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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Frisk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fjodor Fedja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fedja has chosen Oy, to ne vecher as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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212 lbs
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192 cm
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215 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Benjamin Frisk! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fjodor Fedja! The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Frisk slips a jab from Fedja. Fjodor Fedja seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Fedja moves away from the strike by Frisk. Fedja throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Frisk. Fedja scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Frisk doesn't seem bothered though. A right-left combo lands from Frisk. Fedja lands a slapping body shot.
Frisk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Fedja looks to land a right hand but Frisk moved out of range. A punch lands to the side of Frisk 's head but he takes it in his stride. Fedja looks to land a combination. Frisk sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. Frisk takes a swing at Fedja's ribcage but misses. Fedja stuns Frisk with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Frisk is breathing heavily. Frisk doesn't manage to clinch there - Fedja circles away.
Fedja fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Frisk moves forwards but Fedja connects with a nice, crisp jab. Fedja lands a jab to Frisk's midsection. Frisk gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Fedja lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Frisk at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round. Danga de danga de dang - Fedja scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Benjamin Frisk has been cut. Fedja connects with a single shot there. Fedja swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Frisk counters with a nice double leg into side control. Fedja won't be happy with that. 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! Fedja connects with an elbow from the bottom. Fedja is looking to reverse the position. Frisk avoids the strikes from the bottom by Fedja. You can see the frustration on Fedja's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Frisk avoids the strikes from the bottom by Fedja. Fedja manages to get one leg in to regain half guard. Fedja trying to hold on to Frisk's head to control him but Frisk postures up.
Frisk thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fedja's head.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Frisk looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Frisk takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fedja. Frisk is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Frisk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fedja swats him away and circles back towards the center. Fedja lands with a hook. Frisk tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. A nice combination there by Fedja.
Decent striking displayed by Fedja there. Frisk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fedja lands a body shot.
Fedja will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Fedja throws out a powerful jab. Frisk takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fedja lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Frisk looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fedja is fending him off so far but Frisk persists. Nope, Fedja circles away and we're back to standing. Fedja connects with a nice looking jab.
Fedja digs a good hook to Frisk's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fedja lands with a cross. No joy there for Fedja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Frisk is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fedja. Frisk looks to land a combination but Fedja avoids it well. Fedja is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Frisk had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté. Fedja scores with a jab to the jaw. Fedja cracks a nice hook into Frisk's ribs. Fedja fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Jab by Fedja. Fedja throws a hook but Frisk avoids it easily. Fedja misses with a body shot.
Fedja misses with a combination
and Frisk counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Frisk working some strikes from top position. Fedja wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fedja tries to strike from the bottom.
Frisk looking to pass the guard. Frisk postures up.
Frisk trying to control the position from guard on top but Fedja is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Frisk knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fedja on the ground. Fedja throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Fedja keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom. Frisk has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. Frisk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Frisk on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Fedja lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Frisk takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Frisk takes a shot right to the bread basket. Fedja jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fjodor Fedja dominated that round. The cut man is working on Benjamin Frisk's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Fedja scores with a body shot.
Fedja throws a shot from downtown. Frisk moves away and avoids it. Frisk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Frisk looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. Fedja looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Fedja catches Frisk with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Fedja throws a one two combo.
Fedja lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Fedja. Fedja misses with a hook. Frisk ducked under it nicely. Benjamin Frisk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Frisk swings for the body but Fedja moves out of range.
Fedja throws a body punch but Frisk moves out of range. Fedja showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Frisk.
Fedja gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Fedja looking for a sweep. Not yet Fedja, not yet. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Fedja is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fedja wants to sweep but no luck. Fedja throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Fedja is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Frisk with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Frisk postures up and lands a big shot to Fedja's brow.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Fedja lands with a shot to the body. Fedja lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. The fight moves into the clinch position. Frisk scores a nice knee to the body.
