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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teemu Karjalainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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165 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Teemu Karjalainen!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karjalainen keeps the fight on the outside.
Walker gets a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Walker.
Karjalainen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Walker gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short right from Walker on the inside.
Karjalainen is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker cracks Karjalainen with a nice body shot.
Karjalainen stalling in the clinch but Walker improves position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karjalainen looking to slow down the pace here.
Walker is stalling here.
Walker lands a right hand.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Walker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Karjalainen backwards.
Walker slowing the pace effectively.
Karjalainen blocks a body shot from Walker.
Walker struggles to land a body shot inside as Karjalainen controls his hands.
Walker lands a nice shot to the body.
Karjalainen trying to control the position but instead, Walker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Karjalainen into the cage.
Walker pushes Karjalainen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Karjalainen avoids it by throwing Walker back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker works on Karjalainen's body with a couple of short punches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Karjalainen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Walker is keeping busy.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker lands with a light punch inside.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karjalainen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karjalainen with the counter takedown but Walker avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karjalainen looks to land a right hand but Walker moved out of range.
Karjalainen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Walker counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karjalainen looks to land a right hand but Walker moved out of range.
Walker is looking to counter punch.
Karjalainen misses with a straight right.
No luck for Karjalainen with that takedown attempt.
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Karjalainen circles away.
Karjalainen tries to keep at a distance but Walker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Walker misses with a punch to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Walker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Walker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Karjalainen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Walker dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Walker moves into the clinch.
Karjalainen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Walker up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jimmy Walker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown attempt by Karjalainen or perhaps it was just good defense by Walker, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker moves into the clinch.
Walker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Walker.
A hook to the body from Walker.
Karjalainen tries to stall but Walker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Walker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Walker.
Walker lands a shot to the body.
Walker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karjalainen can do to turn this around?
Walker struggles to land a body shot inside as Karjalainen controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Walker.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karjalainen's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker can't find room to land a body shot as Karjalainen controls the action.
Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karjalainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Teemu Karjalainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker is looking to clinch but Karjalainen is avoiding it.
A jab from Karjalainen misses.
Karjalainen misses with an uppercut
and Walker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Karjalainen shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
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!
Walker wants to improve his position but Karjalainen is controlling well.
Karjalainen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker wants to get back to full guard.
Walker trying to control here.
Walker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Karjalainen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Walker keeps working.
Walker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Karjalainen on the ground.
Karjalainen controlling the action here.
Walker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Karjalainen.
Walker regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Karjalainen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Karjalainen is in close to Walker's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Walker has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Walker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Karjalainen is one step ahead there.
Walker wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Karjalainen is now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Karjalainen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Walker keeps working.
Karjalainen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Walker dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Walker tries to clinch up but Karjalainen circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker gets caught napping as Karjalainen dives in and scores a takedown. Walker manages to retain guard.
Walker looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Karjalainen puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Karjalainen thows a huge punch but Walker dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karjalainen working Walker over with strikes.
Karjalainen slips a nice elbow through Walker's hands, connecting with Walker's forehead.
Walker trying to control here.
Karjalainen prevents Walker from improving his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice strikes from Karjalainen there.
Walker trying to control here.
Teemu Karjalainen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Walker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karjalainen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Karjalainen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Walker's head.
Karjalainen moves into full mount! Walker won't be happy about that!
Karjalainen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Karjalainen raining down shots from the mount!
Walker is trying to escape the mount.
Karjalainen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Walker tries to hold on but Karjalainen pushes him away.
Teemu Karjalainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker is trying to escape the mount.
Karjalainen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Walker takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Walker is desperately trying to improve his position but Karjalainen has a good base and remains in mount.
Karjalainen dominating with strikes here.
Karjalainen wants to control the pace but Walker is squirming around nicely.
Karjalainen landing shots from mount.
Walker keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Karjalainen punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker taking shots to the head.
Karjalainen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Karjalainen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Walker?
Karjalainen with good strikes from the mount here!
Walker takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Walker is rocked!
Karjalainen looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Walker covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Teemu Karjalainen!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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