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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy McRandy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renka Susi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andy McRandy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Renka Susi!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Susi misses with a lunging right hand
so McRandy counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Susi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Susi controls McRandy momentarily but McRandy frees himself.
Susi keeping moving, preventing McRandy from controlling successfully.
McRandy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Susi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Susi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Susi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Susi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from McRandy.
McRandy wants to stand but Susi has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
McRandy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Susi's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McRandy wants to control from the top but Susi keeps moving.
Susi trying to control the position.
Susi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Susi pulls McRandy in close to prevent any damage.
Susi looking to hit a scissor sweep but McRandy is one step ahead there.
Susi looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Renka Susi wasn't active enough on the ground.
Horrible takedown by McRandy or perhaps it was just good defense by Susi which made him look bad.
Susi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
McRandy is looking to work some ground and pound but Susi has wrist control.
Susi is trying to keep McRandy in close.
Susi looking for a guillotine here but McRandy defends easily.
McRandy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McRandy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Susi's head.
Susi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. McRandy manages to get himself to full guard.
McRandy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
McRandy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if McRandy tries to get out of the position.
McRandy is working hard here to advance position.
Susi advances to half guard.
Susi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Susi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Susi trying to control the action but McRandy is working from the bottom.
Susi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Susi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McRandy defending well though.
Susi trying to control the action but McRandy is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Susi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McRandy defending well though.
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 Andy McRandy 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.
McRandy looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Susi has McRandy pulled in close to control his posture.
McRandy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Susi is on top in guard.
Susi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Susi scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McRandy being controlled here, momentarily.
McRandy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Susi is one step ahead there.
Renka Susi has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McRandy working for submissions but it's allowed Susi to get to half guard.
McRandy taking some punishment here, with Susi in his half guard.
McRandy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Susi on the ground.
McRandy has hold of Susi's hands but Susi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Susi is trying to control the action in half guard but McRandy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McRandy has hold of Susi's hands but Susi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
McRandy trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Susi manages to pass to mount!
Susi wants to control the pace but McRandy is squirming around nicely.
McRandy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McRandy tries to hold on but Susi pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Susi there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Susi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can McRandy hang on?
Susi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McRandy slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Susi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Susi is trying to control the action in half guard but McRandy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Susi wants to pass the guard but McRandy is defending well.
Susi is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, McRandy has managed to free his arm - good work.
Susi trying to control from half guard but McRandy is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for McRandy!
Susi punching from mount but McRandy doing a good job of avoiding damage.
McRandy wants to hold on but Susi pushes him away.
McRandy is working to get back to half guard.
Susi lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Susi with the ground and pound from mount.
Susi punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renka Susi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Susi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McRandy swivels and escapes.
Andy McRandy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McRandy shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
McRandy throws an elbow that misses. Susi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in McRandy's guard. Nice move by Susi!
Susi wants to control from the top but McRandy keeps moving.
McRandy looking to control.
McRandy controlling Susi's posture.
Susi slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
McRandy moves out of range of the leg kick from Susi.
Renka Susi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Susi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Susi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McRandy tries to avoid it but Susi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McRandy to the ground. McRandy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Andy McRandy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renka Susi.
McRandy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Susi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from McRandy.
McRandy shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. McRandy showed some decent athleticism there.
McRandy trying to control the action but Susi is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Susi.
Susi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from McRandy.
McRandy not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Susi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. McRandy manages to get himself to full guard.
McRandy keeping moving, preventing Susi from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susi is looking to work some ground and pound but McRandy has wrist control.
Susi stopping the sweep attempt from McRandy.
Susi wants to control from the top but McRandy keeps moving.
Susi postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
McRandy wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Susi is now in half guard.
McRandy manages to get to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McRandy seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Susi trying to control the position from guard on top but McRandy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McRandy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McRandy wants to sweep here but Susi controlling him for the moment.
McRandy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
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 Andy McRandy.
I think McRandy 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Andy McRandy!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Andy McRandy made sure he mentioned Fighters First Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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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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