Frisk slowing the pace effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fedja wants to get back to striking at distance but Frisk won't allow it.
Frisk has Fedja pressed against the cage.
Frisk throws an elbow that misses.
Fedja can't break the clinch.
Fedja wants a takedown but no success here.
Fedja blocks an elbow strike. Frisk tries to land knees in the clinch but Fedja avoids the damage to the body. Fedja looking for a takedown. Frisk has Fedja pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Frisk pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Fedja tumbling to the mat - Frisk dives into Fedja's guard. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fedja is on top in guard.
Fedja postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Fedja stopping the sweep attempt from Frisk. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Fedja working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fedja working some strikes from top position. Fedja trying to control but Frisk is working from the bottom. Fedja lands a couple of digs. Frisk trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Fedja avoids the body shot from Frisk.
Fedja lands a right hook to the body.
Fedja lands with a hook. Frisk tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Fedja misses with a double jab.
Fedja cracks a nice hook into Frisk's ribs. Frisk decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Frisk thows a huge punch but Fedja dodges it nicely.
Fedja makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Fedja. Frisk distracts Fedja with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Fedja wants to sweep here but Frisk controlling him for the moment. Fedja has momentary wrist control but Frisk slips an elbow through the middle. Frisk throwing strikes but missing. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fedja is on top in guard.
Fedja wants to control from the top but Frisk keeps moving. Frisk doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benjamin Frisk dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Benjamin Frisk's cut. 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Fedja scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Frisk lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Frisk throws a front kick aimed at Fedja's knee but Fedja avoids it well. Fedja throws a series of punches but Frisk avoids them all with ease. Frisk slips under a jab from Fedja. The fighters circling - Fedja throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Fedja throws a hook but Frisk blocks it. Frisk throws a body punch but Fedja moves out of range. Fedja closes the distance and lands a one-two. Fedja swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Frisk counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Frisk moves nicely into side control. Fedja regains half guard. Both fighters are breathing heavily. 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! Frisk wants to control but Fedja is keeping him busy. Fedja regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round. Frisk sitting in guard here, content to control. Fedja has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Frisk loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Frisk thows a big elbow that misses. Fedja throwing short punches from the bottom. Fedja manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fedja in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Frisk is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Fedja scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fedja looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fedja prevents Frisk from getting the reversal. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Fedja pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
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. Fedja looking to finish Frisk with some ground and pound. This is bad for Frisk! The referee warns Frisk that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fedja punching from mount but Frisk doing a good job of avoiding damage. Fedja trying to control but he's not successful this time. Fedja throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Frisk tries to lock up and control but Fedja gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Frisk tries to reverse the position but Fedja maintains control. Fedja pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Fedja lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fedja lands a big shot there that rocks Frisk but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Benjamin Frisk overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Frisk is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position. Frisk can't escape the position.
Fedja sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fedja lands a heavy elbow. Fedja blocks Frisk's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom. Fedja punishing his opponent with strikes. Frisk sneaks a leg under to get to half guard. Frisk wants to control but Fedja is keeping busy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fedja lands a nice short elbow. Fedja blocks the strikes from Frisk.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fedja lands a nice short elbow. Frisk is trying to maintain the position but Fedja is very close to passing his half guard. Ground and pound from Fedja.
That's four 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. Frisk wants to get back to full guard but Fedja has mounted him! Fedja connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Frisk takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Frisk throwing hammer fists to the chest of Fedja. What's that going to do exactly? The referee warns Frisk that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Frisk really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
A nice elbow there by Fedja. Frisk tries to reverse the position but Fedja maintains control. Fedja with shots to the head and body - Frisk looks very uncomfortable down there. Frisk is looking to improve his position but Fedja isn't that keen on the idea. Fedja raining down shots from the mount! Frisk regains half guard.
And that's the end of the fight! Benjamin Frisk showed his dominance in that final round. I think Frisk has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28 Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28 Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benjamin Frisk!
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energy
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hype
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