SFL XIV PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Nettles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek The Hulk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nettles
vs
The Hulk

175 cm
24
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

182 cm
24
190 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Nettles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek The Hulk!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for The Hulk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Hulk leaves Nettles with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The Hulk fails to land the takedown.
The Hulk swats away the attempt to clinch by Nettles.
The Hulk throws a big shot that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by The Hulk.
The Hulk gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Nettles counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in The Hulk's guard now.
Nettles prevents The Hulk from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Nettles stands up and waves to The Hulk to follow him.
The fighters circling - Nettles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

The Hulk shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. The Hulk showed some decent athleticism there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nettles pushes The Hulk off looking to stand but The Hulk dives back in and keeps control.
The Hulk tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Nettles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nettles is trying to stand up here but The Hulk is controlling him well.
The Hulk seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Nettles tries to kick The Hulk off but The Hulk keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Nettles manages to escape and get back to his feet!
The Hulk throws a head kick but Nettles moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Nettles.
The Hulk misses with a wild combination.
The Hulk looks gassed!
The Hulk throws a nice head kick!
Nettles fails with the takedown.
The Hulk throws a right and a left that Nettles avoids nicely.
Nettles missing with a left hand there. The Hulk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Hulk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The Hulk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nettles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Hulk was well out of range. Poor timing from Nettles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nettles jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Nettles. That snapped The Hulk's head back.
A right-left combo lands from The Hulk.
Some wild striking there from The Hulk.
The Hulk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nettles.
The Hulk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nettles.

The Hulk scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nettles is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, The Hulk asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The Hulk scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Nettles to see if he's OK.

The Hulk stands up and beckons Nettles to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from The Hulk.
Chris Nettles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derek The Hulk.
The Hulk jabs Nettles right on the nose. Nettles blinks but takes it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Nettles lands.
Nettles throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Hulk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Hulk avoids the body shot from Nettles.

Nettles shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The Hulk is looking to stand back up but Nettles counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by The Hulk.
The Hulk is trying to stand back up but Nettles is controlling him
The Hulk is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Nettles stands up from half guard.
A head kick by Nettles misses
and The Hulk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Hulk lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The Hulk takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The Hulk shoots and misses
enabling Nettles to counter with a crisp jab.

The Hulk closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The Hulk slips a nice elbow through Nettles's hands, connecting with Nettles's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Hulk decides to stand and escape the position.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Hulk.

Nettles drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Hulk is trying to get back to his feet.

Nettles stands up and we're back to a striking position.

The Hulk looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Nettles!
The Hulk won't let Nettles get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Hulk tries to control but Nettles wriggling away.

The Hulk is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
A jab from The Hulk misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Derek The Hulk will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Nettles tries to clinch up.
The Hulk throws a combination that misses
and Nettles counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nettles throws a head kick but The Hulk moves out of range.
The Hulk blocks a jab.
The Hulk leaves Nettles with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nettles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from The Hulk is defended easily by Nettles.
The Hulk looks to land a combination. Nettles sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nettles throws a shot from downtown. The Hulk moves away and avoids it.
Nettles is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Hulk.
The Hulk throws a series of strikes that have Nettles backpedaling.
The Hulk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick misses from Nettles.
The Hulk cracks Nettles with an open hand slap.
Nettles keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nettles staying out of range there.
Derek The Hulk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Hulk shoots for a double leg takedown but Nettles sprawls well. He's pushed The Hulk's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Chris Nettles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derek The Hulk.
Nettles connects with a looping right hand.

Nettles closes the distance and clinches.

The Hulk manages to break the clinch.
Nettles swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and The Hulk counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by The Hulk.
Nettles wants to stand but The Hulk is controlling the position.

The Hulk decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
The Hulk slips under a jab from Nettles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nettles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Hulk.
The Hulk lands an overhand right.
The Hulk with a poor takedown
and Nettles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nettles throws the left hand but The Hulk avoids the punch easily.
Nettles is looking to clinch.
Nettles doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting The Hulk counter with a right hand.
The Hulk lands a jab.

