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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sub Artist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tontza Pulikka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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260 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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269 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sub Artist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tontza Pulikka!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulikka swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Artist.
Artist scores with a nice strike.
Pulikka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pulikka tried to score with a low kick but Artist checks it.
Artist throws a body punch but Pulikka moves out of range.
Artist avoids the body shot from Pulikka.
Pulikka connects with a body shot.
Artist throws a jab when Pulikka was well out of range.
Artist will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pulikka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Artist throws out the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Pulikka. Those never looked like landing.
Artist waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pulikka.
The fighters circling - Artist throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Artist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Artist throws the left hand but Pulikka avoids the punch easily.
Artist throws a hook but Pulikka blocks it.
Pulikka feints a jab promting Artist to slip. Pulikka then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Artist slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Sub Artist has been cut.
Artist is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Pulikka's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Artist connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Artist misses with a hook. Pulikka ducked under it nicely.
Pulikka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Artist.
Artist thows a left - swing and a miss!
Artist misses with a straight left.
Pulikka misses with a few strikes there.
Artist is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Artist is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Artist scores with a jab to the head.
Pulikka takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Artist scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pulikka in his tracks.
Artist uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pulikka.
Pulikka slips a straight right by Artist.
Artist pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulikka jabs Artist right on the nose. Artist blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artist throws an overhand right that lands on Pulikka's shoulder, as Pulikka tries to avoid the shot.
Pulikka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pulikka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Artist misses with a right hand
and Pulikka counters with a nice body shot.
Artist has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pulikka finds it's way round the side to connect with Artist's head.
Artist tries to clinch
and Pulikka counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pulikka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Artist on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Artist throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Pulikka scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Artist doesn't seem bothered though.
Pulikka cracks Artist with a good jab.
Pulikka blocks a jab.
Artist misses with a shot to the body
and Pulikka counters with a left to the body.
Pulikka misses with a body kick.
Artist scores with a hook to the body. Pulikka takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulikka cracks Artist with a good jab.
Pulikka cracks Artist with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pulikka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pulikka misses with a straight right.
Artist cracks Pulikka with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Artist feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pulikkas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pulikka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Artist was well out of range. Poor timing from Pulikka.
Pulikka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Artist on the side of the head.
Pulikka moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pulikka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Artist.
Artist jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pulikka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Artist manages to avoid it.
Pulikka has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Artist lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Artist avoids a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Artist misses.
Pulikka throws a big shot that misses.
Artist misses with a looping right.
Pulikka takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Artist rushes Pulikka and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pulikka is trying to break the clinch but Artist has him pressed against the cage.
The referee calls for Artist to work.
Artist has Pulikka pressed against the cage, preventing Pulikka from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Artist misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Artist working hard to break the clinch.
Pulikka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pulikka with a nice cross.
Artist misses the jab.
No joy there for Pulikka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tontza Pulikka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sub Artist's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
No joy there for Pulikka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Artist throws a hook but Pulikka blocks it.
Pulikka closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pulikka swings away with a body shot that misses
and Artist counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Artist uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pulikka.
Artist looks to score with a jab to the body but Pulikka is just out of range.
Artist looks to throw the jab but Pulikka is out of range.
Pulikka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pulikka just misses with a punch to the body.
Artist loads up on a big right hand but Pulikka slips the punch.
Artist looks to land a left hand but Pulikka moved out of range nicely.
Artist throws a lazy right hand but Pulikka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pulikka swinging wildly here.
Pulikka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulikka misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Artist counters with a series of strikes. Pulikka will be more careful next time no doubt.
Artist has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pulikka swings widly with a right hand
and Artist counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pulikka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Artist.
Artist's corner calls for a 1-2. Artist obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Artist throws an overhand right that lands on Pulikka's shoulder, as Pulikka tries to avoid the shot.
Pulikka moves out of range of the leg kick from Artist.
Artist takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pulikka misses with an uppercut. Artist saw that one coming.
