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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ewart Soso (ranked 5523 p4p, 135 weight class) and Mohamed Brendan (ranked 5517 p4p, 136 weight class). Ewart Soso could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mohamed Brendan's chin.
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204 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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214 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ewart Soso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mohamed Brendan!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soso gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Brendan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Soso is wriggling around but Brendan manages to pass to half guard.
Brendan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brendan is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Soso still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Soso has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Brendan can do anything to dispel that myth.
You can see the frustration on Brendan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brendan parries the strikes from Soso easily there. Soso is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Brendan to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brendan regains half guard there - taking advantage of Soso's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Soso wants to control but Brendan is keeping him busy.
Brendan is looking to improve his position.
Brendan wants to control but Soso is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Brendan tries to roll over but Soso keeps him under control.
Brendan trying to control but Soso postures up.
Brendan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Brendan trying to hold on to Soso's head to control him but Soso postures up.
Brendan is looking for a sweep. Soso is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Soso is stalling here. Brendan is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Soso seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Brendan has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Brendan tries to advance to mount but can't.
Soso manages to work his way to half guard, despite Brendan's best efforts.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Brendan is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Soso doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Brendan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soso wants to improve his position but Brendan is controlling well.
Brendan wants to control but Soso is keeping him busy.
Brendan is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Brendan 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.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Brendan is nestled in close to Soso, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Soso is looking for a sweep. Brendan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Soso works his way to full guard. Good work.
Brendan not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Soso working a defensive guard here.
Brendan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Soso's guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohamed Brendan dominated that round.
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.
Brendan moves out of range as Soso throws a body kick.
Brendan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Soso fails to land the takedown.
Soso lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brendan at a distance.
Soso goes for a double leg but Brendan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Brendan continues to drive forward.
Brendan clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Brendan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brendan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brendan is trying to pull guard but Soso turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Soso fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ewart Soso. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brendan prevents the takedown attempt.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Brendan throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soso lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brendan backwards.
Brendan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Soso shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Brendan as he jumps to the side.
Soso darts in and clinches Brendan up against the ropes.
Soso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Soso tries to clinch there but Brendan circles away.
Brendan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Soso sprawls well initially but Brendan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Brendan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Brendan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Brendan is taking a breather. Soso says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brendan is working for a submission of some sort.
Brendan trying to control the action but Soso is working from the bottom.
Soso wants to improve his position but Brendan is controlling well.
Brendan is trying to control the action in half guard but Soso is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soso is looking for a sweep. Brendan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Soso wants to control but Brendan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Soso is looking to escape.
Brendan trying to control from half guard but Soso is working away.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
It looks like Brendan is going to stand back up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Soso swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brendan counters with a nice body shot.
Brendan moves into range and clinches up with Soso.
Soso tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Soso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brendan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Soso tries to get to full guard but Brendan has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brendan is trying to control. Soso wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Brendan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Brendan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brendan is looking to advance position but Soso won't allow it.
Soso trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohamed Brendan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Soso wants to clinch.
Soso shoots in and drives through. Brendan sprawls well.
Brendan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Soso is trying to defend but Brendan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Soso is trying to maintain the position but Brendan is very close to passing his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soso taking some punishment here, with Brendan in his half guard.
Soso is looking for a sweep. Brendan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brendan working Soso over with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brendan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Brendan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Brendan prevents Soso from improving his position.
Soso wants to get back to his feet.
Brendan content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Brendan wants to free his trapped foot but Soso is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Brendan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Soso pushes Brendan off looking to stand but Brendan dives back in and keeps control.
Brendan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Brendan is taking a breather. Soso says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Soso tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brendan controlling the action here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Brendan gets a double leg takedown into Soso's guard.
Brendan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Soso is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Brendan defends well.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Brendan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brendan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Soso is proving hard to escape from.
Brendan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Brendan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brendan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Brendan is working Soso over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mohamed Brendan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brendan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohamed Brendan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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