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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between JohnAmund Skaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jani Pekkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Skaar comes to the cage accompanied by Spiderbait - Black betty. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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184 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, JohnAmund Skaar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jani Pekkanen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Skaar.
Skaar gets a takedown into half guard.
Skaar drops an elbow to the side of Pekkanen's head.
Pekkanen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pekkanen trying to control from the bottom.
Skaar prevents Pekkanen from standing back up.
Pekkanen won't allow Skaar to pass to mount.
Skaar is looking for a kimura but Pekkanen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Skaar to get the leverage.
Skaar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pekkanen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekkanen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Skaar's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Skaar's back!
Skaar is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Skaar tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Skaar tries to hold on but Pekkanen pushes him away.
Pekkanen tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Pekkanen looking for a guillotine from mount but Skaar is having none of it.
Pekkanen avoids the attempt from Skaar to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Skaar is wriggling around trying to escape.
Skaar wants to hold on but Pekkanen pushes him away.
Skaar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Skaar tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Skaar 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.
Skaar is trying to maintain the position but Pekkanen is very close to passing his half guard.
Skaar works his way to full guard. Good work.
Pekkanen looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skaar working a defensive guard here.
Skaar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Skaar tries to get out of the position.
Skaar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pekkanen's guard.
Skaar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Skaar with a nice head shot there.
Skaar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Skaar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Pekkanen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Skaar stands and throws Pekkanen's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skaar working the ground and pound.
Pekkanen is looking for a sweep.
Sloppy strikes there by Skaar.
Pekkanen is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Skaar off and has taken his back!
Pekkanen trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Pekkanen looking for the choke from the back.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Pekkanen's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Pekkanen keeps control of the position as Skaar tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JohnAmund Skaar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Skaar moves into the clinch.
Pekkanen wants to stall.
Skaar has had enough of the clinch but Pekkanen keeps him there for the moment.
Skaar gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Pekkanen throws his legs up looking for a submission but Skaar uses it to pass to side control.
Skaar controls the position.
Skaar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pekkanen keeps working.
Skaar controlling the position.
Skaar looking to control but instead Pekkanen has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skaar wants to take a breather but Pekkanen is having none of it.
Skaar is thwarting Pekkanen's attempts to control the position.
Skaar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pekkanen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Skaar trying to advance position but Pekkanen counters by regaining guard.
Skaar sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Pekkanen's guard.
Pekkanen is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pekkanen is trying to stand back up but Skaar is controlling him
Skaar moves into full mount! Pekkanen won't be happy about that!
Skaar breaks from Pekkanen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pekkanen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Skaar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Skaar with shots to the head and body - Pekkanen looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skaar with a couple of short strikes.
Skaar raining down shots from the mount!
Skaar content just to control the position here.
Pekkanen manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Pekkanen is defending against the submission attempts here by Skaar.
Skaar prevents Pekkanen from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pekkanen trying to hold on to Skaar's head to control him but Skaar postures up.
Pekkanen wants to get back to his feet.
Skaar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pekkanen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Skaar.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pekkanen stuffs the takedown attempt from Skaar. Skaar gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pekkanen shoots and misses
and Skaar counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pekkanen won't be happy with that.
Pekkanen can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JohnAmund Skaar dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Pekkanen scores a takedown into full mount!
Skaar swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Pekkanen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Skaar can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Skaar slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Skaar tries to roll over but Pekkanen keeps him under control.
Skaar is trying is best to control the position here.
Skaar throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pekkanen tries to stand and escape but Skaar is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skaar works his way to full guard. Good work.
Skaar will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Skaar lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pekkanen!
Skaar is landing with some decent strikes but Pekkanen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Skaar working the ground and pound effectively.
Skaar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Skaar.
Pekkanen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pekkanen can't escape the position.
Skaar with the ground and pound from mount.
Skaar looking to control but Pekkanen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekkanen tries to reverse the position but Skaar maintains control.
Skaar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Skaar scoring with strikes but Pekkanen is staying in there.
Pekkanen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pekkanen in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Skaar raining down shots from the mount!
Skaar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pekkanen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Skaar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Skaar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Skaar working the ground and pound effectively.
Skaar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pekkanen is looking to escape.
Jani Pekkanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Skaar lands with some strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
JohnAmund Skaar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Skaar, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JohnAmund Skaar!
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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
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