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Infinity 88:Kilmster vs Man 2 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arse Bag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and First King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arse Bag could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to First King's chin.
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260 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arse Bag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, First King!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King drives through with a takedown into guard.
King lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
King advances position into side control!
King has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Bag!
Bag really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bag keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
King controlling the pace for now.
Bag is trying desperately to improve position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
King scoring with strikes but Bag is staying in there.
Bag is rocked!
King controlling the pace for now.
Bag tries to reverse the position but King maintains control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King content just to control the position here.
King in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oh Bag is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from King! Bag is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). First King!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Braxton Brinkley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlito Barzini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlito Barzini is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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185 lbs
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190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Braxton Brinkley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Carlito Barzini!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brinkley tries to close the distance and clinch but Barzini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barzini gets the takedown into side control.
Brinkley tries to improve position but can't.
Barzini is working to tighten his grip on Brinkley's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Brinkley has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Barzini is really squeezing tight and eventually Brinkley passes out! Barzini breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Carlito Barzini!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Abreu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalja Turpa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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211 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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220 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ronaldo Abreu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalja Turpa!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abreu blocks a head kick by Turpa.
Turpa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turpa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turpa throws a head kick but Abreu moves out of range.
Abreu changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Turpa looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Abreu tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Abreu is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Turpa is trying to escape and Abreu transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Turpa is forced to tap! Nice work there by Abreu! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ronaldo Abreu!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anzhor Azhiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Hartunnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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144 lbs
10 - 39 - 0 |
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144 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Basic striking
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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
10 - 39 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anzhor Azhiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timo Hartunnen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hartunnen feints and as Azhiev raises his hands in defense, Hartunnen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hartunnen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hartunnen is pushing down on Azhiev's leg trying to pass to half guard. Azhiev is fighting to maintain full guard but Hartunnen has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hartunnen is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Azhiev is just riding it out for now. Hartunnen eventually gives up the hold.
Hartunnen is looking for a kimura but Azhiev is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hartunnen to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Azhiev looking for submissions off his back.
Azhiev actively working from the bottom here.
Hartunnen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Azhiev defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azhiev is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hartunnen pulls his head out easily.
Azhiev blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hartunnen.
Azhiev with the active half guard here but Hartunnen passes nicely into side control.
Hartunnen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartunnen has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Azhiev is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Hartunnen yanks on the arm and Azhiev is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Hartunnen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Timo Hartunnen!
A relieved looking Timo Hartunnen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Anzhor Azhiev had this to say: 'I still want that title shot. Im the most experienced fighter here and everyday wants to see me smash the champ so lets do it whenever he starts ducking me.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adryan Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaisla Suhisee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Suhisee's choice of entrance music: Gimme chocolate. Kaisla Suhisee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adryan Preuss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaisla Suhisee!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suhisee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Preuss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Preuss rushes Suhisee and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Preuss has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Preuss looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short body shot lands from Suhisee as the two fighters clinch.
Preuss wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Suhisee misses with an elbow strike.
Preuss manages to break the clinch.
Preuss clinches.
Suhisee misses with a knee to the head.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Suhisee wants to clinch.
Preuss moves into the clinch.
Suhisee misses with a punch to the body.
Suhisee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Suhisee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Preuss's efforts to push away.
Suhisee keeps control of Preuss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Suhisee trying to land knees to the body.
Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Preuss instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suhisee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suhisee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Preuss.
Suhisee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Preuss.
Suhisee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Preuss moves into the clinch.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Suhisee tries to clinch but Preuss is having none of it.
Suhisee looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Preuss clinches with his opponent.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Preuss clinches with his opponent.
Suhisee lands a good knee to the midsection. Preuss won't want to take too many of those.
Preuss takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Preuss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Preuss wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Preuss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Preuss is trying to break the clinch but Suhisee has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Suhisee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Preuss's brow.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Suhisee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Preuss wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preuss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suhisee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Preuss blocks it with crossed arms.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Suhisee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Preuss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Preuss gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Kaisla Suhisee has been cut.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suhisee has Preuss up against the cage in a clinch.
Suhisee misses with an elbow strike.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Suhisee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Suhisee tries to keep at a distance but Preuss has taken the fight into the clinch.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Preuss darts in and clinches Suhisee up against the cage.
Suhisee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Preuss blocks it with crossed arms.
Preuss manages to break the clinch.
Suhisee tries to clinch but Preuss moves out of range.
