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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teuvo Loman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loman's entrance music is Christiansands by Tricky. A fine choice. Koch has chosen Danzig - Circle of Snakes as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Teuvo Loman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Koch!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koch lands a jab to Loman's midsection.
Koch throws out a loose jab but Loman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch keeps the fight on the outside.
Loman throws a sloppy head kick and Koch moves out of range easily.
Loman slips under a jab from Koch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Loman. Koch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koch misses with a wild body shot.
Loman walks into a stiff left hand from Koch.
Loman shoots in and gets a takedown into Koch's guard.
Loman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Loman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Loman connects with a couple of short punches.
Koch avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loman controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Koch is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Koch is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Loman content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Loman showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Loman trying to control but Koch is working from the bottom.
Koch trying to keep a closed guard but Loman is proving a slippery customer.
Loman trying to stand up but can't free himself from Koch's guard.
Loman working some strikes from top position.
Koch looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Koch looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Koch is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Loman drops back looking for a leg! Koch is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Koch manages to kick Loman off! Loman jumps back into Koch's guard.
Loman works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Loman throwing shots but Koch is blocking nicely.
Loman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Koch keeps working.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koch preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Loman prevents Koch from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loman is looking to take a break and control but Koch is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Koch moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koch controls Loman momentarily but Loman frees himself.
Koch has momentary wrist control but Loman slips an elbow through the middle.
Koch looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Loman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Koch works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Loman with a nice head shot there.
Loman trying to control but Koch is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Loman is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Loman wants to stand but Koch has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Koch is trying to keep Loman in close.
Loman not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Loman is in close to Koch's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Loman postures up and lands a big shot to Koch's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loman slips nicely into half guard.
Loman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loman has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Loman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teuvo Loman dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Koch looks to land a right hand but Loman moved out of range.
Koch takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Loman connects with a right hand. Koch shakes it off.
Koch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loman manages to avoid it.
Koch misses with a wild body shot.
Loman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Koch to score with a decent uppercut.
Loman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Loman moves into the clinch.
Loman pushes off an throws an elbow but Koch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Loman blocks a body shot from Koch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Loman throws an elbow but misses.
Loman pushes Koch back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Loman.
Koch is breathing heavily.
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!
Loman struggles to land a body shot inside as Koch controls his hands.
Loman trying to land knees to the body.
Loman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Loman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Koch's defenses.
Loman missing with knees to the body.
Loman lands an elbow inside.
Loman leaning his opponent against the cage.
Loman can't find room to land a body shot as Koch controls the action.
Loman stalls.
Loman misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Loman.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Koch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Loman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koch avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koch is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Loman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Koch looking to slow down the pace here.
Loman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Koch backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Koch misses with a punch to the body.
Koch dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
Loman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koch.
Loman prevents a body shot from Koch.
Loman has Koch pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Loman throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch misses with a punch to the body.
Koch managing to block the knees to the body from Loman.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
Koch working aggressively here.
Koch controlling the action here for a moment.
Loman tries a knee to the head but Koch blocks it.
Koch takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Michael Koch has been cut.
Koch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Loman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koch manages to avoid it.
Loman misses with a kick to the body.
Koch misses with a wild body shot.
Loman throws a body kick that misses.
Loman throws a head kick that misses.
Loman scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koch. Loman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Loman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Loman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Loman throws a nice looking combination but Koch bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Koch swings for the body but Loman moves out of range.
Koch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Teuvo Loman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Loman has Koch up against the cage in a clinch.
Koch avoiding damage as Loman throws knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koch taking a breather.
Loman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koch.
A short body shot lands from Loman as the two fighters clinch.
Loman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koch.
Teuvo Loman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Koch avoiding damage as Loman throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teuvo Loman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Koch's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Loman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
No joy there for Loman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Loman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Loman lands a jab-cross combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Loman.
Teuvo Loman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Koch has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Loman misses with a straight right.
Loman closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Koch looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Koch gets back to full guard.
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!
Loman works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Loman lands strikes from half guard.
Koch takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Loman in particular looking to stall.
Loman drops an elbow to the side of Koch's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Loman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Koch doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Loman.
Koch is staying active underneath Loman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Koch wants to improve his position but Loman is controlling well.
Loman trying to control from half guard but Koch is working away.
Koch tries to roll over but Loman keeps him under control.
Loman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Koch does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loman working over Koch with some ground and pound. Koch looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Koch gets back to full guard.
Loman engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Teuvo Loman.
Koch is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Loman.
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!
Koch looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Koch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Loman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Loman.
Loman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koch.
