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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reino Vaananen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Allen Poe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poe has chosen Heartbeats as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
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218 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent 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 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reino Vaananen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edgar Allen Poe!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vaananen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Poe smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Poe lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Vaananen tries to bum rush Poe with a series of wild strikes but Poe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vaananen misses with a combination
and Poe holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Poe misses with an elbow over the top.
Poe keeps control of Vaananen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vaananen blocks the elbow strike.
Poe lands an elbow just above Vaananen 's eye.
Vaananen blocks an elbow strike.
Poe looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Poe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vaananen avoids a wild elbow strike from Poe.
Vaananen blocks the elbow strike.
Poe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Poe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vaananen.
Poe swings wildly with an uppercut but Vaananen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Vaananen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Poe throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poe is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Vaananen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Poe avoiding damage.
Vaananen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vaananen wants to break free but Poe has control.
Poe's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Vaananen is trying to break free.
Poe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vaananen.
Poe tries to land knees in the clinch but Vaananen avoids the damage to the body.
Poe throws an elbow but it misses.
Poe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vaananen can't break the clinch.
Poe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Poe misses with an elbow strike.
Vaananen avoids the elbow strike from Poe, against the cage.
That's two 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.
Nice elbow from Poe.
Poe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Poe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vaananen's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Poe.
Poe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vaananen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Poe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Poe misses with an elbow strike.
Poe missing with knees to the body.
Poe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vaananen's defenses.
Vaananen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Poe missing with knees to the body.
Vaananen managing to block the knees to the body from Poe.
Poe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vaananen tries to break free but Poe pushes him back against the cage.
Vaananen tries to break the clinch but Poe is controlling the position.
Vaananen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vaananen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Poe has him pressed against the cage.
Vaananen has had enough of the clinch but Poe keeps him there for the moment.
Vaananen blocks an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Vaananen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Poe misses with an elbow over the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaananen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vaananen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vaananen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poe ducks under a wild hook from Vaananen.
Vaananen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vaananen misses with an uppercut. Poe saw that one coming.
Vaananen slips under a jab.
Poe takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vaananen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vaananen connects with a single shot there.
A jab from Poe misses.
Poe throws a leg kick that misses.
Vaananen wants to clinch but Poe slips to the side
and Poe counters with a slapping leg kick.
Vaananen scores with a one two! Poe had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Vaananen swats away the attempt to clinch by Poe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaananen stalks Poe and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Poe's face. Poe staggers backwards, shaken.
Poe circles away from the clinch attempt
and Poe counters with a leg kick.
Poe dodges the punch combination from Vaananen.
Vaananen connects with a single shot there.
Vaananen throws an overhand right that lands on Poe's shoulder, as Poe tries to avoid the shot.
Nice shot by Vaananen.
Poe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vaananen.
Poe tries to clinch but Vaananen moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Poe!
Vaananen looks to throw the jab but Poe is out of range.
Poe avoids the head kick by Vaananen.
Vaananen throws a right hand that Poe ducks under and follows up with a left that Poe also avoids with ease.
Vaananen looks to land a right hand but Poe moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edgar Allen Poe dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Vaananen throws a big shot that misses.
Vaananen scores with a jab to the body.
Poe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Poe thows a body shot but no joy.
Vaananen has Poe up against the cage in a clinch.
Poe misses with a knee to the head.
Poe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Poe scores a nice knee to the body.
Poe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vaananen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poe has a couple of punches blocked by Vaananen.
Vaananen blocks the elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Vaananen avoids a wild elbow strike from Poe.
Vaananen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vaananen slips a jab from Poe.
Vaananen lands with a nice body punch.
Reino Vaananen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Poe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Vaananen.
Vaananen cracks Poe with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vaananen throws a jab but it's blocked by Poe.
Poe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vaananen.
Vaananen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Poe defending well as Vaananen loads up on a big left hand.
Nice body punch from Vaananen.
Vaananen thows a body shot but no joy.
Vaananen checks the leg kick.
Poe wants to clinch up but Vaananen keeps it at a distance.
A head kick misses from Vaananen.
Vaananen misses with a jab to the body
and Poe counters with a nice leg kick.
Poe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vaananen.
Vaananen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vaananen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Poe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Some wild striking there from Vaananen.
Poe doesn't manage to clinch there - Vaananen circles away.
Vaananen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Poe was well out of range. Poor timing from Vaananen.
Poe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Poe moves in looking to clinch but Vaananen pushes him off.
Vaananen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Poe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Poe takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Poe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vaananen counters with a stiff right hand.
