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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dean Wesson (ranked 2918 p4p, 353 weight class) and Untamo Kalervo (ranked 1212 p4p, 173 weight class). Wesson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is In Your Honor - Foo Fighters. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dean Wesson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Untamo Kalervo!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Kalervo.
Kalervo misses with a head kick.
Kalervo has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Wesson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Wesson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kalervo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
No joy there for Wesson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kalervo is looking to chop away at Wesson's legs.
Wesson misses with a wild body shot.
Kalervo misses with a left hand
and Wesson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kalervo throws a right hand that misses
and Wesson counters with a stiff right hand.
Kalervo misses with a straight left.
Wesson circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Wesson to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donk. Wesson catches Kalervo right on the button with a cross.
Kalervo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wesson throws a sloppy head kick
and Kalervo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wesson lands a nice shot that snaps Kalervo's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wesson punishes Kalervo's body with a nice straight punch.
Kalervo misses with a wild body shot.
Kalervo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A cross from Wesson lands.
Wesson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kalervo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wesson throws a looping overhand right but Kalervo ducks down to avoid it.
Wesson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kalervo motions for Wesson to come forward. Kalervo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wesson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kalervo lands an overhand right.
Wesson misses with a double jab
and Kalervo counters with a head kick.
Kalervo closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wesson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wesson tries to pull guard but Kalervo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalervo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wesson throws an overhand right that lands on Kalervo's shoulder, as Kalervo tries to avoid the shot.
Wesson checks a low kick from Kalervo.
Kalervo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wesson cracks a nice hook into Kalervo's ribs.
Kalervo doesn't manage to clinch there - Wesson circles away.
Kalervo dips to his left and cracks Wesson with an uppercut!
Kalervo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wesson. That did some damage!
Kalervo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kalervo looks to land a body kick but Wesson moved away.
Kalervo checks a leg kick.
Kalervo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wesson's corner calls for a 1-2. Wesson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wesson throws out a loose jab but Kalervo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kalervo motions for Wesson to come forward. Kalervo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wesson throws a head kick but Kalervo moves out of range.
Kalervo tests Wesson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kalervo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kalervo avoids the head kick by Wesson.
Kalervo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kalervo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little feinted left hand from Wesson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wesson throws out a loose jab but Kalervo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kalervo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wesson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kalervo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wesson was well out of range. Poor timing from Kalervo.
Kalervo throws a lazy uppercut
and Wesson counters with a stiff right hand.
Wesson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kalervo throws a hook to the side of Wesson's head but Wesson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kalervo throws a head kick that misses.
Wesson looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalervo connects with a body shot that sends Wesson's belly button to the back.
A big left from Wesson misses.
Wesson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kalervo scoring well with a low kick there.
Wesson scores with a hook.
Kalervo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wesson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kalervo digs a good body shot into Wesson's ribs.
Wesson misses with a body kick.
Wesson throws a hook but Kalervo avoids it easily.
Kalervo throws a head kick but Wesson moves out of range.
Kalervo looks to score with a jab to the body but Wesson is just out of range.
Wesson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wesson lunges at Kalervo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kalervo's hand.
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 Dean Wesson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wesson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kalervo tries to clinch but Wesson is having none of it.
Kalervo lands a right hook to the body.
Wesson walks into a stiff left hand from Kalervo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kalervo. Wesson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kalervo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kalervo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Wesson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kalervo connects with a right hand. Wesson shakes it off.
Kalervo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wesson.
Wesson cracks Kalervo with a good jab.
Kalervo slips a straight right by Wesson.
A big right from Wesson misses.
Wesson throws an overhand right that lands on Kalervo's shoulder, as Kalervo tries to avoid the shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Kalervo misses.
Wesson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kalervo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wesson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kalervo.
Kalervo misses with a wild body shot.
Wesson throws a series of strikes that have Kalervo backpedaling.
Wesson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wesson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kalervo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wesson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kalervo. Kalervo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wesson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kalervo throws a leg kick which misses Wesson's front leg but catches the back leg as Wesson tries to avoid it.
Wesson connects with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Kalervo.
Wesson throws a jab when Kalervo was well out of range.
