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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Grant Vanguard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hakan Juholt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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145 lbs
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135 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Grant Vanguard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hakan Juholt!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juholt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Vanguard misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vanguard tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Juholt is able to avoid easily.
Juholt takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Vanguard lands a front kick.
Grant Vanguard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vanguard.
Juholt looks for the body kick but Vanguard saw that one coming.
Vanguard tries to land a leg kick but Juholt saw it coming and moves away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vanguard.
Vanguard cracks Juholt with a good jab.
Vanguard cracks the inside of Juholt's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanguard takes a kick to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Vanguard.
A head kick misses from Vanguard.
Juholt blocks a low kick nicely.
Vanguard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Juholt's head backwards.
Juholt drives through with a takedown into Vanguard's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We've been hearing good reports from Vanguard's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Juholt is in close to Vanguard's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanguard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Juholt throws an elbow that misses. Vanguard uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Juholt's guard. Nice move by Vanguard!
Juholt trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Juholt had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Vanguard defends it easily.
Vanguard postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard stopping the sweep attempt from Juholt.
Juholt will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Juholt is trying to hold Vanguard in close to prevent damage but Vanguard has managed to pass into half guard.
Juholt is trying to control but Vanguard passes into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard wants to stand but Juholt has his arm trapped.
Juholt tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vanguard decides to stand up, so the ref orders Juholt to his feet.
Juholt moves out of range of the leg kick from Vanguard.
Juholt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vanguard misses with a looping right.
Juholt shoots in for a double leg but Vanguard sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Vanguard stuffs the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard misses with a low kick.
Vanguard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vanguard throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Juholt throws a leg kick which misses Vanguard's front leg but catches the back leg as Vanguard tries to avoid it.
Juholt tries to score with a low kick but Vanguard moves his leg out of the way.
Juholt checks a low kick from Vanguard.
Vanguard scores with a push 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!
A head kick misses from Vanguard.
Vanguard throws a head kick but Juholt moves out of range.
Vanguard walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Juholt throws a push kick but Vanguard slaps the foot to one side.
Vanguard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Juholt connects with a body shot that sends Vanguard's belly button to the back.
That kick from Vanguard tenderised Juholt's leg. Juholt is trying to keep his angry face on.
Vanguard swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Vanguard dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Juholt blocks a head kick by Vanguard.
Vanguard tests Juholt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Juholt throws a sloppy head kick and Vanguard moves out of range easily.
Vanguard swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Juholt moves into range and connects with a jab.
Vanguard looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vanguard misses with an uppercut. Juholt saw that one coming.
Juholt shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Juholt showed some decent athleticism there.
Juholt is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Juholt missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juholt sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vanguard defending well though.
Juholt looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Juholt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Juholt controlling the action here.
Juholt lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juholt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Juholt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Still in half guard, Juholt seems content to control.
Juholt throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Juholt is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hakan Juholt has got the better of the ground game so far.
Juholt landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Vanguard is not content to let Juholt control the position.
Juholt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vanguard makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Vanguard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard keeping moving, preventing Juholt from controlling successfully.
Juholt might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Vanguard haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Juholt controlling from the top position.
Vanguard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juholt wants to control from the top but Vanguard keeps moving.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Juholt working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Hakan Juholt was stalling too much, according to the referee.
A cross from Vanguard lands.
It looks like Hakan Juholt has been cut.
Vanguard checks a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Juholt.
Vanguard scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grant Vanguard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Juholt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vanguard.
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!
Vanguard throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Juholt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Juholt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vanguard can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hakan Juholt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hakan Juholt's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Juholt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vanguard.
Vanguard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Juholt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vanguard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Juholt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vanguard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Vanguard lands a leg kick that knocks Juholt off balance momentarily.
Juholt tries to land a leg kick but Vanguard saw it coming and moves away.
Vanguard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vanguard defending well as Juholt loads up on a big left hand.
Vanguard scores with a head kick. Juholt tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vanguard 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.
Vanguard scoring well with a low kick there.
Vanguard swinging wildly here.
Vanguard throws a leg kick but Juholt checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juholt misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Vanguard.
Juholt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Vanguard is out of range.
Vanguard scores with the left hand. Juholt knows he should have avoided that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vanguard. That's going to slow Juholt down.
Vanguard bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Juholt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vanguard manages to avoid it.
Juholt thuds his right hand into Vanguard's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Vanguard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Juholt checks the leg kick.
Juholt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Juholt throws a low kick, looking for Vanguard's leg but Vanguard calmly moves out of range.
Juholt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vanguard.
Vanguard connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard scores with a kick to the body.
Vanguard will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Juholt lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Juholt takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Juholt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A big right from Vanguard misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Juholt darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vanguard cracks the inside of Juholt's front leg.
Vanguard connects with a leg kick. Juholt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Juholt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vanguard misses with a body shot.
Vanguard dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Juholt. That did some damage!
