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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rasta Fary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winjkin William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fary comes to the cage accompanied by El toro guapo. The key to victory for Rasta Fary has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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135 lbs
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130 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Rasta Fary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Winjkin William!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
William moves into the clinch.
Fary lands a knee to the head.
Fary leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knees to the body from Fary.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fary is defending well for now.
William is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fary lands a knee to the body.
William misses with an elbow strike.
William cracks Fary with a nice body shot.
Fary misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Fary.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fary trying to land knees to the body.
Fary blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fary digs a right hand underneath William's ribcage. William let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
William is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
William digs a right hand into Fary's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fary's gas tank.
Fary is trying to pull guard but William turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
William using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fary has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Fary scores with a nice short uppercut.
William using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fary has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fary blocks an uppercut.
Fary scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fary trying to control the position but instead, William has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fary into the cage.
Fary looking to throw knees to the head but William is blocking nicely.
William leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fary throws an elbow that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
William throws an elbow that misses.
Fary avoiding damage as William throws knees to the body.
Fary tries a knee to the head but William blocks it.
William prevents a body shot from Fary.
Fary controlling the action here for a moment.
A right hook to the body lands for William.
Fary trying to land knees to the body.
Fary with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fary misses with a punch on the inside.
Fary gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
William misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fary.
Fary misses with a hook from the clinch.
William misses with some punches.
Fary missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
William stalls.
Fary blocks a body shot from William.
Fary looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from William fails to land.
Fary cracks William with a nice body shot.
Fary lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fary misses with the head strike.
William tries to land knees in the clinch but Fary avoids the damage to the body.
William blocks a body shot from Fary.
Fary pushes off an throws an elbow but William leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
William tries to land a knee to the head but Fary blocks with his arms.
Fary lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
William lands a nice uppercut.
William blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fary looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fary is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fary misses with a shot to the kidneys.
William missing with knees to the body.
William has Fary pressed against the cage.
Fary can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
Fary blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
William tries to work over Fary's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fary - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fary on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fary tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. William just stands there and leans against the cage.
William throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fary blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
William scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fary creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
William pushes off an throws an elbow but Fary leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fary can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rasta Fary will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fary closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fary is trying to stall.
Fary tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fary tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Good body shot from William.
William working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rasta Fary has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fary is trying to stall.
William content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fary lands a right hand that snaps the head of William backwards.
A short right from William.
Fary lands an elbow inside.
William slows down the pace here.
Fary lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fary tries to pull guard but William holds him up against the cage and eventually Fary drops back down to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
William tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee is keeping an eye on William - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fary trying to stall but William improves his position.
Fary stalls.
William throws an elbow but it's blocked.
William tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fary avoids it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from William in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
William throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fary blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
William takes a shot to the head.
Fary gets through William's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fary goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fary prevents a body shot from William.
William tries to land knees in the clinch but Fary avoids the damage to the body.
William throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
William misses with a punch to the body.
Fary blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
William works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short left from Fary.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fary is defending well for now.
William managing to block the knees to the body from Fary.
Fary prevents a body shot from William.
William avoiding damage as Fary throws knees to the body.
Fary can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
William keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fary's efforts to push away.
William misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from William.
William stalling in the clinch.
William lands a hook that snaps the head of Fary backwards.
William fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fary has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics William uses from the top position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
William missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fary keeping moving, preventing William from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fary lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for William!
Fary throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for William because Fary loaded up on that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
William keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
William avoids a series of strikes thrown by Fary.
Fary working the ground and pound effectively.
Fary will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
William keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
BOOM! Fary connects with a massive shot to the dome!
William working to try and regain half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fary is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. William can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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 Rasta Fary will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Fary's jab looks to have found its range, popping William under the eye.
Fary fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rasta Fary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fary pushes William up against the cage in a clinch.
William gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Fary.
Fary tries to work over William's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fary is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
William blocks the elbow strike.
William looking to stall.
William throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fary lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
William avoids a wild elbow strike from Fary.
That's one minute gone in the round.
William manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Fary managing to block the knees to the body from William.
Fary pushes William back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fary.
Fary looking to stall.
William with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fary lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of William backwards.
William content to slow the pace in the clinch.
William misses with a short punch on the inside.
William misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fary swings wildly with an uppercut but William uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fary utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Winjkin William has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fary misses with a shot to the kidneys.
William looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fary blocks an elbow strike from William.
Fary is trying to force a seperation but William has the dominant position.
William avoids the elbow strike from Fary, against the cage.
Fary effectively controlling the action here.
Fary lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fary slows down the pace here.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
William misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fary blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fary is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. William is defending well for now.
Fary creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through William's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
William lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fary on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
William looking to stall.
Fary wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fary has a couple of punches blocked by William.
The referee calls for William to work.
William tries a body shot but Fary blocks it.
William has Fary pushed against the cage.
William misses with a punch to the body.
William misses with a knee strike.
William dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fary working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
William has a couple of punches blocked by Fary.
Fary looks to throw an elbow but misses.
William effectively controlling the action here.
Fary pushes William back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fary lands a left hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, William just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fary's brow.
William managing to block the knees to the body from Fary.
William tries to work over Fary's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
William throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Farys head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
William prevents a body shot from Fary.
Fary landing knees to the body.
A short left from Fary.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right handed body shot lands from Fary.
William takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fary unloads a knee to the mid-section. William lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
William creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rasta Fary is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fary manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rasta Fary showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fary 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rasta Fary!
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energy
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hype
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