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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andre Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juha Tappio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tappio has chosen Kari Tapio - Juna kulkee vaan as his entrance music. Andre Adams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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180 cm
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165 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juha Tappio!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tappio will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tappio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Juha Tappio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tappio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tappio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adams was well out of range. Poor timing from Tappio.
Tappio is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Adams.
Adams pushes Tappio up against the cage in a clinch.
Tappio is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Tappio drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Andre Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juha Tappio.
Tappio can't get the takedown.
Tappio is working for takedown but Adams is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tappio looking for a takedown.
Adams effectively controlling the action here.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Adams taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Adams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tappio looks gassed!
Adams landing knees to the head.
Adams really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adams landing knees to the body.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Adams with a knee to the head.
Tappio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Adams scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tappio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Adams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tappio has Adams pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Adams manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Adams manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tappio wants a takedown but no success here.
Adams lands a knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Adams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Adams landing knees to the head.
Tappio drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Adams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Adams.
Tappio takes a knee to the side of the body.
Adams is pressed up against the cage. Tappio has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adams down to the mat. Adams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tappio fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Adams avoids it really well and circles away.
Adams closes the distance and pushes Tappio back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Adams drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tappio gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A knee to the head by Adams.
Tappio changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Adams fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tappio shoots in for a double leg but Adams sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tappio darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tappio not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Adams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tappio.
Tappio scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tappio slows the pace down in half guard.
Adams is looking to improve his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tappio tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Adams swivels and escapes.
Tappio shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Adams sprawls well. Adams wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tappio gets slowly back to his feet.
Tappio looks to throw the jab but Adams is out of range.
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.
Tappio closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Adams is trying to control Tappio's posture but Tappio avoids it.
Tappio trying to control the position but Adams is working away.
Tappio works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Tappio in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Adams is trying to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams sneaks out the side door and pushes Tappio away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Adams dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tappio shoots for a takedown but Adams saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Andre Adams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Adams defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tappio.
Adams moves into the clinch.
Adams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Adams landing knees to the head.
Adams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tappio's face.
Adams landing knees to the body.
Adams trying to stall but Tappio improves his position.
Adams tries for a takedown but Tappio manages to get underhooks.
Adams gets underhooks to prevent Tappio's takedown attempt.
Andre Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juha Tappio.
Adams misses with a knee strike.
Adams is pressed up against the cage. Tappio has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adams down to the mat. Adams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tappio shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Adams defends it nicely.
Adams is looking to clinch.
Adams doesn't manage to clinch there - Tappio circles away.
Tappio fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Adams avoids it really well and circles away.
Adams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams scores a nice knee to the body.
Adams crunches a lovely knee into Tappio's ribcage.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Adams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tappio drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Adams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tappio changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Adams fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Adams tries to clinch there but Tappio circles away.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but Tappio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adams is looking to clinch.
Tappio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Adams moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tappio can't get the takedown.
Tappio is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Adams pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Adams scores with a shot to the side of Tappio's head.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Adams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Adams misses with a knee strike.
Adams is pressed up against the cage. Tappio has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adams down to the mat. Adams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Adams rushes Tappio and presses him up against the cage.
Tappio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tappio is working for takedown but Adams is calmly controlling the position for now.
Adams will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tappio up against the cage.
Adams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Adams lands a knee to the body.
Adams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adams misses with a knee strike.
Tappio is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tappio changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Adams fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Adams moves in looking to clinch but Tappio pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tappio wants a takedown but no success here.
Tappio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tappio takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tappio tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tappio tries for a takedown but Adams manages to get underhooks.
Tappio works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Tappio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Adams looking for a sweep. Not yet Adams, not yet.
Tappio stands up over Adams, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tappio with a nice head shot there.
Tappio preventing the sweep.
Adams is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tappio won't allow Adams to sweep him here.
Adams has momentary wrist control but Tappio slips an elbow through the middle.
Tappio sitting in guard here, content to control.
Tappio postures up.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Tappio from controlling successfully.
Tappio slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Adams seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Tappio looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Adams dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Adams darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tappio tries to roll over but Adams keeps him under control.
Tappio regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tappio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tappio pulls Adams in to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tappio is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Adams trying to control from the bottom.
Adams is trying to control but Tappio manages to pass to mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Tappio.
Tappio sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tappio breaks from Adams's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tappio working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adams is trying desperately to improve position.
Tappio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Adams taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams is working to get back to half guard.
Tappio can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Adams is looking to escape.
Tappio content just to control the position here.
Tappio fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Adams slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tappio looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Adams with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Adams is trying to stand up here but Tappio is controlling him well.
Tappio keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Adams regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tappio working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tappio slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Tappio wants to control from the top but Adams keeps moving.
Tappio working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Adams's head.
Tappio postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tappio sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Adams wants to stand up but Tappio is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Adams pulls Tappio in close to prevent any damage.
Adams can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tappio controls the pace.
Tappio wants to pass the guard but Adams is keeping the position.
Juha Tappio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Andre Adams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tappio throws a big right hand that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juha Tappio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Adams has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andre Adams!
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hype
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mgr
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