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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Isto Benson Simomaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Black Belt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belt is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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287 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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26
289 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isto Benson Simomaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Black Belt!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simomaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Belt.
Simomaa swings for the body but Belt moves out of range.
Simomaa throws a looping overhand right but Belt ducks down to avoid it.
Belt connects with a body shot.
Belt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Belt misses with a right hand
and Simomaa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Belt scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Isto Benson Simomaa has been cut.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Simomaa throws an elbow that misses.
Come on Simomaa - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Belt landing knees to the body.
Simomaa is breathing heavily.
Simomaa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Belt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simomaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Belt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simomaa avoiding damage as Belt throws knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Simomaa.
Belt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Belt looking to throw knees to the head but Simomaa is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Belt.
Belt lands a good knee to the midsection. Simomaa won't want to take too many of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simomaa managing to block the knees to the body from Belt.
Belt unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Belt obliges.
Belt landing knees to the body.
Belt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Belt connects with a knee to the head.
Belt misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Belt lands a knee to the head.
Belt landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Belt lands a knee to the head.
Belt scores with a hook to the body.
Belt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Simomaa's face.
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!
Belt lands a body punch in the clinch.
Belt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Simomaa is trying to maintain a safe position but Belt gets an underhook and turns Simomaa into the cage.
Simomaa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Belt lands a knee to the head.
Belt working Simomaa over with knees to the body.
Belt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Belt trying to land knees to the body.
Simomaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belt tries to land a knee to the head but Simomaa blocks with his arms.
Belt misses with a punch to the body.
Belt has a couple of punches blocked by Simomaa.
Simomaa lands an elbow inside that Belt shrugs off.
Simomaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Belt blocks an elbow strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Belt obliges.
Simomaa lands a nice elbow.
Stalling in the clinch from Simomaa.
Belt avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
Belt blocks an elbow strike.
Belt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simomaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Simomaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Belt being controlled against the cage.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Simomaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Belt lands a body punch.
Belt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Simomaa is defending well for now.
Belt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Belt dodges an elbow strike from Simomaa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belt avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
Belt unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Belt dodges an elbow strike from Simomaa.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Belt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Belt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Belt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simomaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Belt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Simomaa's face.
Simomaa lands a damaging elbow.
Belt takes an elbow to the temple.
Simomaa controlling the action here for a moment.
Belt lands a nice shot to the body.
Simomaa lands an elbow inside that Belt shrugs off.
Belt tries to land a knee to the head but Simomaa blocks with his arms.
Belt dodges an elbow strike from Simomaa.
Simomaa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simomaa lands an elbow just above Belt 's eye.
Belt blocks an elbow strike.
Belt scores a nice knee to the body.
Simomaa stalls.
Belt missing with knees to the body.
Simomaa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Belt is trying to maintain a safe position but Simomaa gets an underhook and turns Belt into the cage.
Belt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Simomaa slowing the pace effectively.
Simomaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Belt is working Simomaa over against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simomaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Belt working Simomaa over with knees to the body.
Belt unloads a knee to the mid-section. Simomaa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Belt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Belt lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Black Belt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Isto Benson Simomaa's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Belt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Belt throws a right hand that misses
and Simomaa counters with a right hand to the body.
Belt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Simomaa walks into a straight right hand from Belt.
Belt throws an overhand right that lands on Simomaa's shoulder, as Simomaa tries to avoid the shot.
Belt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Belt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Simomaa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Belt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Simomaa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simomaa clinches up with Belt and pushes him back against the cage.
Belt lands a good knee to the midsection. Simomaa won't want to take too many of those.
Belt blocks an elbow strike.
Simomaa has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Simomaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Belt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Simomaa avoids it.
A right handed body shot lands from Belt.
Belt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Simomaa blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Belt lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Simomaa backwards.
Belt lands a nice knee to the body.
Belt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simomaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Belt blocks the elbow strike.
Simomaa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Simomaa tries to stall but Belt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Belt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Belt works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Belt cracks Simomaa with a nice body shot.
Belt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Belt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Belt connects with a knee to the head.
Belt has a couple of punches blocked by Simomaa.
Belt tries to land a knee to the head but Simomaa blocks with his arms.
