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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matti Nieminen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean George (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean George has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
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197 cm
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matti Nieminen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean George!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nieminen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before George can pounce on him.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nieminen.
George swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nieminen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
George working a defensive guard but Nieminen manages to pass into side control anyway.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
George is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Nieminen is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
George defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Nieminen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nieminen wants to control the pace but George is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieminen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Nieminen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nieminen cracks George with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nieminen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nieminen looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nieminen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. George looks a forlorn figure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish George?
Nieminen lands a big elbow - George is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and George is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Matti Nieminen!
After the fight, Matti Nieminen was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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