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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kimi Horrickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rusoposkinen Clintsari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kimi Horrickson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rusoposkinen Clintsari 's chin.
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kimi Horrickson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rusoposkinen Clintsari !
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clintsari uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Horrickson.
Clintsari instigates a clinch.
Clintsari struggles to land a body shot inside as Horrickson controls his hands.
Clintsari looking to stall.
Horrickson tries to throw a body punch but Clintsari avoids it by throwing Horrickson back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Clintsari .
Horrickson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Horrickson blocks an uppercut.
Clintsari looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Horrickson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Horrickson lands a left hand.
Clintsari lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clintsari tries a body shot but Horrickson blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Horrickson.
A short right from Horrickson.
Clintsari misses with a punch to the body.
Clintsari lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clintsari scores with a hook to the body.
Clintsari makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Horrickson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Horrickson scores with a shot to the side of Clintsari 's head.
Clintsari tries to throw a body punch but Horrickson avoids it by throwing Clintsari back against the cage.
Horrickson blocks a body shot from Clintsari .
Clintsari has a couple of punches blocked by Horrickson.
Clintsari lands a nice shot to the body.
Horrickson can't break the clinch.
Clintsari misses with a hook from the clinch.
Horrickson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clintsari throws a punch but it's blocked by Horrickson.
Horrickson blocks a body shot from Clintsari .
Clintsari lands a right hand that snaps the head of Horrickson backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Horrickson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clintsari .
Clintsari lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Horrickson blocks a body shot from Clintsari .
Horrickson swings wildly with an uppercut but Clintsari uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Horrickson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horrickson misses with a punch to the body.
Horrickson tries a body shot but Clintsari blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clintsari .
Clintsari doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clintsari misses with the head strike.
Clintsari blocks an uppercut.
Horrickson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clintsari can't find room to land a body shot as Horrickson controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clintsari misses with a body punch.
A short right from Clintsari on the inside.
Clintsari misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clintsari lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Horrickson.
Horrickson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Horrickson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Horrickson breaks from the clinch.
Clintsari misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Horrickson misses the target.
Clintsari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Horrickson swings for the body but Clintsari moves out of range.
Clintsari looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Clintsari fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Clintsari blocks a jab.
Clintsari ducks under a wild hook from Horrickson.
It seemed like Clintsari was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Horrickson. Clintsari does a little dance to reset his feet.
Horrickson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
It looks like Kimi Horrickson has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrickson ducks under a wild hook from Clintsari .
Clintsari clinches up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Clintsari fails to land.
Clintsari scores with a shoulder strike.
Horrickson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Clintsari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clintsari lands a shot to the body.
Horrickson takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clintsari .
Horrickson is rocked!
Clintsari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oh Horrickson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short uppercut from Clintsari .
Clintsari stalling against the cage.
Clintsari swings wildly with an uppercut but Horrickson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Clintsari fails to land.
Clintsari dips a shoulder and cracks Horrickson with a mighty uppercut! Horrickson falls back against the cage and Clintsari unloads with a barrage of strikes! Horrickson is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Clintsari screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rusoposkinen Clintsari !
Rusoposkinen Clintsari decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Geoff Jefferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amr Al As (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Geoff Jefferson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Geoff Jefferson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Amr Al As!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al As scores with a sloppy right hand. Jefferson should have avoided that one.
Al As ducks right into an uppercut from Jefferson.
Al As steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jefferson.
Jefferson thuds his right hand into Al As's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Al As fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jefferson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Al As at a distance.
Jefferson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Jefferson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jefferson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al As manages to avoid it.
Jefferson looks to land a combination. Al As sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Al As tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Jefferson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jefferson misses with a combination
and Al As counters with a good low kick that Jefferson was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Al As finds it's target.
Jefferson throws a poor cross that misses
and Al As makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jefferson sizes up Al As with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jefferson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jefferson throws a hook but Al As blocks it.
