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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duncan Lawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kit Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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218 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Duncan Lawler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kit Walker!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Walker as Lawler shoots in.
Lawler looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Walker drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Walker wants to stand but Lawler is controlling his arm.
Walker decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Walker cracks Lawler with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Lawler looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Walker finish him?
Lawler is rocked!
It looks like Duncan Lawler has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker fakes the body blow, causing Lawler to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Lawler goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kit Walker!
Kit Walker took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Bob Holley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holley has chosen Beer - Ou its good as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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252 lbs
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285 lbs
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Decent wrestler
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BJJ White Belt
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Billy Bob Holley!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holley lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Steve Austin has been cut.
Holley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Holley counters with a crisp one two that drops Austin! Holley thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Austin to his feet! Austin is in big trouble!
Austin is rocked!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Holley knocks Austin out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Billy Bob Holley!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shovel Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyberius Furiusz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knight comes to the cage accompanied by Shovel Knight. The key to victory for Shovel Knight has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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150 lbs
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156 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shovel Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tyberius Furiusz!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Furiusz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Knight misses with a low kick.
Furiusz appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Furiusz moves away.
Knight throws a body shot but no joy.
Knight throws a low kick but Furiusz avoids it.
Furiusz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Furiusz avoids a kick to the body.
Knight connects with an inside leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Knight.
Knight lands a nice looking kick to the body. Furiusz takes a step back to recover.
Furiusz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Furiusz misses with a straight left.
Knight swings for the body but Furiusz moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Furiusz crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Knight - the referee stops the clock and Furiusz gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Knight. Furiusz manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furiusz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Furiusz throws a series of punches but Knight moves out of range.
Knight was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Knight misses with a looping right.
Furiusz tries to clinch up.
Knight loads up on a big right hand but Furiusz slips the punch.
Furiusz tries to work over Knight's front leg with a kick but Knight checks it.
Knight scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Furiusz doesn't seem bothered though.
Furiusz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knight misses with a body kick.
Shovel Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Furiusz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Furiusz misses with a low kick.
Knight jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight swings away with a body shot that misses
and Furiusz counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Knight throws a wild body kick that Furiusz sees coming a mile off.
Knight throws a body kick that misses.
Knight is looking to wear down Furiusz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Furiusz was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
Furiusz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Knight showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Furiusz.
Knight appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Knight scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Knight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Furiusz lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Knight throws the kick towards the body but Furiusz avoids it.
Knight throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knight throws a half hearted mid kick.
Furiusz is looking for the big counter here.
Knight fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Knight scores with a jab. Furiusz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Knight looks to land a body kick but Furiusz moved away.
Furiusz staying out of range there.
Knight throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Knight tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Knight. Furiusz shrugs it off though.
Knight throws a leg kick but Furiusz moved away.
Knight throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Furiusz tries to work over Knight's front leg with a kick but Knight checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight throws a low kick but Furiusz avoids it.
Furiusz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Knight throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight misses with a jab to the body
and Furiusz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Knight throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Furiusz on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knight is looking to land body kicks.
Knight scores with a hook.
Furiusz misses with a double jab.
Donk. Knight catches Furiusz right on the button with a cross.
Knight scores with a spinning back kick!
Furiusz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Knight.
Both fighters circling a little - Knight finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shovel Knight dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
That kick from Knight tenderised Furiusz's leg. Furiusz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Furiusz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Furiusz is rocked!
Knight misses with a body kick.
Furiusz misses with a double jab
and Knight counters with a solid body kick.
Furiusz takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Furiusz is still on wobbly legs! Can Knight finish him?
Furiusz moves out of range as Knight throws a body kick.
Furiusz seems to have recovered his senses.
Furiusz misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight throws a shot to the body.
Furiusz is breathing heavily.
Knight looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furiusz moves in looking to clinch but Knight pushes him off.
Knight lands a front kick.
A lazy left from Knight finds it's target.
Furiusz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Shovel Knight is winning the standup battle so far.
Knight throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knight throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Knight.
Knight misses with a body shot.
Furiusz misses with a double jab.
A left lands for Knight.
Knight misses with a body shot.
Furiusz is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Knight is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Knight is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Furiusz can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight throws a leg kick which misses Furiusz's front leg but catches the back leg as Furiusz tries to avoid it.
Knight connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Furiusz is looking to chop away at Knight's legs.
