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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martti Molo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Molo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nitro Circus. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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181 lbs
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185 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gunnar Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Martti Molo!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Molo tries to close the distance and clinch but Nelson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nelson thuds his right hand into Molo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nelson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nelson thows a body shot but no joy.
Molo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Molo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nelson's calf.
Nelson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
It looks like Gunnar Nelson has been cut.
Molo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nelson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
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!
Molo misses with a kick to the body.
Nelson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nelson throws a right and a left that Molo avoids nicely.
Nelson misses with a combination
and Molo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Molo checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Molo.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Molo.
Nelson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Molo manages to avoid it.
Molo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nelson misses with a kick to the body
and Molo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Molo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Molo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nelson scores with a shot to the body.
Molo clobbers Nelson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Molo looks to land a right hand but Nelson moved out of range.
Donk. Molo catches Nelson right on the button with a cross.
Nelson is rocked!
Gunnar Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Molo misses with a body kick.
Molo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Molo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nelson blocks a leg kick.
Molo misses the shot to the body.
Molo misses with a straight right.
Molo misses the shot to the body.
Molo looks for the body kick but Nelson saw that one coming.
Nelson feints and as Molo raises his hands in defense, Nelson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Nelson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Nelson preventing the sweep.
Nelson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Molo is keeping the position for now.
Nelson postures up in Molo's guard and throws a big left but Molo blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Molo wants to sweep here but Nelson controlling him for the moment.
Nelson looking to sit in guard and control but Molo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Molo would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Nelson holds on and takes a little breather.
Molo content to stall in guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Molo is controlling him.
Nelson trying to keep a closed guard but Molo is proving a slippery customer.
Molo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Molo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Molo throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Molo avoids the body shot from Nelson.
Molo throws a looping overhand right but Nelson ducks down to avoid it.
Martti Molo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Molo is looking to chop away at Nelson's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martti Molo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Nelson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Molo throws out a leg kick but Nelson moves out of range and Molo only half commits.
Nelson misses with a body shot.
Nelson misses with a takedown
and Molo counters with an inside leg kick.
Nelson is looking to clinch.
Nelson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Molo.
Nelson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Molo.
Nelson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Molo doesn't seem bothered though.
Nelson is looking to wear down Molo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Molo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nelson misses with a straight right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nelson.
Nelson lands a front kick.
Molo misses with a hook.
Nelson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Molo. Molo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Molo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nelson throws a body punch but Molo moves out of range.
Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nelson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Molo jabs Nelson right on the nose. Nelson blinks but takes it well.
Molo throws a head kick but Nelson moves out of range.
Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Molo misses the shot to the body.
Molo avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Molo tries to clinch up.
Nelson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molo connects with a leg kick. Nelson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nelson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Molo.
Molo throws the kick towards the body but Nelson avoids it.
Nelson avoids the head kick by Molo.
Molo clinches up against the cage.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Molo.
A right hand to the body from Nelson.
Molo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nelson tries to work over Molo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nelson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nelson scores with a shoulder strike.
Molo throws a head punch that misses.
Molo blocks a body shot from Nelson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Molo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Molo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nelson.
Nelson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Molo. Molo obviously looking to wear him down.
Nelson lands a lovely overhand right.
Molo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Molo.
Molo slaps away a takedown attempt from Nelson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Donk. Nelson catches Molo right on the button with a cross.
Nelson connects with a leg kick. Molo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nelson 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.
Molo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Molo throws a looping overhand right but Nelson ducks down to avoid it.
Molo throws a sloppy head kick and Nelson moves out of range easily.
Molo avoids the body shot from Nelson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Molo feints and then cracks Nelson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nelson down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nelson, right into the meat.
A jab lands there for Nelson.
Molo throws a head kick that misses.
Nelson misses with a looping left.
Nelson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Molo is fending him off so far but Nelson persists. Nope, Molo circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gunnar Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Molo just misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Molo finds it's way round the side to connect with Nelson's head.
Gunnar Nelson's cut is getting worse.
Nelson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nelson throws a chopping leg kick but Molo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Martti Molo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Nelson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Molo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Molo wants it to stay on the feet.
Nelson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nelson shoots and misses
and Molo counters with a head kick. That will keep Nelson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nelson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nelson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Molo.
Nelson connects with a single shot there.
A telegraphed right hand from Nelson misses the target.
Molo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Molo clinches up with Nelson and pushes him back against the cage.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Nelson tries to work over Molo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Molo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Molo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Molo.
Nelson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Molos head.
Nelson misses with some punches.
Molo lands a body punch.
Molo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nelson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Molo's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nelson.
Nelson misses with the head strike.
Molo misses with some punches.
Molo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nelson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Molo trying to control the position but instead, Nelson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Molo into the cage.
Nelson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Molo's elbow.
Gunnar Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molo looking to slow down the pace here.
Molo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nelson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Molo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nelson lands a hook that snaps the head of Molo backwards.
Nelson misses with some punches.
Molo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nelson up against the cage.
Nelson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nelson can't find room to land a body shot as Molo controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Molo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nelson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Molo.
Nelson tries to work over Molo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nelson lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Molo.
Nelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Molo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Molo slowing the pace effectively.
Nelson misses with some punches.
Nelson working aggressively here.
Nelson tries to break free but Molo pushes him back against the cage.
Nelson avoiding damage.
Nelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Molo controls his hands.
Martti Molo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Molo's elbow.
Molo taking a breather.
Molo prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
Nelson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nelson throws a punch but it's blocked by Molo.
Nelson tries to work over Molo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Molo stalling in the clinch.
Nelson tries to throw a body punch but Molo avoids it by throwing Nelson back against the cage.
Nelson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Molo prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
Nelson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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 Gunnar Nelson.
I think Molo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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