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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Jonhson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blitz Finish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeff Jonhson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Blitz Finish! The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Finish misses with an uppercut
and Jonhson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Jonhson is looking to slow Finish down with leg kicks. Finish chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jonhson can pounce on him.
A low kick from Finish misses and Jonhson counters with a slapping leg kick. Finish wants to clinch but Jonhson slips to the side and Jonhson counters with a good, hard body kick but Finish shrugs it off. Finish looks gassed! The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Jonhson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jonhson closes the distance and pushes Finish back into the cage. Good body shot from Jonhson.
Jonhson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Jonhson pushes Finish back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Jonhson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jonhson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Finish. Jonhson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Jonhson connects with an inside leg kick. Jonhson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Finish's calf. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Jonhson scores with a push kick. Jonhson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jonhson connects with a body shot that sends Finish's belly button to the back. Jonhson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Finish. Jonhson scores with a head kick.
Finish lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jonhson circles away quickly and effectively. Finish chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jonhson can pounce on him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jonhson.
Jonhson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Finish. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round. Jonhson lands a leg kick that knocks Finish off balance momentarily. Jonhson fakes the leg kick and cracks Finish in the body. Jonhson closes the distance and clinches. Jonhson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Finish tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jonhson scores with a nice hook to the head. Good body shot from Jonhson.
Jonhson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Jonhson lands a nice shot to the body. Jonhson manages to break the clinch.
Jonhson feints and then cracks Finish's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Finish down. Finish takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Jonhson forces Finish back against the cage and clinches. Jonhson manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Finish darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Finish is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jonhson. Finish misses with a wild body shot. Jonhson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Blitz Finish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Jonhson clinches with his opponent.
Jonhson digs a right hand into Finish's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Finish's gas tank. A head punch blocked on the inside by Jonhson. Jonhson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jonhson breaks the clinch.
Finish throws a hook but Jonhson blocks it. Jonhson feints and then cracks Finish's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Finish down. Finish wants to clinch and Jonhson counters with an outside leg kick.
Finish misses with a combination
and Jonhson counters with a flying knee. Nice. A kick lands to the mid section there for Jonhson. Left hook, right uppercut from Jonhson. Finish misses with a wild body shot. Jonhson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Finish. That did some damage! Jonhson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Finish throws a series of punches but Jonhson avoids them all with ease. Jonhson cracks Finish with a good jab. Jonhson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Jonhson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Finish checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. A slow jab from Finish misses its intended target. Finish's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Finish is looking to clinch. Finish connects with a body shot that sends Jonhson's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Finish fails in his attempt to clinch. Jonhson throws a quick inside leg kick. Finish misses with a few strikes there.
Jeff Jonhson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Finish wants to clinch and Jonhson counters with a nice uppercut. Finish has closed the distance and engaged Jonhson in a clinch.
Finish misses with a punch on the inside.
Finish has a couple of punches blocked by Jonhson.
Finish tries to pull guard but Jonhson won't allow it.
Jonhson presses Finish against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Jonhson lands a hook to the side of the head. Jonhson presses Finish against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Finish jumps guard but Jonhson stands there with Finish around his waist. Finish gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jeff Jonhson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blitz Finish. Finish has a couple of punches blocked by Jonhson.
A right hand to the body from Jonhson.
Jonhson lands a body punch. Jonhson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Jonhson - that landed with a thud.
Jonhson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That kick from Jonhson tenderised Finish's leg. Finish is trying to keep his angry face on. Finish throws a combination that misses and Jonhson counters with a nice leg kick. Jonhson has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jonhson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Finish backwards. Finish misses with a short punch on the inside. Finish throws a head punch that misses. A short body shot lands from Jonhson as the two fighters clinch.
Finish drags the fight down to the ground.
Finish avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Finish controls Jonhson momentarily but Jonhson frees himself. Finish had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jonhson defends it easily. Finish wants to sweep here but Jonhson controlling him for the moment. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Jonhson sitting in guard here, content to control. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Jonhson dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jonhson lands with a slapping head kick. Finish is looking to clinch but Jonhson is avoiding it.
Finish misses with a few strikes there.
Finish misses with an uppercut
enabling Jonhson to counter with a crisp jab. Finish misses with a low kick. Jonhson lands a front kick. Jonhson lands a body shot.
Jonhson is looking to slow Finish down with leg kicks. Jonhson scores with a hook. Jonhson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Finish. Jonhson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Finish's sensitive parts. Jonhson clinches. Jonhson lands with a light punch inside. Finish fails to pull guard.
Jonhson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jonhson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Blitz Finish is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Jonhson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Finish will feel that in the morning. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! An inside leg kick lands from Jonhson. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. A good leg kick by Jonhson. Finish takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round. Finish takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jonhson forces Finish back against the cage and clinches. Finish has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jonhson. Finish fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Still in the clinch, Jonhson scores with a nice short uppercut. Finish tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jonhson smiles and moves away.
Jeff Jonhson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blitz Finish. Jonhson lands a front kick. Jonhson thows a body kick. Finish tries to catch it but that hurt him. Jonhson feints and then cracks Finish's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Finish down. Finish chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jonhson can pounce on him.
Jonhson has managed to clinch.
Jonhson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Jonhson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Finish swings for the body but Jonhson moves out of range.
Finish is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Jonhson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Jeff Jonhson is winning the standup battle so far. Jonhson lands a jab-cross combination. Jonhson cracks the inside of Finish's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Finish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jonhson.
