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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tuomari Stapelstaden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Bauer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Bauer will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tuomari Stapelstaden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Bauer!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stapelstaden shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bauer pinned against the cage. Bauer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Stapelstaden waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bauer.
Bauer closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Stapelstaden missing with punches from the bottom.
Stapelstaden on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Stapelstaden tries to get out of the position.
Stapelstaden works his way to full guard. Good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stapelstaden tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Stapelstaden is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bauer throws a strike but Stapelstaden rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Stapelstaden decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bauer, up you get!
Stapelstaden throws a series of punches but Bauer avoids them all with ease.
Stapelstaden lands with a nice combination. Bauer backs away looking to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stapelstaden lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bauer backs up against the cage.
Bauer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stapelstaden counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Stapelstaden.
Stapelstaden lands a hook that snaps the head of Bauer backwards.
Stapelstaden breaks the clinch.
Bauer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stapelstaden tries to avoid it but Bauer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stapelstaden to the ground. Stapelstaden escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Stapelstaden throws a body punch but Bauer moves out of range.
Bauer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stapelstaden thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bauer misses with a takedown attempt
and Stapelstaden cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stapelstaden is looking to clinch.
Stapelstaden throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Stapelstaden throws a combination that misses
and Bauer counters with a stiff right hand.
Stapelstaden scores with a jab to the head.
Jack Bauer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bauer looks gassed!
Stapelstaden throws a hook to the side of Bauer's head but Bauer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bauer throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stapelstaden counters with a nice leg kick.
Bauer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stapelstaden counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bauer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stapelstaden instigates a clinch.
Stapelstaden breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stapelstaden lands a glancing blow to the side of Bauer's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bauer takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bauer is rocked!
Stapelstaden tests Bauer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bauer is still on wobbly legs! Can Stapelstaden finish him?
Stapelstaden misses with a combination
and Bauer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stapelstaden closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Bauer! Stapelstaden dives in looking to finish! Bauer is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tuomari Stapelstaden!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chance Knapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucky Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knapp's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Lucky Luciano is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chance Knapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lucky Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knapp lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Knapp scores with a nice head shot.
Luciano tries to clinch there but Knapp circles away.
Luciano tries to clinch up.
Luciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Luciano tries to close the distance and clinch but Knapp swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knapp pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Luciano doesn't manage to clinch there - Knapp circles away.
Luciano moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Chance Knapp has been cut.
Knapp avoids a punch combination nicely.
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knapp.
Luciano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knapp lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Luciano is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Knapp swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luciano is looking to clinch but Knapp is avoiding it.
Luciano throws a combination that misses
enabling Knapp to counter with a crisp jab.
Luciano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Luciano darts in trying to clinch
and Knapp connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano tries to clinch
and Knapp counters with a right hand to the body.
Luciano closes the distance but Knapp moves to the side
enabling Knapp to counter with a crisp jab.
Luciano tries to clinch
and Knapp counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Knapp seems content to control.
Luciano pushes Knapp off looking to stand but Knapp dives back in and keeps control.
Knapp is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Knapp frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Luciano manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Knapp is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Luciano missing with punches from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano is trying to stand back up but Knapp is controlling him
Luciano looks gassed!
Luciano is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Knapp drops an elbow to the side of Luciano's head.
Knapp stops Luciano from getting back to his feet.
Knapp content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Knapp seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Luciano for as long as he can get away with.
Knapp has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Luciano is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knapp takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Knapp knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Luciano on the ground.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Luciano tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Knapp looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Knapp landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luciano flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Knapp looking to control and managing it successfully.
Luciano squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Knapp content just to control the position here.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Chance Knapp just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Luciano closes the distance but Knapp moves to the side
and Knapp moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luciano breaks the clinch.
Luciano looks to clinch
and Knapp counters with a stiff right hand.
Luciano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knapp counters with a straight right hand.