Jefferson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Jefferson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Al As slips under a jab.
Al As feints a counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Al As.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al As displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jefferson throws out the jab.
Al As looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Jefferson scores with a shot to the body.
Jefferson looks to score with a jab to the body but Al As is just out of range.
Al As walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jefferson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A quick step to the side and Jefferson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Al As displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jefferson throws out the jab.
Al As displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jefferson throws out the jab.
Al As is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jefferson.
Jefferson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Al As counters with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al As takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson punishes Al As's body with a nice straight punch.
Jefferson throws a body shot but no joy.
Geoff Jefferson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jefferson scores with a jab.
Jefferson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Al As.
Jefferson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Al As circles away quickly and effectively.
A swing and a miss from Al As.
Jefferson tries to bum rush Al As with a series of wild strikes but Al As uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jefferson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Al As.
Jefferson clobbers Al As with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al As plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jefferson throws a looping overhand right but Al As ducks down to avoid it.
Jefferson looks to land a right hand but Al As moved out of range.
Jefferson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Al As blocks a jab.
Jefferson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Al As takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geoff Jefferson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A jab from Jefferson does it's job there.
Al As has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Al As scores with a decent looking hook.
Jefferson scores with the left hand. Al As knows he should have avoided that one.
Jefferson checks a leg kick.
Jefferson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Al As throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jefferson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Al As can do to turn this around?
Jefferson scores with a jab. Al As acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jefferson has managed to clinch.
Al As lands with a left to the head.
Al As's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jefferson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Al As takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jefferson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Al As misses with the head strike.
Al As prevents a body shot from Jefferson.
Jefferson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Jefferson on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Al As fails to land.
Al As breaks the clinch.
Jefferson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Al As.
A punch lands to the side of Al As 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jefferson scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Al As is rocked!
Al As bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Al As is still on wobbly legs! Can Jefferson finish him?
Jefferson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al As was well out of range. Poor timing from Jefferson.
Al As seems to have recovered his senses.
Al As has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Jefferson misses with a wild body shot.
Al As ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Al As swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Al As with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jefferson lands a big uppercut and Al As crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Al As looks OK. Jefferson waves Al As back to his feet!
Al As looks to land a left hand but Jefferson moved out of range nicely.
Jefferson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Al As.
Al As uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jefferson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Al As misses with a jab to the body
and Jefferson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jefferson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Al As counters with a nice uppercut.
Al As lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jefferson scores with a hook to the body. Al As takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jefferson misses with a straight right.
Al As throws a hook to the side of Jefferson's head but Jefferson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A counter left hand to the body from Jefferson misses its target.
Jefferson scores with a sloppy right hand. Al As should have avoided that one.
Jefferson tests Al As's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al As moves out of range as Jefferson strikes.
Jefferson misses with a looping left.
Jefferson throws out a loose jab but Al As uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al As throws out a counter right but Jefferson avoids it with no problem.
Jefferson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Al As.
Geoff Jefferson is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al As avoids the body shot from Jefferson.
Jefferson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jefferson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Jefferson stuns Al As with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jefferson loads up on a big right hand but Al As slips the punch.
Al As throws a hook but Jefferson avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geoff Jefferson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A jab from Al As misses.
Jefferson has Al As up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jefferson fails to land.
Jefferson digs a right hand underneath Al As's ribcage. Al As let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Al As has a couple of punches blocked by Jefferson.
Al As is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Al As wants to break free but Jefferson has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jefferson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jefferson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Al As wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al As is trying to push Jefferson away but Jefferson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jefferson lands with a short shot to the head.
Al As misses with some punches.
Al As working aggressively here.
Jefferson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Al As backwards.
Al As manages to break the clinch.
A big left from Jefferson misses.
Al As throws a fast counter high kick but Jefferson manages to duck under it in time.
Jefferson drops Al As with a beautiful combination! Al As stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Jefferson is looking for the KO!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al As misses with a straight left.
