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WFL FN 6- Poopha vs Hill PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Artair Dostan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Revengedanger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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157 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Artair Dostan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calvin Revengedanger!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Revengedanger finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dostan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Revengedanger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice cross by Dostan.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dostan.
Revengedanger throws a good cross that connects.
Jab from Revengedanger.
Dostan misses with an uppercut
and Dostan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dostan is rocked!
Revengedanger misses with an uppercut.
Oh Dostan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dostan misses with a combination
and Revengedanger counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Dostan out cold! What a finish! Revengedanger is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Calvin Revengedanger!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kim Jong Un (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubba James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jong Un's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, DPRKorean National Anthem. James has chosen Biscuits & Gravy as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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232 lbs
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272 lbs
10 - 17 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kim Jong Un!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bubba James!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James looks to land a combination but Jong Un avoids it well.
Jong Un misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
James closes the distance and clinches.
James lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
James stops a takedown attempt from Jong Un.
Jong Un has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. James is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kim Jong Un. That's going to take a lot out of him.
James missing with knees to the body.
James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James slaps away a takedown attempt from Jong Un, before circling back to the center of the mat.
James misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jong Un misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
James decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Jong Un is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James lands with a punch from half guard.
Jong Un avoiding damage under a succession of punches from James.
James missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
James thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
James throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jong Un is trying to stand back up but James is controlling him
James is looking to advance position but Jong Un won't allow it.
Jong Un wants to get back to his feet.
James is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nice strikes from James there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ground and pound from James.
James working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. James lands a nice short elbow.
Jong Un trying to hold on to James's head to control him but James postures up.
James stops Jong Un from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James is stalling here. Jong Un is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! James seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Jong Un has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
James really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jong Un. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jong Un wants to lay and pray for a moment but James keeps working.
James wants to get back to his feet.
James is trying to stand and escape here. He's got onto all fours but that's just let Jong Un take his back! Uh oh - Jong Un has got a rear naked choke here! James is forced to tap! It's all over! One monent is all it takes in this sport!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kim Jong Un!
A victorious Kim Jong Un thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Stilies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iron Mike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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255 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
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280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gary Stilies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iron Mike!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mike throws a body kick that misses.
Stilies lands with a straight right. Mike didn't see that one coming.
A head kick misses from Mike.
Mike tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stilies paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stilies gets tackled into the cage by Mike. Mike maintains the clinch.
Stilies working hard to break the clinch.
Mike keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stilies's efforts to push away.
Mike's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mike takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stilies takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stilies throws a series of punches but Mike avoids them all with ease.
Mike leaves Stilies with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Stilies misses with a double jab.
Mike misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike wants to clinch up but Stilies keeps it at a distance.
Iron Mike seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stilies feints a jab promting Mike to slip. Stilies then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mike slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mike throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stilies counters with a series of strikes. Mike will be more careful next time no doubt.
Stilies displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mike throws out the jab.
Mike throws a push kick but Stilies slaps the foot to one side.
Stilies goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Stilies circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mike explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mike checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stilies blocks a head kick by Mike.
Stilies shoots in for a takedown but Mike shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Stilies lands with a right hand.
Stilies scores with a shot to the body.
Stilies is looking to score with low kicks.
Mike dodges the punch combination from Stilies.
Mike throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mike throws a series of punches but Stilies avoids them all with ease.
Stilies lands a two punch combo.
Stilies tries to keep at a distance but Mike has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stilies is trying to force a seperation but Mike has the dominant position.
Stilies tries to circle away but Mike has him pinned against the cage.
Mike landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mike pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Mike misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mike doesn't manage to clinch there - Stilies circles away.
Stilies closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mike circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Stilies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stilies scores with a one two! Mike had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Stilies connects with a body shot that sends Mike's belly button to the back.
Mike looks winded!
Mike wants to clinch up but Stilies keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Stilies, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mike tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mike throws a series of punches but Stilies moves out of range.
Stilies fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Stilies fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mike loads up on a big right hand but Stilies slips the punch.
