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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steven Petersen (ranked 951 p4p, 128 weight class) and Blake Green (ranked 683 p4p, 90 weight class). Green has chosen Sugar Rush as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Blake Green has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steven Petersen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Blake Green!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petersen tries to land a leg kick but Green saw it coming and moves away.
Petersen throws a hook to the side of Green's head but Green sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Green on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Green digs a good hook to Petersen's body.
A big left from Green misses.
Petersen throws a low kick but Green moves out of range easily.
Petersen misses with a looping left.
Sloppy strikes from Petersen. Those never looked like landing.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Petersen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Petersen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Blake Green seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Green misses.
Green tries a head kick but it misses.
Petersen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Green fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Green uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Petersen.
A slapping body kick lands there for Petersen.
Green scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Green tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Petersen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Green tries to work over Petersen's front leg with a kick but Petersen checks it.
Petersen tried to counter with a leg kick but Green avoided it.
Green throws a hook but Petersen blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petersen throws a leg kick
and Green counters with a straight right hand.
Petersen throws a hook but Green blocks it.
Green throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Green lands with a right hand.
Green uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Green throws a jab but it's blocked by Petersen.
Petersen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Green feints and then cracks Petersen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Petersen down.
Green moves out of range as Petersen throws a body kick.
Green showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Petersen.
Petersen scores with a jab. Green acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Green lands a nice looking body shot.
Green lands with a good body shot.
Petersen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petersen staying out of range there.
Petersen throws a leg kick but Green moved away.
Petersen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Green throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Petersen.
Petersen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Green checks a leg kick.
Petersen lands a nice looking body shot.
Petersen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Green blocks a head kick by Petersen.
Green with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Green throws a hook but Petersen blocks it.
Petersen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A solid leg kick lands there for Petersen.
A combination from Petersen does no damage.
Petersen checks a leg kick nicely.
Petersen appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Green lands a nice shot to the body.
Green lands a jab.
Petersen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Green.
Green just misses with a punch to the body.
Petersen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Green cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Petersen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Green.
Petersen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green ducks under a wild hook from Petersen.
A slow jab from Green misses its intended target.
Green moves out of range as Petersen throws a body kick.
Petersen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Green lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Petersen misses with a hook. Green ducked under it nicely.
Green scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Petersen misses with a body shot.
Green throws out a loose jab but Petersen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petersen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Green in his tracks.
Petersen lands a glancing blow to the side of Green's head.
Green ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petersen moves away.
Green uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Petersen just misses with a punch to the body.
Green lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Green just misses with a punch to the body.
Petersen is looking for a counter combo.
Petersen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Petersen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Green is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Petersen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A leg kick checked by Green.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petersen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A good leg kick by Petersen.
Nice defenses there by Petersen.
Green ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petersen misses with a head kick.
Green fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Petersen manages to avoid it.
Green throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petersen throws a hook to the side of Green's head but Green sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Green wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Green just misses with a punch to the body.
Petersen throwing a counter right hand but Green manages to avoid it.
Petersen is looking to chop away at Green's legs.
Green is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Petersen with a body shot.
Green scoring well with a low kick there.
Green scores with a crisp jab that stopped Petersen in his tracks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Green misses with a body kick.
Petersen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Petersen misses with a left hand
and Green counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Petersen doesn't manage to clinch there - Green circles away.
Green on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Blake Green will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Petersen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Green goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Green loads up on a big right hand but Petersen slips the punch.
Green throws a hook but Petersen avoids it easily.
Petersen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Petersen lands with a good body shot.
A big right from Green misses.
A shot to the liver by Green. Beautiful body shot.
Petersen misses with a looping right.
Green shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Petersen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Green with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Green fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Green defending well as Petersen loads up on a big left hand.
Petersen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Green circles away quickly and effectively.
Petersen misses with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petersen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Green blocks a jab.
Green looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A lazy left from Petersen finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Petersen misses its intended target.
Petersen slips a jab from Green.
Green throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Green moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Green looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Green blocks the body kick.
Green thinks about the counter body kick.
Petersen slips a straight right by Green.
Petersen throws a big counter combination but Green scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Green swings for the body but Petersen moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Petersen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petersen throws an overhand right that lands on Green's shoulder, as Green tries to avoid the shot.
Petersen throws a leg kick but Green sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Green throws a wild body kick that Petersen sees coming a mile off.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Green. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Petersen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Green.
Petersen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Green stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Petersen throws a jab but it's blocked by Green.
Green lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Green takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Petersen.
Green is trying to counter with his kicks.
Blake Green seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green with a hook.
Petersen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
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!
Green scores with a decent looking hook.
Green lands a front kick.
Green looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Green throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Petersen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Petersen jabs Green to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Petersen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Green tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petersen was well out of range. Poor timing from Green.
Petersen looks to score with a jab to the body but Green is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Green. Petersen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Green throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petersen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It seemed like Green was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Green throws out a loose jab but Petersen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Green misses the shot to the body.
Petersen looks to score with a jab to the body but Green is just out of range.
Petersen lunges at Green with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Green's hand.
Green scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petersen throws a low kick but Green avoids it.
A shot to the liver by Petersen. Beautiful body shot.
Green looks to land a combination but Petersen avoids it well.
Petersen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Green is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Petersen.
Green scores with a spinning back kick!
Petersen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Green takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Petersen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Green manages to avoid it.
Green throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Green connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Petersen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A head kick misses from Petersen.
Petersen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Petersen moves out of range as Green throws a body kick.
Green lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petersen moves away from the strike by Green.
Petersen throwing a counter right hand but Green manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petersen misses with a body shot.
Petersen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Petersen scores with a body shot.
Green scores with a sloppy right hand. Petersen should have avoided that one.
Green takes a swing at Petersen's ribcage but misses.
Green throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petersen misses the shot to the body.
Green looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Green just misses with a punch to the body.
Petersen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Green.
Petersen misses with an uppercut.
Green fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Petersen is out of range.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
Green moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Green connects with a body shot.
Green ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Green lands a slapping body shot.
Good work by Green as he checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Blake Green will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Green blocks a head kick by Petersen.
Green takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Green ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Green avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Green was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Petersen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Green scores with a nice right hand.
Green ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petersen moves away.
Petersen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Green counters with a right hand to the body.
Petersen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Petersen throws a jab but it's blocked by Green.
Petersen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Green takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Green scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Petersen doesn't seem bothered though.
Petersen misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Green avoids a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petersen. Green does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petersen misses with a lunging right hand
and Green connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Petersen moves out of range as Green strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Petersen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Green.
Green looks to score with a jab to the body but Petersen is just out of range.
Petersen throwing a counter right hand but Green manages to avoid it.
Petersen throws a looping overhand right but Green ducks down to avoid it.
Green blocks the body kick.
Petersen misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Green to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Green misses its intended target.
Petersen missing with a left hand there. Green was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Green lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Green cracks Petersen with an open hand slap.
Nice shot lands for Petersen.
Green throws a push kick but Petersen slaps the foot to one side.
Green scores with a jab.
Green takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Petersen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Petersen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Petersen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Green finds it's way round the side to connect with Petersen's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petersen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Decent striking displayed by Green there.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Petersen might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Petersen misses with a looping right.
Green is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Petersen with a body shot.
A big left from Green misses.
Petersen looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Petersen misses with a body shot.
Petersen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Green misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Green lands with a good body shot.
Petersen just misses with a punch to the body.
Petersen throws a right hand that Green ducks under and follows up with a left that Green also avoids with ease.
Petersen misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Green does it's job there.
Green throws an overhand right that lands on Petersen's shoulder, as Petersen tries to avoid the shot.
Petersen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Green slips a straight right by Petersen.
Green takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Petersen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Petersen tries to land a leg kick but Green saw it coming and moves away.
Green lands a body shot.
Green has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petersen throws a shot from downtown. Green moves away and avoids it.
Petersen tries a low kick but Green avoids it.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Green checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Petersen throws a looping overhand right but Green ducks down to avoid it.
Green misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Petersen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Green.
Green lands a slapping body shot.
Green lands a body shot.
Green tries a low kick but Petersen avoids it.
Green just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromPetersen.
Green looks to land a right hand but Petersen moved out of range.
Petersen tried to counter with a leg kick but Green avoided it.
Petersen misses with an uppercut. Green saw that one coming.
Green moves out of range of the body kick.
Petersen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Green counters with a nice leg kick.
Green misses the jab.
Green on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Petersen lands a leg kick that knocks Green off balance momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petersen misses the shot to the body.
Green looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Green dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Green throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petersen moves out of range as Green strikes.
Green cracks a nice hook into Petersen's ribs.
Petersen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Green takes a swing at Petersen's ribcage but misses.
Petersen thumps Green with a low kick.
Steven Petersen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Petersen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Green stuns Petersen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Petersen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Green.
Petersen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Green! But no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Green takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Green throws a shot from downtown. Petersen moves away and avoids it.
Petersen throws a shot from downtown. Green moves away and avoids it.
Petersen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that's the end of the fight!
Blake Green comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Green has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blake Green!
