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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Armo Kuusela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Desper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuusela's entrance music is Promentory. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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198 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
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185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armo Kuusela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adrian Desper!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Desper misses with a left hand
and Kuusela connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Desper throws a combination that misses
and Kuusela counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A solid body kick from Kuusela.
Desper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kuusela counters with a straight right hand.
Desper looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Desper gets a clinch.
Desper is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kuusela gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kuusela stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kuusela breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crunch! Kuusela slams his shin into Desper's torso.
Kuusela uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kuusela scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kuusela.
Kuusela digs a good hook to Desper's body.
Kuusela moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kuusela connects with a nice looking jab.
Kuusela is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kuusela throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kuusela bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Desper's head.
Kuusela scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Desper walks into a straight right hand from Kuusela.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Desper ducks right into an uppercut from Kuusela.
Kuusela darts in and clinches Desper up against the cage.
Kuusela slowing the pace effectively.
A hook to the body from Kuusela.
Kuusela lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kuusela stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A left hand lands to the body for Kuusela.
Kuusela scores with a nice hook to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kuusela.
Kuusela scores with a shot to the side of Desper's head.
Kuusela has Desper pressed against the cage, preventing Desper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kuusela creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuusela is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kuusela manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kuusela presses Desper against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kuusela is pushing Desper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kuusela blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela is stalling here.
Kuusela seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Armo Kuusela.
Kuusela bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Desper's head backwards.
Kuusela moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A head kick from Kuusela lands but Desper takes it in his stride.
Desper gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kuusela counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Desper misses with a combination
and Kuusela counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kuusela throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kuusela throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kuusela digs a good body shot into Desper's ribs.
Kuusela has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desper working aggressively here.
Desper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kuusela working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Kuusela.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kuusela scores with a shot to the side of Desper's head.
Kuusela lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Desper backwards.
Kuusela will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Desper up against the cage.
Desper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Desper takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Kuusela on the inside.
Kuusela blocking some punches.
Desper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kuusela tries to land a knee to the head but Desper blocks with his arms.
Kuusela gets through Desper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kuusela digs a right hand into Desper's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Desper's gas tank.
Kuusela makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kuusela has Desper pushed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela prevents a body shot from Desper.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuusela.
Kuusela cracks Desper with a nice body shot.
Desper swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuusela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Desper letting Kuusela take a breather here.
Desper can't find room to land a body shot as Kuusela controls the action.
Kuusela lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kuusela lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Desper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kuusela gets through Desper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kuusela lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kuusela lands a right hand.
Kuusela has Desper pushed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kuusela blocks an uppercut.
Desper has a couple of punches blocked by Kuusela.
Kuusela blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kuusela.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kuusela.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Armo Kuusela dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Desper throws a poor cross that misses
and Kuusela counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Desper throws a combination that misses
and Kuusela counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Desper misses with a lunging right hand
and Kuusela makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kuusela throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kuusela scores with a hook to the body. Desper takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Desper stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kuusela.
Kuusela jabs at Desper's body.
Kuusela changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuusela throws a head kick that half lands.
Desper throws a head kick that misses
and Kuusela cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kuusela cracks Desper with a good jab.
Kuusela feints and then cracks Desper's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Desper down.
Kuusela lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kuusela closes the distance and clinches.
Kuusela gets through Desper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kuusela effectively controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Desper.
A right handed body shot lands from Kuusela.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Come on Kuusela - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kuusela digs a right hand underneath Desper's ribcage. Desper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kuusela breaks the clinch.
Desper fails with the takedown
and Kuusela counters with a straight right hand.
Kuusela feints and then cracks Desper's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Desper down.
Kuusela lands a nice hook to Desper's body. Desper takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Adrian Desper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuusela connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Desper momentarily.
Kuusela closes the distance and clinches.
Kuusela lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Kuusela.
Kuusela displaying some good clinch control by pressing Desper up against the cage.
Kuusela lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kuusela lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Desper.
Kuusela lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kuusela.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kuusela stalls.
Desper is trying to break the clinch but Kuusela has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Kuusela.
Kuusela breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Desper drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Adrian Desper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Desper with a poor takedown
and Desper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Armo Kuusela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adrian Desper.
Kuusela lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Desper misses with a lunging right hand
and Kuusela counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Kuusela.
Kuusela changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Desper takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kuusela lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kuusela, right into the meat.
Kuusela is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Desper can do to turn this around?
Kuusela moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Desper clinches.
Armo Kuusela has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kuusela lands a left hand.
Kuusela scores with a shoulder strike.
Kuusela stalling the fight.
Desper has a couple of punches blocked by Kuusela.
Kuusela scores with a hook to the body.
Desper throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuusela.
Desper drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kuusela pulls his leg out and moves away.
Desper misses with a combination
and Kuusela counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desper takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kuusela connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Desper momentarily.
Kuusela has managed to clinch.
Desper has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kuusela has Desper pressed against the cage, preventing Desper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Desper looking for a takedown.
Kuusela dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Desper's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Desper looking for a takedown.
Desper struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuusela controls his hands.
A hook to the body from Kuusela.
Kuusela lands a shot to the body.
Kuusela breaks from the clinch.
Kuusela lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An inside leg kick lands from Kuusela.
Kuusela dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Desper. That did some damage!
Kuusela cracks a nice hook into Desper's ribs.
Desper drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Armo Kuusela dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Desper tries to keep at a distance but Kuusela has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kuusela lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Desper.
Kuusela lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kuusela utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kuusela lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kuusela throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kuusela lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Desper throws an elbow but misses.
Kuusela presses Desper against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kuusela is working Desper over against the cage.
Kuusela gets through Desper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kuusela holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kuusela pushes Desper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kuusela working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kuusela creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kuusela scores with a shot to the side of Desper's head.
A bit of stalling here from Kuusela.
Desper misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela lands a shot to the body.
Kuusela letting Desper take a breather here.
A bit of stalling here from Kuusela.
Desper jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kuusela walks away with a smile on his face. Desper gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Desper throws a lazy head kick
and Kuusela counters with a low kick, right behind Desper 's knee.
A head kick by Desper misses
and Kuusela counters with a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kuusela.
Kuusela lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kuusela goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Desper gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Good body shot from Kuusela.
Kuusela is struggling to control the position.
Kuusela utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Kuusela.
Kuusela lands a nice shot to the body.
Kuusela lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela prevents Desper from breaking the clinch.
Kuusela lands an uppercut.
Kuusela lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kuusela stalling against the cage.
Desper can't get the takedown.
Desper takes an elbow to the temple.
Kuusela lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kuusela lands a knee to the body.
Desper takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuusela scores with a knee to the head.
Kuusela lands a body shot.
Armo Kuusela is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kuusela softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Desper misses with a knee strike.
Desper tries to circle away but Kuusela has him pinned against the cage.
Kuusela has Desper pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Kuusela.
Kuusela blocking some punches.
Desper fails to pull guard.
Armo Kuusela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adrian Desper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desper throws an elbow but it misses.
Desper tries to circle away but Kuusela has him pinned against the cage.
Kuusela landing knees to the head.
Desper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuusela has Desper pushed against the cage.
Desper trying to stall but Kuusela improves his position.
Kuusela stops a takedown attempt from Desper.
Desper throws a head punch that misses.
Desper tries to stall but Kuusela uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Desper goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kuusela prevents it.
Kuusela taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Desper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kuusela lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Desper backwards.
Desper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adrian Desper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kuusela gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Kuusela softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Desper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kuusela gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Desper.
Desper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Desper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kuusela.
Desper misses with the head strike.
Desper throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Armo Kuusela showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kuusela 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Armo Kuusela!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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