Preuss swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suhisee gets tackled into the cage by Preuss. Preuss maintains the clinch.
Suhisee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Preuss working hard to break the clinch.
Suhisee lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Adryan Preuss has been cut.
Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suhisee moves in looking to clinch but Preuss pushes him off.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Preuss closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Suhisee throws an elbow but misses.
Suhisee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Preuss breaks the clinch.
Preuss closes the distance and clinches.
Suhisee misses with a knee to the head.
Suhisee prevents Preuss from breaking the clinch.
Suhisee can't find room to land a body shot as Preuss controls the action.
Preuss lands an elbow inside.
Preuss avoiding damage as Suhisee throws knees to the body.
Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Preuss clinches up with Suhisee and pushes him back against the cage.
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!
Suhisee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Preuss is looking to break free of the clinch but Suhisee has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Preuss clinches up against the cage.
Suhisee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Preuss wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Suhisee has him pressed against the cage.
Suhisee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Preuss keeps the fight on the outside.
Preuss misses with a hook.
Suhisee gets tackled into the cage by Preuss. Preuss maintains the clinch.
Suhisee keeps control of Preuss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Suhisee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Preuss's elbow.
Preuss avoids the elbow strike from Suhisee, against the cage.
Suhisee trying to land knees to the body.
Preuss dodges an elbow strike from Suhisee.
Nice elbow from Preuss.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Preuss comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up Kaisla Suhisee's cut even more.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Preuss takes the fight into the clinch.
Preuss wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adryan Preuss dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Suhisee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Suhisee in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Preuss tries to break the clinch but Suhisee is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Preuss's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suhisee wants to clinch up but Preuss keeps it at a distance.
Preuss pushes Suhisee up against the cage in a clinch.
Suhisee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Preuss working hard to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Suhisee.
Kaisla Suhisee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Suhisee misses with an elbow over the top.
Preuss is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.
Preuss is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Preuss has Suhisee up against the cage in a clinch.
Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Suhisee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Preuss moves into the clinch successfully.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Preuss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Preuss clinches.
Preuss is trying to force a seperation but Suhisee has the dominant position.
Suhisee throws an elbow but it misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Suhisee obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Preuss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.
Preuss tries to circle away but Suhisee has him pinned against the cage.
Suhisee looking to throw knees to the head but Preuss is blocking nicely.
A right hand to the body from Suhisee.
Suhisee landing knees to the head.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Suhisee lands a knee to the head.
Preuss is trying to break the clinch but Suhisee is controlling him.
Preuss wants to break the clinch but can't.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.
Preuss breaks the clinch.
Preuss rushes Suhisee and presses him up against the cage.
Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Suhisee gets tackled into the cage by Preuss. Preuss maintains the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Preuss manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suhisee tries to clinch but Preuss is having none of it.
Preuss keeps the fight on the outside.
Preuss pushes Suhisee up against the cage in a clinch.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.
Preuss tries to break the clinch but Suhisee is controlling the position.
Suhisee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Suhisee scores with a knee to the head.
Suhisee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Preuss's defenses.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Preuss working hard to break the clinch.
Preuss breaks from the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Preuss working hard to break the clinch.
Suhisee pushes off an throws an elbow but Preuss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Preuss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Preuss.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Suhisee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Preuss's efforts to push away.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Preuss.
Suhisee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Preuss manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Suhisee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Preuss clinches up with Suhisee and pushes him back against the cage.
Suhisee scores with a knee to the head.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Preuss creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Suhisee's defenses.
Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suhisee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Suhisee wants to clinch up but Preuss keeps it at a distance.
Suhisee wants to clinch.
Preuss clinches up with Suhisee and pushes him back against the cage.
Suhisee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Preuss blocks it with crossed arms.
Suhisee misses with a knee to the head.
Suhisee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Preuss's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suhisee landing knees to the head.
Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Preuss has taken the fight to the clinch.
Preuss is trying to break free.
Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suhisee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Preuss.
Preuss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Preuss instigates a clinch.
Preuss blocks an elbow strike.
Suhisee scores with a knee to the head.
Suhisee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Preuss's efforts to push away.
Preuss wants to get back to striking at distance but Suhisee won't allow it.
Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suhisee is looking to clinch but Preuss is avoiding it.
A combination from Preuss does no damage.
Suhisee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suhisee fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Adryan Preuss will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Suhisee forces Preuss back against the cage and clinches.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suhisee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Preuss clinches up against the cage.
Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Preuss has Suhisee up against the cage in a clinch.
Preuss has had enough of the clinch but Suhisee keeps him there for the moment.
Preuss wants to break the clinch but can't.
Preuss avoiding damage as Suhisee throws knees to the body.
Suhisee tries a body shot but Preuss blocks it.
Preuss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Preuss has had enough of the clinch but Suhisee keeps him there for the moment.
Nice body punch from Suhisee.
Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Preuss gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Preuss darts in and clinches Suhisee up against the cage.
Preuss is trying to break the clinch but Suhisee has him pressed against the cage.
Preuss has had enough of the clinch but Suhisee keeps him there for the moment.
Preuss lands an elbow inside.
Suhisee misses with a knee strike.
Suhisee lands a knee to the head.
Suhisee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Suhisee tries to keep at a distance but Preuss has taken the fight into the clinch.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Preuss has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Preuss is trying to break the clinch but Suhisee has him pressed against the cage.
Preuss breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Preuss.
Suhisee tries to clinch there but Preuss circles away.
Suhisee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Preuss closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Suhisee tries to throw a body punch but Preuss avoids it by throwing Suhisee back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suhisee misses with an elbow strike.
Suhisee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suhisee misses with a knee strike.
Suhisee prevents Preuss from breaking the clinch.
Preuss tries to circle away but Suhisee has him pinned against the cage.
Suhisee tries to land knees in the clinch but Preuss avoids the damage to the body.
Suhisee has Preuss pressed against the cage, preventing Preuss from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Preuss can't break the clinch.
Preuss can't break the clinch.
Preuss working hard to break the clinch.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Preuss wants to get back to striking at distance but Suhisee won't allow it.
Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suhisee tries to keep at a distance but Preuss has taken the fight into the clinch.
Preuss creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Suhisee's defenses.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Preuss closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Suhisee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Suhisee pushes off an throws an elbow but Preuss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Preuss has closed the distance and engaged Suhisee in a clinch.
Preuss comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Preuss clinches.
Suhisee scores with a knee to the head.
Preuss lands a damaging elbow.
The cut above Kaisla Suhisee's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Preuss can't break the clinch.
Suhisee keeps control of Preuss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Preuss lands a nice elbow.
Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adryan Preuss is winning the standup battle so far.
Preuss moves into range and clinches up with Suhisee.
Preuss manages to break the clinch.
Preuss clinches up with Suhisee and pushes him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.
Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suhisee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Preuss swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Preuss has taken the fight to the clinch.
Suhisee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Preuss's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preuss avoiding damage as Suhisee throws knees to the body.
Preuss breaks the clinch.
Preuss drives through and clinches with Suhisee against the cage.
Preuss is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Suhisee can do to turn this around?
Suhisee pushes off an throws an elbow but Preuss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Suhisee with a knee to the head.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adryan Preuss is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Preuss has Suhisee up against the cage in a clinch.
Preuss blocks a body shot from Suhisee.
Preuss lands a damaging elbow.
Suhisee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.
Suhisee tries a knee to the head but Preuss blocks it.
Kaisla Suhisee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suhisee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adryan Preuss showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Preuss, 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adryan Preuss!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ga Noi Don (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Makela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marko Makela looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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25
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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178 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ga Noi Don!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Makela!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makela tries to clinch but Don is having none of it.
Makela misses with a head kick.
Makela looks to clinch
and Don counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Makela thinking.
Makela tries to clinch there but Don circles away.
Makela wants to clinch
and Don counters with a nice body shot.
Makela tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Don counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Don thuds his right hand into Makela's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Don lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Makela takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Don connects with the punch.
Makela is rocked!
Don catches Makela with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Makela forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ga Noi Don!
Ga Noi Don took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Giggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paavo Junttila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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165 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wayne Giggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paavo Junttila!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giggs throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Junttila counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Giggs moves into range and connects with a jab.
Giggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Junttila sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Giggs throws a head kick that misses.
Giggs forces Junttila back against the cage and clinches.
Junttila taking a breather.
Junttila lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Giggs backwards.
Junttila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Junttila lands a left hand that snaps the head of Giggs backwards.
Giggs can't find room to land a body shot as Junttila controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giggs softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Giggs misses with a punch to the body.
Giggs blocks an uppercut.
