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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Helmuth Tuminen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pavlo Denysuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pavlo Denysuk is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Helmuth Tuminen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavlo Denysuk!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuminen moves into range and clinches up with Denysuk.
Denysuk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Denysuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tuminen scores a nice knee to the body.
Denysuk pushes off an throws an elbow but Tuminen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Tuminen dodges an elbow strike from Denysuk.
Tuminen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denysuk avoids it.
Tuminen lands a body punch.
Knees to the body from Tuminen.
Tuminen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Denysuk looks winded!
Tuminen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tuminen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Denysuk's defenses.
It looks like Pavlo Denysuk has been cut.
Tuminen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tuminen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tuminen.
Tuminen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tuminen lands a damaging elbow.
Tuminen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Denysuk.
Tuminen lands a nice knee to the body.
Tuminen lands a body punch.
Tuminen lands with a light punch inside.
Tuminen lands with a light punch inside.
Denysuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Tuminen.
Tuminen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
I was talking to Tuminen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tuminen scores a nice knee to the body.
Tuminen tries to land knees in the clinch but Denysuk avoids the damage to the body.
Denysuk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Tuminen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Denysuk.
Tuminen landing knees to the body.
Denysuk avoiding damage as Tuminen throws knees to the body.
Tuminen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Denysuk backwards.
Tuminen scores a nice knee to the body.
Tuminen crunches a lovely knee into Denysuk's ribcage.
Denysuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tuminen obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tuminen crunches a lovely knee into Denysuk's ribcage.
Tuminen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tuminen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Denysuk or not.
Tuminen tries to land knees in the clinch but Denysuk avoids the damage to the body.
Tuminen lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denysuk managing to block the knees to the body from Tuminen.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Denysuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Denysuk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tuminen digs a right hand underneath Denysuk's ribcage. Denysuk let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tuminen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Denysuk.
Tuminen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Denysuk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tuminen blocks an elbow strike.
Denysuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tuminen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tuminen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tuminen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denysuk avoids it.
Tuminen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Denysuk.
With the fighters up against the cage, Denysuk throws an elbow but misses.
Tuminen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denysuk avoids it.
Tuminen lands a right hand.
Tuminen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denysuk avoids it.
Tuminen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Denysuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tuminen lands a shot to the body.
Tuminen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuminen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Denysuk.
Tuminen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Denysuk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tuminen lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tuminen.
Tuminen lands a shoulder strike.
Tuminen missing with knees to the body.
Tuminen lands a knee to the body.
Tuminen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Denysuk takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tuminen obliges.
Tuminen avoids a wild elbow strike from Denysuk.
Tuminen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Tuminen.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tuminen.
Denysuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tuminen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tuminen lands a good knee to the midsection. Denysuk won't want to take too many of those.
Tuminen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denysuk avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Tuminen.
Denysuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tuminen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice left hand lands by Tuminen.
Tuminen tries to land knees in the clinch but Denysuk avoids the damage to the body.
Denysuk managing to block the knees to the body from Tuminen.
Tuminen lands a good knee to the midsection. Denysuk won't want to take too many of those.
Tuminen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Tuminen.
Denysuk managing to block the knees to the body from Tuminen.
Tuminen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Denysuk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tuminen working Denysuk over with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good body shot from Tuminen.
A nice left hand lands by Tuminen.
Denysuk avoiding damage as Tuminen throws knees to the body.
Tuminen working Denysuk over with knees to the body.
Tuminen trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Helmuth Tuminen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pavlo Denysuk's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tuminen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tuminen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Denysuk can do to turn this around?
Tuminen avoids the elbow strike from Denysuk, against the cage.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Denysuk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tuminen crunches a lovely knee into Denysuk's ribcage.
Tuminen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Denysuk.
A right hand to the body from Tuminen.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tuminen obliges.
Tuminen is working Denysuk over against the cage.
Tuminen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tuminen lands an uppercut.
A short right from Tuminen on the inside.
Denysuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tuminen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Denysuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Denysuk is breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tuminen obliges.
Tuminen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tuminen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tuminen obliges.
A right handed body shot lands from Tuminen.
Tuminen missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Tuminen.
Denysuk throws an elbow but it misses.
Denysuk takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tuminen tries to land knees in the clinch but Denysuk avoids the damage to the body.
Tuminen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Denysuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tuminen.
Tuminen tries to land knees in the clinch but Denysuk avoids the damage to the body.
Denysuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tuminen blocks the elbow strike.
Tuminen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tuminen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tuminen landing knees to the body.
Tuminen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denysuk avoids it.
Tuminen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Denysuk backwards.
Denysuk takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tuminen missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Denysuk throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuminen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tuminen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Denysuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tuminen.
Tuminen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Denysuk.
A left hand lands to the body for Tuminen.
