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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Puska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Musta Surma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puska kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is You Ain't Stoppin Me !!!! . Musta Surma has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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149 lbs
38 - 15 - 1 |
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152 lbs
20 - 19 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
38 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Puska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Musta Surma!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puska looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice shot lands for Puska.
Puska misses with a body shot.
Surma slips a jab from Puska.
Puska jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Surma staying out of range there.
Surma takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Puska misses with a hook.
Puska misses with a head kick.
Surma keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Puska.
Surma steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Puska.
Puska throws a right and a left that Surma avoids nicely.
Surma throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Mike Puska has been cut.
Surma misses the jab.
Surma misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Surma. Those never looked like landing.
Puska tries for a takedown but Surma circles away easily
and Puska takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Surma tries to close the distance and clinch but Puska swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Puska takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Surma tries to clinch but Puska moves out of range.
Surma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Surma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Puska swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Surma is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Puska.
It looks like Musta Surma has been cut.
Puska swinging wildly here.
Surma throws out a powerful jab.
Surma works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mike Puska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puska throws a push kick but Surma slaps the foot to one side.
Puska darts in and clinches Surma up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surma using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Puska avoiding damage as Surma throws knees to the body.
Surma stops a takedown attempt from Puska.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Puska. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Surma lands an elbow inside that Puska shrugs off.
Surma pushes off an throws an elbow but Puska leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Surma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Surma unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Puska misses with the head strike.
Surma missing with knees to the body.
Surma lands an elbow that stopped Puska in his tracks for a moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Surma using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Surma.
Puska misses with a punch on the inside.
Surma misses with an elbow strike.
Puska wants to take the fight to the mat but Surma manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Surma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mike Puska's cut is getting worse.
Puska is trying to force a seperation but Surma has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puska tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puska wants a takedown.
Puska lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Surma lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Puska tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Surma tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Puska blocks an elbow strike from Surma.
Puska swings wildly with an uppercut but Surma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Surma.
Surma scores with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Puska.
Puska tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puska throws a punch but it's blocked by Surma.
Puska tries to break free but Surma pushes him back against the cage.
Surma tries to land a knee to the head but Puska blocks with his arms.
Puska avoiding damage as Surma throws knees to the body.
Puska takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Surma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Puska avoids a wild elbow strike from Surma.
Puska misses with a hook from the clinch.
Surma lands a damaging elbow.
Surma throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Puskas head.
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!
Surma tries to land knees in the clinch but Puska avoids the damage to the body.
Puska lands a body punch.
Surma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Surma gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Surma trying to land knees to the body.
Surma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Surma throws an elbow but it misses.
Puska tries to throw a body punch but Surma avoids it by throwing Puska back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puska lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Puska swings wildly with an uppercut but Surma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Surma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Surma missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Musta Surma dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Puska dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mike Puska is winning the standup battle so far.
Puska tries a head kick but it misses.
Puska lands a lovely overhand right.
Puska loads up on a big right hand but Surma slips the punch.
Surma tries to clinch but Puska moves out of range.
Puska keeps the fight on the outside.
Surma throws a series of punches but Puska avoids them all with ease.
Surma defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Puska.
Surma moves out of range of the strikes.
Surma throws a lazy head kick
and Puska cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A head kick misses from Puska.
Puska goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Puska looks to throw the jab but Surma is out of range.
Surma scores with a hook.
Puska pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Surma.
A big left from Puska misses.
Surma closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Puska to the mat! Puska manages to get full guard.
Puska controls Surma momentarily but Surma frees himself.
Puska keeping moving, preventing Surma from controlling successfully.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Musta Surma wasn't active enough on the ground.
Puska throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Puska looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Surma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puska throws out a powerful jab.
Surma lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mike Puska's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Surma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Surma avoids the head kick by Puska.
Surma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Puska manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Surma tries to bum rush Puska with a series of wild strikes but Puska uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Surma has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Puska finds it's way round the side to connect with Surma's head.
Puska feints and then cracks Surma's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Surma down.
Nice straight punches there by Puska. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Puska.
Surma is looking to clinch.
Puska is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Surma avoids the head kick by Puska.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Puska.
An inside leg kick lands from Puska.
Puska bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Surma's head backwards.
Puska misses with a hook.
Puska throws a lazy uppercut
and Surma counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Puska shoots in looking for a takedown. Surma tries to sprawl out of it but Puska keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Surma manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Surma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Puska.
Surma pushes Puska up against the cage in a clinch.
Puska goes for a takedown in the clinch but Surma prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Puska. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Surma working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Surma throws an elbow but it misses.
Puska tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puska takes an elbow to the forehead.
Surma throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Puskas head.
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!
Surma unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Surma creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Puska's defenses.
Puska dodges an elbow strike from Surma.
Surma has Puska pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Puska manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Surma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Surma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jeez, Mike Puska's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Puska gets through Surma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Surma throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Surma tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Surma blocks an uppercut.
Puska works on Surma's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Puska fails to land.
Surma has Puska pressed against the cage, preventing Puska from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from Surma.
Puska on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Puska.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Musta Surma will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Puska's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Surma steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Puska.
Surma on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Surma.
Puska throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Surma counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Puska!
Surma wants to control but Puska is keeping him busy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Surma advances to mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Surma cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puska is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Surma putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Puska's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Musta Surma!
Musta Surma was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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