Giggs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giggs lands a hook that snaps the head of Junttila backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Giggs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giggs makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Junttila misses with a body punch.
Giggs working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Giggs wants to stall.
Junttila wants to stall.
Junttila misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Junttila.
Giggs goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Junttila lands a nice shot to the body.
Junttila lands with a right to the head.
Junttila taking a breather.
Our sources have told us that Giggs has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Giggs crunches a lovely knee into Junttila's ribcage.
Junttila misses with a body punch.
Junttila lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Junttila blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Junttila takes a shot to the head.
Giggs scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Junttila throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Junttila trying to control the position but instead, Giggs has worked for underhooks and has pushed Junttila into the cage.
Giggs with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Junttila takes a knee right on the jaw!
Junttila lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Giggs.
Giggs has had enough of the clinch but Junttila keeps him there for the moment.
Junttila jumps guard but Giggs turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Giggs connects with a knee to the head.
Giggs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Giggs is struggling to control the position.
Junttila blocks an uppercut.
Giggs blocks an elbow strike from Junttila.
Giggs lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giggs dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short left from Giggs.
Junttila stalling in the clinch but Giggs improves position.
Junttila trying to land knees to the body.
Giggs throws a knee to the head but misses.
Junttila lands with a light punch inside.
Giggs using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Junttila has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Junttila struggles to land a body shot inside as Giggs controls his hands.
Giggs lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Giggs on the inside.
Giggs can't find room to land a body shot as Junttila controls the action.
Giggs is looking to control Junttila's arms but Junttila gets an underhook and turns him. Now Giggs has his back to the cage.
Junttila lands a right hand that snaps the head of Giggs backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Giggs fails to land.
Giggs throws a knee to the head but misses.
Giggs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giggs misses with some punches.
Giggs wants to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Junttila can't find room to land a body shot as Giggs controls the action.
Junttila blocks an uppercut.
Giggs tries a knee to the head but Junttila blocks it.
Junttila blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giggs with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Giggs lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Junttila tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Giggs smiles and moves away.
Giggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Junttila blocks a head kick by Giggs.
Junttila blocks a head kick by Giggs.
Giggs misses with a double jab
and Junttila makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Junttila moves out of range as Giggs throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wayne Giggs dominated that round.
That's time! Giggs's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Junttila staying out of range there.
Giggs wants to clinch up but Junttila keeps it at a distance.
Giggs moves into the clinch.
Giggs breaks the clinch.
Junttila pushes Giggs away with a front kick.
Giggs fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Junttila, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Giggs.
Giggs looking to throw knees to the head but Junttila is blocking nicely.
Wayne Giggs has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Junttila drags the fight down to the ground.
Giggs has gone for a leg lock! Junttila slips out almost immediately though and dives into Giggs's guard.
Giggs will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Giggs working a defensive guard here.
Junttila not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Junttila preventing the sweep.
Junttila content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Giggs has locked up a guillotine! Giggs's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Junttila is holding on here and Giggs must be using up a lot of energy. Junttila has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Giggs gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Wayne Giggs!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mika Saarenpää (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Morris might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to happy. This should be fireworks!
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177 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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176 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aaron Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mika Saarenpää!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saarenpää moves out of range as Morris strikes.
Saarenpää punishes Morris's body with a nice straight punch.
Saarenpää uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Morris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saarenpää throws out the jab.
Morris throws a leg kick but Saarenpää sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Morris has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Morris is looking to score with low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Saarenpää.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saarenpää. That's going to slow Morris down.
Morris jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Morris throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Morris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saarenpää swings for the body but Morris moves out of range.
Saarenpää tries a low kick but Morris avoids it.
Saarenpää keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saarenpää's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morris under the eye.
Morris stuns Saarenpää with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morris sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Saarenpää works the jab nicely.
Nice body kick from Saarenpää.
Saarenpää defending well as Morris loads up on a big left hand.
Saarenpää tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morris moves out of range of the leg kick from Saarenpää.
Morris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saarenpää can pounce on him.
Saarenpää looks for the body kick but Morris saw that one coming.
Saarenpää scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morris. Saarenpää does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saarenpää ducks under a wild hook from Morris.
Saarenpää showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morris.
Saarenpää throws a wild body kick that Morris sees coming a mile off.
Morris on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Morris on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Morris moves out of range of the body kick from Saarenpää.
