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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sampsa Siloposki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Reinikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reinikainen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Turmion Kätilöt - Verta ja Lihaa kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sampsa Siloposki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Reinikainen!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinikainen is looking to chop away at Siloposki's legs.
Siloposki misses with a hook.
Reinikainen throws a shot from downtown. Siloposki moves away and avoids it.
Reinikainen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Siloposki loads up on a big right hand but Reinikainen slips the punch.
Siloposki lands with a cross.
It looks like Kalle Reinikainen has been cut.
Reinikainen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Siloposki. That did some damage!
Siloposki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reinikainen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Reinikainen. Siloposki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reinikainen throws a head kick but Siloposki moves out of range.
Reinikainen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Siloposki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Reinikainen.
Siloposki tries to keep at a distance but Reinikainen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Reinikainen looking to throw knees to the head but Siloposki is blocking nicely.
Siloposki swings wildly with an uppercut but Reinikainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reinikainen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reinikainen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reinikainen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Reinikainen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reinikainen.
Nice body punch from Siloposki.
Reinikainen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reinikainen swings wildly with an uppercut but Siloposki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siloposki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Siloposki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siloposki misses with some punches.
Siloposki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reinikainen backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Siloposki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Siloposki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reinikainen tries a knee to the head but Siloposki blocks it.
Siloposki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reinikainen misses with a knee strike.
Reinikainen tries to land knees in the clinch but Siloposki avoids the damage to the body.
Siloposki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reinikainen tries to land a knee to the head but Siloposki blocks with his arms.
Reinikainen misses with the head strike.
Siloposki missing with knees to the body.
Siloposki tries to land a knee to the head but Reinikainen blocks with his arms.
Siloposki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Siloposki misses with a knee to the head.
Reinikainen lands a knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Reinikainen.
Siloposki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reinikainen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Siloposki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Siloposki fails to land.
Siloposki is trying to break the clinch but Reinikainen has him pressed against the cage.
Siloposki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Reinikainen.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reinikainen.
Siloposki is breathing heavily.
Reinikainen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reinikainen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reinikainen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Siloposki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Reinikainen digs a right hand underneath Siloposki's ribcage. Siloposki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot in the inside from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen looking to throw knees to the head but Siloposki is blocking nicely.
Reinikainen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Siloposki.
Siloposki managing to block the knees to the body from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reinikainen misses with a punch to the body.
Reinikainen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Siloposki is defending well for now.
Siloposki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki lands a nice uppercut.
Reinikainen tries to land a knee to the head but Siloposki blocks with his arms.
Reinikainen landing knees to the head.
It looks like Sampsa Siloposki has been cut.
Siloposki wants to get back to striking at distance but Reinikainen won't allow it.
Reinikainen landing knees to the head.
Siloposki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Siloposki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Siloposki throws a punch but it's blocked by Reinikainen.
Reinikainen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reinikainen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Siloposki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Siloposki misses with the head strike.
A knee to the head by Reinikainen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reinikainen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Siloposki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Siloposki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Siloposki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Reinikainen on the inside.
Siloposki misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalle Reinikainen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Siloposki takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Siloposki throws a leg kick but Reinikainen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Reinikainen scores with a sloppy right hand. Siloposki should have avoided that one.
Jab, jab by Reinikainen - just one landing.
Siloposki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Reinikainen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reinikainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kalle Reinikainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reinikainen moves to clinch but Siloposki breaks away
and Siloposki counters with a slapping leg kick.
Reinikainen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinikainen connects with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reinikainen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Siloposki loads up on a big right hand but Reinikainen slips the punch.
Reinikainen scores with a jab to the body.
Siloposki avoids a kick to the body.
Reinikainen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reinikainen moves away from the strike by Siloposki.
Reinikainen scores with a push kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reinikainen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Siloposki. That did some damage!
Reinikainen works Siloposki's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen tries a head kick but it misses.
Reinikainen tries to clinch there but Siloposki circles away.
Siloposki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Reinikainen misses with a body kick.
Reinikainen lands a nice hook to Siloposki's body. Siloposki takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Reinikainen looks to score with a jab to the body but Siloposki is just out of range.
Siloposki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reinikainen.
Siloposki blocks a head kick by Reinikainen.
Reinikainen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reinikainen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Reinikainen closes the distance and clinches.
Reinikainen scores with a knee to the head.
Siloposki avoiding damage as Reinikainen throws knees to the body.
Reinikainen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Siloposki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siloposki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kalle Reinikainen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Reinikainen misses with a punch to the body.
Reinikainen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Siloposki misses with a body punch.
Reinikainen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Siloposki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reinikainen trying to land knees to the body.
Reinikainen lands a nice knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen lands a nice knee to the body.
Reinikainen tries to land knees in the clinch but Siloposki avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reinikainen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reinikainen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Siloposki backwards.
Reinikainen tries to land knees in the clinch but Siloposki avoids the damage to the body.
Reinikainen struggles to land a body shot inside as Siloposki controls his hands.
Reinikainen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Siloposki backwards.
Siloposki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kalle Reinikainen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reinikainen lands with a slapping head kick.
Reinikainen scoring well with a low kick there.
Reinikainen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reinikainen lands with a good body shot.
Reinikainen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalle Reinikainen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Reinikainen throws a leg kick which misses Siloposki's front leg but catches the back leg as Siloposki tries to avoid it.
Siloposki takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Reinikainen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Siloposki.
Reinikainen connects with a leg kick. Siloposki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Reinikainen throws a nice head kick!
Reinikainen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Reinikainen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Siloposki just misses with a punch to the body.
Reinikainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reinikainen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinikainen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Siloposki's head.
Reinikainen keeps Siloposki at a distance using the push kick.
Siloposki steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Reinikainen. That one must have hurt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Reinikainen!
A chopping leg kick lands by Reinikainen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reinikainen tries to clinch up but Siloposki circles away and keeps his distance.
Reinikainen lands a nice looking body shot.
Reinikainen connects with a body shot that sends Siloposki's belly button to the back.
Siloposki throws a hook to the side of Reinikainen's head but Reinikainen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kalle Reinikainen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Reinikainen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Reinikainen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Siloposki takes a step back to recover.
Sampsa Siloposki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reinikainen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Reinikainen digs a good hook to Siloposki's body.
Siloposki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reinikainen throws a series of punches but Siloposki avoids them all with ease.
Siloposki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Reinikainen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki lands with a good body shot.
Reinikainen tries to land a body kick
and Siloposki counters with a three punch combo that has Reinikainen backing up. Reinikainen nods at Siloposki to acknowledge the strikes.
A low kick from Siloposki misses
and Reinikainen counters with a leg kick.
Siloposki will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Siloposki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reinikainen avoids the body shot from Siloposki.
Siloposki connects with a right hand. Reinikainen shakes it off.
Reinikainen tries to land a front kick but Siloposki steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Siloposki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Siloposki thows a leg kick but Reinikainen checks it
letting Reinikainen counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Siloposki in his tracks.
Reinikainen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick 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!
Reinikainen lands a leg kick that knocks Siloposki off balance momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reinikainen, right into the meat.
Siloposki takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Siloposki checks the leg kick.
Siloposki swats away the attempt to clinch by Reinikainen.
Reinikainen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Siloposki misses with an uppercut. Reinikainen saw that one coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kalle Reinikainen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reinikainen 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kalle Reinikainen!
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