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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Max (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sosuke Aizen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aizen has chosen The Imperial March as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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214 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott Max!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sosuke Aizen!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Max throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aizen on the side of the head.
Max lands with a right hand.
Max will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aizen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice cross by Max.
Aizen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Max slips a straight right by Aizen.
Max sizes up Aizen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Max has Aizen up against the ropes in a clinch.
Max manages to break the clinch.
Aizen drives through with a takedown into guard.
Aizen advances position into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aizen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Max keeps working.
Max knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Aizen on the ground.
Aizen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Aizen wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Max, who protects the arm well.
Max struggling a bit here.
Max is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Max holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Max is trying to get back to half guard.
Aizen wants to control but Max is keeping him busy.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Max lands with a nice body punch.
Max tests Aizen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Max. That snapped Aizen's head back.
Aizen moves into the clinch.
Aizen jumps guard but Max stands there with Aizen around his waist. Aizen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Aizen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Max smiles and moves away.
Scott Max has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sosuke Aizen.
Max thuds a left hand into Aizen's body.
Aizen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Max as he avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Max. No joy for Aizen on that attempt.
Aizen looks gassed!
Max throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Max throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Max displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Max scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Max fails to land with a series of punches.
Max lands a jab to Aizen's midsection.
Max throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Max looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Max throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Aizen.
Aizen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Danga de danga de dang - Max scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Max cracks Aizen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Max cracks Aizen with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Max dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Max tests Aizen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Aizen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Max lands a really nice looking cross but Aizen seems unphased.
Max shoots in and drives through. Aizen sprawls well.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Aizen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Max - the referee stops the clock and Aizen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Max. Aizen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Scott Max seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Max with a lazy takedown attempt
and Aizen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Max's guard now.
Aizen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Aizen tries to free his leg and advance position but Max is retaining full guard.
Max on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Max tries to get out of the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aizen working some strikes from top position.
Aizen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Max is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Max not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Max is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Aizen is controlling him.
Aizen preventing the sweep.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Aizen blocks a jab.
Max is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aizen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Max but Max pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Max throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Aizen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Aizen fails with the takedown
and Max counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice cross by Max.
Scott Max is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aizen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Max's guard.
Aizen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Max keeping moving, preventing Aizen from controlling successfully.
Aizen looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aizen trying to control the position from guard on top but Max is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Max can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Aizen controls the pace.
Aizen won't allow Max to get back to his feet.
Aizen trying to control but Max is working from the bottom.
Aizen advances position into side control!
Aizen tries to advance to mount but Max denies him.
Aizen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Max keeps working.
Aizen tries to move into full mount but can't pass Max's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Aizen wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Max, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Aizen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Max keeps working.
Aizen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Aizen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Max knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sosuke Aizen 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!
Max misses with a jab, cross combination.
Aizen blocks a head kick by Max.
Max misses with a kick to the body.
Max scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Max moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aizen shoots and misses
and Max counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Aizen staying out of range there.
Aizen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Max cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Max coming out on top.
Max throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Aizen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Max as he jumps to the side.
Scott Max has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sosuke Aizen.
Aizen shoots and misses
and Max counters by moving into the clinch.
Max breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aizen misses with a jab to the body
and Max counters with a two punch combo.
Max has Aizen up against the ropes in a clinch.
Max breaks from the clinch.
Max throws a nice inside leg kick.
Max throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aizen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Max counters with a head kick.
Aizen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Max swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Aizen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Max regains full guard. Nicely done.
Aizen trying to control the position from guard on top but Max is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Max has control of Aizen's left arm, preventing Aizen from doing any damage.
Max trying to keep a closed guard but Aizen is proving a slippery customer.
Aizen passes Max's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Max is controlling Aizen's trapped leg to prevent Aizen from advancing to side control.
Aizen wants to free his trapped foot but Max is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Max looks like he's trying to stand up.
Max has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Aizen is working away from the top position though.
Max is trying to stand.
Aizen controlling the action here.
Aizen is working for a submission of some sort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Aizen is trying to control the action in half guard but Max is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No joy there for Max, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Aizen misses with a body punch
and Max counters with a two punch combo.
Max is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Max throws a right hand that Aizen ducks under and follows up with a left that Aizen also avoids with ease.
Aizen slips under a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Scott Max.
I think Max has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Max!
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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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