Black Belt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Belt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Belt can't find room to land a body shot as Simomaa controls the action.
Belt tries to land a knee to the head but Simomaa blocks with his arms.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belt blocks an elbow strike from Simomaa.
Simomaa stalling in the clinch but Belt improves position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simomaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Belt's brow.
Belt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Simomaa is defending well for now.
Belt scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Simomaa.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Belt misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Belt on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Belt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
Belt avoids the elbow strike from Simomaa, against the cage.
Belt trying to land knees to the body.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Belt lands a shot to the body.
Simomaa avoiding damage as Belt throws knees to the body.
Simomaa leaning against his opponent.
Belt lands a shot to the body.
Belt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Simomaa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
Belt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Simomaa blocks it with crossed arms.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Belt missing with knees to the body.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Simomaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Belt.
Belt blocks the elbow strike.
Belt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Belt avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
Belt is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Simomaa lands an elbow just above Belt 's eye.
Belt misses with a knee strike.
Belt avoids the elbow strike from Simomaa, against the cage.
Simomaa lands an elbow inside.
Simomaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Belt's defenses.
Belt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Simomaa is keeping busy.
Simomaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Simomaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Belt's defenses.
Simomaa throws an elbow that misses.
Simomaa throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Belt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simomaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Simomaa lands an elbow inside that Belt shrugs off.
Simomaa leaning his opponent against the cage.
Simomaa lands an elbow inside that Belt shrugs off.
Belt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Simomaa's elbow.
Simomaa has Belt pressed against the cage.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Belt wants to stall.
Simomaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Belt trying to control the position but instead, Simomaa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Belt into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simomaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Belt's brow.
Simomaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Belt lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Black Belt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Isto Benson Simomaa's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Belt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Belt tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Simomaa counters with a nice uppercut.
Belt misses with a looping left.
Belt throws a jab when Simomaa was well out of range.
Simomaa with a jab.
Simomaa throws a predictable looking body shot
and Belt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Belt misses.
Belt throws a sloppy body shot
and Simomaa counters with a left and a right that stings Belt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belt just misses with a punch to the body.
Belt moves to clinch but Simomaa breaks away
and Simomaa moves into the clinch.
Belt blocks the elbow strike.
Simomaa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Belt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
Simomaa lands an elbow inside.
Simomaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Black Belt has been cut.
Belt blocks an elbow strike.
Belt trying to stall but Simomaa improves his position.
Simomaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Simomaa.
Belt takes an elbow to the temple.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Belt tries to work over Simomaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simomaa will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Belt up against the cage.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Belt lands a nice shot to the body.
Belt blocks an elbow strike from Simomaa.
Belt tries a knee to the head but Simomaa blocks it.
Belt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Simomaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Belt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Isto Benson Simomaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belt is trying to maintain a safe position but Simomaa gets an underhook and turns Belt into the cage.
Belt lands a nice uppercut.
Belt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Simomaa blocks it with crossed arms.
Simomaa lands an elbow just above Belt 's eye.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simomaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Belt's brow.
Simomaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Simomaa leaning against his opponent.
Simomaa lands an elbow inside that Belt shrugs off.
Simomaa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Belt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Simomaa.
Simomaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Simomaa controlling the action here for a moment.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Belt connects with a knee to the head.
Simomaa throws an elbow that misses.
Belt missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Belt - that landed with a thud.
Belt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simomaa.
The referee calls for Simomaa to work.
Simomaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Simomaa is pushing Belt up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Simomaa managing to block the knees to the body from Belt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Isto Benson Simomaa.
Simomaa throws a predictable looking body shot
and Belt holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Belt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Belt presses Simomaa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Belt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Belt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Belt throws a head punch that misses.
Belt trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belt takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
Simomaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Belt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simomaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Belt's brow.
Belt being controlled against the cage.
Simomaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Belt avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
Belt letting Simomaa take a breather here.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Belt tries a knee to the head but Simomaa blocks it.
Simomaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Belt.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Belt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simomaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Simomaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Belt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Simomaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Simomaa.
Belt dodges an elbow strike from Simomaa.
Belt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simomaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Isto Benson Simomaa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Belt has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Black Belt!
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