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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Tronkolovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urpo Antero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tronkolovic is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikael Tronkolovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Urpo Antero!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tronkolovic slaps away a takedown attempt from Antero, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tronkolovic is breathing heavily.
Antero has Tronkolovic up against the cage in a clinch.
Antero slowing the pace effectively.
Antero receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Antero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Antero throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tronkolovic on the side of the head.
Antero rushes Tronkolovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tronkolovic is pressed up against the cage. Antero has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tronkolovic down to the mat. Tronkolovic avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Antero moves into range and clinches up with Tronkolovic.
Antero is stalling here.
Antero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A lazy left from Antero finds it's target.
Antero clinches up against the cage.
Antero breaks the clinch.
Antero has closed the distance and engaged Tronkolovic in a clinch.
Antero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Antero cracks Tronkolovic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Antero stalks Tronkolovic and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tronkolovic's face. Tronkolovic staggers backwards, shaken.
Tronkolovic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Antero can pounce on him.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Antero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Antero shoots in but Tronkolovic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mikael Tronkolovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Urpo Antero.
Tronkolovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Antero tries to clinch up but Tronkolovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Antero connects with the punch.
Tronkolovic stuffs the takedown.
Antero connects with a single shot there.
Tronkolovic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Antero closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Antero stalling the fight.
A frustrated look appears on Tronkolovic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Antero drives through and clinches with Tronkolovic against the cage.
Tronkolovic can't break the clinch.
Tronkolovic is trying to break the clinch but Antero has him pressed against the cage.
Antero wants to break free but Tronkolovic has control.
Tronkolovic tries to land a knee to the head but Antero blocks with his arms.
Tronkolovic letting Antero take a breather here.
Antero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tronkolovic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tronkolovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice shot by Antero.
Antero has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Antero scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tronkolovic misses with a double jab
and Antero counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Tronkolovic.
Antero drives through and clinches with Tronkolovic against the cage.
Tronkolovic tries to work over Antero's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Antero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tronkolovic misses with a wild body shot.
Tronkolovic shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tronkolovic is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Antero can do anything to dispel that myth.
Antero is looking to stand up but Tronkolovic isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tronkolovic connects with a couple of short punches.
Tronkolovic throwing strikes from guard but Antero blocks nicely.
Antero working a defensive guard here.
Tronkolovic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Antero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tronkolovic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tronkolovic fails with a takedown attempt.
Tronkolovic keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Urpo Antero dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Antero lands a head shot.
Antero cracks Tronkolovic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Antero closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Antero breaks from the clinch.
Antero tries a head kick but it misses.
Antero forces Tronkolovic back against the cage and clinches.
Antero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Antero tries to clinch but Tronkolovic is having none of it.
Antero's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Antero duly obliges.
Antero fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tronkolovic feints and as Antero raises his hands in defense, Tronkolovic changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tronkolovic landing some decent shots from guard.
Tronkolovic won't allow Antero to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Antero wants to sweep here but Tronkolovic controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tronkolovic lands a couple of digs.
Tronkolovic throws a big right hand that misses.
Tronkolovic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Antero swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Antero preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tronkolovic scoring with some ground and pound.
Tronkolovic landing some decent shots from guard.
Tronkolovic throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Antero wants to sweep but no luck.
Antero controlling Tronkolovic's posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tronkolovic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tronkolovic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Antero working a defensive guard but Tronkolovic manages to pass into side control anyway.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tronkolovic cracks Antero with a big elbow.
Tronkolovic throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Antero avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tronkolovic.
Antero is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tronkolovic connects with a decent elbow.
Tronkolovic landing a few strikes.
Antero is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Antero is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tronkolovic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tronkolovic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tronkolovic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tronkolovic trying to mount his opponent but Antero defends it.
Tronkolovic has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Antero trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikael Tronkolovic dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Tronkolovic throws a series of punches but Antero moves out of range.
Tronkolovic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Antero to score with a decent uppercut.
Antero is looking to clinch.
Antero smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Antero darts in and clinches Tronkolovic up against the cage.
Antero breaks the clinch.
Antero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Antero shoots and misses
and Tronkolovic counters with a nice double leg into side control. Antero won't be happy with that.
The strikes coming from Tronkolovic are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Antero manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tronkolovic lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tronkolovic thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Antero to regain full guard.
Tronkolovic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Antero is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tronkolovic content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tronkolovic prevents Antero from getting back to his feet.
Tronkolovic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tronkolovic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Antero trying to control the position here.
Antero is trying to control the position but Tronkolovic postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tronkolovic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Antero tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Antero working a defensive guard here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tronkolovic shoots for a double leg takedown but Antero sprawls well. He's pushed Tronkolovic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Antero shoots in for a takedown but Tronkolovic shows good takedown defense.
Antero scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tronkolovic shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Antero as he jumps to the side.
Antero dives in and grabs Tronkolovic's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tronkolovic pushes down on Antero's head and hops out.
Mikael Tronkolovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Urpo Antero.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tronkolovic is defended easily by Antero.
A punch lands to the side of Tronkolovic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tronkolovic keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antero cracks Tronkolovic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tronkolovic misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tronkolovic shoots in for a takedown but Antero shows good takedown defense.
Tronkolovic lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tronkolovic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Antero shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tronkolovic but Tronkolovic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Antero gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tronkolovic counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Antero's guard now.
Antero is looking to stand up but Tronkolovic isn't so interested in that idea.
Tronkolovic wants to control from the top but Antero keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tronkolovic trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tronkolovic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tronkolovic wants to control from the top but Antero keeps moving.
Tronkolovic postures up and lands a big shot to Antero's brow.
Tronkolovic lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mikael Tronkolovic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Antero has his hands on Tronkolovic's head, controlling the position.
Antero avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikael Tronkolovic showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tronkolovic 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikael Tronkolovic!
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