Luciano darts in trying to clinch
and Knapp counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chance Knapp dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chance Knapp's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Knapp feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Luciano throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Luciano throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Luciano wants to get back to his feet but Knapp is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Knapp preventing the sweep.
Knapp has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Luciano being controlled here, momentarily.
Luciano is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Luciano is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Knapp is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Luciano closes the distance looking to clinch
and Knapp counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Knapp.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knapp is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Knapp avoiding damage as Luciano throws knees to the body.
Luciano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luciano is breathing heavily.
Knapp wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knapp prevents Luciano from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Luciano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Knapp's brow.
Luciano tries a knee to the head but Knapp blocks it.
Luciano is fighting off a takedown attempt but Knapp is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Luciano to the mat. Luciano regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Luciano is on top in guard.
Knapp preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Knapp on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Knapp tries to get out of the position.
Knapp is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Luciano is controlling him.
Luciano thows a big elbow that misses.
Knapp wants to get back to his feet but Luciano is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Luciano tries to stand but Knapp is controlling from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knapp is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Luciano landing some decent shots from guard.
Knapp can't keep his opponent in guard - Luciano advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Luciano seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Luciano lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Luciano not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Luciano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Knapp blocking the ground and pound attempt from Luciano.
Luciano lands with a punch from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Knapp trying to control here.
Knapp might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Luciano working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Luciano sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Knapp defending well though.
Luciano sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Knapp defending well though.
Luciano landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Luciano not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Knapp is trying to stand.
Luciano wants to free his trapped foot but Knapp is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Knapp pushes Luciano off looking to stand but Luciano dives back in and keeps control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Knapp misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Luciano tries to clinch
and Knapp counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Luciano!
Knapp takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
BOOM! Knapp connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Knapp tries to control but Luciano wriggling away.
Luciano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Luciano keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Knapp controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chance Knapp dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chance Knapp's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Luciano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Knapp counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Luciano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Knapp cracks Luciano with a good jab.
Luciano slips a straight right by Knapp.
Knapp fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Luciano sprawls well initially but Knapp persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Knapp prevents Luciano from improving his position.
Knapp tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Knapp decides to return to a standing position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Luciano tries to clinch up
and Knapp counters with a straight right hand.
Luciano is rocked!
Knapp jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luciano is still on wobbly legs! Can Knapp finish him?
Knapp throws the left hand but Luciano avoids the punch easily.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Knapp.
Luciano seems to have recovered his senses.
Lucky Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Knapp.
Knapp misses with an attempted mid kick.
Luciano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knapp darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Luciano works his way to full guard. Good work.
Knapp advances to half guard.
Luciano manages to get to full guard.
Luciano tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lucky Luciano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knapp looking to pass the guard.
Knapp stops Luciano from standing up.
Luciano bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Knapp's guard.
Luciano scoring with punches to the head and body.
Luciano in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Knapp is looking to stand up but Luciano isn't so interested in that idea.
Chance Knapp overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Luciano tries to free his leg and advance position but Knapp is retaining full guard.
Knapp working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Luciano.
Knapp seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Luciano wants to stand but Knapp is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knapp kicks Luciano off and gets to his feet.
Knapp looks to land a left hand but Luciano moved out of range nicely.
Knapp misses with a two punch combination.
Luciano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knapp.
Luciano looks to clinch
and Knapp decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Luciano's guard.
Knapp wants to stand but Luciano has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Luciano wants to stand and escape but Knapp is having none of it.
Knapp wants to control from the top but Luciano keeps moving.
Luciano will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano wants to sweep but no luck.
Luciano wants to get back to his feet but Knapp is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Luciano looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Luciano throws a one two combo.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Knapp.
Luciano looks to clinch
and Knapp counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Luciano wants to clinch
and Knapp counters by moving into the clinch.
Luciano manages to break the clinch.
Luciano throws a sloppy head kick and Knapp moves out of range easily.
