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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 has chosen Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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283 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
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225 cm
28
289 lbs
10 - 3 - 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
13 - 6 - 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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Black Belt!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simomaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Belt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Simomaa.
Simomaa throws a hook to the side of Belt's head but Belt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Belt misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Simomaa. Belt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Belt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Simomaa is looking to clinch.
Simomaa tries to clinch but Belt is having none of it.
Belt moves into range and clinches up with Simomaa.
Belt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Simomaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Simomaa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Belt stalling in the clinch but Simomaa improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Belt fails to land.
Belt trying to control the position but instead, Simomaa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Belt into the cage.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simomaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Belt backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simomaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Belt's brow.
Belt blocking some punches.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Simomaa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Belt tries to throw a body punch but Simomaa avoids it by throwing Belt back against the cage.
Belt misses with a body punch.
Belt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Simomaa's elbow.
Belt misses with a short punch on the inside.
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.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Simomaa.
Belt misses with a knee strike.
Simomaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Belt misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belt takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Black Belt has been cut.
Belt avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
Belt is working Simomaa over against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Simomaa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Simomaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Belt dodges an elbow strike from Simomaa.
Simomaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Simomaa lands a nice elbow.
Simomaa lands an elbow inside that Belt shrugs off.
Belt avoids the elbow strike from Simomaa, against the cage.
Simomaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simomaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Belt's brow.
Simomaa prevents a body shot from Belt.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Belt avoids the elbow strike from Simomaa, against the cage.
Belt avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belt blocks an elbow strike from Simomaa.
Simomaa lands a left hand.
Belt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Simomaa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
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 blocks an uppercut.
Belt can't find room to land a body shot as Simomaa controls the action.
Belt avoids the elbow strike from Simomaa, against the cage.
Belt tries a body shot but Simomaa blocks it.
Belt avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
Belt misses with the head strike.
Simomaa stalling in the clinch.
Simomaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Belt's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Simomaa's elbow.
A short right from Belt.
Simomaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Belt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
Belt avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
Belt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simomaa.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Simomaa looking to slow down the pace here.
Simomaa blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Belt.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Belt blocks an elbow strike from Simomaa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Simomaa throws an elbow that misses.
Belt tries a body shot but Simomaa blocks it.
Simomaa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Simomaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Isto Benson Simomaa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Black Belt's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Belt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Simomaa has Belt up against the cage in a clinch.
Belt lands a nice uppercut.
Simomaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Belt crunches a lovely knee into Simomaa's ribcage.
A head punch on the inside from Simomaa fails to land.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Belt misses with a knee to the head.
Isto Benson Simomaa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Belt avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
Simomaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Belt backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Belt.
Belt tries a body shot but Simomaa blocks it.
Simomaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Simomaa.
Belt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Simomaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simomaa stalling.
Belt tries to work over Simomaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simomaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Belt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Simomaa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Belt backwards.
Simomaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Simomaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Simomaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Belt taking a breather.
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.
Belt blocks an elbow strike.
Belt avoids a wild elbow strike from Simomaa.
Belt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Belt tries to land a knee to the head but Simomaa blocks with his arms.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Simomaa has Belt pushed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belt can't find room to land a body shot as Simomaa controls the action.
Simomaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
Simomaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Belt misses with a body punch.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Simomaa.
Nice elbow from Simomaa.
That has opened up Black Belt's cut even more.
Belt blocks an elbow strike.
Simomaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Belt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simomaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it misses.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belt gets through Simomaa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Simomaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Belt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Belt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simomaa.
Simomaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simomaa throws an elbow but misses.
Belt taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Belt misses with a punch on the inside.
Belt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Simomaa throws an elbow that misses.
Belt tries a body shot but Simomaa blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Belt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Simomaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Simomaa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Belt lands a good knee to the midsection. Simomaa won't want to take too many of those.
That's four 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!
Simomaa lands an elbow inside.
Belt looking to throw knees to the head but Simomaa is blocking nicely.
Belt tries to land knees in the clinch but Simomaa avoids the damage to the body.
Simomaa lands an elbow that stopped Belt in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simomaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Belt's brow.
Belt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Simomaa's elbow.
Simomaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Belt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Belt connects with a knee to the head.
Belt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Simomaa blocks it with crossed arms.
Belt is breathing heavily.
Belt lands a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belt looking to throw knees to the head but Simomaa is blocking nicely.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Belt tries to land a knee to the head but Simomaa blocks with his arms.
Simomaa lands a damaging elbow.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Isto Benson Simomaa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Black Belt's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Belt changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Simomaa misses with a body shot.
Belt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Simomaa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Simomaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Belt was well out of range. Poor timing from Simomaa.
Belt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Simomaa misses with an uppercut
and Belt counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Simomaa is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Belt loads up on a big right hand but Simomaa slips the punch.
Simomaa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Belt under the eye.
Simomaa wants to clinch
and Belt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Belt tries to close the distance and clinch but Simomaa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simomaa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Simomaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Belt moves away.
Belt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Simomaa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Simomaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Belt moves away.
A swing and a miss from Simomaa.
Simomaa looks to land a right hand but Belt moved out of range.
Simomaa pushes Belt up against the cage in a clinch.
Belt taking a breather.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Simomaa.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Belt dodges an elbow strike from Simomaa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simomaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Simomaa avoiding damage as Belt throws knees to the body.
Belt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Simomaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Belt takes an elbow to the forehead.
The cut above Black Belt's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
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.
A body shot lands from Belt.
Simomaa misses with an elbow strike.
Belt connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Isto Benson Simomaa has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belt scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Belt is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Belt is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Belt blocks an elbow strike.
Simomaa trying to control the position but instead, Belt has worked for underhooks and has pushed Simomaa into the cage.
Simomaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belt blocks the elbow strike.
Belt avoids the elbow strike from Simomaa, against the cage.
Belt misses with a punch on the inside.
Simomaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Belt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Belt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Simomaa avoids it.
Belt putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Simomaa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Belt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Simomaa blocks it with crossed arms.
Simomaa prevents a body shot from Belt.
Simomaa throws an elbow that misses.
Belt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Simomaa throws an elbow that misses.
Belt tries to work over Simomaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belt works on Simomaa's body with a couple of short punches.
Belt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simomaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Belt looking to throw knees to the head but Simomaa is blocking nicely.
Belt blocks the elbow strike.
Simomaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Simomaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Simomaa is trying to maintain a safe position but Belt gets an underhook and turns Simomaa into the cage.
Belt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Simomaa's elbow.
Simomaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Belt blocks an elbow strike from Simomaa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simomaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Belt's brow.
Simomaa takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belt blocks an uppercut.
Belt misses with a body punch.
Black Belt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Isto Benson Simomaa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Belt avoids the elbow strike from Simomaa, against the cage.
Belt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Black Belt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Simomaa 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Isto Benson Simomaa!
A victorious Isto Benson Simomaa thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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