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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esa Wideroos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puppy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Otherside by Mackemore X Ryan Lewis kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Esa Wideroos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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217 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Esa Wideroos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puppy Love!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wideroos.
Good shot there by Wideroos.
Wideroos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wideroos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Love throws out the jab.
A big right from Love misses.
Wideroos looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Love misses the jab.
Wideroos is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Love avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Love is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wideroos with a body shot.
Wideroos moves out of range as Love strikes.
Wideroos lands a nice shot that snaps Love's head back.
Wideroos ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Wideroos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Love manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Love checks a low kick from Wideroos.
Love ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wideroos.
Love misses with an uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wideroos, right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wideroos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wideroos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wideroos connects with a right hand. Love shakes it off.
Wideroos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Love ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice shot by Love.
Wideroos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Wideroos does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wideroos. That's going to slow Love down.
Love avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wideroos connects with an inside leg kick.
Love on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wideroos tries to land a leg kick but Love saw it coming and moves away.
Love drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wideroos defends it well.
Love moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by Wideroos.
Wideroos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wideroos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wideroos tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance.
Wideroos keeps Love at a distance using the push kick.
Wideroos lands a nice looking body kick.
Wideroos has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Wideroos tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Wideroos misses the target.
Wideroos throws a leg kick but Love moved away.
Esa Wideroos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wideroos tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wideroos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Love feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wideroos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wideroos looking to control.
Love lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Love postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love stopping the sweep attempt from Wideroos.
Love has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wideroos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Love can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wideroos is trying to control the position but Love postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wideroos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Esa Wideroos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wideroos tries to clinch but Love moves out of range.
Wideroos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A leg kick checked by Love.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love looking to score a takedown here. Wideroos is defending well but Love drives through and ends up in Wideroos's guard.
Wideroos 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.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Wideroos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wideroos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Love with a nice head shot there.
Love trying to control but Wideroos is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Love accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wideroos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Puppy Love will probably get the nod.
That's time! Wideroos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Wideroos throws a poor cross that misses
and Love counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Love connects with a looping right hand.
Love tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wideroos was well out of range. Poor timing from Love.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wideroos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wideroos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wideroos looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
A slow jab from Love misses its intended target.
Love shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wideroos pinned against the cage. Wideroos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wideroos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Love.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wideroos. That's going to slow Love down.
Wideroos moves out of range as Love strikes.
Love bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wideroos is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Love working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wideroos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Love.
Love landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Love not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Love is looking to take a break and control but Wideroos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Love thows a huge punch but Wideroos dodges it nicely.
Wideroos is trying to get back to full guard.
Wideroos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Love.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Love is looking to take a break and control but Wideroos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Love checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Puppy Love seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Love tests Wideroos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wideroos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Love avoids a kick to the body.
Love avoids the head kick by Wideroos.
Wideroos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wideroos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Love slips a jab from Wideroos.
Love appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wideroos scores with a leg kick.
A left lands for Wideroos.
Love lands a jab to Wideroos's midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Love there.
Love shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Wideroos's guard.
Love missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Love trying to control but Wideroos is working from the bottom.
Wideroos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wideroos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Love is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love lands a couple of elbows.
Love looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wideroos wants to clinch but Love slips to the side
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
Love has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Love changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Wideroos looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wideroos manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Love wants to take a breather but Wideroos is having none of it.
Wideroos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Love.
Wideroos is trying to control but can't.
Love is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Love lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Puppy Love showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. 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.
Wideroos misses with a head kick.
Wideroos misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Love! But no joy.
Love avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Love has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wideroos.
Wideroos is looking to counter with a body kick.
Love takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Love dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Love moves into range and connects with a jab.
Love comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wideroos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wideroos dodges the punch combination from Love.
Wideroos feinted there with a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wideroos cracks Love with a good jab.
Wideroos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Love will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Wideroos.
Wideroos throwing a counter right hand but Love manages to avoid it.
Wideroos thows a leg kick but Love checks it
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A low kick from Wideroos is predictable there
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Love pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wideroos connects with a right hand. Love shakes it off.
A punch combination from Love misses.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wideroos.
Love swings for the body but Wideroos moves out of range.
Wideroos is looking to counter with a body kick.
Wideroos throws a leg kick which misses Love's front leg but catches the back leg as Love tries to avoid it.
Wideroos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wideroos looks to land a left hand but Love moved out of range nicely.
Wideroos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wideroos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wideroos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wideroos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wideroos tries a low kick but Love avoids it.
Wideroos jabs at Love's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wideroos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wideroos lands a nice hook to Love's body. Love takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Love missing with a left hand there. Wideroos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wideroos. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wideroos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Love is able to avoid easily.
Love is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wideroos with a body shot.
Esa Wideroos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wideroos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wideroos looks to land a body kick but Love moved away.
Wideroos connects with a solid leg kick.
Love checks a leg kick.
And Love tries to counter it with a takedown but Wideroos pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wideroos tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Love counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Love as he connects with a hook.
Wideroos lands with a kick to the ribs.
Love lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wideroos throws a front kick aimed at Love's knee but Love avoids it well.
Wideroos moves away from the strike by Love.
Wideroos seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Wideroos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Love's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
Love bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wideroos's head backwards.
Wideroos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wideroos misses with a head kick.
Love with the counter takedown but Wideroos avoids it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Wideroos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Love jabs Wideroos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Love moves out of range of the leg kick from Wideroos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wideroos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Puppy Love is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wideroos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Love fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wideroos throws a poor cross that misses
and Love counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wideroos thinking.
Wideroos looks for the body kick but Love saw that one coming.
Wideroos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wideroos darts in trying to clinch
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Love drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Love preventing the sweep.
And that's the end of the fight!
Puppy Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Love has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Puppy Love!
During a confident post fight interview, Puppy Love thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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