Kalervo ducks under a wild hook from Wesson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kalervo throws a leg kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wesson throws an overhand right that lands on Kalervo's shoulder, as Kalervo tries to avoid the shot.
Wesson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wesson looks to score with a jab to the body but Kalervo is just out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Kalervo.
Wesson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kalervo.
Wesson takes a swing at Kalervo's ribcage but misses.
Kalervo slips under a jab.
Kalervo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wesson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kalervo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wesson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kalervo scrambles back to his feet.
A big right from Kalervo misses.
Wesson misses with the combination.
Kalervo lands a jab to Wesson's midsection.
A head kick misses from Wesson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Wesson. That snapped Kalervo's head back.
Kalervo throws a jab but it's blocked by Wesson.
Wesson throws a shot from downtown. Kalervo moves away and avoids it.
A nice side step and Kalervo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kalervo scores with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Wesson.
Wesson misses with a kick to the body.
Kalervo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wesson thinks about countering with a body kick.
Wesson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kalervo cracks Wesson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wesson lands a lovely overhand right.
Kalervo looks to score with a jab to the body but Wesson is just out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Wesson misses the target.
Wesson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dean Wesson is winning the standup battle so far.
Wesson lands with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalervo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wesson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kalervo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wesson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kalervo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wesson was well out of range. Poor timing from Kalervo.
Kalervo looks to land a body kick but Wesson moved away.
Wesson misses with a body shot.
Kalervo was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Wesson misses with a straight right.
Kalervo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kalervo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kalervo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wesson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wesson throws a head kick that misses.
Wesson lands a right hook to the body.
Kalervo cracks Wesson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Wesson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Wesson lands a right hook to the body.
Wesson throws the left hand but Kalervo avoids the punch easily.
Kalervo misses with a straight right.
It looked like Wesson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Good work by Kalervo as he checks the leg kick.
Wesson looks to score with a jab to the body but Kalervo is just out of range.
Wesson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kalervo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kalervo throws a leg kick
and Kalervo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kalervo jabs at Wesson's body.
Kalervo pushes Wesson away with a front kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalervo lands a nice hook to Wesson's body. Wesson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wesson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kalervo looks to land a right hand but Wesson moved out of range.
Kalervo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wesson.
Kalervo swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalervo clobbers Wesson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wesson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wesson looks to land a right hand but Kalervo moved out of range.
Kalervo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wesson takes a swing at Kalervo's ribcage but misses.
Kalervo ducks under a wild hook from Wesson.
Wesson throws a jab when Kalervo was well out of range.
Kalervo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kalervo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wesson misses with a punch on the inside.
Wesson scores with a shoulder strike.
Kalervo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wesson misses with some punches.
Wesson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kalervo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Wesson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wesson.
Wesson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wesson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kalervo backs up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kalervo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wesson slips a jab and a cross from Kalervo.
Kalervo avoids the body shot from Wesson.
Wesson throws a right hand that misses
letting Kalervo counter with a right hand.
Kalervo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wesson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wesson throws a big counter combination but Kalervo scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Dean Wesson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalervo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wesson throws a right hand that misses
and Kalervo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wesson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kalervo was well out of range. Poor timing from Wesson.
Wesson connects with a body shot.
Wesson scores with a sloppy right hand. Kalervo should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from Wesson.
Wesson scores with a nice body kick.
Kalervo throws a chopping leg kick but Wesson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wesson tried to counter with a leg kick but Kalervo avoided it.
Kalervo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kalervo punishes Wesson's body with a nice straight punch.
Untamo Kalervo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kalervo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wesson moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wesson.
Wesson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Kalervo misses.
Wesson is looking to counter punch.
Kalervo throws a leg kick
and Wesson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wesson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kalervo blocks a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wesson.
Wesson pushes Kalervo away with a front kick.
Wesson throws a body shot but no joy.
Kalervo flicks out a counter leg kick but Wesson steps away.
Wesson throws a body punch but Kalervo moves out of range.
Kalervo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wesson was well out of range. Poor timing from Kalervo.
The fighters circling - Kalervo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Wesson.
Kalervo throws a body kick that misses.
Kalervo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wesson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dean Wesson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wesson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dean Wesson!
An out of breath Dean Wesson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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