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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between MC Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Sobchak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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280 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, MC Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeff Sobchak !
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobchak feints and as Hammer raises his hands in defense, Sobchak changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hammer keeping moving, preventing Sobchak from controlling successfully.
Hammer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sobchak is one step ahead there.
Hammer will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Sobchak stopping the sweep attempt from Hammer.
Hammer is working hard here to advance position.
Hammer bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sobchak 's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hammer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sobchak wants to stand and escape but Hammer is having none of it.
Hammer has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sobchak looking for a sweep. Not yet Sobchak , not yet.
Hammer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sobchak trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Hammer thows a big elbow that misses.
Sobchak tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sobchak wants to stand but Hammer is controlling the position.
Hammer with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammer cracks Sobchak with a solid left hand.
Hammer cracks Sobchak with a solid left hand.
Hammer working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sobchak 's head.
Sobchak is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hammer throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sobchak has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hammer really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sobchak has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hammer's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer is trying desperately to improve position.
Sobchak looking to control but Hammer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hammer sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Hammer tries to get to full guard but Sobchak has control of the leg.
Hammer slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sobchak works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sobchak tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Hammer.
Hammer wants to improve his position but Sobchak is controlling well.
Hammer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hammer tries to get out of the position.
Sobchak wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobchak decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Sobchak throws a sloppy head kick and Hammer moves out of range easily.
Hammer feints and as Sobchak raises his hands in defense, Hammer changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hammer preventing the sweep.
Hammer scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sobchak looking for a sweep. Not yet Sobchak , not yet.
Sobchak looks gassed!
Sobchak is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hammer throwing strikes from guard but Sobchak blocks nicely.
Hammer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammer postures up in Sobchak 's guard and throws a big left but Sobchak blocks it.
Hammer lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sobchak working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hammer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobchak looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice sprawl there from Sobchak as Hammer shoots in.
Hammer tries for a takedown but Sobchak sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Hammer blocks the leg kick.
Sobchak throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like MC Hammer has been cut.
Hammer fails with the takedown
and Sobchak counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hammer's knee momentarily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for MC Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sobchak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Sobchak . No joy for Hammer on that attempt.
Sobchak moves into the clinch.
Hammer drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sobchak has picked Hammer up - he's going for a ride! Sobchak dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammer is staying active underneath Sobchak , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sobchak wants to stand but Hammer has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sobchak passes to side control.
Hammer is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Sobchak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on MC Hammer'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.
Sobchak misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sobchak stuffs the takedown attempt from Hammer. Hammer gets slowly back to his feet.
Hammer tries for a takedown but Sobchak sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sobchak shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hammer throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hammer wants to sweep here but Sobchak controlling him for the moment.
Sobchak is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sobchak trying to control the position from guard on top but Hammer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammer tries to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sobchak stopping the sweep attempt from Hammer.
Hammer throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobchak passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Hammer missing with punches from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sobchak doesn't manage to clinch there - Hammer circles away.
Hammer shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for MC Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sobchak moves into the clinch.
Hammer drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sobchak gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sobchak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sobchak as he avoids it easily.
Sobchak throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hammer's waist but Hammer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sobchak off to one side.
Sobchak scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sobchak doesn't manage to clinch there - Hammer circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hammer.
Hammer gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sobchak gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobchak tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sobchak lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sobchak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hammer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sobchak throws a head kick but Hammer moves out of range.
Sobchak will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hammer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hammer fails with the takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sobchak connects with a knee to the head.
Sobchak breaks the clinch.
Sobchak misses with a head kick.
MC Hammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hammer has his takedown stuffed
and Sobchak counters by moving into the clinch.
Sobchak gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hammer.
Sobchak taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobchak manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Hammer keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sobchak 's head.
Hammer throwing strikes from guard but Sobchak blocks nicely.
Hammer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sobchak will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Sobchak pushes Hammer off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Hammer shoots in but Sobchak avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sobchak forces Hammer back against the cage and clinches.
Sobchak unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hammer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hammer drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sobchak gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Sobchak is stalling in the full guard.
Hammer throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Jeff Sobchak has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sobchak stands up from Hammer's guard - Sobchak perhaps looking for a knockout.
Sobchak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hammer fails to land the takedown.
Crunch! Sobchak slams his shin into Hammer's torso.
Sobchak misses with a head kick.
Sobchak tries to clinch there but Hammer circles away.
Hammer closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sobchak circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hammer doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sobchak counters by clinching up.
Sobchak goes for a takedown attempt but Hammer pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hammer misses with a takedown attempt - Sobchak sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Sobchak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on MC Hammer's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Sobchak connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hammer was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sobchak is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hammer lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hammer landing strikes from the mount.
Sobchak tries to hold on but Hammer postures up.
Hammer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hammer dominating with strikes here.
Hammer landing shots from mount.
Hammer lands a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sobchak is desperately trying to improve his position but Hammer has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hammer breaks from Sobchak 's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobchak is looking to improve his position but Hammer isn't that keen on the idea.
Hammer with the ground and pound from mount.
Hammer scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sobchak ?
Hammer punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sobchak slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hammer throwing shots but Sobchak is blocking nicely.
Sobchak gets back to full guard.
Hammer works over Sobchak with some ground and pound from guard.
Sobchak bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hammer's guard.
Sobchak won't allow Hammer to sweep him here.
Hammer doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hammer throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Hammer doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer keeping moving, preventing Sobchak from controlling successfully.
Sobchak won't allow Hammer to sweep him here.
Sobchak works over Hammer with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sobchak wants to clinch up but Hammer keeps it at a distance.
Hammer doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sobchak counters by clinching up.
Sobchak connects with a knee to the head.
Sobchak controlling the action here for a moment.
Sobchak stops a takedown attempt from Hammer.
Stalling in the clinch from Sobchak .
Sobchak gets underhooks to prevent Hammer's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for MC Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sobchak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sobchak prevents the takedown attempt.
Hammer drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sobchak pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sobchak has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobchak escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sobchak tries to clinch up.
Hammer tries for a takedown but Sobchak circles away easily
and Sobchak counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hammer's guard now.
Hammer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Sobchak stands up and waves to Hammer to follow him.
Sobchak looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hammer is fending him off so far but Sobchak persists. Nope, Hammer circles away and we're back to standing.
Horrible takedown by Sobchak or perhaps it was just good defense by Hammer which made him look bad.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hammer tries to free his leg and advance position but Sobchak is retaining full guard.
Hammeris looking to pass into half guard but Sobchak pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Sobchak is in guard.
Hammer trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Sobchak gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hammer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sobchak throws a head kick that misses.
Sobchak stuffs the takedown.
Hammer has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jeff Sobchak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck for Hammer with that takedown attempt.
Sobchak looks to land a body kick but Hammer moved away.
Sobchak forces Hammer back against the cage and clinches.
Hammer wants a takedown but no success here.
Sobchak unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hammer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sobchak scores with a knee to the head.
Hammer takes an elbow to the temple.
Hammer tries for a takedown. No joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sobchak landing knees to the head.
Sobchak lands a knee to the body.
Hammer blocks an elbow strike from Sobchak .
Sobchak gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hammer.
MC Hammer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jeff Sobchak is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hammer misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jeff Sobchak .
Well Sobchak has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Sobchak !
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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