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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uiva Nakki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nakki comes to the cage accompanied by Pulkkinen - Ruusulaulu. Mannerheim is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Touch Of Red. Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Uiva Nakki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakki tries for a takedown but Mannerheim sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mannerheim fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nakki.
Nakki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mannerheim can pounce on him.
Mannerheim with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mannerheim throws and low kick but Nakki moves out of range easily.
Mannerheim throws a sloppy head kick and Nakki moves out of range easily.
Mannerheim scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mannerheim throws a sloppy head kick and Nakki moves out of range easily.
Mannerheim throws a head kick that misses.
Mannerheim tries to clinch up.
Mannerheim tries to clinch up but Nakki circles away and keeps his distance.
Mannerheim misses with a body shot.
Mannerheim connects with a high kick.
Nakki scores with a jab.
Mannerheim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mannerheim dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nakki. That did some damage!
Mannerheim shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mannerheim throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mannerheim throws a series of punches but Nakki avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannerheim throws a front kick aimed at Nakki's knee but Nakki avoids it well.
Mannerheim tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nakki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mannerheim.
Mannerheim digs a good hook to Nakki's body.
Mannerheim throws a head kick that Nakki semi-blocks.
Nakki checks a leg kick.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nakki throws out a leg kick but Mannerheim moves out of range and Nakki only half commits.
Nakki throws a head kick that misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nakki checks a leg kick.
Mannerheim darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nakki is trying to get back to full guard.
Mannerheim is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mannerheim prevents Nakki from improving his position.
Mannerheim wants to free his trapped foot but Nakki is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nakki wants to improve his position but Mannerheim is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nakki is working hard here to advance position.
Nakki wants to sweep but Mannerheim has passed to side control!
Mannerheim throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mannerheim doesn't manage to clinch there - Nakki circles away.
Mannerheim chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mannerheim wants to clinch up but Nakki keeps it at a distance.
Mannerheim takes one to the side of the head.
Nakki checks a low kick from Mannerheim.
Mannerheim displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nakki avoids the body shot from Mannerheim.
Mannerheim throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters circling a little - Nakki finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mannerheim chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mannerheim wants to clinch.
Mannerheim lands a nice shot to the body.
Mannerheim throws a leg kick but Nakki sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nakki has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mannerheim.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mannerheim throws a nice head kick!
Mannerheim looks to land a combination but Nakki avoids it well.
Mannerheim lands a front kick.
Nakki is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mannerheim wants to clinch up but Nakki keeps it at a distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Mannerheim.
Mannerheim turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nakki misses with a low kick.
Mannerheim connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mannerheim slips a straight right by Nakki.
Mannerheim closes the distance and clinches.
Mannerheim scores a nice knee to the body.
Nakki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nakki tries to work over Mannerheim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nakki throws a punch but it's blocked by Mannerheim.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mannerheim lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mannerheim content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nakki managing to block the knees to the body from Mannerheim.
Mannerheim pushes off an throws an elbow but Nakki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knees to the body from Mannerheim.
Mannerheim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakki.
Nakki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Mannerheim fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nakki looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mannerheim throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mannerheim feints and then cracks Nakki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nakki down.
Nakki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd cheers as Mannerheim lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nakki doesn't seem phased though.
Mannerheim lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mannerheim is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nakki rather than just go for the knockout.
Mannerheim with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mannerheim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Mannerheim.
Mannerheim moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Mannerheim lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mannerheim thuds his shin into the meat of Nakki's side.
Mannerheim throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good shot there by Mannerheim.
Mannerheim jabs at Nakki's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mannerheim feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nakki's calf.
Mannerheim lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nakki will feel that in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannerheim thumps Nakki with a low kick.
Nakki tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mannerheim misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nakki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mannerheim. That's going to slow Nakki down.
Mannerheim swings for the body but Nakki moves out of range.
Mannerheim fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mannerheim fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nakki checks it well.
Mannerheim lands a nice hook to Nakki's body. Nakki takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mannerheim thumps Nakki with a low kick.
Nakki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mannerheim plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nakki blocks a head kick by Mannerheim.
Mannerheim tries a head kick but it misses.
Mannerheim throws a leg kick which misses Nakki's front leg but catches the back leg as Nakki tries to avoid it.
Mannerheim throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nakki.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mannerheim misses with a wild combination.
Mannerheim scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mannerheim scores with a leg kick.
Mannerheim thows a leg kick but Nakki checks it
and Nakki counters with an outside leg kick.
