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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jim Duggan (ranked 1938 p4p, 2410 weight class) and Justin Kulina (ranked 252 p4p, 308 weight class). Kulina comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tool - Schism kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Duggan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Justin Kulina!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kulina uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Duggan.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kulina, as that shot connected.
Kulina connects with a good right hand that stumbles Duggan. Duggan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Duggan slips under a jab from Kulina.
A head kick misses from Duggan.
Duggan throws a low kick but Kulina avoids it.
Duggan throws a hook but Kulina blocks it.
Jim Duggan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kulina connects with a jab.
Kulina fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Duggan is out of range.
Duggan lands a leg kick that knocks Kulina off balance momentarily.
Kulina throws a leg kick that misses.
Duggan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kulina has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kulina uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duggan.
Duggan moves into range and clinches up with Kulina.
Kulina misses with a body punch.
Kulina misses with a punch to the body.
Duggan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kulina's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Kulina fails to land.
Duggan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kulina backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duggan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duggan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kulina's elbow.
Duggan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duggan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kulina uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duggan.
A nice leg kick from Kulina, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kulina checks a low kick from Duggan.
Kulina is looking to chop away at Duggan's legs.
A telegraphed right hand from Kulina misses the target.
Duggan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kulina avoids the body shot from Duggan.
Duggan tries a head kick but it misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kulina! But no joy.
Kulina throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Duggan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Duggan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kulina will feel that in the morning.
Kulina waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duggan.
Duggan moves out of range as Kulina strikes.
Duggan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Duggan lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulina misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duggan.
Justin Kulina is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horrible takedown attempt by Duggan or perhaps it was just good defense by Kulina, which made it look bad.
Kulina misses with a lunging right hand
and Duggan counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duggan manages to break the clinch.
Duggan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Duggan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duggan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kulina counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Duggan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duggan throws a low kick but Kulina moves out of range easily.
Duggan ducks under a wild hook from Kulina.
Duggan feints and then cracks Kulina's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kulina down.
Duggan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Duggan moves out of range of the strikes.
Duggan misses with a straight left.
Duggan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Duggan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duggan tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Kulina to counter with a crisp jab.
Duggan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kulina. That did some damage!
Duggan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kulina works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Duggan throws a hook to the side of Kulina's head but Kulina sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duggan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kulina on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kulina throws a low kick but Duggan avoids it.
Duggan misses with a takedown
letting Kulina counter with a right hand.
Kulina is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Duggan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Duggan throws out a loose jab but Kulina uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duggan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kulina pivots, looking for a leg kick but Duggan is out of range and Kulina settles back down.
Kulina throws a low kick, looking for Duggan's leg but Duggan calmly moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Kulina.
Kulina attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Donk. Duggan catches Kulina right on the button with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kulina throws a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Duggan misses the target.
Kulina lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulina connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Duggan momentarily.
Duggan throws a leg kick but Kulina moved away.
Duggan thows a left - swing and a miss!
A low kick lands for Kulina.
Duggan throws a series of punches but Kulina avoids them all with ease.
Kulina looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Duggan throws a body shot but no joy.
Duggan connects with a solid leg kick.
Kulina throws a hook to the side of Duggan's head but Duggan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duggan throws a sloppy head kick and Kulina moves out of range easily.
Duggan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kulina on the side of the head.
Duggan blocks a jab.
Duggan tries to land a leg kick but Kulina saw it coming and moves away.
Duggan walks into a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duggan misses with a low kick.
Duggan looks for the body kick but Kulina saw that one coming.
Duggan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duggan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kulina checks it well.
Duggan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jim Duggan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kulina connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kulina with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Justin Kulina seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kulina scoring well with a low kick there.
Duggan misses with a wild body shot.
Duggan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Duggan just misses with a punch to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Duggan.
Duggan lands a right hook to the body.
Kulina jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duggan tries to clinch but Kulina moves out of range.
Duggan lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duggan has Kulina up against the cage in a clinch.
Duggan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duggan stalling in the clinch but Kulina improves position.
Duggan misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan tries a body shot but Kulina blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Duggan.
Duggan throws a head punch that misses.
Kulina swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kulina breaks from the clinch.
Duggan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Duggan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice shot lands for Kulina.
Kulina tries to land a leg kick but Duggan saw it coming and moves away.
Duggan is looking to counter the offense by Kulina and move into the clinch.
Duggan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kulina looks to throw the jab but Duggan is out of range.
Duggan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kulina lunges at Duggan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Duggan's hand.
Kulina looks to land a right hand but Duggan moved out of range.
Duggan misses the shot to the body.
Kulina connects with a single shot there.
Kulina connects with a crisp jab.
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!
Kulina throws the left hand but Duggan avoids the punch easily.
Kulina buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulina uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duggan.
Duggan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kulina throws a nice inside leg kick.
Duggan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duggan moves away from the strike by Kulina.
Duggan slips under a jab from Kulina.
