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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and nathan grogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jensen's entrance music is Kikka: Tartu tiukasti hanuriin. A fine choice. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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200 lbs
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195 cm
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gunnar Jensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, nathan grogan!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jensen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. grogan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jensen tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Jensen controls the position.
Jensen has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Jensen jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but grogan manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Jensen working away.
Jensen happy to just control the position for now.
Jensen is chipping away with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee asks Jensen politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jensen prefers to stall for the moment though.
Jensen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jensen working away.
Jensen is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt grogan will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Jensen working the ground and pound.
grogan is being controlled here.
You can see the frustration on grogan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if grogan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jensen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear grogan down.
grogan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jensen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jensen remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen tries to advance to mount but can't.
grogan tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Jensen decides to stand up, so the ref orders grogan to his feet.
grogan looks gassed!
Jensen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jensen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as grogan backs up against the cage.
Nice takedown defense from Jensen. No joy for grogan on that attempt.
Jensen misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jensen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jensen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
grogan tries to clinch up but Jensen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jensen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from grogan.
Gunnar Jensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jensen closes the distance but grogan moves to the side
and grogan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jensen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
grogan gets underhooks to prevent Jensen's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gunnar Jensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
grogan tries to land knees in the clinch but Jensen avoids the damage to the body.
Jensen is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. grogan can't fight it off and eventually Jensen manages to take the fight to the floor. grogan looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jensen decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
grogan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jensen counters with a single leg into guard. grogan didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jensen trying to stand up but can't free himself from grogan's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jensen looking to pass the guard.
grogan trying to keep a closed guard but Jensen is proving a slippery customer.
Jensen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jensen gets to his feet. grogan looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jensen tries to close the distance and clinch but grogan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jensen misses with a takedown
and grogan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
grogan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
grogan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jensen throws a sloppy head kick and grogan moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Jensen dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jensen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jensen tries to close the distance and clinch but grogan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jensen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
grogan looking to stall.
Jensen stalling in the clinch.
Jensen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jensen misses with a series of wild punches.
grogan misses with a takedown
and Jensen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jensen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and grogan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jensen!
Jensen tries to hold on but grogan postures up.
Jensen is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jensen tries to hold on but grogan postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen taking shots to the head.
grogan trying to control but Jensen is having none of it.
grogan lands a big elbow.
grogan looking to control but Jensen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
grogan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
grogan is standing up, even though he is in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
grogan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and grogan duly obliges.
Jensen misses with an attempted mid kick.
grogan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jensen as he jumps to the side.
grogan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jensen tries to clinch but grogan is having none of it.
Jensen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jensen wants to clinch.
Jensen misses with a series of wild punches.
Jensen shoots for a takedown but grogan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
grogan shoots for a takedown but Jensen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gunnar Jensen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of nathan grogan.
Jensen closes this distance looking for a takedown but grogan circles away.
A head kick misses from Jensen.
Jensen throws a head kick that misses.
grogan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jensen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
grogan tries to clinch there but Jensen circles away.
grogan looks to land a body kick but Jensen moved away.
grogan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jensen gets a takedown into half guard.
Jensen trying to control the pace.
Jensen is looking to advance position but grogan won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jensen sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jensen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
grogan is looking to control Jensen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can grogan avoid being mounted?
Jensen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Jensen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jensen works his way into side control.
Jensen landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
nathan grogan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Jensen has closed the distance and engaged grogan in a clinch.
grogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jensen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jensen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jensen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jensen controlling the action here.
grogan trying to hold on to Jensen's head to control him but Jensen postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jensen decides to return to a standing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jensen lands in his opponent's guard.
Jensen gets to his feet - grogan follows without any prompting.
grogan scoring well with a low kick there.
grogan moves into the clinch successfully.
grogan tries to break the clinch but Jensen is controlling the position.
Jensen manages to break the clinch.
Jensen tries for a takedown but grogan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jensen tries to clinch but grogan moves away
and grogan counters with a left to the body.
Jensen throws a right and a left that grogan avoids nicely.
Jensen fails to land the takedown.
grogan tries to clinch but Jensen moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen swats away the attempt to clinch by grogan.
grogan avoids the head kick by Jensen.
grogan motions for Jensen to come forward. grogan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
grogan tries to keep at a distance but Jensen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jensen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jensen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in grogan's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jensen stops grogan from standing up.
Jensen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jensen looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jensen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jensenis looking to pass into half guard but grogan pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now grogan is in guard.
Jensen pulls grogan in close to prevent any damage.
Jensen looking to hit a scissor sweep but grogan is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
grogan wants to pass the guard but Jensen is keeping the position.
Jensen has grogan pulled in close to control his posture.
Gunnar Jensen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
grogan tries to free his leg and advance position but Jensen is retaining full guard.
grogan trying to control but Jensen is working from the bottom.
Jensen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
grogan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jensen is keeping the position for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jensen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gunnar Jensen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jensen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gunnar Jensen!
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