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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mocha Latte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maddy Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Latte might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Vauvan teko homma. Mocha Latte has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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181 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
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Good low kicks
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mocha Latte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maddy Rock!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Latte showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rock.
Latte throws a jab when Rock was well out of range.
Rock lands with a nice combination. Latte backs away looking to recover.
Rock connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Latte gets a takedown into half guard.
Latte works his way into side control.
Latte is looking to take a break and control but Rock is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rock tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Latte working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Latte tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Latte wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rock, who protects the arm well.
Latte goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Rock has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Latte but great work by Rock.
Rock trying to control the position but Latte is working away.
Rock moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Latte manages to work his way to half guard, despite Rock's best efforts.
Latte is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rock content to control rather than advance.
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.
Rock trying to control the action but Latte is working from the bottom.
Latte won't allow Rock to pass to mount.
Rock controlling the action here.
Latte wants to improve his position but Rock is controlling well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rock wants to lay and pray for a moment but Latte keeps working.
Rock might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Latte kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rock lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Latte moves out of range of the strikes.
Rock misses with a body shot.
Rock wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Latte shoots in for a takedown but Rock shows good takedown defense.
Rock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Latte was well out of range. Poor timing from Rock.
Rock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rock lands a slapping body shot.
Latte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rock connects with a body shot.
Maddy Rock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Latte closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rock circles away.
Rock lands a nice looking kick to the body. Latte takes a step back to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock throws a series of punches but Latte avoids them all with ease.
Latte doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rock throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Latte on the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rock.
Latte is breathing heavily.
Rock digs a good body shot into Latte's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rock works over Latte's head and body with a nice combination.
Latte throws a jab but it's blocked by Rock.
Rock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rock lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rock scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rock stalks Latte and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Latte's face. Latte staggers backwards, shaken.
Rock connects with a jab.
Rock scores with a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maddy Rock dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rock looks to score with a jab to the body but Latte is just out of range.
Rock lands a glancing blow to the side of Latte's head.
Latte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Latte doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rock is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Latte rather than just go for the knockout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rock.
Rock lands a jab.
Rock throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Latte takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rock fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Latte is out of range.
Rock takes a swing at Latte's ribcage but misses.
Rock cracks a nice hook into Latte's ribs.
Rock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rock lands a nice shot that snaps Latte's head back.
Rock scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Latte misses with a wild body shot.
Rock misses with a wild body shot.
Latte misses with a straight left.
Rock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rock lands a right hook to the body.
Rock stuns Latte with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Latte takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rock lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Latte takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Latte shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rock but Rock pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Latte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Latte moves away.
Rock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock scores with a nice right hand.
Latte is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Rock misses.
Latte blocks the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rock. Latte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Latte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Latte looks to score with a jab to the body but Rock is just out of range.
Rock swinging wildly here.
Rock throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Latte stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Latte doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rock misses with a hook.
Rock misses with a head kick.
Latte throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rock counters with a slapping leg kick.
Latte takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Latte tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rock throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rock throws a shot to the body.
Rock ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rock fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Latte on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rock.
Rock lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rock keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rock throws a head kick that half lands.
Rock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rock connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Latte throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rock's waist but Rock gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Latte off to one side.
Rock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Latte.
Rock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Latte.
Latte looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice shot by Rock.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Latte throws a jab when Rock was well out of range.
Latte looks to throw the jab but Rock is out of range.
Rock thumps Latte with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maddy Rock 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. And we move into the final round!
Rock throws a jab but it's blocked by Latte.
Latte works Rock's body with a nice hook.
Rock misses with a few strikes there.
Rock turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rock lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rock thows a body shot but no joy.
Rock connects with a looping right hand.
Rock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Latte misses with a takedown
and Rock counters with a right hand to the body.
Rock slips under a jab.
Rock looks to land a left hand but Latte moved out of range nicely.
Rock misses with an uppercut. Latte saw that one coming.
Rock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Latte takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock cracks Latte with an open hand slap.
Rock throws a head kick that misses.
Rock lands a head kick!
Nice takedown defense from Rock. No joy for Latte on that attempt.
Rock is looking to score with low kicks.
Rock lands a nice hook to Latte's body. Latte takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rock cracks Latte with an open hand slap.
Rock throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rock.
Rock thuds his shin into the meat of Latte's side.
Rock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Latte manages to avoid it.
Rock lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latte lands a right hook to the body.
Latte walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rock scores with a jab to the jaw.
Latte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rock wants to slow Latte down by chopping away at his legs.
Rock feints and then cracks Latte's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Latte down.
Rock misses the shot to the body.
Rock keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Latte. Rock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rock misses with an uppercut.
Latte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Latte avoids the body shot from Rock.
Rock is looking to slow Latte down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Latte sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rock comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Latte blocks a head kick by Rock.
Rock scores with a three punch combo!
Rock tries to bum rush Latte with a series of wild strikes but Latte uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Latte lands a right hook to the body.
Rock fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Latte on the side of the head.
Rock misses with a series of wild punches.
Rock thumps Latte with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Rock.
Latte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Latte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rock.
Latte misses with a takedown attempt
and Rock counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mocha Latte. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock lands a right hook to the body.
Latte takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Latte.
Mocha Latte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maddy Rock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rock fails to land with a series of punches.
Maddy Rock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rock moves away from the strike by Latte.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rock.
Rock cracks a nice hook into Latte's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rock connects with a crisp jab.
Rock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Latte. That did some damage!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rock just misses with a punch to the body.
Latte takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rock stuns Latte with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maddy Rock comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rock 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 25:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 25:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maddy Rock!
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