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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam McCullen (ranked 201 p4p, 34 weight class) and Tero Susi (ranked 848 p4p, 131 weight class). McCullen comes to the cage accompanied by The Foggy Dew. Sam McCullen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tero Susi's 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
22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Sam McCullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tero Susi!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCullen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McCullen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McCullen misses with a leg kick
and Susi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Susi.
McCullen is looking to take this one to the mat.
McCullen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
McCullen misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCullen lands a hook that snaps the head of Susi backwards.
McCullen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Susi jumps guard but McCullen turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
McCullen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Susi is trying to drag McCullen to the mat but McCullen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sam McCullen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tero Susi.
McCullen tries to throw a body punch but Susi avoids it by throwing McCullen back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCullen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Susi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. McCullen avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
McCullen misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi wants to take the fight to the mat but McCullen manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Susi successfully pulls guard.
Susi wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and McCullen is now in half guard.
Susi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Susi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. McCullen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Susi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
McCullen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
McCullen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Susi wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Susi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Sam McCullen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Susi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Susi swats away the attempt to clinch by McCullen.
Susi shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Susi showed some decent athleticism there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCullen is refusing to be controlled, as Susi sits in half guard.
McCullen is positioning himself well to prevent Susi advancing to mount.
Susi looks to land a strike but McCullen avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Susi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McCullen is keeping the position for now.
That's four 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.
Susi is still trying to improve position.
McCullen is working an open guard so Susi takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
McCullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCullen slaps away a takedown attempt from Susi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Susi avoids the body shot from McCullen.
Susi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCullen throws out the jab.
McCullen tries to score with a low kick but Susi moves his leg out of the way.
Good work by Susi as he checks the leg kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Susi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Susi gets a clinch.
Susi struggles to land a body shot inside as McCullen controls his hands.
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 Sam McCullen will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Susi is looking to clinch.
McCullen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Susi has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Susi fails with the takedown.
Susi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Susi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Susi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McCullen.
Susi closes the distance and clinches up with McCullen, looking for a takedown. Susi pushes McCullen against the cage but McCullen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
McCullen thinks about countering with a body kick.
Susi walks into a left hand.
Nice takedown defense from McCullen. No joy for Susi on that attempt.
Sam McCullen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tero Susi.
Susi clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A hook to the body from McCullen.
Susi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCullen swats away the attempt to clinch by Susi.
Nice uppercut lands for McCullen. That snapped Susi's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCullen takes a swing at Susi's ribcage but misses.
Sam McCullen is winning the standup battle so far.
McCullen lands with a kick to the ribs.
A solid body kick from McCullen.
Susi is breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from McCullen as Susi shoots in.
McCullen scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Susi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Susi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McCullen lands a nice shot to the body.
Susi with a lazy takedown attempt
letting McCullen counter with a right hand.
McCullen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCullen misses with a wild body shot.
McCullen with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCullen jabs Susi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCullen lands a nice hook to Susi's body. Susi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McCullen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Susi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McCullen scores with a nice body kick.
McCullen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
McCullen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCullen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Susi on the side of the head.
McCullen stuffs the takedown attempt from Susi. Susi gets slowly back to his feet.
Susi tries to keep at a distance but McCullen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Susi jumps guard but McCullen stands there with Susi around his waist. Susi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
McCullen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCullen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCullen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Susi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McCullen has him pressed against the cage.
McCullen wants a takedown but no success here.
McCullen has a couple of punches blocked by Susi.
McCullen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McCullen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McCullen misses with a punch to the body.
McCullen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Susi prevents a body shot from McCullen.
McCullen tries to work over Susi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Susi looking for a takedown.
Susi breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi manages to get an easy takedown there - catching McCullen on his heels. He'll look to pass McCullen's guard now, I'm sure.
Susi trying to control the position from guard on top but McCullen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Susi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McCullen keeping moving, preventing Susi from controlling successfully.
Susi throws a big right hand that misses.
Susi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Susi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam McCullen dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Susi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McCullen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McCullen scores with a kick to the midsection.
McCullen is looking to wear down Susi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Susi blocks a leg kick.
McCullen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Susi tries to move into range but McCullen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McCullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Susi follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
McCullen lands with an overhand left.
McCullen throws a quick inside leg kick.
McCullen misses the body punch
and Susi counters with a nice body shot.
Susi fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Susi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Susi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Susi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with McCullen but McCullen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Susi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Susi is looking to stall here but McCullen recovers full guard.
Susi sitting in guard, not really doing much.
McCullen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Susi manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Susi is looking to sweep but instead, McCullen has passed into half guard.
Susi trying to control from the bottom.
McCullen not doing much here.
Susi is looking to control McCullen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Susi avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCullen moves nicely into side control.
Tero Susi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCullen controls the position.
You can see the frustration on Susi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
McCullen tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Sam McCullen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Susi is trying to improve his position.
McCullen remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Susi wants to control but McCullen postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McCullen gets to mount! Susi was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Susi is squirming around, avoiding McCullen's attempts to control the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam McCullen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McCullen, 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam McCullen!
Sam McCullen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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