Blake Green made sure to mention his sponsor, Voodoo Nutrition in his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Caius Cosades (ranked 807 p4p, 89 weight class) and Jimmy Doyle (ranked 724 p4p, 85 weight class). Cosades's entrance music is Morrowind. A fine choice. 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 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Caius Cosades!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Doyle!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Cosades misses.
Cosades throws a lazy right hand but Doyle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cosades missing with a left hand there. Doyle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doyle 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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cosades.
Doyle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Doyle.
Doyle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cosades swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cosades shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Cosades was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cosades goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Doyle rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Cosades's guard! Nice work there by Doyle!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cosades is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Doyle is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Doyle preventing the sweep.
Cosades working for a triangle but Doyle defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cosades working for a triangle but Doyle defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosades has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Doyle can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cosades working for submissions but it's allowed Doyle to get to half guard.
Cosades is trying to control but can't.
Cosades looking for submissions off his back.
Cosades is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Doyle pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cosades is looking to improve his position.
Cosades misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Cosades is trying to get back to full guard.
Cosades punching from the bottom.
Cosades is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Doyle pulls his head out easily.
Cosades looking for submissions off his back.
Cosades trying to control but Doyle postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosades is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Doyle pulls his head out easily.
Cosades wants to control but Doyle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cosades, right into the meat.
Doyle throws a body shot but no joy.
Doyle lands with a shot to the body.
Jimmy Doyle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cosades with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Doyle to score with a decent uppercut.
Doyle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cosades.
Doyle tests Cosades's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Doyle looks to land a right hand but Cosades moved out of range.
Doyle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cosades.
Cosades tries to counter with a takedown but Doyle is quick to defend against it.
Doyle connects with a body shot.
Doyle throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cosades tries to work over Doyle's front leg with a kick but Doyle checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cosades uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Doyle.
Cosades loads up on a big right hand but Doyle slips the punch.
Cosades steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Doyle.
Doyle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cosades attempts a counter takedown but Doyle avoids it well and moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Doyle misses the target.
Doyle tries to clinch up but Cosades circles away and keeps his distance.
Cosades throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cosades tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Doyle defends well and Cosades ends up having to push Doyle into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Cosades misses with a body shot.
Doyle checks a low kick from Cosades.
It seemed like Doyle was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
An inside leg kick from Doyle misses.
Cosades moves away from the strike by Doyle.
Cosades throws out a loose jab but Doyle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doyle throws a wild body kick that Cosades sees coming a mile off.
Doyle slips a straight right by Cosades.
Doyle scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Doyle blocks a jab.
Doyle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jimmy Doyle will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cosades throws a low kick but Doyle moves out of range easily.
Doyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cosades.
A little jabbing left from Doyle on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Doyle.
Doyle slips under a jab from Cosades.
Cosades moves out of range of the strikes.
Cosades dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Doyle scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Doyle, as that shot connected.
Cosades misses with a body shot.
Cosades tests Doyle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Doyle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cosades.
Cosades swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cosades throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Doyle checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Doyle avoids the body shot from Cosades.
Doyle misses with a looping left.
Cosades ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doyle moves away.
Cosades connects with the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cosades digs a good hook to Doyle's body.
Doyle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle staying out of range there.
Doyle feints a counter leg kick.
Cosades misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doyle.
Cosades doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cosades misses the shot to the body.
Cosades misses with a hook
and Doyle counters with a one-two to the body.
Cosades throws a solid leg kick but Doyle takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cosades.
Doyle attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cosades swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cosades throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Doyle misses with a straight right.
Doyle slips under a jab from Cosades.
Cosades bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cosades attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Doyle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cosades at a distance.
Cosades uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doyle.
Cosades uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Doyle.
Doyle connects with an inside leg kick.
Cosades slips a straight right by Doyle.
Cosades ducks right into an uppercut from Doyle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cosades moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cosades throws a body punch but Doyle moves out of range.
A big left from Cosades misses.
Doyle slips a jab from Cosades.
Doyle connects with a jab.
Doyle just misses with a punch to the body.
Cosades fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Doyle.
Doyle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick lands from Cosades.
Doyle throws a right and a left that Cosades avoids nicely.
Doyle checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Doyle moves out of range of the strikes.
Doyle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cosades tries to keep at a distance but Doyle has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cosades breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Doyle throws a nice inside leg kick.
Doyle scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosades looks to land a right hand but Doyle moved out of range.
Cosades lands a glancing blow to the side of Doyle's head.
Doyle throws a hook to the side of Cosades's head but Cosades sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jimmy Doyle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Doyle connects with a jab.
Doyle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cosades.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cosades. Doyle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cosades throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doyle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cosades.
Cosades lands a lovely overhand right.
Doyle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cosades lands a glancing blow to the side of Doyle's head.
Cosades moves away from the strike by Doyle.
Doyle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cosades throws out the jab.
Doyle takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cosades ducks under a wild hook from Doyle.
Cosades tried to counter with a leg kick but Doyle avoided it.
Doyle looks to throw the jab but Cosades is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cosades misses with an uppercut. Doyle saw that one coming.
Doyle wants to counter with a clinch but Cosades pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cosades. Doyle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Doyle is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Cosades keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cosades throws a big shot that misses.
Cosades with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Doyle lands a jab to Cosades's midsection.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cosades cracks the inside of Doyle's front leg.
Nice cross by Doyle.
Nice uppercut lands for Cosades. That snapped Doyle's head back.
Cosades thows a left - swing and a miss!
Doyle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cosades.
Doyle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cosades appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cosades takes one to the side of the head.
Doyle cracks Cosades with an open hand slap.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cosades steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Doyle.
Cosades is looking to counter punch.
Doyle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cosades.
Nice cross by Cosades.
Doyle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cosades.
A decent looking cross lands there for Doyle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jimmy Doyle will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Jab, jab by Cosades - just one landing.
Cosades slips a jab from Doyle.
Cosades tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doyle was well out of range. Poor timing from Cosades.
Doyle blocks a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Cosades checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cosades connects with a looping right hand.
Doyle avoids the body shot from Cosades.
Cosades throws a leg kick that misses.
Cosades keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cosades. Doyle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cosades throws a low kick but Doyle moves out of range easily.
Doyle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cosades attempts a counter takedown but Doyle avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cosades dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cosades lands a jab.
Cosades tries for a takedown but Doyle sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Doyle avoids the body shot from Cosades.
Doyle wants to counter the offense by Cosades and move into the clinch position.
Cosades throws a hook but Doyle avoids it easily.
Doyle shapes to counter with a head kick.
Doyle throws an off balance right hand
and Cosades counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Cosades.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle keeping moving, preventing Cosades from controlling successfully.
We've been hearing that Cosades has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Doyle utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cosades trying to control the position from guard on top but Doyle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cosades lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Doyle looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cosades works over Doyle with some ground and pound from guard.
Cosades working some strikes from top position.
Cosades working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Doyle's head.
Caius Cosades overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Doyle is trying to control the position but Cosades postures up.
Cosades is working Doyle over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cosades lands a couple of elbows.
Cosades got a little sloppy there for a moment and Doyle has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Cosades has managed to get both his arms back between Doyle's legs - danger averted.
Caius Cosades has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cosades works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cosades is working for a submission of some sort.
Doyle is defending against the submission attempts here by Cosades.
Cosades throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cosades is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Doyle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cosades.
Cosades seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Doyle does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cosades working over Doyle with some ground and pound. Doyle looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyle wants to control but Cosades is keeping busy.
Cosades is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Doyle is looking to improve his position.
Doyle looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Doyle looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cosades is looking to take a break and control but Doyle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cosades lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cosades working Doyle over with strikes.
Cosades winds up and cracks Doyle with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cosades is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cosades is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Cosades missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cosades takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Doyle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cosades.
And that's the end of the fight!
Caius Cosades showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Doyle has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Doyle!
Jimmy Doyle spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jari Bull (ranked 996 p4p, 140 weight class) and Tero Susi (ranked 993 p4p, 139 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jari Bull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tero Susi!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bull uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Susi.
Susi throws an overhand right that lands on Bull's shoulder, as Bull tries to avoid the shot.
Bull throws a jab when Susi was well out of range.
Susi looks to land a combination. Bull sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Jari Bull has been cut.
Bull with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice straight punches there by Bull. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bull.
Susi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Susi has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Susi tries a head kick but it misses.
Susi looks to land a left hand but Bull moved out of range nicely.
Susi shoots in for a double leg but Bull sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bull definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bull throws an overhand right that lands on Susi's shoulder, as Susi tries to avoid the shot.
Jari Bull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bull comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Susi drops his hands momentarily and Bull takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bull with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bull throws a body punch but Susi moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Bull. Those never looked like landing.
Susi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bull avoids the body shot from Susi.
Bull is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Bull.
Susi with a poor takedown
and Bull cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bull thuds his right hand into Susi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Susi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bull throws a nice head kick!
Bull throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Susi misses the target.
Susi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Susi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Susi misses with a hook.
Bull fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Susi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Susi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bull throws out the jab.
Susi avoids the body shot from Bull.
Nice straight punches there by Susi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Susi.
