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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Woodie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Egill Skallagrimsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trevor Woodie had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trevor Woodie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Egill Skallagrimsson!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skallagrimsson clinches up against the cage.
Woodie looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Woodie has had enough of the clinch but Skallagrimsson keeps him there for the moment.
Skallagrimsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Woodie's face.
Skallagrimsson breaks the clinch.
Skallagrimsson clinches.
Woodie tries to pull guard but Skallagrimsson holds him up against the cage and eventually Woodie drops back down to his feet.
Woodie is working for takedown but Skallagrimsson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Skallagrimsson breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Woodie.
Skallagrimsson closes the distance and clinches.
Skallagrimsson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Woodie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Skallagrimsson breaks the clinch.
Skallagrimsson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Skallagrimsson rushes Woodie and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Skallagrimsson.
Skallagrimsson successfully pulls guard.
Skallagrimsson looking for a sweep. Not yet Skallagrimsson, not yet.
Skallagrimsson controlling Woodie's posture.
Skallagrimsson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Skallagrimsson is pulling down on Woodie's head. It's preventing any offense from Woodie, at least for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodie trying to control but Skallagrimsson is working from the bottom.
Skallagrimsson pushes Woodie off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Woodie doesn't manage to clinch there - Skallagrimsson circles away.
Woodie fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trevor Woodie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Woodie tries to clinch but Skallagrimsson moves away
so Skallagrimsson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Woodie wants to stand but Skallagrimsson is controlling the position.
Skallagrimsson tries to stand but Woodie is controlling from the bottom.
Woodie keeping moving, preventing Skallagrimsson from controlling successfully.
Woodie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skallagrimsson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Woodie looking to control but Skallagrimsson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Woodie avoids the attempt from Skallagrimsson to control.
Skallagrimsson is working to get back to half guard.
Skallagrimsson tries to hold on but Woodie pushes him away.
Skallagrimsson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Skallagrimsson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Skallagrimsson is looking to improve his position but Woodie isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodie raining down shots from the mount!
Skallagrimsson regains half guard.
Woodie working over Skallagrimsson with some ground and pound. Skallagrimsson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Skallagrimsson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Woodie.
Skallagrimsson is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like Woodie is going to stand back up.
Woodie 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.
Woodie working the head and body with strikes.
Skallagrimsson trying to control but Woodie postures up.
Woodie prevents Skallagrimsson from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skallagrimsson is trying to control but Woodie passes into side control!
Skallagrimsson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Woodie's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Skallagrimsson is pressing down on Woodie's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Skallagrimsson pushes Woodie off and scrambles back to his feet.
Skallagrimsson scores with a spinning back kick!
Skallagrimsson cracks Woodie with an open hand slap.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Woodie misses with an uppercut. Skallagrimsson saw that one coming.
Skallagrimsson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Skallagrimsson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Woodie gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Woodie wants to get back to his feet but Skallagrimsson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Skallagrimsson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Woodie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Skallagrimsson wants to control from the top but Woodie keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Egill Skallagrimsson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Woodie shoots in looking for a takedown. Skallagrimsson tries to sprawl out of it but Woodie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Skallagrimsson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Skallagrimsson rushes Woodie and presses him up against the cage.
Woodie fails to pull guard.
Skallagrimsson breaks from the clinch.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Skallagrimsson.
Skallagrimsson controlling the position from side mount.
Woodie is not content to let Skallagrimsson control the position.
Woodie can't do much from the bottom here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Skallagrimsson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodie is not content to let Skallagrimsson control the position.
Woodie struggling a bit here.
Skallagrimsson advances nicely into full mount.
A nice elbow there by Skallagrimsson.
Skallagrimsson avoids the attempt from Woodie to control.
Skallagrimsson looking to control but Woodie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Woodie tries to hold on but Skallagrimsson postures up.
Skallagrimsson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Woodie wants to hold on but Skallagrimsson pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woodie defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Skallagrimsson.
Skallagrimsson prevents Woodie from getting the reversal.
Skallagrimsson looking to control but Woodie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Skallagrimsson blocks Woodie's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Skallagrimsson controlling from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woodie slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Woodie wants to get back to his feet.
Woodie is positioning himself well to prevent Skallagrimsson advancing to mount.