The Hulk closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
It looks like The Hulk is going to stand back up.

Nettles kicks off The Hulk and gets to his feet.
The Hulk slips a straight right by Nettles.
A head kick misses from Nettles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hulk cracks Nettles with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The Hulk has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Hulk.
The Hulk tries a head kick but it misses.
Nettles throws a one two combo.
The Hulk connects with a single shot there.
Nettles looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nettles changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. The Hulk tries to avoid it but Nettles manages to keep hold of a leg and drag The Hulk to the ground. The Hulk escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A head kick from The Hulk lands but Nettles takes it in his stride.
Nettles looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Hulk lands a lovely overhand right.
Nettles slaps away a takedown attempt from The Hulk, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The Hulk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Derek The Hulk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nettles walks into a jab.
Nettles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Hulk lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for The Hulk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Hulk walks into a stiff left hand from Nettles.
Nice body kick there by The Hulk.

The Hulk drives through with a takedown into guard.

Nettles is working an open guard so The Hulk takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Nettles takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Nettles shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. The Hulk is trying to defend but Nettles finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Nettles decides to return to a standing position.
The Hulk moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice defenses there by The Hulk.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Hulk connects with a single shot there.

The Hulk scores with a takedown into Nettles's guard.

Nettles pushes The Hulk off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek The Hulk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

The Hulk throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The Hulk moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The Hulk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nettles.
A combination from The Hulk does no damage.
The Hulk tries to bum rush Nettles with a series of wild strikes but Nettles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Hulk slips a straight right by Nettles.
Nettles throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Hulk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nettles throws a combination that misses
and Nettles takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Hulk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Hulk fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nettles tries to bum rush The Hulk with a series of wild strikes but The Hulk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nettles is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

The Hulk gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nettles to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The Hulk wants to stand and escape but Nettles is having none of it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nettles decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on The Hulk, up you get!

Nettles gets caught flat footed, as The Hulk shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Nettles is working an open guard so The Hulk takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The Hulk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nettles throws a hook but The Hulk avoids it easily.
The Hulk misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nettles throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Hulk misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Hulk dives in and grabs Nettles's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nettles pushes down on The Hulk's head and hops out.
The Hulk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nettles.
Nettles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Hulk misses with the combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nettles.
Chris Nettles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Derek The Hulk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nettles takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The Hulk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Hulk lands with a nice body kick.
Nettles throws a head kick but The Hulk moves out of range.
Nettles throws a sloppy head kick and The Hulk moves out of range easily.
The Hulk shoots for a double leg takedown but Nettles sprawls well. He's pushed The Hulk's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Chris Nettles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derek The Hulk.
The Hulk swats away the attempt to clinch by Nettles.

Excellent takedown into side control there by The Hulk.

The Hulk stands up.
The Hulk displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The Hulk blocks a head kick by Nettles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hulk lands a jab.
Nettles stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nettles wants it to stay on the feet.
Nettles misses with an uppercut.
The Hulk dips to his left and cracks Nettles with an uppercut!
Nettles looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nettles looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The Hulk connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nettles momentarily.

The Hulk gets a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nettles is looking to escape.

Nettles makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
The Hulk scores with a punch to the head.

The Hulk fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Nettles sprawls well initially but The Hulk persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The Hulk is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Hulk decides to stand up.
The Hulk cracks Nettles with an open hand slap.
Nettles has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Hulk finds it's way round the side to connect with Nettles's head.
A cross from Nettles lands.
A head kick misses from Nettles.
Nettles looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The Hulk lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nettles at a distance.
The Hulk cracks Nettles with an open hand slap.
A right-left combo lands from The Hulk.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Hulk fails with a takedown attempt.
Nettles misses with a shot to the body

and The Hulk counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
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!
The Hulk stops Nettles from getting back to his feet.

The Hulk decides to return to a standing position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Derek The Hulk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Hulk winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek The Hulk!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dameko Brewer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Brewer
vs
Love

187 cm
24
245 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

193 cm
24
260 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dameko Brewer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brandon Love!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Brewer throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Love or perhaps it was just good defense by Brewer which made him look bad.
Brewer throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.