Mika Saarenpää seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saarenpää pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saarenpää throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Saarenpää looks for the body kick but Morris saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Saarenpää fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morris has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Saarenpää lands the left hand.
Morris throws a low kick, looking for Saarenpää's leg but Saarenpää calmly moves out of range.
Morris misses with a body shot.
Morris takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morris takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Saarenpää tries to land a leg kick but Morris saw it coming and moves away.
Morris defending well as Saarenpää loads up on a big left hand.
Morris throws a series of punches but Saarenpää moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Saarenpää.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris cracks a nice hook into Saarenpää's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morris closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morris does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Saarenpää lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morris's sensitive parts.
Saarenpää scores with a punch to the head.
Morris swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Morris checks a leg kick nicely.
Saarenpää keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saarenpää is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Morris had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Morris tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morris is looking to wear down Saarenpää with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saarenpää. That's going to slow Morris down.
Saarenpää ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morris moves away.
Saarenpää slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mika Saarenpää dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Saarenpää scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Saarenpää showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morris.
Morris throws a one two combo.
Saarenpää keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morris.
Morris misses with a looping right.
Morris fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Saarenpää avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saarenpää stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morris feints a jab promting Saarenpää to slip. Morris then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Saarenpää slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Morris throws a jab when Saarenpää was well out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saarenpää lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saarenpää closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Saarenpää with a hook.
Morris tried to score with a low kick but Saarenpää checks it.
Saarenpää lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morris's sensitive parts.
Saarenpää scores with a jab. Morris acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morris on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mika Saarenpää seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Saarenpää showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morris.
Morris misses with a straight right.
Morris misses with the combination.
Saarenpää stuns Morris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Morris might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saarenpää throws out the jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morris checks a leg kick.
Saarenpää lands the left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saarenpää misses with a body kick.
Saarenpää has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morris jabs Saarenpää right on the nose. Saarenpää blinks but takes it well.
Morris slips a jab from Saarenpää.
Saarenpää throws a body shot but no joy.
Saarenpää loads up on a big right hand but Morris slips the punch.
Morris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saarenpää was well out of range. Poor timing from Morris.
Saarenpää keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morris.
Morris throws a leg kick but Saarenpää sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saarenpää can pounce on him.
Morris throws an overhand right that lands on Saarenpää's shoulder, as Saarenpää tries to avoid the shot.
Morris lands with a straight right. Saarenpää didn't see that one coming.
Saarenpää connects with a body shot.
Saarenpää avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Saarenpää throws a jab but it's blocked by Morris.
Saarenpää lands with a thumping leg kick.
Saarenpää keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Saarenpää tries a low kick but Morris avoids it.
Donk. Morris catches Saarenpää right on the button with a cross.
Saarenpää connects with a leg kick. Morris looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morris misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris is looking to chop away at Saarenpää's legs.
Morris fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Saarenpää looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice body punch from Morris.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morris misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morris throws a body shot but no joy.
Morris takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Saarenpää turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Morris.
Saarenpää misses with a low kick.
Saarenpää has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morris finds it's way round the side to connect with Saarenpää's head.
Saarenpää explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Aaron Morris will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Saarenpää pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morris is out of range and Saarenpää settles back down.
Saarenpää buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Saarenpää keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saarenpää takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Morris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saarenpää.
Morris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saarenpää takes a jab right on the kisser.
Morris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saarenpää moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Saarenpää misses with an uppercut.
Saarenpää lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Morris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris moves out of range as Saarenpää strikes.
Morris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saarenpää.
Morris takes a swing at Saarenpää's ribcage but misses.
Saarenpää slips a jab from Morris.
Morris lands a high kick!
A telegraphed right hand from Morris misses the target.
Saarenpää scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Saarenpää throws a half hearted mid kick.
Morris misses with a low kick.
Saarenpää tries to work over Morris's front leg with a kick but Morris checks it.
A punch lands to the side of Saarenpää 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Saarenpää on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpää uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morris.
Saarenpää misses the shot to the body.
Morris is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Saarenpää connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Saarenpää scores with a kick to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saarenpää throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morris stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Morris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Saarenpää. Saarenpää obviously looking to wear him down.
Saarenpää checks a low kick from Morris.
Morris takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Good work by Saarenpää as he checks the leg kick.
Morris will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Saarenpää fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morris on the side of the head.
Saarenpää lands a front kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saarenpää fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morris on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Saarenpää feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Morris's calf.