Al As takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jefferson swings for the body but Al As moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Al As on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Amr Al As has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Geoff Jefferson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al As throws a leg kick that misses.
Jefferson throws out a loose jab but Al As uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jefferson lands a jab to Al As's midsection.
A clash of legs there as Jefferson blocks the low kick.
Jefferson lands a body shot.
Al As misses with a right hand
and Jefferson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Al As uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jefferson.
Al As throws a leg kick but Jefferson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jefferson throwing a counter right hand but Al As manages to avoid it.
Al As bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jefferson's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson looks to throw the jab but Al As is out of range.
Jefferson throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Jefferson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Al As throws an overhand right that lands on Jefferson's shoulder, as Jefferson tries to avoid the shot.
Jefferson misses with a hook
and Al As counters with a straight right hand.
Al As misses with a lunging right hand
and Jefferson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jefferson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Al As takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Al As takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al As misses with a left hand
and Jefferson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Al As uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jefferson.
Al As uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jefferson.
Jefferson throws out a loose jab but Al As uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jefferson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Al As has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Al As there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jefferson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Al As's hands.
Jefferson moves out of range of the leg kick from Al As.
Jefferson lands a nice shot that snaps Al As's head back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Geoff Jefferson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jefferson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geoff Jefferson!
A pretty intense looking Geoff Jefferson took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hiruko Kami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freak Wannabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hiruko Kami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Freak Wannabe!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kami rushes Wannabe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wannabe tries to pull guard but Kami holds him up against the cage and eventually Wannabe drops back down to his feet.
Kami tries to land knees in the clinch but Wannabe avoids the damage to the body.
Kami lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wannabe backwards.
Kami has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Wannabe regains guard immediately.
Kami advances position into side control!
Wannabe on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wannabe takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wannabe stops Kami from passing to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kami working away.
Wannabe tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kami working Wannabe over with strikes here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kami landing shots from mount.
Wannabe defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Kami.
Kami has isolated one of Wannabe's arms. Wannabe looking to fight him off but Kami twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hiruko Kami!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor Ruttenum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Devotion. Ruttenum is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jme- 96 f***kries. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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194 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Danny Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor Ruttenum !
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruttenum shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smith as he avoids it easily.
Ruttenum fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ruttenum is defended easily by Smith.
Danny Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conor Ruttenum .
Smith lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Smith rushes Ruttenum and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ruttenum is working for takedown but Smith is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ruttenum tries to score a body lock takedown but Smith shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Smith stops a takedown attempt from Ruttenum .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruttenum has Smith pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Smith manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ruttenum has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Smith uses from the top position.
Ruttenum keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Smith pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ruttenum is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith wants to stand but Ruttenum is controlling his posture from full guard.
Ruttenum keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Smith wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Ruttenum 's closed guard. He's half up but Ruttenum has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Ruttenum pivots and extends the arm, Smith falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Ruttenum ! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Conor Ruttenum !
Post fight, Conor Ruttenum took to the microphone: 'Nick where you at? Where's the rematch?
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rami Astalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manfred Von Richthoffen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Astalo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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147 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rami Astalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Manfred Von Richthoffen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Astalo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Astalo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Von Richthoffen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Astalo under the eye.
Von Richthoffen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Astalo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've been told by Astalo's head coaches at Team Migraine that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Astalo throws a series of punches but Von Richthoffen moves out of range.
Astalo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Von Richthoffen's sensitive parts.
Astalo lands a lovely overhand right.
Astalo misses with an uppercut. Von Richthoffen saw that one coming.
Astalo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Von Richthoffen manages to avoid it.
Astalo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Von Richthoffen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Von Richthoffen keeps the fight on the outside.
Astalo lands a jab to the nose.
Rami Astalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Astalo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Astalo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Von Richthoffen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Astalo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Von Richthoffen checks it well.
Astalo throws the left hand but Von Richthoffen avoids the punch easily.