Poe tries to clinch there but Vaananen circles away.
Vaananen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vaananen misses with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Poe.
Vaananen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Poe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vaananen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaananen throws a hook but Poe avoids it easily.
Poe pushes Vaananen up against the cage in a clinch.
Vaananen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vaananen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Poe takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Vaananen misses with a looping left.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vaananen lands with a shot to the body.
Donk. Vaananen catches Poe right on the button with a cross.
A head kick misses from Vaananen.
Vaananen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Poe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good shot there by Vaananen.
Vaananen motions for Poe to come forward. Vaananen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Poe throws a head kick but Vaananen moves out of range.
Vaananen misses with a low kick.
Vaananen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Poe's hands.
Poe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vaananen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaananen checks a leg kick.
Poe slips under a jab from Vaananen.
Poe tries to clinch there but Vaananen circles away.
Poe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vaananen.
Vaananen loads up on a big right hand but Poe slips the punch.
Poe throws a shot to the body.
Vaananen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vaananen misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Vaananen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vaananen throws a hook but Poe blocks it.
Vaananen moves out of range of the body kick.
Vaananen lands a jab-cross combination.
A left and a right from Vaananen both land. Nice combination.
Vaananen scores with a nice right hand.
Poe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Poe blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reino Vaananen dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Poe moves away from the strike by Vaananen.
Vaananen throws a sloppy head kick
and Poe counters with a nice body shot.
Poe takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Vaananen throws the left hand but Poe avoids the punch easily.
Poe misses the shot to the body.
Vaananen misses with a hook to the body
and Poe counters with a right hand to the body.
Vaananen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Poe counters with an outside leg kick.
Poe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Poe throws a body punch but Vaananen moves out of range.
Vaananen misses with a combination
and Poe counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vaananen thinking.
Poe throws a low kick but Vaananen avoids it.
Poe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vaananen throws a lazy head kick
and Poe counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Poe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vaananen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vaananen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaananen throws out a loose jab but Poe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poe misses with a low kick.
Vaananen throws a head kick that misses
letting Poe counter with a right hand.
Vaananen throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Poe to counter with a crisp jab.
Vaananen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Poe tries to clinch but Vaananen is having none of it.
Vaananen lunges at Poe with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Poe's hand.
Poe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Poe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vaananen.
Vaananen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Poe makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Vaananen throws a lazy right hand but Poe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Poe slips a jab from Vaananen.
Poe looks to clinch
and Vaananen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Poe is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Vaananen rather than just go for the knockout.
Good exchange - Vaananen coming out on top.
Vaananen is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Vaananen misses
and Poe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Poe throws a body punch but Vaananen moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Poe, as that shot connected.
Poe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vaananen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vaananen looks to land a right hand but Poe moved out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vaananen.
Vaananen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Poe.
Vaananen throws a lazy right hand but Poe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vaananen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Poe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vaananen, pushing him back against the cage.
Poe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vaananen avoids it.
Poe throws an elbow that misses.
Poe missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poe throws an elbow but misses.
Vaananen blocks an elbow strike.
Vaananen breaks the clinch.
Poe slips a straight right by Vaananen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaananen looks to land a right hand but Poe moved out of range.
Vaananen throws a jab when Poe was well out of range.
Poe is looking to clinch.
A head kick by Vaananen misses
and Poe counters with a leg kick.
Vaananen misses with a jab to the body
and Poe counters with a slapping leg kick.
Poe tries to score with a low kick but Vaananen moves his leg out of the way.
Poe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vaananen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vaananen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Poe counters with a stiff right hand.
Poe is looking to clinch but Vaananen is avoiding it.
Vaananen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vaananen lands with a good body shot.
Vaananen's corner calls for a 1-2. Vaananen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vaananen slips a straight right by Poe.
Reino Vaananen is winning the standup battle so far.
Vaananen throws a jab but it's blocked by Poe.
Poe has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaananen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vaananen misses with a straight right.
Vaananen scores with a one two! Poe had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Vaananen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Vaananen tries a head kick but it misses.
Vaananen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Poe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A left lands for Vaananen.
Vaananen closes the distance but Poe moves to the side
and Poe counters by moving into the clinch.
Poe trying to control the position but instead, Vaananen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Poe into the cage.
Poe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Poe trying to land knees to the body.
Vaananen avoiding damage as Poe throws knees to the body.
Poe missing with knees to the body.
Poe missing with knees to the body.
Poe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edgar Allen Poe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Poe 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edgar Allen Poe!
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hype
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