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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between August Beach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Vasconcelos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beach comes to the cage accompanied by Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - If This Ain't Love. Vasconcelos comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sveriges elit kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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284 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, August Beach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timo Vasconcelos!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beach tries a head kick but it misses.
Beach has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Vasconcelos instigates a clinch.
Beach misses with a punch to the body.
Vasconcelos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Vasconcelos as Beach tries to tie him up.
Vasconcelos blocks the elbow strike.
Beach tries to throw a body punch but Vasconcelos avoids it by throwing Beach back against the cage.
Beach tries to land knees in the clinch but Vasconcelos avoids the damage to the body.
Vasconcelos trying to control the position but instead, Beach has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vasconcelos into the cage.
Beach lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vasconcelos tries to land a knee to the head but Beach blocks with his arms.
Beach lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Timo Vasconcelos has been cut.
Vasconcelos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beach stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Beach tries to land knees in the clinch but Vasconcelos avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasconcelos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Beach controlling the action here for a moment.
Vasconcelos struggles to land a body shot inside as Beach controls his hands.
Vasconcelos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beach blocks it with crossed arms.
Beach comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Beach lands a nice uppercut.
Vasconcelos connects with a knee to the head.
Vasconcelos misses with some punches.
Vasconcelos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vasconcelos has a couple of punches blocked by Beach.
Beach lands an elbow inside.
Vasconcelos avoiding damage as Beach throws knees to the body.
Beach misses with a body punch.
Vasconcelos wants to get back to striking at distance but Beach won't allow it.
Vasconcelos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Beach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasconcelos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vasconcelos.
Beach avoiding damage as Vasconcelos throws knees to the body.
Beach lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Beach blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beach has Vasconcelos pressed against the cage, preventing Vasconcelos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vasconcelos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vasconcelos tries to break the clinch but Beach is controlling the position.
Beach lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Beach misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vasconcelos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vasconcelos is trying to break free.
Beach softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beach.
Vasconcelos blocks an elbow strike.
Vasconcelos misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasconcelos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Beach is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vasconcelos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vasconcelos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beach has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vasconcelos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vasconcelos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
August Beach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vasconcelos clinches.
Vasconcelos misses with a knee to the head.
Beach missing with knees to the body.
Vasconcelos is trying to break the clinch but Beach has him pressed against the cage.
Vasconcelos is trying to force a seperation but Beach has the dominant position.
Vasconcelos tries to throw a body punch but Beach avoids it by throwing Vasconcelos back against the cage.
Beach gets through Vasconcelos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vasconcelos.
Vasconcelos landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasconcelos lands a hook that snaps the head of Beach backwards.
Vasconcelos trying to land knees to the body.
Vasconcelos throws a punch but it's blocked by Beach.
Vasconcelos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beach scores with a shoulder strike.
Vasconcelos blocks an elbow strike from Beach.
Vasconcelos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vasconcelos swings wildly with an uppercut but Beach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beach working aggressively here.
Vasconcelos misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vasconcelos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vasconcelos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vasconcelos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Timo Vasconcelos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Timo Vasconcelos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Beach slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Beach throws a leg kick that misses.
Vasconcelos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Beach rushes Vasconcelos and presses him up against the cage.
Vasconcelos misses with a body punch.
Vasconcelos managing to block the knees to the body from Beach.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vasconcelos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beach scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vasconcelos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vasconcelos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beach doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beach creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vasconcelos's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beach lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasconcelos missing with knees to the body.
Vasconcelos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vasconcelos misses with a body punch.
Vasconcelos managing to block the knees to the body from Beach.
A left hand lands to the body for Beach.
A knee to the head by Vasconcelos.
Beach lands a body shot.
Beach cracks Vasconcelos with a nice body shot.
Vasconcelos is breathing heavily.
Beach lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vasconcelos has a couple of punches blocked by Beach.
Vasconcelos tries to land knees in the clinch but Beach avoids the damage to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beach lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Beach misses with a punch on the inside.
Beach lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Beach pushes Vasconcelos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Beach.
Vasconcelos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vasconcelos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vasconcelos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Beach misses with a punch on the inside.