Egill Skallagrimsson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Woodie kicks Skallagrimsson off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Skallagrimsson's waist but Skallagrimsson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Woodie off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trevor Woodie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Woodie tries to clinch there but Skallagrimsson circles away.
Woodie tries to clinch there but Skallagrimsson circles away.
Skallagrimsson forces Woodie back against the cage and clinches.
Knees to the body from Skallagrimsson.
Skallagrimsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Skallagrimsson scores with a nice strike.
Skallagrimsson rushes Woodie and presses him up against the cage.
Skallagrimsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Woodie gets an underhook and turns Skallagrimsson into the cage.
Woodie misses with the head strike.
Skallagrimsson gets underhooks to prevent Woodie's takedown attempt.
Skallagrimsson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Woodie wants to get back to full guard.
Skallagrimsson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Skallagrimsson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Woodie is looking to escape.
Skallagrimsson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Skallagrimsson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
It looks like Skallagrimsson is going to stand back up.
Skallagrimsson not doing much here.
Skallagrimsson trying to mount his opponent but Woodie defends it.
Still in half guard, Skallagrimsson seems content to control.
Woodie wants to get back to his feet.
Woodie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Egill Skallagrimsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Skallagrimsson thuds a left hand into Woodie's body.
Skallagrimsson scores with a jab.
Skallagrimsson rushes Woodie and presses him up against the cage.
Skallagrimsson avoiding damage.
Skallagrimsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Skallagrimsson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Woodie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Woodie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skallagrimsson's elbow.
Skallagrimsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Skallagrimsson avoids the body shot from Woodie.
Skallagrimsson stuffs the takedown.
Woodie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Skallagrimsson's waist but Skallagrimsson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Woodie off to one side.
A punch combination from Skallagrimsson misses.
Woodie wants to clinch
and Skallagrimsson counters with a good low kick that Woodie was not able to check.
Skallagrimsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Skallagrimsson moves into the clinch successfully.
Skallagrimsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Skallagrimsson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Skallagrimsson moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Skallagrimsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Woodie blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skallagrimsson shoots in and bounces Woodie off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Skallagrimsson wants to pass the guard but Woodie is keeping the position.
Skallagrimsson tries to stand but Woodie is controlling from the bottom.
Skallagrimsson wants to stand and escape but instead Woodie has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Skallagrimsson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Woodie.
Woodie won't allow Skallagrimsson to sweep him here.
Skallagrimsson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Woodie trying to control the position from guard on top but Skallagrimsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Woodie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Woodie is looking to clinch.
Skallagrimsson shoots in for a double leg but Woodie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Woodie tries to clinch but Skallagrimsson moves out of range.
Skallagrimsson scores with a takedown into Woodie's guard.
Woodie throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Skallagrimsson passes Woodie's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Skallagrimsson stops Woodie from getting back to his feet.
Skallagrimsson trying to control the action but Woodie is working from the bottom.
Skallagrimsson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Skallagrimsson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Woodie regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodie manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Skallagrimsson manages to get himself to full guard.
Woodie trying to control the position from guard on top but Skallagrimsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Skallagrimsson is trying to control the position but Woodie postures up.
Woodie chips away with some ground and pound.
Trevor Woodie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Woodie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Woodie controlling from the top position.
Woodie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Skallagrimsson keeping moving, preventing Woodie from controlling successfully.
Skallagrimsson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Woodie gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
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.
Woodie is looking to stand up but Skallagrimsson won't let him.
Skallagrimsson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Skallagrimsson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Woodie is controlling him.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Skallagrimsson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Skallagrimsson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Woodie swivels and escapes.
Trevor Woodie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Egill Skallagrimsson.
Horrible takedown by Woodie or perhaps it was just good defense by Skallagrimsson which made him look bad.
Skallagrimsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Skallagrimsson throws a head kick that misses.
Skallagrimsson has managed to clinch.
Skallagrimsson trying to land knees to the body.
Skallagrimsson blocks an uppercut.
Woodie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Woodie can't find room to land a body shot as Skallagrimsson controls the action.
Skallagrimsson avoiding damage as Woodie throws knees to the body.
Skallagrimsson lands a damaging elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Egill Skallagrimsson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Skallagrimsson 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Egill Skallagrimsson!
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