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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sinuhe Egyptian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santeri Norzu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Egyptian's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Egyptian Entrance Song. Norzu has chosen Cult of Luna - Back To Chapel Town as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 cm
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163 lbs
21 - 5 - 1 |
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185 cm
27
163 lbs
21 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
21 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sinuhe Egyptian! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Santeri Norzu! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Egyptian connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Norzu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Norzu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Egyptian lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice jab there from Norzu. Egyptian thows a left - swing and a miss! Egyptian stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Egyptian comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. A leg kick checked by Egyptian. Sinuhe Egyptian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A head kick misses from Egyptian. A bone on bone clash there as Egyptian blocks the leg kick.
Egyptian is looking to chop away at Norzu's legs. Norzu is looking to score with low kicks. A left lands for Norzu. Egyptian misses with a leg kick. This has been an exciting period of action! Egyptian misses with a low kick. Egyptian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Norzu misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round. A battle for position here, against the cage. Egyptian can't find room to land a body shot as Norzu controls the action.
Norzu is working Egyptian over against the cage. Egyptian throws a head punch that misses. Norzu scores with a nice hook to the head. Egyptian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. A right hand to the body from Norzu.
Egyptian tries a knee to the head but Norzu blocks it.
Egyptian misses with some punches.
Norzu lands with a right to the head. A right hook to the body lands for Norzu.
Norzu throws a punch but it's blocked by Egyptian. Norzu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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! Norzu managing to block the knees to the body from Egyptian.
Norzu presses Egyptian against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Norzu struggles to land a body shot inside as Egyptian controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Egyptian fails to land. A head punch on the inside from Egyptian fails to land. Norzu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Egyptian misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nice body punch from Norzu. A quick uppercut on the inside from Norzu. Egyptian taking a breather. Norzu has a couple of punches blocked by Egyptian.
Norzu throws a punch but it's blocked by Egyptian. Norzu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Norzu avoids the body shot from Egyptian.
Norzu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Norzu looks to land a left hand but Egyptian moved out of range nicely. A looping hook to the body misses from Egyptian. Norzu does a little dance to reset his feet. Norzu looks to land a right hand but Egyptian moved out of range. Egyptian misses with a straight right. Egyptian misses with an uppercut
and Norzu counters with a good, hard body kick but Egyptian shrugs it off. Norzu throws the kick towards the body but Egyptian avoids it. Egyptian tries to clinch up. Egyptian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Norzu. Norzu takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Norzu throws a head kick but Egyptian moves out of range.
Norzu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Egyptian's sensitive parts. Egyptian throws a hook but Norzu avoids it easily. Egyptian walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Norzu scores with a sloppy right hand. Egyptian should have avoided that one. Norzu avoids the head kick by Egyptian.
Norzu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Egyptian counters with a lovely straight right hand! Norzu scores with a spinning back kick! Norzu lands a nice shot that snaps Egyptian's head back.
Norzu throws out a loose jab but Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid it. Egyptian throws out a loose jab but Norzu uses good head movement to avoid it. Egyptian is looking to slow Norzu down with leg kicks. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Norzu throws a leg kick that misses. Egyptian clobbers Norzu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Egyptian lands a lovely overhand right. Egyptian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Norzu looks to score with a jab to the body but Egyptian is just out of range. Norzu throws a leg kick but Egyptian sees it coming and moves out of range. Egyptian cracks Norzu with a good jab. Egyptian has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Norzu. Norzu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Egyptian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Norzu.
Norzu ducks under a wild hook from Egyptian. Norzu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Norzu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Norzu with a jab. Norzu gets off balance looking for a body kick and Egyptian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. A lazy left from Norzu finds it's target. Norzu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Egyptian. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santeri Norzu dominated that round. That's time! Egyptian's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A big left from Norzu misses. A telegraphed right hand from Egyptian misses the target. Egyptian with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Egyptian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Norzu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Egyptian momentarily.
A lazy left from Egyptian finds it's target. Norzu lands with an overhand left. Some bone on bone action there as Egyptian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Egyptian throws a lazy head kick and Norzu counters with a thumping low kick. Egyptian misses with a leg kick. A bone on bone clash there as Norzu blocks the leg kick.
Egyptian misses with a looping right. Norzu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Egyptian connects with a crisp jab. Egyptian throws a lazy head kick and Norzu counters with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Norzu avoids the head kick by Egyptian.
Egyptian misses with a hook
and Norzu counters with an inside leg kick. Norzu attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Egyptian throws a jab when Norzu was well out of range. Norzu misses with a right hand enabling Egyptian to counter with a crisp jab. Egyptian shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Norzu misses with a kick to the body.
