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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iancu Calmuschi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calmuschi has chosen "The Night" by Disturbed as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Daniel Kingston had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Kingston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iancu Calmuschi!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingston clinches with his opponent.
Kingston lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kingston lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Calmuschi is trying to force a seperation but Kingston has the dominant position.
Calmuschi blocks an uppercut.
Calmuschi can't find room to land a body shot as Kingston controls the action.
Kingston lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kingston misses with a short punch on the inside.
Calmuschi prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch on the inside from Kingston fails to land.
Kingston letting Calmuschi take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingston misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Kingston.
Calmuschi lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Kingston fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston takes a shot to the head.
Calmuschi trying to stall but Kingston improves his position.
Calmuschi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Calmuschi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kingston throws the left hand but Calmuschi avoids the punch easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Calmuschi as he connects with a hook.
Calmuschi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Calmuschi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Iancu Calmuschi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Calmuschi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kingston connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Calmuschi's hands.
Kingston tries to clinch up but Calmuschi circles away and keeps his distance.
Calmuschi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Kingston counters with a single leg into guard. Calmuschi didn't expect that.
Calmuschi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Calmuschi pulls Kingston in close to his closed guard and prevents Kingston from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingston throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Calmuschi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Calmuschi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kingston drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kingston jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kingston trying to control the position from guard on top but Calmuschi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Calmuschi trying to keep a closed guard but Kingston is proving a slippery customer.
Calmuschi is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kingston seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Calmuschi pinned against the cage. Calmuschi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kingston has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kingston there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kingston tries to clinch but Calmuschi is having none of it.
Calmuschi walks into a left hand.
Kingston shoots in looking for a takedown but Calmuschi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kingston's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Kingston. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calmuschi misses with a few strikes there.
Calmuschi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kingston has managed to clinch.
Calmuschi is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Calmuschi uses from the top position.
Calmuschi wants to control from the top but Kingston keeps moving.
Kingston throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kingston is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Calmuschi defends well.
Kingston 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.
Calmuschi controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Kingston is striking off his back. Calmuschi thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Kingston gets full guard.
Kingston wants to sweep but no luck.
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 Daniel Kingston will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kingston throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Calmuschi's waist but Calmuschi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kingston off to one side.
Calmuschi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Calmuschi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Calmuschi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Calmuschi sizes up Kingston with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Calmuschi connects with a right hand. Kingston shakes it off.
Kingston getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Calmuschi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Calmuschi misses with a body punch
and Calmuschi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kingston walks into a straight right hand from Calmuschi.
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!
Jab, jab by Kingston - just one landing.
Kingston takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Calmuschi stuffs the takedown attempt from Kingston. Kingston gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Calmuschi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A swing and a miss from Kingston.
Kingston tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Calmuschi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Iancu Calmuschi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kingston or perhaps it was just good defense by Calmuschi, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Kingston. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Kingston with that takedown attempt.
Calmuschi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kingston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Calmuschi.
Calmuschi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kingston or perhaps it was just good defense by Calmuschi, which made it look bad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingston needs to keep his hands up - Calmuschi had a free shot at his head there.
Calmuschi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kingston throwing a counter right hand but Calmuschi manages to avoid it.
Kingston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kingston seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kingston misses with a left hand
and Calmuschi counters with a stiff right hand.
Kingston will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Calmuschi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kingston with a hook.
Calmuschi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kingston in his tracks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kingston takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A jab from Calmuschi finds it's way through Kingston's defenses.
Kingston looks to land a right hand but Calmuschi moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calmuschi stuns Kingston with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kingston clinches up with Calmuschi and pushes him back against the cage.
Calmuschi is fighting off a takedown attempt but Kingston is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Calmuschi to the mat. Calmuschi regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Kingston wants to control from the top but Calmuschi keeps moving.
Kingston makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Calmuschi wants to hit a switch here but Kingston passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Calmuschi there!
Calmuschi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kingston throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Calmuschi tries to hold on but Kingston pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston landing strikes, looking to finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kingston lands with some strikes.
Kingston fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Calmuschi is looking to get to half guard.
Calmuschi gets back to half guard.
Calmuschi wants to sweep but Kingston has passed to side control!
Kingston lands a decent elbow from side control.
Calmuschi regains half guard, as Kingston was trying to land strikes.
Calmuschi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iancu Calmuschi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Kingston shoots in and bounces Calmuschi off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Calmuschi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Calmuschi pulls Kingston in close to his closed guard and prevents Kingston from doing any damage or advancing position.
Kingston throwing strikes but missing.
Calmuschi pulls Kingston in close to his closed guard and prevents Kingston from doing any damage or advancing position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calmuschi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston throwing strikes from guard but Calmuschi blocks nicely.
Kingston stands up over Calmuschi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Calmuschi has control of Kingston's left arm, preventing Kingston from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Calmuschi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Calmuschi keeping full guard, as Kingston tries to pass.
Kingston being controlled here momentarily.
Kingston connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kingston stopping the sweep attempt from Calmuschi.
Calmuschi kicks Kingston off and gets to his feet.
Kingston is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Calmuschi blocks a jab.
It seemed like Calmuschi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Calmuschi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kingston is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kingston takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kingston tries to clinch up.
Calmuschi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Calmuschi scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston cracks Calmuschi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice shot lands for Calmuschi.
Kingston walks forward, straight into a front kick from Calmuschi.
Kingston closes the distance and clinches up with Calmuschi, looking for a takedown. Kingston pushes Calmuschi against the cage but Calmuschi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kingston throws a jab when Calmuschi was well out of range.
Kingston connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Calmuschi misses with a body shot.
Kingston moves out of range of the strikes.
Kingston swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kingston tries for a takedown but Calmuschi circles away easily
and Calmuschi counters with a nice body shot.
Kingston clinches with his opponent.
Kingston scores with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston pulls guard successfully.
Kingston looking to hit a scissor sweep but Calmuschi is one step ahead there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kingston will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Calmuschi is looking to stand up but Kingston won't let him.
Calmuschi is fighting to break Kingston's control of his arms but Kingston is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kingston trying to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Daniel Kingston.
I think Kingston has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Daniel Kingston!
Daniel Kingston made sure to mention his sponsor, Sully's Bar & Grill in his post fight interview.
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