Brewer looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Love scores with a few weak punches.

Brewer gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Brewer tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance.
Love with a poor takedown
letting Brewer counter with a right hand.

It looks like Brandon Love has been cut.
Dameko Brewer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Love.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Love shoots in and bounces Brewer off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Brewer throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Brewer wants to stand but Love is controlling the position.
Love chips away with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love throwing strikes from guard but Brewer blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer wants to stand but Love is controlling the position.
Love working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Love working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brewer's head.
Love working some strikes from top position.
Brewer 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.
Brewer is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Love dives into side control.
Love prevents Brewer from escaping the position.
Love has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brewer on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Love in side control lands a decent elbow.
Brewer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Love on the ground.
Brewer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brewer is working to avoid the ground and pound but Love connects with a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Brewer is pushing Love's head away, looking to escape. Love manages to hold on to the position though.
Brewer manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Brewer pushes Love off looking to stand but Love dives back in and keeps control.
Brewer is looking to improve his position.
Brewer is breathing heavily.
Love thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brewer could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Love is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Brewer defends it well.
Love scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Love working over Brewer with some ground and pound. Brewer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Love is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Brewer defends it well.
Brewer looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Love there.
Brewer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Love.
Love working over Brewer with some ground and pound. Brewer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brewer is trying to stand back up but Love is controlling him
Brewer trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Brewer actively working from the bottom here.
Love working over Brewer with some ground and pound. Brewer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brewer has hold of Love's hands but Love slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Brewer is looking to escape.
Love scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Love is thwarting Brewer's attempts to control the position.
Brewer is trying to stand back up but Love is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brewer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Love.
Love prevents Brewer from improving his position.
Love winds up and cracks Brewer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Love looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Love throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Love throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Love working Brewer over with strikes.
Love throwing shots but Brewer is blocking nicely.
Love lands strikes from half guard.
Brewer looks like he's trying to stand up.
Love is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brewer moves into full guard.
Brewer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Brewer tries to get out of the position.
Brewer wants to stand and escape but Love is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Love's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Love misses with a takedown attempt

and Brewer counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Brewer gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Brewer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Love gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Brewer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brewer.
Love wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brewer has him pressed against the ropes.
Brewer fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brewer jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Brewer is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Love's half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Love looking for submissions off his back.
Brewer wants to stand up but Love has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brewer is keen to just control but Love is a slippery customer.
Love is looking for a sweep. Brewer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love missing with punches from the bottom.
Brewer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brewer is just content to waste time from the top position. Love takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Brewer with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Love misses with a takedown attempt

and Brewer counters with a single leg into guard. Love didn't expect that.
Dameko Brewer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Love.

Love isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Brewer stacks Love on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Brewer!
Brewer wants to stand but Love has his arm trapped.
Brewer throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Love throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Love manages to get back to half guard.
Love misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Love tries to get to full guard but Brewer has control of the leg.
Brewer wants to stand up but Love has a hold of him and won't allow it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Love shoots and misses
and Brewer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Brewer scores a takedown into full mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love landing with some feeble shots from his back... He should probably try escaping the position instead.
Love flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Brewer looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Brewer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Love tries to reverse the position but Brewer maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Love hang on?
Brewer cracks Love with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Brewer wants to control the pace but Love is squirming around nicely.
Brewer connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Love is looking to improve his position but Brewer isn't that keen on the idea.

Brewer wants to finish this one by submission but Love is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Brewer.
Brewer trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brewer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Love throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Love regains half guard.

Love looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Brewer tries to stand and escape but Love is controlling the position.
Brewer prevents Love from improving his position.
Brewer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brewer landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Brewer prevents Love from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dameko Brewer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Love's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Brewer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Love.

Brewer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Brewer showed some decent athleticism there.
Dameko Brewer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brewer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Love looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Brewer wants to stand but Love has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Love is looking for a sweep. Brewer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Love throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Brewer wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Love punching from the bottom.
Brewer is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Love drops his hands momentarily and Brewer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Love misses with a takedown
and Brewer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Love thinking.
Brewer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brewer misses with a straight left.
Love gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Brewer counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Love's guard now.
Love trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Brewer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Love has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Brewer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Brewer keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Love's head.

