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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Experiment (ranked 533 p4p, 27 weight class) and Vika Partio (ranked 520 p4p, 26 weight class). Partio comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Boom! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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141 lbs
10 - 4 - 3 |
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30
145 lbs
13 - 4 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vika Partio!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Partio lands with a cross.
Experiment misses with a body shot.
Experiment fails in his attempt to clinch.
Experiment buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Partio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Experiment is out of range and Partio settles back down.
Partio takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Experiment lands the left hand.
A leg kick checked by Partio.
A nice inside leg kick there by Experiment. That's going to slow Partio down.
Experiment is looking to land body kicks.
Partio throws a body punch but Experiment moves out of range.
Partio connects with a crisp jab.
Partio clinches up with Experiment and pushes him back against the ropes.
Partio misses with the head strike.
Partio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Partio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Experiment.
Partio can't find room to land a body shot as Experiment controls the action.
Partio has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment.
Experiment blocking some punches.
Experiment blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment tries to stall but Partio uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Partio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Partio working aggressively here.
Experiment leaning against his opponent.
Partio has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment.
Partio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Partio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Partio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Partio misses with a body punch.
Partio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Experiment lands a hook to the side of the head.
Experiment controlling the action here for a moment.
Partio works on Experiment's body with a couple of short punches.
Partio working aggressively here.
Partio dodges an elbow strike from Experiment.
Experiment prevents a body shot from Partio.
Experiment blocks an uppercut.
Partio lands a shot to the body.
Partio misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Partio.
Partio can't find room to land a body shot as Experiment controls the action.
Partio avoids the elbow strike from Experiment, against the ropes.
Partio swings wildly with an uppercut but Experiment uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Experiment blocks an uppercut.
Experiment trying to control the position but instead, Partio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Experiment into the ropes.
Partio tries to pull guard but Experiment holds him up against the ropes and eventually Partio drops back down to his feet.
Experiment trying to control the position but instead, Partio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Experiment into the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Partio.
Experiment lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Vika Partio has been cut.
Partio lands a nice uppercut.
Partio swings wildly with an uppercut but Experiment uses good head movement to avoid it.
Partio tries to throw a body punch but Experiment avoids it by throwing Partio back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vika Partio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vika Partio's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Partio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Partio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Partio throws a one two combo.
Experiment thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Partio if he has to take too many more of those.
Experiment throws a shot to the body.
Experiment lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Partio blocks a head kick by Experiment.
Experiment pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A cross from Partio lands.
Experiment chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A big left from Partio misses.
Experiment scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Partio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Experiment fails with an attempt to clinch.
Partio misses with a looping left.
Experiment looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Partio keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Finnish Experiment is winning the standup battle so far.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Experiment.
Experiment lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Partio has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Experiment misses with a low kick.
Experiment checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Partio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Experiment can pounce on him.
Experiment scores with a leg kick.
Partio has taken the fight to the clinch.
Partio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Partio dodges an elbow strike from Experiment.
I was talking to Experiment's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Partio avoids the elbow strike from Experiment, against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Partio as Experiment tries to tie him up.
Partio digs a right hand into Experiment's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Experiment's gas tank.
Partio lands a left hand.
Experiment pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Partio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Partio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Partio lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Experiment or not.
Partio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Partio swings wildly with an uppercut but Experiment uses good head movement to avoid it.
Partio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Partio blocks the elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Experiment struggles to land a body shot inside as Partio controls his hands.
Partio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Partio jumps guard.
Experiment preventing the sweep.
Experiment got a little sloppy there for a moment and Partio has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Experiment has managed to get both his arms back between Partio's legs - danger averted.
Partio wants to sweep here but Experiment controlling him for the moment.
Experiment trying to control the position from guard on top but Partio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Partio is trying to hold Experiment in close to prevent damage but Experiment has managed to pass into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vika Partio will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Vika Partio's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Experiment fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Partio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Partio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Partio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Partio throws out a powerful jab.
A head kick by Partio misses
and Experiment counters with a low kick, right behind Partio 's knee.
Experiment lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Experiment looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Experiment throws a quick inside leg kick.
Experiment misses with a leg kick.
Experiment blocks the body kick.
Partio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Experiment lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Partio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Experiment stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Experiment tries to work over Partio's front leg with a kick but Partio checks it.
Partio throws a body punch but Experiment moves out of range.
Experiment lands a nice leg kick that just misses Partio's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Experiment chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Partio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Experiment moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Experiment clinches up with Partio and pushes him back against the ropes.
Partio blocks the elbow strike.
Experiment lands a damaging elbow.
Partio avoids the elbow strike from Experiment, against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Partio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vika Partio seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Partio swings wildly with an uppercut but Experiment uses good head movement to avoid it.
Experiment wants to stall.
Partio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Experiment stalling in the clinch but Partio improves position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Experiment.
Partio dodges an elbow strike from Experiment.
Experiment pushes off an throws an elbow but Partio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Experiment blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Partio scores with a shot to the side of Experiment's head.
Partio blocks the elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment misses with an elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Experiment.
Experiment lands an elbow inside.
Experiment pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Partio lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Partio fails to pull guard.
Partio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Partio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Partio scores with a shoulder strike.
Partio works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Partio works on Experiment's body with a couple of short punches.
Experiment throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Partio working aggressively here.
Partio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Experiment throws an elbow but misses.
Experiment is trying to maintain a safe position but Partio gets an underhook and turns Experiment into the ropes.
Partio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Finnish Experiment did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Vika Partio's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Partio misses with a low kick.
Experiment was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Experiment ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Partio throws an overhand right that lands on Experiment's shoulder, as Experiment tries to avoid the shot.
Partio scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Partio is looking to clinch.
Experiment works Partio's body with a nice hook.
Experiment throws a front kick aimed at Partio's knee but Partio avoids it well.
Partio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Partio throws a jab but it's blocked by Experiment.
Partio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Experiment. Experiment obviously looking to wear him down.
Partio looks to land a combination. Experiment sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Experiment is rocked!
Partio drops Experiment with a straight right hand, right on the button! Partio follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vika Partio!
Vika Partio is the new bantamweight champion!
Vika Partio spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
The defeated Finnish Experiment had this to say: 'I tried something new.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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