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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Orange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Hanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Orange!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steve Hanson!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hanson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Orange is trying to stand up here but Hanson is controlling him well.
Orange gets back to full guard.
Orange is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Orange looking for a sweep. Not yet Orange, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Orange bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hanson's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hanson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hanson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Orange can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Orange is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Orange stands up over Hanson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hanson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Orange scoring with punches to the head and body.
Orange showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Orange wants to control from the top but Hanson keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Orange is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Hanson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Orange's back instead.
Orange tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Orange is looking to get to half guard.
Orange wants to control but Hanson is having none of it.
Hanson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hanson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Orange is desperately trying to improve his position but Hanson has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Orange is working hard here to advance position.
Hanson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Orange's face.
Hanson avoids the attempt from Orange to control.
Orange is desperately trying to improve his position but Hanson has a good base and remains in mount.
Orange regains half guard.
Orange slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hanson scoring with some ground and pound.
Orange manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hanson manages to get himself to full guard.
Orange wants to control from the top but Hanson keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orange is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Orange cracks Hanson with a solid left hand.
Hanson working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Orange has passed into half guard!
Hanson is in trouble now - Orange has advanced to mount!
Orange prevents Hanson from getting the reversal.
Orange landing shots from mount.
Orange unloading with bombs!
Hanson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Orange lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Orange with shots to the head and body - Hanson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hanson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Orange fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Orange looking to control and managing it successfully.
Orange looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hanson can't escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Orange.
Orange unloading with bombs!
Hanson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Orange landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Orange dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Orange changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hanson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hanson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hanson is trying to improve his position.
Orange trying to control the action but Hanson is working from the bottom.
Orange lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hanson down.
Orange scoring with punches from side control.
Orange has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Orange lands an elbow.
Orange cracks Hanson with a big elbow.
Orange lands a nice forearm strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hanson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Orange counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Orange.
Orange trying to control but Hanson is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Orange connects with a couple of short punches.
Orange might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Orange looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hanson can't keep his opponent in guard - Orange advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Orange looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hanson is trying to get back to full guard.
Orange is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanson wants to get back to full guard.
Orange is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Orange is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Orange is trying to control the action in half guard but Hanson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Orange is really struggling to control Hanson but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hanson misses with a takedown attempt
and Orange moves into the clinch.
Orange stalls.
Orange works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Orange wants to control from the top but Hanson keeps moving.
Hanson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Orange puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orange prevents Hanson from improving his position.
Orange controlling the action here.
Hanson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Orange there.
Jake Orange overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hanson looking for submissions off his back.
Hanson trying to get back to full guard but Orange takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Orange sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hanson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Orange cracks Hanson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Orange takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hanson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Orange dominating with strikes here.
Hanson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Orange. What's that going to do exactly?
Hanson is trying to escape the mount.
Orange tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Orange dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Hanson gets caught flat footed, as Orange shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Hanson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Orange postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Orange cracks Hanson with a solid left hand.
Orange stands up from Hanson's guard - Orange perhaps looking for a knockout.
Orange throws a jab but it's blocked by Hanson.
Orange tries to land a front kick but Hanson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Orange feints and as Hanson raises his hands in defense, Orange changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Orange avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Orange wants to control from the top but Hanson keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Orange is one step ahead there.
Orange is pushing down on Hanson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hanson is fighting to maintain full guard but Orange has managed to sneak the leg through.
Orange is looking to advance position but Hanson won't allow it.
Orange is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hanson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hanson tries for a takedown but Orange circles away easily
and Orange counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hanson wants to get back to full guard but Orange has mounted him!
Hanson is desperately trying to improve his position but Orange has a good base and remains in mount.
Jake Orange is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Orange sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hanson is trying desperately to improve position.
Orange sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Orange trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Orange controlling the pace for now.
Hanson regains half guard.
Orange wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hanson wants to get back to full guard.
Hanson missing with punches from the bottom.
Orange is controlling the pace.
Orange's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Steve Hanson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hanson is looking for a sweep. Orange is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Orange showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Orange has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Orange!
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RATING
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