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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sakari Nurmi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Leissner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nurmi's entrance music is Turisas -Take the day!. A fine choice. Leissner has chosen Mohammed's theme as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 lbs
16 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sakari Nurmi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Gabriel Leissner!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leissner closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nurmi circles away.
Nurmi slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Nurmi misses its intended target.
Leissner decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Leissner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Leissner throwing shots but Nurmi is blocking nicely.
Leissner thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nurmi's head.
Leissner slips a nice elbow through Nurmi's hands, connecting with Nurmi's forehead.
Leissner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nurmi actively working from the bottom here.
Leissner wants to take a breather but Nurmi is having none of it.
Leissner has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Leissner looking to ground and pound but Nurmi is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leissner controlling from mount.
Nurmi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Leissner thowing shots but they're missing.
Leissner is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nurmi wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Leissner.
Leissner looking to control but Nurmi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leissner controlling from the full mount.
Nurmi tries to reverse the position but Leissner maintains control.
Leissner lands a nice shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nurmi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leissner with good strikes from the mount here!
Leissner raining down hammerfists from mount.
Leissner wants to control the pace but Nurmi is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leissner scoring with strikes but Nurmi is staying in there.
Leissner tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Leissner working Nurmi over with strikes here.
Leissner lands with some strikes.
Leissner sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Nurmi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Leissner looking to control but Nurmi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Leissner cracks Nurmi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Leissner looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leissner is landing with some decent strikes but Nurmi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Nurmi can't escape the position.
Leissner putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Leissner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Leissner scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Leissner landing shots from mount.
Leissner looking to control but Nurmi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leissner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Leissner looking to ground and pound but Nurmi is blocking nicely.
Nurmi tries to hold on but Leissner pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Leissner dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nurmi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leissner.
Leissner has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Leissner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nurmi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nurmi doesn't manage to clinch there - Leissner circles away.
Gabriel Leissner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Nurmi.
Leissner throws a body punch but Nurmi moves out of range.
Nurmi leaves Leissner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Leissner fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nurmi moves away from the strike by Leissner.
Nurmi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leissner.
Leissner throws a lazy uppercut
and Nurmi counters with a stiff right hand.
Nurmi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leissner throws a shot from downtown. Nurmi moves away and avoids it.
Leissner throws an off balance right hand
and Nurmi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short uppercut from Leissner.
Leissner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nurmi wants the takedown. Leissner is fighting it off but Nurmi persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Leissner's guard against the cage.
Leissner has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Nurmi has passed into side control.
Nurmi is working Leissner over with some ground and pound from side control.
Leissner tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nurmi working the ground and pound from side control.
Nurmi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've been hearing that Nurmi has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Leissner dodges the ground and pound from Nurmi.
Nurmi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Leissner is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Leissner is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nurmi landing strikes.
Leissner tries to bench press Nurmi off him but Nurmi keeps the position.
Leissner keeps trying to improve his position.
Nurmi throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Leissner works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Nurmi seems to be looking for submissions.
Leissner trying to control from the bottom.
Leissner tries to get to full guard but Nurmi has control of the leg.
Nurmi wants to control but Leissner is keeping him busy.
Nice strikes from Nurmi there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Leissner is looking to improve his position.
Leissner is not content to let Nurmi control the position.
Leissner manages to get to full guard.
Nurmi trying to control but Leissner is working from the bottom.
Nurmi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nurmi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nurmi trying to control the position from guard on top but Leissner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi is fighting to break Leissner's control of his arms but Leissner is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Nurmi trying to control the position from guard on top but Leissner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nurmi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Leissner is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Nurmi throws a big elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nurmi postures up and lands a big shot to Leissner's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nurmi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nurmi wants to control from the top but Leissner keeps moving.
Nurmi tries to free his leg and advance position but Leissner is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sakari Nurmi dominated that second round.
That's time! Nurmi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Leissner loads up on a big right hand but Nurmi slips the punch.
Nurmi tries to clinch up.
Leissner misses with a hook.
Nurmi tries to score with a low kick but Leissner moves his leg out of the way.
Leissner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leissner throws a jab when Nurmi was well out of range.
Leissner looks to land a right hand but Nurmi moved out of range.
Nurmi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nurmi stuffs the takedown.
Leissner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Leissner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nurmi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Leissner finds it's way round the side to connect with Nurmi's head.
Leissner misses with a looping right.
Nurmi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Leissner 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Leissner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nurmi on the side of the head.
Nurmi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Leissner connects with a high kick.
Leissner throws an off balance right hand
and Nurmi counters with a straight right hand.
Nice shot lands for Leissner.
Leissner wants to land a leg kick but Nurmi is out of range.
Leissner walks into a straight right hand from Nurmi.
Nurmi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nurmi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Leissner lands with a straight right. Nurmi didn't see that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leissner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Leissner scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nurmi forces Leissner back against the cage and clinches.
Nurmi prevents a body shot from Leissner.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nurmi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nurmi gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Leissner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nurmi trying to control the position from guard on top but Leissner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nurmi is working Leissner over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nurmi preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nurmi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nurmi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leissner 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.
Nurmi trying to control the position from guard on top but Leissner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nurmi preventing the sweep.
Leissner is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Leissner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nurmi is one step ahead there.
Nurmi trying to control but Leissner is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Leissner is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Leissner wants to control but Nurmi is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leissner is looking to stall here but Nurmi recovers full guard.
Leissner trying to control the position from guard on top but Nurmi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nurmi is on top in guard.
Nurmi 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.
Leissner tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Leissner keeping moving, preventing Nurmi from controlling successfully.
Nurmi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in 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 Sakari Nurmi.
I think Nurmi 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sakari Nurmi!
Sakari Nurmi thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Gabriel Leissner had this to say: 'It's at times like this, one must reach deeply into his soul,challenge his heart, feel new courage, endure the fuck pain and say 'FUCK ISLAM AND MOHAMMED WAS A PEDOPHILE''.
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