Stilies tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mike swivels and escapes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stilies. That's going to slow Mike down.
Mike stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stilies.
Mike looks to score with a jab to the body but Stilies is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mike pushes Stilies up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stilies escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stilies's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mike under the eye.
Stilies scores with a three punch combo!
Mike takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mike looks to land a right hand but Stilies moved out of range.
Stilies scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Stilies fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Crunch! Stilies slams his shin into Mike's torso.
Stilies scores with a hook to the body. Mike takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stilies throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stilies misses with the combination.
Stilies throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Stilies dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mike takes one on the button.
Mike throws a sloppy head kick and Stilies moves out of range easily.
Mike has managed to clinch.
Stilies is trying to break the clinch but Mike is controlling him.
Stilies can't break the clinch.
Stilies manages to break the clinch.
Stilies shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mike eats them both and turns towards Stilies to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Stilies chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gary Stilies is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mike darts in and clinches Stilies up against the cage.
Stilies wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mike has him pressed against the cage.
Mike escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stilies throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mike is breathing heavily.
Mike is looking to clinch but Stilies is avoiding it.
Mike tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stilies swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stilies tests Mike's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mike walks into a straight right hand from Stilies.
Mike looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gary Stilies is winning the standup battle so far.
Stilies cracks Mike with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mike throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Stilies to counter with a crisp jab.
A shot to the liver by Stilies. Beautiful body shot.
Stilies displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Iron Mike has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An inside leg kick lands from Stilies.
Stilies smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Stilies scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Stilies throws a combination. Mike tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Stilies here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stilies throws a one two combo.
Stilies is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mike can do to turn this around?
Stilies shoots in but Mike avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mike dodges the punch combination from Stilies.
Stilies shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mike is trying to defend but Stilies finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Stilies uses his free foot to push down on Mike's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Mike.
Stilies get's back to his feet.
It looks like Stilies has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stilies looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mike has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mike goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mike wants to clinch but Stilies slips to the side
and Stilies counters with a low kick, right behind Mike 's knee.
Stilies goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Stilies cracks Mike with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stilies lands a glancing blow to the side of Mike's head.
Mike tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stilies connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Stilies tries to bum rush Mike with a series of wild strikes but Mike uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stilies comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stilies misses with a double jab.
Stilies is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Stilies digs a good hook to Mike's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stilies fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mike.
A right-left combo lands from Stilies.
Stilies looking to score a takedown here. Mike is defending well but Stilies drives through and ends up in Mike's guard.
Stilies wants to pass the guard but Mike is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stilies is standing up over Mike. Mike looks to escape but Stilies dives into side control.
Stilies wants to control but Mike is keeping him busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stilies thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Stilies dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Iron Mike's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Mike slips a jab and a cross from Stilies.
Mike tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stilies paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mike fails to land with a series of punches.
Stilies avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stilies slips under a jab from Mike.
Sloppy strikes from Stilies. Those never looked like landing.
Mike lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mike.
Stilies lands a slapping body shot.
Stilies slaps away a takedown attempt from Mike, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A punch combination from Stilies misses.
Stilies looks to land a combination but Mike avoids it well.
Mike tries to clinch up but Stilies circles away and keeps his distance.
Mike takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An inside leg kick lands from Stilies.
Stilies is working the combinations to good effect here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stilies.
Stilies cracks the inside of Mike's front leg.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Stilies!
Stilies tries to bum rush Mike with a series of wild strikes but Mike uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mike tries to clinch but Stilies is having none of it.
Stilies wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stilies lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stilies comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mike takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stilies keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stilies lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Stilies closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Stilies throws a combination. Mike tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mike stuffs the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mike throws a front kick aimed at Stilies's knee but Stilies avoids it well.
Mike shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mike throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mike stuffs the takedown.
Mike throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stilies connects with an inside leg kick.
Stilies's corner calls for a 1-2. Stilies obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mike tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stilies manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stilies throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stilies pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mike is out of range and Stilies settles back down.
Mike throws a sloppy head kick and Stilies moves out of range easily.
