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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Duggan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duggan has chosen tunnetko jo rakkauden as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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160 lbs
21 - 9 - 0 |
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201 cm
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201 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seppo Taalasmaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Duggan!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duggan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Taalasmaa misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Duggan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duggan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duggan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Duggan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Taalasmaa.
Seppo Taalasmaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duggan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A shot to the liver by Taalasmaa. Beautiful body shot.
Duggan is looking to score with low kicks.
Duggan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Duggan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Taalasmaa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duggan. That did some damage!
Taalasmaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Taalasmaa takes a swing at Duggan's ribcage but misses.
Taalasmaa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Taalasmaa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duggan.
Taalasmaa gets a takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Duggan is doing well to control the position and prevent Taalasmaa from advancing to side control.
Duggan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Taalasmaa.
Duggan is looking for a sweep. Taalasmaa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Taalasmaa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Taalasmaa 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.
Taalasmaa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Duggan's head.
Taalasmaa lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taalasmaa lands a nice short elbow.
Taalasmaa landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Duggan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Taalasmaa looks to land a strike but Duggan avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duggan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Taalasmaa throws a big right hand that misses.
Taalasmaa wants to pass the guard but Duggan is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duggan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Duggan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Duggan keeping moving, preventing Taalasmaa from controlling successfully.
Taalasmaa content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Duggan keeping moving, preventing Taalasmaa from controlling successfully.
Taalasmaa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa postures up in Duggan's guard and throws a big left but Duggan blocks it.
Duggan controls Taalasmaa momentarily but Taalasmaa frees himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Taalasmaa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Taalasmaa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Taalasmaa pushing down on Duggan's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Duggan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Taalasmaa throwing strikes from guard but Duggan blocks nicely.
Taalasmaa trying to control but Duggan is working from the bottom.
Taalasmaa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Duggan keeping moving, preventing Taalasmaa from controlling successfully.
Taalasmaa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Taalasmaa stopping the sweep attempt from Duggan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Duggan trying to keep a closed guard but Taalasmaa is proving a slippery customer.
Taalasmaa passes into half guard.
Taalasmaa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Duggan is just riding it out for now. Taalasmaa eventually gives up the hold.
Duggan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Taalasmaa.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taalasmaa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Taalasmaa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seppo Taalasmaa dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Duggan avoids the body shot from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Duggan swings for the body but Taalasmaa moves out of range.
Taalasmaa throws a hook but Duggan avoids it easily.
Duggan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Taalasmaa shoots in but Duggan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Taalasmaa takes one on the button.
Taalasmaa fails to land the takedown.
Duggan misses with a looping right.
Duggan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Duggan moves away from the strike by Taalasmaa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Taalasmaa fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seppo Taalasmaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taalasmaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Taalasmaa looks to throw the jab but Duggan is out of range.
Taalasmaa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Taalasmaa shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Duggan manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Duggan is trying to control the position but Taalasmaa postures up.
Taalasmaa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Taalasmaa got a little sloppy there for a moment and Duggan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Taalasmaa has managed to get both his arms back between Duggan's legs - danger averted.
Taalasmaa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Duggan's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duggan trying to keep a closed guard but Taalasmaa is proving a slippery customer.
Taalasmaa advances position into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duggan throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Taalasmaa scoring with punches and elbows.
Taalasmaa working the head and body with strikes.
Taalasmaa fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Taalasmaa working the head with strikes.
Duggan can't do much from the bottom here.
Taalasmaa is trying to ground and pound but Duggan uses the momentary lack of control by Taalasmaa to regain half guard.
Taalasmaa prevents Duggan from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa winds up and cracks Duggan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Taalasmaa stalling away here and it's allowed Duggan to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Taalasmaa postures up and lands a big shot to Duggan's brow.
Taalasmaa trying to control but Duggan is working from the bottom.
Duggan is looking for a triangle but Taalasmaa pushes his legs off easily.
Taalasmaa passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Seppo Taalasmaa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Taalasmaa working the ground and pound from side control.
Taalasmaa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Duggan keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Duggan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
An elbow from Taalasmaa crashes against the mat.
Duggan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taalasmaa in side control, just content to control the action for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taalasmaa throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seppo Taalasmaa 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!
Taalasmaa lands a lovely overhand right.
Taalasmaa scores a takedown into full mount!
Duggan working to try and regain half guard.
Taalasmaa scoring with strikes but Duggan is staying in there.
Taalasmaa dominating with strikes here.
Taalasmaa lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Duggan hang on?
Taalasmaa landing punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duggan is bucking up trying to escape but Taalasmaa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Duggan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Taalasmaa tries to control but Duggan wriggling away.
Taalasmaa is landing with some decent strikes but Duggan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Taalasmaa landing punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Duggan is refusing to be controlled, as Taalasmaa sits in half guard.
Duggan is concentrating on defense, preventing Taalasmaa from advancing position.
Duggan is looking to improve his position.
Duggan gets back to full guard.
Duggan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Duggan is pulling down on Taalasmaa's head to control his posture.
Duggan keeping moving, preventing Taalasmaa from controlling successfully.
Taalasmaa postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Taalasmaa postures up in Duggan's guard and throws a big left but Duggan blocks it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Taalasmaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Duggan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Taalasmaa scoring well with a low kick there.
Duggan misses with a left hand
and Taalasmaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Taalasmaa.
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!
Taalasmaa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Taalasmaa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Duggan!
Taalasmaa lands a big elbow.
Taalasmaa trying to control but Duggan is having none of it.
Taalasmaa lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa prevents Duggan from getting the reversal.
Duggan is bucking up trying to escape but Taalasmaa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Taalasmaa trying to control but Duggan is having none of it.
Taalasmaa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Taalasmaa working the ground and pound effectively.
Taalasmaa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Duggan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taalasmaa is landing with some decent strikes but Duggan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Taalasmaa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Duggan is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Duggan! Taalasmaa sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Duggan and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Seppo Taalasmaa!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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