Astalo throws a hook but Von Richthoffen avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Richthoffen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Von Richthoffen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Astalo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Von Richthoffen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Astalo defending well as Von Richthoffen loads up on a big left hand.
Von Richthoffen lands with a straight right. Astalo didn't see that one coming.
Astalo misses with a wild body shot.
Astalo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Von Richthoffen.
Astalo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Von Richthoffen was well out of range. Poor timing from Astalo.
Von Richthoffen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Von Richthoffen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Astalo in his tracks.
Astalo cracks a nice hook into Von Richthoffen's ribs.
Astalo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Von Richthoffen.
Astalo tries to clinch
and Von Richthoffen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Astalo needs to keep his hands up - Von Richthoffen had a free shot at his head there.
Von Richthoffen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Astalo throws an off balance right hand
and Von Richthoffen counters with a nice uppercut.
Astalo is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Richthoffen scores with a sloppy right hand. Astalo should have avoided that one.
Oh Astalo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Astalo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Astalo scores with a hook to the body. Von Richthoffen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Astalo feints and then cracks Von Richthoffen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Von Richthoffen down.
Astalo seems to have got his legs back now.
Von Richthoffen tries to bum rush Astalo with a series of wild strikes but Astalo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Von Richthoffen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Astalo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Von Richthoffen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Astalo misses the jab.
Astalo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Von Richthoffen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Astalo has time to react.
Von Richthoffen ducks under a wild hook from Astalo.
Von Richthoffen throws the left hand but Astalo avoids the punch easily.
Nice uppercut there from Von Richthoffen.
Astalo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Von Richthoffen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Astalo misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astalo looks to land a combination but Von Richthoffen avoids it well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Von Richthoffen! But no joy.
Astalo tests Von Richthoffen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Astalo cracks the inside of Von Richthoffen's front leg.
Von Richthoffen drops his hands momentarily and Astalo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Von Richthoffen moves away from the strike by Astalo.
Astalo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Von Richthoffen moves away.
Astalo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice uppercut lands for Von Richthoffen. That snapped Astalo's head back.
Von Richthoffen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Astalo.
Von Richthoffen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Astalo throws a sloppy head kick and Von Richthoffen moves out of range easily.
Astalo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Von Richthoffen counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Astalo throws out a loose jab but Von Richthoffen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Astalo missing with a left hand there. Von Richthoffen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Richthoffen avoids the head kick by Astalo.
Astalo throws a series of punches but Von Richthoffen avoids them all with ease.
Astalo is breathing heavily.
Von Richthoffen scores with a jab. Astalo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Astalo throws a big shot that misses.
A little jabbing left from Von Richthoffen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Astalo misses with a hook to the body
and Astalo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Astalo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Von Richthoffen is out of range and Astalo settles back down.
Von Richthoffen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Von Richthoffen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Astalo.
Astalo with a hook.
A big left from Astalo misses.
Von Richthoffen throws a lazy right hand but Astalo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A quick step to the side and Astalo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Von Richthoffen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Astalo to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Richthoffen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Astalo.
Astalo throws a lazy right hand but Von Richthoffen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Von Richthoffen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
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 Rami Astalo will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Astalo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Astalo lands with a cross.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Von Richthoffen.
Astalo swings widly with a right hand
and Von Richthoffen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Von Richthoffen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A swing and a miss from Von Richthoffen.
Astalo misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Von Richthoffen! But no joy.
Astalo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Von Richthoffen finds it's way round the side to connect with Astalo's head.
Von Richthoffen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Astalo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Von Richthoffen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Astalo walks into a straight right hand from Von Richthoffen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Von Richthoffen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Manfred Von Richthoffen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good shot there by Von Richthoffen.
Von Richthoffen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Astalo at a distance.
A jab from Von Richthoffen does it's job there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Richthoffen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Von Richthoffen avoids the body shot from Astalo.
