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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Mylly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Warren Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adams has chosen Bang Your Head as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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160 lbs
10 - 12 - 0 |
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158 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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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
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Mylly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Warren Adams!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mylly punishes Adams's body with a nice straight punch.
Adams shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mylly pinned against the cage. Mylly gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mylly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Adams fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mylly lunges at Adams with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Adams's hand.
Adams slips a jab and a cross from Mylly.
Adams fails with the takedown.
Matt Mylly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Warren Adams.
Mylly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Adams counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Mylly's guard now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Mylly controls Adams momentarily but Adams frees himself.
Adams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Adams pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mylly is keeping the position for now.
Adams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mylly looking for a sweep. Not yet Mylly, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mylly is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Adams looking to pass the guard.
Mylly pulls Adams in to control the position.
Adams working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mylly keeping full guard, as Adams tries to pass.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Mylly holds on and takes a little breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mylly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We're going to have a standup here because Matt Mylly wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Mylly looks to land a left hand but Adams moved out of range nicely.
Mylly throws a series of punches but Adams moves out of range.
Mylly misses with a two punch combination.
Adams is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mylly sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mylly lands a jab to the head.
Adams doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Adams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Adams shoots in but no luck this time.
Jab, jab by Mylly - just one landing.
Mylly lands with a hook. Adams tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mylly's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mylly duly obliges.
It looks like Warren Adams has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mylly missing with a left hand there. Adams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adams has his takedown stuffed
and Mylly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Adams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mylly as he avoids it easily.
Adams shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Mylly napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Adams tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mylly can't do much from the bottom here.
Mylly is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Adams is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Mylly misses with a strike from the bottom.
Mylly wants to control but Adams postures up.
Mylly taking punishment in the form of punches.
Mylly regains half guard, as Adams was trying to land strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams thows a huge punch but Mylly dodges it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mylly keeping control of the position.
Adams with the ground and pound but Mylly uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Adams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mylly trying to control the position.
Adams stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mylly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mylly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mylly wants to sweep here but Adams controlling him for the moment.
Mylly working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Adams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Warren Adams will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Warren Adams's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Mylly thuds a left hand into Adams's body.
Mylly scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mylly ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mylly throws a lazy uppercut
and Adams counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Adams passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Adams wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mylly, who protects the arm well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mylly manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Adams tries to stand and escape but Mylly is controlling the position.
Mylly is defending against the submission attempts here by Adams.
Adams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams is working for a kimura but Mylly is defending it quite comfortably.
Mylly is looking for a sweep. Adams is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Adams seems to be working for a kimura but Mylly defends the submission attempt.
Adams is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mylly is looking for a sweep. Adams is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mylly is looking to control Adams's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mylly avoid being mounted?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Adams lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mylly controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Mylly keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Adams prevents Mylly from improving his position.
Adams is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Adams lands with a punch from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mylly wants to control but Adams is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams working Mylly over with strikes.
Mylly manages to get to full guard.
Mylly wants to stand and escape but Adams is having none of it.
Warren Adams has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Adams's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Adams landing with the ground and pound.
Mylly is trying to keep Adams in close.
Mylly keeping full guard, as Adams tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mylly working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Adams.
Adams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mylly looking for a sweep. Not yet Mylly, not yet.
Mylly wants to get back to his feet but Adams is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mylly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Adams stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mylly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mylly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Mylly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mylly utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mylly keeping full guard, as Adams tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Warren Adams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Warren Adams's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Adams misses with a takedown attempt
and Mylly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mylly connects with a good right hand that stumbles Adams. Adams circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Adams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Adams takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mylly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mylly scores with a punch to the head.
Matt Mylly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mylly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Adams with a poor takedown
and Mylly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Matt Mylly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Warren Adams.
Mylly gets the takedown into side control.
Adams is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mylly off and has taken his back!
Mylly is trapped and Adams is scoring with shots to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mylly rolls, trying to escape but Adams keeps control of the position.
Adams is punishing Mylly with strikes - can he finish him?!
Adams gets his hands free as Mylly looks to control.
Mylly preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Adams.
Adams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Adams misses with punches from the back.
Adams controlling well, preventing Mylly from escaping the position.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Adams. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Adams misses with an elbow to the head.
Adams softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Mylly turns into Adams and is now in his guard.
Mylly advances position into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adams is not content to let Mylly control the position.
Matt Mylly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Mylly are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Adams is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mylly trying to control the action but Adams is working from the bottom.
Mylly lands a nice forearm strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams parries the strikes from Mylly easily there. Mylly is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Adams to escape.
Adams is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mylly connects with a decent elbow.
Adams is not content to let Mylly control the position.
Mylly throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Mylly works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Adams gets back to half guard.
Warren Adams is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mylly winds up and cracks Adams with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mylly is looking to stall here but Adams recovers full guard.
Adams trying to strike off his back.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Mylly from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Adams is on top in guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Mylly showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Adams has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Warren Adams!
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hype
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RATING
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