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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pako Laine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Pedan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laine comes to the cage accompanied by Nikke Ankara - Värifilmi. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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149 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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145 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pako Laine!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Pedan!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pedan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Laine misses with a wild body shot.
Pedan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pedan, right into the meat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pedan.
A solid body kick from Laine.
A jab from Pedan misses.
Laine shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Laine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pedan has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Laine is on him like a limpet, forcing Pedan back against the cage.
Laine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pedan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Laine landing knees to the body.
Laine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pedan is defending well for now.
Pedan tries to throw a body punch but Laine avoids it by throwing Pedan back against the cage.
Laine connects with a knee to the head.
A short right from Pedan on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine trying to land knees to the body.
Laine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pedan is defending well for now.
Laine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pedan.
Laine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pedan managing to block the knees to the body from Laine.
Pedan tries to land knees in the clinch but Laine avoids the damage to the body.
Pedan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laine misses with a punch on the inside.
Laine tries for a takedown but Pedan manages to get underhooks.
Pedan is trying to break the clinch but Laine has him pressed against the cage.
Pedan breaks from the clinch.
Pedan blocks the body kick.
Pedan lands with a kick to the temple. Laine shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Pako Laine has been cut.
Pedan throws a looping overhand right but Laine ducks down to avoid it.
Pedan lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Laine.
Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pedan.
An inside leg kick lands from Pedan.
Pedan throws a right hand that Laine ducks under and follows up with a left that Laine also avoids with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pedan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pedan throws a low kick, looking for Laine's leg but Laine calmly moves out of range.
Alexander Pedan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pedan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pedan misses with a looping left.
Laine was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pedan throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Laine to counter with a crisp jab.
Pedan moves out of range as Laine strikes.
Laine misses with a looping right.
A head kick misses from Pedan.
Pedan catches Laine with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Laine scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Laine moves away from the strike by Pedan.
Laine changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Laine will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pedan cracks Laine with an open hand slap.
Pedan throws a head kick but Laine moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Pedan.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laine.
Pedan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Laine lands a glancing blow to the side of Pedan's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Pedan misses the target.
Laine keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Laine uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pedan.
Pedan throws a leg kick that misses.
Pedan throws a hook but Laine blocks it.
And Laine counters with a quick kick to the body but Pedan blocks it.
Laine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pedan misses with a body kick.
Pedan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A quick step to the side and Laine tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alexander Pedan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Laine.
Laine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Laine, as that shot connected.
Laine clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Laine.
Laine prevents a body shot from Pedan.
Pedan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pedan throws a big shot that misses.
Pedan throws a looping overhand right but Laine ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laine misses with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Laine there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laine blocks a jab.
Laine stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pedan.
Pedan moves out of range of the body kick.
Pedan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pedan misses with a hook. Laine ducked under it nicely.
That kick from Laine tenderised Pedan's leg. Pedan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pedan moves in looking to clinch but Laine pushes him off.
Laine connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pedan. Pedan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pedan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Laine fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Laine checks a leg kick.
Laine tries to counter with a takedown but Pedan is quick to defend against it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pedan.
Laine connects with a leg kick. Pedan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A low kick from Pedan is predictable there
and Laine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Laine throws a quick inside leg kick.
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 Pako Laine will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pako Laine's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laine.
Pedan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Laine on the side of the head.
Pedan lands a nice looking body shot.
Pedan tries a head kick but it misses.
Pedan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pedan throws a jab but it's blocked by Laine.
Pedan throws a sloppy head kick and Laine moves out of range easily.
It looks like Laine has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Laine moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Laine lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pedan will feel that in the morning.
Pedan throws a solid leg kick but Laine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pedan.
Laine half committed to a counter leg kick.
Laine lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laine checks a low kick from Pedan.
Pedan tried to score with a low kick but Laine checks it.
Pedan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pedan throws a sloppy head kick and Laine moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Laine.
Pedan misses with an uppercut.
Laine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pedan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Laine dodges the punch combination from Pedan.
Laine jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedan throws a hook to the side of Laine's head but Laine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pedan throws a head kick that Laine semi-blocks.
Pedan throws a low kick but Laine avoids it.
Alexander Pedan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pedan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Laine ducks under a wild hook from Pedan.
Laine throws a good cross that connects.
Pedan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pedan misses with an uppercut.
Pedan sizes up Laine with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pedan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Laine manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pedan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laine ducks under a wild hook from Pedan.
Pedan tried to score with a low kick but Laine checks it.
Pedan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pedan is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pedan.
Pedan is still on wobbly legs! Can Laine finish him?
Pedan throws the left hand but Laine avoids the punch easily.
Pedan misses with a few strikes there.
Pedan needs to keep his hands up - Laine had a free shot at his head there.
Laine checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Laine does no damage.
Laine scores with a push kick.
Laine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pedan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Laine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pedan tries a quick counter leg kick but Laine is wise to it.
Pedan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Laine pushes Pedan up against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Laine.
Laine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laine digs a right hand underneath Pedan's ribcage. Pedan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knees in the clinch landing for Laine.
Laine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laine.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pedan.
Laine working Pedan over with knees to the body.
Pedan is breathing heavily.
Pedan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laine backwards.
Pedan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pedan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice jab there from Laine.
Laine has closed the distance and engaged Pedan in a clinch.
Laine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pedan misses with the head strike.
Laine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pedan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Laine scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Laine lands a nice knee to the body.
Laine dips a shoulder and cracks Pedan with a mighty uppercut! Pedan falls back against the cage and Laine unloads with a barrage of strikes! Pedan is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Laine screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pako Laine!
Pako Laine retains his featherweight title!
Pako Laine spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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