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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Larson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larson has chosen Sweet Child of Mine as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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220 lbs
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219 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seppo Taalasmaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Larson!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larson fails to land with a series of punches.
Larson thows a body shot but no joy.
Larson tries to bum rush Taalasmaa with a series of wild strikes but Taalasmaa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick misses from Larson.
A swing and a miss from Larson.
Larson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Larson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Larson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Taalasmaa clinches up against the ropes.
Taalasmaa prevents Larson from breaking the clinch.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee strike.
Larson is trying to force a seperation but Taalasmaa has the dominant position.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee to the head.
Taalasmaa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Taalasmaa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Taalasmaa working aggressively here.
Taalasmaa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Larson is trying to force a seperation but Taalasmaa has the dominant position.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but Larson blocks it.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but Larson blocks it.
Larson avoiding damage as Taalasmaa throws knees to the body.
Larson has had enough of the clinch but Taalasmaa keeps him there for the moment.
Larson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larson is looking to break free of the clinch but Taalasmaa has double underhooks.
Taalasmaa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Taalasmaa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Larson backwards.
Taalasmaa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Larson working hard to break the clinch.
Taalasmaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Larson looks gassed!
Nice body punch from Taalasmaa - that landed with a thud.
Taalasmaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Dan Larson has been cut.
A knee to the head by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Larsons head.
Taalasmaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Taalasmaa misses with a knee strike.
Taalasmaa connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Larson is trying to break free.
Taalasmaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.
Taalasmaa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Taalasmaa lands with a left to the head.
Taalasmaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taalasmaa lands with a right to the head.
Taalasmaa with a knee to the head.
Taalasmaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Larson tries to break free but Taalasmaa pushes him back against the ropes.
Taalasmaa trying to land knees to the body.
Larson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee strike.
Larson working hard to break the clinch.
Taalasmaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa digs a right hand underneath Larson's ribcage. Larson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Taalasmaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Larson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but Larson blocks it.
Larson tries to circle away but Taalasmaa has him pinned against the ropes.
Larson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taalasmaa won't allow it.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larson.
Larson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Larson has had enough of the clinch but Taalasmaa keeps him there for the moment.
Taalasmaa lands a nice knee to the body.
Larson manages to break the clinch.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch up but Larson circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Larson misses.
Taalasmaa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Larson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taalasmaa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Larson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Taalasmaa. That snapped Larson's head back.
That's four 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.
Taalasmaa clinches.
Larson has had enough of the clinch but Taalasmaa keeps him there for the moment.
Larson has had enough of the clinch but Taalasmaa keeps him there for the moment.
Knees to the body from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa landing knees to the head.
Taalasmaa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Good body shot from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa looking to throw knees to the head but Larson is blocking nicely.
Larson working hard to break the clinch.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.
Larson is trying to break free.
Larson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Larson breaks the clinch.
Larson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taalasmaa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Taalasmaa, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seppo Taalasmaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Larson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Taalasmaa gets a clinch.
Taalasmaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Taalasmaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.
Larson is trying to force a seperation but Taalasmaa has the dominant position.
Taalasmaa scores with a knee to the head.
Larson tries to break free but Taalasmaa pushes him back against the ropes.
Taalasmaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Larson's face.
Taalasmaa has a couple of punches blocked by Larson.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee to the head.
Larson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee to the head.
Larson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Larson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Larson scores with a punch to the head.
Larson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Larson duly obliges.
Taalasmaa throws a sloppy head kick and Larson moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larson tries a head kick but it misses.
Taalasmaa has closed the distance and engaged Larson in a clinch.
Larson working hard to break the clinch.
Taalasmaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A body shot lands from Taalasmaa.
Larson tries to break the clinch but Taalasmaa is controlling the position.
Taalasmaa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taalasmaa lands a right hand.
Taalasmaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee strike.
Larson wants to break free but Taalasmaa has control.
Taalasmaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taalasmaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee to the head.
Larson is trying to break the clinch but Taalasmaa is controlling him.
Taalasmaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Larson's efforts to push away.
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.
Larson wants to break free but Taalasmaa has control.
Taalasmaa looking to throw knees to the head but Larson is blocking nicely.
Taalasmaa connects with a knee to the head.
Larson wants to break free but Taalasmaa has control.
Larson tries to break the clinch but Taalasmaa is controlling the position.
Taalasmaa lands a knee to the head.
Larson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taalasmaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Larson.
