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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lasse Lukottaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quick has chosen Toxicity as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!
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239 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
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193 cm
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287 lbs
10 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lasse Lukottaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe Quick!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lukottaja lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Joe Quick has been cut.
Lukottaja tries to clinch but Quick is having none of it.
Lukottaja shoots and misses
and Quick counters with a straight right hand.
A combination from Lukottaja does no damage.
Quick gets tackled into the cage by Lukottaja. Lukottaja maintains the clinch.
Quick connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lukottaja's face.
It looks like Lasse Lukottaja has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lukottaja tries to circle away but Quick has him pinned against the cage.
Quick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Quick gets a clinch.
Quick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lukottaja blocks it with crossed arms.
Lukottaja has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Quick avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Quick.
Lukottaja wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Quick with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lukottaja fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lasse Lukottaja. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lukottaja tries to clinch up
and Quick counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Quick preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick stays in close to Lukottaja's body and controls the position.
Lukottaja throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Lukottaja seems keen to control Quick's posture.
Lukottaja scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Quick circles away from the clinch attempt
and Quick counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Quick.
Lukottaja changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Quick fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lukottaja closes the distance and clinches.
Quick manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick pushes Lukottaja up against the cage in a clinch.
Quick connects with a knee to the head.
Lukottaja drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Quick gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Quick crunches a lovely knee into Lukottaja's ribcage.
Lukottaja is breathing heavily.
Quick scores a nice knee to the body.
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!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Quick obliges.
Quick leaning his opponent against the cage.
Quick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quick scores with a knee to the head.
Lukottaja wants a takedown but no success here.
Quick unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Quick manages to break the clinch.
Quick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Quick has closed the distance and engaged Lukottaja in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lukottaja's face.
Quick misses with a knee to the head.
Quick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lukottaja looks to clinch
and Quick counters by clinching up.
Quick tries to score a body lock takedown but Lukottaja shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lukottaja tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Quick stalling the fight.
Quick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lukottaja moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lukottaja avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lukottaja fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Quick sprawls well initially but Lukottaja persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lukottaja wants to control but Quick is keeping him busy.
Lukottaja 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.
Quick wants to control but Lukottaja is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lukottaja content to control rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick is trying to maintain the position but Lukottaja is very close to passing his half guard.
Quick wants to get back to his feet.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lukottaja shoots in for a takedown but Quick shows good takedown defense.
Lukottaja circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lukottaja counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lukottaja.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lukottaja passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Quick can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lukottaja decides to stand back up. Lukottaja steps back and let's Quick get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Quick dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lukottaja tries to clinch but Quick moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Quick. Those never looked like landing.
Lukottaja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quick has his takedown stuffed
and Quick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quick tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lukottaja counters with a single leg into guard. Quick didn't expect that.
Quick keeping moving, preventing Lukottaja from controlling successfully.
Lukottaja tries to free his leg and advance position but Quick is retaining full guard.
Lukottaja stands and throws Quick's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Quick wants to control but Lukottaja postures up.
Lukottaja controlling the position from side mount.
Lukottaja seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Quick for as long as he can get away with.
Quick is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukottaja working away.
Lukottaja working the ground and pound.
Lukottaja in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Lukottaja working the ground and pound but Quick is defending the strikes.
Lukottaja wants to take a breather but Quick manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Lukottaja.
Quick controls Lukottaja momentarily but Lukottaja frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Quick can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lukottaja controls the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lukottaja misses the shot to the body.
Lukottaja tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Quick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lukottaja misses with a left hand
and Quick counters by clinching up.
Quick displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lukottaja up against the cage.
Quick trying to land knees to the body.
Quick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Lukottaja.
Quick wants to break the clinch but can't.
Quick tries to circle away but Lukottaja has him pinned against the cage.
Lukottaja decides to pull guard.
Lukottaja pushes Quick off and gets back to his feet.
Lasse Lukottaja is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lukottaja ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quick moves away.
Quick closes the distance but Lukottaja moves to the side
and Lukottaja counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Quick's guard now.
Lukottaja thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Quick really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lukottaja. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lukottaja sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quick working a defensive guard here.
Lukottaja is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick trying to control the position.
Lukottaja missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Quick looking to control.
We're going to have a standup here because Lasse Lukottaja wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Lukottaja shoots in but Quick avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lukottaja tries to land a body kick
and Quick holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Quick manages to break the clinch.
Lukottaja has his takedown stuffed
and Quick counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lukottaja's knee momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lukottaja doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Quick counters with a solid body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lasse Lukottaja dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Quick tries to clinch up but Lukottaja circles away and keeps his distance.
Quick wants to clinch but Lukottaja slips to the side
and Lukottaja counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Quick is trying to stand.
Lukottaja is trying to work for a kimura but Quick is defending well.
Lukottaja stands up out of the half guard.
No luck for Lukottaja with that takedown attempt.
Quick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lukottaja shoots and misses
and Quick finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Quick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quick is looking to clinch but Lukottaja is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukottaja tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Quick swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lasse Lukottaja. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quick wants to clinch.
Lukottaja keeps the fight on the outside.
Lukottaja wants to clinch
and Quick counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lukottaja!
The referee warns Lukottaja that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Quick looking to control but Lukottaja is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Quick punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lukottaja tries to hold on but Quick pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lukottaja really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Quick thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Lukottaja tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Quick thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Quick trying to control but Lukottaja is having none of it.
Lukottaja is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lukottaja gets back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lukottaja manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lukottaja looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Quick got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lukottaja has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Quick has managed to get both his arms back between Lukottaja's legs - danger averted.
Lukottaja has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Quick off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Lukottaja has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick scores with a knee to the head.
Quick connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lukottaja's face.
Quick taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lukottaja wants a takedown but no success here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Quick lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Quick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lukottaja has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Quick avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Quick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lukottaja tries to pull guard but Quick holds him up against the cage and eventually Lukottaja drops back down to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quick tries to land knees in the clinch but Lukottaja avoids the damage to the body.
Quick keeps control of Lukottaja as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lukottaja trying to control the position but instead, Quick has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lukottaja into the cage.
Quick scores with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Joe Quick.
I think Quick 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Quick!
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energy
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hype
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