Knapp uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Knapp is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Knapp circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knapp counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knapp tests Luciano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chance Knapp showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Knapp 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chance Knapp!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bumpy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Arias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arias is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Soda Stereo - Musica Ligera. Bumpy Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bumpy Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jorge Arias!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arias rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Arias controlling the action here for a moment.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Arias is working for takedown but Johnson is calmly controlling the position for now.
A knee to the head by Johnson.
Johnson lands a nice knee to the body.
Arias has Johnson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Johnson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnson lands a nice knee to the body.
Arias missing with knees to the body.
Arias looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Arias misses with a knee strike.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Arias leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Arias lands a body punch.
Arias is looking to control Johnson's arms but Johnson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Arias has his back to the cage.
Arias tries for a takedown but Johnson manages to get underhooks.
Bumpy Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorge Arias.
Arias looks gassed!
Arias lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Arias blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Arias.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Arias has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Johnson is pressed up against the cage. Arias has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Johnson down to the mat. Johnson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Arias tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
Bumpy Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Arias counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Arias.
Arias connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Come on Arias - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice elbow from Arias.
It looks like Bumpy Johnson has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arias lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Arias is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Johnson can't fight it off and eventually Arias manages to take the fight to the floor. Johnson looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Arias wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but Arias is having none of it.
Johnson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Johnson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Arias on the ground.
Arias sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Johnson's guard.
Arias controlling the action here.
Arias's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Arias prevents Johnson from improving his position.
Arias working Johnson over with strikes.
Arias perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arias lands strikes from half guard.
Arias wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Arias keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Arias thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Arias lands a nice short elbow.
Arias looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Johnson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Arias trying to control the pace.
Arias is trying to control the action in half guard but Johnson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Arias sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Despite being in the dominant position, Jorge Arias just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Arias.
Johnson is being controlled here.
Arias prevents Johnson from escaping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Arias wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
Johnson is looking for a sweep.
Johnson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Johnson is looking to regain half guard here but Arias keeps moving and retains side control.
Johnson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Johnson there.
Arias is looking to control Johnson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Arias avoid being mounted?
Johnson wants to stand up but Arias has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Johnson prevents Arias from improving his position.
Johnson wants to stand up but Arias is controlling the position.
Arias keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson prevents Arias from improving his position.
Arias wants to control but Johnson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Arias is rocked!
Johnson wants to clinch up but Arias keeps it at a distance.
Arias is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnson finish him?
Johnson clinches.
Johnson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Arias has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Arias seems to have recovered his senses.
Arias drops down looking for an ankle pick but Johnson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Arias blocks with his arms.
Arias prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arias changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Johnson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Johnson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Arias counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Arias throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Arias.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jorge Arias will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bumpy Johnson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Johnson throws a right hand that Arias ducks under and follows up with a left that Arias also avoids with ease.
Arias doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Arias holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Arias is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from Arias.
Arias unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Arias comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Arias blocks an elbow strike.
Arias misses with a knee strike.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arias takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Johnson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Arias.
A nice right hand lands inside from Arias.
Nice elbow from Johnson.
Arias fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Arias has double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Johnson.
Arias is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bumpy Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorge Arias.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Arias tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Arias scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Arias jumps guard and drags Johnson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Arias is breathing heavily.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Arias swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Arias not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Arias won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arias controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Johnson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Arias holds on and takes a little breather.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Johnson closes the distance but Arias moves to the side
and Arias counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Arias leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Arias blocks an elbow strike.
Come on Arias - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Arias jumps guard and drags Johnson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Arias is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Johnson wants to stand but Arias has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Arias trying to keep a closed guard but Johnson is proving a slippery customer.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Arias lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Johnson!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is bucking up trying to escape but Arias cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Arias tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.
Arias tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Johnson is squirming around, avoiding Arias's attempts to control the action.
Arias has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johnson tries to reverse the position but Arias maintains control.
Arias controlling the pace for now.
Arias lands a nice shot to the head.
Arias scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Arias pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Arias lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Arias.
Arias sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Arias lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnson hang on?
