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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Doug Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sakari Nurmi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nurmi has chosen Turisas -Take the day! as his entrance music. 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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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Doug Robertson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sakari Nurmi!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Robertson blocks a body shot from Nurmi.
Nurmi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robertson's elbow.
Robertson scores with a nice hook to the head.
It looks like Sakari Nurmi has been cut.
Nurmi stalling the fight.
Nurmi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nurmi prevents a body shot from Robertson.
Robertson lands a nice shot to the body.
Robertson landing knees to the head.
Nurmi prevents a body shot from Robertson.
Nurmi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robertson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nurmi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Robertson has him pressed against the cage.
Nurmi trying to stall but Robertson improves his position.
Robertson lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robertson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nurmi manages to break the clinch.
Robertson lands a nice shot to the body.
Robertson avoids the head kick by Nurmi.
Nurmi throws a push kick but Robertson slaps the foot to one side.
Nurmi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson tries to clinch but Nurmi is having none of it.
Nurmi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Robertson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nurmi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nurmi gets tackled into the cage by Robertson. Robertson maintains the clinch.
Robertson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nurmi's face.
Robertson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A frustrated look appears on Nurmi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Robertson stalling in the clinch but Nurmi improves position.
Nurmi can't find room to land a body shot as Robertson controls the action.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Nurmi.
Nurmi blocks an uppercut.
Robertson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Robertson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robertson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Robertson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nurmi.
Robertson blocks a head kick by Nurmi.
Robertson doesn't manage to clinch there - Nurmi circles away.
Nurmi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robertson moves out of range as Nurmi strikes.
Nurmi motions for Robertson to come forward. Nurmi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Robertson tries to clinch up.
Nurmi connects with a high kick.
Nurmi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nurmi looks to land a body kick but Robertson moved away.
Nurmi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nurmi misses with a leg kick.
Robertson tries to clinch up.
Nurmi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Robertson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nurmi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Robertson as he avoids it easily.
Robertson clinches.
Robertson tries to work over Nurmi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nurmi lands a shoulder strike.
Robertson has clasped his hands together around Nurmi's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Nurmi is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
An elbow from Robertson crashes against the mat.
Nurmi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nurmi gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Robertson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robertson throws a strike but Nurmi avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Robertson throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robertson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nurmi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Robertson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Robertson works over Nurmi with some ground and pound from guard.
Robertson advances to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi has a hand on Robertson's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Robertson takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Nurmi bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robertson keeping moving, preventing Nurmi from controlling successfully.
Nurmi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Robertson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Nurmi taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Robertson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nurmi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Robertson with good strikes from the mount here!
Nurmi is desperately trying to improve his position but Robertson has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doug Robertson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sakari Nurmi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Robertson looks to land a combination. Nurmi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nurmi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nurmi misses with a head kick.
Nurmi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Robertson avoids it really well and circles away.
Robertson has closed the distance and engaged Nurmi in a clinch.
Robertson lands a hook that snaps the head of Nurmi backwards.
Robertson tries to land a knee to the head but Nurmi blocks with his arms.
Robertson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nurmi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nurmi misses with some punches.
Nurmi tries to stall but Robertson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Robertson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Robertson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nurmi takes a shot to the head.
Robertson scores a nice knee to the body.
Robertson tries a body shot but Nurmi blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
A body shot lands from Nurmi.
Robertson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Robertson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nurmi shoots in and drives through. Robertson sprawls well.
A combination from Robertson does no damage.
Robertson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nurmi.
Robertson throws a series of punches but Nurmi avoids them all with ease.
Robertson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Robertson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nurmi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Robertson as he jumps to the side.
Doug Robertson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sakari Nurmi.
Nurmi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Robertson.
Robertson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nurmi misses with a takedown attempt - Robertson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Doug Robertson is winning the standup battle so far.
Nurmi is breathing heavily.
Robertson gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robertson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nurmi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Robertson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Robertson blocks a body shot from Nurmi.
Robertson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Robertson misses with a body shot
and Nurmi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nurmi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nurmi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robertson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Robertson keeps Nurmi at a distance using the push kick.
Nurmi throws a body kick that misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Robertson clinches up against the cage.
Robertson lands a knee to the body.
Doug Robertson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Robertson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nurmi takes a shot to the head.
Robertson scores with a hook to the body.
Nurmi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi misses with a body punch.
Nurmi misses with a body punch.
Robertson misses with a body punch.
Robertson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nurmi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
Robertson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That has opened up Sakari Nurmi's cut even more.
Robertson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Nurmi misses.
Robertson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Robertson tries to clinch up.
Nurmi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Robertson tries to clinch up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robertson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nurmi slips a jab and a cross from Robertson.
Nurmi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nurmi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Robertson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nurmi somewhat.
Robertson works over Nurmi's head and body with a nice combination.
The cut above Sakari Nurmi's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robertson lands with a slapping head kick.
Robertson is looking to clinch but Nurmi is avoiding it.
Nurmi throws a leg kick but Robertson moved away.
Robertson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Robertson is looking to chop away at Nurmi's legs.
Nurmi shoots in looking for a takedown but Robertson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nurmi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Robertson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nurmi backs up against the cage.
Nurmi is rocked!
Nurmi tries a low kick but Robertson avoids it.
Nurmi is still on wobbly legs! Can Robertson finish him?
Robertson lands a body shot.
Nurmi seems to have recovered his senses.
Robertson misses with a two punch combination.
Nurmi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Robertson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Robertson.
Robertson lands with a left to the head.
Sakari Nurmi's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Robertson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Robertson breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doug Robertson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sakari Nurmi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Robertson checks the leg kick.
Robertson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robertson avoids the head kick by Nurmi.
A thudding body kick lands there by Robertson!
Robertson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Robertson closes the distance and clinches.
Nurmi tries to stall but Robertson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nurmi misses with a body punch.
Nurmi throws a punch but it's blocked by Robertson.
Robertson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nurmi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Robertson.
Robertson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Robertson scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robertson tries a body shot but Nurmi blocks it.
Nurmi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nurmi working hard to break the clinch.
Robertson blocks a body shot from Nurmi.
Nice body punch from Robertson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmi is looking to break free of the clinch but Robertson has double underhooks.
Nurmi is trying desperately to land a takedown but Robertson is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Nurmi.
Robertson struggles to land a body shot inside as Nurmi controls his hands.
Robertson wants to take the fight to the mat but Nurmi manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Robertson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nurmi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nurmi takes a knee right on the jaw!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sakari Nurmi's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Doug Robertson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Doug Robertson waved his t-shirt featuring Gilop®'s logo in front of the cameras.
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