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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivar Yngve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Young Joon Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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189 cm
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205 lbs
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200 cm
25
215 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivar Yngve! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Young Joon Lee! The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Lee tries to clinch up but Yngve circles away and keeps his distance. Yngve scores with a jab. Lee acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Lee moves in looking to clinch but Yngve pushes him off. Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yngve. Yngve tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Nice shot by Yngve. A head kick by Lee misses and Yngve counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Yngve wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Lee wants to control but Yngve is keeping busy and won't allow it. Yngve content to control rather than advance. Yngve looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Yngve trying to control from Lee's half guard. Lee has other ideas though and has regained full guard. Yngve trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Yngve might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Yngve trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lee's guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Yngve scores with a takedown into Lee's guard. Yngve stopping the sweep attempt from Lee. Yngve wants to pass the guard but Lee is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lee is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Yngve is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. Yngve wants to stand and escape but instead Lee has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. Yngve is pulling down on Lee's head. It's preventing any offense from Lee, at least for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Yngve is looking to stand up but Lee isn't so interested in that idea. Yngve controls Lee momentarily but Lee frees himself.
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. Lee prevents Yngve from getting back to his feet. Lee stands up and waves to Yngve to follow him. Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Yngve is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lee. Lee blocks a head kick by Yngve.
Lee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yngve. That did some damage! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivar Yngve dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Yngve closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Yngve is thwarting Lee's attempts to control the position. Yngve is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. Lee is concentrating on defense, preventing Yngve from advancing position. Yngve looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Lee is trying to stand up here but Yngve is controlling him well.
That's one minute gone in the round. Yngve tries to stand but can't do so whilst Lee controls his leg. Lee kicks Yngve off and gets back to his feet. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Lee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yngve's calf. Young Joon Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Lee throws a body kick the misses and Yngve counters with a stiff right hand. Lee moves away from the strike by Yngve. Yngve chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lee can pounce on him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
Lee throws a push kick but Yngve slaps the foot to one side. Ivar Yngve is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. A solid leg kick lands there for Lee.
Lee throws a front kick aimed at Yngve's knee but Yngve avoids it well. Yngve misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A good leg kick by Lee. Lee does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Lee pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
Young Joon Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lee throws a head kick but Yngve moves out of range.
Lee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lee throws a quick inside leg kick. This has been an exciting period of action! Lee will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lee looks for the body kick but Yngve saw that one coming. Yngve takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lee thows a leg kick but Yngve checks it and Yngve counters with a lovely straight right hand! Yngve takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Lee closes the distance and clinches. Yngve takes an elbow to the forehead. Yngve avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee. Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Yngve. Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Yngve. Lee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yngve looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Yngve blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lee throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lee misses with an elbow over the top. Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Yngve. Lee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yngve blocks the elbow strike.
Lee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yngve blocks the elbow strike.
Lee lands a left hand.
Yngve blocking some punches.
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee lands a nice elbow. Lee lands a damaging elbow. Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yngve's brow. Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Yngve uses good head movement to avoid it. Lee throws an elbow that misses.
Lee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
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. Lee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Yngve blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yngve blocks an elbow strike from Lee.
Yngve blocks an elbow strike. Yngve avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.
Lee throws an elbow but it misses.
Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Yngve. Lee throws an elbow that misses.
Yngve avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee. Lee lands an elbow inside that Yngve shrugs off.
It looks like Ivar Yngve has been cut. Lee misses with an elbow strike.
Yngve avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Lee pushes off an throws an elbow but Yngve leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Lee gets underhooks to prevent Yngve's takedown attempt.
Lee looks to throw an elbow but misses. Lee stalling in the clinch but Yngve improves position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Young Joon Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Ivar Yngve's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Yngve blocks a head kick by Lee.
Yngve pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lee fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yngve is out of range. Yngve moves out of range as Lee throws a body kick.
Lee connects with a high kick. A head kick misses from Lee. Lee misses with a low kick. Lee tries to clinch but Yngve moves out of range. Yngve blocks the body kick.
Lee scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Lee throws a head kick that misses and Yngve counters with a nice double leg into guard. Yngve has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Lee keeping full guard, as Yngve tries to pass. Yngve wants to stand and escape but instead Lee has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. Lee being controlled here momentarily. Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lee stays in close to Yngve's body and controls the position. Yngve is trying to control the position but Lee postures up.
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. Lee trying to control but Yngve is working from the bottom. Yngve pulls Lee in close to his closed guard and prevents Lee from doing any damage or advancing position. Yngve looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Yngve is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lee gets to his feet - Yngve follows without any prompting. Yngve lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yngve. Lee fails in his attempt to clinch. Lee misses with a low kick.
Yngve tries to clinch but Lee is having none of it. Lee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Yngve is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Lee tries to land a front kick but Yngve steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Lee tries to score with a low kick but Yngve moves his leg out of the way. Yngve shoots in and drives through. Lee sprawls well. Lee tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yngve's calf. Yngve keeps the fight on the outside. Yngve avoids the head kick by Lee.
Yngve drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Lee looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yngve is one step ahead there. Yngve stops Lee from standing up. Lee is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Yngve wants to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight! Ivar Yngve showed his dominance in that final round. I think Yngve has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28 Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28 Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivar Yngve!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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