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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Marinara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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Good wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dean Gibson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricky Marinara! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Marinara blocks a low kick nicely. Gibson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marinara.
Marinara clinches up against the cage. Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marinara lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Marinara looks winded! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Marinara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gibson backwards. Gibson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marinara.
Gibson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Gibson working Marinara over with knees to the body. A nice glancing elbow lands by Gibson.
It looks like Ricky Marinara has been cut. Marinara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Gibson crunches a lovely knee into Marinara's ribcage. Gibson lands a nice elbow. Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Marinara won't want to take too many of those. A knee to the head by Gibson.
Gibson lands a damaging elbow. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gibson obliges. Marinara takes a knee to the side of the body. Gibson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Gibson lands an elbow that stopped Marinara in his tracks for a moment. Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Gibson scores a nice knee to the body.
Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Marinara won't want to take too many of those.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gibson landing knees to the head.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gibson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gibson crunches a lovely knee into Marinara's ribcage. Gibson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marinara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Gibson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gibson lands an elbow inside that Marinara shrugs off. Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gibson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marinara takes an elbow to the forehead. Marinara tries to work over Gibson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Marinara can't find room to land a body shot as Gibson controls the action.
Gibson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marinara's elbow. Gibson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Gibson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marinara blocks it with crossed arms. Gibson lands an elbow that stopped Marinara in his tracks for a moment. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marinara. Marinara takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gibson working Marinara over with knees to the body. Gibson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Marinara takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Gibson.
Gibson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Gibson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marinara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gibson backwards. Gibson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gibson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marinara.
Marinara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Marinara misses with some punches.
Marinara tries to work over Gibson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Marinara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gibson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marinara tries a body shot but Gibson blocks it.
Gibson lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Gibson.
Marinara misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gibson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marinara misses with a punch to the body.
Gibson scores a nice knee to the body.
Gibson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marinara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Marinara takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gibson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marinara is defending well for now. Marinara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. A nice left hand lands by Marinara.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marinara. Still in the clinch, Marinara scores with a nice short uppercut. Marinara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gibson backwards. Gibson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gibson lands a knee to the body.
Gibson lands a nice elbow. Gibson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Marinara misses with some punches.
Gibson crunches a lovely knee into Marinara's ribcage. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Knees in the clinch landing for Gibson.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Marinara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Gibson landing knees to the body.
Marinara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Marinara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gibson's elbow. A nice glancing elbow lands by Gibson. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Gibson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marinara's defenses. Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gibson lands a nice elbow. Marinara prevents a body shot from Gibson. Knees in the clinch landing for Gibson.
Marinara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Marinara swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marinara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marinara takes an elbow to the temple. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Marinara blocks a body shot from Gibson. Marinara can't find room to land a body shot as Gibson controls the action.
Marinara is leaning against Gibson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Still in the clinch, Marinara scores with a nice short uppercut. Marinara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Gibson dominated that round. The cut man is working on Ricky Marinara's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Marinara moves out of range of the strikes. Gibson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marinara can do to turn this around? Marinara tries to keep at a distance but Gibson has taken the fight into the clinch. Marinara prevents a body shot from Gibson. Marinara lands a left hand.
Marinara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gibson lands an elbow just above Marinara 's eye. Marinara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gibson throws a punch but it's blocked by Marinara. Gibson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Marinara in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off. Knees to the body from Gibson.
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! Knees to the body from Gibson.
Gibson scores with a knee to the head.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Marinara takes an elbow to the temple. Gibson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Gibson lands a nice elbow. Gibson lands a damaging elbow. Knees to the body from Gibson.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gibson lands an elbow inside. Marinara takes a knee to the side of the body. Gibson lands a nice knee to the body. Marinara prevents a body shot from Gibson. Marinara can't find room to land a body shot as Gibson controls the action.
Marinara managing to block the knees to the body from Gibson.
Gibson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marinara avoids it. Marinara lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Marinara throws a head punch that misses. Gibson missing with knees to the body.
Marinara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gibson's elbow. Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marinara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Marinara misses with a punch to the body.
Gibson scores a nice knee to the body.
Marinara scores with a shoulder strike. Gibson blocking some punches.
Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Marinara won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Marinara avoiding damage as Gibson throws knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Marinara tries a body shot but Gibson blocks it.
Gibson lands a knee to the body.
Gibson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but Marinara blocks it.
Marinara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Marinara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Gibson blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Marinara.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gibson tries to throw a body punch but Marinara avoids it by throwing Gibson back against the cage. Marinara lands a shoulder strike. Marinara lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gibson backwards. A head punch on the inside from Marinara fails to land. Marinara swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gibson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. A short body shot lands from Marinara as the two fighters clinch.
