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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jussi Ahma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahma has chosen Power - Kanye West as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jussi Ahma is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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212 lbs
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214 lbs
21 - 16 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Edson Arantes Do Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jussi Ahma!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do Nascimento throws a solid leg kick but Ahma takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Do Nascimento.
Do Nascimento wants to land a leg kick but Ahma is out of range.
Ahma checks a leg kick.
Do Nascimento attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Do Nascimento swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Good work by Ahma as he checks the leg kick.
Do Nascimento fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ahma checks it well.
Do Nascimento fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ahma checks it well.
Do Nascimento tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ahma is able to avoid easily.
Ahma checks the leg kick.
Do Nascimento throws a leg kick but Ahma checks it.
Ahma blocks a low kick nicely.
Ahma misses with a hook. Do Nascimento ducked under it nicely.
Do Nascimento is looking to chop away at Ahma's legs.
Do Nascimento attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Do Nascimento tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ahma is able to avoid easily.
Do Nascimento scoring well with a low kick there.
Do Nascimento wants to slow Ahma down by chopping away at his legs.
Do Nascimento misses with a low kick.
Do Nascimento throws out a leg kick but Ahma moves out of range and Do Nascimento only half commits.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahma lands with a good body shot.
Ahma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ahma checks the leg kick nicely there.
Do Nascimento throws a low kick but Ahma avoids it.
Ahma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Do Nascimento swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Do Nascimento attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Do Nascimento misses with a low kick.
Do Nascimento is looking to score with low kicks.
Ahma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Do Nascimento manages to avoid it.
Do Nascimento with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Do Nascimento wants to slow Ahma down by chopping away at his legs.
Ahma misses with a few strikes there.
Ahma shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Do Nascimento wants to land a leg kick but Ahma is out of range.
Do Nascimento uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ahma.
A lazy left from Ahma finds it's target.
It looks like Edson Arantes Do Nascimento has been cut.
Ahma closes the distance and clinches.
Do Nascimento really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Do Nascimento's elbow.
Do Nascimento throws a head punch that misses.
Do Nascimento misses with a body punch.
Do Nascimento misses with the head strike.
Ahma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Do Nascimento's elbow.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Do Nascimento misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ahma.
Still in the clinch, Do Nascimento scores with a nice short uppercut.
Do Nascimento misses with a hook to the ribs.
Do Nascimento misses with a short punch on the inside.
Do Nascimento pushes Ahma back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Do Nascimento tries to throw a body punch but Ahma avoids it by throwing Do Nascimento back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahma prevents a body shot from Do Nascimento.
Ahma misses with a body punch.
Ahma slows down the pace here.
Do Nascimento swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Do Nascimento lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Do Nascimento working aggressively here.
Ahma blocking some punches.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ahma can't find room to land a body shot as Do Nascimento controls the action.
Ahma is working Do Nascimento over against the cage.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Nascimento doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Do Nascimento lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ahma misses with some punches.
Do Nascimento tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Do Nascimento misses with the head strike.
Do Nascimento working aggressively here.
Ahma can't find room to land a body shot as Do Nascimento controls the action.
Do Nascimento misses with a body punch.
Ahma managing to block the knees to the body from Do Nascimento.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head punch on the inside from Ahma fails to land.
Do Nascimento misses with a short punch on the inside.
Do Nascimento tries to throw a body punch but Ahma avoids it by throwing Do Nascimento back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edson Arantes Do Nascimento dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edson Arantes Do Nascimento'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.
Ahma checks a leg kick.
Ahma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good exchange - Ahma coming out on top.
Ahma just misses with a punch to the body.
Ahma throws a hook but Do Nascimento avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Do Nascimento.
Ahma shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ahma showed some decent athleticism there.
Do Nascimento wants to stand back up but Ahma manages to pass into side control.
Ahma throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Nascimento is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ahma is controlling him well.
Ahma working the ground and pound.
Ahma landing a few strikes.
Ahma is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Do Nascimento's shoulder. That is not cool.
Do Nascimento is not content to let Ahma control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahma cracks Do Nascimento with a big right hand but Do Nascimento just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ahma trying to control the action but Do Nascimento is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Nascimento wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jussi Ahma.
A good leg kick by Do Nascimento.
Ahma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahma displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Do Nascimento.
Do Nascimento shoots and misses
and Ahma counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Do Nascimento's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edson Arantes Do Nascimento. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ahma trying to control the position from guard on top but Do Nascimento is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ahma postures up and lands a big shot to Do Nascimento's brow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Do Nascimento preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do Nascimento keeping moving, preventing Ahma from controlling successfully.
Ahma tries to free his leg and advance position but Do Nascimento is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jussi Ahma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Edson Arantes Do Nascimento'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. This is the final round!
Ahma checks the leg kick.
Do Nascimento attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Do Nascimento misses with a low kick.
Do Nascimento tries to score with a low kick but Ahma moves his leg out of the way.
Ahma looks to throw the jab but Do Nascimento is out of range.
Do Nascimento throws a solid leg kick but Ahma takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Do Nascimento.
A leg kick checked by Ahma.
Ahma checks a low kick from Do Nascimento.
Do Nascimento attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A swing and a miss from Ahma.
Do Nascimento will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Do Nascimento throws a low kick but Ahma avoids it.
Do Nascimento pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ahma is out of range and Do Nascimento settles back down.
Ahma throws a jab when Do Nascimento was well out of range.
Ahma tries to score a power double leg takedown but Do Nascimento sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ahma somewhat.
Do Nascimento dives in and grabs Ahma's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ahma pushes down on Do Nascimento's head and hops out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahma defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Do Nascimento.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edson Arantes Do Nascimento. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ahma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Do Nascimento throws a low kick, looking for Ahma's leg but Ahma calmly moves out of range.
Ahma cracks Do Nascimento with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ahma tries to clinch but Do Nascimento moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Ahma blocks the leg kick.
Ahma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ahma gets the takedown into side control.
Ahma has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ahma happy to just control the position for now.
Ahma working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahma trying to control the position but Do Nascimento is working away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ahma is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Ahma controls the position from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Nascimento tries to improve position but can't.
Ahma wants to control but Do Nascimento is keeping him busy.
Ahma throwing shots but missing, from side control.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Jussi Ahma hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Do Nascimento chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Do Nascimento throws a low kick, looking for Ahma's leg but Ahma calmly moves out of range.
Do Nascimento keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahma checks a leg kick nicely.
Do Nascimento will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ahma has a takedown stuffed.
Edson Arantes Do Nascimento is winning the standup battle so far.
Do Nascimento misses with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Do Nascimento.
Do Nascimento motions for Ahma to come forward. Do Nascimento throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ahma misses the shot to the body.
Do Nascimento tried to score with a low kick but Ahma checks it.
Ahma slaps away a takedown attempt from Do Nascimento, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ahma closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ahma lands in his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ahma trying to control the position from guard on top but Do Nascimento is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jussi Ahma comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ahma 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jussi Ahma!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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