Susi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bull misses with a looping left.
Susi changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Susi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bull.
Bull throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Susi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bull bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Susi's head backwards.
Bull moves out of range of the body kick.
Bull misses with a body shot.
Susi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bull thuds a left hand into Susi's body.
A leg kick checked by Bull.
Bull scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Susi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bull.
Bull swings widly with a right hand
and Susi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bull misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Susi.
A head kick misses from Susi.
Bull scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bull throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Susi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Susi closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bull to the mat! Bull manages to get full guard.
Bull seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull is trying to keep Susi in close.
Susi looking to pass the guard.
Bull tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Susi pushes down on Bull's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Susi looks to land a strike but Bull avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Susi looking to pass the guard.
Bull looking to control.
Susi lands a couple of digs.
Bull working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Susi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Susi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Susi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Susi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bull is keeping the position for now.
Susi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Bull dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jari Bull's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bull misses with a low kick.
Bull scores with the left hand. Susi knows he should have avoided that one.
Susi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bull.
The fighters circling - Susi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Susi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Susi lands with an uppercut that bounces Bull off the cage and back into range.
Bull swings for the body but Susi moves out of range.
Bull looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Susi throws a front kick aimed at Bull's knee but Bull avoids it well.
Bull lunges at Susi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Susi's hand.
Bull throws a shot from downtown. Susi moves away and avoids it.
Susi throws a big shot that misses.
Bull takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice straight punches there by Bull. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bull.
Susi misses with a takedown attempt - Bull sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
As Susi backs away, Bull returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Susi throws a hook but Bull avoids it easily.
Susi moves out of range as Bull strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bull misses with a straight right.
A cross from Susi lands.
Jari Bull is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab from Bull.
Susi moves away from the strike by Bull.
Susi throws a right hand that misses
and Bull counters by clinching up.
Bull gets underhooks to prevent Susi's takedown attempt.
Susi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bull gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jari Bull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tero Susi.
Bull can't find room to land a body shot as Susi controls the action.
Susi is working for takedown but Bull is calmly controlling the position for now.
Susi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bull taking a breather.
Bull just leaning against Susi, taking a breather.
Susi can't get the takedown.
Bull working aggressively here.
Susi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bull backwards.
Susi has a couple of punches blocked by Bull.
Susi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bull takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull scores with a shot to the body.
Bull tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Susi was well out of range. Poor timing from Bull.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bull scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bull rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Susi counters with a straight right hand.
Susi misses with the combination.
Bull connects with the punch.
Bull scores with a nice body kick.
Bull throws a right hand that misses
and Susi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bull is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Susi can do to turn this around?
Bull's corner calls for a 1-2. Bull obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Susi throws a jab but it's blocked by Bull.
Susi blocks the body kick.
Bull blocks a head kick by Susi.
Susi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bull missing with a left hand there. Susi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Susi misses with a hook. Bull ducked under it nicely.
That kick from Bull tenderised Susi's leg. Susi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Susi throws a body kick that misses
and Bull connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Bull misses its intended target.
Jari Bull is winning the standup battle so far.
Bull moves out of range as Susi strikes.
Susi misses with a straight right.
Bull is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bull misses the body punch
and Susi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jari Bull's cut is getting worse.
Bull takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bull lunges at Susi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Susi's hand.
Susi throws a leg kick which misses Bull's front leg but catches the back leg as Bull tries to avoid it.
Susi avoids the head kick by Bull.
Bull avoids the head kick by Susi.
Susi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That kick from Bull tenderised Susi's leg. Susi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Susi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bull connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Susi scrambles back to his feet.
Bull lands with a kick to the temple. Susi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Susi there.
Susi cracks Bull with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Susi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bull lands a lovely overhand right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bull. Susi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Susi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bull uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Susi.
Bull throws a shot from downtown. Susi moves away and avoids it.
Susi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bull.
Susi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bull.
Susi dives in for a single leg takedown but Bull sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Susi connects with a body shot that sends Bull's belly button to the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bull darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Susi tries to clinch up.
Susi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Bull dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jari Bull's cut.
That's time! Bull's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Bull has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bull there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bull waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Susi.
Susi takes a swing at Bull's ribcage but misses.
Bull 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.
Susi shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bull wants to improve his position but Susi is controlling well.
Susi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bull wants to get back to his feet.
Bull is looking for a sweep. Susi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bull desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Susi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Susi moves nicely into side control.
Bull is looking to reverse the position.
Susi swings around for an armbar but Bull sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Susi's guard.
Bull engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Susi has a closed guard, preventing Bull from standing up.
Tero Susi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull stopping the sweep attempt from Susi.
Susi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bull's guard.
Susi prevents Bull from getting back to his feet.
Bull trying to control the position.
Susi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Susi works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Susi passes to full mount!
Susi cracks Bull with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull is in a horrible position here. Susi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bull holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Susi tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jari Bull is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Susi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bull?
Susi avoids the attempt from Bull to control.
Bull in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Susi unloading with bombs!
Bull working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull wants to control but Susi is having none of it.
BOOM! Susi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bull keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Susi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jari Bull's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Susi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bull is rocked!
Jeez, Jari Bull's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jari Bull's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tero Susi!
An out of breath Tero Susi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brutus Leagatius (ranked 1175 p4p, 142 weight class) and Super Meat Boy (ranked 952 p4p, 119 weight class). Super Meat Boy struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 267.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brutus Leagatius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Super Meat Boy!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Meat Boy.
Meat Boy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leagatius.
Meat Boy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Meat Boy avoids the body shot from Leagatius.
Leagatius walks into a jab.
It looks like Brutus Leagatius has been cut.
Meat Boy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A little feinted left hand from Leagatius on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Meat Boy lands with an overhand left.
Meat Boy cracks Leagatius with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Meat Boy has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Leagatius to stand back up!
Leagatius is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meat Boy lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Leagatius head around and knocks him out cold! Meat Boy hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Super Meat Boy!
In his post fight interview, Super Meat Boy started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marty Robbins (ranked 591 p4p, 86 weight class) and Archibald Knox (ranked 352 p4p, 50 weight class). Robbins comes to the cage accompanied by Big Iron. 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 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marty Robbins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archibald Knox!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Robbins.
Knox throws a lazy head kick
enabling Robbins to counter with a crisp jab.
A right-left combo lands from Robbins.
Robbins blocks a head kick by Knox.
Robbins scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good shot there by Robbins.
A swing and a miss from Robbins.
Robbins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knox has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Robbins wants to slow Knox down by chopping away at his legs.
Knox walks into a straight right hand from Robbins.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Robbins takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Robbins's head but Robbins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Robbins blocks the body kick.
Knox throws a lazy uppercut
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox moves into range and connects with a jab.
It looks like Marty Robbins has been cut.
Knox scores with the left hand. Robbins knows he should have avoided that one.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Knox! Robbins is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Archibald Knox!
Post fight, an emotional Archibald Knox said 'Switched it up , my manager is class.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Abdel Mumu (ranked 462 p4p, 56 weight class) and Jallu Pesonen (ranked 273 p4p, 37 weight class). Pesonen has chosen DJ Orkidea - Joutsenlaulu as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Abdel Mumu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jallu Pesonen!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pesonen throws a right and a left that both miss.
A jab from Mumu finds it's way through Pesonen's defenses.
Mumu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That kick from Mumu tenderised Pesonen's leg. Pesonen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mumu throws a lazy right hand but Pesonen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mumu throws a leg kick but Pesonen moved away.
Mumu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Abdel Mumu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pesonen misses with a few strikes there.
Mumu appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mumu misses with a leg kick.
Pesonen is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Mumu misses with a low kick as Pesonen jumps back.
Mumu throws a body shot but no joy.
Pesonen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pesonen lands a jab to Mumu's midsection.
Some bone on bone action there as Mumu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mumu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pesonen.
The fighters circling - Mumu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pesonen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Pesonen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mumu missing with a left hand there. Pesonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mumu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pesonen throws a right hand that Mumu ducks under and follows up with a left that Mumu also avoids with ease.
Mumu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pesonen throws a jab but it's blocked by Mumu.
Abdel Mumu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pesonen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mumu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Pesonen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mumu doesn't seem phased though.
Pesonen throws a low kick, looking for Mumu's leg but Mumu calmly moves out of range.
Mumu wants to slow Pesonen down by chopping away at his legs.
Pesonen is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Mumu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pesonen.
Pesonen misses with a low kick as Mumu jumps back.
An inside leg kick from Mumu misses.
Mumu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mumu lands a nice hook to Pesonen's body. Pesonen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pesonen throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mumu. Pesonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mumu lands a nice shot that snaps Pesonen's head back.
Mumu misses with a low kick.
Mumu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pesonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pesonen blocks a jab.
Pesonen throws out a counter right but Mumu avoids it with no problem.
Mumu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mumu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mumu throws a leg kick
and Pesonen counters with a takedown into side control.
Pesonen throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Pesonen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Pesonen is trying to ground and pound but Mumu uses the momentary lack of control by Pesonen to regain half guard.
Mumu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pesonen seems to be looking for submissions.
Mumu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pesonen.