Love is looking for a triangle but Brewer pushes his legs off easily.
Brewer is looking to stand up but Love won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Love clinches up against the ropes.

Love breaks from the clinch.
Brewer shoots in for a double leg but Love sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Love has his takedown stuffed

and Brewer counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Love's guard now.
Dameko Brewer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Love.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brewer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brewer wants to get up but he can't break Love's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Love throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Love throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Brewer decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Love, up you get!
Brewer wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
Love misses with a takedown attempt

and Brewer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Brewer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Love backwards.

Love's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer misses with a head kick.
Love tries to clinch but Brewer is having none of it.
Love uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brewer.
No luck for Love with that takedown attempt.
Love misses with a takedown

and Brewer counters by clinching up.
Brewer lands with a short shot to the head.

Brewer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Brewer closes the distance and clinches.
Love has Brewer pressed against the ropes, preventing Brewer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Love's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No luck for Brewer with that takedown attempt.
Love blocks a jab.
Love tries for a takedown but Brewer circles away easily
and Brewer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Brewer. No joy for Love on that attempt.
Brewer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Love.
Brewer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Love on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brewer tries a head kick but it misses.
Love dives in and grabs Brewer's left leg, looking for a takedown. Brewer pushes down on Love's head and hops out.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Love is looking to clinch but Brewer is avoiding it.
Love moves in looking to clinch but Brewer pushes him off.
Love avoids the head kick by Brewer.
Love shoots in but no luck this time.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brewer.
Love ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Love doesn't manage to clinch there - Brewer circles away.
Brewer fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Love avoids it really well and circles away.
Brewer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Love.
Brandon Love is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Love with a poor takedown
and Brewer counters with a left and a right that stings Love.
Brewer fails with a takedown attempt.
Love shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brewer pinned against the cage. Brewer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Love shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Brewer to counter with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dameko Brewer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brewer 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dameko Brewer!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
89%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dejon Jordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarret Beal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dejon Jordon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jordon
vs
Beal

182 cm
24
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

187 cm
24
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dejon Jordon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarret Beal!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beal leaves Jordon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Beal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jordon's hands.
Beal misses with a hook.
Jordon ducks under a wild hook from Beal.
Beal leaves Jordon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Beal scores with a nice right hand.
Jordon is trying hard to land a takedown here. Beal sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dejon Jordon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice shot lands for Beal.
Beal thows a body shot but no joy.
Jordon tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Beal swivels and escapes.
Jordon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jordon is breathing heavily.
Jordon shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Beal as he avoids it easily.

Beal sends Jordon crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Beal is motioning to the referee to let Jordon up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Beal lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jordon circles away quickly and effectively.
Beal throws an overhand right that has Jordon reeling! Beal follows up with more punches and Jordon is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jarret Beal!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Israel Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lonnie Tolbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gordon
vs
Tolbert

192 cm
24
250 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
240 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Israel Gordon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lonnie Tolbert!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tolbert sprawls well. Tolbert wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gordon gets slowly back to his feet.
Tolbert fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tolbert tries to clinch but Gordon moves out of range.

Tolbert lands a left and a right that send Gordon crashing to the mat, dazed. Tolbert thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Israel Gordon has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No luck for Tolbert with that takedown attempt.

Tolbert throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Gordon was covering up waiting for the punch and Tolbert finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Tolbert with a nice head shot there.
Tolbert is looking to work some ground and pound but Gordon has wrist control.
Gordon tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Tolbert got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gordon has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Tolbert has managed to get both his arms back between Gordon's legs - danger averted.
Tolbert throwing strikes but missing.
Tolbert with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tolbert trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tolbert accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tolbert trying to control the position from guard on top but Gordon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Gordon has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Tolbert doesn't defend quickly enough and Gordon has managed to lock this one up! Can Tolbert escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Gordon on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Israel Gordon!
Israel Gordon retains his heavyweight title!