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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hilajoen Antti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antti comes to the cage accompanied by Tulin minä kaapista ulos. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 cm
22
163 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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180 cm
27
155 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hilajoen Antti! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Brooks! The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Antti takes a swing at Brooks's ribcage but misses. Antti misses with a looping left. Brooks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brooks takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Antti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Antti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Antti keeps the fight on the outside. Brooks wants to clinch. Antti misses with a straight right. Brooks ducks under a wild hook from Antti. Brooks takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brooks wants to clinch up but Antti keeps it at a distance. Brooks misses with a hook to the body
and Antti counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Brooks's guard now. Brooks trying to control the position.
Antti works over Brooks with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Antti wants to control from the top but Brooks keeps moving. Antti in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Brooks tries to land a sweep but no joy. Antti not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Antti lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Antti showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Antti looking to pass the guard.
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. Brooks working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Antti. Antti tries to free his leg and advance position but Brooks is retaining full guard. Antti trying to control but Brooks is working from the bottom. Antti being controlled here momentarily. Antti trying to control the position from guard on top but Brooks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Hilajoen Antti wasn't active enough for the referee's liking. Brooks closes the distance looking to clinch and Antti counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Brooks cracks Antti with a nice body shot. Brooks trying to land knees to the body.
Brooks misses with an elbow over the top. Brooks blocks a body shot from Antti. Brooks can't find room to land a body shot as Antti controls the action.
Antti lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brooks. Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but Antti blocks with his arms.
Brooks takes a shot to the head. Antti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brooks's elbow. Brooks tries to throw a body punch but Antti avoids it by throwing Brooks back against the cage. Antti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Brooks tries to throw a body punch but Antti avoids it by throwing Brooks back against the cage. Brooks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brooks misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Antti takes an elbow to the forehead. The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Brooks tries a body shot but Antti blocks it.
A body shot lands from Antti.
Antti stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Antti jumps guard and drags Brooks to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. Antti wants to hit a switch here but Brooks passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Antti there! Brooks throws some wild stikes that Antti manages to avoid easily.
Antti tries to get back to half guard but can't. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hilajoen Antti dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Antti steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Brooks. That one must have hurt. Antti checks the leg kick nicely there.
Antti clinches. Antti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brooks lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Brooks pushes Antti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Antti blocks an elbow strike. Brooks pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. A head punch on the inside from Antti fails to land. Brooks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Antti's elbow. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brooks. A right handed body shot lands from Antti.
Antti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Antti blocks the elbow strike.
Brooks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Antti backwards. Brooks misses with a knee to the head. Antti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Antti lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. Antti avoids a wild elbow strike from Brooks. Antti takes a shot to the head. Brooks misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brooks. Antti tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brooks just stands there and leans against the cage. Brooks lands a damaging elbow. Antti blocks an elbow strike. Brooks lands with a short head shot on the inside. Antti lands a body punch in the clinch. Brooks misses with an elbow strike.
Antti is working Brooks over against the cage. A head punch blocked on the inside by Brooks. Brooks misses with an elbow strike.
Brooks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Antti.
Antti tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brooks smiles and moves away.
A big left from Antti misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Brooks darts in trying to clinch and Antti counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brooks thinking. Brooks wants to clinch but Antti slips to the side and Antti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Brooks tries to clinch but Antti moves away and Antti counters with a lovely shot to the body. Brooks throws a right and a left that Antti avoids nicely. Antti cracks Brooks with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Antti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brooks. Antti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brooks. Brooks looks to clinch and Antti counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brooks thinking. Brooks wants to clinch and Antti counters with a left to the body. Brooks looks to clinch and Antti counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Antti wants to take a breather but Brooks is having none of it. Antti trying to control the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Brooks is not content to let Antti control the position. Brooks is looking for a sweep. Antti is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Antti is figuring out what he wants to do next. Antti looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Hilajoen Antti. Brooks closes the distance looking to clinch and Antti counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Antti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Brooks wants to clinch but Antti slips to the side and Antti moves into the clinch. Antti prevents a body shot from Brooks. Brooks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Antti throws a punch but it's blocked by Brooks. Antti lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brooks. Brooks stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Brooks missing with knees to the body.
Antti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Antti has a couple of punches blocked by Brooks.
Antti has Brooks pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brooks manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hilajoen Antti. That's going to take a lot out of him. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Antti takes a knee to the side of the body. A short right from Brooks on the inside. Brooks prevents the takedown attempt.
Antti takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hilajoen Antti dominated that second round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Brooks tries to clinch up and Antti counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Brooks! Antti scoring with strikes but Brooks is staying in there. Antti dominating with strikes here. Brooks is in all sorts of trouble here.
Antti can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Brooks is looking to escape. Antti unloading with bombs!
That's one minute gone in the round. Antti unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Brooks wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Antti celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hilajoen Antti!
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energy
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hype
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