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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maddy Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Palkki Niskavuori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Niskavuori has chosen Torture killer - Obsessed with homicide as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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175 lbs
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182 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maddy Rock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Palkki Niskavuori!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Niskavuori throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rock connects with an inside leg kick.
Niskavuori takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Niskavuori throws a head kick that misses.
Rock slips a jab from Niskavuori.
Rock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rock lands with a shot to the body.
Niskavuori thows a body shot but no joy.
Rock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No joy there for Rock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Niskavuori throws a shot from downtown. Rock moves away and avoids it.
Rock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Niskavuori was well out of range. Poor timing from Rock.
Niskavuori checks a low kick from Rock.
Rock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Niskavuori fakes the leg kick and cracks Rock in the body.
Palkki Niskavuori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rock works Niskavuori's body with a nice hook.
Rock lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rock throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock throws a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Niskavuori throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A shot to the liver by Rock. Beautiful body shot.
Rock rushes Niskavuori and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Niskavuori looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Niskavuori tries to close the distance and clinch but Rock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Niskavuori throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Maddy Rock has been cut.
Niskavuori throws a head kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rock.
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!
Niskavuori keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Niskavuori on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rock clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rock.
Rock lands a hook that snaps the head of Niskavuori backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Rock's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rock is looking to break free of the clinch but Niskavuori has double underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Niskavuori misses with a punch on the inside.
Rock has had enough of the clinch but Niskavuori keeps him there for the moment.
Rock has a couple of punches blocked by Niskavuori.
Niskavuori pushes off an throws an elbow but Rock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rock blocks the elbow strike.
Rock tries to land knees in the clinch but Niskavuori avoids the damage to the body.
Rock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Niskavuori avoiding damage as Rock throws knees to the body.
Rock misses with the head strike.
Rock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Niskavuori digs a right hand into Rock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rock's gas tank.
Rock takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock is trying to break free.
Rock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Niskavuori backwards.
Rock misses with some punches.
Niskavuori is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rock is defending well for now.
Niskavuori blocks a body shot from Rock.
Rock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rock connects with a leg kick. Niskavuori looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Niskavuori wants to slow Rock down by chopping away at his legs.
Niskavuori misses with a low kick as Rock jumps back.
Niskavuori uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rock blocks a head kick by Niskavuori.
Jab by Rock.
Rock looks to land a right hand but Niskavuori moved out of range.
A jab from Rock does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rock moves into the clinch successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rock dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Niskavuori.
Rock tries a body shot but Niskavuori blocks it.
Rock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rock looking to slow down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rock.
Rock breaks from the clinch.
Niskavuori tries a head kick but it misses.
Niskavuori is looking to clinch.
Niskavuori moves away from the strike by Rock.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick misses from Niskavuori.
Niskavuori pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rock thows a body shot but no joy.
Rock closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maddy Rock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maddy Rock's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rock cracks the inside of Niskavuori's front leg.
Rock throws a wild body kick that Niskavuori sees coming a mile off.
Niskavuori bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Niskavuori lands an uppercut.
Rock looking to slow down the pace here.
The referee calls for Rock to work.
Rock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Niskavuori throws a head kick but Rock moves out of range.
Rock throws a half hearted mid kick.
Niskavuori on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Niskavuori dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rock is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maybe Rock would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Niskavuori working Rock over with knees to the body.
Maddy Rock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rock takes an elbow to the temple.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rock.
Niskavuori blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rock breaks the clinch.
Niskavuori throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Niskavuori dips to his left and cracks Rock with an uppercut!
Niskavuori blocks a leg kick.
Niskavuori tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rock throws the kick towards the body but Niskavuori avoids it.
A head kick by Niskavuori misses
and Rock counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
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!
Rock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niskavuori throws a jab when Rock was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock avoids the head kick by Niskavuori.
Niskavuori missing with a left hand there. Rock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Niskavuori blocks the body kick.
Niskavuori misses with the body kick
and Rock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Niskavuori lands a right hook to the body.
Rock steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Niskavuori. That one must have hurt.
Palkki Niskavuori seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Niskavuori misses with a head kick.
Niskavuori throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rock lands a nice shot to the body.
Niskavuori tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Niskavuori tries a head kick but it misses.
Rock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rock looks to land a combination but Niskavuori avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rock moves away from the strike by Niskavuori.
Rock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rock fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Niskavuori.
Rock lands a head kick!
Rock lands a leg kick that knocks Niskavuori off balance momentarily.
Niskavuori misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niskavuori misses with the combination.
Rock rushes Niskavuori and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Rock.
Niskavuori blocks a body shot from Rock.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rock takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Niskavuori is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rock is defending well for now.
Niskavuori lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niskavuori blocks an uppercut.
Rock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rock blocks an elbow strike from Niskavuori.
Rock looking to stall.
Niskavuori using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rock misses with the head strike.
Rock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rock has a couple of punches blocked by Niskavuori.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rock is trying to stall.
Rock manages to break the clinch.
Rock feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Niskavuoris jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Palkki Niskavuori will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Maddy Rock's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Niskavuori throws a hook but Rock avoids it easily.
Niskavuori throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Niskavuori takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rock bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Niskavuori's head.
Niskavuori misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niskavuori gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rock.
Jab, jab by Niskavuori - just one landing.
Niskavuori throws a head kick but Rock moves out of range.
Niskavuori misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rock throws a nice looking combination but Niskavuori bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rock throws a push kick but Niskavuori slaps the foot to one side.
Niskavuori takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Niskavuori tries to clinch up but Rock circles away and keeps his distance.
Rock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rock punishes Niskavuori's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niskavuori on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rock scores with a shot to the body.
Niskavuori thows a body shot but no joy.
Rock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rock cracks Niskavuori with a right hand to the side of the head.
Niskavuori thows a leg kick but Rock checks it
and Rock counters with a nice low kick that buckles Niskavuori's knee momentarily.
Rock closes the distance and pushes Niskavuori back into the cage.
Rock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rock stuns Niskavuori with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rock throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Niskavuori on the side of the head.
Rock looks to score with a jab to the body but Niskavuori is just out of range.
Niskavuori looks to land a left hand but Rock moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rock lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheers as Rock lands an impressive looking overhand right. Niskavuori doesn't seem phased though.
Rock lands a head kick!
Rock throws out a loose jab but Niskavuori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rock jabs Niskavuori to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rock closes the distance and clinches.
Rock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Niskavuori's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rock.
Rock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Niskavuori backwards.
Rock lands a nice shot to the body.
Rock misses with a punch on the inside.
Rock avoids the elbow strike from Niskavuori, against the cage.
Rock misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock lands a body punch.
Niskavuori lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rock pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Niskavuori trying to control but Rock is working from the bottom.
Rock is wriggling around but Niskavuori manages to pass to half guard.
Rock has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Niskavuori is working away from the top position though.
Rock is looking to improve his position.
Niskavuori stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Rock to get to his feet.
Rock gets a clinch.
Rock tries to stall but Niskavuori uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niskavuori tries to throw a body punch but Rock avoids it by throwing Niskavuori back against the cage.
Rock struggles to land a body shot inside as Niskavuori controls his hands.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rock dodges an elbow strike from Niskavuori.
A left hand lands to the body for Rock.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Niskavuori tries a body shot but Rock blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Niskavuori blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rock swings wildly with an uppercut but Niskavuori uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Niskavuori misses with an elbow strike.
Niskavuori lands with a short shot to the head.
Rock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Niskavuori avoids the body shot from Rock.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maddy Rock showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rock 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maddy Rock!
Our winner, Maddy Rock, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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