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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eero Ruhtonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cigano Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cigano Da Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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250 lbs
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187 cm
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265 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eero Ruhtonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cigano Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva swinging wildly here.
Ruhtonen instigates a clinch.
Da Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Da Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Da Silva misses the shot to the body.
Ruhtonen slips a jab from Da Silva.
Ruhtonen closes the distance and clinches.
Ruhtonen throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Da Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to break free but Ruhtonen pushes him back against the ropes.
Ruhtonen keeps control of Da Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Da Silva is trying to force a seperation but Ruhtonen has the dominant position.
Da Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Da Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ruhtonen prevents Da Silva from breaking the clinch.
Ruhtonen is trying to force a seperation but Da Silva has the dominant position.
Da Silva has had enough of the clinch but Ruhtonen keeps him there for the moment.
Ruhtonen prevents Da Silva from breaking the clinch.
Da Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Ruhtonen has double underhooks.
Ruhtonen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ruhtonen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Da Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ruhtonen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Da Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ruhtonen has him pressed against the ropes.
Ruhtonen working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruhtonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruhtonen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruhtonen.
Da Silva tries to circle away but Ruhtonen has him pinned against the ropes.
Ruhtonen lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ruhtonen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Da Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ruhtonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ruhtonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Da Silva is trying to push Ruhtonen away but Ruhtonen has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ruhtonen is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva has him pressed against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Ruhtonen fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruhtonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Da Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Da Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ruhtonen has him pressed against the ropes.
Da Silva tries to break free but Ruhtonen pushes him back against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva blocking some punches.
Da Silva has had enough of the clinch but Ruhtonen keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Da Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ruhtonen lands a hook that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.
Ruhtonen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Da Silvas head.
Da Silva tries to break the clinch but Ruhtonen is controlling the position.
Ruhtonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Ruhtonen is controlling him.
Da Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Da Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ruhtonen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Da Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Da Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ruhtonen has time to react.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruhtonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ruhtonen moves forwards but Da Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ruhtonen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ruhtonen.
Ruhtonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruhtonen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Da Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ruhtonen counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cigano Da Silva dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Da Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruhtonen is just out of range.
Da Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Ruhtonen counters with a one-two to the body.
Da Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruhtonen.
The fighters circling - Da Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ruhtonen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Da Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Da Silva does no damage.
Ruhtonen throws a jab when Da Silva was well out of range.
Da Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ruhtonen's hands.
Da Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ruhtonen on the side of the head.
Da Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ruhtonen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ruhtonen misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva has had enough of the clinch but Ruhtonen keeps him there for the moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ruhtonen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruhtonen.
Ruhtonen tries to circle away but Da Silva has him pinned against the ropes.
Da Silva is trying to force a seperation but Ruhtonen has the dominant position.
Ruhtonen tries to circle away but Da Silva has him pinned against the ropes.
Ruhtonen gets through Da Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Ruhtonen fails to land.
Ruhtonen breaks the clinch.
Da Silva misses with a wild combination.
Da Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Eero Ruhtonen has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Da Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ruhtonen moves into the clinch.
Ruhtonen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Da Silva tries to circle away but Ruhtonen has him pinned against the ropes.
Da Silva is trying to force a seperation but Ruhtonen has the dominant position.
Da Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Da Silva blocking some punches.
Da Silva can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Da Silva.
Da Silva can't break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ruhtonen fails to land.
Ruhtonen lands with a right to the head.
Eero Ruhtonen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruhtonen throws a head punch that misses.
Ruhtonen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Da Silva is trying to break free.
Ruhtonen breaks from the clinch.
Ruhtonen tries to clinch there but Da Silva circles away.
Da Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Da Silva jabs Ruhtonen right on the nose. Ruhtonen blinks but takes it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruhtonen wants to clinch but Da Silva slips to the side
letting Da Silva counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cigano Da Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eero Ruhtonen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice straight punches there by Da Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Da Silva.
Cigano Da Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ruhtonen tries to clinch there but Da Silva circles away.
Ruhtonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Da Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Da Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Ruhtonen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ruhtonen.
Da Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ruhtonen gets through Da Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ruhtonen.
Da Silva can't break the clinch.
Da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Ruhtonen won't allow it.
Ruhtonen lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Da Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ruhtonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruhtonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruhtonen scores with a shoulder strike.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ruhtonen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Ruhtonen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Da Silva's efforts to push away.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruhtonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ruhtonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Ruhtonen is controlling him.
Ruhtonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruhtonen.
Da Silva tries to break the clinch but Ruhtonen is controlling the position.
Ruhtonen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cigano Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruhtonen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Da Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ruhtonen swinging wildly here.
Da Silva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Da Silva duly obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruhtonen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ruhtonen is looking to clinch.
Ruhtonen is looking to clinch but Da Silva is avoiding it.
Da Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Da Silva misses with a combination
and Ruhtonen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ruhtonen tries to clinch but Da Silva is having none of it.
Da Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ruhtonen fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruhtonen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Eero Ruhtonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Da Silva!
And that's the end of the fight!
Cigano Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Da Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cigano Da Silva!
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hype
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