Astalo throws an off balance right hand
and Von Richthoffen counters with a huge left! Astalo is in big trouble! He's backing up but Von Richthoffen isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Astalo from any more damage. A dominating finish by Von Richthoffen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manfred Von Richthoffen!
A very excited looking Manfred Von Richthoffen rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grisha Kamenov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Poorly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamenov's entrance music is Linkin Park - Numb. A fine choice. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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21
207 lbs
4 - 3 - 1 |
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18
197 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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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
4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Grisha Kamenov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Drew Poorly!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Kamenov.
Poorly moves into the clinch.
Poorly pulls guard effortlessly.
Kamenov is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Poorly working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kamenov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kamenov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Poorly working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kamenov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kamenov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poorly looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamenov drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Kamenov as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Poorly screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Kamenov! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Grisha Kamenov!
A victorious Grisha Kamenov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Hennessy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Hennessy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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20
158 lbs
9 - 0 - 0 |
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26
145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
Very strong |
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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
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodney Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Hennessy!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw.
Smith comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Hennessy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hennessy wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Smith cracks Hennessy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hennessy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hennessy changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Smith connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Hennessy's shoulder, as Hennessy tries to avoid the shot.
Smith lands a big head kick that sends Hennessy to the canvas! Smith follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodney Smith!
Rodney Smith seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Jack Hennessy had this to say: 'My opponent tonight was great. This guy is a champion. I am humbled by this defeat and will be ready to kick ass next time. Thank you all.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grant Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Jalkalukko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benton's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I get Knocked Down. Jalkalukko has chosen Jordan Sparks ft. Chris Brown - No Air as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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185 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
22 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grant Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 37 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jesse Jalkalukko!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton swings for the body but Jalkalukko moves out of range.
Benton jabs at Jalkalukko's body.
Benton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick by Jalkalukko misses
and Benton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jalkalukko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benton.
Benton misses with an uppercut.
Benton misses with a straight right.
Benton looks to land a left hand but Jalkalukko moved out of range nicely.
Benton throws an overhand right that lands on Jalkalukko's shoulder, as Jalkalukko tries to avoid the shot.
Jalkalukko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benton is looking to counter punch.
Jalkalukko tries for a takedown but Benton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jalkalukko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benton throws an overhand right that lands on Jalkalukko's shoulder, as Jalkalukko tries to avoid the shot.
Jalkalukko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benton.
Jalkalukko only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Benton connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Benton swings widly with a right hand
and Jalkalukko counters with an inside leg kick.
Jalkalukko drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jalkalukko wants to lay and pray for a moment but Benton keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Jalkalukko tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jalkalukko has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Benton is letting Jalkalukko control him for a moment.
Benton is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jalkalukko is looking to take a break and control but Benton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jalkalukko is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Benton is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Benton parries the strikes from Jalkalukko easily there. Jalkalukko is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Benton to escape.
Benton wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The strikes coming from Jalkalukko are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jalkalukko tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Benton bucks up and tries to throw Jalkalukko off but instead Jalkalukko has got his back!
Benton tries to roll but Jalkalukko sticks to his back.
Benton is trapped and Jalkalukko is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Benton is having to fend off submission attempts from Jalkalukko, who is looking to sink in the choke. Jalkalukko doesn't have the hooks in though and Benton manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Benton postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jalkalukko is controlling Benton's posture.
Jalkalukko looking to hit a scissor sweep but Benton is one step ahead there.
Jalkalukko is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Benton won't allow Jalkalukko to sweep him here.
Jalkalukko is working an open guard so Benton takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Grant Benton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A leg kick checked by Benton.
Grant Benton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jalkalukko finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Benton scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jalkalukko gets the takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Benton dominated 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.
A bone on bone clash there as Benton blocks the leg kick.
Jalkalukko 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.
Jalkalukko scores with a takedown into Benton's guard.
Jalkalukko looking to pass the guard.
Benton pushes Jalkalukko off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Benton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benton digs a good body shot into Jalkalukko's ribs.
Jalkalukko moves away from the strike by Benton.