Pesonen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pesonen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pesonen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mumu does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pesonen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pesonen wants to free his trapped foot but Mumu is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pesonen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pesonen seems to be working for a kimura but Mumu defends the submission attempt.
Mumu controlling the position well.
Pesonen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mumu tries to roll over but Pesonen keeps him under control.
Mumu is trying to maintain the position but Pesonen is very close to passing his half guard.
Pesonen lands with a punch from half guard.
Pesonen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mumu's head.
Pesonen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mumu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mumu is refusing to be controlled, as Pesonen sits in half guard.
Mumu tries to get to full guard but Pesonen has control of the leg.
Mumu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pesonen.
Pesonen is looking to take a break and control but Mumu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pesonen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mumu defending well though.
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 Abdel Mumu will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Mumu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pesonen has time to react.
Mumu punishes Pesonen's body with a nice straight punch.
Mumu thuds his right hand into Pesonen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mumu misses with a leg kick
and Pesonen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mumu dips to his left and cracks Pesonen with an uppercut!
Mumu misses with a straight right.
Pesonen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mumu lunges at Pesonen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pesonen's hand.
Mumu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mumu scores with a punch to the head.
Pesonen looks to land a left hand but Mumu moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Mumu was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pesonen.
Mumu lunges at Pesonen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pesonen's hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mumu throws a right hand that misses
and Pesonen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Abdel Mumu has been cut.
A jab from Mumu does it's job there.
Pesonen throws a hook but Mumu blocks it.
Mumu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mumu throws a low kick, looking for Pesonen's leg but Pesonen calmly moves out of range.
Pesonen throws a big shot that misses.
Pesonen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pesonen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A slow jab from Mumu misses its intended target.
Pesonen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Pesonen.
Jab by Mumu.
Mumu connects with a right hand. Pesonen shakes it off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mumu lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pesonen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pesonen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pesonen tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Mumu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pesonen.
Pesonen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mumu.
Mumu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pesonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mumu. Pesonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pesonen steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Mumu as he connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pesonen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mumu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pesonen tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Mumu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pesonen checks a leg kick.
Pesonen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mumu is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mumu lands the left hand.
Pesonen lands with a nice body punch.
Mumu connects with a single shot there.
Mumu moves out of range as Pesonen throws a body kick.
Pesonen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mumu.
Pesonen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pesonen fails with the takedown
and Mumu counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pesonen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mumu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mumu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pesonen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mumu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mumu throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pesonen.
Mumu is looking to slow Pesonen down with leg kicks.
Mumu takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pesonen walks into a left hand.
Mumu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pesonen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mumu misses with a wild combination.
Pesonen is looking for the big counter here.
Pesonen throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mumu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Abdel Mumu is winning the standup battle so far.
Mumu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pesonen is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mumu. That's going to slow Pesonen down.
The crowd cheers as Pesonen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mumu doesn't seem phased though.
Mumu lands a nice shot to the body.
Pesonen blocks a jab.
Pesonen tries a low kick but Mumu avoids it.
Mumu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pesonen can do to turn this around?
Nice jab there from Mumu.
Pesonen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mumu misses with a hook.
Mumu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pesonen's hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pesonen misses with a straight left.
Mumu just misses with a punch to the body.
Pesonen throws a hook but Mumu avoids it easily.
Pesonen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdel Mumu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Abdel Mumu's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Mumu scores with a body shot.
Pesonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mumu throws out the jab.
Mumu dips to his left and cracks Pesonen with an uppercut!
Mumu misses with a hook. Pesonen ducked under it nicely.
Mumu loads up on a big right hand but Pesonen slips the punch.
Mumu takes a swing at Pesonen's ribcage but misses.
Mumu with a jab.
Pesonen lands with a nice body punch.
Mumu throws a body shot but no joy.
Mumu blocks a head kick by Pesonen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mumu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mumu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pesonen. Pesonen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mumu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pesonen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pesonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mumu moves away.
Pesonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mumu throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pesonen scores with a nice strike.
Pesonen tries to work over Mumu's front leg with a kick but Mumu checks it.
Mumu connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mumu scores with a jab. Pesonen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mumu misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Mumu.
Mumu misses the shot to the body.
Mumu connects with a leg kick. Pesonen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pesonen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pesonen misses with a head kick.
Mumu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mumu throws a leg kick which misses Pesonen's front leg but catches the back leg as Pesonen tries to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Pesonen blocks the leg kick.
Pesonen looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mumu lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pesonen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pesonen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jallu Pesonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pesonen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mumu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mumu throws a body punch but Pesonen moves out of range.
Pesonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mumu.
Mumu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mumu pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pesonen is out of range and Mumu settles back down.
A slow jab from Mumu misses its intended target.
Mumu backing away here, and Pesonen unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Mumu misses with a shot to the body
and Pesonen counters with a nice uppercut.
Mumu throws a low kick but Pesonen moves out of range easily.
Pesonen misses with a series of wild punches.
Mumu takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pesonen throws a front kick that sends Mumu stumbling back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Pesonen.
Mumu tries a low kick but Pesonen avoids it.
Mumu throws out a powerful jab.
Mumu lands with a cross.
Mumu throws a leg kick
and Pesonen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mumu's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pesonen thuds a left hand into Mumu's body.
Pesonen throws a big shot that misses.
Mumu missing with a left hand there. Pesonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mumu tries to land a leg kick but Pesonen saw it coming and moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pesonen! But no joy.
Pesonen throws out a loose jab but Mumu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mumu looks to land a right hand but Pesonen moved out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Mumu.
Mumu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pesonen throws out the jab.
Mumu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mumu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pesonen manages to avoid it.
Mumu misses with a straight left.
Mumu takes a swing at Pesonen's ribcage but misses.
Pesonen tries a quick counter leg kick but Mumu is wise to it.
Mumu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pesonen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pesonen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mumu throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mumu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pesonen looks to land a left hand but Mumu moved out of range nicely.
A combination from Mumu does no damage.
Mumu avoids a punch combination nicely.
A leg kick checked by Pesonen.
Mumu just misses with a punch to the body.
Pesonen lands a nice hook to Mumu's body. Mumu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Abdel Mumu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mumu, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abdel Mumu!
A very excited looking Abdel Mumu made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Latka Gravas (ranked 199 p4p, 31 weight class) and Kalervo Kaunismieli (ranked 271 p4p, 39 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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192 lbs
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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
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Latka Gravas !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
48 - 21 - 2, fighting out of New York, Kalervo Kaunismieli!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaunismieli with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gravas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kaunismieli works the jab nicely.
Gravas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kaunismieli. That did some damage!
Kaunismieli missing with a left hand there. Gravas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gravas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaunismieli moves away from the strike by Gravas .
Gravas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gravas connects with a leg kick. Kaunismieli looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gravas looks to land a body kick but Kaunismieli moved away.
Gravas missing with a left hand there. Kaunismieli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kaunismieli crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gravas - the referee stops the clock and Kaunismieli gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gravas . Kaunismieli manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A shot to the liver by Kaunismieli. Beautiful body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kaunismieli. Gravas does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheers as Kaunismieli lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gravas doesn't seem phased though.
Gravas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gravas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gravas staying out of range there.
Gravas 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.
Kaunismieli throws an overhand right that lands on Gravas 's shoulder, as Gravas tries to avoid the shot.
Kaunismieli checks a low kick from Gravas .
Gravas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Gravas .
Kaunismieli throws a one two combo.
Kaunismieli misses with a leg kick.
Gravas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kaunismieli was well out of range. Poor timing from Gravas .
Kaunismieli takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gravas looks to land a right hand but Kaunismieli moved out of range.
Gravas fakes the leg kick and cracks Kaunismieli in the body.
Gravas scores with a head kick.
Kaunismieli swings for the body but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas misses with a body kick.
A big right from Kaunismieli misses.
Gravas slips a straight right by Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kaunismieli lands with a straight right. Gravas didn't see that one coming.
Gravas slips a jab from Kaunismieli.
Gravas swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gravas moves out of range of the strikes.
Kaunismieli walks into a stiff left hand from Gravas .
Gravas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kaunismieli throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kaunismieli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Kaunismieli backs away, Gravas returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaunismieli tries to land a leg kick but Gravas saw it coming and moves away.
Kaunismieli avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kaunismieli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kaunismieli has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli moves out of range of the strikes.
Gravas misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravas . Kaunismieli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gravas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gravas lands a leg kick that knocks Kaunismieli off balance momentarily.
Kaunismieli misses with a wild body shot.
Gravas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kaunismieli swings for the body but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas lands a slapping body shot.
Gravas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kaunismieli.
Gravas looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kaunismieli swings for the body but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli checks a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Kaunismieli checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gravas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaunismieli tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gravas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kaunismieli's calf.
Gravas moves out of range as Kaunismieli strikes.
Gravas throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kaunismieli avoids it.
Gravas wants to land a leg kick but Kaunismieli is out of range.
Kaunismieli tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gravas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli tests Gravas 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kaunismieli looks to score with a jab to the body but Gravas is just out of range.
Kaunismieli connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gravas momentarily.
Kaunismieli misses with a body shot.
Kaunismieli throws the kick towards the body but Gravas avoids it.
