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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Wickline (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osik Marluund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Osik Marluund has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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211 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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189 cm
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205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong |
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Decent boxing
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Travis Wickline!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Osik Marluund!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wickline looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Wickline shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wickline closes the distance and clinches up with Marluund, looking for a takedown. Wickline pushes Marluund against the cage but Marluund circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Travis Wickline. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wickline fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wickline changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Marluund tries to avoid it but Wickline manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Marluund to the ground. Marluund escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wickline shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Marluund clinches with his opponent.
Marluund lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wickline backwards.
Marluund has had enough of the clinch but Wickline keeps him there for the moment.
Marluund leaning his opponent against the cage.
Wickline tries to pull guard but Marluund won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wickline prevents Marluund from breaking the clinch.
Marluund can't get the takedown.
Marluund on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wickline can't break the clinch.
Marluund lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wickline breaks the clinch.
Wickline clinches with his opponent.
Marluund is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wickline gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Wickline is trying to break the clinch but Marluund has him pressed against the cage.
Marluund can't break the clinch.
Wickline fails to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Marluund is trying to break the clinch but Wickline has him pressed against the cage.
Marluund tries to pull guard but Wickline holds him up against the cage and eventually Marluund drops back down to his feet.
Marluund prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wickline wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marluund misses with an elbow strike.
Marluund gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wickline.
Wickline looking to stall.
Wickline breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marluund tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wickline swats away the attempt to clinch by Marluund.
Wickline shoots in for a double leg but Marluund sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wickline is breathing heavily.
Wickline clinches with his opponent.
Wickline tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Marluund digs a right hand underneath Wickline's ribcage. Wickline let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marluund jumps guard and drags Wickline to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Marluund is looking to stand up but Wickline isn't so interested in that idea.
Wickline preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wickline drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wickline jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Marluund wants to stand and escape but Wickline is having none of it.
Marluund keeping moving, preventing Wickline from controlling successfully.
Wickline prevents Marluund from getting back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Marluund clinches with his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marluund breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marluund misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Osik Marluund dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Marluund misses with a two punch combination.
Wickline closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wickline trying to control from half guard but Marluund is working away.
Marluund is trying to stand back up but Wickline is controlling him
Wickline seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Marluund does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nice strikes from Wickline there.
Still in half guard, Wickline seems content to control.
Marluund tries to roll over but Wickline keeps him under control.
Wickline not doing much here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marluund is trying to stand up here but Wickline is controlling him well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Marluund lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wickline circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wickline swinging wilding here.
Wickline shoots in for a takedown but Marluund shows good takedown defense.
Wickline walks into a straight right hand from Marluund.
Marluund gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Marluund jumps guard and drags Wickline to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marluund wants to stand and escape but Wickline is having none of it.
Wickline trying to control but Marluund is working from the bottom.
Wickline is really struggling to control Marluund but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Wickline won't allow Marluund to get back to his feet.
Wickline won't allow Marluund to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wickline looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Marluund is fending him off so far but Wickline persists. Nope, Marluund circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Marluund.
Wickline doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Marluund counters with a series of strikes. Wickline will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Travis Wickline. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wickline misses with a takedown
and Marluund counters with a series of strikes. Wickline will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wickline misses with a takedown
and Marluund counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wickline gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Marluund counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
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.
Marluund trying to land knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Marluund.
Marluund is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wickline breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wickline tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Marluund counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wickline shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Marluund counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Marluund.
Marluund stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Osik Marluund showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Wickline tries for a takedown but Marluund circles away easily
enabling Marluund to counter with a crisp jab.
Wickline tries for a takedown but Marluund circles away easily
and Marluund counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wickline is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wickline working a defensive guard here.
Marluund preventing the sweep.
Wickline controls Marluund momentarily but Marluund frees himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marluund throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marluund would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Marluund with a nice head shot there.
Marluund trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Marluund tries to clinch but Wickline moves out of range.
Marluund doesn't manage to clinch there - Wickline circles away.
Wickline misses with a takedown
and Marluund counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Travis Wickline. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wickline tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Marluund counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wickline manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Marluund manages to get himself to full guard.
Wickline controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Wickline slips nicely into half guard.
Still in half guard, Wickline seems content to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wickline takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wickline lands with a punch from half guard.
Wickline perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Marluund can do anything to dispel that myth.
Marluund trying to control here.
Wickline thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Marluund's head.
Wickline stalling.
Wickline wants to take a breather but Marluund is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Travis Wickline just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Marluund is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wickline fails with the takedown
and Marluund counters by moving into the clinch.
Wickline is looking to break free of the clinch but Marluund has double underhooks.
Marluund wants to get back to striking at distance but Wickline won't allow it.
Marluund misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wickline.
Travis Wickline has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice body punch from Wickline.
And that's the end of the fight!
Osik Marluund comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marluund 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Osik Marluund!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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