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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Dyzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunnar Magnussen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dyzer comes to the cage accompanied by New Divide. Magnussen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bloody Beetroots - Butter. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Dyzer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gunnar Magnussen!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dyzer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dyzer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Magnussen's waist but Magnussen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dyzer off to one side.
Dyzer misses with a looping left.
Dyzer lunges at Magnussen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Magnussen's hand.
Dyzer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magnussen moves away.
Dyzer looks to score with a jab to the body but Magnussen is just out of range.
Magnussen misses the jab.
Dyzer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dyzer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magnussen moves away.
Magnussen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Good work by Dyzer as he checks the leg kick.
Dyzer connects with a jab.
Dyzer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magnussen manages to avoid it.
Magnussen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dyzer finds it's way round the side to connect with Magnussen's head.
Magnussen misses with a double jab.
Dyzer shoots in looking for a takedown. Magnussen tries to sprawl out of it but Dyzer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Magnussen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Magnussen wants to land a leg kick but Dyzer is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyzer cracks a nice hook into Magnussen's ribs.
Dyzer closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Magnussen to the mat! Magnussen manages to get full guard.
Dyzer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dyzer 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Magnussen keeping moving, preventing Dyzer from controlling successfully.
Dyzer 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.
Dyzer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Magnussen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dyzer looking to pass the guard.
Dyzer is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dyzer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dyzer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magnussen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dyzer.
Dyzer lands with a shot to the body.
Dyzer looks to score with a jab to the body but Magnussen is just out of range.
Dyzer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dyzer lands a slapping body shot.
Dyzer takes a swing at Magnussen's ribcage but misses.
Magnussen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dyzer misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyzer looks to score with a jab to the body but Magnussen is just out of range.
Magnussen tries to score with a low kick but Dyzer moves his leg out of the way.
Stephen Dyzer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magnussen is looking to score with low kicks.
Dyzer shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Magnussen is trying to defend but Dyzer finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Dyzer is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Dyzer wants to take a breather but Magnussen is having none of it.
Dyzer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Magnussen's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dyzer looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dyzer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dyzer looks to land a strike but Magnussen avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Magnussen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dyzer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Magnussen as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephen Dyzer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Magnussen throws a low kick but Dyzer moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magnussen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dyzer.
Dyzer throws a hook to the side of Magnussen's head but Magnussen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gunnar Magnussen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dyzer takes a swing at Magnussen's ribcage but misses.
Magnussen moves away from the strike by Dyzer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Dyzer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dyzer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Magnussen as he avoids it easily.
Magnussen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dyzer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Magnussen can pounce on him.
Dyzer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magnussen moves away.
Dyzer thows a body shot but no joy.
Dyzer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping leg kick lands for Magnussen.
Dyzer lands a body shot.
Magnussen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dyzer.
Dyzer just misses with a punch to the body.
Dyzer is looking to wear down Magnussen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice body punch from Dyzer.
Dyzer misses with a two punch combination.
Dyzer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephen Dyzer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dyzer throws a body punch but Magnussen moves out of range.
Magnussen drops his hands momentarily and Dyzer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Magnussen takes a swing at Dyzer's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyzer throws an overhand right that lands on Magnussen's shoulder, as Magnussen tries to avoid the shot.
Magnussen looks to throw the jab but Dyzer is out of range.
Magnussen misses with a low kick as Dyzer jumps back.
Magnussen throws a combination that misses
enabling Dyzer to counter with a crisp jab.
Dyzer throws a body punch but Magnussen moves out of range.
Dyzer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magnussen misses with a body shot.
Magnussen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Magnussen is breathing heavily.
Dyzer throws a sloppy body shot
and Magnussen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Magnussen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dyzer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Magnussen doesn't seem bothered though.
Dyzer throws a right and a left that Magnussen avoids nicely.
Dyzer lands a right hook to the body.
Dyzer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dyzer stuns Magnussen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dyzer throws a right and a left that Magnussen avoids nicely.
Dyzer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dyzer just misses with a punch to the body.
Dyzer misses with a looping right.