Kaunismieli pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gravas is out of range and Kaunismieli settles back down.
Gravas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gravas pushes Kaunismieli away with a front kick.
Gravas throws a hook to the side of Kaunismieli's head but Kaunismieli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kaunismieli only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Kaunismieli throws a hook but Gravas blocks it.
Kaunismieli jabs Gravas to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kaunismieli loads up on a big right hand but Gravas slips the punch.
Gravas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli tries to land a leg kick but Gravas saw it coming and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kaunismieli. Gravas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gravas tried to counter with a leg kick but Kaunismieli avoided it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gravas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gravas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kaunismieli tests Gravas 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gravas misses with a low kick.
Gravas lands the left hand.
Kaunismieli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gravas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli looks to land a right hand but Gravas moved out of range.
Kaunismieli lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gravas at a distance.
Kaunismieli misses with a body shot.
Kaunismieli swings for the body but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kaunismieli misses with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gravas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kaunismieli.
Gravas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kaunismieli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gravas misses with an attempted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kaunismieli. Gravas does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kalervo Kaunismieli will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gravas moves away from the strike by Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli avoids the body shot from Gravas .
Kaunismieli wants to slow Gravas down by chopping away at his legs.
Gravas tried to counter with a leg kick but Kaunismieli avoided it.
Kaunismieli on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Good leg kick by Gravas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gravas wants to land a leg kick but Kaunismieli is out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Gravas . That snapped Kaunismieli's head back.
Kaunismieli swings for the body but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gravas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kaunismieli manages to avoid it.
Gravas lands a really nice looking cross but Kaunismieli seems unphased.
Kaunismieli takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gravas throws a low kick but Kaunismieli avoids it.
Kaunismieli's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kaunismieli throws a push kick but Gravas slaps the foot to one side.
Gravas appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gravas misses with a leg kick.
Kaunismieli throws out a counter right but Gravas avoids it with no problem.
Nice cross by Kaunismieli.
A head kick from Gravas lands but Kaunismieli takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gravas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kalervo Kaunismieli seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gravas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaunismieli throws a hook to the side of Gravas 's head but Gravas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas misses with a kick to the body.
Gravas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gravas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gravas checks a low kick from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gravas is out of range and Kaunismieli settles back down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kaunismieli.
Gravas misses with a hook.
Gravas 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.
Nice shot lands for Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gravas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gravas misses with a low kick.
Kaunismieli connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kaunismieli cracks a nice hook into Gravas 's ribs.
Gravas misses with a body kick.
Gravas checks a low kick from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli throws a hook but Gravas avoids it easily.
Gravas was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gravas 's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Gravas throws a solid leg kick but Kaunismieli takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gravas .
Gravas scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaunismieli looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gravas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gravas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kaunismieli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kaunismieli. That's going to slow Gravas down.
Kaunismieli throws a shot from downtown. Gravas moves away and avoids it.
Kaunismieli misses with a looping left.
Kaunismieli lands with a good body shot.
The fighters circling - Gravas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kaunismieli is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gravas with a body shot.
Kaunismieli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gravas throws out the jab.
Kaunismieli misses with a shot to the body
letting Gravas counter with a right hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kaunismieli lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gravas has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gravas and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kaunismieli throws a half hearted mid kick.
It looked like Gravas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gravas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kaunismieli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kaunismieli throws a combination. Gravas tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gravas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kaunismieli was well out of range. Poor timing from Gravas .
Kaunismieli throws a leg kick but Gravas sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kaunismieli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gravas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kaunismieli's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kaunismieli takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kaunismieli cracks Gravas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gravas misses with a body kick.
Gravas misses with a low kick as Kaunismieli jumps back.
Kaunismieli listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gravas blocks a leg kick.
Kaunismieli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gravas is looking to counter punch.
Gravas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gravas looks for the body kick but Kaunismieli saw that one coming.
Kaunismieli throws a body kick that misses.
Kaunismieli misses with a wild body shot.
Kaunismieli jabs Gravas to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gravas looks to score with a jab to the body but Kaunismieli is just out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Kaunismieli misses.
Kaunismieli throws a head kick that misses.
Kaunismieli checks a leg kick.
Kaunismieli is trying to counter with his kicks.
Gravas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kaunismieli cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gravas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kaunismieli's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kaunismieli avoids a kick to the body.
Gravas throws a shot from downtown. Kaunismieli moves away and avoids it.
Gravas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gravas scores with a leg kick.
Gravas slips under a jab from Kaunismieli.
A clash of legs there as Kaunismieli blocks the low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kaunismieli throws a hook but Gravas blocks it.
Kaunismieli lands with an overhand left.
Kaunismieli throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kaunismieli with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gravas connects with a leg kick. Kaunismieli looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gravas thuds a left hand into Kaunismieli's body.
Nice jab there from Kaunismieli.
Gravas fakes the leg kick and cracks Kaunismieli in the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gravas misses with a looping right.
Gravas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kaunismieli.
Gravas avoids the body shot from Kaunismieli.
Gravas moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Latka Gravas will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Kaunismieli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gravas .
Nice defenses there by Gravas .
Kaunismieli wants to land a leg kick but Gravas is out of range.
Kaunismieli checks a leg kick nicely.
Gravas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gravas walks into a straight right hand from Kaunismieli.
Gravas defending well as Kaunismieli loads up on a big left hand.
Gravas is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Gravas misses with a leg kick.
Kaunismieli on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kaunismieli checks a leg kick.
Kaunismieli only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gravas . That's going to slow Kaunismieli down.
Gravas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaunismieli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gravas .
Kaunismieli throws a looping overhand right but Gravas ducks down to avoid it.
Gravas misses with a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gravas .
Gravas misses with a kick to the body
and Kaunismieli counters with a straight right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Kaunismieli. That snapped Gravas 's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas wants to land a leg kick but Kaunismieli is out of range.
Gravas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kaunismieli moves out of range of the leg kick from Gravas .
Kaunismieli takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kaunismieli is looking to land body kicks.
Gravas throws a low kick but Kaunismieli avoids it.
Gravas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gravas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kaunismieli thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gravas if he has to take too many more of those.
Kaunismieli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gravas .
Kaunismieli throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gravas misses with a wild body shot.
Gravas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gravas connects with an inside leg kick.
Gravas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gravas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kaunismieli is out of range and Gravas settles back down.
A little jabbing left from Kaunismieli on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kaunismieli pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Good exchange - Gravas coming out on top.
Gravas tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaunismieli with a jab.
Gravas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gravas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gravas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kaunismieli swings for the body but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Gravas finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kaunismieli cracks Gravas with a good jab.
Kaunismieli throws a big shot that misses.
Gravas misses with a hook. Kaunismieli ducked under it nicely.
Kaunismieli tries a quick counter leg kick but Gravas is wise to it.
Kaunismieli has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gravas .
Gravas scores with a hook to the body. Kaunismieli takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kaunismieli takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gravas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kaunismieli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gravas is looking to land body kicks.
Kaunismieli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gravas throws out the jab.
Kaunismieli looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kaunismieli chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gravas can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Kaunismieli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gravas throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kaunismieli avoids it.
Gravas throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Kaunismieli counter with a right hand.
Kaunismieli misses with a looping left.
Gravas takes a swing at Kaunismieli's ribcage but misses.
Gravas ducks under a wild hook from Kaunismieli.
Gravas throws a jab but it's blocked by Kaunismieli.
Gravas avoids the body shot from Kaunismieli.
Gravas throws the kick towards the body but Kaunismieli avoids it.
Kaunismieli tries a quick counter leg kick but Gravas is wise to it.
Gravas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gravas jabs Kaunismieli to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kaunismieli misses with a jab to the body
and Gravas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kaunismieli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gravas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kaunismieli looks to score with a jab to the body but Gravas is just out of range.
Kaunismieli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gravas fakes the leg kick and cracks Kaunismieli in the body.
Gravas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kaunismieli moves out of range of the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab lands there for Kaunismieli.
Gravas scoring well with a low kick there.
Gravas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kaunismieli scores with a nice right hand.
Kaunismieli checks the leg kick.
Kaunismieli ducks under a wild hook from Gravas .
Kaunismieli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kaunismieli checks a leg kick.
Kaunismieli ducks under a wild hook from Gravas .
Kaunismieli throws a lazy uppercut
letting Gravas counter with a right hand.
Kaunismieli looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gravas misses with an uppercut.
Gravas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kaunismieli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gravas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kaunismieli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gravas is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kaunismieli throws a hook but Gravas avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Latka Gravas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gravas 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kalervo Kaunismieli!
Kalervo Kaunismieli decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evil Nixon (ranked 229 p4p, 33 weight class) and Risto Rautio (ranked 224 p4p, 31 weight class). Rautio comes into a darkened arena with his song building. mickey avalon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
39 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Evil Nixon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Risto Rautio!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rautio misses with a body punch
letting Nixon counter with a right hand.
Rautio throws a looping overhand right but Nixon ducks down to avoid it.
Nixon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rautio on the side of the head.
Nixon thows a leg kick but Rautio checks it
and Rautio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nixon looks to land a right hand but Rautio moved out of range.
