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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arvel Garnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osmo Keinänen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arvel Garnett is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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195 lbs
8 - 8 - 0 |
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182 cm
26
190 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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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
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arvel Garnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Osmo Keinänen!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keinänen ducks under a wild hook from Garnett.
Keinänen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garnett looks to land a right hand but Keinänen moved out of range.
Keinänen staying out of range there.
Keinänen lands with a shot to the body.
Arvel Garnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keinänen tries a head kick but it misses.
Keinänen scores with a nice strike.
Keinänen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keinänen misses with a low kick.
Garnett fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Garnett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garnett misses with a wild body shot.
Garnett takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Garnett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keinänen was well out of range. Poor timing from Garnett.
Keinänen manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Garnett on his heels. He'll look to pass Garnett's guard now, I'm sure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keinänen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Keinänen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keinänen looking to sit in guard and control but Garnett gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Keinänen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Garnett defends well.
Garnett looking to pass the guard.
Keinänen working for submissions but it's allowed Garnett to get to half guard.
Keinänen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Keinänen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Garnett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keinänen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Keinänen moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Garnett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Garnett 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.
Keinänen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garnett.
Garnett won't allow Keinänen to sweep him here.
Garnett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garnett trying to control the position from guard on top but Keinänen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garnett pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Keinänen is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Osmo Keinänen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Garnett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keinänen.
A thudding body kick lands there by Garnett!
Garnett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keinänen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garnett fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Keinänen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garnett looks to score with a jab to the body but Keinänen is just out of range.
Garnett throws an overhand right that lands on Keinänen's shoulder, as Keinänen tries to avoid the shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Keinänen. That's going to slow Garnett down.
Keinänen throws a hook but Garnett avoids it easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Keinänen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Keinänen is looking to land body kicks.
Keinänen digs a good body shot into Garnett's ribs.
Garnett swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Keinänen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keinänen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garnett throws a jab but it's blocked by Keinänen.
Garnett lands a nice hook to Keinänen's body. Keinänen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Keinänen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Garnett circles away.
Keinänen slips under a jab.
Garnett looks to throw a body kick
and Keinänen counters with a shoot takedown. Garnett fights it but they end up in guard.
Garnett tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Garnett managing to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Keinänen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Garnett looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Arvel Garnett.
Keinänen connects with a nice looking jab.
Garnett takes one on the button.
No joy there for Keinänen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garnett thows a body shot but no joy.
Garnett lands a nice shot to the body.
Keinänen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Garnett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, jab by Garnett - just one landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garnett lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Keinänen circles away quickly and effectively.
Keinänen moves away from the strike by Garnett.
Keinänen drives through with a takedown into Garnett's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
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 Arvel Garnett will probably get the nod.
That's time! Garnett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Garnett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Garnett misses with a wild body shot.
Garnett throws out a loose jab but Keinänen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keinänen ducks under a wild hook from Garnett.
Garnett connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Keinänen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Garnett - the referee stops the clock and Keinänen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Garnett. Keinänen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Keinänen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keinänen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garnett. Keinänen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garnett misses with a few strikes there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garnett.
Garnett misses with a hook.
Garnett scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnett misses the jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Keinänen - that will leave a mark!
Garnett misses with a jab, cross combination.
Keinänen avoids the body shot from Garnett.
Keinänen with a nice cross.
Garnett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garnett misses with a looping right.
Garnett throws a series of punches but Keinänen moves out of range.
Garnett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keinänen manages to avoid it.
Keinänen lands a jab to the head.
Keinänen avoids the body shot from Garnett.
Keinänen shoots in and drives through. Garnett sprawls well.
Garnett feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Keinänens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keinänen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Keinänen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garnett.
Keinänen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garnett has time to react.
Garnett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keinänen moves away.
Keinänen misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Garnett to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keinänen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Garnett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keinänen moves into the clinch.
Garnett is trying to break free.
Keinänen wants to break free but Garnett has control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garnett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keinänen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garnett has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garnett on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arvel Garnett showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Garnett 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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