Magnussen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dyzer misses with a wild body shot.
Dyzer scores with a shot to the body.
Dyzer lands a nice looking body shot.
Dyzer jabs at Magnussen's body.
Magnussen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dyzer.
Dyzer lands a nice shot to the body.
Dyzer throws a looping overhand right but Magnussen ducks down to avoid it.
Magnussen dodges the punch combination from Dyzer.
Dyzer misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dyzer. Magnussen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dyzer throws a nice looking combination but Magnussen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dyzer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Magnussen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Magnussen dodges the punch combination from Dyzer.
Magnussen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dyzer.
A jab from Dyzer misses.
Dyzer blocks a leg kick.
Dyzer looks to score with a jab to the body but Magnussen is just out of range.
Dyzer throws a looping overhand right but Magnussen ducks down to avoid it.
Dyzer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Magnussen misses with a low kick.
Dyzer works Magnussen's body with a nice hook.
Magnussen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Dyzer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dyzer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magnussen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dyzer wants to control from the top but Magnussen keeps moving.
Dyzer passes Magnussen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dyzer throwing shots but Magnussen is blocking nicely.
Dyzer stalling away here and it's allowed Magnussen to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Dyzer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Magnussen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dyzer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Dyzer dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Dyzer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dyzer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dyzer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Magnussen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Magnussen.
Magnussen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Magnussen thuds his right hand into Dyzer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Stephen Dyzer has been cut.
Dyzer misses with a hook to the body
and Magnussen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Magnussen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dyzer.
Magnussen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dyzer.
Dyzer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magnussen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dyzer circles away quickly and effectively.
Dyzer lands a nice looking body shot.
Stephen Dyzer is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dyzer scores with a jab. Magnussen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A good leg kick by Magnussen.
Dyzer avoids the head kick by Magnussen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnussen blocks a jab.
Dyzer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dyzer misses with a combination
and Magnussen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dyzer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Magnussen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Magnussen.
Dyzer shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Magnussen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Magnussen's corner calls for a 1-2. Magnussen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dyzer lands a right hook to the body.
Dyzer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dyzer looks to score with a jab to the body but Magnussen is just out of range.
Dyzer misses with a wild body shot.
Dyzer shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Magnussen counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephen Dyzer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnussen scores with the left hand. Dyzer knows he should have avoided that one.
Magnussen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Dyzer misses with a jab to the body
and Magnussen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dyzer ducks under a wild hook from Magnussen.
Dyzer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Magnussen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dyzer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Magnussen.
A jab from Dyzer does it's job there.
Dyzer lands a right hook to the body.
A slow jab from Magnussen misses its intended target.
Magnussen lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dyzer blocks a jab.
Magnussen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Magnussen takes one to the chin there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyzer avoids the head kick by Magnussen.
Dyzer throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dyzer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Magnussen but Magnussen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dyzer throws a sloppy body shot
and Magnussen counters with a good low kick that Dyzer was not able to check.
A head kick misses from Magnussen.
A shot to the body from Dyzer misses
and Magnussen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Magnussen slips under a jab.
Magnussen throws a leg kick which misses Dyzer's front leg but catches the back leg as Dyzer tries to avoid it.
Dyzer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dyzer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Magnussen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dyzer thows a body shot but no joy.
Dyzer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Magnussen slips a jab and a cross from Dyzer.
Dyzer slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dyzer takes a swing at Magnussen's ribcage but misses.
Dyzer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Magnussen.
Dyzer swings for the body but Magnussen moves out of range.
Dyzer misses with a body shot
and Magnussen counters with an outside leg kick.
Magnussen tries a low kick but Dyzer avoids it.
Dyzer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magnussen moves away.
Dyzer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Magnussen is looking to score with low kicks.
Dyzer blocks a low kick nicely.
Magnussen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dyzer throws a body punch but Magnussen moves out of range.
Magnussen tried to score with a low kick but Dyzer checks it.
Dyzer changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Magnussen looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gunnar Magnussen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dyzer throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gunnar Magnussen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dyzer 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Dyzer!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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