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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uiva Nakki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebaastian Struve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nakki kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Pulkkinen - Ruusulaulu. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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183 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
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183 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Uiva Nakki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sebaastian Struve!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakki misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Struve throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Struve wants to clinch.
Sebaastian Struve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakki scoring well with a low kick there.
A left lands for Struve.
Nakki lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nakki misses with a leg kick.
Struve takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nakki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nakki throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Struve swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Struve throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Struve tries to clinch up.
Struve blocks the body kick.
Nakki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Struve.
Nakki fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Struve checks it well.
Nakki darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nakki is looking to take a break and control but Struve is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakki wants to pass to mount but Struve is defending the position.
Nakki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Struve keeps working.
Struve wants to control but Nakki is keeping busy.
That's two 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.
Nakki frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Struve is squirming around, avoiding Nakki's attempts to control the action.
Struve wants to hold on but Nakki pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakki throws a strike there. Struve manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Nakki is looking to take a break and control but Struve is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Struve moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Nakki might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nakki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Struve has his hands on Nakki's head, controlling the position.
Nakki is stalling in the full guard.
Struve looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nakki is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Uiva Nakki dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Struve shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Struve was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Struve lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Struve is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nakki can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Nakki keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Struve has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nakki's face.
Struve throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Struve trying to control but Nakki is having none of it.
Nakki sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakki gets back to full guard.
Struve looking to sit in guard and control but Nakki gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Struve keeping moving, preventing Nakki from controlling successfully.
Nakki throws and elbow that misses. Struve uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nakki's guard. Nice move by Struve!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nakki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Struve content to stall in guard here.
Struve looking to sit in guard and control but Nakki gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Struve trying to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Struve looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Nakki puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Nakki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Struve is concentrating on defense, preventing Nakki from advancing position.
Struve is looking to control Nakki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Struve avoid being mounted?
Struve is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nakki is trying to control the action in half guard but Struve is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Struve slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Struve keeping full guard, as Nakki tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebaastian Struve showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Nakki slips under a jab from Struve.
Struve blocks a low kick nicely.
Nakki throws a jab but it's blocked by Struve.
Struve on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nakki. Nakki obviously looking to wear him down.
Struve misses with an uppercut.
Nakki lands a head kick. Struve smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Struve takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nakki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Struve looks for a takedown but Nakki sprawls well.
A low kick from Struve misses
so Nakki counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Struve lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Nakki!
Struve landing punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakki is in all sorts of trouble here.
Struve unloading with bombs!
Struve landing strikes from the mount and Nakki is in trouble!
Struve looking to control but Nakki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Struve looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nakki can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struve with the ground and pound from mount.
Nakki is desperately trying to improve his position but Struve has a good base and remains in mount.
Struve cracks Nakki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Struve putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Struve working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sebaastian Struve has got the better of the ground game so far.
Struve controlling from the full mount.
Nakki is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nakki is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Struve can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nakki is looking to escape.
Struve with shots to the head and body - Nakki looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nakki takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Struve wants to control the pace but Nakki is squirming around nicely.
Struve is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Nakki is desperately trying to improve his position but Struve has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Struve is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Nakki is surviving well by controlling Struve's body position as best he can.
Nakki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Struve wants to control the pace but Nakki is squirming around nicely.
Nakki is trying desperately to improve position.
Nakki sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Struve thows a huge punch but Nakki dodges it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sebaastian Struve comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Struve 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sebaastian Struve!
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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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