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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Nut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pertti Silsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silsa has chosen Candy by Robbie Williams as his entrance music. Pertti Silsa has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sam Nut's chin.
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197 lbs
28 - 16 - 0 |
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203 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sam Nut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pertti Silsa!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nut throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silsa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nut manages to avoid it.
Silsa closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Silsa just misses with a punch to the body.
Nut throws the kick towards the body but Silsa avoids it.
Nice uppercut there from Nut.
Nut throws a hook to the side of Silsa's head but Silsa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nut takes one to the chin there.
Silsa misses the jab.
Pertti Silsa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silsa moves out of range as Nut throws a body kick.
Silsa lands a head kick. Nut smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silsa misses the jab.
Silsa takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silsa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nut uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silsa.
Silsa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nut sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silsa changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nut tries to avoid it but Silsa manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nut to the ground. Nut escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silsa thows a body shot but no joy.
Silsa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by Silsa.
The crowd cheers as Silsa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nut doesn't seem phased though.
Silsa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nut at a distance.
Silsa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silsa throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Nut tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Silsa is in Nut's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nut wants to sweep but no luck.
Silsa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Silsa wants to control from the top but Nut keeps moving.
Silsa is looking to work some ground and pound but Nut has wrist control.
Silsa wants to control from the top but Nut keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nut pulls Silsa in close to his closed guard and prevents Silsa from doing any damage or advancing position.
Nut looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silsa is one step ahead there.
Silsa trying to control the position from guard on top but Nut is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Pertti Silsa wasn't active enough on the ground.
Silsa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nut was well out of range. Poor timing from Silsa.
Nut wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nut keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silsa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nut finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nut throws a leg kick that misses.
Silsa missing with a left hand there. Nut was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silsa looks to score with a jab to the body but Nut is just out of range.
Silsa is looking to score with low kicks.
Nut circles away from the clinch attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Silsa.
Silsa feints a jab promting Nut to slip. Silsa then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nut slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nut blocks a leg kick.
Nut takes a kick to the side of the head.
Silsa misses the shot to the body.
Silsa throws an off balance right hand
and Nut counters with a good, hard body kick but Silsa shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nut scores with a push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silsa. That's going to slow Nut down.
Nice uppercut lands for Nut. That snapped Silsa's head back.
Silsa shoots in but no luck this time.
Silsa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silsa tries to clinch there but Nut circles away.
Silsa blocks a low kick nicely.
Nut feints a jab promting Silsa to slip. Nut then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silsa slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nut looks to land a body kick but Silsa moved away.
Silsa avoids the body shot from Nut.
Silsa scores with a hook to the body. Nut takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silsa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silsa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nut. Silsa does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the body from Silsa misses
and Nut counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pertti Silsa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silsa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pertti Silsa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silsa shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Nut manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Silsa is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Silsa trying to control but Nut is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nut 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.
Nut knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silsa on the ground.
Nut wants to control but Silsa passes easily into half guard.
Nut moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Silsa scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nut is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silsa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silsa working some strikes from top position.
Silsa sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Nut wants to sweep but no luck.
Silsa looking to pass the guard.
Silsa wants to control from the top but Nut keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silsa is working Nut over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silsa chips away with some ground and pound.
Silsa scoring with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nut not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silsa trying to control but Nut is working from the bottom.
Silsa postures up in Nut's guard and throws a big left but Nut blocks it.
Silsa scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silsa throws a big elbow that misses.
Silsa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silsa throwing strikes but missing.
Nut trying to control the position.
Nut tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silsa throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silsa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silsa landing some decent shots from guard.
Silsa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nut pulls Silsa in close to prevent any damage.
Silsa sitting in guard here, content to control.
Silsa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nut keeping moving, preventing Silsa from controlling successfully.
Silsa is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Silsa looking to sit in guard and control but Nut gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nut controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pertti Silsa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Silsa throws a lazy right hand but Nut sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nut is looking to land body kicks.
Nut throws a body kick that misses.
Silsa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silsa thows a leg kick but Nut checks it
and Nut makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Silsa really felt that one!
Silsa shoots for a takedown but Nut saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nut throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silsa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silsa blocks the body kick.
Silsa checks the leg kick.
Silsa blocks a low kick nicely.
Silsa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nut throws a leg kick which misses Silsa's front leg but catches the back leg as Silsa tries to avoid it.
Nut thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nut fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Silsa is out of range.
Nut scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silsa scores with a nice right hand.
Nut looks to land a body kick but Silsa moved away.
Nut misses with a low kick.
Silsa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silsa swings for the body but Nut moves out of range.
Nut takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nut walks into a stiff left hand from Silsa.
Silsa swings for the body but Nut moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silsa.
Silsa jabs at Nut's body.
Silsa defending well as Nut loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silsa looks to land a right hand but Nut moved out of range.
Nut displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silsa throws out the jab.
Nut throws a push kick but Silsa slaps the foot to one side.
Silsa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silsa throws a combination that misses
and Nut counters with a nice body kick.
Silsa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
Silsa blocks the body kick.
Nut ducks under a wild hook from Silsa.
Nut looks for the body kick but Silsa saw that one coming.
A big left from Silsa misses.
Sam Nut is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nut moves out of range as Silsa strikes.
Silsa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nut forces Silsa back against the cage and clinches.
Silsa avoids the elbow strike from Nut, against the cage.
Silsa avoids the elbow strike from Nut, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silsa.
Nut prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nut lands a nice elbow.
Silsa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silsa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silsa is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Nut to keep the fight standing.
Sam Nut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pertti Silsa.
Silsa wants to stall.
Silsa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nut tries to land a knee to the head but Silsa blocks with his arms.
Silsa managing to block the knees to the body from Nut.
Nut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silsa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nut lands a knee to the head.
Nut lands a knee to the body.
Nut throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silsa misses with a punch to the body.
Nut pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silsa.
Nut has Silsa pressed against the cage, preventing Silsa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silsa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short body shot lands from Silsa as the two fighters clinch.
Sam Nut has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silsa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nut has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nut throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silsa blocks it with crossed arms.
Silsa wants to get back to striking at distance but Nut won't allow it.
Pertti Silsa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nut wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sam Nut.
I think Silsa 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pertti Silsa!
Pertti Silsa 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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