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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aito Makki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Makki has chosen Laival Eka Laival Vika as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Aito Makki has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sammy Blair's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sammy Blair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aito Makki!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Blair with that takedown attempt.
Makki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blair paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Makki drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Blair is not content to let Makki control the position.
Makki moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blair can't do much from the bottom here.
Blair is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makki remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Blair wants to control but Makki postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Makki tries to advance to mount but Blair denies him.
Blair is looking for a sweep.
Makki tries to stand but Blair is controlling his head.
Makki sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Blair is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Makki tries to score with some ground and pound. Blair controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Makki is looking to take a break and control but Blair is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Blair tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Makki wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Makki decides to stand back up.
Makki stuffs the takedown attempt from Blair. Blair gets slowly back to his feet.
Makki throws a combination. Blair tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Sammy Blair has been cut.
Makki's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Makki duly obliges.
Makki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A solid body kick from Makki.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blair was well out of range. Poor timing from Makki.
Makki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Makki closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Blair quickly recovers to half guard.
Makki trying to mount his opponent but Blair defends it.
Blair is controlling Makki's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Makki trying to control the action but Blair is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Blair is looking to control Makki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Blair avoid being mounted?
It looks like Makki is going to stand back up.
Blair is trying to control but can't.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blair shoots in and bounces Makki off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Blair passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aito Makki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sammy Blair's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Makki lands a jab to Blair's midsection.
Makki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Makki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Makki throws a head kick but Blair moves out of range.
A head kick from Makki lands but Blair takes it in his stride.
Blair shoots in looking for a takedown. Makki tries to sprawl out of it but Blair keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Makki manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Blair shoots in for a takedown but Makki shows good takedown defense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makki does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Makki misses with a low kick as Blair jumps back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makki connects with a right hand. Blair shakes it off.
Blair is rocked!
Makki lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Blair goes down and covers up as Makki starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aito Makki!
As Aito Makki got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: ezpz'.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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