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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Silvennoinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyke Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mitchell comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ride The Lightning kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tyke Mitchell is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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29
212 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
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188 cm
28
222 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class MT
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seppo Silvennoinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyke Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvennoinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mitchell.
Mitchell throws a shot from downtown. Silvennoinen moves away and avoids it.
Silvennoinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mitchell circles away quickly and effectively.
Mitchell tries to score with a low kick but Silvennoinen moves his leg out of the way.
Mitchell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silvennoinen at a distance.
No joy there for Mitchell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've been informed that Mitchell has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silvennoinen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mitchell.
Mitchell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mitchell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silvennoinen tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvennoinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mitchell.
Mitchell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab by Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvennoinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mitchell swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silvennoinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Mitchell connects with a single shot there.
It looks like Seppo Silvennoinen has been cut.
Mitchell lands with a shot to the body.
Tyke Mitchell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mitchell misses with a wild combination.
Silvennoinen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mitchell to the mat! Mitchell manages to get full guard.
Silvennoinen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mitchell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mitchell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silvennoinen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mitchell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvennoinen works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mitchell must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen is looking to sweep but instead, Mitchell has passed into half guard.
Silvennoinen controlling the position for now.
Silvennoinen wants to improve his position but Mitchell is controlling well.
Silvennoinen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mitchell is working away from the top position though.
Silvennoinen wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen is working hard here to advance position.
Mitchell controlling the action here.
Silvennoinen is trying to stand up here but Mitchell is controlling him well.
Silvennoinen manages to get to full guard.
Silvennoinen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Silvennoinen holds on and takes a little breather.
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.
Mitchell trying to control but Silvennoinen is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silvennoinen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mitchell lands a right hook to the body.
Mitchell throws a right and a left that Silvennoinen avoids nicely.
Mitchell bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silvennoinen's head.
Mitchell misses with a wild body shot.
Tyke Mitchell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mitchell takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mitchell scores with a hook.
Mitchell connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mitchell throws a series of punches but Silvennoinen moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Silvennoinen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyke Mitchell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seppo Silvennoinen'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.
Mitchell looks to land a right hand but Silvennoinen moved out of range.
Mitchell cracks Silvennoinen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Silvennoinen.
Mitchell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silvennoinen trying to control the position but Mitchell is working away.
Mitchell on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Silvennoinen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Mitchell sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Silvennoinen throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvennoinen misses with the ground and pound.
Mitchell is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silvennoinen off and has taken his back!
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!
Silvennoinen manages to reverse the position and now he's in Mitchell's guard. Nice work there by Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvennoinen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silvennoinen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silvennoinen looking to sit in guard and control but Mitchell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mitchell preventing the sweep.
Silvennoinen pulls Mitchell in close to prevent any damage.
Silvennoinen'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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen continues to stall.
Silvennoinen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mitchell trying to control but Silvennoinen postures up.
Silvennoinen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silvennoinen throws a strike but Mitchell avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Silvennoinen won't allow Mitchell to sweep him here.
Silvennoinen wants to control from the top but Mitchell keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen advances position into side control!
Silvennoinen postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Silvennoinen throws an elbow but Mitchell slips to the side and avoids it well.
Silvennoinen wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mitchell, who protects the arm well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mitchell can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silvennoinen in side control, throwing shots but Mitchell defends.
An elbow from Silvennoinen crashes against the mat.
Silvennoinen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mitchell is not content to let Silvennoinen control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Mitchell sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Mitchell is looking for a sweep.
The referee asks Silvennoinen politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Silvennoinen prefers to stall for the moment though.
Mitchell takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Silvennoinen sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mitchell is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Mitchell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silvennoinen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
You can see the frustration on Mitchell's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silvennoinen wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mitchell, who protects the arm well.
Mitchell is not content to let Silvennoinen control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seppo Silvennoinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Seppo Silvennoinen'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. This is the final round!
A solid leg kick lands there for Silvennoinen.
Mitchell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silvennoinen's sensitive parts.
Mitchell throws a lazy uppercut
and Silvennoinen counters with a straight right hand.
Mitchell works Silvennoinen's body with a nice hook.
Silvennoinen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mitchell connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mitchell misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvennoinen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silvennoinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silvennoinen checks the leg kick.
Mitchell throws out a loose jab but Silvennoinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Silvennoinen misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Mitchell misses.
It looked like Silvennoinen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mitchell throws a predictable looking body shot
and Silvennoinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mitchell tries to work over Silvennoinen's front leg with a kick but Silvennoinen checks it.
Silvennoinen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice jab there from Silvennoinen.
Mitchell's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silvennoinen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mitchell scrambles back to his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Mitchell misses the target.
Silvennoinen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A left lands for Mitchell.
Silvennoinen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mitchell sprawls well. Mitchell wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silvennoinen gets slowly back to his feet.
Mitchell looks to land a right hand but Silvennoinen moved out of range.
Silvennoinen is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mitchell's half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvennoinen is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Silvennoinen throwing shots but Mitchell is blocking nicely.
Silvennoinen is keen to just control but Mitchell is a slippery customer.
Silvennoinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mitchell has hold of Silvennoinen's hands but Silvennoinen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silvennoinen slips a nice elbow through Mitchell's hands, connecting with Mitchell's forehead.
Silvennoinen throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Mitchell to regain full guard.
Silvennoinen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silvennoinen throws an elbow that misses. Mitchell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Silvennoinen's guard. Nice move by Mitchell!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Silvennoinen keeping moving, preventing Mitchell from controlling successfully.
Mitchell preventing the sweep.
Silvennoinen working a defensive guard here.
Silvennoinen has control of Mitchell's left arm, preventing Mitchell from doing any damage.
Silvennoinen is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Mitchell dives into side control.
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.
Silvennoinen struggling a bit here.
Silvennoinen tries to improve position but can't.
Silvennoinen sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Silvennoinen is looking for a sweep. Mitchell is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Seppo Silvennoinen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silvennoinen keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Silvennoinen tries to get to full guard but Mitchell has control of the leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tyke Mitchell.
I think Mitchell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyke Mitchell!
During a confident post fight interview, Tyke Mitchell thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Seppo Silvennoinen had this to say: 'Shut the fuck up'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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