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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Michaels might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Popeda - Raakaa voimaa. Ford has chosen Drop the World as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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175 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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183 lbs
12 - 1 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sean Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan Ford!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford misses with a head kick.
Ford throws a shot to the body.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses
and Ford counters with a head kick.
Ford feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Michaels's calf.
Michaels throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Michaels throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ford counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Michaels. Ford shrugs it off though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ford checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Michaels cracks Ford with a good jab.
Ford bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ford looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Michaels catches Ford right on the button with a cross.
A head kick by Michaels misses
and Michaels takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ford tries to land a body kick
and Michaels counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Michaels throws a lazy head kick
and Ford counters with a good, hard body kick but Michaels shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Michaels throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ford counters with a thumping low kick.
Michaels takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Michaels rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ford counters with a good low kick that Michaels was not able to check.
Michaels throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ford counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels feints and then cracks Ford's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ford down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ford.
Ford connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Michaels throws a lazy uppercut
and Ford counters with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses
and Ford counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sean Michaels will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A low kick from Ford is predictable there
and Michaels counters with a nice body kick.
Michaels throws a lazy head kick
and Ford counters with a solid body kick.
Michaels misses with a right hand
and Ford counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ford gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Michaels counter with a right hand.
Ford misses with a leg kick
and Michaels counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ryan Ford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford connects with a high kick.
Michaels throws a lazy uppercut
and Ford counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Michaels thinking.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A head kick by Michaels misses
and Ford counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Michaels throws a lazy uppercut
and Ford counters with a body kick.
Michaels misses with a lunging right hand
and Ford counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Michaels feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ford's calf.
Michaels falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ford counters with a good low kick that Michaels was not able to check.
Michaels lands a big head kick that sends Ford tumbling to the mat! Michaels takes a step backwards and waves Ford back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Ford is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford throws a leg kick
and Ford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Michaels fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ford throws a leg kick that is checked
and Michaels counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ford is still on wobbly legs! Can Michaels finish him?
Michaels misses with a lunging right hand
and Ford counters with an outside leg kick.
Ford seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels wants to slow Ford down by chopping away at his legs.
Michaels throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ford counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Michaels throws a looping overhand right but Ford ducks down to avoid it.
Michaels throws a lazy head kick
and Ford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Michaels misses with a leg kick
and Ford counters with a left to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Michaels 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. This is the final round!
Michaels throws a lazy uppercut
and Ford counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sean Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ford goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ford throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ford 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.
Michaels throws a right hand that misses
and Ford counters with a solid body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ford counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Michaels is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ford lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Michaels tries to land a body kick
and Ford counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nice uppercut lands for Michaels. That snapped Ford's head back.
Sean Michaels is winning the standup battle so far.
Michaels misses with a right hand
and Ford counters with a head kick. That will keep Michaels thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ryan Ford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels misses with a kick to the body
and Ford counters with a body kick.
Michaels swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Michaels throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ford counters with a body kick that stops Michaels in his tracks momentarily.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses
and Ford counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ford.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses
and Ford counters with an inside leg kick.
Michaels misses with a kick to the body
and Ford counters with a low kick, right behind Michaels 's knee.
A low kick from Michaels misses
and Ford counters with a one-two to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ford keeps Michaels at a distance using the push kick.
Ford throws the kick towards the body but Michaels avoids it.
Ford is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Michaels rather than just go for the knockout.
Michaels misses with an uppercut
and Ford counters with a left to the body.
Ford scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Michaels throws a leg kick
and Ford counters with a left to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Ford comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Michaels 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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