Taalasmaa moves into the clinch.
Taalasmaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Larson wants to break free but Taalasmaa has control.
Taalasmaa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Larson.
Taalasmaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Larson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taalasmaa has him pressed against the ropes.
Larson manages to break the clinch.
Taalasmaa throws a right hand that Larson ducks under and follows up with a left that Larson also avoids with ease.
Taalasmaa tries a head kick but it misses.
Taalasmaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Larson throws out the jab.
A head kick misses from Larson.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Taalasmaa checks a leg kick.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Larson avoids the head kick by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa misses with an uppercut. Larson saw that one coming.
Larson works over Taalasmaa's head and body with a nice combination.
Taalasmaa lands with a cross.
Taalasmaa wants to clinch up but Larson keeps it at a distance.
Larson misses with the combination.
Taalasmaa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Taalasmaa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Larson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Larson.
Larson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Seppo Taalasmaa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taalasmaa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Larson, pushing him back against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Seppo Taalasmaa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Taalasmaa lands a body punch.
Taalasmaa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Larson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taalasmaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Taalasmaa tries to land a knee to the head but Larson blocks with his arms.
Larson is trying to break the clinch but Taalasmaa is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larson.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee to the head.
Larson breaks the clinch.
Taalasmaa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Larson.
Larson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Taalasmaa misses with a double jab.
Larson throws a series of punches but Taalasmaa avoids them all with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Taalasmaa connects with a nice looking jab.
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 Seppo Taalasmaa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dan Larson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Taalasmaa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Larson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Taalasmaa moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Taalasmaa.
Larson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taalasmaa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Taalasmaa scores with a knee to the head.
Larson tries to break free but Taalasmaa pushes him back against the ropes.
Taalasmaa trying to land knees to the body.
Taalasmaa scores with a knee to the head.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee to the head.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Taalasmaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Larson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Taalasmaa tries a body shot but Larson blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Larson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taalasmaa closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa lands with a right to the head.
Taalasmaa prevents Larson from breaking the clinch.
Taalasmaa lands a hook that snaps the head of Larson backwards.
Taalasmaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Larson tries to break the clinch but Taalasmaa is controlling the position.
Taalasmaa looking to throw knees to the head but Larson is blocking nicely.
Taalasmaa lands a nice uppercut.
Larson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taalasmaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Larson managing to block the knees to the body from Taalasmaa.
Larson is trying to break free.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee strike.
Taalasmaa has Larson pressed against the ropes, preventing Larson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Larson blocks an uppercut.
Taalasmaa connects with a knee to the head.
Seppo Taalasmaa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Larson has had enough of the clinch but Taalasmaa keeps him there for the moment.
Larson blocks an uppercut.
Larson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taalasmaa won't allow it.
Taalasmaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taalasmaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Larson's efforts to push away.
Taalasmaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Larson avoiding damage as Taalasmaa throws knees to the body.
Larson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taalasmaa has him pressed against the ropes.
Taalasmaa looking to throw knees to the head but Larson is blocking nicely.
Taalasmaa keeps control of Larson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Larson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taalasmaa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Larson.
Larson is looking to break free of the clinch but Taalasmaa has double underhooks.
Taalasmaa lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa tries a knee to the head but Larson blocks it.
Larson has had enough of the clinch but Taalasmaa keeps him there for the moment.
Taalasmaa misses with the head strike.
Taalasmaa trying to land knees to the body.
Larson tries to circle away but Taalasmaa has him pinned against the ropes.
Taalasmaa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Taalasmaa crunches a lovely knee into Larson's ribcage.
Larson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taalasmaa won't allow it.
Taalasmaa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Larson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Larson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Larson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taalasmaa has him pressed against the ropes.
Larson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Taalasmaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee strike.
Larson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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.
Larson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taalasmaa moves into the clinch successfully.
Taalasmaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taalasmaa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Larson.
Taalasmaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Larson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taalasmaa won't allow it.
Taalasmaa has a couple of punches blocked by Larson.
A short right from Taalasmaa on the inside.
Larson wants to get back to striking at distance but Taalasmaa won't allow it.
Larson is trying to force a seperation but Taalasmaa has the dominant position.
Taalasmaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Larson is trying to break the clinch but Taalasmaa has him pressed against the ropes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Taalasmaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taalasmaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dan Larson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Larson is trying to break free.
And that's the end of the fight!
Seppo Taalasmaa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Taalasmaa, 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seppo Taalasmaa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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