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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tero Susi (ranked 1777 p4p, 227 weight class) and Jamie Bounty (ranked 1043 p4p, 143 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
18 - 12 - 1 |
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197 lbs
24 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tero Susi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jamie Bounty!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bounty defending well as Susi loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Bounty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Susi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Susi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Susi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Susi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Susi closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bounty quickly recovers to half guard.
Susi prevents Bounty from standing back up.
Susi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bounty defends it well.
Bounty preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Susi trying to control from Bounty's half guard. Bounty has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi wants to control from the top but Bounty keeps moving.
Susi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bounty is trying to keep Susi in close.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bounty holds on and takes a little breather.
Let's hope that Bounty has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Susi looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Susi is looking to pass into half guard but Bounty pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bounty is in guard.
Susi wants to sweep here but Bounty controlling him for the moment.
Susi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bounty controls the pace.
Susi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bounty can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Susi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bounty defends well.
Susi wants to sweep here but Bounty controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susi has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Bounty is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Susi.
Susi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bounty stands up.
Susi scores with a sloppy right hand. Bounty should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bounty defending well as Susi loads up on a big left hand.
Bounty feints a counter leg kick.
Bounty misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Susi throws a hook to the side of Bounty's head but Bounty sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A low kick from Susi misses
and Bounty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Susi is looking to slow Bounty down with leg kicks.
Good standup being displayed there by Bounty as he connects with a hook.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bounty misses with a looping right.
Bounty looking to land some kicks to the body here.
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 Tero Susi will probably get the nod.
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.
Susi looks to land a left hand but Bounty moved out of range nicely.
Susi looks to score with a jab to the body but Bounty is just out of range.
Susi throws a hook but Bounty blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Bounty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Susi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bounty throws out the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Susi misses the target.
Tero Susi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Susi.
Tero Susi is winning the standup battle so far.
Susi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bounty moves away.
Susi misses with a hook. Bounty ducked under it nicely.
Susi ducks under a wild hook from Bounty.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Bounty as Susi shoots in.
Bounty is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Susi with a body shot.
Susi misses with a looping left.
A big left from Susi misses.
It seemed like Bounty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Susi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bounty.
Bounty moves out of range of the strikes.
Bounty ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bounty feints and then cracks Susi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Susi down.
Susi looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Bounty throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Tero Susi has been cut.
Susi tries to clinch up
and Bounty counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Susi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Susi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Susi misses with a shot to the body
and Bounty counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Susi lands a jab to Bounty's midsection.
Susi connects with the punch.
Bounty moves away from the strike by Susi.
The fighters circle momentarily. Susi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Susi throws a low kick but Bounty avoids it.
Bounty throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Susi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bounty.
A jab from Susi misses.
Bounty misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bounty just misses with a punch to the body.
Susi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Susi prevents Bounty from standing back up.
Susi wants to pass to mount but Bounty is defending the position.
Susi drops an elbow to the side of Bounty's head.
Susi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bounty can do to turn this around?
Susi tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bounty knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Susi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Susi is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bounty is just riding it out for now. Susi eventually gives up the hold.
Bounty manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Susi keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Bounty can't find room to land a body shot as Susi controls the action.
A body shot lands from Susi.
Susi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bounty smiles and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tero Susi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tero Susi's cut.
That's time! Susi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Susi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bounty is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Susi with a body shot.
Susi looks to land a left hand but Bounty moved out of range nicely.
Bounty keeps the fight on the outside.
Bounty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Susi.
Susi dips to his left and cracks Bounty with an uppercut!
Susi takes one to the side of the head.
Susi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bounty avoids it really well and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Susi is looking to chop away at Bounty's legs.
Bounty fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Susi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi scores with a decent looking hook.
Bounty takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Susi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bounty stuffs the takedown attempt from Susi. Susi gets slowly back to his feet.
Bounty throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Susi shoots and misses
and Bounty counters with a nice body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tero Susi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bounty avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bounty looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bounty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Susi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Susi misses.
Bounty tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Susi is able to avoid easily.
Susi appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A jab from Bounty misses.
Susi moves out of range of the body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Bounty blocks the leg kick.
Susi misses with a body shot.
Bounty defending well as Susi loads up on a big left hand.
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!
Susi misses with a straight left.
Bounty doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Susi tries to clinch
and Bounty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Susi, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susi looks to score with a jab to the body but Bounty is just out of range.
Susi looks to land a body kick but Bounty moved away.
Bounty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bounty throws a low kick, looking for Susi's leg but Susi calmly moves out of range.
Bounty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Susi.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bounty! But no joy.
Bounty walks into a straight right hand from Susi.
Jamie Bounty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Susi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bounty looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bounty moves away from the strike by Susi.
Susi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Susi tries to land a front kick but Bounty steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bounty feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Susi sprawling to the canvas! Susi rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Bounty finish him?!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bounty scores with a shot to the body.
Susi lands a nice hook to Bounty's body. Bounty takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Susi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bounty manages to avoid it.
Bounty throws out a counter right but Susi avoids it with no problem.
Bounty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Susi with a jab.
Susi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bounty looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bounty on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Susi. Susi obviously looking to wear him down.
Susi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Susi shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Bounty looking for submissions off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jamie Bounty.
Well Susi 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tero Susi!
A relieved looking Tero Susi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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