Rautio was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Rautio tries to clinch
letting Nixon counter with a right hand.
A low kick from Nixon misses
and Nixon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nixon misses with a low kick.
Rautio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rautio throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Rautio tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nixon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rautio checks a leg kick.
Nice cross by Rautio.
Nixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rautio moves away.
It seemed like Rautio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rautio getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nixon takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rautio's corner calls for a 1-2. Rautio obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rautio looks to land a left hand but Nixon moved out of range nicely.
Nixon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nixon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rautio can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nixon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nixon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Nixon.
Rautio misses with a left hand
and Nixon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rautio throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Nixon counters with a crisp right hand that drops Rautio! Nixon lets Rautio back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Rautio is rocked!
Rautio is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nixon had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rautio drops his hands momentarily. Nixon doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Rautio staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Rautio doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Evil Nixon!
Evil Nixon 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Spinks (ranked 202 p4p, 35 weight class) and Avraam Papadopoulos (ranked 38 p4p, 5 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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
13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jackson Spinks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Avraam Papadopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spinks connects with a body shot that sends Papadopoulos's belly button to the back.
Papadopoulos tries to clinch up but Spinks circles away and keeps his distance.
Spinks lands a jab to the head.
Papadopoulos's corner calls for a 1-2. Papadopoulos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Spinks blocks a head kick by Papadopoulos.
A solid leg kick lands there for Spinks.
Spinks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Papadopoulos manages to avoid it.
Papadopoulos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Spinks blocks a leg kick.
Jackson Spinks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spinks misses with a body kick.
Papadopoulos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Spinks's jab looks to have found its range, popping Papadopoulos under the eye.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A big left from Spinks misses.
Spinks checks a leg kick.
Spinks misses with an uppercut.
Spinks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Papadopoulos.
We've been hearing reports that Spinks has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Papadopoulos cracks Spinks with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Papadopoulos misses with a body shot.
A low kick from Spinks is predictable there
and Papadopoulos counters with a stiff right hand.
Spinks closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Papadopoulos 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.
Spinks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Papadopoulos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spinks attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Spinks missing with a left hand there. Papadopoulos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Despite the aggression on Papadopoulos's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Spinks on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Spinks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Papadopoulos throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Papadopoulos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Papadopoulos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Papadopoulos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Spinks on the side of the head.
Papadopoulos throws a big shot that misses.
Papadopoulos checks a low kick from Spinks.
Papadopoulos dips to his left and cracks Spinks with an uppercut!
Spinks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Spinks scores with a crisp jab that stopped Papadopoulos in his tracks.
Papadopoulos thumps Spinks with a low kick.
Spinks pushes Papadopoulos away with a front kick.
Spinks throws a looping overhand right but Papadopoulos ducks down to avoid it.
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!
Good leg kick by Papadopoulos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Spinks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Papadopoulos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spinks lands a leg kick that knocks Papadopoulos off balance momentarily.
Papadopoulos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Papadopoulos loads up on a big right hand but Spinks slips the punch.
Papadopoulos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spinks tries to bum rush Papadopoulos with a series of wild strikes but Papadopoulos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Papadopoulos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Spinks misses with a head kick.
Spinks keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Spinks lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Papadopoulos tries to land a front kick but Spinks steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Spinks tries to score a power double leg takedown but Papadopoulos sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Spinks somewhat.
Spinks lands with a kick to the temple. Papadopoulos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Spinks tries to work over Papadopoulos's front leg with a kick but Papadopoulos checks it.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick which misses Spinks's front leg but catches the back leg as Spinks tries to avoid it.
Papadopoulos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spinks thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Papadopoulos if he has to take too many more of those.
Spinks throws a leg kick but Papadopoulos checks it.
Papadopoulos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping right.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick that misses.
Papadopoulos misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Papadopoulos.
Spinks throws a poor cross that misses
and Papadopoulos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Papadopoulos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook. Spinks ducked under it nicely.
Spinks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Papadopoulos takes one to the chin there.
Nice body punch from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos blocks a jab.
Spinks is looking to land body kicks.
Avraam Papadopoulos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Papadopoulos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Spinks.
Papadopoulos scores with a hook to the body. Spinks takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Papadopoulos cracks the inside of Spinks's front leg.
Spinks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Papadopoulos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
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!
Spinks is looking to chop away at Papadopoulos's legs.
An inside leg kick from Papadopoulos misses.
Spinks moves out of range of the strikes.
Spinks connects with a solid leg kick.
Spinks throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Papadopoulos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Papadopoulos slips under a jab from Spinks.
Spinks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like Papadopoulos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos lands an overhand right.
Spinks misses with a looping left.
Spinks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Papadopoulos.
Spinks throws a sloppy head kick and Papadopoulos moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Spinks misses
letting Papadopoulos counter with a right hand.
Papadopoulos tried to score with a low kick but Spinks checks it.
Papadopoulos throws a body kick that misses.
Crunch! Papadopoulos slams his shin into Spinks's torso.
Papadopoulos looks to land a body kick but Spinks moved away.
Papadopoulos blocks a jab.
Papadopoulos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Spinks misses with a low kick.
A jab from Papadopoulos finds it's way through Spinks's defenses.
Spinks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice uppercut there from Spinks.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick that misses.
Spinks looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Papadopoulos throws a shot from downtown. Spinks moves away and avoids it.
Papadopoulos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spinks.
Papadopoulos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Avraam Papadopoulos will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Papadopoulos misses with a body shot.
Avraam Papadopoulos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circle momentarily. Papadopoulos darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Spinks lands a jab to the head.
Papadopoulos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Spinks throws a lazy right hand but Papadopoulos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spinks slips under a jab from Papadopoulos.
Spinks avoids a kick to the body.
Papadopoulos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Spinks keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Papadopoulos throws a nice head kick!
Spinks walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Papadopoulos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Papadopoulos throws a low kick but Spinks moves out of range easily.
Spinks throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spinks. Papadopoulos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spinks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Papadopoulos throws the left hand but Spinks avoids the punch easily.
Papadopoulos checks a low kick from Spinks.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick but Spinks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Spinks slips under a jab from Papadopoulos.
Spinks feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Spinks misses with a body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papadopoulos misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throws a good cross that connects.
Papadopoulos stuns Spinks with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Spinks.
Spinks misses with a body shot.
Spinks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Papadopoulos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick.
Spinks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos is looking to chop away at Spinks's legs.
Papadopoulos moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Papadopoulos.
A slow jab from Papadopoulos misses its intended target.
Spinks throws a leg kick but Papadopoulos sees it coming and moves out of range.
Papadopoulos misses with a wild body shot.
Papadopoulos throws a chopping leg kick but Spinks manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good standup being displayed there by Spinks as he connects with a hook.
Papadopoulos throws a hook but Spinks avoids it easily.
Papadopoulos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spinks throws a low kick but it's checked well by Papadopoulos.
Spinks misses with a low kick as Papadopoulos jumps back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Papadopoulos throws a wild body kick that Spinks sees coming a mile off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spinks looks to land a body kick but Papadopoulos moved away.
Spinks bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Spinks gets through Papadopoulos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Spinks blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Spinks lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Papadopoulos backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Papadopoulos.
Spinks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spinks manages to break the clinch.
Spinks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Papadopoulos.
A good leg kick by Papadopoulos.
Spinks looks to throw the jab but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Papadopoulos moves away from the strike by Spinks.
Papadopoulos looks to land a left hand but Spinks moved out of range nicely.
Spinks feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Papadopoulos staying out of range there.
Papadopoulos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spinks blocks a head kick by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos clinches up against the cage.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Spinks controls his hands.
Papadopoulos blocks an uppercut.
Spinks is working Papadopoulos over against the cage.
Spinks lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Papadopoulos.
Spinks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Papadopoulos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spinks.
Spinks lands with a light punch inside.
Spinks struggles to land a body shot inside as Papadopoulos controls his hands.
Spinks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spinks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spinks tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Spinks controls his hands.
Spinks jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Papadopoulos walks away with a smile on his face. Spinks gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Papadopoulos throws a hook but Spinks blocks it.
Spinks throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Papadopoulos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spinks manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spinks with a jab.
Papadopoulos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Spinks is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Papadopoulos blocks the leg kick.
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick.
Spinks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spinks misses with a straight right.
Papadopoulos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Spinks checks the leg kick nicely there.
Papadopoulos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donk. Papadopoulos catches Spinks right on the button with a cross.
Spinks chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Papadopoulos can pounce on him.
Papadopoulos throws out a loose jab but Spinks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spinks with a jab.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Spinks.
Spinks scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slapping body kick lands there for Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Avraam Papadopoulos will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Spinks misses with an uppercut. Papadopoulos saw that one coming.
Papadopoulos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Spinks under the eye.
Papadopoulos slips a jab from Spinks.
Spinks wants to land a leg kick but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Papadopoulos throws a push kick but Spinks slaps the foot to one side.
Papadopoulos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Papadopoulos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Spinks throws an off balance right hand
and Spinks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Spinks moves out of range of the leg kick from Papadopoulos.
Spinks was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook. Spinks ducked under it nicely.