Finish tries to clinch but fails miserably and Jonhson counters with an inside leg kick. Finish throws a right hand that misses
and Jonhson counters with a nice leg kick. Jonhson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jonhson. Jonhson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Finish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jonhson paws at him with a jab and circles away. Finish throws a right hand that misses
and Jonhson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Finish throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Jonhson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. The fight stays on the outside here - Finish looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Finish shoots in and drives through. Jonhson sprawls well. Jonhson connects with an inside leg kick. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! That kick from Jonhson tenderised Finish's leg. Finish is trying to keep his angry face on. Jonhson closes the distance and lands a one-two. Finish is looking to clinch but Jonhson is avoiding it.
Finish blocks a head kick by Jonhson.
Finish scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Finish lands with a shot to the body. Finish misses with a double jab
and Jonhson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Finish's knee momentarily. Jonhson misses with a head kick.
Finish tries to clinch but Jonhson moves away and Jonhson counters with a big head kick but Finish shrugs it off. Finish takes a swing at Jonhson's ribcage but misses. Jonhson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Finish can do to turn this around? Finish darts in trying to clinch and Jonhson counters with a low kick, right behind Finish 's knee. Finish checks a low kick from Jonhson. Good standup being displayed there by Finish as he connects with a hook. Finish swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jonhson counters with a slapping leg kick. Jonhson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jonhson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Finish's calf. Finish clinches up against the cage. Jonhson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Finish successfully pulls guard.
Finish wants to control the position but Jonhson says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard. Finish is refusing to be controlled, as Jonhson sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jonhson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Finish defending well though. Finish actively working from the bottom here. Jonhson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Finish trying to control here.
Finish wants to sweep but Jonhson has passed to side control! The strikes coming from Jonhson are missing the target in this wave of attacks. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Finish is letting Jonhson control him for a moment. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Finish can't do much from the bottom here. Finish is looking to reverse the position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Jonhson dominated that second round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jonhson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jonhson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Finish's calf. Jab by Finish. Finish tries to clinch up and Jonhson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Finish's knee momentarily. Jonhson throws a head kick that misses. Finish 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. Finish misses with a hook to the body
and Jonhson counters with a leg kick. Jonhson throws a head kick that half lands.
Finish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jonhson was well out of range. Poor timing from Finish. Finish on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jonhson. Jonhson obviously looking to wear him down.
Jonhson clinches. A nice left hand lands by Finish.
Jonhson blocks an uppercut.
Finish jumps guard but Jonhson stands there with Finish around his waist. Finish gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jonhson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Jonhson fails to land with a series of punches.
Finish throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Jonhson scores with a hook to the body. Finish takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jonhson throws a head kick that Finish semi-blocks.
Finish misses with the combination.
Jonhson scores with a kick to the midsection. Jonhson scores with a kick to the midsection. Finish tries to clinch and Jonhson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Finish's knee momentarily. Jonhson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finish.
Jonhson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Finish tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jonhson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Finish somewhat. A slapping leg kick lands for Jonhson.
Jonhson has closed the distance and engaged Finish in a clinch.
Finish softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Finish. Jonhson lands an uppercut. Jonhson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Finish looks to land a left hand but Jonhson moved out of range nicely. Finish digs a good body shot into Jonhson's ribs. Finish takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jonhson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Finish uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jonhson has time to react. Finish looks to score with a jab to the body but Jonhson is just out of range. Finish tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jonhson swats him away and circles back towards the center. Finish slips under a jab. Finish catches Jonhson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Finish goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Jonhson throws a leg kick which misses Finish's front leg but catches the back leg as Finish tries to avoid it. Finish wants to clinch but Jonhson slips to the side and Jonhson counters with a thumping low kick. Jonhson goes for a high kick. It partially lands. Finish tries to score with a low kick but Jonhson moves his leg out of the way. Jonhson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Finish misses with a series of wild punches.
Jonhson takes a shot right to the bread basket. Finish tries to clinch and Jonhson counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Jonhson cracks the inside of Finish's front leg. The fighters circling - Finish throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Jonhson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jonhson closes the distance and clinches. Jonhson working some nice short punches in the clinch. Jonhson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jonhson. That's going to slow Finish down. Finish throws a lazy body kick and Jonhson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. A head punch blocked on the inside by Jonhson. Finish swings wildly with an uppercut but Jonhson uses good head movement to avoid it. Finish throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jonhsons head. Finish tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jonhson smiles and moves away.
Jeff Jonhson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blitz Finish. Jonhson throws a leg kick which misses Finish's front leg but catches the back leg as Finish tries to avoid it. Finish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jonhson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jonhson thuds his shin into the meat of Finish's side. Finish takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Finish misses with an uppercut
and Jonhson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Jonhson thumps Finish with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Finish 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. Jonhson throws a nice outside leg kick. Jonhson throws a head kick but Finish moves out of range.
Finish lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Finish throws a sloppy body shot
and Jonhson counters with a left and a right that stings Finish. Jonhson misses with a low kick.
Jonhson misses with a head kick.
Jonhson takes one on the button. Finish scores with a hook. Finish throws a hook to the side of Jonhson's head but Jonhson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Blitz Finish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Finish on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jonhson. Jonhson obviously looking to wear him down.
Jonhson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jab, jab by Jonhson - just one landing. Finish thows a body shot but no joy. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Finish avoids the head kick by Jonhson.
Finish looks to land a combination but Jonhson avoids it well. Jonhson scores with a kick to the midsection. Jeff Jonhson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Jonhson lands with a kick to the temple. Finish shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that's the end of the fight! Jeff Jonhson showed his dominance in that final round. Well Jonhson 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26 Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26 Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Jonhson!
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