A head kick from Loman lands but Koch takes it in his stride.
Koch avoids a punch combination nicely.
Loman shoots in for a double leg but Koch sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Loman tries to clinch up.
Koch throws a body punch but Loman moves out of range.
Loman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koch.
Koch digs a good body shot into Loman's ribs.
Loman closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Loman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Loman is looking to take a break and control but Koch is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koch is trying to get back to full guard.
Koch is looking to control Loman's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Koch avoid being mounted?
Loman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Koch does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Loman stalling.
Loman is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koch looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Loman slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teuvo Loman clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Koch's cut.
That's time! Loman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Loman tries to land a front kick but Koch steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Loman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Koch throws a right and a left that Loman avoids nicely.
Koch gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Koch tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Koch has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Loman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Loman controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Koch is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Loman defends well.
Loman trying to control the position from guard on top but Koch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Koch is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Koch keeping moving, preventing Loman from controlling successfully.
Koch escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Loman gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Teuvo Loman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Loman seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Loman's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Teuvo Loman wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Koch swings for the body but Loman moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koch on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Loman. Loman obviously looking to wear him down.
Loman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Loman has managed to clinch.
Koch lands a right hand.
Koch is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Loman lands an elbow just above Koch 's eye.
Loman blocks a body shot from Koch.
Loman slowing the pace effectively.
Loman lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Loman keeps control of Koch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Loman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Loman slowing the pace effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch avoiding damage as Loman throws knees to the body.
Koch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koch has a couple of punches blocked by Loman.
Koch avoiding damage as Loman throws knees to the body.
Koch is looking to break free of the clinch but Loman has double underhooks.
Koch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Koch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koch dodges an elbow strike from Loman.
Koch slowing the pace effectively.
Loman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Koch's face.
Loman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Loman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Koch manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Koch fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Loman is keeping busy.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Koch takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Loman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koch is defending well for now.
Loman has picked Koch up - he's going for a ride! Loman dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koch is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Loman not doing much here.
Koch looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loman seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teuvo Loman had his way with Michael Koch in that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Koch's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Koch throws a looping overhand right but Loman ducks down to avoid it.
Loman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Koch can do to turn this around?
Sloppy strikes from Koch. Those never looked like landing.
A good leg kick by Loman.
Koch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Loman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koch manages to avoid it.
Loman is looking to wear down Koch with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Loman looks to score with a jab to the body but Koch is just out of range.
Koch stuns Loman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Koch just misses with a punch to the body.
Loman throws a good cross that connects.
Loman jabs Koch right on the nose. Koch blinks but takes it well.
Loman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Koch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Koch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Loman.
Koch is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Loman slips a jab and a cross from Koch.
Loman falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Koch counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman rushes Koch and presses him up against the cage.
Loman scores with a shot to the side of Koch's head.
Loman lands a hook that snaps the head of Koch backwards.
Koch avoiding damage as Loman throws knees to the body.
Koch tries to circle away but Loman has him pinned against the cage.
Loman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Loman digs a right hand into Koch's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Koch's gas tank.
Loman works on Koch's body with a couple of short punches.
Loman lands a nice elbow.
Loman lands a damaging elbow.
Loman scores with a shot to the side of Koch's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Loman as the two fighters clinch.
Michael Koch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Loman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Koch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Koch's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Loman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Loman.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Loman.
Loman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Koch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Loman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Loman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Koch takes an elbow to the forehead.
Loman scores with a shoulder strike.
Loman blocks a body shot from Koch.
Loman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Koch's defenses.
Loman tries to land knees in the clinch but Koch avoids the damage to the body.
Loman lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch lands with a light punch inside.
Koch working aggressively here.
Koch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Loman missing with knees to the body.
Loman struggles to land a body shot inside as Koch controls his hands.
Koch slows down the pace here.
Koch is looking to break free of the clinch but Loman has double underhooks.
Loman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koch.
Loman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Loman tries to stall but Koch uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Loman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koch avoids it.
Koch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Loman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch avoiding damage as Loman throws knees to the body.
Loman looking to stall.
Koch wants to stall.
Koch working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Loman scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Loman.
Loman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Koch takes an elbow to the temple.
Koch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Loman wants the takedown. Koch is fighting it off but Loman persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Koch's guard against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koch has momentary wrist control but Loman slips an elbow through the middle.
Koch had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Loman defends it easily.
Teuvo Loman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Loman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Teuvo Loman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Loman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 50:45
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 50:45
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teuvo Loman!
Teuvo Loman retains his middleweight title!
Teuvo Loman bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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