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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pehr Erik Liljestrand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Puska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pehr Erik Liljestrand has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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140 lbs
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139 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pehr Erik Liljestrand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Puska!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puska closes this distance looking for a takedown but Liljestrand circles away.
Puska fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Puska misses with a takedown attempt - Liljestrand sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pehr Erik Liljestrand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Puska.
Liljestrand throws a quick inside leg kick.
Puska will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Puska doesn't manage to clinch there - Liljestrand circles away.
Good leg kick by Liljestrand there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice sprawl there from Liljestrand as Puska shoots in.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Puska.
Liljestrand scores with a leg kick.
Puska throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Liljestrand's waist but Liljestrand gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Puska off to one side.
Puska looks gassed!
Liljestrand defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Puska.
Liljestrand leaves Puska with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Good leg kick by Liljestrand there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puska looks for a takedown but Liljestrand sprawls well.
Liljestrand scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Liljestrand.
Puska closes the distance and clinches up with Liljestrand, looking for a takedown. Puska pushes Liljestrand against the cage but Liljestrand circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Liljestrand feints and then cracks Puska's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Puska down.
Liljestrand fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Puska.
Mike Puska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liljestrand is looking to chop away at Puska's legs.
Liljestrand displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Puska.
Liljestrand looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Liljestrand defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Puska.
Puska blocks a low kick nicely.
Puska moves in looking to clinch but Liljestrand pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liljestrand lands a nice leg kick that just misses Puska's sensitive parts.
Liljestrand shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Puska closes the distance and clinches up with Liljestrand, looking for a takedown. Puska pushes Liljestrand against the cage but Liljestrand circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Puska checks a leg kick nicely.
Puska checks a leg kick nicely.
Liljestrand lands a nice leg kick that just misses Puska's sensitive parts.
Liljestrand really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Liljestrand slaps away a takedown attempt from Puska, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Liljestrand. That's going to slow Puska down.
Pehr Erik Liljestrand is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Liljestrand.
Puska tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liljestrand swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Puska shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Liljestrand defends it nicely.
Puska on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Liljestrand. Liljestrand obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Liljestrand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Liljestrand. That's going to slow Puska down.
Puska fails with a takedown attempt.
Puska's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Puska tries for a takedown but Liljestrand sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Liljestrand.
Liljestrand slaps away a takedown attempt from Puska, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Liljestrand chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Liljestrand fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Puska.
Puska tries for a takedown but Liljestrand sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Liljestrand turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puska shoots for a double leg takedown but Liljestrand sprawls well. He's pushed Puska's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
An inside leg kick from Liljestrand misses.
Puska shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Liljestrand sprawls well. Liljestrand wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Puska gets slowly back to his feet.
Liljestrand lands with a thumping leg kick.
Puska is trying desperately to land a takedown but Liljestrand is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Puska.
Puska on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Liljestrand. Liljestrand obviously looking to wear him down.
Puska shoots for a takedown but Liljestrand saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Liljestrand wants to slow Puska down by chopping away at his legs.
Liljestrand tries to score with a low kick but Puska moves his leg out of the way.
A chopping leg kick lands by Liljestrand.
Puska fails to land the takedown.
Liljestrand throws and low kick but Puska moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pehr Erik Liljestrand dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Puska misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Puska checks a leg kick.
Liljestrand scoring well with a low kick there.
Puska avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Liljestrand stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Liljestrand wants it to stay on the feet.
Liljestrand swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Puska moves out of range of the leg kick from Liljestrand.
Puska misses with a body shot.
Puska closes the distance and clinches up with Liljestrand, looking for a takedown. Puska pushes Liljestrand against the cage but Liljestrand circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pehr Erik Liljestrand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Puska.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liljestrand attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Puska fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Liljestrand avoids it really well and circles away.
A good leg kick by Liljestrand.
Puska is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puska stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liljestrand.
Pehr Erik Liljestrand is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Puska shoots for a double leg takedown but Liljestrand sprawls well. He's pushed Puska's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liljestrand.
Good leg kick by Liljestrand there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Puska looks for a takedown but Liljestrand sprawls well.
Liljestrand is looking to slow Puska down with leg kicks.