Furiusz walks forward, straight into a front kick from Knight.
Knight throws a quick inside leg kick.
Knight connects with a solid leg kick.
Knight connects with a solid leg kick.
Knight avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Furiusz 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.
That kick from Knight tenderised Furiusz's leg. Furiusz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Knight closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight missing with a left hand there. Furiusz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knight feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Furiusz sprawling to the canvas! Furiusz rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Knight finish him?!
Knight keeps Furiusz at a distance using the push kick.
Furiusz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Knight.
Furiusz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knight circles away quickly and effectively.
Knight cracks Furiusz with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Knight has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Furiusz to stand back up!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Furiusz moves out of range as Knight throws a body kick.
Knight lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Knight pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Furiusz is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight cracks Furiusz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Knight steps in with a hook that catches Furiusz right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Knight follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Furiusz looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shovel Knight!
Shovel Knight decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Powers has chosen Remember The Name as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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165 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moe Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wayne Powers!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lester lunges at Powers with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Powers's hand.
Powers on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lester cracks Powers with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Powers tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Lester pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Powers is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moe Lester!
Wayne Powers spoke after the fight, saying 'Great fight, i'll head back to the gym and keep improving.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronny Fosse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Voss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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265 lbs
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270 lbs
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronny Fosse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Voss!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voss lands a big head kick that sends Fosse tumbling to the mat! Voss takes a step backwards and waves Fosse back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Ronny Fosse has been cut.
Voss misses with the body kick
and Fosse counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Voss managing to control the position.
Fosse is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Fosse lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fosse postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Voss 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.
Fosse distracts Voss with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fosse scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fosse lands a couple of elbows.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Voss can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fosse controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Voss is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Voss really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fosse. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fosse working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fosse passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Voss wants to get back to his feet.
We've been hearing that Fosse has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Voss's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fosse controls the position from side control.
Fosse working away.
Fosse remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Fosse has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Fosse landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fosse scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Voss to see if he's OK.
Fosse lands a few punches from side control.
Voss is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Voss seems a little lost for a moment, as Fosse dominates the positioning.
Voss taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fosse in side control lands a decent elbow.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Fosse works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fosse working the body and head with strikes.
Voss gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Voss is trying to escape the mount.
Fosse looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fosse has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Voss's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fosse sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fosse cracks Voss with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fosse controlling the pace for now.
Fosse working Voss over with strikes here.
Fosse looking for a guillotine from mount but Voss is having none of it.
Fosse looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fosse in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fosse lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fosse unloading with bombs!
Voss is in a horrible position here. Fosse smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fosse sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Voss tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Voss is bucking up trying to escape but Fosse cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Voss really wants to buck Fosse off and get back to his feet.
Voss is in a horrible position here. Fosse smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fosse raining down shots from the mount!
Voss tries to hold on but Fosse postures up.
Fosse is landing with some decent strikes but Voss is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Voss keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voss tries to hold on but Fosse pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Fosse connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Voss is in all sorts of trouble here.
Voss tries to lock up and control but Fosse gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Voss is looking to improve his position but Fosse isn't that keen on the idea.
Fosse landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fosse scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Voss?
Fosse with good strikes from the mount here!
Voss is trying to escape the mount.
Fosse lands a nice shot to the head.
Fosse sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fosse pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Voss tries to hold on but Fosse pushes him away.
Fosse lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fosse scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Voss?
Fosse controlling his opponent.
Fosse punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronny Fosse dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ronny Fosse's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Voss is looking to land body kicks.
Voss has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Fosse checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Voss throws a solid leg kick but Fosse takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Voss.
Fosse feinted with a counter takedown.
Fosse shoots in for a takedown but Voss shows good takedown defense.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Voss.
Fosse takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Voss pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voss scores with a leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Voss
and Fosse counters with a single leg into guard. Voss didn't expect that.
Fosse pushes down on Voss's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Well, if Fosse is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fosse is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Voss!
Fosse is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Voss can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Voss working to try and regain half guard.
Fosse scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Voss is bucking up trying to escape but Fosse cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fosse punishing his opponent with strikes.
Voss is in a horrible position here. Fosse smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fosse lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Voss takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fosse controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fosse cracks Voss with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fosse cracks Voss with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Voss wants to hold on but Fosse pushes him away.
Voss squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fosse looking to control and managing it successfully.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Fosse landing punches.
