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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jiri Hyvonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Dreyfuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hyvonen comes to the cage accompanied by One Morning Left - Jack The Flipper (Where's My Bodyguard?). Rich Dreyfuss struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Jiri Hyvonen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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150 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jiri Hyvonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rich Dreyfuss!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dreyfuss fails with the takedown.
Hyvonen throws a right hand that Dreyfuss ducks under and follows up with a left that Dreyfuss also avoids with ease.
Hyvonen shoots and misses
and Dreyfuss counters with a takedown into side control.
Dreyfuss misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Hyvonen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dreyfuss throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Hyvonen works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Dreyfuss looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hyvonen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dreyfuss scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dreyfuss is controlling the pace.
Hyvonen is trying to stand back up but Dreyfuss is controlling him
Hyvonen trying to hold on to Dreyfuss's head to control him but Dreyfuss postures up.
Dreyfuss missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dreyfuss is looking to take a break and control but Hyvonen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hyvonen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dreyfuss wants to pass to mount but Hyvonen is defending the position.
Dreyfuss is stalling here. Hyvonen is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Dreyfuss seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hyvonen has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A jab from Hyvonen misses.
Hyvonen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dreyfuss tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hyvonen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dreyfuss 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.
Hyvonen uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreyfuss throws a right hand that Hyvonen ducks under and follows up with a left that Hyvonen also avoids with ease.
Dreyfuss looks gassed!
Hyvonen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dreyfuss counters with a two punch combo.
Hyvonen gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dreyfuss wants to control but Hyvonen is keeping busy.
Hyvonen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dreyfuss flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Dreyfuss flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Dreyfuss regains full guard. Nicely done.
Dreyfuss is trying to hold Hyvonen in close to prevent damage but Hyvonen has managed to pass into half guard.
Hyvonen prevents Dreyfuss from improving his position.
Dreyfuss trying to get back to full guard but Hyvonen takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Dreyfuss dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dreyfuss with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hyvonen counters with a big head kick but Dreyfuss shrugs it off.
Dreyfuss fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hyvonen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hyvonen misses with a takedown attempt
and Dreyfuss counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dreyfuss wants to control from the top but Hyvonen keeps moving.
Dreyfuss really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hyvonen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hyvonen looking to control.
Dreyfuss looking to sit in guard and control but Hyvonen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dreyfuss is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dreyfuss can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dreyfuss wants to improve his position but instead Hyvonen has moved into half guard.
Dreyfuss tries to get to full guard but Hyvonen has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dreyfuss is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Hyvonen jumps into side control!
Dreyfuss has control of an arm but Hyvonen manages to advance to Hyvonen's back!
Rich Dreyfuss has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dreyfuss tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Dreyfuss is looking to improve his position but Hyvonen isn't that keen on the idea.
Hyvonen looking to ground and pound but Dreyfuss is blocking nicely.
Hyvonen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreyfuss is in a horrible position here. Hyvonen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dreyfuss tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dreyfuss wants to hold on but Hyvonen pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dreyfuss keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dreyfuss is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Hyvonen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dreyfuss?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hyvonen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Dreyfuss showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Dreyfuss clinches up against the cage.
Dreyfuss is working for takedown but Hyvonen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dreyfuss gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hyvonen.
Dreyfuss has clasped his hands together around Hyvonen's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Dreyfuss wants to control but Hyvonen is keeping him busy.
Hyvonen throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Dreyfuss with the ground and pound but Hyvonen regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hyvonen throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dreyfuss thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Hyvonen to regain full guard.
Dreyfuss throws and elbow that misses. Hyvonen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dreyfuss's guard. Nice move by Hyvonen!
Hyvonen won't allow Dreyfuss to sweep him here.
Hyvonen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dreyfuss is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hyvonen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dreyfuss managing to control the position.
Hyvonen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hyvonen stopping the sweep attempt from Dreyfuss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dreyfuss is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dreyfuss is trying to hold Hyvonen in close to prevent damage but Hyvonen has managed to pass into half guard.
Dreyfuss wants to get back to full guard but Hyvonen has mounted him!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dreyfuss flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dreyfuss is trying desperately to improve position.
Dreyfuss wants to hold on but Hyvonen pushes him away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dreyfuss is trying desperately to improve position.
Jiri Hyvonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hyvonen landing shots from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rich Dreyfuss comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dreyfuss 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rich Dreyfuss!
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