Puska is trying hard to land a takedown here. Liljestrand sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Liljestrand feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Puska's calf.
Puska takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Puska dives in and grabs Liljestrand's left leg, looking for a takedown. Liljestrand pushes down on Puska's head and hops out.
Puska tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liljestrand fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Puska.
Liljestrand fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Puska is out of range.
Liljestrand chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Liljestrand blocks the body kick.
Liljestrand buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Puska shoots in for a double leg but Liljestrand sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Liljestrand finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Liljestrand scores with a leg kick.
Puska throws a half hearted mid kick.
A clash of legs there as Puska blocks the low kick.
Puska looks for a takedown but Liljestrand sprawls well.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liljestrand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Puska blocks the leg kick.
Liljestrand turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Puska tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Liljestrand swivels and escapes.
Liljestrand turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liljestrand misses with a low kick.
Liljestrand gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Puska to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Liljestrand trying to strike off his back.
Puska wants to control from the top but Liljestrand keeps moving.
Liljestrand throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Liljestrand will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Puska throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Liljestrand works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puska wants to control from the top but Liljestrand keeps moving.
Puska throwing strikes from guard but Liljestrand blocks nicely.
Puska looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No luck for Puska with that takedown attempt.
Liljestrand feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Puska's calf.
Liljestrand does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Puska looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Liljestrand tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pehr Erik Liljestrand dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Puska shoots in for a takedown but Liljestrand shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Liljestrand defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Puska.
Liljestrand defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Puska.
Pehr Erik Liljestrand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Puska.
Liljestrand attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Puska misses with a takedown attempt - Liljestrand sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Liljestrand pivots, looking for a leg kick but Puska is out of range and Liljestrand settles back down.
Puska tries for a takedown but Liljestrand sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Liljestrand scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liljestrand throws a nice outside leg kick.
Puska takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Puska.
Liljestrand stuffs the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liljestrand throws out a leg kick but Puska moves out of range and Liljestrand only half commits.
An inside leg kick from Liljestrand misses.
Puska closes the distance and clinches up with Liljestrand, looking for a takedown. Puska pushes Liljestrand against the cage but Liljestrand circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Liljestrand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Liljestrand.
Puska looks for a takedown but Liljestrand sprawls well.
A bone on bone clash there as Puska blocks the leg kick.
Puska fails to land the takedown.
Liljestrand feints and then cracks Puska's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Puska down.
Nice sprawl there from Liljestrand as Puska shoots in.
Puska is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Liljestrand there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Puska takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liljestrand.
Liljestrand will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Puska shoots in looking for a takedown. Liljestrand tries to sprawl out of it but Puska keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Liljestrand manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Liljestrand feints and then cracks Puska's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Puska down.
Liljestrand lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Liljestrand tries to work over Puska's front leg with a kick but Puska checks it.
Puska fails with a takedown attempt.
Puska moves out of range of the leg kick from Liljestrand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Puska.
An inside leg kick lands from Liljestrand.
Liljestrand buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pehr Erik Liljestrand is winning the standup battle so far.
Puska shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Liljestrand sprawls well. Liljestrand wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Puska gets slowly back to his feet.
Liljestrand scoring well with a low kick there.
Liljestrand tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Puska is able to avoid easily.
Puska tries to clinch up.
Liljestrand stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Liljestrand wants it to stay on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Liljestrand. That's going to slow Puska down.
Puska checks a leg kick nicely.
Puska is trying hard to land a takedown here. Liljestrand sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Liljestrand lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Puska will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Liljestrand tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mike Puska has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liljestrand attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Liljestrand throws a leg kick which misses Puska's front leg but catches the back leg as Puska tries to avoid it.
Puska shoots for a double leg takedown but Liljestrand sprawls well. He's pushed Puska's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Liljestrand throws a leg kick that misses.
Liljestrand throws a nice outside leg kick.
No luck for Puska with that takedown attempt.
Puska tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pehr Erik Liljestrand showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Liljestrand, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight for Pehr Erik Liljestrand!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Pehr Erik Liljestrand!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Pehr Erik Liljestrand!
Pehr Erik Liljestrand wins by unanimous decision!
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