Good work by Vanguard as he checks the leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Juholt.
Vanguard avoids a kick to the body.
Juholt manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Vanguard on his heels. He'll look to pass Vanguard's guard now, I'm sure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juholt trying to control the position from guard on top but Vanguard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vanguard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Juholt.
Juholt won't allow Vanguard to get back to his feet.
Vanguard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vanguard wants to get back to his feet but Juholt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Vanguard managing to control the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Vanguard keeping moving, preventing Juholt from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Vanguard walks into a left hand.
Vanguard gets caught flat footed, as Juholt shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Juholt wants to pass the guard but Vanguard is keeping the position.
Juholt postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Juholt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vanguard swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Juholt looking to sit in guard and control but Vanguard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Vanguard clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Hakan Juholt's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Juholt closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Vanguard did well to prevent Juholt getting side control.
Vanguard wants to get back to full guard.
Juholt trying to pass the guard but Vanguard defending well.
Juholt seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Juholt landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Well, if Juholt 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.
Vanguard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juholt misses with a head shot. Vanguard uses the momentum to regain guard.
Juholt throws a big right hand that misses.
Juholt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vanguard wants to sweep here but Juholt controlling him for the moment.
Juholt throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juholt stopping the sweep attempt from Vanguard.
Juholt throws a big elbow that misses.
Juholt wants to control from the top but Vanguard keeps moving.
Juholt chips away with some ground and pound.
Juholt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Vanguard has momentary wrist control but Juholt slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juholt trying to control but Vanguard is working from the bottom.
Juholt postures up in Vanguard's guard and throws a big left but Vanguard blocks it.
Juholt with a nice head shot there.
Juholt seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Vanguard is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Juholt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juholt working some strikes from top position.
Juholt is working Vanguard over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Vanguard keeping full guard, as Juholt tries to pass.
Juholt wants to control from the top but Vanguard keeps moving.
Juholt trying to move into half guard but instead Vanguard has managed to sweep!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juholt looking for a sweep. Not yet Juholt, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hakan Juholt dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Hakan Juholt's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Juholt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vanguard will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Juholt.
Juholt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Juholt shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vanguard as he avoids it easily.
Juholt is looking to slow Vanguard down with leg kicks.
Vanguard takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Grant Vanguard is winning the standup battle so far.
Juholt throws a solid leg kick but Vanguard takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Juholt.
Juholt just misses with a punch to the body.
Vanguard tried to score with a low kick but Juholt checks it.
Juholt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vanguard can pounce on him.
Vanguard drops his hands momentarily and Juholt takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vanguard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vanguard throws a head kick that half lands.
Juholt lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juholt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vanguard.
Vanguard tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Juholt is able to avoid easily.
Vanguard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vanguard.
Juholt thuds his shin into the meat of Vanguard's side.
Juholt checks the leg kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Vanguard goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vanguard. That's going to slow Juholt down.
Juholt closes the distance and clinches up with Vanguard, looking for a takedown. Juholt pushes Vanguard against the cage but Vanguard circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Juholt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vanguard's sensitive parts.
Vanguard tries a head kick but it misses.
Juholt tries to score with a low kick but Vanguard moves his leg out of the way.
A slapping leg kick lands for Juholt.
Vanguard misses with an uppercut. Juholt saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard avoids the head kick by Juholt.
Vanguard slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Juholt misses with a low kick.
Juholt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Juholt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Juholt takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vanguard.
An inside leg kick lands from Vanguard.
Juholt looks to land a body kick but Vanguard moved away.
Vanguard throws a leg kick but Juholt sees it coming and moves out of range.
Juholt has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Vanguard.
Vanguard stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Juholt.
Vanguard feints and then cracks Juholt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Juholt down.
Vanguard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Juholt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juholt throws a body kick that misses.
Juholt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice cross by Vanguard.
Vanguard scores with the left hand. Juholt knows he should have avoided that one.
Vanguard lands a head shot.
Juholt is rocked!
Vanguard misses with an attempted mid kick.
Juholt is still on wobbly legs! Can Vanguard finish him?
Juholt tries to work over Vanguard's front leg with a kick but Vanguard checks it.
Juholt tries to work over Vanguard's front leg with a kick but Vanguard checks it.
Juholt seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters circling - Vanguard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Juholt is looking to chop away at Vanguard's legs.
Juholt checks a low kick from Vanguard.
Juholt cracks the inside of Vanguard's front leg.
Decent striking displayed by Juholt there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vanguard misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Juholt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vanguard.
Juholt scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Vanguard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Juholt bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Juholt scores with a couple of short elbows.
Juholt goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Vanguard has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Juholt but great work by Vanguard.
Juholt is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Juholt trying to get back to full guard but Vanguard takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Juholt is in all sorts of trouble here.
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 Grant Vanguard.
I think Vanguard 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 48:47
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 48:47
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grant Vanguard!
Grant Vanguard decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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