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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sami Vasara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Kingsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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163 lbs
26 - 13 - 0 |
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165 lbs
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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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sami Vasara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Kingsley!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasara walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kingsley.
Vasara takes the fight into the clinch.
Vasara tries to land knees in the clinch but Kingsley avoids the damage to the body.
Vasara misses with an elbow strike.
Vasara misses with a body punch.
Vasara works on Kingsley's body with a couple of short punches.
Vasara stalling against the cage.
Vasara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kingsley.
Vasara is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kingsley is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vasara closes the distance and clinches.
Vasara is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kingsley prevents a body shot from Vasara.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vasara.
A left hand lands to the body for Kingsley.
Vasara misses with the head strike.
Kingsley tries to work over Vasara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kingsley can't find room to land a body shot as Vasara controls the action.
Kingsley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Vasara fails to land.
Vasara looking to throw knees to the head but Kingsley is blocking nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kingsley takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vasara looking to slow down the pace here.
Kingsley tries to work over Vasara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kingsley - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Stalling in the clinch from Vasara.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley working aggressively here.
Kingsley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vasara comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kingsley holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kingsley being controlled against the cage.
Vasara is trying to maintain a safe position but Kingsley gets an underhook and turns Vasara into the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kingsley.
Kingsley blocks an elbow strike from Vasara.
Kingsley tries to throw a body punch but Vasara avoids it by throwing Kingsley back against the cage.
Vasara tries to land a knee to the head but Kingsley blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley struggles to land a body shot inside as Vasara controls his hands.
Vasara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sami Vasara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Vasara misses.
Nice straight punches there by Kingsley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kingsley.
Vasara throws a body shot but no joy.
Vasara has managed to clinch.
Kingsley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vasara throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kingsley blocks it with crossed arms.
Vasara crunches a lovely knee into Kingsley's ribcage.
A right hook to the body lands for Vasara.
Vasara tries to circle away but Kingsley has him pinned against the cage.
Kingsley prevents Vasara from breaking the clinch.
Vasara missing with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Vasara as Kingsley tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasara landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kingsley looking to slow down the pace here.
Kingsley lands a body shot.
Kingsley will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Vasara up against the cage.
Kingsley slowing the pace effectively.
Vasara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vasara throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kingsley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kingsley tries to keep at a distance but Vasara has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sami Vasara dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kingsley keeps the fight on the outside.
An inside leg kick lands from Kingsley.
Vasara closes the distance and clinches.
Kingsley trying to control the position but instead, Vasara has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kingsley into the cage.
Kingsley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vasara throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vasara is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kingsley can do to turn this around?
Vasara throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kingsley blocks it with crossed arms.
Vasara tries to land a knee to the head but Kingsley blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasara stalling.
Kingsley lands a shot to the body.
Vasara just leaning against Kingsley, taking a breather.
Vasara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kingsley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasara has Kingsley pushed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vasara.
A shot in the inside from Vasara.
Vasara tries to break free but Kingsley pushes him back against the cage.
Vasara lands a knee to the body.
Kingsley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kingsley taking a breather.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kingsley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vasara putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kingsley in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kingsley dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vasara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vasara tries to break free but Kingsley pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley is struggling to control the position.
Kingsley struggles to land a body shot inside as Vasara controls his hands.
Vasara tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vasara controlling the action here for a moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kingsley takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vasara can't break the clinch.
Kingsley trying to control the position but instead, Vasara has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kingsley into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kevin Kingsley.
Kingsley throws a head kick that misses
and Vasara counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Vasara.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vasara just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kingsley's brow.
Vasara using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kingsley blocks a body shot from Vasara.
Vasara avoids a wild elbow strike from Kingsley.
Vasara trying to control the position but instead, Kingsley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vasara into the cage.
Vasara working hard to break the clinch.
Vasara is looking to break free of the clinch but Kingsley has double underhooks.
Vasara has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vasara looking to throw knees to the head but Kingsley is blocking nicely.
Kingsley looking to slow down the pace here.
Vasara just leaning against Kingsley, taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kingsley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kingsley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kingsley is pushing Vasara up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kingsley lands a nice shot to the body.
Vasara tries to circle away but Kingsley has him pinned against the cage.
Sami Vasara has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vasara missing with knees to the body.
Kingsley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vasara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vasara blocks an uppercut.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kingsley wants to stall.
Vasara trying to stall but Kingsley improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sami Vasara dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Kingsley throws the left hand but Vasara avoids the punch easily.
Vasara tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kingsley manages to circle out of the way.
Vasara tries to clinch but Kingsley moves out of range.
Kingsley flicks out a counter leg kick but Vasara steps away.
A swing and a miss from Vasara.
Vasara sets himself, and Kingsley steps forward looking for the clinch! Vasara avoids it this time.
Kingsley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vasara closes the distance and pushes Kingsley back into the cage.
Kingsley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kingsley throws a punch but it's blocked by Vasara.
Vasara landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kingsley just leaning against Vasara, taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingsley has Vasara pressed against the cage.
Vasara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vasara putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kingsley in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasara scores a nice knee to the body.
Vasara comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vasara looking to throw knees to the head but Kingsley is blocking nicely.
Vasara stalling in the clinch.
Vasara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kingsley avoids it.
Kingsley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kingsley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vasara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Kingsley.
Vasara leaning against his opponent.
Vasara is pushing Kingsley up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Vasara lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasara is looking to control Kingsley's arms but Kingsley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vasara has his back to the cage.
Kevin Kingsley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vasara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kingsley tries a knee to the head but Vasara blocks it.
Kingsley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vasara avoiding damage as Kingsley throws knees to the body.
Vasara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kingsley's elbow.
Kingsley avoiding damage as Vasara throws knees to the body.
Kingsley misses with a punch on the inside.
Kingsley tries to work over Vasara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kingsley throws a head punch that misses.
Vasara avoiding damage as Kingsley throws knees to the body.
Kingsley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vasara is defending well for now.
Vasara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley is trying to stall.
Kingsley struggles to land a body shot inside as Vasara controls his hands.
Vasara lands a nice knee to the body.
Vasara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vasara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vasara using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kingsley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kingsley managing to block the knees to the body from Vasara.
Sami Vasara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vasara using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vasara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vasara wants to clinch
and Kingsley counters with an outside leg kick.
Kingsley swats away the attempt to clinch by Vasara.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kingsley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vasara. That did some damage!
Vasara wants to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kingsley! But no joy.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kingsley.
Vasara tries to clinch there but Kingsley circles away.
Kingsley feints a counter leg kick.
Kingsley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vasara gets a clinch.
Vasara prevents a body shot from Kingsley.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kingsley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sami Vasara showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vasara, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sami Vasara!
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FIGHT
RATING
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