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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ayrton Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maadhav Narasimhan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maadhav Narasimhan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ayrton Lewis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maadhav Narasimhan !
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narasimhan misses with a body shot
so Lewis counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lewis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lewis 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.
Lewis throwing strikes from guard but Narasimhan blocks nicely.
Lewis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lewis with a nice head shot there.
Lewis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Narasimhan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lewis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Narasimhan 's head.
Narasimhan is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Lewis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Narasimhan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narasimhan working a defensive guard but Lewis passes into half guard.
Narasimhan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lewis throwing shots but Narasimhan is blocking nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Narasimhan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ground and pound from Lewis.
Lewis prevents Narasimhan from improving his position.
Lewis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lewis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lewis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Narasimhan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Lewis landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lewis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lewis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Narasimhan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lewis postures up in Narasimhan 's guard and throws a big left but Narasimhan blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lewis lands a couple of digs.
Lewis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Narasimhan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lewis postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis lands a couple of elbows.
Lewis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Narasimhan 's head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Narasimhan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lewis.
Lewis connects with a couple of short punches.
Lewis throwing strikes from guard but Narasimhan blocks nicely.
Narasimhan seems keen to control Lewis's posture.
Lewis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lewis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lewis throwing strikes from guard but Narasimhan blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narasimhan wants to stand up but Lewis is controlling him.
Lewis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Narasimhan is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lewis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
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!
Narasimhan managing to control the position.
Lewis throws a big right hand that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Narasimhan is controlling Lewis's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ayrton Lewis dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Narasimhan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Narasimhan scores with a jab. Lewis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Narasimhan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Narasimhan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lewis throws out the jab.
Lewis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Narasimhan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lewis. Lewis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Narasimhan 's coach down at Bad Pluto! was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Narasimhan 's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lewis swings for the body but Narasimhan moves out of range.
Narasimhan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lewis counters with a nice double leg into side control. Narasimhan won't be happy with that.
Check out the look on Lewis's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narasimhan parries the strikes from Lewis easily there. Lewis is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Narasimhan to escape.
Narasimhan taking a bit of punishment here - Lewis scoring with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Narasimhan is avoiding damage well.
Lewis in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Lewis tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lewis landing a few strikes.
Narasimhan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lewis lands a few punches from side control.
Narasimhan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lewis in side control, throwing shots but Narasimhan defends.
An elbow from Lewis crashes against the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis working the ground and pound but Narasimhan is defending the strikes.
Lewis scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Narasimhan to see if he's OK.
Lewis lands a nice forearm strike.
Lewis connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Narasimhan some visible discomfort.
Narasimhan defending against the ground and pound.
Lewis is putting a hurting on Narasimhan here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Lewis.
Lewis working the head and body with strikes.
Lewis looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Narasimhan is avoiding damage well.
Narasimhan tries to bench press Lewis off him but Lewis keeps the position.
Narasimhan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lewis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Narasimhan is looking for a sweep.
Lewis working the ground and pound.
Lewis cracks Narasimhan with a big elbow.
Lewis tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Narasimhan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Lewis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Narasimhan can do to turn this around?
Lewis throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Narasimhan parries the strikes from Lewis easily there. Lewis is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Narasimhan to escape.
Narasimhan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Lewis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lewis lands a nice forearm strike.
Narasimhan takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Narasimhan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lewis is chipping away with strikes.
Narasimhan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The ground and pound from Lewis seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lewis lands a decent elbow from side control.
Narasimhan taking a bit of punishment here - Lewis scoring with strikes.
Lewis works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ayrton Lewis dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Narasimhan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lewis was well out of range. Poor timing from Narasimhan .
Lewis misses with a body shot.
Narasimhan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lewis moves away.
Narasimhan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lewis at a distance.
Narasimhan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lewis.
Lewis misses with a straight left.
Lewis misses with an uppercut
and Narasimhan counters with a stiff right hand.
A combination from Narasimhan does no damage.
Narasimhan lands a nice shot to the body.
Maadhav Narasimhan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Narasimhan lands a nice shot to the body.
Narasimhan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lewis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis shoots in looking for a takedown but Narasimhan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lewis's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Narasimhan tries to keep at a distance but Lewis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lewis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lewis goes for a takedown attempt but Narasimhan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ayrton Lewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lewis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Narasimhan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lewis.
Narasimhan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lewis manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narasimhan digs a good hook to Lewis's body.
Lewis looks for a takedown but Narasimhan sprawls well.
Narasimhan scores with a jab to the body.
