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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between ofir peri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Parantainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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184 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, ofir peri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaakko Parantainen!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
peri looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Parantainen takes the fight into the clinch.
peri escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
peri will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
peri shoots in and drives through. Parantainen sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ofir peri. That's going to take a lot out of him.
peri throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Parantainen tries to close the distance and clinch up but peri swats him away and circles back towards the center.
peri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Parantainen.
Parantainen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for peri!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
peri is looking to get to half guard.
Parantainen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Parantainen controlling his opponent.
Parantainen goes for an armbar but peri turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from peri.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parantainen keeping moving, preventing peri from controlling successfully.
Parantainen is wriggling around but peri manages to pass to half guard.
peri working Parantainen over with strikes.
peri works his foot free and advances to mount.
peri trying to control but he's not successful this time.
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.
Parantainen wants to control but peri is having none of it.
peri working the ground and pound effectively.
peri trying to control but Parantainen is having none of it.
Parantainen wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Parantainen looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
peri cracks Parantainen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Parantainen is working to get back to half guard.
Parantainen is squirming around, avoiding peri's attempts to control the action.
Parantainen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
peri is working for a guillotine from mount but Parantainen frees his head quite easily.
peri lands with some strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Parantainen can't escape the position.
Parantainen bucks peri off and manages to get back to his feet!
Parantainen tries to clinch up but peri circles away and keeps his distance.
peri closes the distance and clinches up with Parantainen, looking for a takedown. peri pushes Parantainen against the cage but Parantainen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Parantainen tries to close the distance and clinch but peri swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Parantainen misses with a series of wild punches.
peri doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Parantainen counters with a series of strikes. peri will be more careful next time no doubt.
peri tries to clinch but Parantainen is having none of it.
Parantainen looks to clinch
and peri counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Parantainen pushes peri up against the cage in a clinch.
Parantainen fails to pull guard.
peri gets underhooks to prevent Parantainen's takedown attempt.
Parantainen is working for takedown but peri is calmly controlling the position for now.
Good body shot from Parantainen.
peri stops a takedown attempt from Parantainen.
peri has Parantainen pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Parantainen manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jaakko Parantainen will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Parantainen tries to score with a low kick but peri moves his leg out of the way.
peri fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Parantainen sprawls well initially but peri persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
peri wants to control but Parantainen is keeping him busy.
peri passes into side control, despite Parantainen's attempt to control the position.
peri stands up and beckons Parantainen to his feet.
peri throws a head kick that Parantainen semi-blocks.
peri misses with a double jab
and Parantainen counters with a takedown into side control.
peri struggling a bit here.
Parantainen landing a few strikes.
peri tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Parantainen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
peri is working hard here to advance position.
Parantainen is breathing heavily.
peri gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Parantainen tries to pass the half guard into mount. peri knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
peri is looking for a sweep. Parantainen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
peri gets full guard.
Parantainen trying to control the position from guard on top but peri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
peri controls Parantainen momentarily but Parantainen frees himself.
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.
peri looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Parantainen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
peri pushes Parantainen off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jaakko Parantainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parantainen throws a head kick that misses
and peri counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by peri.
peri manages to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parantainen pushing down on peri's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Parantainen tries to stand and escape but peri is controlling the position.
peri keeping control of the position.
peri moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
peri working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
peri is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
peri looking for a sweep. Not yet peri, not yet.
peri thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Parantainen stopping the sweep attempt from peri.
peri wants to stand but Parantainen is controlling the position.
Parantainen throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Parantainen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of peri's head.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from peri - that will leave a mark!
peri tries to close the distance and clinch up but Parantainen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Parantainen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
peri shoots in but no luck this time.
peri throws a sloppy head kick and Parantainen moves out of range easily.
peri fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Parantainen sprawls well initially but peri persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
peri is thwarting Parantainen's attempts to control the position.
Parantainen blocking the ground and pound attempt from peri.
peri is looking for a kimura but Parantainen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for peri to get the leverage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Parantainen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Parantainen strikes from the bottom but peri uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Parantainen tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
ofir peri dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! 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.
Parantainen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for peri!
peri bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
peri trying to control the position from guard on top but Parantainen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
peri seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
peri seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Parantainen for as long as he can get away with.
Parantainen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
peri stands and throws Parantainen's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
peri is putting a hurting on Parantainen here, landing some big shots from side control.
peri thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
peri wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parantainen keeps working.
Parantainen wants to get back to his feet but peri drags him back down.
peri throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
peri cracks Parantainen with a big elbow.
peri trying to control the position but Parantainen is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Parantainen trying to control but peri flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Parantainen trying to control but not successfully.
Parantainen prevents peri from getting a body triangle.
Parantainen has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
A lull in the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parantainen just trying to survive but peri is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
peri trying to control.
peri has got his arm under Parantainen's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Parantainen has spun round into peri's guard beautifully! Well done that man!
peri has a closed guard, preventing Parantainen from standing up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
peri fails with an attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Parantainen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
peri tries for a takedown but Parantainen circles away easily
and Parantainen counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parantainen stands up and waves to peri to follow him.
peri fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
peri shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Parantainen but Parantainen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ofir peri. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parantainen forces peri back against the cage and clinches.
Parantainen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. peri fights it off and pushes away nicely.
peri misses with a takedown attempt - Parantainen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
ofir peri is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Parantainen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Parantainen is thwarting peri's attempts to control the position.
peri is staying active underneath Parantainen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jaakko Parantainen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Parantainen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaakko Parantainen!
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