Spinks finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Spinks throws a leg kick
and Papadopoulos counters with a stiff right hand.
Spinks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Papadopoulos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Papadopoulos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spinks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Papadopoulos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spinks misses with a lunging right hand
and Papadopoulos counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Papadopoulos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Papadopoulos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Papadopoulos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Spinks looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That kick from Spinks tenderised Papadopoulos's leg. Papadopoulos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Papadopoulos ducks under a wild hook from Spinks.
Papadopoulos was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Spinks lands a nice looking body kick.
Papadopoulos checks a low kick from Spinks.
Spinks looks to throw the jab but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Spinks paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Spinks misses with the body kick
and Papadopoulos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Spinks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Papadopoulos.
Spinks misses with a looping right.
Spinks slips under a jab from Papadopoulos.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Spinks.
Papadopoulos connects with a crisp jab.
Spinks takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Papadopoulos connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Spinks.
Papadopoulos misses the jab.
Jackson Spinks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spinks moves out of range as Papadopoulos throws a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papadopoulos. Spinks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spinks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Papadopoulos! But no joy.
Papadopoulos moves away from the strike by Spinks.
A shot to the liver by Spinks. Beautiful body shot.
Spinks walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Papadopoulos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Papadopoulos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Spinks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Papadopoulos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spinks dips to his left and cracks Papadopoulos with an uppercut!
Spinks fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Spinks.
Spinks connects with a solid leg kick.
Spinks blocks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick but Spinks checks it.
Papadopoulos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Papadopoulos lands a jab to the nose.
Spinks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Spinks takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Papadopoulos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Spinks looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Papadopoulos looks to throw the jab but Spinks is out of range.
Spinks throws a half hearted mid kick.
Papadopoulos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Spinks checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Papadopoulos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Spinks.
Spinks ducks under a wild hook from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Spinks keeps Papadopoulos at a distance using the push kick.
Spinks throws a hook to the side of Papadopoulos's head but Papadopoulos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spinks is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Papadopoulos's half guard.
Papadopoulos manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Spinks keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spinks cracks Papadopoulos with a nice body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spinks.
Spinks misses with a body punch.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Spinks controls his hands.
Spinks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spinks missing with knees to the body.
Papadopoulos tries to work over Spinks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good body shot from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a shoulder strike.
Spinks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spinks tries to pull guard but Papadopoulos holds him up against the cage and eventually Spinks drops back down to his feet.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spinks.
Spinks lands a right hand.
Jackson Spinks has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Spinks prevents a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A body shot lands from Spinks.
Papadopoulos misses with a body punch.
Spinks misses with a punch on the inside.
Spinks lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Avraam Papadopoulos.
I've got Papadopoulos 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Avraam Papadopoulos!
After winning the bout, Avraam Papadopoulos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bunt Jernit (ranked 10 p4p, 3 weight class) and Gareth Keenan (ranked 9 p4p, 2 weight class). Jernit comes to the cage accompanied by Sail - Awolnation. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bunt Jernit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 7 - 5, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gareth Keenan!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keenan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Keenan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jernit.
Jernit jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Keenan swinging wildly here.
Keenan misses with a hook to the body
and Jernit counters with a stiff right hand.
Jernit connects with a nice looking jab.
Keenan fails to land with a series of punches.
A low kick from Jernit is predictable there
and Keenan counters with a good, hard body kick but Jernit shrugs it off.
Jernit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Keenan's head.
Jernit takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keenan tries to land a body kick
and Jernit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Keenan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Keenan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jernit throws a head kick that Keenan semi-blocks.
Keenan loads up on a big right hand but Jernit slips the punch.
Jernit misses with a looping left.
Keenan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Keenan thows a leg kick but Jernit checks it
and Jernit counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jab from Jernit.
Jernit throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Jernit. That snapped Keenan's head back.
Jernit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Keenan.
Keenan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keenan thows a leg kick but Jernit checks it
and Jernit counters with a nice uppercut.
A big right from Jernit misses.
Keenan misses with a kick to the body.
Jernit swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've been told by Jernit's head coaches at Runts Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Keenan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jernit.
Jernit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jernit throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jernit feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Keenan's calf.
Jernit throws a lazy right hand but Keenan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Keenan throws out a counter right but Jernit avoids it with no problem.
Jernit throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jernit misses with a straight right.
Jernit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Keenan.
Keenan misses with a leg kick
and Jernit counters with a solid body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jernit throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Jernit misses its intended target.
Jernit checks a low kick from Keenan.
Keenan throws a lazy uppercut
and Jernit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Keenan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jernit is able to avoid easily.
Jernit throws a good cross that connects.
Keenan looks to land a body kick but Jernit moved away.
Jernit is looking to counter with head kicks.
Jernit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Jernit. That snapped Keenan's head back.
Keenan throws a body kick that misses.
Keenan throws a looping overhand right but Jernit ducks down to avoid it.
Jernit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jernit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jernit lands a glancing blow to the side of Keenan's head.
Jernit lands a leg kick that knocks Keenan off balance momentarily.
Jernit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jernit lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jernit tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan swings for the body but Jernit moves out of range.
Jernit tried to counter with a leg kick but Keenan avoided it.
Keenan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keenan throws a leg kick but Jernit moved away.
Jernit slips under a jab.
Jernit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jernit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jernit checks a low kick from Keenan.
Keenan throws an off balance right hand
and Jernit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice jab there from Jernit.
Keenan tests Jernit's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A low kick from Keenan is predictable there
letting Jernit counter with a right hand.
Keenan throws a solid leg kick but Jernit takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Keenan.
Keenan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Keenan throws a hook but Jernit avoids it easily.
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!
Keenan throws a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - Jernit coming out on top.
Keenan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jernit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Keenan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jernit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jernit scores with a leg kick.
Keenan misses with an uppercut.
Keenan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Keenan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Keenan lands a nice hook to Jernit's body. Jernit takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Keenan throws a hook to the side of Jernit's head but Jernit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jernit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Keenan has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Jernit connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Keenan's hands.
Jernit avoids the body shot from Keenan.
Jernit keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jernit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keenan.
Jernit checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jernit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jernit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jernit on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Keenan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bunt Jernit dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Keenan checks a low kick from Jernit.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Keenan.
Keenan throws a shot from downtown. Jernit moves away and avoids it.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Keenan might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Jernit has got the better of the exchanges.
Jernit keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Keenan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jernit. Jernit obviously looking to wear him down.
Keenan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Keenan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jernit circles away quickly and effectively.
Jernit looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A head kick misses from Jernit.
Keenan misses with a low kick as Jernit jumps back.
Jernit wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jernit uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Keenan has time to react.
Jernit throws a leg kick that misses.
A nice side step and Keenan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jernit throws a quick inside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jernit.
Keenan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jernit takes a step back to recover.
Jernit misses the jab.
Keenan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jernit with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keenan scores with a kick to the body.
Jernit fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Keenan misses.
Keenan throws a lazy uppercut
and Jernit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jernit closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jernit blocks a head kick by Keenan.
Bunt Jernit is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Keenan does it's job there.
Good exchange - Jernit coming out on top.
Keenan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Keenan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jernit misses with a low kick.
Jernit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jernit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Keenan can do to turn this around?
Jernit throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jernit shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jernit lands with an overhand left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keenan sizes up Jernit with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jernit is rocked!
Jernit throws a leg kick but Keenan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Oh Jernit is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jernit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jernit seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan missing with a left hand there. Jernit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Keenan misses with an uppercut
and Jernit counters with a nice kick to the body.
Keenan throws a leg kick
letting Jernit counter with a right hand.
Jernit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Keenan's sensitive parts.
Keenan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Keenan lands with a good body shot.
Jernit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jernit connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Keenan tries to land a body kick
letting Jernit counter with a right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Jernit checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Keenan misses with a straight right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Keenan.
Jernit sizes up Keenan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Keenan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jernit doesn't seem bothered though.
Jernit connects with a looping right hand.
Jernit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Keenan defending well as Jernit loads up on a big left hand.
Keenan was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Keenan misses with a body kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jernit cracks the inside of Keenan's front leg.
Jernit misses with a low kick.
Jernit cracks Keenan with an open hand slap.
Jernit takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Jernit takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Keenan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Keenan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jernit counters with a right hand to the body.
Jernit connects with a crisp jab.
Keenan blocks a leg kick.
Jernit blocks a low kick nicely.
Jernit swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jernit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keenan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jernit.
Keenan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Keenan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jernit is looking to slow Keenan down with leg kicks.
Keenan connects with a leg kick. Jernit looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jernit pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jernit cracks Keenan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jernit scores with a jab. Keenan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
An inside leg kick from Jernit misses.
Jernit defending well as Keenan loads up on a big left hand.
Jernit will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Keenan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Keenan lands a jab to the head.
Keenan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Keenan throws a wild body kick that Jernit sees coming a mile off.
Keenan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Keenan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jernit checks a leg kick.
Keenan misses with a hook to the body
and Jernit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Keenan is looking to score with low kicks.
Jernit lands a jab to the nose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bunt Jernit dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jernit tried to score with a low kick but Keenan checks it.