Donk. Stilies catches Mike right on the button with a cross.
Stilies lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mike fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stilies jabs Mike to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stilies tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stilies lands a slapping body shot.
Stilies with a hook.
Stilies dips to his left and cracks Mike with an uppercut!
Mike throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stilies shoots in looking for a takedown. Mike tries to sprawl out of it but Stilies keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mike manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Stilies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mike forces Stilies back against the cage and clinches.
Stilies is trying to break free.
Mike breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mike moves forwards but Stilies connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Stilies lands a nice looking body shot.
Stilies lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Stilies.
Stilies tries to sprawl but Mike drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stilies is trying to get back to full guard.
Mike stands up and beckons Stilies to join him on the feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stilies cracks Mike with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Iron Mike has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gary Stilies is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mike showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stilies.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Stilies showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stilies, 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Stilies!
Post fight, Gary Stilies took to the microphone: 'Je suis heureux pour la victoire. Je m'entraîne dur toute l'heure veux être champion un jour. Merci à tous les fans et mon équipe. Nous reviendrons.(I am happy for the win. I train hard all the time.I want to be the champion one day. Thanks to all the fans & my team. We will be back again.)'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ahti Ahven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Rollins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahti Ahven has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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212 lbs
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ahti Ahven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tony Rollins!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ahven throws a jab when Rollins was well out of range.
Ahven lands a nice shot to the body.
Ahven throws a front kick that sends Rollins stumbling back into the cage.
Ahven misses with the combination.
Rollins blocks a head kick by Ahven.
Ahven gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rollins to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Ahven working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rollins.
Rollins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rollins slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rollins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ahven wants to stand but Rollins is controlling the position.
Ahven avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ahven working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rollins.
Ahven is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rollins is controlling him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rollins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ahven works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rollins distracts Ahven with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ahven has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Rollins off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Rollins shoots in and bounces Ahven off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ahven wants to get back to his feet but Rollins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rollins passes Ahven's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ahven is looking to escape.
Rollins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rollins sitting and controlling from the half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rollins slips a nice elbow through Ahven's hands, connecting with Ahven's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins is taking a breather. Ahven 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.
Rollins is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rollins slows the pace down in half guard.
Rollins passes to side control.
Rollins taking a breather here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ahven is trying to buck Rollins off.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ahven tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Rollins connects with a big shot to the side of Ahven's head.
Ahven wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins controls the position.
Rollins's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Ahven holding both Rollins 's hands and preventing any damage.
Rollins punches Ahven on the ear.
Rollins lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Ahven hold on?!
Ahven is rocked!
Rollins controls the position.
Oh Ahven is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rollins drops a couple of huge strikes from the back position and Ahven is in real trouble here! Rollins lands more strikes and the referee has to step in to end the fight! Rollins is delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Rollins!
Ahti Ahven was interviewed post fight and said 'Lucky'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ari Sotaheimo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juhani Jarvela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jarvela's choice of entrance music: Real American. Ari Sotaheimo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent MT
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ari Sotaheimo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 37 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juhani Jarvela!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick lands from Sotaheimo that sends Jarvela to the canvas. Jarvela tries to scramble back to his feet but Sotaheimo brings him back down into side control.
Jarvela is rocked!
It looks like Juhani Jarvela has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sotaheimo has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Jarvela is still in real trouble! Can Sotaheimo finish him?
Sotaheimo controlling from mount.
Jarvela is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jarvela seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sotaheimo looking to finish with strikes here!
Sotaheimo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sotaheimo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Sotaheimo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sotaheimo controlling the position easily from mount.
Sotaheimo prevents Jarvela from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotaheimo content just to control the position here.
Sotaheimo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Sotaheimo content just to control the position here.
Sotaheimo has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ari Sotaheimo wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Sotaheimo has Jarvela up against the cage in a clinch.
Sotaheimo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sotaheimo lands a knee to the head.
Sotaheimo lands a good knee to the midsection. Jarvela won't want to take too many of those.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sotaheimo has Jarvela pressed against the cage, preventing Jarvela from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sotaheimo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jarvela looks winded!
