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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harri Napalmi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Could You Be Loved?. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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135 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harri Napalmi!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries to clinch there but Napalmi circles away.
Jones looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A left and a right from Jones both land. Nice combination.
Napalmi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Napalmi's front leg but catches the back leg as Napalmi tries to avoid it.
Napalmi has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Napalmi pulls Jones into guard.
Napalmi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
Jones 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.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Napalmi holds on and takes a little breather.
Napalmi wants to stand up but Jones is controlling him.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Napalmi is retaining full guard.
Napalmi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Napalmi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Napalmi not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Napalmi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Napalmi trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Napalmi stands up and waves to Jones to follow him.
Napalmi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Napalmi just content to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napalmi tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Napalmi trying to control the position but Jones is working away.
Jones sneaks back into half guard.
Jones has a hand on Napalmi's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Napalmi takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Napalmi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jones sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napalmi trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Despite being in the dominant position, Harri Napalmi just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Napalmi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jones connects with a good right hand that stumbles Napalmi. Napalmi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jones closes the distance but Napalmi moves to the side
and Napalmi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jones won't be happy with that.
Jones gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Jones is looking for a sweep. Napalmi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jones makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jones.
Napalmi stands up from Jones's guard - Napalmi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Napalmi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Napalmi counters with a single leg into guard. Jones didn't expect that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Napalmi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Napalmi postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Napalmi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Napalmi moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Napalmi working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones is being controlled here.
Napalmi has knee on belly and moves into mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harri Napalmi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jones throws a series of punches but Napalmi moves out of range.
Napalmi lands a jab to the nose.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Napalmi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Napalmi on that attempt.
Napalmi gets a clinch.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Napalmi blocks it.
Napalmi gets underhooks to prevent Jones's takedown attempt.
Napalmi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Napalmi manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Napalmi.
Napalmi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Napalmi scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Napalmi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Napalmi counters by moving into the clinch.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones goes for a takedown attempt but Napalmi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones checks a leg kick.
Napalmi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jones swivels and escapes.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
so Napalmi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Napalmi sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Napalmi trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Napalmi is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napalmi is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Napalmi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Napalmi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Napalmi is one step ahead there.
Napalmi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jones wants to sweep here but Napalmi controlling him for the moment.
Jones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jones really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napalmi content to stall in guard here.
Jones will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Napalmi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jones is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Napalmi content to stall in guard here.
Jones is looking for a triangle but Napalmi pushes his legs off easily.
Jones has an active guard here but Napalmi has managed to pass into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Napalmi working Jones over with strikes.
Jones wants to get back to full guard but Napalmi has passed into side control.
Napalmi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Napalmi working Jones over with strikes here.
Napalmi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jones is wriggling around trying to escape.
Napalmi working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harri Napalmi 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!
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Napalmi moves into the clinch.
Napalmi can't get the takedown.
Napalmi avoiding damage.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones wants to clinch
and Napalmi moves into the clinch.
Napalmi lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Napalmi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jones with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Napalmi controlling the action here.
Jones manages to get to full guard.
Napalmi wants to stand and escape but instead Jones has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Napalmi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Napalmi is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Jones, into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Napalmi trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Napalmi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Napalmi is stalling in the full guard.
Napalmi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jones takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jones tries to buck Napalmi off but Napalmi is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Napalmi is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jones knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Napalmi trying to control the position but Jones is working away.
Jones takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Napalmi controlling from side mount.
Jones tries to buck Napalmi off but Napalmi is having none of it.
Napalmi decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Napalmi decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jones's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napalmi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Napalmi drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Napalmi as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Jones screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Napalmi! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Harri Napalmi!
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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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