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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toni Rajamaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Happy Gilmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rajamaki comes to the cage accompanied by Absolute Monster . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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174 lbs
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181 lbs
25 - 20 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toni Rajamaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 20 - 1, fighting out of London, Happy Gilmore!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Bruno Lombardi and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Rajamaki misses
and Gilmore cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rajamaki closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Gilmore quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gilmore avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rajamaki.
Rajamaki wants to pass the guard but Gilmore is defending well.
Gilmore tries to kick Rajamaki off in order to stand up. Rajamaki Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Rajamaki trying to control the position but Gilmore is working away.
Rajamaki wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gilmore, who protects the arm well.
Rajamaki decides to stand back up.
Rajamaki blocks a leg kick.
Gilmore lands a leg kick that knocks Rajamaki off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rajamaki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rajamaki blocks the elbow strike.
Gilmore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gilmore slaps away a takedown attempt from Rajamaki, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rajamaki tries to bum rush Gilmore with a series of wild strikes but Gilmore uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gilmore scores with a shot to the body.
Gilmore thows a body shot but no joy.
Rajamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gilmore swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gilmore misses the shot to the body.
Rajamaki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Gilmore.
Nice uppercut there from Gilmore.
Gilmore throws a right and a left that Rajamaki avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rajamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gilmore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rajamaki tries to move into range but Gilmore moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Rajamaki. Those never looked like landing.
Nice uppercut there from Gilmore.
Rajamaki lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gilmore darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gilmore throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rajamaki on the side of the head.
Rajamaki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gilmore scores with the left hand. Rajamaki knows he should have avoided that one.
Rajamaki tries to clinch but Gilmore moves away
and Gilmore cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gilmore dodges the punch combination from Rajamaki.
Rajamaki takes one to the chin there.
Rajamaki moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rajamaki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gilmore has him pressed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Gilmore.
Gilmore's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gilmore is pressed up against the cage. Rajamaki has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gilmore down to the mat. Gilmore avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gilmore scores with a hook to the body. Rajamaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Happy Gilmore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gilmore cracks Rajamaki with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rajamaki moves to clinch but Gilmore breaks away
and Gilmore counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gilmore swinging wildly here.
Rajamaki staying out of range there.
Rajamaki missing with a left hand there. Gilmore was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gilmore lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rajamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gilmore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gilmore scores with a sloppy right hand. Rajamaki should have avoided that one.
Rajamaki moves out of range as Gilmore strikes.
Rajamaki throws a chopping leg kick but Gilmore manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gilmore is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rajamaki had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gilmore changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rajamaki moves out of range of the leg kick from Gilmore.
Gilmore lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rajamaki has closed the distance and engaged Gilmore in a clinch.
Gilmore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rajamaki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gilmore lands a nice looking body kick.
A punch combination from Gilmore misses.
Rajamaki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gilmore scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Happy Gilmore will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gilmore throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rajamaki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Toni Rajamaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rajamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gilmore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gilmore blocks a jab.
Gilmore lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rajamaki backs up against the cage.
Gilmore scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rajamaki doesn't seem bothered though.
Gilmore takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Rajamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gilmore swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gilmore is looking to slow Rajamaki down with leg kicks.
Rajamaki scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rajamaki moves in looking to clinch but Gilmore pushes him off.
Rajamaki blocks a head kick by Gilmore.
Rajamaki on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Happy Gilmore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rajamaki wants to clinch up but Gilmore keeps it at a distance.
Rajamaki is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rajamaki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gilmore but Gilmore pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gilmore swats away the attempt to clinch by Rajamaki.
Gilmore just misses with a punch to the body.
Rajamaki tries to clinch up
and Gilmore counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Gilmore.
Happy Gilmore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gilmore lands with a shot to the body.
Gilmore throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rajamaki.
Gilmore tries to bum rush Rajamaki with a series of wild strikes but Rajamaki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rajamaki has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rajamaki is trying to drag Gilmore to the mat but Gilmore just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rajamaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gilmore throws a sloppy head kick and Rajamaki moves out of range easily.
Rajamaki fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toni Rajamaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Gilmore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rajamaki goes for a double leg but Gilmore avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Gilmore continues to drive forward.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rajamaki lands an elbow just above Gilmore 's eye.
Gilmore gets through Rajamaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rajamaki takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rajamaki manages to break the clinch.
Gilmore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rajamaki manages to avoid it.
Rajamaki shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gilmore sprawls well. Gilmore wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rajamaki gets slowly back to his feet.
Rajamaki tries to clinch but Gilmore moves out of range.
Gilmore scores with the left hand. Rajamaki knows he should have avoided that one.
Rajamaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gilmore manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rajamaki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rajamaki is looking to clinch but Gilmore is avoiding it.
Gilmore lands a jab-cross combination.
Gilmore connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rajamaki wants to clinch up but Gilmore keeps it at a distance.
Gilmore throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rajamaki misses the jab.
Nice takedown defense from Gilmore. No joy for Rajamaki on that attempt.
Gilmore throws a low kick, looking for Rajamaki's leg but Rajamaki calmly moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gilmore darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rajamaki scores with a jab. Gilmore acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circle momentarily. Gilmore darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gilmore takes a kick to the side of the head.
Rajamaki scores with a head kick. Gilmore tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rajamaki wants to clinch.
Rajamaki 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.
That was a close second round but I would say that Toni Rajamaki will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds 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.
Rajamaki tries to clinch but Gilmore is having none of it.
Rajamaki shoots in for a double leg but Gilmore sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rajamaki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gilmore circles away quickly and effectively.
Gilmore paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rajamaki moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A cross from Gilmore lands.
Rajamaki throws a head kick but Gilmore moves out of range.
Rajamaki walks into a stiff left hand from Gilmore.
Rajamaki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gilmore lands with a shot to the body.
Gilmore pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rajamaki tries to clinch but Gilmore moves out of range.
Rajamaki tries to bum rush Gilmore with a series of wild strikes but Gilmore uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rajamaki blocks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gilmore.
Gilmore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gilmore jabs at Rajamaki's body.
Nice uppercut there from Gilmore.
Rajamaki tries to clinch up
and Gilmore counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rajamaki won't be happy with that.
Gilmore has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gilmore lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rajamaki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rajamaki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
No joy there for Gilmore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gilmore misses with a wild combination.
Rajamaki throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rajamaki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rajamaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gilmore manages to avoid it.
Rajamaki blocks a head kick by Gilmore.
Rajamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gilmore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Rajamaki.
Gilmore loads up on a big right hand but Rajamaki slips the punch.
Rajamaki is looking to clinch.
Gilmore scoring well with a low kick there.
Rajamaki moves in looking to clinch but Gilmore pushes him off.
Gilmore checks a leg kick nicely.
Rajamaki shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gilmore bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rajamaki's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rajamaki blocks the body kick.
Rajamaki clinches with his opponent.
Rajamaki breaks the clinch.
Rajamaki looks to throw the jab but Gilmore is out of range.
Gilmore fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rajamaki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gilmore.
Gilmore with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gilmore tests Rajamaki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A head kick misses from Gilmore.
Rajamaki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gilmore but Gilmore pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toni Rajamaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gilmore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rajamaki shoots in but Gilmore avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rajamaki wants to clinch
and Gilmore counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rajamaki wants to clinch.
Gilmore bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rajamaki's head.
Gilmore lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rajamaki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gilmore connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gilmore connects with a jab.
Rajamaki tries a head kick but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Happy Gilmore comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gilmore 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Happy Gilmore!
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energy
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hype
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