrist control.
Schnitzer is looking to work some ground and pound but Mela has wrist control.
Schnitzer keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mela's head.
Mela is trying to control the position but Schnitzer postures up.
Bob Schnitzer has got the better of the ground game so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mela is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mela postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mela preventing the sweep.
Schnitzer seems keen to control Mela's posture.
Mela postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Schnitzer is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Mela, into his guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Schnitzer's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Schnitzer throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mela preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Schnitzer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mela works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Schnitzer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schnitzer lands a couple of digs.
Schnitzer throws a big right hand that misses.
Mela utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mela scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Mela shoots and misses
and Schnitzer counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heikki Mela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schnitzer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Schnitzer lands with a punch from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schnitzer scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Schnitzer scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Schnitzer wants to pass to mount but Mela is defending the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Schnitzer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Mela throws a series of punches but Schnitzer moves out of range.
Mela throws a big shot that misses.
Mela fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mela misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mela stuffs the takedown.
Mela swinging wildly here.
Schnitzer tries for a takedown but Mela circles away easily
and Mela counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Schnitzer is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Schnitzer is defended easily by Mela.
Heikki Mela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Schnitzer.
Mela tries for a takedown but Schnitzer circles away easily
and Schnitzer counters with a shoot takedown. Mela fights it but they end up in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schnitzer works over Mela with some ground and pound from guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Schnitzer thows a big elbow that misses.
Schnitzer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Schnitzer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Schnitzer keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mela's head.
Schnitzer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Schnitzer throwing strikes but missing.
Mela is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mela throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Schnitzer preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Mela is trying to control the action in half guard but Schnitzer is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mela looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Schnitzer is trying is best to control the position here.
Mela trying to control the action but Schnitzer is working from the bottom.
Schnitzer trying to hold on to Mela's head to control him but Mela postures up.
Schnitzer wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mela is looking to take a break and control but Schnitzer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mela missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mela is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mela throws a right hand that Schnitzer ducks under and follows up with a left that Schnitzer also avoids with ease.
Mela misses with a kick to the body.
Schnitzer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Schnitzer shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Mela napping and manages to drive through into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mela can't do much from the bottom here.
Mela is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mela is looking for a sweep.
Schnitzer working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Schnitzer lands an elbow.
Schnitzer scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mela to see if he's OK.
Schnitzer scores with punches from side control.
Schnitzer throws an elbow but Mela slips to the side and avoids it well.
Schnitzer tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Heikki Mela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bob Schnitzer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Schnitzer lands a few punches from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Schnitzer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Schnitzer 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Bob Schnitzer!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Bob Schnitzer!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Bob Schnitzer!
Bob Schnitzer wins by unanimous decision!
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