Mannerheim throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nakki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nakki walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mannerheim.
Mannerheim lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nakki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mannerheim tries to clinch there but Nakki circles away.
Nakki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mannerheim.
Mannerheim throws a leg kick that misses.
Mannerheim lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nakki's sensitive parts.
Mannerheim scores with a kick to the body.
Nakki moves out of range of the body kick.
Mannerheim lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannerheim chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mannerheim lands a slapping body shot.
Mannerheim cracks the inside of Nakki's front leg.
Mannerheim explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mannerheim lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nakki's sensitive parts.
Nakki blocks the body kick.
Nakki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mannerheim connects with a solid leg kick.
Mannerheim scoring well with a low kick there.
Mannerheim feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nakki's calf.
Mannerheim wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nakki circles away from the clinch attempt
and Nakki counters with a nice uppercut.
Mannerheim shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nakki will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nakki shoots in but no luck this time.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mannerheim looks to score with a jab to the body but Nakki is just out of range.
Mannerheim lands with a nice body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mannerheim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Nakki misses.
Mannerheim fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nakki, pushing him back against the cage.
Mannerheim has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mannerheim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mannerheim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nakki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mannerheim lands a shot to the body.
Mannerheim tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakki avoids the damage to the body.
Mannerheim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakki.
Mannerheim trying to land knees to the body.
Nakki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mannerheim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nakki avoiding damage as Mannerheim throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mannerheim.
Nakki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mannerheim trying to land knees to the body.
Nakki managing to block the knees to the body from Mannerheim.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mannerheim.
Nakki is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mannerheim looking to throw knees to the head but Nakki is blocking nicely.
Mannerheim tries to land a knee to the head but Nakki blocks with his arms.
Mannerheim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nakki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Nakki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Mannerheim with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mannerheim walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nakki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mannerheim on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mannerheim closes the distance and clinches up with Nakki, looking for a takedown. Mannerheim pushes Nakki against the cage but Nakki circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mannerheim scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nakki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mannerheim throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nakki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mannerheim throws a right and a left that Nakki avoids nicely.
Mannerheim doesn't manage to clinch there - Nakki circles away.
Mannerheim throws a combination that misses
and Nakki counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mannerheim's knee momentarily.
Mannerheim looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick by Nakki misses
and Mannerheim counters with an inside leg kick.
Nakki checks a leg kick nicely.
Mannerheim chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nakki can pounce on him.
Nakki connects with a looping right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannerheim takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A solid body kick from Nakki.
Nakki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mannerheim.
Mannerheim takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nakki misses with a head kick.
Mannerheim slips under a jab from Nakki.
Mannerheim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mannerheim thuds his shin into the meat of Nakki's side.
Nakki misses with an uppercut.
Mannerheim avoids the body shot from Nakki.
Mannerheim lands a front kick.
Mannerheim moves out of range as Nakki throws a body kick.
Nakki throws a lazy body kick
and Mannerheim counters with a one-two to the body.
Mannerheim throws a right and a left that Nakki avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakki jabs at Mannerheim's body.
Nakki pushes Mannerheim away with a front kick.
Nakki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nakki misses with the body kick
and Mannerheim counters with a head kick. That will keep Nakki thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mannerheim doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mannerheim stuns Nakki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nakki moves out of range of the leg kick from Mannerheim.
Mannerheim clinches but Nakki breaks the clinch
and Nakki counters with a two punch combo.
Mannerheim walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nakki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mannerheim misses with a straight left.
Mannerheim misses with a leg kick
and Nakki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nakki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mannerheim checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mannerheim lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Nakki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nakki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mannerheim moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mannerheim thows a leg kick but Nakki checks it
and Nakki counters with a nice body shot.
Mannerheim jabs at Nakki's body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mannerheim, right into the meat.
Nakki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mannerheim walks into a jab.
Uiva Nakki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mannerheim throws a sloppy head kick
and Nakki counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mannerheim misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mannerheim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mannerheim rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nakki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mannerheim rushes Nakki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nakki working aggressively here.
Mannerheim missing with knees to the body.
Mannerheim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mannerheim misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mannerheim missing with knees to the body.
Nakki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nakki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mannerheim or not.
Nakki lands a body punch.
Nakki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mannerheim backwards.
Nakki gets a trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mannerheim wants to get back to full guard.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nakki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nakki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakki working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mannerheim is trying to maintain the position but Nakki is very close to passing his half guard.
Nakki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Uiva Nakki showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mannerheim 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim!
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energy
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hype
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