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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark van Bommel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matti Nykanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van Bommel's entrance music is Metallica-Battery . A fine choice. Mark van Bommel could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matti Nykanen's chin.
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133 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark van Bommel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matti Nykanen!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nykanen shoots for a double leg takedown but van Bommel sprawls well. He's pushed Nykanen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nykanen slips under a jab from van Bommel.
van Bommel throws a good cross that connects.
A looping hook to the body misses from van Bommel. Nykanen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nykanen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts van Bommel as he jumps to the side.
Nykanen moves out of range of the strikes.
van Bommel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nykanen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nykanen walks into a straight right hand from van Bommel.
Nykanen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but van Bommel manages to avoid it.
van Bommel misses with a straight right.
Nykanen scores with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Nykanen.
Nykanen throws out a loose jab but van Bommel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nykanen fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nykanen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches van Bommel napping and manages to drive through into side control!
van Bommel is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Nykanen asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nykanen taking a break here but van Bommel is having none of it and regains half guard.
Nykanen is just content to waste time from the top position. van Bommel takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Nykanen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as van Bommel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen trying to control the position from guard on top but van Bommel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nykanen chips away with some ground and pound.
Nykanen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nykanen with a flurry of punches that miss.
van Bommel wants to get back to his feet but Nykanen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nykanen trying to control but van Bommel is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen prevents van Bommel from getting back to his feet.
Nykanen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nykanen trying to control but van Bommel is working from the bottom.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Matti Nykanen hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
van Bommel slips under a jab from Nykanen.
Mark van Bommel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
van Bommel misses with a hook. Nykanen ducked under it nicely.
Nykanen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel misses with a body shot.
van Bommel swings for the body but Nykanen moves out of range.
Nykanen misses the body punch
and van Bommel counters with a nice leg kick.
van Bommel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nykanens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
van Bommel is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
van Bommel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nykanen walks into a jab.
Nykanen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling van Bommel to score with a decent uppercut.
van Bommel throws a shot from downtown. Nykanen moves away and avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nykanen closes the distance and clinches up with van Bommel, looking for a takedown. Nykanen pushes van Bommel against the cage but van Bommel circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mark van Bommel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matti Nykanen.
Nykanen looking to score a takedown here. van Bommel is defending well but Nykanen drives through and ends up in van Bommel's guard.
van Bommel will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nykanen wants to control from the top but van Bommel keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nykanen looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mark van Bommel will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nykanen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van Bommel was well out of range. Poor timing from Nykanen.
Nykanen throws a sloppy body shot
and van Bommel counters with a nice uppercut.
Nykanen shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
van Bommel is refusing to be controlled, as Nykanen sits in half guard.
Nykanen trying to mount his opponent but van Bommel defends it.
Nykanen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nykanen is just content to waste time from the top position. van Bommel takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Nykanen stops van Bommel from standing up.
Nykanen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Nykanen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as van Bommel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen looking to sit in guard and control but van Bommel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
van Bommel has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nykanen is proving hard to escape from.
van Bommel decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
A nice combination there by Nykanen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nykanen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nykanen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
van Bommel is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A big right from Nykanen misses.
Nykanen takes one to the chin there.
Nykanen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nykanen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Nykanen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from van Bommel - the referee stops the clock and Nykanen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says van Bommel. Nykanen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
van Bommel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nykanen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
van Bommel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nykanen misses with a jab to the body
and van Bommel counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
van Bommel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nykanen is rocked!
Nykanen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nykanen is still on wobbly legs! Can van Bommel finish him?
Some wild striking there from Nykanen.
A good leg kick by van Bommel.
Nykanen seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel misses with a straight right.
Nykanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Nykanen misses.
van Bommel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nykanen was well out of range. Poor timing from van Bommel.
van Bommel looks to score with a jab to the body but Nykanen is just out of range.
Nykanen throws a series of punches but van Bommel avoids them all with ease.
Mark van Bommel is winning the standup battle so far.
Nykanen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as van Bommel throws out the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Nykanen blocks the leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from van Bommel.
van Bommel misses with a kick to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nykanen.
Nykanen checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark van Bommel dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
van Bommel cracks Nykanen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
van Bommel tests Nykanen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
van Bommel lands with a straight right. Nykanen didn't see that one coming.
