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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yrjoe Velmu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esteban Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Scotty Doesn't Know. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Red Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yrjoe Velmu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Esteban Scott!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velmu fails to land with a series of punches.
We've been informed that Scott has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Velmu connects with a leg kick. Scott looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Velmu takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Velmu tries to clinch there but Scott circles away.
Velmu gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Scott to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Scott looking to pass the guard.
Scott scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Velmu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Scott throwing strikes but missing.
Scott throws an elbow that misses. Velmu uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Scott's guard. Nice move by Velmu!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Scott tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Scott throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Velmu escapes and throws Scott's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Velmu 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.
Scott is looking to regain half guard here but Velmu keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Scott keeps trying to improve his position.
Scott gets back to half guard.
Scott slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Velmu got a little sloppy there for a moment and Scott has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Velmu has managed to get both his arms back between Scott's legs - danger averted.
Velmu got a little sloppy there for a moment and Scott has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Velmu has managed to get both his arms back between Scott's legs - danger averted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Velmu passes into side control.
Scott is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Scott is still trying to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Velmu taking a breather here.
Scott is looking to reverse the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Yrjoe Velmu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Scott throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esteban Scott dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Velmu misses with a series of wild punches.
Velmu stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Velmu wants it to stay on the feet.
Scott tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Velmu throws a right and a left that Scott avoids nicely.
Velmu connects with a solid leg kick.
Scott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scott avoids the body shot from Velmu.
Scott throws a push kick but Velmu slaps the foot to one side.
Velmu misses with a head kick.
Velmu is looking to clinch but Scott is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Velmu avoids a kick to the body.
Scott is looking to land body kicks.
Velmu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Scott throws a shot to the body.
Scott walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Velmu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Velmu. No joy for Scott on that attempt.
Velmu misses with an uppercut. Scott saw that one coming.
Velmu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Scott slips under a jab.
Yrjoe Velmu is winning the standup battle so far.
Velmu is looking to chop away at Scott's legs.
Velmu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Velmu misses with a looping right.
Scott misses with a double jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Scott.
Velmu throws a right hand that Scott ducks under and follows up with a left that Scott also avoids with ease.
Scott looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Scott closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Velmu's guard.
Scott throws an elbow that misses. Velmu uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Scott's guard. Nice move by Velmu!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scott has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Velmu can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Scott is looking to sweep but instead, Velmu has passed into half guard.
Scott tries to get to full guard but Velmu has control of the leg.
Scott tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Velmu has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Scott regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Scott works his way to full guard. Good work.
Scott is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Scott sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Velmu defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velmu controlling the position for now.
Scott looks to land a strike but Velmu avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Scott postures up in Velmu's guard and throws a big left but Velmu blocks it.
Scott wants to pass the guard but Velmu is keeping the position.
Scott in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Esteban Scott will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Scott connects with a high kick.
It looks like Yrjoe Velmu has been cut.
We've been told by Velmu's head coaches at The Jungle Elite MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Velmu has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Scott.
Scott moves out of range of the body kick.
Scott throws a head kick that misses.
Scott throws a lazy head kick
and Velmu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Scott misses.
Velmu lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Scott takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Scott is looking to land body kicks.
Yrjoe Velmu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Scott feints and as Velmu raises his hands in defense, Scott changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scott throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Velmu works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Scott throwing strikes from guard but Velmu blocks nicely.
Scott throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott preventing the sweep.
Scott trying to move into half guard but instead Velmu has managed to sweep!
Scott bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Velmu's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Scott accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Scott missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Scott working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott throwing strikes from guard but Velmu blocks nicely.
Velmu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Velmu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Scott.
Yrjoe Velmu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Velmu keeping full guard, as Scott tries to pass.
Scott lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Scott is working Velmu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Scott throws a big elbow that misses.
Scott throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Scott throws a lazy head kick
and Velmu finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Velmu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Scott fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Velmu.
Velmu tries to land a leg kick but Scott saw it coming and moves away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Velmu crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Scott - the referee stops the clock and Velmu gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Scott. Velmu manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Scott uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Velmu.
Scott misses with a head kick.
Velmu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Scott. That did some damage!
Scott throws a head kick that misses
and Velmu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Scott throws out a leg kick but Velmu moves out of range and Scott only half commits.
Velmu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott defending well as Velmu loads up on a big left hand.
Velmu ducks under a wild hook from Scott.
Velmu connects with a right hand. Scott shakes it off.
Scott moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Scott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Velmu.
Esteban Scott is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scott shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Velmu lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Scott has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Scott and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Scott.
Scott throws a right hand that misses
and Velmu counters with a nice low kick that buckles Scott's knee momentarily.
Velmu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scott scores with a decent looking hook.
Velmu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Scott throws a head kick but Velmu moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Esteban Scott.
I've got Scott winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 28:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Esteban Scott!
A victorious Esteban Scott thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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