Dean Gibson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gibson lands a nice knee to the body. Marinara blocks an elbow strike from Gibson.
Marinara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Marinara lands with a short head shot on the inside. Gibson misses with a short punch on the inside. Gibson blocks a body shot from Marinara. Marinara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gibson throws a head punch that misses. A short right from Marinara. Gibson landing knees to the head.
Marinara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marinara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gibson's elbow. Gibson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! A hook to the body from Marinara.
Gibson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Marinara misses with a short punch on the inside. Marinara has a couple of punches blocked by Gibson.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gibson blocks an uppercut.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marinara lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gibson backwards. Still in the clinch, Marinara scores with a nice short uppercut. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gibson obliges. Marinara misses with a punch to the body.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marinara avoids it. Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marinara avoids it. This has been an exciting period of action! Marinara can't find room to land a body shot as Gibson controls the action.
Marinara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gibson backwards. Gibson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marinara lands a hook that snaps the head of Gibson backwards. Marinara working some nice short punches in the clinch. Gibson throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Nice body punch from Marinara - that landed with a thud.
Marinara struggles to land a body shot inside as Gibson controls his hands.
Gibson landing knees to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gibson. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Gibson dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Ricky Marinara's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Marinara swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gibson. Marinara rushes Gibson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Marinara lands a right hand. Gibson misses with a hook from the clinch. Marinara avoiding damage as Gibson throws knees to the body.
Gibson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Marinara swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marinara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gibson tries a body shot but Marinara blocks it.
Gibson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Gibson misses with a knee to the head. Gibson scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Gibson lands an elbow inside. Marinara managing to block the knees to the body from Gibson.
Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marinara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gibson backwards. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Gibson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marinara is defending well for now. Marinara throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gibsons head. Gibson lands an elbow inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. Marinara managing to block the knees to the body from Gibson.
Marinara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gibson blocks an uppercut.
Gibson blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marinara. Gibson working Marinara over with knees to the body. Gibson blocks a body shot from Marinara. Gibson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Knees in the clinch landing for Gibson.
Marinara takes an elbow to the temple. A right hook to the body lands for Marinara.
Marinara working aggressively here.
Gibson working Marinara over with knees to the body. Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Marinara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Still in the clinch, Marinara scores with a nice short uppercut. Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marinara lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Gibson missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Marinara lands with a right to the head. Marinara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Gibson lands an elbow inside. Gibson scores with a knee to the head.
Marinara scores with a shoulder strike. Marinara avoiding damage as Gibson throws knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Gibson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marinara is defending well for now. Gibson missing with knees to the body.
Gibson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marinara's elbow. Marinara pushes Gibson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Marinara throws a punch but it's blocked by Gibson. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marinara creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Marinara avoids the damage to the body. Marinara misses with a body punch.
Marinara struggles to land a body shot inside as Gibson controls his hands.
Gibson lands an elbow just above Marinara 's eye. Marinara avoids a wild elbow strike from Gibson. Marinara is leaning against Gibson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gibson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marinara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Marinara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Gibson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marinara.
Marinara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marinara makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Marinara misses with a hook from the clinch. Marinara struggles to land a body shot inside as Gibson controls his hands.
Marinara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Marinara swings wildly with an uppercut but Gibson uses good head movement to avoid it. Gibson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marinara misses with some punches.
Gibson lands an elbow inside that Marinara shrugs off. Gibson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marinara.
Marinara pushes Gibson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. With the fighters up against the cage, Gibson throws an elbow but misses. Marinara misses with a short punch on the inside. Marinara struggles to land a body shot inside as Gibson controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gibson obliges. Gibson lands a nice knee to the body. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gibson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marinara's brow. Marinara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gibson blocks an uppercut.
Ricky Marinara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Gibson connects with a knee to the head.
Marinara throws a head punch that misses. Gibson lands a knee to the body.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Marinara avoids the damage to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A head punch on the inside from Marinara fails to land. Gibson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marinara's elbow. Gibson lands a nice knee to the body. Marinara lands an uppercut. Marinara lands with a short shot to the head. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Marinara managing to block the knees to the body from Gibson.
Marinara throws a head punch that misses. Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Marinara won't want to take too many of those. Gibson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that's the end of the fight! Dean Gibson showed his dominance in that final round. Well Gibson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 for Dean Gibson! Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Dean Gibson! Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Dean Gibson!
Dean Gibson wins by unanimous decision! Dean Gibson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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