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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jussi Silakka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmothy McNutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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179 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jussi Silakka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timmothy McNutt!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McNutt fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silakka avoids it really well and circles away.
McNutt swinging wildly here.
Silakka is looking to clinch but McNutt is avoiding it.
Jussi Silakka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silakka throws a nice looking combination but McNutt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McNutt cracks Silakka with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silakka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McNutt misses with a series of wild punches.
Silakka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silakka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McNutt. That did some damage!
Silakka tries to close the distance and clinch up but McNutt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McNutt misses with a leg kick
and Silakka counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silakka throws a hook but McNutt avoids it easily.
Silakka gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silakka tries to clinch there but McNutt circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McNutt tries for a takedown but Silakka sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silakka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McNutt.
McNutt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silakka circles away quickly and effectively.
McNutt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silakka circles away quickly and effectively.
Silakka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McNutt connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McNutt throws a right and a left that Silakka avoids nicely.
Jussi Silakka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McNutt takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silakka tries to clinch but McNutt moves out of range.
Silakka throws a head kick but McNutt moves out of range.
Silakka tries a head kick but it misses.
Silakka throws a body punch but McNutt moves out of range.
McNutt avoids a kick to the body.
McNutt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McNutt circles away from the clinch attempt.
McNutt takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
McNutt looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silakka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silakka plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Timmothy McNutt has been cut.
McNutt shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Silakka counters with a head kick that drops McNutt!
McNutt is rocked!
Jussi Silakka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timmothy McNutt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silakka is looking to work some ground and pound but McNutt has wrist control.
Silakka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McNutt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McNutt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silakka in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jussi Silakka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Timmothy McNutt's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Silakka has McNutt up against the cage in a clinch.
Silakka scores with a knee to the head.
Silakka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silakka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McNutt.
Silakka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McNutt.
Silakka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McNutt avoids it.
McNutt jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silakka walks away with a smile on his face. McNutt gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
McNutt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silakka.
Silakka tries to clinch there but McNutt circles away.
McNutt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jussi Silakka is winning the standup battle so far.
Silakka walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silakka throws a head kick that McNutt semi-blocks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silakka looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
McNutt throws a series of punches but Silakka avoids them all with ease.
Silakka misses the shot to the body.
McNutt throws a right hand that Silakka ducks under and follows up with a left that Silakka also avoids with ease.
McNutt misses with a two punch combination.
Silakka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McNutt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McNutt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silakka.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silakka misses with a double jab
and McNutt counters with a straight right hand.
McNutt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silakka wants to clinch.
McNutt darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silakka missing with punches from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silakka flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silakka has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silakka flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
McNutt trying to control the pace.
McNutt moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Silakka.
Silakka throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
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.
Silakka is looking for a sweep.
Silakka regains half guard.
Silakka is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Silakka throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silakka throwing hammer fists to the chest of McNutt. What's that going to do exactly?
McNutt blocks Silakka's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
McNutt lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McNutt takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McNutt blocks Silakka's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Timmothy McNutt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Timmothy McNutt's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
McNutt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silakka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McNutt scores with a nice right hand.
Silakka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silakka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Silakka.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silakka tries a head kick but it misses.
Silakka tries to clinch but fails miserably
so McNutt counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silakka throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Silakka tries to strike from the bottom.
McNutt controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
McNutt advances position into side control!
Silakka tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Silakka is letting McNutt control him for a moment.
That's two 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.
Silakka throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Silakka tries to bench press McNutt off him but McNutt keeps the position.
Silakka wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silakka tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but McNutt wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silakka is working hard here to advance position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Some wild striking there from McNutt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNutt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silakka's head.
Silakka misses with an attempted mid kick.
A left and a right from McNutt both land. Nice combination.
McNutt swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silakka counters with a head kick.
McNutt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silakka tries to close the distance and clinch but McNutt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silakka on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McNutt misses with a double jab
and Silakka counters with a head kick. That will keep McNutt thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
McNutt throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
McNutt misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab from McNutt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silakka takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Timmothy McNutt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McNutt has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:28
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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