Jalkalukko connects with an inside leg kick.
Benton misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jesse Jalkalukko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jalkalukko with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Benton misses with an uppercut. Jalkalukko saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton takes a swing at Jalkalukko's ribcage but misses.
Jalkalukko takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice sprawl there from Benton as Jalkalukko shoots in.
Benton scores with a jab to the body.
Jalkalukko throws a head kick that half lands.
Benton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jalkalukko needs to keep his hands up - Benton had a free shot at his head there.
Jalkalukko misses with a wild body shot.
Benton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jalkalukko manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Benton misses its intended target.
Grant Benton is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Jalkalukko.
A left lands for Benton.
Jalkalukko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A decent looking cross lands there for Benton.
Jalkalukko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton stuns Jalkalukko with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Benton throws an overhand right that lands on Jalkalukko's shoulder, as Jalkalukko tries to avoid the shot.
Jalkalukko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benton.
A big left from Benton misses.
Jalkalukko tries to clinch but Benton is having none of it.
Jalkalukko lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Benton misses with a hook to the body
and Jalkalukko makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Benton throws a body shot but no joy.
Benton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jalkalukko manages to avoid it.
Jalkalukko scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Benton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jalkalukko working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The referee asks Jalkalukko politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jalkalukko prefers to stall for the moment though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton sneaks back into half guard.
Jalkalukko not doing much here.
Jalkalukko is working for a kimura but Benton is defending it quite comfortably.
Jalkalukko trying to pass the guard but Benton defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jalkalukko not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Benton pushes Jalkalukko off and gets back to his feet.
Jalkalukko moves away from the strike by Benton.
Jalkalukko only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Benton throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Jalkalukko counter with a right hand.
A clash of legs there as Benton blocks the low kick.
Benton throwing a counter right hand but Jalkalukko manages to avoid it.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jalkalukko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benton misses with a body shot.
Benton cracks Jalkalukko with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Benton dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Benton throws the left hand but Jalkalukko avoids the punch easily.
Jalkalukko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Benton has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jalkalukko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benton misses the shot to the body.
Jalkalukko takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A punch combination from Benton misses.
Jalkalukko appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jalkalukko feints and then cracks Benton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Benton down.
Jalkalukko throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Benton displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jalkalukko.
Benton lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jalkalukko slips under a jab.
Jalkalukko appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jalkalukko tries for a takedown but Benton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Benton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jalkalukko.
Benton is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jalkalukko.
Jalkalukko takes one to the chin there.
Benton misses with a double jab
and Jalkalukko makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Benton really felt that one!
Benton swings for the body but Jalkalukko moves out of range.
It seemed like Jalkalukko was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benton looks to throw the jab but Jalkalukko is out of range.
Jalkalukko changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Jalkalukko lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jalkalukko throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jalkalukko throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Benton was covering up waiting for the punch and Jalkalukko finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Benton has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Jalkalukko is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benton misses with some punches.
Jalkalukko tries to break free but Benton pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton has Jalkalukko pressed against the cage, preventing Jalkalukko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Benton struggles to land a body shot inside as Jalkalukko controls his hands.
Benton struggles to land a body shot inside as Jalkalukko controls his hands.
Jalkalukko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benton throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jalkalukko on the side of the head.
Jalkalukko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jalkalukko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benton's calf.
Jalkalukko looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Benton manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Jab from Benton.
Jalkalukko is rocked!
Benton throws a series of punches but Jalkalukko moves out of range.
Jalkalukko is still on wobbly legs! Can Benton finish him?
Jalkalukko looks up at the clock. Bad move! Benton lands a right hand from hell, dropping Jalkalukko. Benton pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grant Benton!
Grant Benton 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juntti Jallu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Edwards's choice of entrance music: Like a surgeon. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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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
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juntti Jallu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
43 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Blake Edwards!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edwards moves out of range of the body kick from Jallu.
