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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sotiro Nickopapadopoulis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ville Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Virtanen has chosen Pantera - Strength Beyond Strength as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sotiro Nickopapadopoulis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ville Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nickopapadopoulis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Virtanen.
Nickopapadopoulis tries to bum rush Virtanen with a series of wild strikes but Virtanen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Virtanen tries to clinch but Nickopapadopoulis is having none of it.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Virtanen tries to clinch there but Nickopapadopoulis circles away.
Virtanen is looking to clinch.
Nickopapadopoulis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Sotiro Nickopapadopoulis has been cut.
Nickopapadopoulis is trying to break free.
Nickopapadopoulis is working for takedown but Virtanen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Virtanen looking to throw knees to the head but Nickopapadopoulis is blocking nicely.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but Nickopapadopoulis blocks it.
Nickopapadopoulis gets through Virtanen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Virtanen keeps control of Nickopapadopoulis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Virtanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nickopapadopoulis blocks it with crossed arms.
Virtanen lands a shot to the body.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Virtanen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Virtanen lands a body shot.
Nickopapadopoulis is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to get back to striking at distance but Virtanen won't allow it.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nickopapadopoulis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickopapadopoulis tries to break the clinch but Virtanen is controlling the position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Virtanen lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nickopapadopoulis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nickopapadopoulis tries to break the clinch but Virtanen is controlling the position.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
Nickopapadopoulis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Virtanen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ville Virtanen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Virtanen darts in trying to clinch
and Nickopapadopoulis counters with a two punch combo.
Sotiro Nickopapadopoulis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Virtanen is looking to clinch but Nickopapadopoulis is avoiding it.
Virtanen moves in looking to clinch but Nickopapadopoulis pushes him off.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nickopapadopoulis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with a wild combination.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a series of punches but Virtanen moves out of range.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a right and a left that both miss.
An inside leg kick lands from Virtanen.
Virtanen wants to clinch.
Nickopapadopoulis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Virtanen circles away quickly and effectively.
Virtanen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nickopapadopoulis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickopapadopoulis is looking to land body kicks.
Nickopapadopoulis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Nickopapadopoulis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Virtanen's waist but Virtanen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nickopapadopoulis off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sotiro Nickopapadopoulis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a right and a left that Virtanen avoids nicely.
Nickopapadopoulis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
No joy there for Nickopapadopoulis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nickopapadopoulis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nickopapadopoulis really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nickopapadopoulis looks to land a left hand but Virtanen moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Virtanen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nickopapadopoulis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nickopapadopoulis thows a leg kick but Virtanen checks it
and Virtanen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with an uppercut.
Nickopapadopoulis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Virtanen counters with a nice uppercut.
Nickopapadopoulis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nickopapadopoulis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Virtanen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Virtanen.
Virtanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Nickopapadopoulis can't break the clinch.
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Virtanen lands a nice elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ville Virtanen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sotiro Nickopapadopoulis's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Virtanen closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Virtanen.
Nice body punch from Virtanen.
Virtanen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Virtanen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nickopapadopoulis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Virtanen.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
A shot in the inside from Virtanen.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
Nickopapadopoulis is trying to break free.
Virtanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Virtanen misses with a knee to the head.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nickopapadopoulis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Virtanen connects with a knee to the head.
Nickopapadopoulis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nickopapadopoulis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nickopapadopoulis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nickopapadopoulis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nickopapadopoulis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Virtanen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickopapadopoulis pulls guard.
Nickopapadopoulis manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with a double jab
and Virtanen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Virtanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nickopapadopoulis is trying to break the clinch but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Nickopapadopoulis is looking to break free of the clinch but Virtanen has double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Virtanen.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nickopapadopoulis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Virtanen moves in looking to clinch but Nickopapadopoulis pushes him off.
Sotiro Nickopapadopoulis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Virtanen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nickopapadopoulis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nickopapadopoulis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nickopapadopoulis clinches but Virtanen breaks the clinch
and Virtanen counters by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen gets underhooks to prevent Nickopapadopoulis's takedown attempt.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Virtanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nickopapadopoulis's face.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Virtanen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
Nickopapadopoulis is trying to break free.
Virtanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nickopapadopoulis's face.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
Nickopapadopoulis tries for a takedown. No joy.
Nickopapadopoulis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with a double jab
and Virtanen counters with a leg kick.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a leg kick
and Virtanen counters by moving into the clinch.
