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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ahti Ahven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahti Ahven has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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215 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ahti Ahven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jon Jones!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahven tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by Ahven.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ahven.
Jones rushes Ahven and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ahven throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ahven.
Ahven with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ahven is trying to stall.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ahven closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ahven blocks an uppercut.
Ahven manages to break the clinch.
Ahven stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ahven wants it to stay on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones avoids a kick to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Ahven there.
Ahven keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ahti Ahven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Jones.
A good leg kick by Ahven.
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Ahven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ahven dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones darts in and clinches Ahven up against the cage.
Ahven misses with a knee to the head.
Ahven trying to land knees to the body.
Ahven connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ahven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ahven lands a knee to the head.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Ahven is controlling the position.
Ahven throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Ahven looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Ahven misses with an elbow over the top.
Ahven throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ahven with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ahven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jones wants to take a breather but Ahven is having none of it.
Still in half guard, Jones seems content to control.
Ahven is looking to get back to is feet but Jones passes into side control.
Ahven knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones wants to control but Ahven is keeping him busy.
Ahven is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Ahven is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Ahven is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Jones prevents Ahven from escaping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahven wants to get back to his feet but Jones is dominant here and he's now got Ahven's back!
Jones trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Ahven doesn't escape.
Jones lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Ahven hold on?!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Can Ahven hold on?! Jones is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Jones working for a choke but Ahven is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahven is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is taking a good look at Ahven as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Jones!
Ahven looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jon Jones will probably get the nod.
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.
A bone on bone clash there as Ahven blocks the leg kick.
Jones darts in looking for a takedown but Ahven gets double underhooks and turns Jones into the cage.
Ahven breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Ahven shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ahven stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ahven wants it to stay on the feet.
Ahti Ahven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Jones.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown but Ahven manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jones's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A lazy left from Ahven finds it's target.
Jones drives through and clinches with Ahven against the cage.
Ahven misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Ahven.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ahven is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ahven scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Ahven.
Ahven with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ahven with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ahven with a knee to the head.
Ahven breaks from the clinch.
Ahti Ahven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ahven showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Ahven fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahven creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Ahven tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones fails to pull guard.
Ahven landing knees to the head.
Ahven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ahven lands with a shot to the body.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Ahven.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones goes for a double leg but Ahven avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ahven continues to drive forward.
Knees to the body from Ahven.
A knee to the head by Ahven.
Ahven stalls.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahven tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Ahven.
Ahven misses with a knee strike.
Ahven looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Ahven breaks from the clinch.
Ahven tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones dives in for a single leg takedown but Ahven sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Ahven with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ahven tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Jones goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ahven prevents it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Ahven.
Knees to the body from Ahven.
Ahven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ahven sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jones somewhat.
Ahven misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ahven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ahven moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ahti Ahven dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Jones tries to keep at a distance but Ahven has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ahven breaks from the clinch.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ahti Ahven is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones pushes Ahven up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones jumps guard but Ahven turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Ahven has him pressed against the cage.
Ahven lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Ahven tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Ahven breaks the clinch.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ahven wants to clinch.
Ahven fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Ahven counter with a right hand.
Ahti Ahven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Jones.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ahven putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ahven lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ahven.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ahven stalls.
Ahven misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ahven connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Ahven lands a knee to the body.
Ahven working Jones over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ahven with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ahven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ahven lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
Ahven clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahven landing knees to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ahven - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ahven throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Ahven with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ahven has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Ahven blocks a head kick by Jones.
Ahven wants to clinch.
Ahven tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahven connects with a high kick.
Ahven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ahven fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ahven lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Ahven sprawls well.
Ahven throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Ahven which made him look bad.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ahven fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ahti Ahven showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ahven 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ahti Ahven!
Ahti Ahven seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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