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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gogi Hawanak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norbert Thorbrand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gogi Hawanak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Norbert Thorbrand!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorbrand fails with a takedown attempt.
Gogi Hawanak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawanak misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thorbrand shoots for a double leg takedown but Hawanak sprawls well. He's pushed Thorbrand's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hawanak stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hawanak wants it to stay on the feet.
Gogi Hawanak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Norbert Thorbrand.
Hawanak throws a right hand that Thorbrand ducks under and follows up with a left that Thorbrand also avoids with ease.
Thorbrand feints and as Hawanak raises his hands in defense, Thorbrand changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Thorbrand throwing strikes from guard but Hawanak blocks nicely.
Thorbrand throws a big right hand that misses.
Hawanak will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Thorbrand thows a big elbow that misses.
Thorbrand wants to control from the top but Hawanak keeps moving.
Thorbrand throws a big right hand that misses.
Hawanak wants to stand and escape but Thorbrand is having none of it.
Thorbrand won't allow Hawanak to sweep him here.
Thorbrand working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A combination from Hawanak does no damage.
A punch combination from Hawanak misses.
Hawanak stuffs the takedown attempt from Thorbrand. Thorbrand gets slowly back to his feet.
Thorbrand looks gassed!
Thorbrand takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thorbrand swats away the attempt to clinch by Hawanak.
Hawanak clinches with his opponent.
Thorbrand has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Hawanak regains guard immediately.
Thorbrand throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hawanak works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hawanak is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Thorbrand is looking to stand up but Hawanak won't let him.
Thorbrand throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hawanak works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawanak has control of Thorbrand's left arm, preventing Thorbrand from doing any damage.
Hawanak is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Thorbrand is controlling him.
Thorbrand 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.
Thorbrand loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Thorbrand has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hawanak manages to break the clinch.
Hawanak lands a really nice looking cross but Thorbrand seems unphased.
Thorbrand throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hawanak was covering up waiting for the punch and Thorbrand finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Thorbrand postures up in Hawanak's guard and throws a big left but Hawanak blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawanak is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Thorbrand is controlling him.
Hawanak on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hawanak tries to get out of the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Thorbrand preventing the sweep.
Thorbrand trying to control but Hawanak is working from the bottom.
Thorbrand throwing strikes but missing.
Thorbrand passes Hawanak's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hawanak is trying to control but can't.
Thorbrand throwing shots but Hawanak is blocking nicely.
That's four 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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hawanak stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hawanak wants it to stay on the feet.
Hawanak is looking to clinch but Thorbrand is avoiding it.
Hawanak shoots and misses
and Thorbrand counters with a single leg into guard. Hawanak didn't expect that.
Hawanak is trying to keep Thorbrand in close.
Thorbrand postures up in Hawanak's guard and throws a big left but Hawanak blocks it.
Thorbrand stands up from Hawanak's guard - Thorbrand perhaps looking for a knockout.
Thorbrand closes the distance and pushes Hawanak back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawanak gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Thorbrand trying to control the position here.
Thorbrand keeping moving, preventing Hawanak from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Norbert Thorbrand dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Thorbrand shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hawanak napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Thorbrand working the ground and pound from side control.
Hawanak is looking to reverse the position.
Hawanak managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Thorbrand.
Thorbrand in side control, throwing shots but Hawanak defends.
Hawanak parries the strikes from Thorbrand easily there. Thorbrand is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hawanak to escape.
Thorbrand tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Thorbrand has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
An elbow from Thorbrand crashes against the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorbrand wants to control but Hawanak is keeping him busy.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Thorbrand.
Thorbrand gets caught flat footed, as Hawanak shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Thorbrand is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Thorbrand is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hawanak defends well.
Norbert Thorbrand has got the better of the ground game so far.
Thorbrand lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hawanak!
Hawanak is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorbrand cracks Hawanak with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Thorbrand unloading with bombs!
Thorbrand putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hawanak is desperately trying to improve his position but Thorbrand has a good base and remains in mount.
Thorbrand with good strikes from the mount here!
Thorbrand connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Thorbrand pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Thorbrand lands a big shot there that rocks Hawanak but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hawanak tries to hold on but Thorbrand pushes him away.
Thorbrand with the ground and pound from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorbrand throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Thorbrand has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hawanak keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Thorbrand lands a nice shot to the head.
Hawanak in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hawanak tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Thorbrand landing shots from mount.
Thorbrand throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hawanak because Thorbrand loaded up on that one.
Thorbrand looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hawanak takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's four 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.
Thorbrand breaks from Hawanak's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Thorbrand landing strikes from the mount and Hawanak is in trouble!
Thorbrand thowing shots but they're missing.
Thorbrand fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Thorbrand scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Thorbrand lands a big elbow.
Thorbrand looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Thorbrand looking to control but Hawanak is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thorbrand is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hawanak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Norbert Thorbrand showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes 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.
Thorbrand tries for a takedown but Hawanak sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hawanak throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thorbrand misses with a takedown attempt - Hawanak sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hawanak gets a clinch.
Hawanak taking a breather.
Hawanak is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thorbrand jumps into guard, dragging Hawanak to the mat.
Hawanak thows a big elbow that misses.
Thorbrand has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hawanak can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hawanak tries to free his leg and advance position but Thorbrand is retaining full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawanak throwing strikes but missing.
Thorbrand pulls Hawanak in close to prevent any damage.
Hawanak has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorbrand wants to sweep but no luck.
Thorbrand has control of Hawanak's left arm, preventing Hawanak from doing any damage.
Thorbrand working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Thorbrand is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hawanak is controlling him.
Thorbrand trying to control the position.
Hawanak knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Thorbrand on the ground.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hawanak digs a good body shot into Thorbrand's ribs.
Thorbrand shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hawanak's guard.
Thorbrand won't allow Hawanak to sweep him here.
Hawanak bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Thorbrand's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hawanak accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Thorbrand bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hawanak's guard.
Hawanak is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Thorbrand is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawanak is trying to control the position but Thorbrand postures up.
Hawanak preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Thorbrand throwing strikes from guard but Hawanak blocks nicely.
Thorbrand prevents Hawanak from getting back to his feet.
Thorbrand throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hawanak works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Thorbrand throwing strikes from guard but Hawanak blocks nicely.
Thorbrand loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
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.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A combination from Hawanak does no damage.
Thorbrand fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hawanak sprawls well initially but Thorbrand persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Thorbrand thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hawanak's head.
Hawanak is trying to stand back up but Thorbrand is controlling him
Thorbrand scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Thorbrand missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Thorbrand sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hawanak defending well though.
Thorbrand seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hawanak does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Thorbrand throwing shots but Hawanak is blocking nicely.
Thorbrand tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hawanak knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gogi Hawanak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Norbert Thorbrand is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hawanak is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thorbrand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Norbert Thorbrand comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thorbrand 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Norbert Thorbrand!
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