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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Donnie O Brien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petri Nieminen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nieminen has chosen Born an OG as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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142 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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130 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Donnie O Brien !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Petri Nieminen!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nieminen tries to clinch up.
Nice straight punches there by Nieminen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nieminen.
A combination from Nieminen does no damage.
O Brien shoots in looking for a takedown. Nieminen tries to sprawl out of it but O Brien keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nieminen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nieminen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nieminen with a poor takedown
and O Brien counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Nieminen!
Nieminen is trying desperately to improve position.
O Brien tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Brien lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nieminen hang on?
O Brien scoring with strikes but Nieminen is staying in there.
O Brien raining down shots from the mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Nieminen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nieminen is wriggling around trying to escape.
Nieminen tries to hold on but O Brien postures up.
O Brien landing strikes, looking to finish!
O Brien working for a guillotine from mount but Nieminen is in no mood to give up.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, O Brien cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nieminen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
O Brien controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien landing shots from mount.
O Brien is working for a guillotine from mount but Nieminen frees his head quite easily.
O Brien lands a big elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Nieminen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nieminen tries to lock up and control but O Brien gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
O Brien has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
O Brien content just to control the position here.
Nieminen is wriggling around trying to escape.
O Brien with shots to the head and body - Nieminen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nieminen is squirming around, avoiding O Brien 's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nieminen tries to reverse the position but O Brien maintains control.
BOOM! O Brien connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Nieminen wants to hold on but O Brien pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by O Brien .
Nieminen wants to control but O Brien is having none of it.
O Brien with shots to the head and body - Nieminen looks very uncomfortable down there.
O Brien controlling the pace for now.
O Brien avoids the attempt from Nieminen to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donnie O Brien dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nieminen throws a series of punches but O Brien moves out of range.
O Brien has his takedown stuffed
and Nieminen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nieminen.
O Brien pulls Nieminen in close to prevent any damage.
O Brien is trying to control the position but Nieminen postures up.
O Brien avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
O Brien is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
O Brien looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
O Brien keeping moving, preventing Nieminen from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieminen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
O Brien preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Nieminen misses with a low kick.
Nieminen misses with a double jab
and O Brien counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Nieminen is looking for a sweep. O Brien is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nieminen strikes from the bottom but O Brien uses the opportunity to move to side control.
O Brien moves into full mount!
O Brien looking to control but Nieminen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nieminen?
Nieminen is trying to escape the mount.
O Brien landing shots from mount.
O Brien avoids the attempt from Nieminen to control.
O Brien trying to control but Nieminen is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen tries to lock up and control but O Brien gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
O Brien can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nieminen is looking to escape.
Donnie O Brien overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
O Brien lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nieminen in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nieminen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
O Brien is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nieminen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Nieminen is squirming around, avoiding O Brien 's attempts to control the action.
Nieminen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
O Brien controlling his opponent.
O Brien seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Nieminen for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donnie O Brien dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Nieminen throws a right hand that O Brien ducks under and follows up with a left that O Brien also avoids with ease.
Nieminen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and O Brien counters with a shoot takedown. Nieminen fights it but they end up in guard.
O Brien trying to control the position from guard on top but Nieminen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Donnie O Brien just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Excellent takedown into side control there by O Brien .
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
O Brien in side control, throwing shots but Nieminen defends.
O Brien tries to move to mount but Nieminen blocks the move with his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
O Brien is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Nieminen tries to bench press O Brien off him but O Brien keeps the position.
O Brien wants to take a breather but Nieminen manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for O Brien .
O Brien trying to control but Nieminen is working from the bottom.
Nieminen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
O Brien loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
O Brien passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Nieminen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nieminen manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
O Brien is trying to control but can't.
Nieminen prevents O Brien from improving his position.
O Brien is pressing down on Nieminen's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and O Brien dives on top into guard.
Nieminen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
O Brien working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
O Brien forces his way into half guard.
Nieminen tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Nieminen wants to sweep but O Brien has passed to side control!
O Brien lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nieminen is trying to control O Brien 's posture but O Brien avoids it.
O Brien is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Nieminen's shoulder. That is not cool.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen is looking to reverse the position.
Donnie O Brien is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
O Brien scores with a couple of short elbows.
O Brien advances nicely into full mount.
Nieminen tries to improve his position but O Brien has taken his back! O Brien has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Nieminen tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! O Brien pushes Nieminen away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Donnie O Brien !
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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