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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Avers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green comes into a darkened arena with his song building. In the Air Tonight kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! John Avers looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Avers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taylor Green!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Avers blocks a head kick by Green.
Avers throws a big shot that misses.
Avers takes a swing at Green's ribcage but misses.
Avers wants to clinch.
Avers stuffs the takedown attempt from Green. Green gets slowly back to his feet.
Avers lands a jab to the head.
Avers throws a lazy right hand but Green sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Avers fails with the takedown
and Green counters with a shoot takedown. Avers fights it but they end up in guard.
Green prevents Avers from getting back to his feet.
Avers manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Avers landing strikes, looking to finish!
Avers throwing strikes here but Green is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Avers punching from mount but Green doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avers sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Green really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Avers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Green is desperately trying to improve his position but Avers has a good base and remains in mount.
Avers looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Green is trying desperately to improve position.
Avers punching from mount but Green doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Avers wants to control the pace but Green is squirming around nicely.
Green is trying desperately to improve position.
Green avoids a series of strikes thrown by Avers.
Avers looking to ground and pound but Green is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Green is looking to get to half guard.
Green regains half guard.
Avers is breathing heavily.
Avers stops Green from getting back to his feet.
Green throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Green blocking the ground and pound attempt from Avers.
Avers is keen to just control but Green is a slippery customer.
Green makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Green.
Avers scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Avers throws a strike but Green rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Green won't allow Avers to sweep him here.
Avers bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Green's guard.
Green looking to control.
Green trying to control the position here.
Avers scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Green tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Avers being controlled here momentarily.
Avers 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.
Green avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Avers stands and steps away. Green gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Avers closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Green to the mat! Green manages to get full guard.
Avers prevents Green from getting back to his feet.
Green keeping moving, preventing Avers from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Avers's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Avers dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Avers scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Green trying to control from the bottom.
Green tries to roll over but Avers keeps him under control.
Avers wants to take a breather but Green is having none of it.
Green regains full guard. Nicely done.
Avers is looking to work some ground and pound but Green has wrist control.
Avers loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Avers postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Green is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Avers, into his guard.
Green trying to control but Avers is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avers is looking to stand up but Green isn't so interested in that idea.
Avers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Green is one step ahead there.
Green trying to control the position from guard on top but Avers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Green prevents Avers from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Green won't allow Avers to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Avers keeping full guard, as Green tries to pass.
Avers manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Green manages to get himself to full guard.
Avers looking to pass the guard.
Avers wants to control from the top but Green keeps moving.
Avers loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Avers is fighting to break Green's control of his arms but Green is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avers tries to free his leg and advance position but Green is retaining full guard.
Avers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Green wants to sweep but no luck.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Avers throws a body kick that misses.
Green slips under a jab from Avers.
Green scores with a takedown into Avers's guard.
John Avers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Avers is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Green trying to control but Avers postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avers takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Avers winds up and cracks Green with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Green wants to control but Avers is keeping busy.
Avers sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Green defending well though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Avers uses his free foot to push down on Green's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Green.
Avers is landing with some decent strikes but Green is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that John Avers will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Green avoids the body shot from Avers.
Green looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Avers is fending him off so far but Green persists. Nope, Avers circles away and we're back to standing.
Green closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Avers tries to roll over but Green keeps him under control.
Green is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Avers defends it well.
Avers wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are battling for position here. Avers manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Green throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Avers throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avers is trying to keep Green in close.
Avers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Green feints and as Avers raises his hands in defense, Green changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Avers is on top in guard.
Avers wants to control from the top but Green keeps moving.
Green looking to hit a scissor sweep but Avers is one step ahead there.
Avers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Green's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avers trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Avers wants to pass the guard but Green is keeping the position.
Green working a defensive guard here.
Avers drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Avers jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Avers loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Avers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Avers is looking to clinch but Green is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Avers's waist but Avers gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Green off to one side.
Some wild striking there from Avers.
Green fails with a takedown attempt.
John Avers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Taylor Green.
Avers lands a jab to the head.
Green avoids the body shot from Avers.
Green fails to land the takedown.
Green looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Avers manages to get to full guard.
Green working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avers lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Green!
Green tries to hold on but Avers pushes him away.
Avers unloading with bombs!
Taylor Green has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Avers looking to finish Green with some ground and pound. This is bad for Green!
Green taking shots to the head.
Avers is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Green can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Taylor Green.
Well Avers 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Avers!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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