Fosse working Voss over with strikes here.
Fosse dominating with strikes here.
Fosse landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fosse scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Voss?
Fosse lands a big shot there that rocks Voss but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fosse can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Voss is looking to escape.
Fosse 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.
Fosse working the ground and pound effectively.
Fosse lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Voss is desperately trying to improve his position but Fosse has a good base and remains in mount.
Voss wants to hold on but Fosse pushes him away.
Fosse is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fosse lands a couple of good shots and Voss has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Voss is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voss rolls, trying to escape but Fosse keeps control of the position.
Ronny Fosse overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Voss covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Voss is covering up but some of the strikes from Fosse are getting through and doing damage.
Voss is rocked!
Fosse lands a series of strikes from the back and Voss goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ronny Fosse!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dale La Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marat Gafurov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Grande comes into the arena with What are you waiting FOR! blaring out of the sound system. Gafurov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Queen – I Want To Break Free kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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26
143 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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25
154 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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Decent elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dale La Grande!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marat Gafurov!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Grande tries to clinch but Gafurov moves out of range.
La Grande uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gafurov.
La Grande swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gafurov gets tackled into the cage by La Grande. La Grande maintains the clinch.
Gafurov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
La Grande tries a knee to the head but Gafurov blocks it.
La Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
Gafurov is trying to break the clinch but La Grande is controlling him.
La Grande lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
La Grande tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
La Grande crunches a lovely knee into Gafurov's ribcage.
La Grande creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gafurov is looking to break free of the clinch but La Grande has double underhooks.
La Grande connects with a knee to the head.
La Grande using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
La Grande lands an elbow inside.
La Grande landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Grande lands an elbow that stopped Gafurov in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Grande lands a damaging elbow.
Gafurov lands a takedown into guard.
Gafurov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. La Grande is keeping the position for now.
La Grande keeping moving, preventing Gafurov from controlling successfully.
Gafurov drops back, looking for a kneebar! La Grande looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. La Grande looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from La Grande!
Gafurov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
La Grande tries to stand but Gafurov is controlling his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gafurov is trying to improve his position.
La Grande knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gafurov on the ground.
La Grande wants to stand but Gafurov has his arm trapped.
Gafurov is looking for a sweep.
Gafurov manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gafurov looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gafurov is working for a kimura but La Grande is defending it quite comfortably.
La Grande pushes Gafurov off looking to stand but Gafurov dives back in and keeps control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gafurov is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. La Grande doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gafurov.
Gafurov seems to be looking for submissions.
Still in half guard, Gafurov seems content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dale La Grande will probably get the nod.
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.
La Grande moves into the clinch.
Gafurov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La Grande takes the fight into the clinch.
La Grande lands an elbow inside that Gafurov shrugs off.
La Grande keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gafurov's efforts to push away.
La Grande creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gafurov's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Grande blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gafurov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gafurov.
Gafurov wants to break the clinch but can't.
La Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
La Grande lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gafurov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La Grande is defending well against a takedown attempt.
La Grande tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
La Grande connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gafurov's face.
Dale La Grande has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
La Grande is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gafurov is defending well for now.
Gafurov has had enough of the clinch but La Grande keeps him there for the moment.
La Grande creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gafurov's defenses.
Gafurov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La Grande has him pressed against the cage.
La Grande gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La Grande lands a damaging elbow.
Gafurov is trying to break free.
La Grande is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gafurov takes an elbow to the temple.
La Grande lands an elbow just above Gafurov 's eye.
Gafurov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
La Grande lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
La Grande missing with knees to the body.
La Grande lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
La Grande lands an elbow inside.
Gafurov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
La Grande lands a nice elbow.
La Grande comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gafurov has had enough of the clinch but La Grande keeps him there for the moment.
La Grande lands a damaging elbow.
La Grande unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gafurov misses with a body punch.
Gafurov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. La Grande fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dale La Grande has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marat Gafurov.
La Grande tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gafurov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
La Grande is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gafurov can do to turn this around?
La Grande wants to clinch up but Gafurov keeps it at a distance.
Gafurov tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
La Grande closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
La Grande blocks a body shot from Gafurov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gafurov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La Grande has him pressed against the cage.
Gafurov tries to circle away but La Grande has him pinned against the cage.
La Grande looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Grande lands a good knee to the midsection. Gafurov won't want to take too many of those.
