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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Natsisiwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francois Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francois Faber has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Natsisiwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Francois Faber!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faber showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa's corner calls for a 1-2. Natsisiwa obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Faber slips a straight right by Natsisiwa.
Faber closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Faber throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Faber looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Natsisiwa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Natsisiwa blocks an uppercut.
Natsisiwa dodges an elbow strike from Faber.
With the fighters up against the cage, Faber throws an elbow but misses.
Faber keeps control of Natsisiwa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Natsisiwa avoids the elbow strike from Faber, against the cage.
Faber blocks a body shot from Natsisiwa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber pushes off an throws an elbow but Natsisiwa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Natsisiwa throws a punch but it's blocked by Faber.
Natsisiwa is looking to break free of the clinch but Faber has double underhooks.
Natsisiwa avoids a wild elbow strike from Faber.
Natsisiwa dodges an elbow strike from Faber.
Faber working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Natsisiwa blocks the elbow strike.
Natsisiwa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Natsisiwa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Faber misses with an elbow over the top.
Faber misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber prevents a body shot from Natsisiwa.
A short right from Natsisiwa.
Faber has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Faber tries to land knees in the clinch but Natsisiwa avoids the damage to the body.
Natsisiwa lands with a right to the head.
Natsisiwa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters up against the cage, Faber throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Faber just misses with a elbow thrown towards Natsisiwa's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Faber just misses with a elbow thrown towards Natsisiwa's brow.
Natsisiwa is struggling to control the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Faber throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber throws a head punch that misses.
Faber tries to land knees in the clinch but Natsisiwa avoids the damage to the body.
Natsisiwa stalls.
Natsisiwa is trying to push Faber away but Faber has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Faber keeps control of Natsisiwa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Faber tries to land knees in the clinch but Natsisiwa avoids the damage to the body.
Faber throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faber.
Natsisiwa avoids a wild elbow strike from Faber.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natsisiwa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Faber pushes off an throws an elbow but Natsisiwa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Natsisiwa tries to break the clinch but Faber is controlling the position.
Faber misses with an elbow strike.
Faber swings wildly with an uppercut but Natsisiwa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Natsisiwa presses Faber against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Natsisiwa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Faber pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faber missing with knees to the body.
Faber has Natsisiwa pressed against the cage, preventing Natsisiwa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Faber misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francois Faber dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Faber throws a sloppy head kick and Natsisiwa moves out of range easily.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Faber in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Natsisiwa misses the jab.
Natsisiwa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Natsisiwa takes a kick to the side of the head.
Faber slips a jab and a cross from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa missing with a left hand there. Faber was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Natsisiwa lands a nice shot to the body.
Natsisiwa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Faber throws out a leg kick but Natsisiwa moves out of range and Faber only half commits.
Natsisiwa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Faber counters with an inside leg kick.
Faber feints and then cracks Natsisiwa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Natsisiwa down.
Faber takes one to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Faber.
Faber drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Natsisiwa thows a body shot but no joy.
Natsisiwa lands with a nice body punch.
Natsisiwa misses the jab.
Natsisiwa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Natsisiwa throws a one two combo.
Natsisiwa throws a right hand that Faber ducks under and follows up with a left that Faber also avoids with ease.
Faber scores with a head kick. Natsisiwa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Faber blocks a jab.
Natsisiwa swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Faber counters with a big head kick but Natsisiwa shrugs it off.
Kalle Natsisiwa is winning the standup battle so far.
Natsisiwa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Natsisiwa lands a nice shot that snaps Faber's head back.
Natsisiwa connects with a body shot that sends Faber's belly button to the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber blocks a jab.
Natsisiwa scores with a jab to the body.
Natsisiwa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Faber connects with a solid leg kick.
Natsisiwa throws a sloppy body shot
and Faber counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Faber doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Faber slips a jab from Natsisiwa.
Kalle Natsisiwa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Natsisiwa scores with a nice right hand.
Natsisiwa misses with a hook to the body
and Faber counters with a stiff right hand.
Faber blocks a jab.
Faber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Natsisiwa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good exchange - Natsisiwa coming out on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa throws a lazy right hand but Faber sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Faber scores with a head kick.
Faber takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Faber walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Faber walks into a stiff left hand from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Kalle Natsisiwa has been cut.
Natsisiwa lands a lovely overhand right.
Faber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Natsisiwa misses with a hook
and Faber makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Natsisiwa connects with a body shot that sends Faber's belly button to the back.
Natsisiwa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber fakes the leg kick and cracks Natsisiwa in the body.
Natsisiwa lands a body shot.
Faber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Natsisiwa connects with a single shot there.
Faber takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Natsisiwa lands a glancing blow to the side of Faber's head.
Natsisiwa looks to score with a jab to the body but Faber is just out of range.
Faber drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Natsisiwa avoids the head kick by Faber.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Natsisiwa looks to throw the jab but Faber is out of range.
Natsisiwa punishes Faber's body with a nice straight punch.
Natsisiwa jabs at Faber's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalle Natsisiwa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kalle Natsisiwa's cut.
That's time! Natsisiwa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Natsisiwa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Faber.
Faber gets cracked there but stands up to it.
No joy there for Natsisiwa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Natsisiwa misses with a body shot.
Natsisiwa cracks Faber with a good jab.
Natsisiwa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Natsisiwa throws a nice looking combination but Faber bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Natsisiwa misses with a straight left.
Natsisiwa lands an overhand right.
Nice straight punches there by Natsisiwa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Faber counters with an outside leg kick.
Natsisiwa slips a jab from Faber.
Faber throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Faber moves out of range as Natsisiwa strikes.
Faber takes a jab right on the kisser.
Faber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa looks to land a left hand but Faber moved out of range nicely.
Natsisiwa just misses with a punch to the body.
Faber takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Natsisiwa throws out a powerful jab.
Natsisiwa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Faber closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Faber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Natsisiwa.
Faber on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A swing and a miss from Natsisiwa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natsisiwa swings for the body but Faber moves out of range.
Faber throws a nice inside leg kick.
Natsisiwa just misses with a punch to the body.
Natsisiwa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Faber counters with a thumping low kick.
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!
Faber displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Natsisiwa throws out the jab.
Natsisiwa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Faber clinches up against the cage.
Faber pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Faber lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Faber throws an elbow but misses.
Faber misses with an elbow over the top.
Natsisiwa lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Natsisiwa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Faber just misses with a elbow thrown towards Natsisiwa's brow.
Faber throws an elbow that misses.
Natsisiwa has had enough of the clinch but Faber keeps him there for the moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Faber just misses with a elbow thrown towards Natsisiwa's brow.
Natsisiwa dodges an elbow strike from Faber.
Faber prevents Natsisiwa from breaking the clinch.
Natsisiwa avoids a wild elbow strike from Faber.
Faber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Natsisiwa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natsisiwa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Faber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Natsisiwa is defending well for now.
Natsisiwa is trying to push Faber away but Faber has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Natsisiwa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Faber throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Faber throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Natsisiwa wants to break free but Faber has control.
Faber has a couple of punches blocked by Natsisiwa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Come on Natsisiwa - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Natsisiwa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kalle Natsisiwa.
I think Natsisiwa 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kalle Natsisiwa!
Kalle Natsisiwa decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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