Lewis misses with a left hand
and Narasimhan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Narasimhan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lewis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Narasimhan was well out of range. Poor timing from Lewis.
Lewis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Narasimhan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Narasimhan thuds a left hand into Lewis's body.
Narasimhan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lewis swings for the body but Narasimhan moves out of range.
Lewis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maadhav Narasimhan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Narasimhan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lewis is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Narasimhan 's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Narasimhan lands with a cross.
Narasimhan misses with a straight right.
Narasimhan 's corner calls for a 1-2. Narasimhan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Narasimhan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lewis.
Lewis avoids the body shot from Narasimhan .
Narasimhan misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narasimhan misses with a series of wild punches.
Lewis has a takedown stuffed.
Lewis throws an off balance right hand
and Narasimhan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lewis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Narasimhan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lewis digs a good body shot into Narasimhan 's ribs.
Narasimhan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lewis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Narasimhan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Narasimhan lands a nice hook to Lewis's body. Lewis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Narasimhan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lewis throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maadhav Narasimhan really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Narasimhan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lewis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch lands to the side of Lewis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Narasimhan misses with a wild body shot.
Narasimhan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Narasimhan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lewis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Narasimhan manages to avoid it.
Lewis swings for the body but Narasimhan moves out of range.
Lewis throws a hook to the side of Narasimhan 's head but Narasimhan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lewis defending well as Narasimhan loads up on a big left hand.
Lewis walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narasimhan throws a series of punches but Lewis moves out of range.
Lewis misses with a hook.
Narasimhan throws a series of punches but Lewis moves out of range.
Lewis shoots in and gets a takedown into Narasimhan 's guard.
Lewis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lewis throwing strikes but missing.
Lewis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lewis slips nicely into half guard.
Narasimhan has hold of Lewis's hands but Lewis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lewis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Narasimhan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewis winds up and cracks Narasimhan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lewis drops an elbow to the side of Narasimhan 's head.
Ayrton Lewis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lewis takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Narasimhan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lewis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Narasimhan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lewis scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lewis throwing shots but Narasimhan is blocking nicely.
Lewis working the head and body with strikes.
Lewis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lewis is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lewis lands with a punch from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis throwing shots but Narasimhan is blocking nicely.
Lewis slips a nice elbow through Narasimhan 's hands, connecting with Narasimhan 's forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Narasimhan defending well though.
Lewis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Narasimhan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lewis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lewis is nestled in close to Narasimhan , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lewis lands a nice short elbow.
Narasimhan is looking to improve his position.
Lewis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lewis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Narasimhan wants to improve his position but Lewis is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ayrton Lewis had his way with Maadhav Narasimhan in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Narasimhan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Narasimhan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narasimhan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Narasimhan lands a slapping body shot.
Narasimhan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lewis.
Narasimhan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lewis rushes Narasimhan and presses him up against the cage.
Lewis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Narasimhan blocks it with crossed arms.
Lewis goes for a takedown attempt but Narasimhan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Narasimhan . Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis loads up on a big right hand but Narasimhan slips the punch.
Lewis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Narasimhan manages to avoid it.
Lewis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Narasimhan is fending him off so far but Lewis persists. Nope, Narasimhan circles away and we're back to standing.
Narasimhan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
Lewis scores with a punch to the head.
Lewis closes the distance and clinches.
Lewis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Narasimhan misses with some punches.
Lewis misses with a knee strike.
Maadhav Narasimhan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ayrton Lewis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narasimhan lands a right hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lewis as Narasimhan tries to tie him up.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.
Narasimhan misses with some punches.
Lewis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Narasimhan pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ayrton Lewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lewis misses with a wild body shot.
Narasimhan with a jab.
Narasimhan connects with a body shot that sends Lewis's belly button to the back.
Lewis misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Lewis misses.
Narasimhan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lewis.
The crowd cheers as Lewis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Narasimhan doesn't seem phased though.
Lewis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Narasimhan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lewis misses with a straight left.
Narasimhan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lewis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Narasimhan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lewis takes a swing at Narasimhan 's ribcage but misses.
Lewis fails with the takedown.
Lewis slips under a jab.
Narasimhan connects with a body shot that sends Lewis's belly button to the back.
Narasimhan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Narasimhan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lewis.
Narasimhan scores with a hook to the body. Lewis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Maadhav Narasimhan .
I think Lewis 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 48:47
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 49:47
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ayrton Lewis!
Ayrton Lewis is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Ayrton Lewis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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