La Grande throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gafurov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
La Grande lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
La Grande lands a nice elbow.
La Grande lands a knee to the head.
La Grande looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Grande lands an elbow just above Gafurov 's eye.
La Grande lands an elbow inside.
Gafurov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La Grande lands a knee to the body.
Gafurov is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for La Grande.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gafurov takes an elbow to the forehead.
La Grande avoids a wild elbow strike from Gafurov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Grande lands a nice elbow.
La Grande gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La Grande lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
La Grande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
La Grande utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from La Grande.
La Grande lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Marat Gafurov has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La Grande.
La Grande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gafurov has had enough of the clinch but La Grande keeps him there for the moment.
La Grande creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gafurov's defenses.
La Grande utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La Grande landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Gafurov fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dale La Grande dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marat Gafurov's cut.
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.
La Grande clinches up with Gafurov and pushes him back against the cage.
La Grande lands a damaging elbow.
La Grande trying to land knees to the body.
Gafurov avoids the elbow strike from La Grande, against the cage.
La Grande lands a nice elbow.
Gafurov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Grande lands an elbow inside.
La Grande scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for La Grande.
La Grande misses with an elbow strike.
Gafurov takes an elbow to the forehead.
La Grande lands a good knee to the midsection. Gafurov won't want to take too many of those.
La Grande landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gafurov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gafurov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La Grande obliges.
Gafurov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gafurov tightens his grip and picks La Grande up, before dumping him to the ground. La Grande manages to land in guard.
La Grande keeping moving, preventing Gafurov from controlling successfully.
La Grande wants to stand and escape but Gafurov is having none of it.
Marat Gafurov has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gafurov controls from within his opponent's guard.
La Grande keeping moving, preventing Gafurov from controlling successfully.
Gafurov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as La Grande works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gafurov works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gafurov has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can La Grande defend it? Gafurov steps over the head and cranks it - La Grande is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Gafurov!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marat Gafurov!
Marat Gafurov is the new lightweight champion!
Marat Gafurov looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I deserve this win! '.
The defeated Dale La Grande had this to say: 'Life's a BITCH!!!I mean a Beach...ohh and I will be back for the Title!'.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kiri Parata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohammed Babak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parata comes to the cage accompanied by Rumplestiltskin. Babak is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lose yourself - Eminem. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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26
191 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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26
191 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kiri Parata!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mohammed Babak!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parata throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Babak throws a body kick that misses.
Babak shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Parata but Parata pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Parata fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Babak has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Babak shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Parata but Parata pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Babak misses with a double jab.
Parata looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Parata moves out of range as Babak throws a body kick.
Parata seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Babak misses with a takedown attempt
and Parata counters with a stiff right hand.
Kiri Parata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mohammed Babak.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babak doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Parata counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Mohammed Babak has been cut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Parata, right into the meat.
Babak fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Parata to the ground. Babak is now in Parata's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Babak trying to control the position from guard on top but Parata is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Parata knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Babak on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babak lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Babak wants to control from the top but Parata keeps moving.
Babak postures up.
Babak's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Babak working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Parata's head.
Parata is trying to keep Babak in close.
Parata wants to get back to his feet but Babak is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Babak has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Babak slips nicely into half guard.
Babak working Parata over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parata wants to improve his position but Babak is controlling well.
Babak working the head and body with strikes.
Babak is nestled in close to Parata, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Babak seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Babak scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parata tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Babak manages to move to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Babak tries to control but Parata wriggling away.
Babak working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Parata looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Babak! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mohammed Babak!
Mohammed Babak is the new middleweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Mohammed Babak started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blade Runner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diabolical Denubis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Runner's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Demanufacture by Fear Factory . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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275 lbs
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19
225 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Blade Runner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diabolical Denubis!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Runner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Runner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Denubis can't find room to land a body shot as Runner controls the action.
Denubis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Runner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Runner attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Runner lands a left and a right that send Denubis crashing to the mat, dazed. Runner thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Diabolical Denubis has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Denubis misses with an uppercut
and Runner counters with a huge left! Denubis is in big trouble! He's backing up but Runner isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Denubis from any more damage. A dominating finish by Runner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blade Runner!
Blade Runner retains his heavyweight title!
Post fight, Blade Runner took to the microphone: 'Thanks to PHANTOM FIGHTWEAR and all the fans here tonight and watching at home.'.
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