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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Mordor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Big Mack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Big Mack is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Wild & Young - American Bang. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Max Mordor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Big Mack!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mordor swats away the attempt to clinch by Big Mack.
Mordor closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mordor is working for a submission of some sort.
Big Mack is defending against the submission attempts here by Mordor.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Big Mack wants to control but Mordor is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mordor is trying to work for a kimura but Big Mack is defending well.
Big Mack looks like he's trying to stand up.
Mordor is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Big Mack doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mordor.
Big Mack controlling the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Let's hope that Big Mack has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Mordor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mordor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mordor is trying to work for a kimura but Big Mack is defending well.
Big Mack pushes Mordor off looking to stand but Mordor dives back in and keeps control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mordor is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Big Mack sees it coming and defends easily.
Mordor is breathing heavily.
Mordor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Big Mack shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Big Mack is working for a submission of some sort.
Big Mack wants to control but Mordor is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Big Mack is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Mordor has managed to free his arm - good work.
Mordor wants to get back to his feet.
Big Mack throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Big Mack performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Big Mack is looking for a kimura here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but John Big Mack will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mordor tries to close the distance and clinch but Big Mack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Big Mack misses with a takedown
and Mordor counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mordor.
Mordor drops back looking for a leg! Big Mack is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Big Mack manages to kick Mordor off! Mordor jumps back into Big Mack's guard.
Mordor drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Big Mack manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Mordor has Big Mack in his guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Big Mack pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mordor is keeping the position for now.
Mordor wants to get back to his feet but Big Mack is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Big Mack preventing the sweep.
That's two 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.
Big Mack throwing strikes but missing.
Mordor working for a triangle but Big Mack defends it easily.
Mordor keeping moving, preventing Big Mack from controlling successfully.
Big Mack is looking to work some ground and pound but Mordor has wrist control.
Mordor thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Big Mack moves into the clinch successfully.
Big Mack lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Big Mack tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mordor knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Big Mack seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are battling for position here. Mordor manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Big Mack won't allow Mordor to get back to his feet.
Big Mack drops back looking for a leg! Mordor is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Mordor manages to kick Big Mack off! Big Mack jumps back into Mordor's guard.
Big Mack trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Mordor manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mordor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mordor drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Big Mack dives on top into guard.
Big Mack is looking to work some ground and pound but Mordor has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Max Mordor will probably get the nod.
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. 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.
Big Mack looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mordor will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Big Mack trying to control but Mordor is working from the bottom.
Mordor looking for a sweep. Not yet Mordor, not yet.
Big Mack drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Mordor dives on top into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mordor is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Mordor trying to control the position from guard on top but Big Mack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mordor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mordor stops Big Mack from standing up.
Mordor is looking to work some ground and pound but Big Mack has wrist control.
Mordor drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Big Mack manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Mordor has Big Mack in his guard.
Mordor is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Big Mack is aware though and is defending well.
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.
Mordor is looking for a triangle but Big Mack pushes his legs off easily.
Mordor is trying to control the position but Big Mack postures up.
Big Mack gets to his feet. Mordor looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Big Mack closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Big Mack lands in his opponent's guard.
Mordor is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mordor wants to sweep but no luck.
Big Mack avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Big Mack wants to control from the top but Mordor keeps moving.
Mordor throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
John Big Mack has got the better of the ground game so far.
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.
Big Mack postures up.
Mordor is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Big Mack is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Mordor has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Big Mack can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Big Mack feints and as Mordor raises his hands in defense, Big Mack changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Big Mack loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mordor looking for a guillotine here but Big Mack defends easily.
Mordor is looking to stand up but Big Mack isn't so interested in that idea.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Big Mack comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Big Mack has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Big Mack!
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FIGHT
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