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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sepi Mussaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrico Vargas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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182 lbs
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179 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Dangerous GnP
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sepi Mussaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Enrico Vargas!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Vargas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mussaka drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Vargas takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Mussaka works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mussaka misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Mussaka landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Mussaka wants to control but Vargas is keeping him busy.
Vargas regains half guard, as Mussaka was trying to land strikes.
Vargas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mussaka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mussaka thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Vargas to regain full guard.
Mussaka is looking to work some ground and pound but Vargas has wrist control.
Mussaka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mussaka is looking to work some ground and pound but Vargas has wrist control.
Mussaka trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mussaka has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mussaka missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mussaka tries to free his leg and advance position but Vargas is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vargas has momentary wrist control but Mussaka slips an elbow through the middle.
Mussaka throws and elbow that misses. Vargas uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mussaka's guard. Nice move by Vargas!
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.
Vargas wants to stand but Mussaka has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Vargas is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Mussaka wants to sweep here but Vargas controlling him for the moment.
Vargas wants to get up but he can't break Mussaka's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Mussaka pulls Vargas in close to prevent any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Mussaka drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mussaka is looking to work some ground and pound but Vargas has wrist control.
Mussaka is looking to work some ground and pound but Vargas has wrist control.
Mussaka throwing strikes from guard but Vargas blocks nicely.
Mussaka working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mussaka working some strikes from top position.
Mussaka trying to control the position from guard on top but Vargas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mussaka is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Vargas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
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.
Mussaka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vargas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mussaka slips nicely into half guard.
Vargas looks gassed!
Mussaka looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Vargas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mussaka throws a strike but Vargas avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Mussaka scoring with some ground and pound.
Mussaka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mussaka trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sepi Mussaka dominated that round.
That's time! Mussaka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Vargas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vargas leaves Mussaka with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Vargas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mussaka keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown by Mussaka or perhaps it was just good defense by Vargas which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sepi Mussaka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mussaka shoots for a takedown but Vargas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mussaka pushes Vargas up against the cage in a clinch.
Mussaka looking for a takedown.
Vargas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vargas fails to pull guard.
Mussaka lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Vargas is trying to stand.
Mussaka looks to land a strike but Vargas avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Mussaka in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mussaka trying to control the position from guard on top but Vargas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vargas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mussaka.
Vargas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mussaka throwing strikes from guard but Vargas blocks nicely.
Mussaka in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vargas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Vargas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mussaka missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mussaka throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mussaka stands and throws Vargas's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Vargas is breathing heavily.
Vargas is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Mussaka has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Mussaka scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Vargas to see if he's OK.
Mussaka tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mussaka working the head with strikes.
Mussaka in side control, throwing shots but Vargas defends.
The strikes coming from Mussaka are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mussaka throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Mussaka is trying to ground and pound but Vargas uses the momentary lack of control by Mussaka to regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mussaka lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mussaka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mussaka stops Vargas from getting back to his feet.
Mussaka slips a nice elbow through Vargas's hands, connecting with Vargas's forehead.
Vargas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mussaka.
Mussaka keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Mussaka missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mussaka lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sepi Mussaka dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Vargas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mussaka.
Vargas clinches but Mussaka breaks the clinch
and Mussaka counters with a nice double leg into side control. Vargas won't be happy with that.
Vargas takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Mussaka throwing strikes but Vargas manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas stands up.
Vargas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mussaka shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mussaka was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Mussaka moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Vargas has worked his arm free - good work by Vargas!
Mussaka scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mussaka decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Vargas stuffs the takedown attempt from Mussaka. Mussaka gets slowly back to his feet.
Mussaka shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vargas pinned against the cage. Vargas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sepi Mussaka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mussaka decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mussaka thows a huge punch but Vargas dodges it nicely.
Mussaka throwing shots but Vargas is blocking nicely.
Mussaka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vargas's head.
Vargas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mussaka.
Mussaka misses with a head shot. Vargas uses the momentum to regain guard.
Mussaka trying to control but Vargas is working from the bottom.
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.
Vargas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mussaka throwing strikes but missing.
Mussaka throws a big right hand that misses.
Vargas keeping moving, preventing Mussaka from controlling successfully.
Mussaka trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Enrico Vargas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mussaka lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sepi Mussaka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mussaka, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 for Sepi Mussaka!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Sepi Mussaka!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Sepi Mussaka!
Sepi Mussaka wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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