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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Risto Peltomies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Green. Peltomies is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ass & Titties . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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221 lbs
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197 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Risto Peltomies!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Peltomies tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Peltomies to the ground. Peltomies escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Peltomies looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gracie is fending him off so far but Peltomies persists. Nope, Gracie circles away and we're back to standing.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Gracie.
Peltomies wants to control but Gracie postures up.
Gracie connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Peltomies some visible discomfort.
Gracie landing a few strikes.
Peltomies gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Peltomies trying to control but Gracie postures up.
Gracie slips a nice elbow through Peltomies's hands, connecting with Peltomies's forehead.
Gracie is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Peltomies is looking to control Gracie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Peltomies avoid being mounted?
Peltomies is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Gracie is staying active.
Gracie working Peltomies over with strikes.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Peltomies is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gracie's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gracie's back!
Peltomies trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Gracie is trying to break free.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peltomies is punishing Gracie with strikes - can he finish him?!
Gracie is really stuck here.
Gracie grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Gracie is keeping busy.
Gracie can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie manages to reverse the position and now he's in Peltomies's guard. Nice work there by Gracie.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Peltomies.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Peltomies is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Peltomies is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Peltomies trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Peltomies stands up out of the half guard.
Peltomies wants to clinch.
Peltomies gets caught flat footed, as Gracie shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gracie is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peltomies bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gracie's guard.
Gracie punching from the bottom - just letting Peltomies know he's still in a fight.
Gracie throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Gracie looking for subs off his back but Peltomies has passed one foot through into half guard.
Gracie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie is refusing to be controlled, as Peltomies sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Peltomies trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Peltomies throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Peltomies counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gracie doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Gracie throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Peltomies trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peltomies forces his way into half guard.
Peltomies looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Gracie throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
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 Marko Gracie will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Peltomies bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Peltomies wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
Gracie manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Peltomies blocks the strikes from Gracie.
Peltomies wants to pass the guard but Gracie is defending well.
Peltomies trying to control from half guard but Gracie is working away.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Peltomies is trying to control the action in half guard but Gracie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Peltomies counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to score a body lock takedown but Peltomies shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gracie tries to break free but Peltomies pushes him back against the cage.
Peltomies gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Gracie has his foot on Peltomies's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Peltomies works his way back into a safe position though.
Peltomies trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peltomies drops back looking for a leg! Gracie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gracie manages to kick Peltomies off! Peltomies jumps back into Gracie's guard.
Peltomies stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Peltomies holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marko Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peltomies gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Peltomies lands a takedown into guard.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Peltomies from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Gracie throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Gracie is striking but Peltomies is not phased and passes to half guard.
Peltomies working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Peltomies. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Peltomies is trying to control. Gracie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gracie is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Peltomies pulls his head out easily.
Gracie punching from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Peltomies shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gracie is trying to defend but Peltomies finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peltomies passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Gracie!
Gracie throwing hammer fists to the chest of Peltomies. What's that going to do exactly?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to reverse the position but Peltomies maintains control.
Gracie is squirming around, avoiding Peltomies's attempts to control the action.
Gracie tries to reverse the position but Peltomies maintains control.
Gracie swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Peltomies blocks Gracie's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Peltomies has control of Gracie's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Gracie regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Peltomies lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gracie flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Gracie throwing hammer fists to the chest of Peltomies. What's that going to do exactly?
Gracie is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Peltomies wants to control the pace but Gracie is squirming around nicely.
Peltomies blocks Gracie's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Gracie keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Risto Peltomies has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gracie flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Peltomies trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gracie on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gracie tries to get out of the position.
Gracie flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Gracie in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Peltomies trying to control but Gracie is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Risto Peltomies showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Peltomies counters with a two punch combo.
Gracie walks into a jab.
Gracie with a lazy takedown attempt
and Peltomies counters by moving into the clinch.
Peltomies lands a damaging elbow.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
Peltomies manages to break the clinch.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Peltomies counters with a shoot takedown. Gracie fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marko Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Peltomies from controlling successfully.
Gracie throwing short punches from the bottom.
Peltomies trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Gracie has his foot on Peltomies's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Peltomies works his way back into a safe position though.
Peltomies trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peltomies distracts Gracie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peltomies trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Peltomies counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Peltomies gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Peltomies counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Peltomies is aware though and is defending well.
Peltomies thows a big elbow that misses.
Gracie wants to sweep here but Peltomies controlling him for the moment.
Peltomies trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Peltomies trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Peltomies is aware though and is defending well.
Peltomies trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie looking for a guillotine here but Peltomies defends easily.
Peltomies passes into half guard.
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Peltomies is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Peltomies connects with a nice short shot to Gracie's temple.
Peltomies blocks the strikes from Gracie.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Peltomies is looking to clinch.
Peltomies blocks the body kick.
Peltomies fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gracie, pushing him back against the cage.
Peltomies breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peltomies tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Gracie fails with the takedown
and Peltomies counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Peltomies scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.
Peltomies rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Peltomies counters with a single leg into guard. Gracie didn't expect that.
Gracie had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Peltomies is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Gracie Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Peltomies's back instead.
Gracie lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to stick to Peltomies's back but Peltomies is turning into Gracie. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Gracie's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Peltomies.
Gracie looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracie, not yet.
Peltomies looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Peltomies is stalling in the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Risto Peltomies comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Peltomies 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Risto Peltomies!
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