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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Mayfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Erik Andersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayfield comes to the cage accompanied by Pusherman. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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140 lbs
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137 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Curtis Mayfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jon Erik Andersen!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andersen moves into the clinch.
Mayfield connects with a knee to the head.
Andersen trying to land knees to the body.
Mayfield lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mayfield blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Andersen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Curtis Mayfield has been cut.
Mayfield lands a knee to the head.
Mayfield on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Andersen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mayfield avoids it.
Mayfield working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Andersen missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Mayfield.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mayfield prevents the takedown attempt.
Mayfield using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Andersen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mayfield is struggling to control the position.
Andersen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mayfield lands a nice uppercut.
Mayfield lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Andersen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayfield in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersen can't find room to land a body shot as Mayfield controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mayfield.
Mayfield unloads a knee to the mid-section. Andersen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mayfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Andersen blocks it with crossed arms.
Mayfield gets through Andersen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Andersen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mayfield avoids it.
Andersen trying to land knees to the body.
Mayfield content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mayfield manages to break the clinch.
Andersen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Andersen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Andersen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mayfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
Andersen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mayfield avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersen is trying to pull guard but Mayfield turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Mayfield is leaning against Andersen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mayfield avoiding damage as Andersen throws knees to the body.
Andersen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayfield.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Andersen.
Mayfield is looking to break free of the clinch but Andersen has double underhooks.
Mayfield lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Andersen backwards.
Mayfield takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mayfield displaying some good clinch control by pressing Andersen up against the cage.
Mayfield is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Andersen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mayfield crunches a lovely knee into Andersen's ribcage.
Andersen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Andersen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayfield.
Mayfield blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Andersen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Andersen scores with a knee to the head.
Mayfield scores with a shot to the side of Andersen's head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Mayfield - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mayfield avoiding damage as Andersen throws knees to the body.
Andersen working Mayfield over with knees to the body.
Mayfield is looking for a takedown.
Andersen stalling.
Mayfield stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Andersen can't get the takedown.
Curtis Mayfield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Erik Andersen.
Mayfield landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mayfield avoiding damage as Andersen throws knees to the body.
Mayfield is pushing Andersen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mayfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Mayfield misses its target.
Mayfield closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Andersen to the mat! Andersen manages to get full guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Mayfield's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andersen looking for a sweep. Not yet Andersen, not yet.
Andersen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mayfield doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mayfield manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Andersen 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.
Mayfield trying to control the position from guard on top but Andersen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andersen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Andersen is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Curtis Mayfield will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Curtis Mayfield's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Andersen jabs Mayfield right on the nose. Mayfield blinks but takes it well.
Mayfield takes the fight into the clinch.
Mayfield on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mayfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Andersen drives through and clinches with Mayfield against the cage.
Andersen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Andersen missing with knees to the body.
Andersen taking a breather.
Andersen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mayfield just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mayfield avoiding damage as Andersen throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andersen misses with a body punch.
Mayfield lands a hook that snaps the head of Andersen backwards.
Mayfield blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mayfield lands a shot to the body.
Mayfield lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mayfield scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mayfield is defending well for now.
Andersen gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Andersen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mayfield knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Mayfield slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Mayfield is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mayfield is adopting a defensive guard.
Andersen advances to half guard.
Andersen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mayfield knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield is looking for a sweep. Andersen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Andersen is trying to control the action in half guard but Mayfield is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Andersen wants to pass to mount but Mayfield is defending the position.
Mayfield wants to get back to full guard.
Andersen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Mayfield doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Andersen.
Mayfield slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Andersen wants to pass the guard but Mayfield is keeping the position.
Andersen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mayfield wants to sweep but no luck.
Mayfield looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Andersen has picked Mayfield up and slammed him! Mayfield can't keep hold of the triangle and Andersen manages to pass to side control!
Mayfield is looking to regain half guard here but Andersen keeps moving and retains side control.
Andersen tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayfield wants to control but Andersen postures up.
Mayfield regains half guard there - taking advantage of Andersen's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Mayfield is looking for a sweep. Andersen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Andersen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mayfield keeps working.
Mayfield is looking to control Andersen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mayfield avoid being mounted?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mayfield won't allow Andersen to pass to mount.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Andersen rushes Mayfield and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Erik Andersen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Curtis Mayfield'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. 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.
Mayfield uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Andersen.
Andersen instigates a clinch.
Mayfield stalling.
Mayfield trying to stall but Andersen improves his position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mayfield.
Mayfield jumps into guard, dragging Andersen to the mat.
Jon Erik Andersen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mayfield keeping full guard, as Andersen tries to pass.
Mayfield is trying to keep Andersen in close.
Andersen tries to free his leg and advance position but Mayfield is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayfield tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Andersen wants to pass the guard but Mayfield is keeping the position.
Andersen passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersen goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Mayfield has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Andersen but great work by Mayfield.
Andersen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Andersen is not content to let Mayfield control the position.
Andersen looks to move to half guard but instead Mayfield has passed into mount! Damn!
Andersen is wriggling around trying to escape.
Andersen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersen is looking to improve his position.
Andersen is still trying to improve position.
Mayfield is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Andersen sees it coming and defends easily.
Andersen is looking for a sweep. Mayfield is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersen looking for submissions off his back.
Mayfield is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Andersen sees it coming and defends easily.
Mayfield is looking for a kimura here.
Mayfield looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Andersen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mayfield is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Andersen has managed to free his arm - good work.
Andersen actively working from the bottom here.
Andersen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mayfield pulls his head out easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Andersen is refusing to be controlled, as Mayfield sits in half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Mayfield is really struggling to control Andersen but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curtis Mayfield showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mayfield 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curtis Mayfield!
A relieved looking Curtis Mayfield thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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