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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Funky Town (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Metsienmies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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165 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Funky Town!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Metsienmies!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Town moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Town digs a good body shot into Metsienmies's ribs.
Town scoring well with a low kick there.
Metsienmies shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Town pinned against the cage. Town gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Metsienmies fails to land with a series of punches.
Metsienmies shoots in and drives through. Town sprawls well.
Town shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Metsienmies's guard.
Town passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Metsienmies is looking for a sweep.
Town is looking to take a break and control but Metsienmies is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Town sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Metsienmies is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Metsienmies is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Town postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Metsienmies really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Town. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Town decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Town shoots in and bounces Metsienmies off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Metsienmies wants to sweep here but Town controlling him for the moment.
Metsienmies is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Town postures up in Metsienmies's guard and throws a big left but Metsienmies blocks it.
Metsienmies preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Metsienmies is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Metsienmies not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Town trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Metsienmies gets a takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Town wants to get back to full guard.
Town throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Town keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Town regains full guard. Nicely done.
Metsienmies trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Metsienmies looks gassed!
Metsienmies throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Town manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Metsienmies throws a series of punches but Town moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Metsienmies. No joy for Town on that attempt.
Nice body kick there by Town.
Town misses with a takedown
and Metsienmies counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Metsienmies postures up and lands a big shot to Town's brow.
Metsienmies is looking to work some ground and pound but Town has wrist control.
Town throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Metsienmies stopping the sweep attempt from Town.
Metsienmies cracks Town with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Town tries to strike from the bottom.
Metsienmies trying to control the position from guard on top but Town is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Town looking to hit a scissor sweep but Metsienmies is one step ahead there.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Town feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Metsienmies's calf.
Metsienmies throws a nice looking combination but Town bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Town misses with a head kick.
Town displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Metsienmies throws out the jab.
Town lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Metsienmies with a nice cross.
Metsienmies will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Town shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Funky Town. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Town shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Town lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Metsienmies misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Metsienmies lands with a right hand.
Town buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Town with a poor takedown
and Metsienmies counters by clinching up.
Metsienmies has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Town is trying to keep an underhook but Metsienmies manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Town pushes Metsienmies off and gets back to his feet.
Metsienmies misses with a jab, cross combination.
Town cracks the inside of Metsienmies's front leg.
Town falls off balance throwing a combination
and Metsienmies decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Town's guard.
Metsienmies trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Metsienmies trying to control but Town is working from the bottom.
Town throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Town trying to strike off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Town throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Metsienmies accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Metsienmies keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Town's head.
Town is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Town fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalle Metsienmies dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Town with a poor takedown
and Metsienmies counters with a stiff right hand.
Town throws out a leg kick but Metsienmies moves out of range and Town only half commits.
Metsienmies checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Funky Town seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Town throws a right and a left that Metsienmies avoids nicely.
Town 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.
Metsienmies throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Town.
Town with a poor takedown
and Metsienmies counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Town had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Metsienmies is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Town Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Metsienmies's back instead.
Metsienmies turns into Town and is now in his guard.
Town is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Town has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Metsienmies connects with a couple of short punches.
Metsienmies wants to pass the guard but Town is keeping the position.
Metsienmies is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kalle Metsienmies has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Metsienmies sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Metsienmies wants to stand and escape but instead Town has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Town accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Metsienmies wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Metsienmies working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Town.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Metsienmies fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Town sprawls well initially but Metsienmies persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Town is trying to stand back up but Metsienmies is controlling him
Metsienmies seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Town slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Metsienmies preventing the sweep.
Metsienmies tries to free his leg and advance position but Town is retaining full guard.
Metsienmies working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Town's head.
Metsienmies trying to control the position from guard on top but Town is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Town wants to sweep here but Metsienmies controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Metsienmies checks the leg kick.
A head kick misses from Town.
Funky Town is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Metsienmies swinging wilding here.
Town slips a jab and a cross from Metsienmies.
Town throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Town fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Metsienmies.
Town shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Metsienmies as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Funky Town. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Town throws and low kick but Metsienmies moves out of range easily.
Metsienmies throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Metsienmies tries to bum rush Town with a series of wild strikes but Town uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Town lands a nice leg kick that just misses Metsienmies's sensitive parts.
Metsienmies feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Town is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Metsienmies wants to get up but he can't break Town's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Metsienmies postures up.
Town has his foot on Metsienmies's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Metsienmies works his way back into a safe position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Metsienmies accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Town trying to strike off his back.
Metsienmies looking to pass the guard.
Metsienmies distracts Town with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Metsienmies trying to control but Town is working from the bottom.
Town pushes Metsienmies off and scrambles back to his feet.
Town closes the distance and clinches up with Metsienmies, looking for a takedown. Town pushes Metsienmies against the cage but Metsienmies circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Town swats away the attempt to clinch by Metsienmies.
Town feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Metsienmies keeping full guard, as Town tries to pass.
Metsienmies is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Metsienmies keeping moving, preventing Town from controlling successfully.
Town stopping the sweep attempt from Metsienmies.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metsienmies keeping moving, preventing Town from controlling successfully.
Metsienmies lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Town!
Town is wriggling around trying to escape.
Metsienmies working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Metsienmies wants to control the pace but Town is squirming around nicely.
Metsienmies avoids the attempt from Town to control.
Town is in all sorts of trouble here.
Metsienmies looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Town is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Metsienmies cracks Town with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Town is squirming around, avoiding Metsienmies's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalle Metsienmies showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Metsienmies misses with a series of wild punches.
Town shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Metsienmies but Metsienmies pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Metsienmies fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice sprawl there from Metsienmies as Town shoots in.
Metsienmies moves out of range of the body kick.
Metsienmies throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Town throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Metsienmies looks to land a combination but Town avoids it well.
Metsienmies tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Town has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Funky Town. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Metsienmies will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Metsienmies misses with a two punch combination.
Metsienmies misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Town misses with a kick to the body.
Metsienmies moves out of range of the body kick from Town.
Town uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Metsienmies.
Some wild striking there from Metsienmies.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Town.
Town looks for the body kick but Metsienmies saw that one coming.
Town avoids a punch combination nicely.
A head kick from Town lands but Metsienmies takes it in his stride.
Town throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Town misses with a double jab
and Metsienmies counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Town is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Metsienmies stopping the sweep attempt from Town.
Metsienmies must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Town is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Town in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Metsienmies tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Town!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Funky Town!
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