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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dingdown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paco Nykanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dingdown comes to the cage accompanied by Baggy Trousers. Nykanen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jeff Mills - The Bells. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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177 cm
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160 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
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170 cm
30
166 lbs
16 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ben Dingdown! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paco Nykanen! The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nykanen throws a shot from downtown. Dingdown moves away and avoids it. Dingdown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dingdown throws a head kick that misses. Dingdown with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nykanen to score with a decent uppercut. Dingdown scores with a nice right hand.
Ben Dingdown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Nykanen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Dingdown swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nykanen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Dingdown's guard now. The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up. Nykanen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Nykanen looking to sit in guard and control but Dingdown gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Nykanen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dingdown gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Nykanen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dingdown defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nykanen 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. Nykanen is working an open guard so Dingdown takes the opportunity to get back to his feet. Dingdown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Dingdown throws a series of punches but Nykanen moves out of range. Dingdown throws a series of punches but Nykanen avoids them all with ease. Nykanen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Dingdown lands a jab to the nose. Dingdown cracks Nykanen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Nykanen throws out a powerful jab. Dingdown throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Dingdown is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Nykanen misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dingdown misses with a wild body shot. Nykanen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nykanen shoots in and drives through. Dingdown sprawls well. Nice sprawl there from Dingdown as Nykanen shoots in. Dingdown fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Dingdown plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Dingdown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dingdown gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nykanen to score an easy takedown into full guard. Nykanen looks gassed! Nykanen trying to control the position from guard on top but Dingdown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dingdown 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. Nykanen is looking to work some ground and pound but Dingdown has wrist control. Nykanen looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Nykanen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Nykanen trying to control the position from guard on top but Dingdown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Nykanen throws an elbow that misses. Dingdown uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nykanen's guard. Nice move by Dingdown!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Nykanen is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Dingdown frees his head nicely. Oh but Nykanen has switched to an armbar! Dingdown is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Paco Nykanen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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