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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Al Swearengen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauri Pekkarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swearengen comes to the cage accompanied by A Story From North America. The crowd seem to be enjoying Pekkarinen's choice of entrance music: Elements of Life. This should be a great matchup!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Al Swearengen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mauri Pekkarinen!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pekkarinen throws a lazy head kick
and Swearengen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Swearengen decides to stand up.
Pekkarinen checks the leg kick.
Swearengen throws a head kick that misses.
Swearengen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Mauri Pekkarinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pekkarinen misses with an uppercut
and Swearengen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pekkarinen tries to move into range but Swearengen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pekkarinen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Swearengen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pekkarinen.
Swearengen closes the distance and pushes Pekkarinen back into the cage.
Swearengen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Swearengen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Swearengen just leaning against Pekkarinen, taking a breather.
Swearengen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pekkarinen's elbow.
Pekkarinen is trying to break the clinch but Swearengen has him pressed against the cage.
Pekkarinen is trying to force a seperation but Swearengen has the dominant position.
Swearengen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Swearengen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swearengen can't find room to land a body shot as Pekkarinen controls the action.
Pekkarinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Swearengen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Swearengen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Swearengen misses with a low kick.
Swearengen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pekkarinen misses with an uppercut
and Swearengen counters with an inside leg kick.
Swearengen's corner calls for a 1-2. Swearengen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Swearengen scores with a head kick.
A low kick from Pekkarinen misses
and Swearengen counters with a solid body kick.
Pekkarinen swings widly with a right hand
and Swearengen counters with a nice leg kick.
Pekkarinen throws a lazy uppercut
and Swearengen counters with a leg kick.
A low kick from Pekkarinen is predictable there
and Swearengen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Al Swearengen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pekkarinen looks gassed!
Pekkarinen throws an off balance right hand
and Swearengen counters with a nice leg kick.
Swearengen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pekkarinen's calf.
Pekkarinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Swearengen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pekkarinen's sensitive parts.
Swearengen is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A chopping leg kick lands by Swearengen.
Pekkarinen blocks a head kick by Swearengen.
Swearengen is looking to slow Pekkarinen down with leg kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Swearengen tries to land a front kick but Pekkarinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A nice combination there by Swearengen.
Swearengen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Swearengen works the jab nicely.
Swearengen avoids the body shot from Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen throws a big shot that misses.
Pekkarinen throws a low kick but Swearengen avoids it.
Pekkarinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Pekkarinen misses with a low kick.
Swearengen throws a head kick that misses.
Pekkarinen misses with a left hand
and Pekkarinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Swearengen throws a wild body kick that Pekkarinen sees coming a mile off.
Swearengen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Swearengen wants to land a leg kick but Pekkarinen is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Swearengen.
Pekkarinen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Swearengen counters with a good low kick that Pekkarinen was not able to check.
Pekkarinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both fighters circling a little - Swearengen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Swearengen lands a front kick.
Pekkarinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Swearengen can pounce on him.
Swearengen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Swearengen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pekkarinen's calf.
Swearengen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Swearengen cracks a nice hook into Pekkarinen's ribs.
Swearengen connects with a solid leg kick.
Swearengen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pekkarinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Both fighters circling a little - Swearengen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Swearengen connects with a single shot there.
Swearengen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pekkarinen. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pekkarinen throws a leg kick
and Swearengen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Swearengen, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swearengen connects with a solid leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Swearengen.
Swearengen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Swearengen tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Swearengen.
Swearengen is looking to slow Pekkarinen down with leg kicks.
Pekkarinen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Swearengen.
Swearengen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pekkarinen.
Swearengen fakes the leg kick and cracks Pekkarinen in the body.
Pekkarinen avoids the head kick by Swearengen.
Pekkarinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Swearengen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pekkarinen's knee momentarily.
Swearengen misses with a low kick.
Pekkarinen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Swearengen.
Swearengen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pekkarinen. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good leg kick by Swearengen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Swearengen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pekkarinen.
A nice inside leg kick there by Swearengen. That's going to slow Pekkarinen down.
Swearengen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pekkarinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Swearengen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pekkarinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pekkarinen throws the kick towards the body but Swearengen avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Swearengen.
Swearengen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Swearengen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pekkarinen misses with a right hand
and Swearengen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A slapping leg kick lands for Swearengen.
Swearengen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pekkarinen's sensitive parts.
Pekkarinen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Swearengen.
Swearengen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Swearengen scores with a jab. Pekkarinen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Swearengen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Swearengen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pekkarinen is breathing heavily.
Swearengen throws a head kick that misses.
Pekkarinen throws a right hand that misses
and Swearengen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pekkarinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Swearengen lands a jab to the head.
Swearengen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pekkarinen doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swearengen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pekkarinen.
Swearengen throws a head kick that misses.
Al Swearengen is winning the standup battle so far.
Swearengen scores with a head kick.
Swearengen checks a low kick from Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Pekkarinen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Swearengen.
Swearengen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Pekkarinen throws an off balance right hand
and Swearengen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pekkarinen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Swearengen scores with a leg kick.
Swearengen clinches up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Swearengen.
Swearengen slowing the pace effectively.
Swearengen is working Pekkarinen over against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swearengen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Swearengen lands with a right to the head.
