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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abel Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liu Bei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speed kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Limp Bizkit / Break Stuff. Bei has chosen Hypnotic as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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198 lbs
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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
15 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Abel Speed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Liu Bei!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Bei misses its intended target.
Speed feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bei is pulling down on Speed's head to control his posture.
Speed postures up in Bei's guard and throws a big left but Bei blocks it.
Speed pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bei is keeping the position for now.
Speed 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.
Speed postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bei preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Speed is fighting to break Bei's control of his arms but Bei is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bei looking to hit a scissor sweep but Speed is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Speed is in close to Bei's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bei keeping moving, preventing Speed from controlling successfully.
Bei looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed looking to sit in guard and control but Bei gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bei controls from within his opponent's guard.
Speed keeping moving, preventing Bei from controlling successfully.
Speed looking for a guillotine here but Bei defends easily.
Bei trying to control the position from guard on top but Speed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Speed is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bei defends well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bei seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Bei wants to pass the guard but Speed is keeping the position.
Bei sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Liu Bei.
A punch combination from Bei misses.
Liu Bei is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bei to the ground. Speed is now in Bei's guard.
Speed trying to control but Bei is working from the bottom.
Speed tries to free his leg and advance position but Bei is retaining full guard.
Speed throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bei looking to control.
Speed looking to pass the guard.
Speed won't allow Bei to sweep him here.
Speed is looking to work some ground and pound but Bei has wrist control.
Speed is working Bei over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bei managing to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Liu Bei hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bei jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice combination there by Bei.
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!
Good shot there by Speed.
Speed scores with a nice strike.
Bei thuds a left hand into Speed's body.
Speed is looking to clinch but Bei is avoiding it.
Speed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Speed slips a jab and a cross from Bei.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bei looks to score with a jab to the body but Speed is just out of range.
Bei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Speed.
Bei misses with an uppercut.
Bei ducks under a wild hook from Speed.
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 Abel Speed will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Speed moves out of range as Bei strikes.
Speed bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bei blocks a jab.
Bei misses with a body shot
letting Speed counter with a right hand.
Bei misses with an uppercut. Speed saw that one coming.
Speed paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bei misses with a right hand
and Speed counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bei won't be happy with that.
Speed sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bei is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
I wouldn't like to be where Bei is right now.
The ground and pound from Speed seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
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!
Speed throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Speed working away.
Speed wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bei keeps working.
Speed just content to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bei manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Bei is looking to take a break and control but Speed is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bei controlling the pace.
Speed regains full guard. Nicely done.
Abel Speed overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Speed looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Speed wants to hit a switch here but Bei passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Speed there!
Bei wants to control the pace but Speed is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed can't escape the position.
Bei looking to control but Speed is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bei controlling the pace for now.
Speed is working to get back to half guard.
Bei takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Speed tries to hold on but Bei pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bei sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Liu Bei hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A big right from Speed misses.
Bei lands a jab.
Bei shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bei misses with a series of wild punches.
Bei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Speed.
Bei throws a jab when Speed was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Speed. Bei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bei throws a right hand that misses
and Speed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fight stays on the outside here - Speed looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bei moves into the clinch successfully.
Bei is trying to push Speed away but Speed has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Speed.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Speed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bei backwards.
Speed tries to stall but Bei uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Speed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speed tries a body shot but Bei blocks it.
Bei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Speed.
A right hand to the body from Speed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abel Speed dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bei tries to clinch there but Speed circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Bei misses the target.
Bei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Speed misses with a wild body shot.
Speed ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Speed.
Speed swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bei.
Bei takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A combination from Bei does no damage.
Speed scores with a jab to the body.
Bei misses with a lunging right hand
and Speed counters with a two punch combo.
Bei takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Speed ducks under a wild hook from Bei.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bei stuns Speed with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed lands a head shot.
Speed thows a body shot but no joy.
Speed lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bei at a distance.
Bei throws a lazy uppercut
and Speed counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Speed there.
Speed misses with a left hand
and Bei counters with a series of strikes. Speed will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bei displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Speed.
Bei throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Speed on the side of the head.
Bei misses the jab.
Speed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bei sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bei tries to move into range but Speed moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Liu Bei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Speed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bei thuds his right hand into Speed's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd cheers as Speed lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bei doesn't seem phased though.
Speed fails to land the takedown.
Speed scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bei managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Speed.
Bei is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Speed off and has taken his back!
Speed tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Speed regains half guard.
Bei is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Speed!
Bei wants to control the pace but Speed is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed is desperately trying to improve his position but Bei has a good base and remains in mount.
Bei controlling the pace for now.
Bei tries to control but Speed wriggling away.
Bei landing shots from mount.
Speed can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bei controlling the pace for now.
Speed takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Speed is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bei cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Speed working to try and regain half guard.
Abel Speed is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bei in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bei with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bei cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bei raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Liu Bei.
I think Speed 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Abel Speed!
Abel Speed seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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