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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Credible (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Haye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Haye told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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205 lbs
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222 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Justin Credible!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Haye!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Credible takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Haye throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jab by Haye.
Nice takedown defense from Haye. No joy for Credible on that attempt.
Credible shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Credible throwing shots but Haye is blocking nicely.
Haye is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ground and pound from Credible.
That has opened up David Haye's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haye is looking for a sweep. Credible is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Credible missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Credible sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Haye defending well though.
Haye is looking to improve his position.
Credible throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Haye keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haye regains full guard. Nicely done.
Credible 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.
Credible throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Credible throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Haye works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Haye can do anything to dispel that myth.
Haye tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Credible postures up in Haye's guard and throws a big left but Haye blocks it.
Credible won't allow Haye to sweep him here.
Credible keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Haye's head.
Haye really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Credible. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Credible lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Credible throwing strikes from guard but Haye blocks nicely.
Credible throws a big right hand that misses.
Credible trying to control but Haye is working from the bottom.
Haye controls Credible momentarily but Credible frees himself.
Haye tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haye looking to control.
Credible thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Credible throws a big elbow that misses.
Haye wants to sweep here but Credible controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Credible throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Haye works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Haye has momentary wrist control but Credible slips an elbow through the middle.
Haye looking to control.
Credible throws a strike but Haye rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Haye controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by David Haye.
Haye scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Credible closes this distance looking for a takedown but Haye circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Haye.
Credible fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haye scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Credible doesn't seem bothered though.
Haye cracks Credible with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Haye lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Credible ducks right into an uppercut from Haye.
Credible shoots for a takedown but Haye saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Credible. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Credible takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Haye lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Credible tries to move into range but Haye moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Haye lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Haye tests Credible's chin there with a solid looking shot.
David Haye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haye scores with a shot to the body.
Haye changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Some wild striking there from Credible.
Credible looks for a takedown but Haye sprawls well.
Credible is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good exchange - Haye coming out on top.
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 Justin Credible will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Haye's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Haye lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Haye has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Haye jabs Credible right on the nose. Credible blinks but takes it well.
Haye lands a jab to the nose.
Credible uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Haye.
Credible throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Haye's waist but Haye gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Credible off to one side.
A punch combination from Haye misses.
Credible shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Haye defends it nicely.
Haye dips to his left and cracks Credible with an uppercut!
Haye scores with a jab to the jaw.
No luck for Credible with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Credible. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haye smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Credible shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Haye with a jab.
Haye lands a jab to the head.
Haye throws a nice looking combination but Credible bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Credible.
David Haye seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Credible misses with a series of wild punches.
Credible shoots in looking for a takedown but Haye manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Credible's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haye lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haye throws out a powerful jab.
Credible walks into a jab.
Haye has closed the distance and engaged Credible in a clinch.
Haye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Credible prevents a body shot from Haye.
Credible has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Haye after a bit of a struggle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Credible prevents Haye from breaking the clinch.
Haye misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haye stalling in the clinch but Credible improves position.
Credible blocks an uppercut.
Credible has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Haye after a bit of a struggle.
Credible has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Haye is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haye misses with a short punch on the inside.
Credible keeps control of Haye as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Credible tries to score a body lock takedown but Haye shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haye swings wildly with an uppercut but Credible uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haye misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haye gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Credible.
Credible blocks an uppercut.
Haye is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Credible.
Credible blocking some punches.
Haye gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Credible.
Haye scores with a hook to the body.
Haye misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Haye fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haye doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Credible is trying to drag Haye to the mat but Haye just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Haye misses with a punch to the body.
Credible blocking some punches.
Credible blocks an uppercut.
Credible looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Credible prevents a body shot from Haye.
Haye works on Credible's body with a couple of short punches.
Haye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haye wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Haye misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haye tries to circle away but Credible has him pinned against the cage.
Haye working hard to break the clinch.
Haye misses with a short punch on the inside.
Credible blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Haye showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on David Haye's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Credible takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Haye scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Credible doesn't seem bothered though.
Credible drops his hands momentarily and Haye takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Haye moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Justin Credible is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haye scores with a sloppy right hand. Credible should have avoided that one.
Haye catches Credible with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Credible needs to keep his hands up - Haye had a free shot at his head there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Credible.
Haye cracks Credible with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Haye lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Credible closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haye connects with a good right hand that stumbles Credible. Credible circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Haye clobbers Credible with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice uppercut there from Haye.
Credible fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Haye avoids it really well and circles away.
Haye scores with a nice strike.
Haye looks to land a combination. Credible sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Haye!
Haye misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Haye. That snapped Credible's head back.
Haye bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Credible's head backwards.
Good standup being displayed there by Haye as he connects with a hook.
David Haye is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Haye jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haye lands with a hook. Credible tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jab by Haye.
Credible tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Haye manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haye lands a jab.
Haye moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Credible shoots in looking for a takedown. Haye tries to sprawl out of it but Credible keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Haye manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Credible. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haye slaps away a takedown attempt from Credible, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Haye lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A combination from Credible does no damage.
Credible gets a double leg takedown into Haye's guard.
Credible throws a big right hand that misses.
Haye wants to stand but Credible is controlling the position.
Haye has his hands on Credible's head, controlling the position.
Haye is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
David Haye has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Haye throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Haye finds it's way through Credible's defenses.
Haye lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Haye with a nice cross.
Credible misses with a takedown attempt - Haye sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Haye cracks Credible with a good jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haye lands a jab to the nose.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Haye comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Haye has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Haye!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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