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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Reiska Pekka Retale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meat Beater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Retale's entrance music is The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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154 lbs
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155 lbs
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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reiska Pekka Retale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Meat Beater!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beater throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Retale to counter with a crisp jab.
Beater scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Retale throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Retale. Beater does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beater. Retale does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beater does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Retale swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Retale takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Retale just misses with a punch to the body.
Beater looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Beater connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Retale is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Beater lands a nice hook to Retale's body. Retale takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Beater jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Retale thows a body shot but no joy.
Retale's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Beater connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Retale scrambles back to his feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Retale blocks the leg kick.
Retale misses the shot to the body.
Beater takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Retale with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Beater counter with a right hand.
Retale looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Retale is looking to wear down Beater with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from Retale. Beater does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beater keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beater scores with a crisp jab that stopped Retale in his tracks.
Beater bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Retale's head.
Retale drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beater connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beater cracks the inside of Retale's front leg.
Beater swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Beater throws a solid leg kick but Retale takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Beater.
Good exchange - Beater coming out on top.
Retale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beater.
Beater throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Retale sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Retale fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reiska Pekka Retale. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Retale. Beater does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beater throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beater scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Beater slips a jab from Retale.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beater.
Retale missing with a left hand there. Beater was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beater waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Retale.
Beater thuds his right hand into Retale's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Meat Beater is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Beater swinging wildly here.
Retale walks into a stiff left hand from Beater.
Beater is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Retale had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Retale connects with a nice looking jab.
Beater walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Meat Beater seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Retale lands a nice shot that snaps Beater's head back.
Beater tries to work over Retale's front leg with a kick but Retale checks it.
Beater tries to bum rush Retale with a series of wild strikes but Retale uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Beater tests Retale's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Retale fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beater lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Retale. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Beater fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Retale manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beater dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Retale does it's job there.
Beater lands a nice leg kick that just misses Retale's sensitive parts.
Retale rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beater moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Beater connects with a looping right hand.
Beater lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Retale backs up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beater keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Beater waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Retale.
We've been told by Retale's head coaches at Athletic Advantage that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Retale steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beater.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Meat Beater dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Retale lands a jab to Beater's midsection.
Beater takes one to the chin there.
Retale ducks under a wild hook from Beater.
Retale tests Beater's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Retale shoots in and bounces Beater off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Retale wants to control from the top but Beater keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Reiska Pekka Retale wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Retale shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Retale showed some decent athleticism there.
Beater keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Retale perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Retale wants to pass to mount but Beater is defending the position.
Retale wants to take a breather but Beater is having none of it.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
We're going to have a standup here because Reiska Pekka Retale wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Beater ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A low kick from Retale misses
and Beater counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Retale tries to close the distance and clinch but Beater swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Retale moves out of range as Beater strikes.
Retale misses with an attempted mid kick.
Retale connects with a single shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale looks to score with a jab to the body but Beater is just out of range.
Meat Beater seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Beater misses.
Beater misses with a hook.
Retale tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beater takes the fight into the clinch.
Beater throws a head punch that misses.
Retale trying to land knees to the body.
Beater swings wildly with an uppercut but Retale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beater lands a right hand.
Beater is leaning against Retale and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Retale has a couple of punches blocked by Beater.
Beater swings wildly with an uppercut but Retale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Retale lands a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Retale misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beater.
A short right from Beater.
A frustrated look appears on Retale's face as he tries to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Retale tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Retale'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.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Retale.
Retale lands a shoulder strike.
Beater tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Retale breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beater just misses with a punch to the body.
Retale tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beater swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beater connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reiska Pekka Retale dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Beater swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Retale counters with a right hand to the body.
Retale avoids the body shot from Beater.
Beater throws a right and a left that Retale avoids nicely.
Retale slips a jab and a cross from Beater.
Nice jab there from Retale.
Retale slips under a jab from Beater.
Retale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beater moves away.
Retale throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beater misses with a wild combination.
Retale circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beater misses with a body shot.
Beater throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Retale.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beater falls off balance throwing a combination
and Retale counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Beater misses with a looping left.
Beater misses with a body shot
and Retale counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A nice combination there by Retale.
Beater misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Retale.
Beater's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Retale connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Beater scrambles back to his feet.
Meat Beater is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Retale misses with a combination
and Beater counters with a nice body kick.
Retale is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beater.
Beater throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Retale throws a series of punches but Beater moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Retale takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Retale takes a jab right on the kisser.
Retale looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Beater scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beater misses with a double jab.
Beater scores with a leg kick.
Beater is looking to slow Retale down with leg kicks.
Retale clobbers Beater with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Retale misses with a hook. Beater ducked under it nicely.
Beater rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Retale counters with a nice body shot.
Beater scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Retale defending well as Beater loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale doesn't manage to clinch there - Beater circles away.
Retale just misses with a punch to the body.
Beater avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Retale will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beater throws a right hand that misses
and Beater takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beater works over Retale's head and body with a nice combination.
Beater tests Retale's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Beater misses with the combination.
Retale just misses with a punch to the body.
Beater rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Retale moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beater scores with the left hand. Retale knows he should have avoided that one.
Beater misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Retale.
Retale walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Beater throws a leg kick that misses.
Retale blocks a low kick nicely.
A left and a right from Beater both land. Nice combination.
Nice defenses there by Retale.
Beater just misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Retale on the wrong end of a nice hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beater takes the fight into the clinch.
Retale is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Beater scores with a shot to the side of Retale's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Meat Beater comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Beater 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Meat Beater!
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