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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Jardine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martti Molo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jardine's entrance music is WEED MAN. A fine choice. Molo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nitro Circus kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chuck Jardine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Martti Molo!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jardine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jardine lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Molo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jardine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Molo lands with a slapping head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jardine. That's going to slow Molo down.
Molo 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.
Jardine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Molo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Molo with a hook.
Jardine attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A low kick from Jardine is predictable there
enabling Molo to counter with a crisp jab.
Jardine throws a lazy body kick
and Molo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jardine pivots, looking for a leg kick but Molo is out of range and Jardine settles back down.
Molo doesn't manage to clinch there - Jardine circles away.
Jardine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jardine throws out a leg kick but Molo moves out of range and Jardine only half commits.
Molo lands a head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Molo.
Jardine lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Molo throws a head kick but Jardine moves out of range.
Chuck Jardine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Jardine is predictable there
and Molo counters with an outside leg kick.
Molo moves into range and clinches up with Jardine.
Jardine avoids a wild elbow strike from Molo.
Jardine has had enough of the clinch but Molo keeps him there for the moment.
Molo crunches a lovely knee into Jardine's ribcage.
A short uppercut from Jardine.
Jardine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Molo has Jardine up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Molo.
Molo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jardine's efforts to push away.
Molo slowing the pace effectively.
Jardine wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Molo lands with a left to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jardine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jardine has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jardine breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jardine looks to throw a body kick
enabling Molo to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jardine tries to land a leg kick but Molo saw it coming and moves away.
Jardine scores with a leg kick.
Molo checks a low kick from Jardine.
Jardine looks to land a body kick but Molo moved away.
Molo tries to clinch up but Jardine circles away and keeps his distance.
Molo throws the kick towards the body but Jardine avoids it.
Jardine takes one on the button.
Molo checks a leg kick nicely.
Molo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A low kick from Jardine is predictable there
and Molo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Molo misses with an uppercut.
Molo is looking to clinch.
Molo thumps Jardine with a low kick.
Molo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jardine takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jardine is looking to score with low kicks.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jardine crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Molo - the referee stops the clock and Jardine gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Molo. Jardine manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jardine buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jardine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jardine misses with a leg kick
and Molo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jardine is breathing heavily.
Jardine delivers a nice body kick.
Jardine tries to land a body kick
and Molo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jardine throws a leg kick
and Molo counters by moving into the clinch.
Jardine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hand to the body from Molo.
Jardine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Molo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jardine.
Molo tries to clinch up.
Jardine throws a chopping leg kick but Molo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Molo misses with a body shot.
Molo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jardine takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Molo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Molo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jardine's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Molo closes the distance and clinches.
Molo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jardine backwards.
Molo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jardine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Come on Molo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Molo lands an elbow that stopped Jardine in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Chuck Jardine has been cut.
Molo has Jardine pressed against the cage.
Jardine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Molo scores with a shoulder strike.
Molo controlling the action here for a moment.
Jardine is looking to break free of the clinch but Molo has double underhooks.
A short right from Molo on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Molo lands a right hand.
Molo lands with a left to the head.
Jardine tries to circle away but Molo has him pinned against the cage.
Molo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jardine tries to circle away but Molo has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martti Molo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chuck Jardine's cut.
That's time! Jardine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jardine is looking to chop away at Molo's legs.
Jardine misses the body punch
and Molo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jardine's knee momentarily.
Jardine takes one on the button.
Molo throws a looping overhand right but Jardine ducks down to avoid it.
Jardine goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Molo avoids the head kick by Jardine.
Jardine feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Molo's calf.
Jardine scores with a push kick.
A big left from Molo misses.
Molo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Molo. Jardine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Molo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jardine manages to avoid it.
Molo throws the kick towards the body but Jardine avoids it.
Molo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jardine tried to score with a low kick but Molo checks it.
Molo blocks a leg kick.
Molo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jardine.
Molo checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Jardine there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jardine moves forwards but Molo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jardine looks for the body kick but Molo saw that one coming.
Molo lands with a good body shot.
Molo checks a low kick from Jardine.
Jardine throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jardine.
Molo checks a low kick from Jardine.
Molo doesn't manage to clinch there - Jardine circles away.
Molo looks to score with a jab to the body but Jardine is just out of range.
Molo throws a wild body kick that Jardine sees coming a mile off.
Jardine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jardine throws the kick towards the body but Molo avoids it.
Molo lands a jab to the head.
Molo is looking to chop away at Jardine's legs.
Jardine throws a head kick but Molo moves out of range.
A punch combination from Molo misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jardine looks to land a body kick but Molo moved away.
