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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Armo Kuusela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Van der Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuusela comes into the arena with Promentory blaring out of the sound system. Van der Laan has chosen Eazy-E ft. Tupac, The Game - How We Do as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Armo Kuusela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Van der Laan!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van der Laan moves out of range as Kuusela throws a body kick.
Van der Laan defending well as Kuusela loads up on a big left hand.
Kuusela scores with a kick to the body.
Kuusela fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van der Laan manages to avoid it.
Van der Laan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuusela was well out of range. Poor timing from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van der Laan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kuusela lands a jab to the head.
Van der Laan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuusela fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van der Laan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van der Laan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Armo Kuusela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuusela tests Van der Laan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fighters circling - Van der Laan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela misses with a lunging right hand
and Van der Laan finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Kuusela shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kuusela misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van der Laan staying out of range there.
Van der Laan misses with a looping right.
Van der Laan lands a glancing blow to the side of Kuusela's head.
Van der Laan ducks under a wild hook from Kuusela.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kuusela.
Kuusela swings for the body but Van der Laan moves out of range.
A punch combination from Van der Laan misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan ducks under a wild hook from Kuusela.
Van der Laan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kuusela tries to clinch there but Van der Laan circles away.
Kuusela moves away from the strike by Van der Laan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuusela. Van der Laan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van der Laan moves away from the strike by Kuusela.
A slow jab from Kuusela misses its intended target.
Kuusela will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kuusela misses with a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van der Laan.
Kuusela scores with a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela misses with a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kuusela, as that shot connected.
Van der Laan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kuusela throws a leg kick but Van der Laan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Van der Laan feints and then cracks Kuusela's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kuusela down.
A swing and a miss from Van der Laan.
Kuusela misses with a kick to the body.
Kuusela misses with a body shot.
Van der Laan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kuusela avoids the head kick by Van der Laan.
Kuusela throws a body punch but Van der Laan moves out of range.
Kuusela paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van der Laan takes one on the button.
Kuusela avoids the head kick by Van der Laan.
Kuusela wants to clinch.
Van der Laan slips under a jab from Kuusela.
Van der Laan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kuusela.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van der Laan tries a head kick but it misses.
Van der Laan lands a jab to the nose.
Kuusela throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Armo Kuusela dominated that round.
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.
Kuusela takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Van der Laan moves in looking to clinch but Kuusela pushes him off.
Kuusela throws a front kick aimed at Van der Laan's knee but Van der Laan avoids it well.
Van der Laan blocks a low kick nicely.
Kuusela takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Van der Laan moves into range and clinches up with Kuusela.
Kuusela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van der Laan avoids it.
Van der Laan blocks a body shot from Kuusela.
Kuusela breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuusela misses with a hook.
Van der Laan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kuusela.
Kuusela jabs Van der Laan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Van der Laan scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela tries to land a front kick but Van der Laan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kuusela works Van der Laan's body with a nice hook.
Kuusela tries to bum rush Van der Laan with a series of wild strikes but Van der Laan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van der Laan checks a low kick from Kuusela.
Kuusela thows a body shot but no joy.
Decent striking displayed by Kuusela there.
Van der Laan misses with the body kick
and Kuusela counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Armo Kuusela is winning the standup battle so far.
Van der Laan looks to score with a jab to the body but Kuusela is just out of range.
Van der Laan throws the kick towards the body but Kuusela avoids it.
Kuusela tries to clinch up.
Van der Laan throws a leg kick but Kuusela sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kuusela throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van der Laan pushes Kuusela away with a front kick.
Sloppy strikes from Van der Laan. Those never looked like landing.
Kuusela looks to land a right hand but Van der Laan moved out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van der Laan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kuusela lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kuusela throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuusela has managed to clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Van der Laan looking to throw knees to the head but Kuusela is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela lands a nice uppercut.
Van der Laan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kuusela has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kuusela lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van der Laan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van der Laan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van der Laan managing to block the knees to the body from Kuusela.
Kuusela misses with a knee to the head.
Kuusela misses with a knee to the head.
Kuusela is trying to stall.
Van der Laan pushes off an throws an elbow but Kuusela leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kuusela trying to land knees to the body.
Van der Laan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kuusela blocks it with crossed arms.
A bit of stalling here from Van der Laan.
Kuusela taking a breather.
Kuusela is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Still in the clinch, Kuusela scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Van der Laan misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kuusela works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Van der Laan tries to throw a body punch but Kuusela avoids it by throwing Van der Laan back against the cage.
Kuusela looking to throw knees to the head but Van der Laan is blocking nicely.
Kuusela trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van der Laan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van der Laan pushes off an throws an elbow but Kuusela leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kuusela is trying to maintain a safe position but Van der Laan gets an underhook and turns Kuusela into the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kuusela with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kuusela throws a punch but it's blocked by Van der Laan.
Kuusela throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van der Laan blocks it with crossed arms.
Van der Laan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kuusela tries to land a knee to the head but Van der Laan blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Armo Kuusela will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Kuusela lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Van der Laan avoids the head kick by Kuusela.
Van der Laan moves out of range as Kuusela throws a body kick.
Van der Laan clinches with his opponent.
Van der Laan throws an elbow that misses.
Van der Laan landing knees to the head.
Van der Laan misses with a knee to the head.
Van der Laan misses with a knee strike.
Kuusela blocks the elbow strike.
Van der Laan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kuusela tries a body shot but Van der Laan blocks it.
Kuusela lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van der Laan backwards.
Van der Laan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Van der Laan looking to throw knees to the head but Kuusela is blocking nicely.
Kuusela misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela slowing the pace effectively.
Van der Laan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the head but Kuusela blocks with his arms.
Van der Laan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kuusela tries to land a knee to the head but Van der Laan blocks with his arms.
Van der Laan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kuusela blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kuusela looking to stall.
Van der Laan tries a knee to the head but Kuusela blocks it.
Van der Laan blocks an elbow strike.
Kuusela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kuusela is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Van der Laan is keeping busy.
Van der Laan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Andre Van der Laan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van der Laan trying to land knees to the body.
Van der Laan 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.
Andre Van der Laan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kuusela lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van der Laan backwards.
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!
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kuusela blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kuusela can't find room to land a body shot as Van der Laan controls the action.
Van der Laan lands an elbow inside.
Kuusela escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Armo Kuusela is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van der Laan throws a series of punches but Kuusela avoids them all with ease.
Kuusela scores with a body shot.
Van der Laan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kuusela.
Kuusela throws a head kick that misses
and Van der Laan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kuusela's knee momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuusela. Van der Laan does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela blocks the body kick.
Van der Laan connects with a body shot that sends Kuusela's belly button to the back.
Kuusela misses with a kick to the body.
Van der Laan misses with a head kick.
Kuusela lands a jab to Van der Laan's midsection.
Van der Laan avoids the body shot from Kuusela.
Kuusela blocks a leg kick.
Van der Laan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Van der Laan misses with a body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Van der Laan, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuusela manages to avoid it.
Van der Laan avoids the body shot from Kuusela.
Kuusela fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Van der Laan tries a head kick but it misses.
Van der Laan throws an overhand right that lands on Kuusela's shoulder, as Kuusela tries to avoid the shot.
Van der Laan throws a body punch but Kuusela moves out of range.
Van der Laan throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuusela. Van der Laan does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van der Laan throws a head kick but Kuusela moves out of range.
Kuusela scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuusela takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andre Van der Laan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kuusela 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Armo Kuusela!
Armo Kuusela took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, CEC Nutrition Q160 for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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