Arias landing shots from mount.
Arias controlling the position easily from mount.
Arias working the ground and pound effectively.
Arias tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Arias lands a nice shot to the head.
Arias tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Despite being in the dominant position, Jorge Arias just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch
and Arias decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Johnson's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arias is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Johnson wants to stand up but Arias is controlling him.
Arias trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson trying to strike off his back.
Arias looking to pass the guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Johnson closes the distance but Arias moves to the side
and Arias holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Johnson with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
with the fighters clinched against the cage, Arias creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Arias circles away.
Arias tries to clinch up.
Arias gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Arias counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Johnson's guard now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Arias showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bumpy Johnson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Johnson clinches with his opponent.
Arias tries for a takedown but Johnson manages to get underhooks.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Arias is controlling the position.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Arias closes the distance and clinches.
Arias is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johnson is keeping busy.
Arias content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Arias crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
A body shot lands from Arias.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short left from Arias.
Johnson avoiding damage as Arias throws knees to the body.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Arias is trying to stall.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Arias is controlling the position.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch
and Arias moves into the clinch.
Arias throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arias lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Arias won't allow it.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arias blocks an elbow strike from Johnson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Arias with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arias drags the fight down to the ground.
Arias wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Johnson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Arias is proving hard to escape from.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arias manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johnson manages to get himself to full guard.
Arias is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Arias postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Arias is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.
Arias looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Arias isn't so interested in that idea.
Arias advances to half guard.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Johnson tries to kick Arias off but Arias keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Johnson tries to get to full guard but Arias has control of the leg.
Bumpy Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arias not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Arias wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Johnson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Arias moves into the clinch.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johnson with a knee to the head.
Arias blocks an elbow strike from Johnson.
Arias breaks the clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and Arias counters by moving into the clinch.
Arias breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Arias.
Johnson tries to bum rush Arias with a series of wild strikes but Arias uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Arias instigates a clinch.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Arias leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jorge Arias seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Johnson letting Arias take a breather here.
Arias scores a nice knee to the body.
Arias tries for a takedown. No joy.
Arias lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arias successfully pulls guard.
Arias has his hands on Johnson's head, controlling the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Arias is on top in guard.
Arias trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Arias controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Arias isn't so interested in that idea.
Arias is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Johnson wants to stand up but Arias is controlling him.
Johnson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Arias working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arias stops Johnson from standing up.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Arias from controlling successfully.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Johnson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Arias moves into the clinch.
Arias wants to stall.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson lands a head kick. Arias smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Arias is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bumpy Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arias dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Arias circles away and keeps his distance.
Arias forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
Arias tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Arias.
Arias blocks an elbow strike.
Arias is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Arias blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jorge Arias comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Arias winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorge Arias!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mika Rasmussen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Whisky Dan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rasmussen comes to the cage accompanied by In The Shadows by The Rasmus. Dan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by "I'm a man" by Black Strobe. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mika Rasmussen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Whisky Dan!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rasmussen lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Dan falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mika Rasmussen!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between test le fay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Heaton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). le fay comes into the arena with Sailormoon title song blaring out of the sound system. Heaton comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bodies by Drowning Pool kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, test le fay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Heaton!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heaton fails in his attempt to clinch.
le fay tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heaton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
le fay throws a head kick but Heaton moves out of range.
le fay thows a body shot but no joy.
le fay throws a nice looking combination but Heaton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Heaton wants to clinch but le fay slips to the side
and le fay counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
le fay is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Heaton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has le fay pinned against the cage. le fay gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jack Heaton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heaton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from le fay.
Heaton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? le fay is fending him off so far but Heaton persists. Nope, le fay circles away and we're back to standing.
Good exchange - le fay coming out on top.
Heaton drives through and clinches with le fay against the cage.
Knees to the body from le fay.
le fay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heaton tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
test le fay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Heaton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
le fay is trying to stall.
le fay scores with a knee to the head.
le fay tries to land knees in the clinch but Heaton avoids the damage to the body.
