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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matti Nieminen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and wesley snipes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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143 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Matti Nieminen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, wesley snipes!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
snipes stalks Nieminen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nieminen's face. Nieminen staggers backwards, shaken.
Nieminen throws a hook but snipes blocks it.
snipes avoids the head kick by Nieminen.
Nieminen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has snipes pinned against the cage. snipes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nieminen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
snipes trying to stand up but can't free himself from Nieminen's guard.
Nieminen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. snipes manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
snipes trying to control the position.
Nieminen is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieminen scoring with some ground and pound.
snipes wants to sweep here but Nieminen controlling him for the moment.
snipes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nieminen seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Nieminen postures up in snipes's guard and throws a big left but snipes blocks it.
Nieminen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nieminen postures up in snipes's guard and throws a big left but snipes blocks it.
That's two 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.
Nieminen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
snipes keeping moving, preventing Nieminen from controlling successfully.
Nieminen distracts snipes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
snipes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nieminen.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nieminen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
snipes is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
snipes has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Nieminen is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for snipes.
You can see the frustration on snipes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Nieminen landing strikes.
The ground and pound from Nieminen seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Nieminen scoring with punches from side control.
Nieminen tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Nieminen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Check out the look on Nieminen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
snipes is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Nieminen has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
snipes tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nieminen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nieminen wants to lay and pray for a moment but snipes keeps working.
snipes wants to get back to his feet.
snipes looks gassed!
Nieminen lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nieminen lands a nice forearm strike.
Nieminen working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Nieminen cracks snipes with a big right hand but snipes just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nieminen working the ground and pound.
Nieminen working the ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on snipes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matti Nieminen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
snipes has his takedown stuffed
and Nieminen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
snipes throws a right and a left that Nieminen avoids nicely.
Nieminen scores a takedown into full mount!
Nieminen lands a nice shot to the head.
Nieminen lands a big elbow.
snipes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nieminen with shots to the head and body - snipes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nieminen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nieminen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
snipes is breathing heavily.
snipes tries to hold on but Nieminen pushes him away.
Nieminen wants to control the pace but snipes is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieminen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish snipes?
Nieminen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nieminen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as snipes is looking to escape.
snipes is wriggling around trying to escape.
Nieminen jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but snipes manages to avoid the submission attempt.
snipes pushes Nieminen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nieminen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
snipes throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
snipes tries to escape but Nieminen is in control.
Nieminen trying to control the action but snipes is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
snipes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
snipes throws a right hand that Nieminen ducks under and follows up with a left that Nieminen also avoids with ease.
Nieminen misses with a few strikes there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nieminen is defended easily by snipes.
snipes looks to throw the jab but Nieminen is out of range.
snipes misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
snipes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
snipes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Nieminen looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Nieminen can't do much from the bottom here.
snipes trying to control the action but Nieminen is working from the bottom.
Nieminen gets back to half guard.
snipes is looking to advance position but Nieminen won't allow it.
Nieminen manages to get to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Nieminen keeping moving, preventing snipes from controlling successfully.
Nieminen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nieminen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
snipes scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nieminen trying to strike off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matti Nieminen dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nieminen moves away from the strike by snipes.
Nieminen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and snipes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nieminen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and snipes counters with a two punch combo.
snipes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nieminen fails with the takedown
and Nieminen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matti Nieminen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
snipes misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nieminen with a lazy takedown attempt
so snipes counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
snipes is looking to stand up but Nieminen won't let him.
snipes trying to control but Nieminen is working from the bottom.
snipes has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nieminen is proving hard to escape from.
That's one minute gone in the round.
snipes gets to his feet - Nieminen follows without any prompting.
Nieminen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Nieminen thows a big elbow that misses.
Nieminen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nieminen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
snipes is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nieminen prevents snipes from getting back to his feet.
snipes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen throwing strikes but missing.
Nieminen trying to control the position from guard on top but snipes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
snipes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
snipes is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Nieminen dives into side control.
