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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mr Charcoal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keni Susi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Susi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Metallica - Hero of the Day kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
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158 lbs
29 - 29 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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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
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mr Charcoal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keni Susi!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Susi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Charcoal makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Susi tries for a takedown but Charcoal circles away easily
and Charcoal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Susi with a poor takedown
and Charcoal counters with a right hand to the body.
Mr Charcoal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keni Susi.
Susi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Charcoal counters with a slapping leg kick.
Keni Susi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Charcoal - just one landing.
It looks like Keni Susi has been cut.
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!
Susi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Susi shoots and misses
and Charcoal counters with a leg kick.
Charcoal lands a big right hand that sends Susi crashing to the mat! Charcoal stays standing though and waves Susi back to his feet!
Susi is rocked!
Susi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Charcoal!
Susi is still in real trouble! Can Charcoal finish him?
Charcoal wants to control but Susi postures up.
Charcoal tries to buck Susi off but Susi is having none of it.
Susi seems to have recovered his senses.
Charcoal gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charcoal manages to get to full guard.
Susi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Susi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Charcoal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've been hearing good reports from Charcoal'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.
Charcoal is looking for a triangle but Susi pushes his legs off easily.
Charcoal keeping moving, preventing Susi from controlling successfully.
Charcoal has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Susi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Charcoal is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Charcoal seems content to control.
Susi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Charcoal pulls his head out easily.
Susi wants to control but Charcoal is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Charcoal scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Susi actively working from the bottom here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Charcoal wants to work for an arm triangle but Susi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Susi actively working from the bottom here.
Susi wants to get back to full guard but Charcoal has mounted him!
Charcoal takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Charcoal.
Charcoal trying to control but Susi is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charcoal content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Susi is bucking up trying to escape but Charcoal cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Susi wants to control but Charcoal is having none of it.
Charcoal looking to control but Susi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal controlling his opponent.
Charcoal wants to get back to his feet but Susi is holding on tight.
Charcoal controlling from the full mount.
Charcoal tries to control but Susi wriggling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Charcoal controlling the pace for now.
We're going to have a standup here because Mr Charcoal wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Susi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Charcoal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Charcoal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keni Susi's cut.
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.
Susi tries to clinch there but Charcoal circles away.
Susi throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Charcoal tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Susi is in Charcoal's guard.
Charcoal is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Susi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Charcoal is looking for a sweep.
Susi trying to control the action but Charcoal is working from the bottom.
Charcoal manages to work his way to half guard, despite Susi's best efforts.
Charcoal regains full guard. Nicely done.
Charcoal looking for a guillotine here but Susi defends easily.
Charcoal looking to hit a scissor sweep but Susi is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charcoal lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Susi!
Charcoal trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Charcoal sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Charcoal looking to control but Susi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Charcoal.
Charcoal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Susi can do to turn this around?
Susi tries to hold on but Charcoal pushes him away.
Susi looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Susi is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Charcoal wants to control but Susi is keeping busy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charcoal looking for the choke but no joy.
Charcoal working for the choke.
Charcoal trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Will Charcoal go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Susi rolls, trying to escape but Charcoal keeps control of the position.
Will Charcoal go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Charcoal connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Susi to escape the position.
I really don't envy Susi right now.
Charcoal controls the action.
Charcoal trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Charcoal is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Susi has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Susi knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Susi for a finish.
Charcoal is looking to control Susi but Susi is wriggling around and keeping busy.
What can Susi do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Charcoal tries to keep control of the position but Susi is staying busy.
Charcoal is trying to stick to Susi's back but Susi is turning into Charcoal. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Charcoal's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Susi.
Mr Charcoal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Susi is working Charcoal over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Susi preventing the sweep.
Susi trying to control the position from guard on top but Charcoal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Susi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Charcoal dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Keni Susi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Susi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Charcoal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Susi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Charcoal sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Susi somewhat.
Susi shoots in and gets a takedown into Charcoal's guard.
Charcoal looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Susi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Charcoal has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Susi has managed to get both his arms back between Charcoal's legs - danger averted.
Charcoal looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Susi puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Susi is looking for a kimura but Charcoal is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Susi to get the leverage.
Charcoal gets back to full guard.
Susi looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charcoal is trying to control the position but Susi postures up.
Charcoal had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Susi defends it easily.
Susi is pushing down on Charcoal's leg trying to pass to half guard. Charcoal is fighting to maintain full guard but Susi has managed to sneak the leg through.
Susi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Charcoal makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Charcoal.
Charcoal throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Charcoal is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal keeping moving, preventing Susi from controlling successfully.
Charcoal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Susi throwing strikes but missing.
Susi passes Charcoal's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Charcoal works his way to full guard. Good work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Susi trying to control but Charcoal is working from the bottom.
Susi drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Charcoal manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Susi has Charcoal in his guard.
Susi keeping moving, preventing Charcoal from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Charcoal trying to control but Susi is working from the bottom.
Charcoal got a little sloppy there for a moment and Susi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Charcoal has managed to get both his arms back between Susi's legs - danger averted.
Charcoal wants to control from the top but Susi keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal is really struggling to control Susi but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mr Charcoal.
Susi shoots in looking for a takedown but Charcoal manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Susi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mr Charcoal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keni Susi.
Susi shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Charcoal's guard.
Charcoal looking to hit a scissor sweep but Susi is one step ahead there.
Susi works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mr Charcoal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Susi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Charcoal sees it coming and defends easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charcoal makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Charcoal.
Charcoal bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Susi's guard.
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 Mr Charcoal.
Well Charcoal has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mr Charcoal!
Our winner, Mr Charcoal, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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