Duggan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Duggan scores with a shot to the body.
Kulina takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Duggan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Duggan wants to clinch.
Duggan closes the distance and clinches up with Kulina, looking for a takedown. Duggan pushes Kulina against the cage but Kulina circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kulina throws a hook but Duggan blocks it.
Duggan looks to land a left hand but Kulina moved out of range nicely.
Duggan wants to slow Kulina down by chopping away at his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulina ducks under a wild hook from Duggan.
Duggan staying out of range there.
Kulina throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kulina takes one on the button.
Duggan looks to land a right hand but Kulina moved out of range.
Kulina feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Duggans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Duggan thumps Kulina with a low kick.
Kulina cracks Duggan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kulina jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duggan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Duggan tries a low kick but Kulina avoids it.
Duggan throws a jab but it's blocked by Kulina.
Duggan throws a looping overhand right but Kulina ducks down to avoid it.
Kulina throws the left hand but Duggan avoids the punch easily.
Kulina throws a jab but it's blocked by Duggan.
Duggan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Duggan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Duggan moves out of range as Kulina strikes.
Duggan walks into a straight right hand from Kulina.
Duggan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duggan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kulina lands with an uppercut that bounces Duggan off the cage and back into range.
Kulina lands with a right hand.
Duggan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kulina throws a looping overhand right but Duggan ducks down to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Kulina.
Kulina has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duggan.
Duggan misses with a body kick.
Duggan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kulina moves away.
Kulina swings for the body but Duggan moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Kulina.
Duggan lands a jab to the head.
Kulina misses with a wild body shot.
Duggan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kulina just manages to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Duggan checks a leg kick.
Duggan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kulina.
Duggan avoids the body shot from Kulina.
Duggan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kulina appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Kulina showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Duggan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Duggan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Kulina does it's job there.
Kulina tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Duggan is looking to score with low kicks.
Kulina only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Duggan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kulina as he avoids it easily.
Kulina lands with a hook. Duggan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Duggan misses with a two punch combination.
Kulina lands a slapping body shot.
Kulina displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duggan throws out the jab.
Duggan misses with a left hand
and Kulina counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Duggan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Duggan throws a leg kick but Kulina sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Duggan misses with a wild body shot.
Duggan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Duggan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kulina fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Duggan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duggan misses with a left hand
enabling Kulina to counter with a crisp jab.
Duggan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big left from Kulina misses.
Kulina has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulina keeps the fight on the outside.
Kulina walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Duggan tries to move into range but Kulina moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Duggan slips a jab from Kulina.
Duggan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kulina looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Duggan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kulina now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Duggan throws a body shot but no joy.
Duggan throws a leg kick that misses.
Kulina misses with an uppercut. Duggan saw that one coming.
Kulina loads up on a big right hand but Duggan slips the punch.
Kulina throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good standup being displayed there by Kulina as he connects with a hook.
Duggan darts in looking for a takedown but Kulina gets double underhooks and turns Duggan into the cage.
Duggan wants to take the fight to the mat but Kulina manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Duggan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kulina breaks the clinch.
Duggan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kulina manages to avoid it.
Duggan misses with a wild body shot.
Duggan connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Duggan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kulina circles away quickly and effectively.
Duggan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kulina.
Duggan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kulina.
Kulina clobbers Duggan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Duggan misses with a straight right.
Good exchange - Kulina coming out on top.
Duggan is looking to chop away at Kulina's legs.
Kulina appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kulina scores with a nice head shot.
Kulina darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Duggan scores with the left hand. Kulina knows he should have avoided that one.
Duggan looks to land a right hand but Kulina moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Kulina on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kulina connects with the punch.
Kulina blocks the body kick.
Kulina scores with a jab. Duggan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Duggan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Duggan lands a nice looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Kulina.
Kulina cracks Duggan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Duggan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Kulina misses.
Kulina swings for the body but Duggan moves out of range.
Duggan lands with a nice body punch.
Kulina connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Duggan's hands.
Duggan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kulina cracks Duggan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kulina 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 Duggan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Duggan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kulina tries to land a leg kick but Duggan saw it coming and moves away.
Kulina with the inside leg kick.
Duggan clobbers Kulina with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kulina throws a body shot but no joy.
Duggan moves into range and clinches up with Kulina.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duggan lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duggan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duggan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kulina manages to break the clinch.
Duggan misses with a leg kick
and Kulina cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice body punch from Kulina.
Kulina smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kulina misses with a low kick.
Duggan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kulina swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Duggan.
Duggan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Donk. Kulina catches Duggan right on the button with a cross.
Kulina finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Duggan misses with an attempted mid kick.
It seemed like Kulina was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Duggan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kulina at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kulina throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duggan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kulina scores with a punch to the head.
Kulina connects with a leg kick.
Duggan tries to clinch up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Kulina comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kulina 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Kulina!
After winning the bout, Justin Kulina 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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