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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Finkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kermit Earlandson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Earlandson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by the theme from titanic. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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
23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Finkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kermit Earlandson!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finkle defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Earlandson.
Earlandson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Finkle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Earlandson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Finkle as he jumps to the side.
Finkle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Finkle keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ray Finkle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kermit Earlandson.
Earlandson slips a straight right by Finkle.
Earlandson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Finkle tries to avoid it but Earlandson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Finkle to the ground. Finkle escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Earlandson takes one to the chin there.
Earlandson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Finkle sprawls well initially but Earlandson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Earlandson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Finkle sees it coming and defends easily.
Earlandson is looking for a kimura but Finkle is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Earlandson to get the leverage.
Finkle is doing well to control the position and prevent Earlandson from advancing to side control.
Earlandson is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finkle is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Finkle is defending against the submission attempts here by Earlandson.
Finkle keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Finkle trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Earlandson is looking to stall here but Finkle recovers full guard.
Finkle looking for a sweep. Not yet Finkle, not yet.
Finkle not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Earlandson trying to control but Finkle is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Earlandson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Earlandson throws a right hand that Finkle ducks under and follows up with a left that Finkle also avoids with ease.
Earlandson dives in and scores a takedown into Finkle's guard.
Finkle looking for a sweep. Not yet Finkle, not yet.
Finkle controlling Earlandson's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Earlandson postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Finkle is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Earlandson, into his guard.
Finkle has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Finkle trying to control but Earlandson is working from the bottom.
Finkle slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Earlandson looking for a guillotine here but Finkle defends easily.
Finkle got a little sloppy there for a moment and Earlandson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Finkle has managed to get both his arms back between Earlandson's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Earlandson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Finkle wants to control from the top but Earlandson keeps moving.
Earlandson keeping full guard, as Finkle tries to pass.
Finkle is working Earlandson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Earlandson keeping moving, preventing Finkle from controlling successfully.
Earlandson working for submissions but it's allowed Finkle to get to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Finkle 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.
That was a close round but I would say that Ray Finkle will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Finkle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Earlandson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Finkle circles away.
Finkle thinks about countering with a head kick.
Earlandson checks a low kick from Finkle.
Finkle scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Earlandson shoots and misses
enabling Finkle to counter with a crisp jab.
Earlandson lands with a nice body punch.
Earlandson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Finkle defends it nicely.
Ray Finkle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kermit Earlandson.
Earlandson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Finkle tries to avoid it but Earlandson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Finkle to the ground. Finkle escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Earlandson shoots in and drives through. Finkle sprawls well.
Finkle throwing a counter right hand but Earlandson manages to avoid it.
Earlandson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Finkle counter with a right hand.
Finkle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Finkle darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Earlandson goes for a double leg but Finkle avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Finkle continues to drive forward.
No luck for Earlandson with that takedown attempt.
Finkle scores with a hook to the body. Earlandson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Earlandson.
Earlandson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Finkle but Finkle pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Finkle stuffs the takedown attempt from Earlandson. Earlandson gets slowly back to his feet.
Earlandson is breathing heavily.
Earlandson moves out of range as Finkle strikes.
Finkle misses with a two punch combination.
Earlandson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Finkle defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Earlandson.
Earlandson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Finkle is fending him off so far but Earlandson persists. Nope, Finkle circles away and we're back to standing.
Finkle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ray Finkle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Finkle pushes Earlandson up against the cage in a clinch.
Finkle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Earlandson is trying to push Finkle away but Finkle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Earlandson managing to block the knees to the body from Finkle.
Earlandson breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Finkle. Earlandson does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Finkle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finkle connects with a leg kick. Earlandson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Earlandson dives in and grabs Finkle's left leg, looking for a takedown. Finkle pushes down on Earlandson's head and hops out.
Kermit Earlandson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finkle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Earlandson. That did some damage!
Earlandson is looking to chop away at Finkle's legs.
Finkle looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Finkle keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Finkle throws a lazy right hand but Earlandson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Finkle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Earlandson can do to turn this around?
Finkle misses with an uppercut. Earlandson saw that one coming.
Earlandson thinks about the counter body kick.
Finkle misses with a hook.
Finkle looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Finkle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Earlandson is defended easily by Finkle.
Earlandson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Earlandson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Finkle missing with a left hand there. Earlandson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Earlandson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Earlandson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Earlandson with the counter takedown but Finkle avoids it easily.
Earlandson darts in looking for a takedown but Finkle gets double underhooks and turns Earlandson into the cage.
Ray Finkle is winning the standup battle so far.
Earlandson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Finkle's waist but Finkle gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Earlandson off to one side.
Finkle wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Finkle leaves Earlandson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A slow jab from Finkle misses its intended target.
Earlandson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Earlandson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Finkle.
Earlandson shoots in for a takedown but Finkle shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Finkle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Finkle misses with an uppercut.
Earlandson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Finkle but Finkle pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Finkle scores with a leg kick.
Kermit Earlandson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Earlandson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Finkle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Earlandson has a takedown stuffed.
Earlandson needs to keep his hands up - Finkle had a free shot at his head there.
Earlandson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finkle digs a good hook to Earlandson's body.
Finkle lands a nice looking body shot.
Earlandson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Finkle.
Finkle throws a left that rocks Earlandson and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Finkle dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Earlandson regain composure!
Earlandson is rocked!
It looks like Kermit Earlandson has been cut.
Earlandson wants to control but Finkle postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Finkle trying to control the position but Earlandson is working away.
Earlandson wants to control but Finkle postures up.
Earlandson is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Finkle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kermit Earlandson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Finkle takes a swing at Earlandson's ribcage but misses.
Earlandson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Finkle controlling the position well.
Earlandson seems to be looking for submissions.
Finkle is trying to maintain the position but Earlandson is very close to passing his half guard.
Earlandson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finkle is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Earlandson wants to work for an arm triangle but Finkle is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Earlandson seems to be looking for submissions.
Finkle is trying to get back to full guard.
Finkle moves into full guard.
Earlandson stopping the sweep attempt from Finkle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Earlandson trying to control but Finkle is working from the bottom.
Earlandson postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Finkle is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Earlandson, into his guard.
Earlandson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Finkle can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finkle sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Earlandson looking to control.
Earlandson looking for a sweep. Not yet Earlandson, not yet.
Earlandson controls Finkle momentarily but Finkle frees himself.
Earlandson keeping moving, preventing Finkle from controlling successfully.
Finkle is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Earlandson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finkle displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Earlandson.
Finkle lands a leg kick that knocks Earlandson off balance momentarily.
Earlandson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Finkle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Earlandson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Earlandson.
Finkle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Earlandson manages to avoid it.
Finkle throws out a loose jab but Earlandson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Earlandson shoots in but no luck this time.
Ray Finkle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kermit Earlandson.
Earlandson shoots in looking for a takedown. Finkle tries to sprawl out of it but Earlandson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Finkle manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Earlandson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Finkle connects with the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Earlandson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Finkle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice defenses there by Earlandson.
Earlandson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Finkle.
Earlandson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finkle misses with a low kick as Earlandson jumps back.
Finkle throws a leg kick but Earlandson moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Finkle. Earlandson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Finkle slaps away a takedown attempt from Earlandson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Finkle knocks Earlandson to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Kermit Earlandson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Earlandson is still in real trouble! Can Finkle finish him?
Finkle trying to control the position but Earlandson is working away.
An elbow from Finkle crashes against the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Finkle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Finkle, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Ray Finkle!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Ray Finkle!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Ray Finkle!
Ray Finkle wins by unanimous decision!
Ray Finkle seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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