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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hessu Hopo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Stigu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stigu has chosen Sabrina-Boys as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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275 lbs
15 - 9 - 0 |
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198 cm
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252 lbs
15 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hessu Hopo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mr Stigu!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stigu slips under a jab from Hopo.
Hopo throws a right hand that Stigu ducks under and follows up with a left that Stigu also avoids with ease.
Stigu jabs Hopo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stigu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Stigu lands a jab to Hopo's midsection.
Hopo looks to land a right hand but Stigu moved out of range.
Stigu misses with an uppercut.
Hopo closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Stigu's guard.
Hopo wants to control from the top but Stigu keeps moving.
Hopo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hopo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hopo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stigu works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stigu has his hands on Hopo's head, controlling the position.
Hopo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopo wants to pass the guard but Stigu is keeping the position.
Stigu keeping moving, preventing Hopo from controlling successfully.
Hopo is looking to work some ground and pound but Stigu has wrist control.
Hopo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hopo is looking to work some ground and pound but Stigu has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hopo postures up in Stigu's guard and throws a big left but Stigu blocks it.
Hopo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stigu has momentary wrist control but Hopo slips an elbow through the middle.
Hopo wants to pass the guard but Stigu is keeping the position.
Stigu working a defensive guard here.
Hopo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hopo looking to sit in guard and control but Stigu gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopo trying to control the position here.
Hopo looking for a sweep. Not yet Hopo, not yet.
Stigu would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hopo looking for a sweep. Not yet Hopo, not yet.
Stigu is fighting to break Hopo's control of his arms but Hopo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopo lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Stigu!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stigu avoids a strike by Hopo and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Hopo's guard! Fantastic escape!
Hopo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hopo has Stigu pulled in close to control his posture.
Hopo wants to sweep here but Stigu controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hessu Hopo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hopo shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Stigu napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Hessu Hopo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hopo tries to score with some ground and pound. Stigu controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hopo throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hopo trying to control the action but Stigu is working from the bottom.
Hopo controls the position.
Hopo throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hopo controlling from side mount.
Hopo throwing strikes but Stigu manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopo can't do much from the bottom here.
Hopo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Stigu wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hopo 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.
Hopo manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hopo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Stigu won't allow Hopo to sweep him here.
Hopo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stigu trying to control but Hopo is working from the bottom.
Hopo controls Stigu momentarily but Stigu frees himself.
Stigu won't allow Hopo to sweep him here.
Hopo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hopo looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Stigu puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopo wants to control but Stigu is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hopo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hopo moves into full guard.
Hopo controls Stigu momentarily but Stigu frees himself.
Stigu stopping the sweep attempt from Hopo.
Hopo looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Stigu puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopo is looking for a sweep. Stigu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Stigu wants to stand but Hopo has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Hopo wants to improve his position but Stigu is controlling well.
Stigu is thwarting Hopo's attempts to control the position.
Hopo is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hessu Hopo dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!
No joy there for Hopo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hopo misses with a jab to the body
and Stigu counters with a nice leg kick.
Hessu Hopo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hopo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice defenses there by Stigu.
Stigu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hopo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stigu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It looks like Hessu Hopo has been cut.
Stigu lands with a right hand.
Hopo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stigu circles away.
Hopo stalks Stigu and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Stigu's face. Stigu staggers backwards, shaken.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stigu misses with an uppercut.
Hopo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stigu sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Stigu takes a swing at Hopo's ribcage but misses.
Hessu Hopo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stigu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hopo.
Stigu cracks Hopo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good work by Hopo as he checks the leg kick.
Hopo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stigu.
Stigu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hopo at a distance.
Mr Stigu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopo checks the leg kick.
Stigu lands a jab.
Mr Stigu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stigu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hopo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hopo throws the left hand but Stigu avoids the punch easily.
Stigu dips to his left and cracks Hopo with an uppercut!
Hopo lands a glancing blow to the side of Stigu's head.
Hopo misses with a wild combination.
Stigu misses with a looping right.
A clash of legs there as Hopo blocks the low kick.
Stigu looks to land a right hand but Hopo moved out of range.
Hopo loads up on a big right hand but Stigu slips the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stigu misses the shot to the body.
Stigu thumps Hopo with a low kick.
Hopo misses with a body shot.
Stigu drops his hands momentarily and Hopo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stigu throws a front kick aimed at Hopo's knee but Hopo avoids it well.
Mr Stigu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stigu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hopo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hessu Hopo's cut is getting worse.
Stigu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stigu catches Hopo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stigu throws a front kick aimed at Hopo's knee but Hopo avoids it well.
Stigu scores with a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hopo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stigu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stigu jabs Hopo right on the nose. Hopo blinks but takes it well.
Hopo cracks Stigu with an open hand slap.
Hopo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hessu Hopo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Stigu blocks a jab.
Hopo throws a lazy right hand but Stigu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stigu attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hopo fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hessu Hopo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stigu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopo ducks under a wild hook from Stigu.
Stigu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stigu throws out a loose jab but Hopo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stigu lands with a cross.
Hopo fails with the takedown.
Stigu lands a jab to Hopo's midsection.
Hopo takes a swing at Stigu's ribcage but misses.
Hopo is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jeez, Hessu Hopo's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Hopo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stigu sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stigu misses with a looping right.
Hopo defending well as Stigu loads up on a big left hand.
Hopo slips a jab from Stigu.
Hopo misses with a takedown attempt - Stigu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stigu tried to score with a low kick but Hopo checks it.
Stigu scores with a shot to the body.
Stigu thumps Hopo with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hopo misses with a straight right.
Hopo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Stigu pinned against the ropes. Stigu gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hopo misses with a wild body shot.
Stigu wants to slow Hopo down by chopping away at his legs.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Stigu. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A jab from Hopo misses.
Hopo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hopo avoids the head kick by Stigu.
Hopo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stigu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hessu Hopo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Stigu 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 Hopo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hopo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Stigu looks to score with a jab to the body but Hopo is just out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hopo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stigu sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hopo slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Stigu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stigu jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Stigu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hopo 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hessu Hopo!
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energy
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FIGHT
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