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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Espo Jaksinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Espo Jaksinen enters the cage!
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan Mills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Espo Jaksinen!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Eddie Farnsworth and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Jaksinen.
Mills misses with a looping left.
Jaksinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mills can pounce on him.
Mills misses with an uppercut.
Jaksinen takes a swing at Mills's ribcage but misses.
Jaksinen blocks a jab.
Jaksinen avoids the body shot from Mills.
Jaksinen lands with a shot to the body.
Mills ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jaksinen slips a jab from Mills.
Jaksinen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jaksinen connects with a nice looking jab.
Jaksinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jaksinen moves out of range of the body kick.
Mills scores with a nice body kick.
Mills misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Mills. That snapped Jaksinen's head back.
Jaksinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
A quick step to the side and Mills tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mills scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jaksinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jaksinen is looking to chop away at Mills's legs.
A low kick from Mills is predictable there
and Jaksinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Mills misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaksinen.
Mills swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jaksinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mills misses with a body shot.
Jaksinen is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jaksinen blocks a leg kick.
Mills looks to land a left hand but Jaksinen moved out of range nicely.
Jaksinen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mills counters by moving into the clinch.
Jaksinen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen trying to stall but Mills improves his position.
A frustrated look appears on Jaksinen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Mills fails to land.
Jaksinen lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaksinen taking a breather.
Mills blocking some punches.
Jaksinen throws an elbow but it misses.
Mills doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mills misses with the head strike.
Jaksinen throws a head punch that misses.
Jaksinen dodges an elbow strike from Mills.
Jaksinen tries to circle away but Mills has him pinned against the cage.
Jaksinen avoids the elbow strike from Mills, against the cage.
Mills blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mills controlling the action here for a moment.
Mills throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jaksinen misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills is trying to maintain a safe position but Jaksinen gets an underhook and turns Mills into the cage.
Mills blocks the elbow strike.
Jaksinen is leaning against Mills and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jaksinen lands with a right to the head.
Jaksinen takes an elbow to the temple.
Jaksinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mills backwards.
Jaksinen taking a breather.
Mills looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jaksinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Mills.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jaksinen.
Mills throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jaksinen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mills's defenses.
It looks like Bryan Mills has been cut.
Jaksinen lands a nice elbow.
Jaksinen tries a body shot but Mills blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mills as Jaksinen tries to tie him up.
Jaksinen blocks an uppercut.
Jaksinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jaksinen trying to control the position but instead, Mills has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jaksinen into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills misses with a punch on the inside.
Jaksinen wants to stall.
Jaksinen taking a breather.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jaksinen blocks an uppercut.
Mills throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mills working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Jaksinen.
Jaksinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mills tests Jaksinen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mills scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Jaksinen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Espo Jaksinen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bryan Mills's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mills lands with a shot to the body.
Bryan Mills is winning the standup battle so far.
Jaksinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaksinen looks to land a left hand but Mills moved out of range nicely.
Mills defending well as Jaksinen loads up on a big left hand.
Jaksinen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jaksinen checks a leg kick.
Mills tries to close the distance and clinch but Jaksinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mills scores with a nice head shot.
Mills throws out a leg kick but Jaksinen moves out of range and Mills only half commits.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaksinen moves out of range as Mills throws a body kick.
Mills throws a leg kick
enabling Jaksinen to counter with a crisp jab.
Mills cracks Jaksinen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mills scores with the left hand. Jaksinen knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mills.
Espo Jaksinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jaksinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mills.
Mills throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mills misses with a body shot.
Jaksinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jaksinen steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Mills.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mills. Jaksinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donk. Mills catches Jaksinen right on the button with a cross.
Mills tries to clinch but Jaksinen is having none of it.
Bryan Mills seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaksinen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mills looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mills!
Jaksinen misses with an uppercut.
Jaksinen wants to slow Mills down by chopping away at his legs.
As Jaksinen backs away, Mills returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mills misses with a right hand
and Jaksinen counters with a stiff right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mills.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mills missing with a left hand there. Jaksinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mills lands a nice looking body kick.
Mills dives in and grabs Jaksinen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jaksinen pushes down on Mills's head and hops out.
Jaksinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Mills counters with a straight right hand.
Mills motions for Jaksinen to come forward. Mills throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jaksinen closes the distance and clinches.
Mills tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mills misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mills blocks an elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jaksinen breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mills lands a really nice looking cross but Jaksinen seems unphased.
Mills with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jaksinen to score with a decent uppercut.
Jaksinen is looking to score with low kicks.
Jaksinen moves out of range of the leg kick from Mills.
Jaksinen throws out a counter right but Mills avoids it with no problem.
Jaksinen missing with a left hand there. Mills was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mills misses with a looping right.
Mills takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mills looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mills throws a hook but Jaksinen avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mills. Jaksinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mills scores with a nice strike.
Mills misses with an uppercut
and Jaksinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Mills is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jaksinen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mills misses the body punch
and Jaksinen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jaksinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaksinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jaksinen cracks Mills with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mills fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jaksinen is out of range.
Mills throws a right hand that Jaksinen ducks under and follows up with a left that Jaksinen also avoids with ease.
Jaksinen with a hook.
Mills takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mills is rocked!
Jaksinen walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Mills drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Jaksinen swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Mills's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Espo Jaksinen!
Espo Jaksinen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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