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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Davison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dr Alban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davison kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Indestructible. Alban has chosen Soviet Connection 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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222 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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205 lbs
19 - 8 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Davison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dr Alban!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alban takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Alban dives in and grabs Davison's left leg, looking for a takedown. Davison pushes down on Alban's head and hops out.
Davison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alban moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Alban throws a shot from downtown. Davison moves away and avoids it.
Davison keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Davison throws a nice looking combination but Alban bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alban tries to clinch there but Davison circles away.
Davison with a hook.
Davison throws out a powerful jab.
Davison misses the jab.
Davison is looking to land body kicks.
Davison misses with an uppercut. Alban saw that one coming.
Alban drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Alban working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alban throws an elbow that misses. Davison uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alban's guard. Nice move by Davison!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Davison throws an elbow that misses. Alban uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Davison's guard. Nice move by Alban!
Davison managing to control the position.
Davison keeping moving, preventing Alban from controlling successfully.
Davison wants to sweep here but Alban controlling him for the moment.
Alban being controlled here momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alban throws a strike but Davison rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Davison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Davison wants to pass the guard but Alban is keeping the position.
Davison trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Davison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Davison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davison trying to control the position from guard on top but Alban is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davison in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alban preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Davison throws a big right hand that misses.
Davison throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alban tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Alban is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Alban looking to hit a scissor sweep but Davison is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davison trying to control but Alban is working from the bottom.
Davison missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alban working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Davison.
Alban controlling Davison's posture.
Davison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Alban works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Davison dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Alban checks the leg kick nicely there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Davison.
Davison connects with a nice looking jab.
Alban tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Davison is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Alban takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alban tries for a takedown but Davison circles away easily
and Davison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davison misses with a left hand
and Alban counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Davison's guard now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alban landing with the ground and pound.
Davison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alban's guard.
Davison throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Davison has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Alban wants to improve his position but instead Davison has moved into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alban wants to improve his position but Davison is controlling well.
Alban blocking the ground and pound attempt from Davison.
Davison throws a strike but Alban avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Chris Davison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Davison throwing strikes from guard but Alban blocks nicely.
Davison landing some decent shots from guard.
Davison trying to control the position from guard on top but Alban is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Davison throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Davison trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Davison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Davison throws a strike but Alban rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Alban throws an elbow that misses. Davison uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alban's guard. Nice move by Davison!
Davison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alban is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davison is looking to work some ground and pound but Alban has wrist control.
Alban working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Davison.
Davison throws an elbow that misses. Alban uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Davison's guard. Nice move by Alban!
Davison trying to control the position here.
Alban throwing strikes but missing.
Alban throws an elbow that misses. Davison uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alban's guard. Nice move by Davison!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davison works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Davison wants to control but Alban is keeping him busy.
Davison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Alban is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Alban wants to control but Davison is keeping busy.
Alban is looking to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davison wants to control but Alban is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Davison dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Davison throws a jab but it's blocked by Alban.
Davison throws a jab when Alban was well out of range.
Alban gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Alban keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davison.
Nice sprawl there from Davison as Alban shoots in.
Alban keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davison.
Davison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davison throws a leg kick that misses.
Alban fails with the takedown.
Davison looks to land a right hand but Alban moved out of range.
Alban blocks a jab.
A lazy body kick from Davison
and Alban counters with a nice low kick that buckles Davison's knee momentarily.
Davison throws a lazy right hand but Alban sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davison is looking to land body kicks.
Davison misses with an attempted mid kick.
Alban misses with a hook.
Davison moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Alban is looking to clinch but Davison is avoiding it.
Davison connects with an inside leg kick.
Davison bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Davison throws a lazy uppercut
and Alban counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Davison has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Alban content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alban throws a strike but Davison rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Davison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Davison postures up.
Davison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Alban keeping moving, preventing Davison from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davison throws an elbow that misses. Alban uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Davison's guard. Nice move by Alban!
Davison looking for a sweep. Not yet Davison, not yet.
Alban postures up in Davison's guard and throws a big left but Davison blocks it.
Alban won't allow Davison to get back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alban accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Davison pushes Alban off and gets back to his feet.
Davison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alban shoots in for a double leg but Davison sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chris Davison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dr Alban.
Davison misses with a hook. Alban ducked under it nicely.
Davison lands a leg kick that knocks Alban off balance momentarily.
Chris Davison is winning the standup battle so far.
Alban fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Davison sprawls well initially but Alban persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Davison is trying to stand up here but Alban is controlling him well.
Davison avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alban.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alban lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davison wants to control but Alban is keeping busy.
Alban landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chris Davison.
Well Davison 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Davison!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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