Tuminen scores a nice knee to the body.
Tuminen missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Tuminen on the inside.
Tuminen tries to land knees in the clinch but Denysuk avoids the damage to the body.
Denysuk throws an elbow that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tuminen.
Tuminen working Denysuk over with knees to the body.
Tuminen lands a nice shot to the body.
Tuminen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tuminen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tuminen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Denysuk.
Tuminen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denysuk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tuminen blocks the elbow strike.
Denysuk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tuminen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tuminen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tuminen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Tuminen.
Denysuk avoiding damage as Tuminen throws knees to the body.
Tuminen blocks the elbow strike.
Tuminen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tuminen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denysuk avoids it.
Denysuk lands an elbow just above Tuminen 's eye.
Tuminen missing with knees to the body.
Denysuk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tuminen lands a good knee to the midsection. Denysuk won't want to take too many of those.
Tuminen tries to land knees in the clinch but Denysuk avoids the damage to the body.
Tuminen blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuminen scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tuminen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Denysuk backwards.
Tuminen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Denysuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Denysuk managing to block the knees to the body from Tuminen.
Denysuk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Denysuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tuminen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Denysuk.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Denysuk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tuminen's brow.
Tuminen avoids the elbow strike from Denysuk, against the cage.
Tuminen scores with a knee to the head.
Denysuk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tuminen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tuminen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Denysuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Denysuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tuminen lands a right hand.
Tuminen misses with a punch on the inside.
Tuminen blocks an elbow strike from Denysuk.
Tuminen digs a right hand into Denysuk's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Denysuk's gas tank.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Helmuth Tuminen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pavlo Denysuk's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Tuminen rushes Denysuk and presses him up against the cage.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Nice elbow from Denysuk.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Tuminen avoids the elbow strike from Denysuk, against the cage.
Tuminen lands a right hand.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Tuminen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Helmuth Tuminen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Denysuk takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tuminen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Denysuk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Denysuk avoiding damage as Tuminen throws knees to the body.
Tuminen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tuminen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tuminen obliges.
Denysuk avoiding damage as Tuminen throws knees to the body.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Tuminen tries to land knees in the clinch but Denysuk avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Denysuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Denysuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Denysuk throws an elbow but it misses.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Tuminen takes an elbow to the temple.
Denysuk throws an elbow that misses.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Tuminen avoids the elbow strike from Denysuk, against the cage.
Denysuk avoiding damage as Tuminen throws knees to the body.
Tuminen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tuminen avoids the elbow strike from Denysuk, against the cage.
Denysuk managing to block the knees to the body from Tuminen.
Denysuk takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Denysuk throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Denysuk throws an elbow but misses.
Tuminen working Denysuk over with knees to the body.
Tuminen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Denysuk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tuminen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuminen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!
Tuminen trying to land knees to the body.
Tuminen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Denysuk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Denysuk pushes off an throws an elbow but Tuminen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Denysuk misses with an elbow strike.
Tuminen blocks an elbow strike.
Tuminen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tuminen lands a nice knee to the body.
Tuminen lands a nice knee to the body.
Tuminen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tuminen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tuminen lands a knee to the body.
Tuminen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Denysuk managing to block the knees to the body from Tuminen.
Denysuk avoiding damage as Tuminen throws knees to the body.
Denysuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Denysuk throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuminen avoids a wild elbow strike from Denysuk.
Tuminen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Denysuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tuminen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denysuk avoids it.
Denysuk avoiding damage as Tuminen throws knees to the body.
Tuminen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denysuk avoids it.
Denysuk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tuminen blocks an elbow strike.
Denysuk takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Denysuk lands an elbow just above Tuminen 's eye.
Tuminen crunches a lovely knee into Denysuk's ribcage.
Denysuk throws an elbow but it misses.
Denysuk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tuminen trying to land knees to the body.
Denysuk avoiding damage as Tuminen throws knees to the body.
Denysuk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tuminen blocks the elbow strike.
Tuminen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denysuk managing to block the knees to the body from Tuminen.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Tuminen working Denysuk over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tuminen misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Denysuk.
A right handed body shot lands from Tuminen.
Tuminen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Denysuk is defending well for now.
Tuminen blocks an elbow strike from Denysuk.
Tuminen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Denysuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Denysuk takes a shot to the head.
Tuminen misses with a body punch.
Tuminen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Denysuk.
Tuminen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tuminen missing with knees to the body.
Tuminen tries to land knees in the clinch but Denysuk avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Denysuk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Denysuk managing to block the knees to the body from Tuminen.
Pavlo Denysuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Helmuth Tuminen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Denysuk throws an elbow but it misses.
Denysuk misses with an elbow over the top.
And that's the end of the fight!
Helmuth Tuminen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tuminen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Helmuth Tuminen!
Our winner, Helmuth Tuminen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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