Jardine misses with a low kick.
Jardine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Molo missing with a left hand there. Jardine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Molo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jardine thows a leg kick but Molo checks it
and Molo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jardine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Molo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Molo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jardine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jardine misses with a leg kick
and Molo counters with a straight right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Jardine.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jardine tries a head kick but it misses.
A lazy body kick from Jardine
and Molo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jardine thows a leg kick but Molo checks it
and Molo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jardine is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jardine lets loose with a powerful body kick. Molo will feel that in the morning.
Jardine throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Molo moves into the clinch.
Jardine is looking to break free of the clinch but Molo has double underhooks.
Jardine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Molo pushes Jardine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Molo lands a nice shot to the body.
Molo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Molo is working Jardine over against the cage.
Good body shot from Molo.
Molo lands with a left to the head.
Molo lands a nice elbow.
Molo stalling.
Molo blocks an uppercut.
Molo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Molo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Molo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Molo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A shot in the inside from Molo.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A left hand lands to the body for Molo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Molo stalling the fight.
The crowd are getting on Molo's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
A short left from Molo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Molo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martti Molo.
Jardine throws a leg kick but Molo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Molo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Molo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martti Molo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Molo scores with a head kick.
Molo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jardine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Molo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jardine throws a leg kick
and Molo counters by moving into the clinch.
Molo looking to slow down the pace here.
Martti Molo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right handed body shot lands from Molo.
Jardine working hard to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Molo breaks from the clinch.
Jardine tries to work over Molo's front leg with a kick but Molo checks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Molo checks a leg kick.
Molo checks a low kick from Jardine.
Jardine throws a leg kick
and Molo counters with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martti Molo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chuck Jardine's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Jardine throws a leg kick that is checked
and Molo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Molo tries to clinch up but Jardine circles away and keeps his distance.
Jardine lands a head kick. Molo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jardine moves out of range of the strikes.
Jardine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jardine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Molo throws out the jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Jardine finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Molo looks to land a combination. Jardine sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A big right from Molo misses.
Jardine lands with a nice body kick.
Molo is looking to clinch but Jardine is avoiding it.
Jardine throws a lazy body kick
and Jardine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jardine throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jardine slips a jab and a cross from Molo.
Jardine throws a leg kick but Molo moved away.
Molo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Molo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jardine throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Molo clobbers Jardine with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jardine thows a body kick. Molo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jardine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jab, jab by Molo - just one landing.
Molo throws a low kick, looking for Jardine's leg but Jardine calmly moves out of range.
Jardine scores with a kick to the body.
Molo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jardine lands a nice leg kick that just misses Molo's sensitive parts.
Jardine throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Molo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jardine looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jardine misses with a body kick.
Molo blocks a low kick nicely.
Jardine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jardine lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jardine throws a leg kick but Molo checks it.
Jardine slips a jab from Molo.
Molo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jardine.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jardine.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jardine.
Jardine buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jardine connects with a solid leg kick.
Jardine throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jardine tries a low kick but Molo avoids it.
Molo blocks a leg kick.
Jardine scores with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jardine throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jardine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Molo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jardine changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jardine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jardine scores with a kick to the body.
Molo moves out of range of the leg kick from Jardine.
Jardine connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jardine throws a chopping leg kick but Molo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Molo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Molo closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jardine wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jardine has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jardine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Molo backwards.
Molo misses with the head strike.
Jardine has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jardine is trying to force a seperation but Molo has the dominant position.
Jardine is trying to break free.
Jardine throws a punch but it's blocked by Molo.
Jardine breaks the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jardine, right into the meat.
Molo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jardine counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jardine tried to score with a low kick but Molo checks it.
Nice jab there from Jardine.
An inside leg kick lands from Molo.
Good work by Molo as he checks the leg kick.
Jardine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Molo looks to land a right hand but Jardine moved out of range.
Molo has closed the distance and engaged Jardine in a clinch.
Jardine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chuck Jardine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martti Molo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jardine throws a leg kick
and Molo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jardine thinking.
Jardine lands a front kick.
Molo tries to close the distance and clinch but Jardine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jardine throws a push kick but Molo slaps the foot to one side.
Molo checks a leg kick nicely.
Molo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Molo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jardine misses with a kick to the body.
Jardine fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Molo is out of range.
Molo wants to clinch up but Jardine keeps it at a distance.
Jardine throws a leg kick
and Molo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Molo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Molo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jardine. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Molo moves into range and clinches up with Jardine.
Molo cracks Jardine with a nice body shot.
Jardine misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Jardine.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Jardine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Molo 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martti Molo!
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