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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ookami Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Hollistan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marc Hollistan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ookami Taylor's chin.
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185 lbs
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184 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ookami Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marc Hollistan!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor looks to land a combination but Hollistan avoids it well.
Taylor looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Hollistan.
A combination from Taylor does no damage.
Hollistan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Hollistan.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Hollistan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hollistan moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hollistan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hollistan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hollistan tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor throws an overhand right that lands on Hollistan's shoulder, as Hollistan tries to avoid the shot.
Hollistan is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Hollistan wants to clinch up but Taylor keeps it at a distance.
Hollistan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hollistan tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hollistan moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
No joy there for Taylor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Taylor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hollistan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hollistan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Hollistan.
Hollistan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taylor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice body punch from Taylor.
Taylor misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollistan doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Hollistan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hollistan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hollistan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hollistan is looking to clinch.
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hollistan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hollistan tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
Hollistan is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hollistan tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hollistan is looking to clinch.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Taylor.
You can see the frustration on Hollistan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hollistan is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Taylor's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hollistan is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ookami Taylor dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hollistan is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Hollistan wants to clinch up but Taylor keeps it at a distance.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Hollistan.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hollistan is looking to clinch but Taylor is avoiding it.
Taylor could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Hollistan.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollistan tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
Taylor swings for the body but Hollistan moves out of range.
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hollistan tries to clinch up.
Hollistan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hollistan tries to clinch but Taylor moves out of range.
Hollistan checks a leg kick nicely.
Hollistan tries to clinch up but Taylor circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hollistan tries to clinch up.
Taylor looks to land a combination but Hollistan avoids it well.
Taylor shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hollistan manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hollistan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Taylor is one step ahead there.
Taylor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Taylor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hollistan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor preventing the sweep.
Hollistan is trying to control the position but Taylor postures up.
Taylor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hollistan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hollistan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hollistan tries to clinch up but Taylor circles away and keeps his distance.
Hollistan wants to clinch up but Taylor keeps it at a distance.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four 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.
Hollistan tries to clinch up but Taylor circles away and keeps his distance.
Hollistan tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hollistan is looking to clinch.
Taylor wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hollistan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hollistan is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ookami Taylor dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Hollistan closes the distance but Taylor moves to the side
and Taylor counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Taylor.
Hollistan is pressed up against the cage. Taylor has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hollistan down to the mat. Hollistan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hollistan tries to clinch up
and Taylor counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Taylor.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hollistan missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hollistan looking to slow down the pace here.
Hollistan tries to land knees in the clinch but Taylor avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor tries to circle away but Hollistan has him pinned against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hollistan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollistan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taylor avoids it.
Hollistan trying to stall but Taylor improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marc Hollistan.
Hollistan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hollistan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hollistan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Taylor throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hollistan's waist but Hollistan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Taylor off to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hollistan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Hollistan doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hollistan is looking to clinch.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hollistan has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollistan trying to land knees to the body.
Hollistan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Taylor is keeping busy.
Taylor fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ookami Taylor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hollistan trying to control the position but instead, Taylor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hollistan into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marc Hollistan.
Hollistan tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Taylor keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hollistan tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
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.
Hollistan is looking to clinch.
Hollistan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hollistan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hollistan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ookami Taylor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Taylor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hollistan, pushing him back against the cage.
Taylor avoiding damage as Hollistan throws knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hollistan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Marc Hollistan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hollistan missing with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ookami Taylor.
Well Taylor has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ookami Taylor!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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