Edwards swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jallu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Edwards throws a solid leg kick but Jallu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Edwards.
An attempted straight right counter from Jallu misses the target.
Edwards closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jallu effectively controlling the action here.
Jallu tries a knee to the head but Edwards blocks it.
Jallu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Edwards misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jallu.
Jallu misses with a knee strike.
Edwards blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jallu is struggling to control the position.
Jallu lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jallu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jallu stalling in the clinch but Edwards improves position.
Jallu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jallu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Edwards wants a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jallu trying to land knees to the body.
Jallu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Edwards has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Edwards has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jallu is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Edwards is working for takedown but Jallu is calmly controlling the position for now.
Juntti Jallu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blake Edwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jallu - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jallu misses with a knee to the head.
Edwards misses with some punches.
Jallu tries to land a knee to the head but Edwards blocks with his arms.
Jallu avoiding damage as Edwards throws knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Jallu has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Jallu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jallu trying to land knees to the body.
Jallu lands a body punch.
Edwards looks winded!
Jallu tries a knee to the head but Edwards blocks it.
Edwards tries to land knees in the clinch but Jallu avoids the damage to the body.
Jallu scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards avoiding damage as Jallu throws knees to the body.
Jallu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Blake Edwards has been cut.
Jallu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Edwards has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jallu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Edwards blocks it with crossed arms.
Jallu misses with a punch to the body.
Jallu lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jallu lands a nice uppercut.
Jallu lands a nice shot to the body.
Edwards creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jallu.
Jallu misses with a knee strike.
Jallu lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Jallu - that landed with a thud.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jallu - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Knees to the body from Jallu.
Jallu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jallu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jallu managing to block the knees to the body from Edwards.
Knees to the body from Jallu.
Jallu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jallu.
Jallu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jallu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jallu scores a nice knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Jallu.
Jallu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Edwards.
Jallu tries a body shot but Edwards blocks it.
Jallu lands a good knee to the midsection. Edwards won't want to take too many of those.
Stalling in the clinch from Jallu.
Jallu connects with a knee to the head.
Jallu working Edwards over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice elbow from Jallu.
Edwards is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jallu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jallu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Edwardss head.
Jallu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jallu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Edwards lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jallu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jallu.
Jallu stalling the fight.
Jallu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jallu lands an uppercut.
Jallu tries a knee to the head but Edwards blocks it.
Edwards takes a knee right on the jaw!
Edwards tries to work over Jallu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jallu avoiding damage.
Jallu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jallu scores with a shoulder strike.
Jallu is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jallu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jallu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Edwards backwards.
Jallu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Edwards backwards.
Jallu stalling the fight.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jallu as Edwards tries to tie him up.
Jallu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jallu tries to land a knee to the head but Edwards blocks with his arms.
Jallu controlling the action here for a moment.
Jallu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Edwards is defending well for now.
Edwards is looking to control Jallu's arms but Jallu gets an underhook and turns him. Now Edwards has his back to the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Edwards fails to land.
Jallu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Edwards blocks it with crossed arms.
Jallu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jallu throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jallu.
Jallu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Edwards backwards.
Jallu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Edwards tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jallu's elbow.
Jallu scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jallu blocks an elbow strike from Edwards.
Edwards is looking for a takedown.
Jallu throws an elbow that misses.
Edwards drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Edwards takes a knee right on the jaw!
Edwards misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jallu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jallu scores with a knee to the head.
Jallu pushes Edwards back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jallu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Edwards in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jallu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That has opened up Blake Edwards's cut even more.
Jallu working the clinch nicely. Edwards is working for position but Jallu cracks him with a big knee to the head! Edwards crumples up against the cage and Jallu lands two more shots before the ref can save Edwards! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Juntti Jallu!
Juntti Jallu retains his heavyweight title!
As Juntti Jallu got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: HAHA... he and his manager suck ass LOL! Go play packman retard and leave games those need some intelligence to those who have brains LULZ!'.
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