Heaton avoiding damage as le fay throws knees to the body.
le fay is trying to maintain a safe position but Heaton gets an underhook and turns le fay into the cage.
Heaton's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
le fay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Heaton.
Heaton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heaton wants to break free but le fay has control.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Heaton.
le fay with a knee to the head.
Heaton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
le fay missing with knees to the body.
le fay stalls.
Heaton wants a takedown but no success here.
le fay gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Heaton.
Heaton looks gassed!
A knee to the head by le fay.
le fay tries to land knees in the clinch but Heaton avoids the damage to the body.
le fay lands a knee to the body.
Heaton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
le fay tries to land knees in the clinch but Heaton avoids the damage to the body.
le fay is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Heaton is keeping busy.
le fay tries to land knees in the clinch but Heaton avoids the damage to the body.
le fay blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
le fay gets underhooks to prevent Heaton's takedown attempt.
le fay landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
le fay trying to land knees to the body.
le fay landing knees to the body.
Heaton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from le fay.
le fay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Heaton.
Heaton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
le fay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heaton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of le fay backwards.
le fay throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heaton blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Heaton.
le fay lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
le fay lands a nice knee to the body.
le fay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heaton avoiding damage as le fay throws knees to the body.
Heaton is trying to maintain a safe position but le fay gets an underhook and turns Heaton into the cage.
le fay connects with a nasty looking knee right to Heaton's face.
Heaton pulls guard successfully.
le fay trying to control but Heaton is working from the bottom.
Heaton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
le fay drops back looking for a leg! Heaton is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Heaton manages to kick le fay off! le fay jumps back into Heaton's guard.
Heaton punching to the body, from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heaton is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
le fay trying to control but Heaton is working from the bottom.
le fay is really struggling to control Heaton but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Heaton is trying to control the position but le fay postures up.
le fay won't allow Heaton to sweep him here.
Heaton will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heaton is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
le fay wants to control from the top but Heaton keeps moving.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Heaton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's four 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.
Heaton moves in looking to clinch but le fay pushes him off.
Heaton closes the distance and clinches up with le fay, looking for a takedown. Heaton pushes le fay against the cage but le fay circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Heaton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heaton moves into range and clinches up with le fay.
Heaton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heaton lands a knee to the body.
le fay is looking to control Heaton's arms but Heaton gets an underhook and turns him. Now le fay has his back to the cage.
Heaton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Heaton scores with a shoulder strike.
le fay wants to get back to striking at distance but Heaton won't allow it.
Knees to the body from le fay.
Heaton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Heaton throws an elbow but it misses.
Heaton scores a nice knee to the body.
le fay trying to land knees to the body.
Heaton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heaton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
le fay swats away the attempt to clinch by Heaton.
Heaton drives through and clinches with le fay against the cage.
Heaton just leaning against le fay, taking a breather.
Heaton changes levels and goes for a takedown here. le fay fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nice sprawl there from le fay as Heaton shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
test le fay dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Heaton closes the distance and clinches.
le fay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Heaton.
le fay landing knees to the body.
Heaton pushes off an throws an elbow but le fay leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Heaton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but le fay has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
le fay unloads a knee to the mid-section. Heaton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
le fay lands a knee to the body.
le fay with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
le fay connects with a knee to the head.
Heaton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
le fay lands an elbow that stopped Heaton in his tracks for a moment.
Heaton pulls guard successfully.
Heaton looking for a sweep. Not yet Heaton, not yet.
le fay is fighting to break Heaton's control of his arms but Heaton is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
le fay trying to control but Heaton is working from the bottom.
Heaton looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but le fay is defending well. Heaton quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! le fay has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Heaton celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jack Heaton!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rod Wallis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Venno Akker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akker has chosen Static-X - Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Venno Akker enters the cage!
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Basic striking
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rod Wallis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Venno Akker!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akker throws a sloppy head kick and Wallis moves out of range easily.