Morris takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A chopping leg kick lands by Saarenpää.
That kick from Saarenpää tenderised Morris's leg. Morris is trying to keep his angry face on.
Saarenpää swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Saarenpää lands with a nice body kick.
Saarenpää thumps Morris with a low kick.
Saarenpää throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morris avoids a kick to the body.
Saarenpää dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morris. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris misses with a looping left.
A slapping leg kick lands for Saarenpää.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saarenpää moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Saarenpää misses with a lunging right hand
and Saarenpää takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A clash of legs there as Morris blocks the low kick.
A good leg kick by Morris.
A jab from Morris misses.
Saarenpää closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morris misses with a body punch
and Saarenpää counters with a nice leg kick.
Morris's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Morris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morris scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Saarenpää fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morris has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mika Saarenpää comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Saarenpää has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mika Saarenpää!
Mika Saarenpää seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tonis Liete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Koppinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koppinen has chosen Groin kick - Pain time as his entrance music. Tonis Liete has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tonis Liete!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Benjamin Koppinen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koppinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Liete looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Koppinen loads up on a big right hand but Liete slips the punch.
Liete ducks under a wild hook from Koppinen.
Koppinen throws a front kick aimed at Liete's knee but Liete avoids it well.
Koppinen throws a head kick that misses.
Liete misses with a low kick.
Liete ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice leg kick lands there from Liete.
Koppinen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Liete swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Liete.
Koppinen wants to land a leg kick but Liete is out of range.
Koppinen looks to land a combination but Liete avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liete looks to score with a jab to the body but Koppinen is just out of range.
Koppinen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Koppinen feints and then cracks Liete's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liete down.
Liete waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Koppinen.
Liete does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Tonis Liete seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koppinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Liete lands with a good body shot.
Liete defending well as Koppinen loads up on a big left hand.
Koppinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liete.
A leg kick checked by Liete.
Liete avoids the head kick by Koppinen.
Liete scores with a sloppy right hand. Koppinen should have avoided that one.
Liete ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Liete fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A good leg kick by Liete.
Liete clinches with his opponent.
A nice left hand lands by Liete.
Liete lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Koppinen or not.
Koppinen is trying to maintain a safe position but Liete gets an underhook and turns Koppinen into the cage.
Liete is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koppinen is defending well for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liete presses Koppinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Koppinen looks winded!
Koppinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Liete.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liete breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liete throws a series of punches but Koppinen avoids them all with ease.
We've been hearing reports that Liete has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Liete jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Koppinen is rocked!
Koppinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Koppinen is still on wobbly legs! Can Liete finish him?
Liete looks for the body kick but Koppinen saw that one coming.
Koppinen seems to have recovered his senses.
A bone on bone clash there as Liete blocks the leg kick.
Liete misses the shot to the body.
Koppinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Koppinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liete dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Koppinen. That did some damage!
Koppinen misses with a head kick.
Liete lands a left and a right that sends Koppinen crashing to the canvas! Liete dives into mount looking to finish!
Koppinen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Liete controlling his opponent.
Liete stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liete tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koppinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Liete.
Liete connects with a single shot there.
Liete drops Koppinen with a naaaaasty hook - Koppinen is in real trouble here! Liete dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tonis Liete!
Tonis Liete retains his featherweight title!
Benjamin Koppinen was interviewed post fight and said 'Well, i jumped to deep end.. and could not swim! No regregts, i had a chance to grap that title. Even it was just little chance, but needed to try. But what now? Maybe i move to kickboxing.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Kilmster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demolition Man Randy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kilmster kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Maylene & The Sons of Disaster - Darkest of Kin. Demolition Man Randy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Kilmster!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Demolition Man Randy!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Kilmster.
Kilmster stuffs the takedown attempt from Randy. Randy gets slowly back to his feet.
Randy fails with the takedown.
Kilmster thuds a left hand into Randy's body.
Randy closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Kilmster quickly recovers to half guard.
Randy is thwarting Kilmster's attempts to control the position.
Randy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kilmster is looking for a sweep. Randy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kilmster manages to get to full guard.
Randy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Randy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kilmster controls Randy momentarily but Randy frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilmster utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kilmster is looking for a triangle but Randy pushes his legs off easily.
Kilmster tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kilmster working for a triangle but Randy defends it easily.
Randy wants to control from the top but Kilmster keeps moving.
