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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Sarsola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sarsola's choice of entrance music: Mono - 16.12. Leo Sarsola has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gunnar Nelson's chin.
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181 lbs
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197 lbs
16 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gunnar Nelson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leo Sarsola!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sarsola staying out of range there.
Leo Sarsola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson missing with a left hand there. Sarsola was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sarsola scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sarsola cracks Nelson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
It looks like Gunnar Nelson has been cut.
Sarsola throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nelson counters with a nice leg kick.
Nelson looks to land a left hand but Sarsola moved out of range nicely.
Sarsola throws a low kick, looking for Nelson's leg but Nelson calmly moves out of range.
Nelson throws a right and a left that Sarsola avoids nicely.
Nelson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nelson throws an off balance right hand
and Nelson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sarsola defending well as Nelson loads up on a big left hand.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sarsola, right into the meat.
Nice sprawl there from Sarsola as Nelson shoots in.
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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sarsola gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sarsola misses with the head strike.
Nelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sarsola wants the takedown. Nelson is fighting it off but Sarsola persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Nelson's guard against the cage.
Sarsola controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarsola throws a big right hand that misses.
Nelson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nelson managing to control the position.
Nelson wants to sweep but no luck.
Sarsola is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Nelson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sarsola blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nelson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Nelson tries to control but Sarsola wriggling away.
Nelson landing shots from mount.
Sarsola is bucking up trying to escape but Nelson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sarsola avoids a series of strikes thrown by Nelson.
Sarsola is desperately trying to improve his position but Nelson has a good base and remains in mount.
Nelson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nelson looking to finish with strikes here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarsola in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sarsola gets back to half guard.
Nelson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sarsola blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nelson.
Nelson lands with a punch from half guard.
Nelson controlling the action here.
Sarsola blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nelson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is thwarting Sarsola's attempts to control the position.
Nelson is looking to stall here but Sarsola recovers full guard.
Sarsola working a defensive guard here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nelson lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sarsola throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nelson trying to control but Sarsola is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Nelson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Nelson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nelson stuffs the takedown.
Sarsola looks to land a right hand but Nelson moved out of range.
Sarsola bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nelson thumps Sarsola with a low kick.
Sarsola tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nelson is able to avoid easily.
Sarsola keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sarsola lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sarsola throws a leg kick but Nelson moved away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sarsola.
Nelson lands with an uppercut that bounces Sarsola off the cage and back into range.
Sarsola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sarsola lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A punch combination from Nelson misses.
Nelson lands the left hand.
Nelson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sarsola has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sarsola ducks under a wild hook from Nelson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarsola digs a good hook to Nelson's body.
Nelson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sarsola dives in and grabs Nelson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nelson pushes down on Sarsola's head and hops out.
Nelson fakes the leg kick and cracks Sarsola in the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nelson. Sarsola does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nelson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nelson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nelson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sarsola throws a jab but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sarsola stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson takes one on the button.
Sarsola walks into a jab.
Nelson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sarsola.
Gunnar Nelson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Sarsola.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nelson. Sarsola does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Nelson.
Nelson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sarsola avoids a wild elbow strike from Nelson.
Sarsola lands a right hand.
Nelson misses with the head strike.
Sarsola lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sarsola misses with some punches.
Nelson lands with a right to the head.
Sarsola breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gunnar Nelson is winning the standup battle so far.
Nelson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sarsola looks to land a right hand but Nelson moved out of range.
Nelson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sarsola throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson wants to sweep here but Sarsola controlling him for the moment.
Nelson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nelson keeping moving, preventing Sarsola from controlling successfully.
Sarsola stopping the sweep attempt from Nelson.
Sarsola keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nelson's head.
Sarsola is stalling in the full guard.
Nelson controls Sarsola momentarily but Sarsola frees himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarsola sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sarsola misses with an uppercut.
Nelson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nelson throws a body punch but Sarsola moves out of range.
Sarsola scores with a jab. Nelson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sarsola fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sarsola throws out the jab.
Nelson misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Leo Sarsola will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Nelson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nelson throws a right hand that Sarsola ducks under and follows up with a left that Sarsola also avoids with ease.
Sarsola's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nelson under the eye.
Nelson misses with a looping right.
Nelson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sarsola.
Sarsola's corner calls for a 1-2. Sarsola obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nelson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nelson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sarsola changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Nelson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sarsola wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nelson keeps working.
Nelson is trying to improve his position.
Nelson is not content to let Sarsola control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Nelson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Nelson is looking for a sweep.
Nelson is working hard here to advance position.
Sarsola scores with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarsola working the ground and pound.
Nelson trying his best to control but Sarsola has mounted him.
Sarsola lands with some strikes.
Sarsola can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nelson is looking to escape.
Sarsola dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sarsola unloading with bombs!
Nelson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sarsola is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nelson tries to hold on but Sarsola postures up.
Sarsola tries to control but Nelson wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries to hold on but Sarsola pushes him away.
Leo Sarsola has got the better of the ground game so far.
BOOM! Sarsola connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sarsola working the ground and pound effectively.
Nelson is rocked!
Nelson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oh Nelson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sarsola looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sarsola unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Nelson wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Sarsola celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leo Sarsola!
Leo Sarsola is the new middleweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Leo Sarsola waved his t-shirt featuring Perkele!'s logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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