Vasconcelos tries to land knees in the clinch but Beach avoids the damage to the body.
Beach leaning against his opponent.
Beach misses with a punch to the body.
Vasconcelos tries to break the clinch but Beach is controlling the position.
Vasconcelos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beach checks a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Beach.
Vasconcelos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Vasconcelos pushes Beach back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vasconcelos being controlled against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beach prevents Vasconcelos from breaking the clinch.
Timo Vasconcelos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Beach misses with a punch to the body.
Vasconcelos tries a knee to the head but Beach blocks it.
Beach throws a head punch that misses.
Beach missing with knees to the body.
Beach doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vasconcelos tries to work over Beach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vasconcelos lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Vasconcelos.
Vasconcelos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beach.
Vasconcelos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vasconcelos looking to throw knees to the head but Beach is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasconcelos lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beach prevents a body shot from Vasconcelos.
Vasconcelos working hard to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Beach.
Beach slowing the pace effectively.
Beach lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Beach misses with a punch to the body.
Beach throws a punch but it's blocked by Vasconcelos.
A short left from Vasconcelos.
Beach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vasconcelos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beach blocks it with crossed arms.
Vasconcelos tries to land a knee to the head but Beach blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vasconcelos misses with a knee to the head.
Vasconcelos missing with knees to the body.
Vasconcelos avoids a wild elbow strike from Beach.
Beach works on Vasconcelos's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
August Beach dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Timo Vasconcelos's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Beach lands a leg kick that knocks Vasconcelos off balance momentarily.
Beach fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beach showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vasconcelos.
Beach tries to clinch but Vasconcelos moves out of range.
Vasconcelos misses with a double jab.
Beach misses with a head kick.
Vasconcelos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beach can pounce on him.
Beach lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vasconcelos will feel that in the morning.
Beach bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
August Beach is winning the standup battle so far.
Beach throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vasconcelos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Beach lands with an overhand left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beach throws a leg kick which misses Vasconcelos's front leg but catches the back leg as Vasconcelos tries to avoid it.
Vasconcelos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasconcelos avoids a kick to the body.
Vasconcelos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Vasconcelos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vasconcelos tries to close the distance and clinch but Beach swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vasconcelos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vasconcelos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Beach. Beach obviously looking to wear him down.
Vasconcelos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beach throws a jab when Vasconcelos was well out of range.
Beach scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Beach lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good work by Vasconcelos as he checks the leg kick.
Beach throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beach misses with a leg kick
and Vasconcelos counters with a left and a right that stings Beach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beach misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beach.
Vasconcelos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Beach lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Beach moves out of range as Vasconcelos strikes.
Beach throws a leg kick which misses Vasconcelos's front leg but catches the back leg as Vasconcelos tries to avoid it.
Beach thumps Vasconcelos with a low kick.
Beach rushes Vasconcelos and presses him up against the cage.
Beach misses with a punch to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Beach.
Vasconcelos throws a punch but it's blocked by Beach.
Beach misses with a punch on the inside.
Vasconcelos throws a punch but it's blocked by Beach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasconcelos struggles to land a body shot inside as Beach controls his hands.
Beach taking a breather.
Vasconcelos misses with the head strike.
Vasconcelos misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vasconcelos.
Vasconcelos working hard to break the clinch.
Vasconcelos misses with a punch to the body.
Beach blocks an uppercut.
Beach scores with a shoulder strike.
Beach leaning against his opponent.
Vasconcelos tries to land knees in the clinch but Beach avoids the damage to the body.
Vasconcelos prevents a body shot from Beach.
Vasconcelos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Beach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasconcelos dodges an elbow strike from Beach.
Beach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beach leaning against his opponent.
Beach works on Vasconcelos's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vasconcelos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Beach has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vasconcelos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vasconcelos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beach lands a shoulder strike.
Beach pushes Vasconcelos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Beach as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vasconcelos lands with a short shot to the head.
Vasconcelos presses Beach against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Beach lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vasconcelos backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
August Beach showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Beach 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... August Beach!
A very excited looking August Beach 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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hype
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