Nickopapadopoulis takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nickopapadopoulis.
Nickopapadopoulis breaks the clinch.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a combination that misses
and Virtanen moves into the clinch.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A looping hook to the body misses from Virtanen. Nickopapadopoulis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nickopapadopoulis looks to land a right hand but Virtanen moved out of range.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with a double jab
and Virtanen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Virtanen.
Nickopapadopoulis avoids a wild elbow strike from Virtanen.
Nickopapadopoulis is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Virtanen.
Nickopapadopoulis tries to break the clinch but Virtanen is controlling the position.
Virtanen keeps control of Nickopapadopoulis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ville Virtanen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen pushes Nickopapadopoulis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Virtanen lands a knee to the head.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nickopapadopoulis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Virtanen keeps control of Nickopapadopoulis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice right hand lands inside from Virtanen.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Virtanen.
Virtanen crunches a lovely knee into Nickopapadopoulis's ribcage.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Virtanen keeps control of Nickopapadopoulis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Nickopapadopoulis is looking to break free of the clinch but Virtanen has double underhooks.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break free but Virtanen has control.
Virtanen lands a knee to the body.
Virtanen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Virtanen.
Virtanen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Virtanen prevents Nickopapadopoulis from breaking the clinch.
Nickopapadopoulis has had enough of the clinch but Virtanen keeps him there for the moment.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break free but Virtanen has control.
Virtanen with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ville Virtanen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sotiro Nickopapadopoulis's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a series of punches but Virtanen moves out of range.
Virtanen gets caught flat footed, as Nickopapadopoulis shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Nickopapadopoulis decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Virtanen, up you get!
Virtanen tries to close the distance and clinch but Nickopapadopoulis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for Nickopapadopoulis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Virtanen dodges the punch combination from Nickopapadopoulis.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with a series of wild punches.
Nickopapadopoulis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with a wild combination.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a nice looking combination but Virtanen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Virtanen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Virtanen clinches.
Nickopapadopoulis tries to break the clinch but Virtanen is controlling the position.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Virtanen avoiding damage.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nickopapadopoulis goes for a takedown in the clinch but Virtanen prevents it.
Virtanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Virtanen digs a right hand into Nickopapadopoulis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nickopapadopoulis's gas tank.
Virtanen lands with a left to the head.
Virtanen landing knees to the head.
Virtanen connects with a knee to the head.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Virtanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Virtanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nickopapadopoulis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Virtanen counters by clinching up.
Virtanen looking to throw knees to the head but Nickopapadopoulis is blocking nicely.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Nickopapadopoulis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Virtanen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nickopapadopoulis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Virtanen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Virtanen.
Virtanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nickopapadopoulis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nickopapadopoulis throws a sloppy body shot
and Virtanen counters by clinching up.
Nickopapadopoulis is trying to break free.
Virtanen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Virtanen.
Virtanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nickopapadopoulis's face.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nickopapadopoulis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen tries to throw a body punch but Nickopapadopoulis avoids it by throwing Virtanen back against the cage.
Virtanen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to get back to striking at distance but Virtanen won't allow it.
Nickopapadopoulis is trying to break free.
Nickopapadopoulis can't break the clinch.
Virtanen lands an elbow inside that Nickopapadopoulis shrugs off.
A knee to the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nickopapadopoulis's face.
Nickopapadopoulis blocks an uppercut.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Virtanen has him pressed against the cage.
Nickopapadopoulis tries to break the clinch but Virtanen is controlling the position.
Virtanen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Virtanen prevents Nickopapadopoulis from breaking the clinch.
Virtanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Virtanen.
Virtanen keeps control of Nickopapadopoulis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Virtanen prevents Nickopapadopoulis from breaking the clinch.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nickopapadopoulis lands a shot to the body.
Virtanen misses with a knee strike.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Virtanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Nickopapadopoulis is trying to break free.
Virtanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nickopapadopoulis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Virtanen digs a right hand into Nickopapadopoulis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nickopapadopoulis's gas tank.
Nickopapadopoulis is looking to break free of the clinch but Virtanen has double underhooks.
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.
Virtanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nickopapadopoulis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Virtanen trying to stall but Nickopapadopoulis improves his position.
Nickopapadopoulis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nickopapadopoulis misses with a double jab
and Virtanen counters by clinching up.
Nickopapadopoulis gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Virtanen looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nickopapadopoulis stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ville Virtanen.
I've got Virtanen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ville Virtanen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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