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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John J Rambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stehling kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN!. Rambo has chosen American Badass as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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261 lbs
29 - 10 - 0 |
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270 lbs
24 - 8 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
29 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, John J Rambo!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stehling moves out of range of the strikes.
Stehling connects with a nice looking jab.
Stehling shoots in but Rambo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stehling takes the fight into the clinch.
Stehling lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rambo backwards.
Rambo lands a shoulder strike.
Stehling misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stehling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stehling throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rambos head.
A nice left hand lands by Rambo.
Stehling goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rambo pushes Stehling back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stehling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Stehling - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rambo.
Rambo misses with the head strike.
Stehling misses with a body punch.
Stehling lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling lands with a left to the head.
Rambo tries a body shot but Stehling blocks it.
Rambo throws a head punch that misses.
Rambo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stehlings head.
A short uppercut from Stehling.
Stehling lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rambo or not.
Stehling can't find room to land a body shot as Rambo controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Rambo.
A right handed body shot lands from Stehling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Rambo fails to land.
Rambo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rambo can't break the clinch.
Rambo gets underhooks to prevent Stehling's takedown attempt.
Stehling can't find room to land a body shot as Rambo controls the action.
Stehling lands a left hand.
Rambo struggles to land a body shot inside as Stehling controls his hands.
Stehling scores with a shot to the side of Rambo's head.
Rambo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stehling lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rambo lands a hook that snaps the head of Stehling backwards.
Rambo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stehling creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rambo misses with the head strike.
Stehling keeps control of Rambo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stehling lands an uppercut.
Stehling lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rambo.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stehling.
Stehling lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stehling lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Stehling.
Rambo looks gassed!
Stehling lands with a short shot to the head.
Rambo gets underhooks to prevent Stehling's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mitchell Stehling. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rambo throws a punch but it's blocked by Stehling.
Rambo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stehling misses with a body punch.
Stehling lands with a left to the head.
Rambo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Stehling - that landed with a thud.
Rambo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rambo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stehling scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stehling has Rambo pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Stehling pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Rambo tumbling to the mat - Stehling dives into Rambo's guard.
Stehling with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stehling stays in close to Rambo's body and controls the position.
Stehling wants to control from the top but Rambo keeps moving.
Rambo keeping full guard, as Stehling tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling throwing strikes from guard but Rambo blocks nicely.
Stehling throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Stehling closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rambo misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stehling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stehling lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rambo backwards.
Stehling goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stehling keeps control of Rambo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rambo tries to work over Stehling's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mitchell Stehling dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Stehling connects with a crisp jab.
Stehling tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rambo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stehling lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rambo at a distance.
Stehling cracks a nice hook into Rambo's ribs.
Rambo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stehling works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Stehling is controlling the pace.
Stehling seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rambo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling throws a strike but Rambo avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Stehling throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rambo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stehling trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rambo wants to stand but Stehling is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stehling trying to control the position from guard on top but Rambo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stehling postures up and lands a big shot to Rambo's brow.
Rambo wants to get back to his feet but Stehling is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Stehling throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stehling accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stehling is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Stehling is looking to slow Rambo down with leg kicks.
Stehling looks to score with a jab to the body but Rambo is just out of range.
Stehling dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rambo keeps the fight on the outside.
No luck for Stehling with that takedown attempt.
Stehling lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling looks to score with a jab to the body but Rambo is just out of range.
Stehling looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mitchell Stehling is winning the standup battle so far.
Stehling fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rambo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rambo is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stehling tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rambo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stehling closes the distance and clinches.
Stehling makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stehling lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stehling scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rambo prevents a body shot from Stehling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stehling blocking some punches.
Stehling is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rambo can do to turn this around?
Stehling lands a hook that snaps the head of Rambo backwards.
Rambo tries a body shot but Stehling blocks it.
Rambo prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stehling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mitchell Stehling dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Rambo misses with a hook. Stehling ducked under it nicely.
Stehling scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Stehling there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rambo misses with an uppercut.
Stehling tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rambo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Stehling.
Rambo moves out of range of the strikes.
Stehling lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rambo's sensitive parts.
Rambo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Stehling uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rambo.
Rambo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stehling fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rambo throws a lazy uppercut
and Stehling counters with a stiff right hand.
Stehling misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mitchell Stehling. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rambo looks to score with a jab to the body but Stehling is just out of range.
Stehling works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rambo works Stehling's body with a nice hook.
Stehling lands with a shot to the body.
Stehling fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rambo manages to avoid it.
Stehling takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stehling looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Stehling slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
John J Rambo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mitchell Stehling is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stehling stops Rambo from standing up.
Stehling advances to half guard.
Stehling wants to free his trapped foot but Rambo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Stehling is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Stehling 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Mitchell Stehling wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A jab from Rambo misses.
Rambo misses with a straight right.
Stehling darts in and clinches Rambo up against the cage.
Stehling struggles to land a body shot inside as Rambo controls his hands.
Stehling blocking some punches.
Rambo tries to work over Stehling's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rambo misses with the head strike.
Rambo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Stehling.
Rambo swings wildly with an uppercut but Stehling uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rambo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rambo tries to break free but Stehling pushes him back against the cage.
Stehling scores with a shot to the side of Rambo's head.
Stehling prevents Rambo from breaking the clinch.
Rambo working hard to break the clinch.
Stehling blocks a body shot from Rambo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rambo misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stehling.
Stehling softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mitchell Stehling showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stehling has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mitchell Stehling!
A relieved looking Mitchell Stehling thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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