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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacek Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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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, Jacek Kowalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowalski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kowalski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Silva wants to hold on but Kowalski pushes him away.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kowalski is working for a guillotine from mount but Silva frees his head quite easily.
Kowalski controlling his opponent.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Kowalski gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Kowalski.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kowalski with good strikes from the mount here!
Silva is looking to improve his position but Kowalski isn't that keen on the idea.
Silva reaches up to try and control the position but Kowalski seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Silva rolls and tries to escape and now Kowalski has his back!
Silva trying to control the position but Kowalski manages to sink in the hooks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is trapped and Kowalski is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Silva is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Kowalski is riding his opponent, not letting Silva buck him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control his opponent's hands but Kowalski gets his hands free.
Kowalski controlling well, preventing Silva from escaping the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Silva defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Kowalski working for a choke but Silva is defending well.
Silva defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Kowalski's arms.
Silva tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silva tries to improve his position but instead Kowalski has taken his back!
Silva trying to control the hands but Kowalski breaks the grip.
Kowalski doesn't have the hooks in and Silva manages to turn into his guard.
Kowalski doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Kowalski has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.
Kowalski manages 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.
Kowalski scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kowalski controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacek Kowalski dominated that round.
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.
Kowalski gets the takedown into side control.
Kowalski tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Silva is trying to control Kowalski's posture but Kowalski avoids it.
Silva trying to remain calm as Kowalski controls from the top position.
Silva can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva manages to get back to half guard.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kowalski is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kowalski to get the leverage.
Silva is looking to escape.
Jacek Kowalski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva gets back to full guard.
Kowalski looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Jacek Kowalski wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Kowalski tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kowalski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kowalski swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Kowalski counters with a single leg into guard. Silva didn't expect that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Silva tries to control but Kowalski wriggling away.
Silva thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kowalski is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
Kowalski is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a head shot.
Kowalski tries to control the position but Silva now has his back.
Will Silva go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Kowalski trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Silva trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva punches the canvas rather than the man.
Kowalski trying to get back to his feet but Silva is in full control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jacek Kowalski will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Kowalski tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kowalski counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Kowalski slips nicely into half guard.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kowalski lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silva wants to improve his position but Kowalski is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalski stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kowalski sprawls well. Kowalski wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Jacek Kowalski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wanderlei Silva.
Silva closes the distance but Kowalski moves to the side
and Kowalski counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Still in half guard, Kowalski seems content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kowalski trying to mount his opponent but Silva defends it.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jacek Kowalski wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva is looking to clinch but Kowalski is avoiding it.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kowalski counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Kowalski takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silva is just holding on here. Kowalski manages to take his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski has the hooks in. Silva is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva holding both Kowalski 's hands and preventing any damage.
Can Silva hold on?! Kowalski is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Kowalski slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Kowalski controls the action.
Kowalski is looking for the choke from the back position but Silva is controlling his hands well.
Good control from Kowalski.
Silva tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kowalski blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacek Kowalski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kowalski, 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacek Kowalski!
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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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