Kilmster wants to sweep but no luck.
Randy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Randy preventing the sweep.
Randy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kilmster tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randy chips away with some ground and pound.
Randy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kilmster has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Randy has managed to get both his arms back between Kilmster's legs - danger averted.
Kilmster escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Randy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Randy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kilmster looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Randy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Randy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kilmster utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kilmster keeping moving, preventing Randy from controlling successfully.
Randy landing with the ground and pound.
Randy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kilmster's head.
Randy scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Randy is looking to work some ground and pound but Kilmster has wrist control.
Randy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kilmster works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Randy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kilmster looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kilmster had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Randy defends it easily.
Randy trying to control but Kilmster is working from the bottom.
Randy throws a big right hand that misses.
Kilmster is looking for a triangle but Randy pushes his legs off easily.
Randy is looking to work some ground and pound but Kilmster has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randy drops back looking for a leg! Kilmster is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kilmster manages to kick Randy off! Randy jumps back into Kilmster's guard.
Randy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kilmster lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Kilmster lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kilmster throwing strikes but missing.
Kilmster won't allow Randy to sweep him here.
Randy is trying to control the position but Kilmster postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kilmster tries to free his leg and advance position but Randy is retaining full guard.
Randy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kilmster.
Kilmster wants to control from the top but Randy keeps moving.
Randy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Demolition Man Randy will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Randy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kilmster fails to land with a series of punches.
Kilmster throws a combination. Randy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Randy tries for a takedown but Kilmster circles away easily
and Kilmster counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kilmster cracks a nice hook into Randy's ribs.
Kilmster slips under a jab from Randy.
Kilmster scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Randy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Randy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kilmster connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Randy momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kilmster leaves Randy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Kilmster. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilmster uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Randy.
Randy misses with an uppercut. Kilmster saw that one coming.
Randy throws a hook but Kilmster blocks it.
Randy is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Nice body punch from Kilmster.
A jab from Kilmster finds it's way through Randy's defenses.
Kilmster fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Randy on the side of the head.
Jake Kilmster is winning the standup battle so far.
Randy throws a lazy right hand but Kilmster sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Randy shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Randy showed some decent athleticism there.
Kilmster wants to control but Randy is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Randy drops an elbow to the side of Kilmster's head.
Kilmster gets full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilmster wants to sweep here but Randy controlling him for the moment.
Randy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Randy preventing the sweep.
Randy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Randy distracts Kilmster with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kilmster is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Randy is aware though and is defending well.
Kilmster throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Randy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kilmster preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kilmster is trying to control the position but Randy postures up.
Kilmster bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Randy's guard.
Kilmster passes Randy's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randy is trying to get back to full guard.
Kilmster wants to free his trapped foot but Randy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Randy is looking to improve his position.
Randy manages to get to full guard.
Randy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Randy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kilmster manages to get himself to full guard.
Randy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Randy stands up over Kilmster, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilmster lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Randy controls Kilmster momentarily but Kilmster frees himself.
Randy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Randy keeping moving, preventing Kilmster from controlling successfully.
Kilmster working some strikes from top position.
Randy has his foot on Kilmster's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kilmster works his way back into a safe position though.
Randy trying to control the position.
Randy trying to strike off his back.
Randy trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Kilmster landing some decent shots from guard.
Randy is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Kilmster dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Randy tries for a takedown but Kilmster sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Randy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kilmster misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters circling - Kilmster throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kilmster thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kilmster swinging wildly here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kilmster!
Kilmster is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Randy can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Randy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kilmster tries to avoid it but Randy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kilmster to the ground. Kilmster escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Randy throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kilmster was covering up waiting for the punch and Randy finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Kilmster looking to hit a scissor sweep but Randy is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kilmster bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Randy's guard.
Kilmster distracts Randy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Randy is on top in guard.
Randy landing with the ground and pound.
Kilmster has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Randy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kilmster wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilmster looking for a guillotine here but Randy defends easily.
Randy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kilmster working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Randy.
Randy distracts Kilmster with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Randy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Randy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Randy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Randy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Randy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Demolition Man Randy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kilmster utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilmster escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Randy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kilmster looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Randy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Randy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kilmster manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Randy manages to get himself to full guard.
Randy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Randy wants to sweep here but Kilmster controlling him for the moment.
