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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teuvo Loman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esko Morko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loman kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Christiansands by Tricky. Morko has chosen Arch Enemy - Nemesis as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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192 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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190 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Teuvo Loman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Esko Morko!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morko dodges the punch combination from Loman.
Loman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Morko takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Loman throws a chopping leg kick but Morko manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Loman throws a right hand that Morko ducks under and follows up with a left that Morko also avoids with ease.
Morko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Loman circles away quickly and effectively.
Loman connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Morko's hands.
Loman takes the fight into the clinch.
Loman lands a shoulder strike.
Morko trying to stall but Loman improves his position.
Loman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Loman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morko, pushing him back against the cage.
Morko is trying to stall.
Loman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Loman closes the distance and clinches.
Morko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Loman.
Teuvo Loman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loman circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Loman moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice right hand lands inside from Loman.
Morko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Loman avoids it.
Morko tries to break the clinch but Loman is controlling the position.
A nice left hand lands by Loman.
Loman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morko holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Loman changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Morko fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Loman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morko on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A combination from Loman does no damage.
Loman lands an overhand right.
Loman throws a nice looking combination but Morko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Loman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Loman closes the distance and clinches.
Morko wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Morko prevents a takedown attempt there.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Loman as Morko tries to tie him up.
Loman being controlled against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Esko Morko.
Morko tries to clinch
letting Loman counter with a right hand.
Loman misses with a wild body shot.
Morko has closed the distance and engaged Loman in a clinch.
Loman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Loman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice cross by Loman.
Loman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Loman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Teuvo Loman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Loman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morko tries to clinch
and Loman counters with a straight right hand.
Loman moves into the clinch successfully.
Loman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morko's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Loman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morko misses with a body punch.
Loman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Loman.
Morko looks gassed!
A short left from Loman.
Loman has Morko pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Loman pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Morko tumbling to the mat - Loman dives into Morko's guard.
Loman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Morko's head.
Morko is rocked!
Loman connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loman wants to control from the top but Morko keeps moving.
Loman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morko wants to sweep but no luck.
Loman trying to control the position from guard on top but Morko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loman works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Loman is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Loman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morko avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Loman.
Loman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Loman looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Morko with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Loman drops an elbow to the side of Morko's head.
Loman tries to pass to full mount but Morko defends it.
Loman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loman trying to control from half guard but Morko is working away.
Morko trying to hold on to Loman's head to control him but Loman postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teuvo Loman dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Loman rushes Morko and presses him up against the cage.
Loman wants a takedown but no success here.
Morko blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Morko.
Loman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Loman counters with a nice uppercut.
Morko shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Loman as he jumps to the side.
Morko gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Morko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Loman with a nice head shot there.
Morko 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.
Morko working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Loman.
Loman works over Morko with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman throwing strikes but missing.
Loman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Loman distracts Morko with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morko throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morko avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morko pushes Loman off and gets back to his feet.
Morko is breathing heavily.
Loman lands with a shot to the body.
Loman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Loman scores with a shot to the side of Morko's head.
Loman tries to score a body lock takedown but Morko shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Loman just stands there and leans against the cage.
Loman lands a right hand.
Loman has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Morko clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Morko trying to control the hands but Loman breaks the grip.
Morko is covering up but some of the strikes from Loman are getting through and doing damage.
Morko covers up after that shot from Loman.
Loman landing with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee is taking a good look at Morko as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Loman!
Morko is still in real trouble! Can Loman finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Loman is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Loman gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Loman gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Loman apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Morko shoots in looking for a takedown. Loman tries to sprawl out of it but Morko keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Loman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morko seems to have recovered his senses.
Teuvo Loman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Esko Morko.
Loman shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Morko manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Morko is trying to keep Loman in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loman working some strikes from top position.
Loman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morko controls Loman momentarily but Loman frees himself.
Loman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morko working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Loman.
Morko looking to hit a scissor sweep but Loman is one step ahead there.
Morko keeping moving, preventing Loman from controlling successfully.
Loman postures up in Morko's guard and throws a big left but Morko blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loman throwing strikes from guard but Morko blocks nicely.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morko tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Loman swivels and escapes.
Loman lands a nice shot to the body.
Loman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morko as he avoids it easily.
Loman swings for the body but Morko moves out of range.
Loman misses with a combination
and Morko makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Loman has Morko up against the cage in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Loman.
Morko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Loman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morko can do to turn this around?
Loman wants a takedown but no success here.
Loman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Loman shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Morko's guard.
Morko wants to stand but Loman is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teuvo Loman dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Loman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morko has time to react.
Loman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morko moves away.
Morko moves in looking to clinch but Loman pushes him off.
Loman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Loman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Loman is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Morko's half guard.
Morko slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Loman wants to control from the top but Morko keeps moving.
Loman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morko wants to get back to his feet but Loman is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Morko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Loman is looking to work some ground and pound but Morko has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko is looking to stand up but Loman isn't so interested in that idea.
Loman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Loman thows a big elbow that misses.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Loman swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Morko counters by clinching up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morko throws an elbow but misses.
Loman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Loman prevents Morko from breaking the clinch.
Loman lands a left hand.
Morko wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Loman cracks Morko with a nice body shot.
Loman pushes Morko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Loman lands a body shot.
Loman taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Loman digs a right hand underneath Morko's ribcage. Morko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Loman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Loman stalls.
Loman lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Loman controlling the action here for a moment.
Loman lands a shoulder strike.
Morko prevents the takedown attempt.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loman drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Loman.
Morko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morko misses with an elbow strike.
Morko blocking some punches.
Loman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loman looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Loman passes into half guard.
Loman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Morko trying to hold on to Loman's head to control him but Loman postures up.
Morko wants to get back to his feet.
Loman has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Loman lands a big shot there that rocks Morko but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Loman landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Loman scoring with strikes but Morko is staying in there.
Morko in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Teuvo Loman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Loman tries to control but Morko wriggling away.
BOOM! Loman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Loman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Loman lands a heavy elbow.
Esko Morko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Loman lands a big shot there that rocks Morko but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loman looking to finish Morko with some ground and pound. This is bad for Morko!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Loman with shots to the head and body - Morko looks very uncomfortable down there.
Morko is looking to improve his position but Loman isn't that keen on the idea.
Teuvo Loman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Loman working the ground and pound effectively.
And that's the end of the fight!
Teuvo Loman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Loman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teuvo Loman!
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energy
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hype
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