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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hemmo Kalske (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stehling comes to the cage accompanied by Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN!. Hemmo Kalske has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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261 lbs
22 - 9 - 0 |
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210 cm
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281 lbs
23 - 7 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hemmo Kalske!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalske throws a head kick but Stehling moves out of range.
Stehling wants to clinch up but Kalske keeps it at a distance.
Stehling shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
An inside leg kick lands from Stehling.
Stehling shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Stehling was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kalske is working to get back to half guard.
Kalske wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Stehling.
Stehling lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kalske is desperately trying to improve his position but Stehling has a good base and remains in mount.
Stehling controlling the pace for now.
Stehling looking to control but Kalske is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalske blocking the ground and pound.
Poor strikes thrown by Stehling there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stehling content just to control the position here.
Kalske tries to reverse the position but Stehling maintains control.
Stehling can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kalske is looking to escape.
Stehling misses with a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalske is desperately trying to improve his position but Stehling has a good base and remains in mount.
Kalske is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Stehling with the ground and pound from mount.
Stehling sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Stehling takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
A nice elbow there by Stehling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stehling punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kalske is looking to get to half guard.
Stehling throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kalske tries to hold on but Stehling pushes him away.
Stehling breaks from Kalske's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalske is trying desperately to improve position.
Stehling trying to control but he's not successful this time.
BOOM! Stehling connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stehling thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Stehling tries to control but Kalske wriggling away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kalske wants to control but Stehling is having none of it.
Stehling looking to control but Kalske is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stehling is really struggling to control Kalske but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling raining down shots from the mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stehling tries to control but Kalske wriggling away.
Stehling misses with a head shot.
Kalske keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stehling looking to control but Kalske is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mitchell Stehling dominated 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.
Kalske throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kalske fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stehling manages to avoid it.
Stehling walks into a stiff left hand from Kalske.
A head kick from Kalske lands but Stehling takes it in his stride.
Kalske on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Stehling misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kalske.
Stehling shoots for a double leg takedown but Kalske sprawls well. He's pushed Stehling's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kalske misses with a double jab.
Kalske throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kalske looks to land a combination. Stehling sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Stehling takes one on the button.
Hemmo Kalske seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling slips a jab from Kalske.
Jab from Stehling.
Kalske swats away the attempt to clinch by Stehling.
Donk. Stehling catches Kalske right on the button with a cross.
Stehling takes a swing at Kalske's ribcage but misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Stehling.
Stehling struggles to land a body shot inside as Kalske controls his hands.
Kalske is stalling here.
Stehling throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalske is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kalske struggles to land a body shot inside as Stehling controls his hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stehling lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kalske backwards.
Kalske tries to land knees in the clinch but Stehling avoids the damage to the body.
Stehling swings wildly with an uppercut but Kalske uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kalske blocks an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kalske.
Stalling in the clinch from Kalske.
Stehling managing to block the knees to the body from Kalske.
Kalske utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stehling lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kalske swings wildly with an uppercut but Stehling uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalske pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good body shot from Stehling.
Stehling misses with some punches.
Kalske using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kalske unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stehling lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kalske with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kalske crunches a lovely knee into Stehling's ribcage.
Kalske landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hemmo Kalske seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kalske lands with a right to the head.
Kalske misses with the head strike.
Kalske lands a right hand.
Kalske looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kalske tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stehling avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kalske's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kalske just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stehling's brow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stehling misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Stehling.
Stehling is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kalske pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Stehling fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kalske prevents a body shot from Stehling.
Kalske blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stehling on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stehling avoiding damage as Kalske throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stehling dodges an elbow strike from Kalske.
Kalske throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kalske is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stehling is defending well for now.
Stehling tries to throw a body punch but Kalske avoids it by throwing Stehling back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hemmo Kalske showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Kalske moves out of range of the leg kick from Stehling.
Kalske throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Stehling to counter with a crisp jab.
A head kick misses from Stehling.
Stehling looks to score with a jab to the body but Kalske is just out of range.
Stehling looking to score a takedown here. Kalske is defending well but Stehling drives through and ends up in Kalske's guard.
Stehling stopping the sweep attempt from Kalske.
Kalske trying to keep a closed guard but Stehling is proving a slippery customer.
Stehling makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stehling 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.
Kalske trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehlingis looking to pass into half guard but Kalske pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Kalske is in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stehling keeping moving, preventing Kalske from controlling successfully.
Kalske content to stall in guard here.
Mitchell Stehling overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stehling wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Hemmo Kalske hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Stehling fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalske fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stehling.
Stehling changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kalske tries to avoid it but Stehling manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kalske to the ground. Kalske escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Stehling changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kalske tries to avoid it but Stehling manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kalske to the ground. Kalske escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kalske swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stehling counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Stehling.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stehling.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stehling.
Stehling changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kalske fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mitchell Stehling. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stehling throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stehling ducks under a wild hook from Kalske.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalske misses the shot to the body.
Kalske throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kalske swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stehling getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stehling looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kalske is fending him off so far but Stehling persists. Nope, Kalske circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice body punch from Stehling.
Stehling takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A low kick from Kalske misses
and Stehling connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kalske. That's going to slow Stehling down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kalske takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stehling on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kalske. Kalske obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling moves away from the strike by Kalske.
Stehling moves in looking to clinch but Kalske pushes him off.
Stehling throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stehling fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kalske avoids it really well and circles away.
Kalske thows a leg kick but Stehling checks it
and Stehling counters with a stiff right hand.
Stehling blocks a head kick by Kalske.
Stehling tries to clinch there but Kalske circles away.
Kalske walks into a straight right hand from Stehling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stehling swings for the body but Kalske moves out of range.
Stehling doesn't manage to clinch there - Kalske circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mitchell Stehling showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Stehling 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mitchell Stehling!
Mitchell Stehling decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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