Swearengen scores with a shoulder strike.
Swearengen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pekkarinen can do to turn this around?
Swearengen slowing the pace effectively.
Swearengen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pekkarinen backwards.
Swearengen lands a shoulder strike.
Swearengen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pekkarinen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Swearengen is stalling here.
Pekkarinen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Swearengen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pekkarinen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Swearengen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Swearengen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A chopping leg kick lands by Swearengen.
A thudding body kick lands there by Swearengen!
Pekkarinen walks into a straight right hand from Swearengen.
Pekkarinen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Swearengen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Swearengen, right into the meat.
Swearengen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pekkarinen. That did some damage!
Pekkarinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pekkarinen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Good leg kick by Swearengen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Swearengen cracks the inside of Pekkarinen's front leg.
Pekkarinen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pekkarinen moves forwards but Swearengen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pekkarinen moves out of range of the body kick from Swearengen.
A combination from Swearengen does no damage.
Pekkarinen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Swearengen lands with a slapping head kick.
A low kick from Pekkarinen is predictable there
and Swearengen counters with a nice uppercut.
Swearengen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pekkarinen checks a leg kick nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Swearengen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swearengen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pekkarinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A jab from Swearengen finds it's way through Pekkarinen's defenses.
Pekkarinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Swearengen stuns Pekkarinen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pekkarinen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Swearengen throws a head kick but Pekkarinen moves out of range.
Swearengen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pekkarinen throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Swearengen tests Pekkarinen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Swearengen misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Swearengen.
Pekkarinen misses with a wild body shot.
Swearengen throws a sloppy head kick and Pekkarinen moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Swearengen dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Swearengen is looking to land body kicks.
Swearengen scores with a jab. Pekkarinen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pekkarinen throws a leg kick
enabling Swearengen to counter with a crisp jab.
Swearengen throws a leg kick
and Pekkarinen counters with a nice leg kick.
Pekkarinen throws a leg kick but Swearengen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pekkarinen misses with a hook
and Swearengen counters with a straight right hand.
Swearengen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Swearengen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice inside leg kick there by Swearengen. That's going to slow Pekkarinen down.
Swearengen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen cracks Swearengen with an open hand slap.
Pekkarinen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Swearengen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pekkarinen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Swearengen throws a right hand that Pekkarinen ducks under and follows up with a left that Pekkarinen also avoids with ease.
Pekkarinen misses with a leg kick
and Swearengen counters with an outside leg kick.
Swearengen fakes the leg kick and cracks Pekkarinen in the body.
Pekkarinen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice inside leg kick there by Swearengen. That's going to slow Pekkarinen down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Swearengen.
Swearengen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pekkarinen walks into a stiff left hand from Swearengen.
Swearengen scores with a head kick. Pekkarinen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Swearengen swinging wildly here.
Swearengen cracks Pekkarinen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Swearengen throws a lazy head kick
and Pekkarinen counters with a low kick, right behind Swearengen 's knee.
Swearengen digs a good hook to Pekkarinen's body.
Swearengen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Pekkarinen avoids the head kick by Swearengen.
Swearengen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swearengen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Swearengen misses with a low kick.
Pekkarinen wants to land a leg kick but Swearengen is out of range.
Pekkarinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Swearengen counters with a good low kick that Pekkarinen was not able to check.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Swearengen. Swearengen obviously looking to wear him down.
Swearengen lands a head kick. Pekkarinen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Pekkarinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Swearengen moves away.
Swearengen scores with a three punch combo!
Swearengen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pekkarinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Swearengen throws a leg kick
and Pekkarinen counters with an outside leg kick.
Swearengen misses with a two punch combination.
Swearengen swinging wildly here.
Swearengen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Swearengen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mauri Pekkarinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Swearengen jabs Pekkarinen right on the nose. Pekkarinen blinks but takes it well.
A head kick misses from Pekkarinen.
Swearengen throws a body kick that misses.
Pekkarinen blocks a head kick by Swearengen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen throws a leg kick which misses Swearengen's front leg but catches the back leg as Swearengen tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Swearengen.
Pekkarinen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pekkarinen tries to score with a low kick but Swearengen moves his leg out of the way.
Pekkarinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Swearengen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pekkarinen's knee momentarily.
Swearengen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pekkarinen's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pekkarinen.
Swearengen digs a good body shot into Pekkarinen's ribs.
Pekkarinen throws a low kick but Swearengen avoids it.
Swearengen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pekkarinen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A nice leg kick lands there from Swearengen.
Good leg kick by Swearengen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Swearengen fakes the leg kick and cracks Pekkarinen in the body.
Pekkarinen checks a leg kick.
Swearengen is looking to chop away at Pekkarinen's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Swearengen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pekkarinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Swearengen digs a good hook to Pekkarinen's body.
Swearengen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A good leg kick by Swearengen.
Pekkarinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Swearengen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pekkarinen's calf.
Swearengen cracks the inside of Pekkarinen's front leg.
Pekkarinen tries to land a body kick
and Swearengen counters with a low kick, right behind Pekkarinen 's knee.
Swearengen scores with a leg kick.
Swearengen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swearengen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pekkarinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swearengen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Swearengen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pekkarinen takes one to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Al Swearengen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Swearengen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Swearengen!
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