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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mursu Valkoinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mursu Valkoinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valkoinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Valkoinen, right into the meat.
Sinclair tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Valkoinen swivels and escapes.
Valkoinen throws a solid leg kick but Sinclair takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Valkoinen.
Valkoinen misses with a double jab.
Sinclair throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Valkoinen's waist but Valkoinen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sinclair off to one side.
Sinclair avoids the head kick by Valkoinen.
Sinclair fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mursu Valkoinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Sinclair.
Valkoinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sinclair's calf.
Sinclair looks winded!
Valkoinen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Valkoinen.
Sinclair stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Valkoinen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sinclair wants to clinch.
Valkoinen lands a leg kick that knocks Sinclair off balance momentarily.
Valkoinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sinclair avoids the head kick by Valkoinen.
Sinclair takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valkoinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Valkoinen.
Sinclair blocks a head kick by Valkoinen.
Valkoinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sinclair. That did some damage!
Sinclair has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Valkoinen.
Valkoinen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Valkoinen jabs at Sinclair's body.
Sinclair doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Valkoinen misses with a two punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valkoinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sinclair's calf.
A slapping body kick lands there for Valkoinen.
Valkoinen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sinclair's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Valkoinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sinclair moves away from the strike by Valkoinen.
Both fighters circling a little - Valkoinen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valkoinen lands with a nice combination. Sinclair backs away looking to recover.
Mursu Valkoinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sinclair lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Valkoinen backs up against the cage.
Sinclair has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Valkoinen.
Valkoinen connects with a high kick.
Mursu Valkoinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Valkoinen, right into the meat.
Sinclair avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sinclair has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Valkoinen throws a leg kick but Sinclair moved away.
Valkoinen throws a head kick but Sinclair moves out of range.
No luck for Sinclair with that takedown attempt.
Sinclair throws a sloppy head kick and Valkoinen moves out of range easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valkoinen.
Valkoinen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sinclair showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valkoinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair lands an overhand right.
Sinclair shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sinclair showed some decent athleticism there.
Sinclair wants to control but Valkoinen is keeping him busy.
Valkoinen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Valkoinen.
Valkoinen looking for a sweep. Not yet Valkoinen, not yet.
Sinclair wants to pass the guard but Valkoinen is keeping the position.
Valkoinen wants to stand and escape but Sinclair is having none of it.
Sinclair advances to half guard.
Sinclair moves into full mount! Valkoinen won't be happy about that!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Valkoinen taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinclair scoring with strikes but Valkoinen is staying in there.
Sinclair tries to control but Valkoinen wriggling away.
Sinclair landing strikes from the mount and Valkoinen is in trouble!
Sinclair pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sinclair has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sinclair controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sinclair is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mursu Valkoinen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sinclair fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Valkoinen throws a leg kick which misses Sinclair's front leg but catches the back leg as Sinclair tries to avoid it.
Valkoinen throws a head kick that misses.
Valkoinen misses with a hook to the body
and Sinclair holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Valkoinen tries to land knees in the clinch but Sinclair avoids the damage to the body.
Valkoinen missing with knees to the body.
Valkoinen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sinclair avoids it.
Sinclair avoiding damage as Valkoinen throws knees to the body.
Sinclair is trying to pull guard but Valkoinen turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sinclair.
Valkoinen dodges an elbow strike from Sinclair.
Sinclair tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Valkoinen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mursu Valkoinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Sinclair.
Sinclair is breathing heavily.
Valkoinen is pressed up against the cage. Sinclair has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Valkoinen down to the mat. Valkoinen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
No joy there for Sinclair, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Valkoinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Valkoinen feints and then cracks Sinclair's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sinclair down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Valkoinen.
Valkoinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick from Valkoinen lands but Sinclair takes it in his stride.
Valkoinen feints and then cracks Sinclair's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sinclair down.
Valkoinen misses with a hook.
A punch combination from Valkoinen misses.
Sloppy strikes from Valkoinen. Those never looked like landing.
Mursu Valkoinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A good leg kick by Valkoinen.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sinclair keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sinclair moves out of range of the body kick.
A combination from Sinclair does no damage.
Valkoinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Valkoinen misses with a leg kick.
Valkoinen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sinclair counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Valkoinen is looking to chop away at Sinclair's legs.
Sinclair throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Valkoinen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A leg kick checked by Valkoinen.
Sinclair shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Valkoinen but Valkoinen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sinclair tries for a takedown but Valkoinen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Valkoinen as Sinclair shoots in.
Sinclair throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Valkoinen's waist but Valkoinen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sinclair off to one side.
Valkoinen connects with a high kick.
Valkoinen misses with a two punch combination.
Valkoinen throws a right and a left that Sinclair avoids nicely.
Sinclair moves in looking to clinch but Valkoinen pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair drives through and clinches with Valkoinen against the cage.
Valkoinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sinclair is looking for a takedown.
Valkoinen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Valkoinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sinclair.
Sinclair taking a breather.
Valkoinen scores a nice knee to the body.
Valkoinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sinclair.
Sinclair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sinclair tries to pull guard but Valkoinen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Valkoinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sinclair.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair wants the takedown. Valkoinen is fighting it off but Sinclair persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Valkoinen's guard against the cage.
Sinclair lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Valkoinen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sinclair controls from within his opponent's guard.
Valkoinen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinclair is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sinclair passes Valkoinen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mursu Valkoinen dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Valkoinen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Valkoinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Valkoinen throws a low kick but Sinclair avoids it.
Sinclair tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A head kick misses from Valkoinen.
Sinclair avoids a kick to the body.
Sinclair tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valkoinen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Valkoinen.
Valkoinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Valkoinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sinclair shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Valkoinen but Valkoinen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Valkoinen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sinclair on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Valkoinen. Valkoinen obviously looking to wear him down.
Sinclair dodges the punch combination from Valkoinen.
Sinclair has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Valkoinen.
Sinclair has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Valkoinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair goes for a double leg but Valkoinen avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Valkoinen continues to drive forward.
Valkoinen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sinclair is defending well for now.
Sinclair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sinclair avoiding damage as Valkoinen throws knees to the body.
Valkoinen landing knees to the body.
Sinclair can't get the takedown.
Mursu Valkoinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Sinclair.
Valkoinen trying to land knees to the body.
Sinclair wants to take the fight to the mat but Valkoinen manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Valkoinen trying to land knees to the body.
Sinclair has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Valkoinen uses from the top position.
Valkoinen throwing strikes from guard but Sinclair blocks nicely.
Valkoinen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Valkoinen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valkoinen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sinclair seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sinclair manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Valkoinen manages to get himself to full guard.
Bob Sinclair has got the better of the ground game so far.
Valkoinen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sinclair doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sinclair manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Valkoinen wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Sinclair manages to pass to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sinclair passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Valkoinen!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valkoinen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair stands up from half guard.
Valkoinen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sinclair tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sinclair scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sinclair shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Sinclair was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Valkoinen manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Sinclair is looking to escape.
Valkoinen working Sinclair over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valkoinen working over Sinclair with some ground and pound. Sinclair looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sinclair looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Valkoinen thows a huge punch but Sinclair dodges it nicely.
Sinclair trying to control but Valkoinen postures up.
Mursu Valkoinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Valkoinen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Valkoinen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sinclair defends it well.
Valkoinen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valkoinen wants to take a breather but Sinclair is having none of it.
Bob Sinclair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sinclair missing with punches from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mursu Valkoinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Valkoinen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mursu Valkoinen!
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