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Wilson d. He-Man
Powers of Grayscull were not seen at Helsink, as He-Man was forceless against Wilson. The South-African had little trouble taking opponent down and finnish the job soon after. An easy fight for start the night.
Martinez d. Rudanaugh
Both fighters looked confused on their respective gameplan. Brown Belt Martinez decided to stand-up after taking down a much less ground skilled opponent. Rudanaugh, on the other hand, was a stronger boxing fighter but has thrown more TD attempts than strikes. At the end of this messy beginning, Martinez pulls guard and finishes his opponent quite beautifully.
Holloway d. Frank
A real slaughter entertained those who appreciate more brutal spectacles. Holloway has taken blood from his opponent 's face at the very beginning and kept working chirurgically on the enemy's cut until doctors interfere to stop the bloodbath.
Toanesti d. Oka
Oka has been simply outclassed in every aspect of the MMA art. Toanesti was better at distance, then was better again at the clinch taking some blood out of Oka's face before effortlessly pulling guard, scoring a reversal and finishing with a clean submission. A great display of talent from the golden kid Toanesti.
Paa d. Turner
New signing Iso Paa has performed accordingly to the hype followed up by the acquisition of such a talented finnish fighter. Crowd went crazy when he simply destroyed his opponent in just one minute. Fans left the event wondering if someday they will have yet another finnish fighter champion in The Kalevala?.
Muuri vs Hooyao
Recent bad results have not stopped the Finnish crowd from believing in the popular local hero Muuri. Hooyao has shown a lot of heart in his previous fights but was unable to prevent Muuri's willingness to bounce back and once again find the route of victories in front of an audience record of local fans. Muuri delivered what the crowd was looking for with a brillant KO in the first round.
The Paddy O´Malleys Bar´s went completely Dark. When the lights turned on, real life snakes were swinging on the cages of the octagon, representing the fence made of snakes the good looking Lemminkäinen had to face. One snake jumped at the audience, screams were heard, but production was fast and was able to quickly control the reptile and nobody got hurt. But that was the atmosphere created for the two main events, with both fights crowning a division champion.
Co-Main Event: Charlie IV vs Golden Ticket
Golden Ticket is known for his lethal ground game. His record of 6 straight wins, 5 by submission, convinced the analysts that if could survive initial IV’s storm of strikes and take him down, he would have no trouble in finding yet another submission. The BJJ specialist, though, got hurt in the first seconds and that may have disturbed him. Hurt but not dead, Golden Ticket found a beautiful TakeDown into side control and the crowd thought that could mean the end of Charlie IV, but GT took the strange decision to get back to a stand up fight. Charlie IV did not miss the opportunity and knocked him down to bring the belt home.
Main Event: Titus vs Dawg
A true battle with all the ingredients that an MMA could ask for. 2 long time rivals thirsty for the title. Dawg knew that Titus was more skilled and needed a quick KO. Crowd got excited when Titus had been cut and Dawg was successfully escaping from Titus’ TD. But the truth is that all along the fight Titus showed a much more rounded game and when he got his 4th takedown and Dawg failed to escape his superior ground game was enough.
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