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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jori Jujipallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Great might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Adiemus. Jujipallo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Children of Bodom's Sixpounder kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alexander Great has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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201 lbs
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Great!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jori Jujipallo!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Great tries to clinch but Jujipallo is having none of it.
Great instigates a clinch.
Great prevents the takedown attempt.
Great scores with a shoulder strike.
Great lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jujipallo or not.
Jujipallo tries to pull guard but Great won't allow it.
Great lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Great with a knee to the head.
Great unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jujipallo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Great breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Great throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Great missing with a left hand there. Jujipallo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Great tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Great throws a head kick but Jujipallo moves out of range.
Great gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jujipallo has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Great after a bit of a struggle.
Alexander Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jori Jujipallo.
Great with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jujipallo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Great lands a good knee to the midsection. Jujipallo won't want to take too many of those.
Great connects with a knee to the head.
Great pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jujipallo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Great throws a series of punches but Jujipallo avoids them all with ease.
Great closes the distance and clinches.
Great pushes Jujipallo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Great stalling in the clinch but Jujipallo improves position.
Great dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Great trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Great.
Jujipallo jumps guard but Great turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jujipallo is trying to pull guard but Great turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A short right from Great on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Great creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Great.
Jujipallo is trying to pull guard but Great turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Great has Jujipallo pressed against the cage.
Great keeps control of Jujipallo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jujipallo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Great smiles and moves away.
Jujipallo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Great.
Great fails to land with a series of punches.
Great throws a body punch but Jujipallo moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Great lands a big head kick that sends Jujipallo tumbling to the mat! Great takes a step backwards and waves Jujipallo back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Jujipallo is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Great fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jujipallo is still on wobbly legs! Can Great finish him?
Great rushes Jujipallo and presses him up against the cage.
Jujipallo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jujipallo seems to have recovered his senses.
Jujipallo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Great to keep the fight standing.
Jujipallo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jujipallo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Great is stalling here.
Great scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Great with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Great tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Great lands a body shot.
Jujipallo tries to pull guard but Great won't allow it.
Jujipallo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Great just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jujipallo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Great is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jujipallo is trying to force a seperation but Great has the dominant position.
Jujipallo jumps into guard, dragging Great to the mat.
Jujipallo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Great is controlling an arm, preventing Jujipallo from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Great has given up his back.
Great trying to control the action but Jujipallo just sinks the hooks in.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Great manages to stand up with Jujipallo still on his back. Eventually Jujipallo drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.
Jujipallo circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Great dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Great misses with a combination
and Jujipallo counters with a takedown into side control.
Jujipallo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Great, who protects the arm well.
Jujipallo working the ground and pound but Great is defending the strikes.
Jujipallo has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Great's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Jujipallo unloads with some shots from mount but Great bucks and avoids them well.
Great tries to lock up and control but Jujipallo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jujipallo goes for an armbar but Great turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Great.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Great looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Great trying to control the position from guard on top but Jujipallo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Great sitting in guard here, content to control.
Great has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Alexander Great just wasn't active enough.
Great throws a shot from downtown. Jujipallo moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Great tries a head kick but it misses.
Great tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jujipallo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jujipallo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jujipallo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Great defends it nicely.
Great fails in his attempt to clinch.
Great throws a push kick but Jujipallo slaps the foot to one side.
Jujipallo tries to work over Great's front leg with a kick but Great checks it.
Alexander Great is winning the standup battle so far.
Great throws a lazy right hand but Jujipallo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jujipallo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Great sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jujipallo somewhat.
Great tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jujipallo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Great wants to clinch up but Jujipallo keeps it at a distance.
Great throws a series of punches but Jujipallo moves out of range.
Great tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jujipallo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Great throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jujipallo slips a jab and a cross from Great.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Great misses with a series of wild punches.
Alexander Great is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Great keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Alexander Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jori Jujipallo.
Great pushes Jujipallo up against the cage in a clinch.
Jujipallo is trying to pull guard but Great turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Great lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jujipallo fails to pull guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Great slowing the pace effectively.
Great working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Great using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jujipallo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Great connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Great dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Jujipallo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Great finds it's way round the side to connect with Jujipallo's head.
Alexander Great seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jujipallo checks a low kick from Great.
Great is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Great. Those never looked like landing.
Great is looking to clinch but Jujipallo is avoiding it.
Great does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jujipallo swats away the attempt to clinch by Great.
Jujipallo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jujipallo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Great defends it nicely.
Great is looking to clinch.
Great tried to score with a low kick but Jujipallo checks it.
Alexander Great is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Great gets a clinch.
Great landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Great landing knees to the head.
Great prevents the takedown attempt.
Great with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jujipallo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Alexander Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jori Jujipallo.
Jujipallo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Great smiles and moves away.
Jujipallo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Great looks to land a right hand but Jujipallo moved out of range.
Jujipallo checks a low kick from Great.
Great wants to clinch up but Jujipallo keeps it at a distance.
Great tries to clinch but Jujipallo is having none of it.
Great blocks a jab.
Great throws a right and a left that Jujipallo avoids nicely.
Alexander Great is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jujipallo misses with a lunging right hand
and Great counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A solid leg kick lands there for Great.
Great throws a front kick that sends Jujipallo stumbling back into the cage.
Great takes a swing at Jujipallo's ribcage but misses.
Great throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Great dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jujipallo. That did some damage!
Great lands a head kick. Jujipallo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Great throws a good cross that connects.
A jab from Jujipallo misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Great lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Great misses with a looping left.
Jujipallo moves out of range of the leg kick from Great.
Jujipallo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Great connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jori Jujipallo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Great turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Great lands with a nice combination. Jujipallo backs away looking to recover.
Jujipallo circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Great scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Great lands a head kick!
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Great showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Great, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Great!
A victorious Alexander Great thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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