Akker throws a sloppy head kick and Wallis moves out of range easily.
Akker misses with a body kick.
Akker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wallis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wallis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Akker throws a series of punches but Wallis moves out of range.
Wallis looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Wallis trying to mount his opponent but Akker defends it.
Akker controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Wallis is trying to control the action in half guard but Akker is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Akker is trying to maintain the position but Wallis is very close to passing his half guard.
Wallis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wallis is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wallis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Akker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Akker throws a head kick but Wallis moves out of range.
Wallis takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Akker throws a series of punches but Wallis moves out of range.
Wallis shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Akker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Horrible takedown by Wallis or perhaps it was just good defense by Akker which made him look bad.
Akker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wallis checks a leg kick nicely.
Wallis closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Wallis lands in his opponent's guard.
Akker looks gassed!
Wallis is stalling in the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallis trying to control the position from guard on top but Akker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wallis controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Akker throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Akker is trying to control the position but Wallis postures up.
Akker keeping moving, preventing Wallis from controlling successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Wallis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wallis trying to control but Akker is working from the bottom.
Akker is trying to keep Wallis in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akker throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Wallis working some strikes from top position.
Wallis wants to control from the top but Akker keeps moving.
Wallis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Akker misses with a body shot.
Wallis fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rod Wallis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Akker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Akker throws a head kick that misses.
Akker lands with a kick to the temple. Wallis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Akker ducks under a wild hook from Wallis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Akker looks to land a left hand but Wallis moved out of range nicely.
Akker looks to land a left hand but Wallis moved out of range nicely.
Akker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wallis manages to avoid it.
Akker slips a jab from Wallis.
Akker misses with the combination.
Wallis scores with a takedown into Akker's guard.
Wallis trying to control but Akker is working from the bottom.
Wallis pushing down on Akker's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wallis seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Akker does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wallis passes the guard and advances to mount!
Wallis lands a nice shot to the head.
Wallis putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rod Wallis dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Wallis closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wallis has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Akker is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Wallis yanks on the arm and Akker is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Wallis.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rod Wallis!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mat Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Svenstroem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mat Richards!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Magnus Svenstroem!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Svenstroem tries to avoid it but Richards manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Svenstroem to the ground. Svenstroem escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Svenstroem keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Richards shoots in for a double leg but Svenstroem sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mat Richards. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Richards is looking to clinch.
Mat Richards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richards looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Svenstroem is fending him off so far but Richards persists. Nope, Svenstroem circles away and we're back to standing.
Richards fails to land the takedown.
No luck for Richards with that takedown attempt.
Richards shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Svenstroem as he jumps to the side.
Richards shoots for a double leg takedown but Svenstroem sprawls well. He's pushed Richards's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Richards is breathing heavily.
Svenstroem closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Richards to the mat! Richards manages to get full guard.
Svenstroem wants to control from the top but Richards keeps moving.
Svenstroem is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svenstroem's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Svenstroem tries to free his leg and advance position but Richards is retaining full guard.
Svenstroem controlling from the top position.
Svenstroem looking to pass the guard.
Svenstroem trying to control the position from guard on top but Richards is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Despite being in the dominant position, Magnus Svenstroem just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Richards fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Svenstroem clinches up against the cage.
Svenstroem has picked Richards up - he's going for a ride! Svenstroem dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Svenstroem takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Svenstroem looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Svenstroem is taking a breather. Richards 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.
Svenstroem lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Svenstroem seems to be looking for submissions.
Richards moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Svenstroem stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Richards swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Richards working for a triangle but Svenstroem defends it easily.
Svenstroem trying to control but Richards is working from the bottom.
Svenstroem passes Richards's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Svenstroem controlling the action here.
Svenstroem trying to mount his opponent but Richards defends it.
Svenstroem has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Richards defend it? Svenstroem steps over the head and cranks it - Richards is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Svenstroem!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Magnus Svenstroem!
Magnus Svenstroem is the new lightweight champion!
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