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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rick Narcoleptic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taichi Heleno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heleno comes into a darkened arena with his song building. weird Japanese music kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Taichi Heleno struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
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169 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rick Narcoleptic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taichi Heleno!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heleno lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Heleno keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Narcoleptic shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Heleno as he avoids it easily.
Narcoleptic fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Narcoleptic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Narcoleptic tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heleno moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narcoleptic looking for a takedown.
Heleno trying to land knees to the body.
Heleno breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Heleno scores with a jab.
Narcoleptic closes the distance looking to clinch
and Heleno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Narcoleptic gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Heleno counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Narcoleptic thinking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narcoleptic misses with a double jab
enabling Heleno to counter with a crisp jab.
Narcoleptic is breathing heavily.
Heleno has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Heleno.
Narcoleptic tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Narcoleptic tries to pull guard but Heleno holds him up against the cage and eventually Narcoleptic drops back down to his feet.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Narcoleptic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heleno slows down the pace here.
Narcoleptic avoiding damage as Heleno throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narcoleptic gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Heleno keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Narcoleptic is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Heleno keeping control of the position.
Heleno is trying to stand back up but Narcoleptic is controlling him
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narcoleptic throwing shots but Heleno is blocking nicely.
Heleno moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Narcoleptic preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heleno is pulling down on Narcoleptic's head to control his posture.
Narcoleptic trying to control the position from guard on top but Heleno is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taichi Heleno dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Donk. Heleno catches Narcoleptic right on the button with a cross.
Narcoleptic misses with a takedown
and Heleno counters with a left and a right that stings Narcoleptic.
Narcoleptic tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Heleno counters with a left and a right that stings Narcoleptic.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heleno scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Heleno fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Narcoleptic, pushing him back against the cage.
Heleno breaks from the clinch.
Heleno gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Narcoleptic pulls guard.
Narcoleptic controls Heleno momentarily but Heleno frees himself.
Narcoleptic looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Heleno passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heleno wants to stand but Narcoleptic has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Narcoleptic is trying to stand up here but Heleno is controlling him well.
Well, if Heleno is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narcoleptic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Still in half guard, Heleno seems content to control.
Narcoleptic wants to control but Heleno is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Narcoleptic is trying to get back to full guard.
Heleno stalling.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taichi Heleno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Heleno looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Narcoleptic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heleno gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Narcoleptic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Heleno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The is referee keeping an eye on Heleno - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narcoleptic is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Heleno pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Heleno breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heleno digs a good hook to Narcoleptic's body.
Narcoleptic swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Heleno counters with a one-two to the body.
Narcoleptic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Heleno.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Heleno - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Narcoleptic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Narcoleptic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Heleno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Narcoleptic tries for a takedown but Heleno manages to get underhooks.
Knees to the body from Heleno.
Heleno breaks from the clinch.
Heleno gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Heleno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Heleno landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Narcoleptic wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Narcoleptic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Narcoleptic tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Heleno just stands there and leans against the cage.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Narcoleptic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Narcoleptic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The referee calls for Heleno to work.
Heleno landing knees to the body.
Heleno crunches a lovely knee into Narcoleptic's ribcage.
Heleno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Heleno crunches a lovely knee into Narcoleptic's ribcage.
Heleno avoiding damage.
Heleno scores a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Heleno lands a nice knee to the body.
Heleno landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Heleno lands a nice knee to the body.
Rick Narcoleptic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heleno breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rick Narcoleptic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Heleno closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Narcoleptic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Narcoleptic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heleno landing knees to the body.
Heleno has Narcoleptic pressed against the cage.
Heleno crunches a lovely knee into Narcoleptic's ribcage.
Heleno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Narcoleptic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heleno effectively controlling the action here.
Heleno receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
And that's the end of the fight!
Taichi Heleno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Heleno has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taichi Heleno!
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hype
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FIGHT
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