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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brad Finley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andreas Riffel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finley comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the Jungle. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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197 lbs
13 - 16 - 0 |
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170 cm
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190 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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ADCC Champion
Basic striking
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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
13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brad Finley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andreas Riffel!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riffel circles away from the clinch attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Riffel.
Finley tries to clinch up but Riffel circles away and keeps his distance.
Finley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Riffel shoots in and drives through. Finley sprawls well.
Andreas Riffel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riffel misses with a takedown attempt
and Finley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brad Finley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andreas Riffel.
Riffel shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Finley as he jumps to the side.
Finley is looking to clinch.
Riffel misses with a takedown attempt
and Finley counters with a left to the body.
Riffel fails to land the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Finley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riffel shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Finley counters with a nice leg kick.
Finley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riffel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Riffel shoots for a double leg takedown but Finley sprawls well. He's pushed Riffel's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Finley wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley wants to clinch up but Riffel keeps it at a distance.
Finley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Riffel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Finley tries to clinch there but Riffel circles away.
Finley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Riffel. That did some damage!
Riffel will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Finley has managed to clinch.
Finley can't find room to land a body shot as Riffel controls the action.
Riffel tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Finley just stands there and leans against the cage.
Finley can't get the takedown.
Riffel goes for a takedown attempt but Finley pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Riffel throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Finley tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Riffel is in Finley's guard.
Riffel tries to free his leg and advance position but Finley is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finley keeping moving, preventing Riffel from controlling successfully.
Riffel pushing down on Finley's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riffel seems to be looking for submissions.
Riffel seems to be working for a kimura but Finley defends the submission attempt.
Riffel is looking to take a break and control but Finley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finley wants to get back to his feet.
Riffel takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Riffel wants to control but Finley is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finley wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Andreas Riffel was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Riffel looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
No luck for Riffel with that takedown attempt.
Finley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Riffel's waist but Riffel gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Finley off to one side.
Riffel bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Riffel is trying to get an arm triangle but Finley is defending well.
Finley is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riffel thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Andreas Riffel will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Riffel scores with a takedown into Finley's guard.
Riffel engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Riffel drops back, looking for a kneebar! Finley looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Finley looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Finley!
Finley cracks Riffel with a big right hand but Riffel just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Finley creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Finley lands a nice forearm strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Finley with the ground and pound from mount.
Finley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Riffel looks a forlorn figure.
Finley in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
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!
Riffel sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Finley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Riffel with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Riffel is looking for a sweep. Finley is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Riffel is in trouble now - Finley has advanced to mount!
Finley cracks Riffel with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Riffel is rocked!
Finley connects with a bit shot that sees Riffel covering up! More strikes from Finley and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Finley is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brad Finley!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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