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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reima Maansiirto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Let Ji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ji has chosen Anathema - Judgement as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reima Maansiirto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Let Ji!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ji moves into the clinch successfully.
Ji connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maansiirto's face.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ji lands a nice elbow.
The referee calls for Ji to work.
Ji manages to break the clinch.
Maansiirto forces Ji back against the cage and clinches.
Maansiirto decides to pull guard.
Ji wants to stand but Maansiirto has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ji postures up.
Maansiirto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ji is one step ahead there.
Maansiirto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Maansiirto wants to improve his position but instead Ji has moved into half guard.
Maansiirto is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maansiirto keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The fighters are battling for position here. Maansiirto manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ji decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Maansiirto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ji doesn't manage to clinch there - Maansiirto circles away.
Ji instigates a clinch.
Ji controlling the action here for a moment.
Ji prevents the takedown attempt.
Ji lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ji lands an elbow inside.
Maansiirto has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ji avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reima Maansiirto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maansiirto is breathing heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from Ji.
Ji continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Ji lands a knee to the head.
A short left from Ji.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji stalling the fight.
Ji unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maansiirto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ji lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ji landing knees to the head.
Ji landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ji stalls.
Ji using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ji stalling.
Ji looking to throw knees to the head but Maansiirto is blocking nicely.
Ji breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown by Maansiirto or perhaps it was just good defense by Ji which made him look bad.
Let Ji is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maansiirto tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ji swivels and escapes.
Maansiirto fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ji sprawls well initially but Maansiirto persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Maansiirto looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Maansiirto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ji really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Maansiirto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Maansiirto tries to pass to full mount but Ji defends it.
Ji is not content to let Maansiirto control the position.
Ji pushes Maansiirto off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maansiirto fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ji gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ji keeping moving, preventing Maansiirto from controlling successfully.
Maansiirto prevents Ji from getting back to his feet.
Ji keeping moving, preventing Maansiirto from controlling successfully.
Maansiirto looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Maansiirto looking to sit in guard and control but Ji gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Maansiirto has a closed guard, preventing Ji from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maansiirto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Maansiirto fails with a takedown attempt.
Ji instigates a clinch.
Ji breaks from the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Ji. No joy for Maansiirto on that attempt.
Maansiirto takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Maansiirto fails with the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Ji. No joy for Maansiirto on that attempt.
Maansiirto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ji as he avoids it easily.
Maansiirto fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maansiirto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ji but Ji pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Maansiirto misses with a takedown attempt - Ji sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Maansiirto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Let Ji dominated that 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.
Ji tries to clinch but Maansiirto moves away
and Maansiirto counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Maansiirto controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Maansiirto wants to control from the top but Ji keeps moving.
Maansiirto prevents Ji from getting back to his feet.
Ji being controlled here, momentarily.
Maansiirto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ji is keeping the position for now.
Maansiirto is working hard here to advance position.
Maansiirto passes Ji's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Maansiirto works his way into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maansiirto is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ji knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maansiirto tries to advance to mount but Ji denies him.
Maansiirto trying to control the position but Ji is working away.
Maansiirto is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ji knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Maansiirto is looking to take a break and control but Ji is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Maansiirto tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Ji is trying to buck Maansiirto off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Maansiirto is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ji knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Ji is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Maansiirto has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Maansiirto is staying tight to Ji's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Maansiirto throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Maansiirto tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Maansiirto has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Maansiirto wants to control but Ji is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji is pushing Maansiirto's head away, looking to escape. Maansiirto manages to hold on to the position though.
Maansiirto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Maansiirto passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Ji!
Maansiirto misses with a head shot.
Maansiirto sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Maansiirto can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ji is looking to escape.
Ji is trying to stand.
Maansiirto fails to advance to Ji's back.
Ji is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Maansiirto is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ji can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maansiirto throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Maansiirto looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Maansiirto can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ji is looking to escape.
Ji has given up his back. Will we see Maansiirto going for some submissions?
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Maansiirto's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Ji wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reima Maansiirto dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ji wants to clinch up but Maansiirto keeps it at a distance.
Maansiirto scores a takedown into full mount!
Ji really wants to buck Maansiirto off and get back to his feet.
Maansiirto wants to take Ji's back but he can't do it this time.
Ji really wants to buck Maansiirto off and get back to his feet.
Maansiirto moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Ji has worked his arm free - good work by Ji!
Maansiirto working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Ji pushes Maansiirto away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Maansiirto gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maansiirto throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Maansiirto laying and praying for a moment but Ji takes advantage and regains half guard.
Ji looks like he's trying to stand up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Ji clinches.
Maansiirto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Maansiirto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ji holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Ji's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Ji gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ji breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maansiirto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Reima Maansiirto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ji forces Maansiirto back against the cage and clinches.
Ji scores with a knee to the head.
Ji lands a damaging elbow.
Ji lands an elbow inside.
Ji lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji lands a damaging elbow.
Ji stalling.
Maansiirto is working for takedown but Ji is calmly controlling the position for now.
Maansiirto pulls guard.
Ji preventing the sweep.
Ji would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Maansiirto has his hands on Ji's head, controlling the position.
Maansiirto working for a triangle but Ji defends it easily.
Maansiirto is controlling Ji's posture.
Maansiirto looking for a guillotine here but Ji defends easily.
Reima Maansiirto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ji avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji won't allow Maansiirto to sweep him here.
Maansiirto is trying to keep Ji in close.
Ji is looking to stand up but Maansiirto won't let him.
Maansiirto has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Maansiirto has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ji has passed into side control.
Maansiirto is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Maansiirto's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maansiirto closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Maansiirto lands in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maansiirto trying to control but Ji is working from the bottom.
Maansiirto looking to sit in guard and control but Ji gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ji stands and steps away. Maansiirto gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Ji tries a head kick but it misses.
Ji fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ji gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Maansiirto 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.
And that's the end of the fight!
Reima Maansiirto showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Maansiirto has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reima Maansiirto!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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