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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evan Tannur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desmond Miles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tannur kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Desert Rose. Miles is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Assasins creed 3 trailer. . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Evan Tannur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Desmond Miles!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miles ducks under a wild hook from Tannur.
Nice defenses there by Tannur.
Tannur throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Miles stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Miles lands with a cross.
Tannur scores with a jab to the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Tannur misses the target.
Miles throws a hook but Tannur blocks it.
Tannur takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tannur throws a hook to the side of Miles's head but Miles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Miles lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tannur looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Miles scores with a jab. Tannur acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Miles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tannur thows a left - swing and a miss!
Miles misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tannur.
Tannur defending well as Miles loads up on a big left hand.
Tannur misses with a two punch combination.
Miles slips a jab from Tannur.
Miles throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Tannur to counter with a crisp jab.
Miles lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Evan Tannur has been cut.
Tannur misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tannur slips a jab from Miles.
Tannur misses with a right hand
and Miles counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danga de danga de dang - Tannur scores with a four punch combination!
Miles tries to keep at a distance but Tannur has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tannur can't find room to land a body shot as Miles controls the action.
Miles wants to break free but Tannur has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tannur is looking to break free of the clinch but Miles has double underhooks.
Tannur manages to break the clinch.
Tannur closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Tannur misses with the ground and pound.
Tannur lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Tannur is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Miles is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tannur looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Miles is avoiding damage well.
Tannur lands a few punches from side control.
Tannur tries to score with some ground and pound. Miles controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tannur tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Miles struggling a bit here.
Tannur throws an elbow but Miles slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miles tries to bench press Tannur off him but Tannur keeps the position.
Tannur working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Miles takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tannur has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Miles is looking to regain half guard here but Tannur keeps moving and retains side control.
Tannur is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Miles knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Tannur is trying to get an arm triangle but Miles is defending well.
Miles is looking to reverse the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tannur is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Miles has escaped the position, nice work there.
Miles tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Miles wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Miles is trying to work for a sweep but Tannur has mounted him!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee warns Miles that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tannur scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Miles squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Miles wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tannur.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evan Tannur dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evan Tannur's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Miles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tannur moves away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Miles.
Tannur misses with a straight right.
Miles moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Miles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tannur scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Miles doesn't seem bothered though.
Tannur swings for the body but Miles moves out of range.
Tannur throws a big shot that misses.
Miles misses with a right hand
and Tannur counters with a shoot takedown. Miles fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tannur trying to control the position from guard on top but Miles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tannur throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tannur drops back looking for a leg! Miles is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Miles manages to kick Tannur off! Tannur jumps back into Miles's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tannur missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Evan Tannur overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tannur wants to control from the top but Miles keeps moving.
Miles keeping full guard, as Tannur tries to pass.
Tannur looking to sit in guard and control but Miles gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Miles slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tannur working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miles postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tannur is working an open guard so Miles takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Miles throws a looping overhand right but Tannur ducks down to avoid it.
Tannur keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Miles.
Tannur slips a jab and a cross from Miles.
Miles throws a body punch but Tannur moves out of range.
Tannur misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice defenses there by Tannur.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tannur looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tannur tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Miles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Miles loads up on a big right hand but Tannur slips the punch.
A big right from Tannur misses.
Tannur takes a swing at Miles's ribcage but misses.
Tannur lands a right hook to the body.
Miles moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A jab from Tannur does it's job there.
Tannur throws a right hand that Miles ducks under and follows up with a left that Miles also avoids with ease.
Miles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tannur circles away quickly and effectively.
Miles is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tannur.
Tannur throws a hook but Miles avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Miles misses with a straight left.
Tannur looks to throw the jab but Miles is out of range.
Desmond Miles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Danga de danga de dang - Miles scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Miles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tannur throws a body punch but Miles moves out of range.
Evan Tannur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Miles misses its intended target.
Miles missing with a left hand there. Tannur was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Miles scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miles throws a body punch but Tannur moves out of range.
Miles misses with a hook.
Tannur ducks under a wild hook from Miles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Desmond Miles will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Evan Tannur's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.
Miles looks to land a left hand but Tannur moved out of range nicely.
Miles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miles throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tannur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tannur misses with a looping left.
Miles misses with an uppercut. Tannur saw that one coming.
Miles thows a body shot but no joy.
Tannur slips under a jab from Miles.
Miles throws a hook but Tannur blocks it.
Tannur walks into a left hand.
Tannur misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Decent striking displayed by Miles there.
Miles thuds a left hand into Tannur's body.
Tannur looks to score with a jab to the body but Miles is just out of range.
Tannur gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Miles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miles lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Miles might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Tannur throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Miles on the side of the head.
A big right from Miles misses.
Nice cross by Miles.
Good exchange - Tannur coming out on top.
Tannur cracks Miles with an open hand slap.
Tannur throws a right hand that misses
and Miles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Miles misses with an uppercut.
Tannur misses with a body shot.
Miles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tannur scores with a crisp jab that stopped Miles in his tracks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miles lands a lovely overhand right.
Tannur fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miles throws the left hand but Tannur avoids the punch easily.
Tannur scores with a shot to the body.
Desmond Miles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tannur looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tannur walks into a straight right hand from Miles.
Tannur shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Miles sprawls well. Miles wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tannur gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Evan Tannur. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tannur uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Miles.
Tannur takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miles slips under a jab.
Miles misses with a few strikes there.
Miles works the jab nicely.
Tannur moves in looking to clinch but Miles pushes him off.
Miles throws a hook to the side of Tannur's head but Tannur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tannur uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Miles.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tannur.
Evan Tannur is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tannur misses the jab.
Tannur closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Miles has hold of Tannur's hands but Tannur slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tannur is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tannur missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miles kicks off Tannur and gets to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tannur darts in and clinches Miles up against the cage.
Miles is trying to push Tannur away but Tannur has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tannur breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tannur looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Miles misses with a straight left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miles gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Miles looking for a sweep. Not yet Miles, not yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Desmond Miles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Miles 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Desmond Miles!
A very excited looking Desmond Miles made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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