Nykanen is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Nykanen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
van Bommel loads up on a big right hand but Nykanen slips the punch.
van Bommel avoids the body shot from Nykanen.
van Bommel misses the jab.
Nykanen misses with a double jab
and van Bommel counters with a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from van Bommel misses its intended target.
van Bommel misses with a looping left.
van Bommel throws out a loose jab but Nykanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
van Bommel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
van Bommel lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Nykanen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
van Bommel takes a swing at Nykanen's ribcage but misses.
Matti Nykanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nykanen looks for a takedown but van Bommel sprawls well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by van Bommel.
van Bommel stuns Nykanen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nykanen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by van Bommel.
van Bommel lands an overhand right.
Nykanen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
van Bommel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nykanen. van Bommel does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Nykanen misses its intended target.
Nykanen misses with a body shot.
Nykanen swings for the body but van Bommel moves out of range.
Nykanen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel misses the shot to the body.
van Bommel digs a good body shot into Nykanen's ribs.
van Bommel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nykanen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nykanen moves away from the strike by van Bommel.
van Bommel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nykanen misses with a wild body shot.
Nykanen wants to clinch.
Nykanen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nykanen checks a leg kick.
Nykanen moves away from the strike by van Bommel.
Nykanen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has van Bommel pinned against the cage. van Bommel gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mark van Bommel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matti Nykanen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel throws a head kick but Nykanen moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nykanen.
van Bommel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nykanen moves away.
A jab from van Bommel does it's job there.
Nykanen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
van Bommel misses with a hook. Nykanen ducked under it nicely.
Nykanen tries for a takedown but van Bommel sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
van Bommel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
van Bommel throws a quick inside leg kick.
van Bommel throws a leg kick but Nykanen moved away.
Good exchange - Nykanen coming out on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van Bommel was well out of range. Poor timing from Nykanen.
van Bommel scoring well with a low kick there.
Nykanen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
van Bommel takes a swing at Nykanen's ribcage but misses.
Nykanen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from van Bommel.
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!
van Bommel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
van Bommel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nykanen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
van Bommel misses with a hook. Nykanen ducked under it nicely.
Nykanen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nykanen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nykanen throws a big shot that misses.
van Bommel just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark van Bommel clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
van Bommel slips a straight right by Nykanen.
Nykanen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
van Bommel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nykanen misses with a takedown attempt - van Bommel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
van Bommel throws a body punch but Nykanen moves out of range.
van Bommel misses with a looping right.
Nykanen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
van Bommel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
van Bommel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
van Bommel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
van Bommel ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nykanen dives in and grabs van Bommel's left leg, looking for a takedown. van Bommel pushes down on Nykanen's head and hops out.
Nykanen dives in and grabs van Bommel's left leg, looking for a takedown. van Bommel pushes down on Nykanen's head and hops out.
Mark van Bommel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matti Nykanen.
van Bommel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nykanen manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bommel is looking to slow Nykanen down with leg kicks.
Nykanen missing with a left hand there. van Bommel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some wild striking there from van Bommel.
Nykanen looks for a takedown but van Bommel sprawls well.
Nykanen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Nykanen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Nykanen moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Nykanen is trying to ground and pound but van Bommel uses the momentary lack of control by Nykanen to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen is just content to waste time from the top position. van Bommel takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
van Bommel wriggles free and stands up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel throws a hook to the side of Nykanen's head but Nykanen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nykanen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and van Bommel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
van Bommel digs a good hook to Nykanen's body.
van Bommel connects with a jab.
van Bommel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nykanen on the side of the head.
Nykanen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down van Bommel rather than just go for the knockout.
van Bommel throws the left hand but Nykanen avoids the punch easily.
Nykanen swings for the body but van Bommel moves out of range.
Nykanen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
van Bommel moves forwards but Nykanen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
van Bommel thows a body shot but no joy.
van Bommel throws a jab when Nykanen was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nykanen in his tracks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van Bommel lands a glancing blow to the side of Nykanen's head.
Nykanen shoots for a takedown but van Bommel saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nykanen misses with a body shot.
van Bommel scores with a nice right hand.
Nykanen swings for the body but van Bommel moves out of range.
Nykanen scores with a jab to the body.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by van Bommel! Nykanen is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark van Bommel!
Mark van Bommel retains his welterweight title!
Mark van Bommel decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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