Kilmster tries to free his leg and advance position but Randy is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randy throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Randy working a defensive guard but Kilmster passes into half guard.
Kilmster is trying to control. Randy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Randy tries to get to full guard but Kilmster has control of the leg.
Kilmster is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Randy defends it well.
Kilmster is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Randy is looking to improve his position.
Randy looking for submissions off his back.
Kilmster not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Kilmster clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kilmster swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Demolition Man Randy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Randy shoots in for a takedown but Kilmster shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kilmster lands a head shot.
Randy shoots in but no luck this time.
Randy misses with a straight left.
Randy walks into a jab.
Randy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kilmster.
Kilmster throws a nice looking combination but Randy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Randy misses with a takedown attempt
and Kilmster counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jake Kilmster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demolition Man Randy.
Randy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Randy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kilmster listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kilmster paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kilmster.
Randy with a poor takedown
and Kilmster counters with a left and a right that stings Randy.
Kilmster lands a jab-cross combination.
Kilmster avoids the body shot from Randy.
Randy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kilmster but Kilmster pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Randy is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Kilmster looks to score with a jab to the body but Randy is just out of range.
Randy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kilmster.
Randy darts in looking for a takedown but Kilmster gets double underhooks and turns Randy into the cage.
Kilmster lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Randy backwards.
Randy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Randy shoots and misses
and Kilmster counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kilmster uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Randy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kilmster tries to score with a low kick but Randy moves his leg out of the way.
Nice defenses there by Kilmster.
Randy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Randy throws a right hand that misses
and Kilmster counters with a nice uppercut.
Kilmster bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Randy throws a shot from downtown. Kilmster moves away and avoids it.
Randy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Randy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilmster moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Randy cracks Kilmster with a solid left hand.
Randy cracks Kilmster with a solid left hand.
Kilmster working for a triangle but Randy defends it easily.
Kilmster manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Randy manages to get himself to full guard.
Kilmster stopping the sweep attempt from Randy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilmster trying to control but Randy is working from the bottom.
Kilmster throws a big right hand that misses.
Randy 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.
Kilmster wants to pass the guard but Randy is keeping the position.
Randy strikes from his own guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Randy is on top in guard.
Kilmster manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Randy manages to get himself to full guard.
Kilmster works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kilmster lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Kilmster had his way with Demolition Man Randy in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Randy closes the distance and clinches up with Kilmster, looking for a takedown. Randy pushes Kilmster against the cage but Kilmster circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kilmster keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Randy throws a body punch but Kilmster moves out of range.
Randy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kilmster.
Kilmster misses with a low kick as Randy jumps back.
Kilmster misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kilmster wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Randy misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kilmster counters with a left and a right that stings Randy.
Kilmster missing with a left hand there. Randy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Randy misses with a hook.
Kilmster is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randy misses the shot to the body.
Kilmster misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kilmster throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Randy.
Randy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kilmster doesn't seem bothered though.
Randy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Randy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Randy misses the shot to the body.
Kilmster lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Randy circles away quickly and effectively.
Kilmster defending well as Randy loads up on a big left hand.
Randy misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Kilmster misses.
Randy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jake Kilmster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demolition Man Randy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Randy is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
No joy there for Kilmster, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kilmster connects with a crisp jab.
A punch combination from Kilmster misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Randy fails with a takedown attempt.
Kilmster shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kilmster slips a nice elbow through Randy's hands, connecting with Randy's forehead.
Randy gets full guard.
Randy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kilmster is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilmster passes Randy's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Kilmster wants to free his trapped foot but Randy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Randy is looking for a sweep. Kilmster is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jake Kilmster is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Randy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kilmster not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Randy looking for submissions off his back.
Kilmster wants to control but Randy is keeping him busy.
Randy is looking for a sweep. Kilmster is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kilmster connects with a nice short shot to Randy's temple.
Randy wants to control but Kilmster is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Randy wants to control but Kilmster passes into side.
Randy is trying to escape the position but Kilmster is controlling the position.
Kilmster connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Randy some visible discomfort.
Kilmster looks up at the clock and then as Randy takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kilmster smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kilmster wants to control but Randy is keeping him busy.
Randy gets back to half guard.
Randy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kilmster passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Randy!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Kilmster showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kilmster has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 49:46
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 49:46
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Kilmster!
Jake Kilmster retains his middleweight title!
A victorious Jake Kilmster thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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