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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grover Dowiyogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dowiyogo's choice of entrance music: another life - kano. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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212 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dirk Damon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Grover Dowiyogo!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damon closes the distance and pushes Dowiyogo back into the cage.
Dowiyogo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damon is defending well for now.
Damon avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dowiyogo avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo looking to throw knees to the head but Damon is blocking nicely.
Damon missing with knees to the body.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dowiyogo avoids it.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Damon is breathing heavily.
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!
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damon avoids it.
Damon avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Damon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo wants to stall.
Dowiyogo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Damon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dowiyogo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Damon avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo trying to control the position but instead, Damon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dowiyogo into the cage.
Dowiyogo crunches a lovely knee into Damon's ribcage.
Dowiyogo avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Dowiyogo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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!
Dowiyogo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damon.
Damon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Damon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee strike.
Dowiyogo looking to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dowiyogo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dowiyogo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dowiyogo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo lands with a short shot to the head.
Damon missing with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the head but Damon blocks with his arms.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Dowiyogo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo trying to stall but Damon improves his position.
Dowiyogo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Dirk Damon has been cut.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Dowiyogo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Damon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dowiyogo avoids it.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damon is defending well for now.
Damon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo working Damon over with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dowiyogo stalling.
Dowiyogo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damon is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dowiyogo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dowiyogo throws an elbow but misses.
Dowiyogo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Damon's face.
Damon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Damon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Damon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damon.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damon avoids it.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Damon avoids the damage to the body.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dowiyogo trying to stall but Damon improves his position.
Damon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dowiyogo avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grover Dowiyogo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dirk Damon's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dowiyogo fakes the leg kick and cracks Damon in the body.
Dowiyogo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Damon's calf.
Damon rushes Dowiyogo and presses him up against the cage.
Dowiyogo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo struggles to land a body shot inside as Damon controls his hands.
Dowiyogo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damon is defending well for now.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dowiyogo is defending well for now.
Damon has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Dowiyogo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Damon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dowiyogo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Damon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damon.
Dowiyogo lands a nice elbow.
Damon avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dowiyogo avoids it.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
Damon avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damon's elbow.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damon.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dowiyogo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Damon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grover Dowiyogo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dowiyogo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Dowiyogo avoids the damage to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo working Damon over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damon is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo slows down the pace here.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damon avoids it.
Dowiyogo lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dowiyogo obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damon is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Dowiyogo avoids the damage to the body.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo cracks Damon with a nice body shot.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dowiyogo has Damon pressed against the cage.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Dowiyogo avoids the damage to the body.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Damon avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Damon missing with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damon's elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Damon as Dowiyogo tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damon missing with knees to the body.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to work over Damon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damon avoids it.
Dowiyogo managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Damon avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damon avoids it.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dowiyogo is defending well for now.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee strike.
Dowiyogo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dowiyogo lands a good knee to the midsection. Damon won't want to take too many of those.
Dowiyogo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo can't find room to land a body shot as Damon controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Damon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dowiyogo avoids it.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dowiyogo avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dowiyogo is defending well for now.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo controlling the action here for a moment.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Damon avoids the damage to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a good knee to the midsection. Damon won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dowiyogo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dowiyogo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dowiyogo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dowiyogo working Damon over with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damon.
Damon avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grover Dowiyogo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dirk Damon's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Dowiyogo throws a leg kick which misses Damon's front leg but catches the back leg as Damon tries to avoid it.
Dowiyogo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Damon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Damon blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo looks to land a body kick but Damon moved away.
Damon moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dowiyogo avoids it.
Damon missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dowiyogo obliges.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damon avoids it.
Dowiyogo avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dowiyogo avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowiyogo tries to throw a body punch but Damon avoids it by throwing Dowiyogo back against the cage.
Dowiyogo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dowiyogo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dowiyogo trying to control the position but instead, Damon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dowiyogo into the cage.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dowiyogo avoids it.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damon.
Dowiyogo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dowiyogo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dowiyogo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dowiyogo digs a right hand underneath Damon's ribcage. Damon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dowiyogo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo lands a nice knee to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damon backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damon avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damon backwards.
A body shot lands from Dowiyogo.
A short body shot lands from Dowiyogo as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dowiyogo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Damon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dowiyogo can't find room to land a body shot as Damon controls the action.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the head.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body.
Dowiyogo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dowiyogo is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damon avoids it.
Stalling in the clinch from Dowiyogo.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo lands with a right to the head.
Dowiyogo managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo working Damon over with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Damon avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries a knee to the head but Damon blocks it.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Damon avoids the damage to the body.
Dowiyogo with a knee to the head.
Dirk Damon's cut is getting worse.
Dowiyogo with a knee to the head.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dowiyogo avoids it.
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!
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damon avoids it.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
Damon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Dowiyogo avoids the damage to the body.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Dowiyogo avoids the damage to the body.
Damon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Damon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dowiyogo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dowiyogo managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dowiyogo is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee strike.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body.
Damon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damon is defending well for now.
Dirk Damon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dowiyogo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Grover Dowiyogo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dowiyogo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grover Dowiyogo!
Grover Dowiyogo decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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