Pulikka lands a lovely overhand right.
Pulikka blocks a low kick nicely.
Pulikka misses with a wild combination.
Pulikka misses with the combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Artist misses with a right hand
and Artist takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulikka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Artist throws a jab when Pulikka was well out of range.
Artist swinging wildly here.
Artist throws a shot from downtown. Pulikka moves away and avoids it.
Artist's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pulikka connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Artist scrambles back to his feet.
Artist tries to bum rush Pulikka with a series of wild strikes but Pulikka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pulikka throws a jab but it's blocked by Artist.
Artist looks to clinch
and Pulikka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sub Artist's cut is getting worse.
Artist takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tontza Pulikka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pulikka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Artist was well out of range. Poor timing from Pulikka.
Pulikka looks to land a combination but Artist avoids it well.
A punch combination from Artist misses.
Pulikka slips a jab and a cross from Artist.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artist swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pulikka misses with a few strikes there.
Artist throws out a loose jab but Pulikka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pulikka missing with a left hand there. Artist was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pulikka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Artist.
Pulikka misses the shot to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Artist, as that shot connected.
Pulikka slips under a jab from Artist.
Artist dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Artist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Artist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pulikka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Artist counters with a one-two to the body.
Artist slips under a jab.
Pulikka throws a hook to the side of Artist's head but Artist sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artist tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Artist lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Artist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pulikka throws a nice looking combination but Artist bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pulikka paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Artist misses with an uppercut.
Artist keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pulikka throws a nice looking combination but Artist bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Pulikka. Those never looked like landing.
Artist is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pulikka.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pulikka moves out of range of the strikes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Artist lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pulikka has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pulikka and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The fight stays on the outside here - Artist looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Artist thows a left - swing and a miss!
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 Sub Artist will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sub Artist's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Artist works the jab nicely.
Tontza Pulikka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Artist keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pulikka.
Pulikka is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Artist jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pulikka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pulikka throws a jab when Artist was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Artist throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pulikka misses with a wild combination.
A head kick misses from Pulikka.
Artist looks to land a combination but Pulikka avoids it well.
Pulikka misses with a double jab.
Pulikka misses with a wild combination.
Pulikka throws a combination that misses
and Artist counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Artist thows a body shot but no joy.
Pulikka cracks Artist with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulikka throws a one two combo.
Artist misses with a looping left.
Artist throws a nice looking combination but Pulikka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Artist showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pulikka.
Pulikka throws a lazy right hand but Artist sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Artist misses with a hook
enabling Pulikka to counter with a crisp jab.
Pulikka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pulikka throws a one two combo.
The fighters circling - Artist throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pulikka needs to keep his hands up - Artist had a free shot at his head there.
Artist wants to clinch.
Pulikka dodges the punch combination from Artist.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulikka dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Artist looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Artist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pulikka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Artist manages to avoid it.
Pulikka keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pulikka misses with a body shot.
Artist has taken the fight to the clinch.
Artist wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pulikka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pulikka ducks under a wild hook from Artist.
A telegraphed right hand from Artist misses the target.
Pulikka lands a glancing blow to the side of Artist's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulikka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donk. Artist catches Pulikka right on the button with a cross.
Pulikka ducks under a wild hook from Artist.
Artist comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pulikka moves out of range of the strikes.
Artist gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pulikka.
Pulikka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Artist waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pulikka.
Artist dodges the punch combination from Pulikka.
Pulikka throws a body kick that misses.
Pulikka looks to land a left hand but Artist moved out of range nicely.
Pulikka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Artist moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Artist. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Artist.
Artist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Artist is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pulikka.
Artist throws a looping overhand right but Pulikka ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Artist misses the target.
Artist keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pulikka.
Artist thows a body shot but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pulikka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Artist.
Artist moves out of range as Pulikka strikes.
Artist's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pulikka under the eye.
Artist lands with a cross.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pulikka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Artist counters with a left to the body.
Pulikka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
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 Sub Artist.
I think Artist 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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