Sotaheimo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jarvela's face.
Sotaheimo landing knees to the head.
Sotaheimo landing knees to the head.
Jarvela tries to pull guard but Sotaheimo holds him up against the cage and eventually Jarvela drops back down to his feet.
Sotaheimo working Jarvela over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotaheimo connects with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Juhani Jarvela's cut even more.
Sotaheimo pressing his opponent against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sotaheimo landing knees to the body.
Sotaheimo landing knees to the head.
Sotaheimo landing knees to the head.
Sotaheimo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jarvela's defenses.
Sotaheimo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jarvela is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sotaheimo working the clinch nicely. Jarvela is working for position but Sotaheimo cracks him with a big knee to the head! Jarvela crumples up against the cage and Sotaheimo lands two more shots before the ref can save Jarvela! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Ari Sotaheimo!
An out of breath Ari Sotaheimo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benny Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anucha Poopha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anucha Poopha will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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33
146 lbs
19 - 18 - 0 |
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145 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benny Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Anucha Poopha!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hill.
Benny Hill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poopha stuns Hill with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hill shoots for a takedown but Poopha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Poopha cracks Hill with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hill scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on Poopha's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Poopha is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hill's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Poopha can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hill wants to pass to mount but Poopha is defending the position.
Hill not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hill winds up and cracks Poopha with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poopha makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poopha slaps away a takedown attempt from Hill, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benny Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Poopha scoring well with a low kick there.
Poopha avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Poopha stuffs the takedown attempt from Hill. Hill gets slowly back to his feet.
Poopha fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Poopha tries to clinch there but Hill circles away.
Poopha jabs at Hill's body.
Hill shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Poopha as he jumps to the side.
Hill shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hill was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Poopha can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hill 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.
Poopha tries to improve position but can't.
Hill working away.
Poopha tries to buck Hill off but Hill is having none of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hill throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Poopha works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Poopha is trying to get back to full guard.
Poopha works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poopha utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hill won't allow Poopha to sweep him here.
Hill throws a big elbow that misses.
Poopha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Poopha looking to control.
Poopha has control of Hill's left arm, preventing Hill from doing any damage.
Hill throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hill postures up.
Hill really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Poopha keeping moving, preventing Hill from controlling successfully.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Anucha Poopha hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Hill misses with a double jab
and Poopha counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anucha Poopha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Poopha lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Poopha.
Hill takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hill throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Poopha makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hill swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Poopha counters with a thumping low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Poopha stuffs the takedown.
Poopha throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slapping body kick lands there for Poopha.
Poopha closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Poopha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anucha Poopha 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.
Poopha lands a jab.
Hill tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Poopha defends well and Hill ends up having to push Poopha into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Poopha gets through Hill's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Poopha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Benny Hill has been cut.
Poopha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hill tries for a takedown but Poopha manages to get underhooks.
Poopha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Poopha landing knees to the body.
Poopha lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Good body shot from Poopha.
Poopha lands an elbow inside that Hill shrugs off.
Poopha lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hill or not.
Poopha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poopha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poopha lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Poopha.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poopha.
Poopha lands an elbow inside that Hill shrugs off.
Poopha lands a body shot in the clinch.
Poopha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Poopha throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hill.
Poopha lands a head kick!
Hill is rocked!
Poopha lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hill takes a step back to recover.
Poopha feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hill's calf.
Hill shoots in but Poopha avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benny Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Poopha throws a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill is trying hard to land a takedown here. Poopha sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That kick from Poopha tenderised Hill's leg. Hill is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hill wants to clinch up but Poopha keeps it at a distance.
Hill tries for a takedown but Poopha sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Poopha lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Poopha connects with a high kick.
Oh Hill is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Benny Hill's cut is getting worse.
Poopha connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Poopha lands a high kick!
Poopha dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hill. That did some damage!
Poopha lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hill's sensitive parts.
Nice uppercut there from Poopha.
Hill is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hill shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Poopha as he avoids it easily.
Poopha drops Hill with a big left hand! Hill is injured, injured bad! Poopha jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anucha Poopha!
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