Egyptian throws a right and a left that both miss. Norzu delivers a nice body kick. Santeri Norzu seems to be getting the better of the standup. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Egyptian motions for Norzu to come forward. Egyptian throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Norzu scores with a jab. A head kick misses from Norzu. Norzu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. A nice inside leg kick there by Egyptian. That's going to slow Norzu down. Egyptian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norzu was well out of range. Poor timing from Egyptian.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Egyptian misses the jab. Egyptian connects with a solid leg kick. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Egyptian with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Norzu to score with a decent uppercut. Norzu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Egyptian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Norzu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Norzu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Egyptian is out of range. Egyptian throws an off balance right hand
and Norzu counters with a body kick. Egyptian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Egyptian lunges at Norzu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Norzu's hand. Egyptian pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Egyptian swings for the body but Norzu moves out of range.
Norzu dips to his left and cracks Egyptian with an uppercut! Egyptian with a jab. Egyptian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Norzu lands a nice hook to Egyptian's body. Egyptian takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Norzu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Egyptian. That did some damage! Norzu tests Egyptian's chin there with a solid looking shot. Norzu throws a low kick but Egyptian moves out of range easily. Nice defenses there by Egyptian. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Egyptian lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Norzu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Norzu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Egyptian fails in his attempt to clinch. Norzu throws a leg kick but Egyptian sees it coming and moves out of range. Norzu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Egyptian. Norzu connects with a leg kick. Egyptian looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Egyptian rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norzu moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Egyptian cracks the inside of Norzu's front leg. The fighters circling - Egyptian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Egyptian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Norzu sees it coming and avoids it easily. A nice leg kick lands there from Norzu. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Egyptian avoids a kick to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Norzu. Egyptian tries to work over Norzu's front leg with a kick but Norzu checks it. Norzu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Egyptian.
Egyptian misses with a wild body shot. Norzu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Egyptian lands with a cross. Egyptian throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Egyptian misses with a left hand enabling Norzu to counter with a crisp jab. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Egyptian checks a leg kick. Egyptian misses with a lunging right hand
and Norzu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Norzu throws a nice inside leg kick. Egyptian avoids a lazy jab quite easily. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santeri Norzu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Egyptian throws a body punch but Norzu moves out of range. Egyptian lands with a slapping head kick. Egyptian takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Norzu dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Norzu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Egyptian throws out a powerful jab. Norzu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Egyptian. That did some damage! Norzu keeps the fight on the outside. Norzu throws the kick towards the body but Egyptian avoids it. Nice uppercut lands for Norzu. That snapped Egyptian's head back.
A big right from Egyptian misses. Egyptian blocks a head kick by Norzu.
Egyptian will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body. Egyptian scores with a jab to the jaw. Norzu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Norzu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Egyptian is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Egyptian misses with a looping right. Egyptian scores with a crisp jab that stopped Norzu in his tracks. Egyptian moves out of range of the body kick. Nice jab there from Norzu. Nice shot lands for Norzu. Egyptian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Norzu swats him away and circles back towards the center. Norzu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Norzu ducks under a wild hook from Egyptian. Norzu keeps the fight on the outside. Egyptian avoids a lazy jab quite easily. A big left from Egyptian misses. Norzu staying out of range there. Some bone on bone action there as Egyptian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Norzu avoids the head kick by Egyptian.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Egyptian throws a lazy head kick and Norzu counters with a body kick that stops Egyptian in his tracks momentarily. Norzu moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. Norzu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Good work by Norzu as he checks the leg kick. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Egyptian. Egyptian misses with an uppercut
and Norzu counters with a good low kick that Egyptian was not able to check. Nice shot lands for Norzu. A combination from Norzu does no damage. Egyptian scores with a nice strike. Norzu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Egyptian. Norzu avoids the head kick by Egyptian.
Egyptian throws out a loose jab but Norzu uses good head movement to avoid it. Norzu's corner calls for a 1-2. Norzu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jab, jab by Norzu - just one landing. Norzu lands a jab. An inside leg kick from Norzu misses. Norzu slips a jab and a cross from Egyptian.
Norzu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Egyptian's head. Norzu slips a jab and a cross from Egyptian.
Norzu connects with a body shot that sends Egyptian's belly button to the back. Egyptian connects with a leg kick. Norzu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Norzu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Norzu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Egyptian steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Norzu. That one must have hurt. Egyptian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Norzu changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Egyptian takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Egyptian takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. A head kick misses from Egyptian. Jab from Norzu. Santeri Norzu is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. Egyptian tries to clinch but Norzu is having none of it. Norzu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Norzu connects with a crisp jab. Norzu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Norzu pushes Egyptian away with a front kick. Sinuhe Egyptian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! A nice inside leg kick there by Egyptian. That's going to slow Norzu down. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Norzu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Egyptian moves away. Egyptian takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Norzu pivots, looking for a leg kick but Egyptian is out of range and Norzu settles back down.
And that's the end of the fight! Santeri Norzu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Norzu has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30 Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30 Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Santeri Norzu! Santeri Norzu took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Perkele! for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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