Nieminen wants to lay and pray for a moment but snipes keeps working.
Nieminen cracks snipes with a big right hand but snipes just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
snipes wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
snipes is looking to regain half guard here but Nieminen keeps moving and retains side control.
Nieminen is putting a hurting on snipes here, landing some big shots from side control.
Nieminen lands a nice forearm strike.
snipes tries to improve position but can't.
Nieminen trying to control the action but snipes is working from the bottom.
Nieminen lands some shots froms side control.
Matti Nieminen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
snipes takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
snipes is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
snipes is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
snipes throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
snipes wants to control but Nieminen postures up.
Nieminen lands an elbow.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Nieminen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Nieminen works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Nieminen working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
wesley snipes really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nieminen shoots and misses
and snipes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
snipes tries for a takedown but Nieminen circles away easily
and Nieminen counters with a shoot takedown. snipes fights it but they end up in guard.
Nieminen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
snipes wants to get back to his feet but Nieminen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nieminen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of snipes's head.
Nieminen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nieminen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
snipes looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Nieminen puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
snipes trying to control from the bottom.
Nieminen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Nieminen trying to mount his opponent but snipes defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
snipes is trying to get back to full guard.
Nieminen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nieminen winds up and cracks snipes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nieminen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are battling for position here. snipes manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Nieminen cracks snipes with a solid left hand.
That's two 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.
snipes trying to control the position.
Nieminen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. snipes is keeping the position for now.
Nieminen wants to control from the top but snipes keeps moving.
snipes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nieminen is aware though and is defending well.
snipes pushes Nieminen off and scrambles back to his feet.
snipes throws a right hand that Nieminen ducks under and follows up with a left that Nieminen also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen ducks under a wild hook from snipes.
snipes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
snipes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nieminen.
Nieminen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
so snipes counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
snipes tries to free his leg and advance position but Nieminen is retaining full guard.
Nieminen striking from the bottom here.
snipes wants to control from the top but Nieminen keeps moving.
snipes is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieminen throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Nieminen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. snipes manages to get himself to full guard.
snipes is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nieminen trying to control but snipes is working from the bottom.
snipes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Matti Nieminen will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
snipes throws a right and a left that Nieminen avoids nicely.
Nieminen defending well as snipes loads up on a big left hand.
snipes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nieminen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nieminen.
snipes avoids the head kick by Nieminen.
Nieminen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent snipes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nieminen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nieminen misses with a takedown attempt - snipes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
snipes decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
snipes wants to stand but Nieminen has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Nieminen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of snipes's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take snipes's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieminen is trying to stick to snipes's back but snipes is turning into Nieminen. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Nieminen's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by snipes.
Nieminen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
snipes advances to half guard.
Nieminen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nieminen.
Nieminen trying to keep a closed guard but snipes is proving a slippery customer.
snipes works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Nieminen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of snipes's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take snipes's back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
snipes controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Nieminen lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Nieminen scores with punches to the body.
snipes takes a big shot to the side of the head.
snipes covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Nieminen misses with an elbow to the head.
Nieminen tries to keep control of the position but snipes is staying busy.
snipes holding both Nieminen 's hands and preventing any damage.
snipes is taking damage to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Can snipes hold on?! Nieminen is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
snipes controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The referee is taking a good look at snipes as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Nieminen!
snipes trying to control the position but Nieminen manages to sink in the hooks.
Nieminen connects with a big shot to the side of snipes's head.
snipes is covering up but some of the strikes from Nieminen are getting through and doing damage.
snipes is trying to stand back up.
Nieminen connects with a big shot to the side of snipes's head.
wesley snipes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nieminen lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can snipes hold on?!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Nieminen. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
snipes is taking damage to the body and head.
Matti Nieminen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nieminen somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
snipes is in bad spot here.
Nieminen really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for snipes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
snipes is trying to stand back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matti Nieminen.
I think Nieminen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 49:47
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 47:48
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Matti Nieminen!
Matti Nieminen is the new featherweight champion!
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hype
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