Jernit throws a sloppy head kick and Keenan moves out of range easily.
Keenan takes a swing at Jernit's ribcage but misses.
It appears Jernit was looking to counter with a kick there.
A leg kick checked by Jernit.
Keenan connects with a nice looking jab.
Keenan 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.
Jernit walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Keenan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jernit scoring well with a low kick there.
Jernit cracks Keenan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Keenan slips a jab and a cross from Jernit.
Keenan thinks about the counter body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from Keenan.
Keenan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Keenan throws a leg kick but Jernit moved away.
Jernit misses with a hook. Keenan ducked under it nicely.
Keenan misses with an uppercut.
Keenan cracks Jernit with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Jernit looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Keenan finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan misses with a jab to the body
and Jernit counters with a slapping leg kick.
Keenan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Keenan just misses with a punch to the body.
Jernit uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Keenan has time to react.
Jernit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A low kick from Keenan misses
and Jernit counters with a straight right hand.
Keenan throws a jab when Jernit was well out of range.
Jernit doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jernit throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheers as Jernit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Keenan doesn't seem phased though.
Jernit throws a head kick but Keenan moves out of range.
Keenan is looking to score with low kicks.
Jernit cracks a nice hook into Keenan's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jernit scores with a leg kick.
Keenan blocks a head kick by Jernit.
Jernit misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jernit wants to land a leg kick but Keenan is out of range.
A low kick from Jernit misses
and Keenan counters with a stiff right hand.
Jernit looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An inside leg kick from Jernit misses.
Jernit throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Keenan feints a counter leg kick.
Jernit lands with a shot to the body.
Keenan moves out of range of the strikes.
Jernit thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jernit scores with a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Keenan.
Jernit slips under a jab from Keenan.
Jernit scores with a leg kick.
Jernit throws a lazy uppercut
and Keenan counters with a right hand to the body.
Keenan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jernit misses with a left hand
and Keenan counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jernit feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Keenan's calf.
Keenan connects with a body shot that sends Jernit's belly button to the back.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jernit checks a leg kick.
Keenan throws a low kick but Jernit moves out of range easily.
Jernit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Keenan.
Jernit takes a swing at Keenan's ribcage but misses.
Keenan slips under a jab.
Jernit lands a body shot.
Jernit throws a solid leg kick but Keenan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jernit.
Jernit throws a head kick but Keenan moves out of range.
Keenan throws an overhand right that lands on Jernit's shoulder, as Jernit tries to avoid the shot.
Nice cross by Keenan.
Keenan misses with a body shot
and Jernit counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Keenan is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Keenan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jernit manages to avoid it.
Keenan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jernit attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Keenan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jernit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jernit misses with a low kick.
Keenan looks to throw the jab but Jernit is out of range.
Jernit misses with a looping right.
Keenan looks to land a right hand but Jernit moved out of range.
Nice body kick from Jernit.
Keenan throws a body shot but no joy.
Keenan throws a body shot but no joy.
Keenan throws a lazy right hand but Jernit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jernit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keenan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keenan looks to score with a jab to the body but Jernit is just out of range.
Jernit on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jernit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Keenan throws a low kick but Jernit moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Bunt Jernit did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Jernit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jernit.
Jernit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keenan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Keenan throws a low kick but Jernit moves out of range easily.
Keenan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jernit bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jernit scores with a one two! Keenan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jernit takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jernit looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Keenan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jernit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keenan throws a head kick that misses.
Jernit tried to counter with a leg kick but Keenan avoided it.
Keenan looks to score with a jab to the body but Jernit is just out of range.
Keenan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jernit lands a nice shot that snaps Keenan's head back.
Jernit takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for Jernit. That snapped Keenan's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jernit.
Keenan throws an off balance right hand
and Jernit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Decent striking displayed by Jernit there.
Jernit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keenan throws a leg kick but Jernit moved away.
Jernit misses with a hook.
Keenan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jernit chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Keenan can pounce on him.
Keenan misses the shot to the body.
Jernit is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jernit lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jernit lands a leg kick that knocks Keenan off balance momentarily.
A leg kick checked by Keenan.
Keenan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jernit counters with a nice leg kick.
Keenan throws a lazy right hand but Jernit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick misses from Keenan.
Keenan wants to land a leg kick but Jernit is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jernit finds it's way round the side to connect with Keenan's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jernit checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jernit half committed to a counter leg kick.
Keenan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jernit finds it's way round the side to connect with Keenan's head.
Keenan blocks a jab.
Jernit connects with a good right hand that stumbles Keenan. Keenan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Keenan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jernit can pounce on him.
Keenan checks a leg kick.
Jernit throws a hook to the side of Keenan's head but Keenan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Keenan scores with a kick to the midsection.
Keenan tries a low kick but Jernit avoids it.
Jernit scores with a hook.
Jernit thumps Keenan with a low kick.
Keenan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Keenan keeps Jernit at a distance using the push kick.
Keenan scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jernit tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Keenan is able to avoid easily.
A big right from Jernit misses.
Keenan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jernit counters with a head kick.
Keenan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A head kick from Jernit lands but Keenan takes it in his stride.
Keenan with a nice cross.
Keenan tries to land a leg kick but Jernit saw it coming and moves away.
Jernit blocks a head kick by Keenan.
Jernit scores with a leg kick.
Keenan misses with a series of wild punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jernit.
Keenan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jernit.
Jernit slips under a jab from Keenan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan throws a leg kick
and Jernit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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!
Keenan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jernit throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Keenan's head.
Jernit throws out a leg kick but Keenan moves out of range and Jernit only half commits.
Keenan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jernit. Jernit obviously looking to wear him down.
Keenan throws a hook but Jernit blocks it.
Jernit fires out a quick counter leg kick but Keenan just manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Jernit.
Keenan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jernit sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keenan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jernit throws a front kick that sends Keenan stumbling back into the cage.
Keenan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Keenan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jernit moves away.
Jernit stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Keenan.
Keenan lands a head shot.
Keenan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jernit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jernit throws a quick counter head kick but Keenan was just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bunt Jernit had his way with Gareth Keenan in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Keenan tries to work over Jernit's front leg with a kick but Jernit checks it.
Keenan misses with a wild body shot.
Jernit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice defenses there by Keenan.
A low kick from Jernit is predictable there
and Keenan counters with a nice leg kick.
Keenan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jernit throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Keenan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jernit.
Keenan moves out of range of the body kick.
Keenan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jernit. Jernit obviously looking to wear him down.
Jernit moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jernit keeps Keenan at a distance using the push kick.
Keenan moves out of range as Jernit strikes.
Jernit moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromKeenan.
Keenan throws a leg kick but Jernit checks it.
It appears Jernit was looking to counter with a kick there.
Keenan throws the left hand but Jernit avoids the punch easily.
Jernit throws a hook to the side of Keenan's head but Keenan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jernit cracks the inside of Keenan's front leg.
Jernit blocks a leg kick.
Jernit swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Keenan.
A solid leg kick lands there for Keenan.
Keenan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jernit. Jernit circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Keenan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jernit lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Keenan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Keenan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Keenan throws a lazy head kick
and Keenan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Keenan misses with a looping right.
Jernit sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jernit scoring well with a low kick there.
Jernit checks the leg kick nicely there.
Keenan scores with a one two! Jernit had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Keenan is predictable there
and Jernit counters with a body kick that stops Keenan in his tracks momentarily.
A leg kick checked by Jernit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Keenan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jernit.
The fighters circling - Keenan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jernit scores with a hook.
Keenan takes one to the side of the head.
Keenan wants to slow Jernit down by chopping away at his legs.
Jernit swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jernit lands a nice looking body kick.
Keenan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Keenan misses with an uppercut.
Keenan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jernit was well out of range. Poor timing from Keenan.
Jernit takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Keenan avoids the head kick by Jernit.
Jernit swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Keenan.
Jernit looks for the body kick but Keenan saw that one coming.
Keenan throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan misses with a hook.
Jernit's corner calls for a 1-2. Jernit obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A cross from Jernit lands.
Jernit tests Keenan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice body punch from Jernit.
Jernit scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Crunch! Keenan slams his shin into Jernit's torso.
Nice defenses there by Keenan.
Keenan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Jernit misses with a low kick.
Keenan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Keenan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jernit.
Jernit takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keenan throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Jernit.
Jernit misses with a straight left.
Jernit digs a good hook to Keenan's body.
Gareth Keenan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Keenan throws a lazy right hand but Jernit sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A low kick from Keenan is predictable there
and Jernit counters with an outside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Jernit.
Jernit checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jernit lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jernit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Keenan steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Keenan checks a leg kick.
Jernit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Keenan throws out the jab.
Jernit scores with a nice head shot.
Keenan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jernit to score with a decent uppercut.
Jernit lands a head shot.
A shot to the liver by Jernit. Beautiful body shot.
Keenan checks a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bunt Jernit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jernit 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 50:45
Judge William Gold scores the fight 49:46
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 50:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bunt Jernit!
Bunt Jernit decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Gareth Keenan spoke after the fight, saying 'Good fight buddy'.
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