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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Scarn (ranked 1601 p4p, 209 weight class) and Moonlight Maze (ranked 1416 p4p, 190 weight class). Maze has chosen Sabine Kors feat. Timaro - Dagestan as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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198 lbs
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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World class boxer
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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
21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Scarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Moonlight Maze!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maze closes the distance and clinches.
Maze lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scarn working aggressively here.
Scarn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scarn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right from Scarn.
A head punch on the inside from Maze fails to land.
Scarn misses with the head strike.
Maze lands with a short shot to the head.
Maze lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Maze throws a punch but it's blocked by Scarn.
Scarn misses with an elbow over the top.
Maze misses with some punches.
Maze working aggressively here.
Scarn blocking some punches.
Scarn throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scarn blocking some punches.
Scarn blocking some punches.
Scarn misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Scarn.
Maze throws a head punch that misses.
Scarn blocks an uppercut.
Scarn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scarn lands an elbow inside that Maze shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maze swings wildly with an uppercut but Scarn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scarn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maze throws a punch but it's blocked by Scarn.
Maze dodges an elbow strike from Scarn.
Scarn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maze misses with some punches.
Scarn misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scarn.
Scarn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Maze working aggressively here.
Scarn lands a left hand.
Scarn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maze dodges an elbow strike from Scarn.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Maze.
Scarn has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Scarn misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Scarn throws an elbow but misses.
Maze blocks an uppercut.
Scarn lands an elbow inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maze gets through Scarn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scarn.
A short uppercut from Maze.
Scarn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maze avoids a wild elbow strike from Scarn.
Scarn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Scarn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scarn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maze told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Maze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn pushes Maze back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scarn throws a punch but it's blocked by Maze.
Maze takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maze.
Maze takes an elbow to the temple.
Scarn tightens his grip and picks Maze up, before dumping him to the ground. Maze manages to land in guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Maze bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Scarn's guard.
Maze works over Scarn with some ground and pound from guard.
Maze with a flurry of punches that miss.
Maze working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Maze postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Scarn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Maze in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maze is in close to Scarn's body, working some short punches and elbows.
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 Michael Scarn will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Maze tries to clinch up.
Maze rushes Scarn and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Maze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn lands an elbow inside that Maze shrugs off.
It looks like Moonlight Maze has been cut.
Maze misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maze lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scarn backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maze.
Scarn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maze.
Maze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maze takes an elbow to the forehead.
Scarn lands a right hand.
Scarn blocks an uppercut.
Scarn misses with an elbow over the top.
Maze lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maze lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Maze blocks an elbow strike.
Scarn lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Maze fails to land.
Maze misses with the head strike.
Maze lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scarn misses with an elbow over the top.
Scarn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maze avoids a wild elbow strike from Scarn.
Scarn blocks an uppercut.
Scarn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Scarn throws an elbow but it misses.
Maze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maze.
Maze avoids a wild elbow strike from Scarn.
Maze blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Maze fails to land.
Scarn lands a nice elbow.
Scarn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Maze's defenses.
Maze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maze misses with a punch on the inside.
Michael Scarn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Maze fails to land.
A short left from Scarn.
Maze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maze misses with the head strike.
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!
Maze swings wildly with an uppercut but Scarn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scarn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scarn takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scarn.
Maze lands with a right to the head.
Scarn working aggressively here.
Maze misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maze lands a left hand that snaps the head of Scarn backwards.
Maze takes an elbow to the temple.
Scarn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Scarn.
Scarn lands an elbow just above Maze 's eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maze.
Maze scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maze misses with the head strike.
Scarn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice elbow from Scarn.
Maze misses with a punch on the inside.
Scarn blocks an uppercut.
Maze throws a punch but it's blocked by Scarn.
Scarn lands a damaging elbow.
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 Michael Scarn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Moonlight Maze's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Maze moves into range and clinches up with Scarn.
Maze misses with some punches.
Maze throws a punch but it's blocked by Scarn.
Scarn misses with a punch on the inside.
Scarn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scarn blocks an uppercut.
Maze swings wildly with an uppercut but Scarn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scarn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maze pushes Scarn back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scarn swings wildly with an uppercut but Maze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scarn misses with an elbow over the top.
Maze throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scarn.
Maze misses with a punch on the inside.
Maze blocks an elbow strike from Scarn.
Scarn blocking some punches.
Scarn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scarn is trying to stall.
Scarn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scarn lands an uppercut.
Maze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scarn pushes off an throws an elbow but Maze leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Maze misses with some punches.
Scarn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maze has a couple of punches blocked by Scarn.
Maze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maze misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scarn.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scarn.
Scarn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn throws a head punch that misses.
Scarn misses with the head strike.
Maze lands a shoulder strike.
Maze lands a shoulder strike.
Maze throws a punch but it's blocked by Scarn.
Maze swings wildly with an uppercut but Scarn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scarn lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maze misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maze avoids a wild elbow strike from Scarn.
Scarn throws a punch but it's blocked by Maze.
Scarn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Maze has a couple of punches blocked by Scarn.
Scarn blocks an uppercut.
Scarn lands an elbow just above Maze 's eye.
Scarn pushes off an throws an elbow but Maze leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Maze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Scarn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maze misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scarn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That has opened up Moonlight Maze's cut even more.
Maze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Scarn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maze has a couple of punches blocked by Scarn.
Maze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scarn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scarn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Maze backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Michael Scarn.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Scarn, 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight for Michael Scarn!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Michael Scarn!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Michael Scarn!
Michael Scarn wins by unanimous decision!
After the fight, Michael Scarn was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Moonlight Maze spoke after the fight, saying 'blessed'.
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energy
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hype
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