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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexi Laiho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dani Kamarainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexi Laiho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dani Kamarainen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamarainen scores with a three punch combo!
Laiho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kamarainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kamarainen thows a body shot but no joy.
Kamarainen misses with a double jab.
Kamarainen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kamarainen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laiho wants to clinch up but Kamarainen keeps it at a distance.
Kamarainen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kamarainen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Laiho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kamarainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kamarainen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kamarainen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laiho.
Laiho tries to clinch but Kamarainen moves out of range.
Laiho slips a jab and a cross from Kamarainen.
Kamarainen swats away the attempt to clinch by Laiho.
Kamarainen throws a right hand that Laiho ducks under and follows up with a left that Laiho also avoids with ease.
Laiho tries to clinch up but Kamarainen circles away and keeps his distance.
Dani Kamarainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laiho showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kamarainen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamarainen misses with a two punch combination.
Laiho tries to clinch up but Kamarainen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kamarainen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laiho is looking to clinch.
Laiho fails in his attempt to clinch.
A combination from Kamarainen does no damage.
Kamarainen looks gassed!
Kamarainen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kamarainen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Laiho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Kamarainen. No joy for Laiho on that attempt.
Laiho tries to clinch up but Kamarainen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kamarainen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kamarainen throws a series of punches but Laiho avoids them all with ease.
Horrible takedown by Laiho or perhaps it was just good defense by Kamarainen which made him look bad.
Laiho tries to clinch there but Kamarainen circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamarainen keeps the fight on the outside.
Laiho shoots in for a takedown but Kamarainen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexi Laiho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kamarainen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laiho circles away quickly and effectively.
Laiho tries to close the distance and clinch but Kamarainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laiho is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laiho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laiho tries to clinch but Kamarainen moves out of range.
Kamarainen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kamarainen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Laiho fails to land the takedown.
Kamarainen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Laiho.
Laiho wants to clinch up but Kamarainen keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laiho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kamarainen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laiho fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Laiho shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kamarainen sprawls well. Kamarainen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Laiho gets slowly back to his feet.
Laiho gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kamarainen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Laiho scores with a knee to the head.
Laiho lands a nice elbow.
Kamarainen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Laiho lands an elbow inside that Kamarainen shrugs off.
Laiho using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kamarainen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees in the clinch landing for Laiho.
Laiho is working Kamarainen over against the cage.
Laiho lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Laiho.
Laiho comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laiho lands an elbow inside that Kamarainen shrugs off.
Laiho pushes Kamarainen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laiho lands a good knee to the midsection. Kamarainen won't want to take too many of those.
Laiho comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laiho tries to work over Kamarainen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laiho lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Laiho obliges.
Laiho has a couple of punches blocked by Kamarainen.
Laiho putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kamarainen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Laiho connects with a knee to the head.
Laiho unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kamarainen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laiho lands an elbow inside that Kamarainen shrugs off.
Laiho lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Laiho.
Kamarainen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kamarainen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Laiho with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Laiho lands a nice elbow.
Laiho lands a damaging elbow.
Kamarainen takes an elbow to the temple.
Laiho landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laiho unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Laiho lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dani Kamarainen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kamarainen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kamarainen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alexi Laiho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kamarainen misses with the combination.
Laiho fails with a takedown attempt.
Kamarainen swats away the attempt to clinch by Laiho.
Kamarainen loads up on a big right hand but Laiho slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamarainen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Laiho closes the distance and clinches.
Laiho scores with a knee to the head.
Kamarainen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kamarainen has had enough of the clinch but Laiho keeps him there for the moment.
Kamarainen is breathing heavily.
Kamarainen takes an elbow to the temple.
Laiho connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laiho is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kamarainen wants to break free but Laiho has control.
Laiho with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Laiho. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Laiho is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Laiho stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kamarainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laiho using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Laiho connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kamarainen's face.
Laiho misses with the head strike.
Laiho landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laiho comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laiho tries to work over Kamarainen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laiho connects with a knee to the head.
Laiho scores with a knee to the head.
Laiho lands a knee to the body.
Laiho landing knees to the body.
Laiho connects with a knee to the head.
Laiho lands a nice elbow.
Laiho is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Laiho lands a damaging elbow.
Laiho keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kamarainen's efforts to push away.
Laiho comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamarainen tries to circle away but Laiho has him pinned against the cage.
Laiho lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kamarainen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kamarainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laiho unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kamarainen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laiho lands a damaging elbow.
Kamarainen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Laiho prevents Kamarainen from breaking the clinch.
Laiho lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Laiho landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laiho lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Laiho obliges.
Laiho putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kamarainen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Laiho lands a knee to the head.
Kamarainen is trying to break the clinch but Laiho is controlling him.
Laiho landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laiho keeps control of Kamarainen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Laiho keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kamarainen's efforts to push away.
Kamarainen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laiho lands an elbow just above Kamarainen 's eye.
Laiho lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Laiho.
Laiho lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Laiho.
Laiho lands an elbow inside.
Laiho lands a knee to the body.
Laiho landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Laiho lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Laiho keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kamarainen's efforts to push away.
Kamarainen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Laiho landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kamarainen tries to break free but Laiho pushes him back against the cage.
Kamarainen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Laiho lands a knee to the head.
Laiho with a knee to the head.
Kamarainen tries to break the clinch but Laiho is controlling the position.
Laiho misses with a body punch.
Laiho lands an elbow inside that Kamarainen shrugs off.
Kamarainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Laiho won't allow it.
Laiho with a knee to the head.
Laiho unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Laiho is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Laiho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kamarainen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Laiho crunches a lovely knee into Kamarainen's ribcage.
Laiho gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Laiho utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kamarainen is trying to stall.
A frustrated look appears on Kamarainen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Laiho lands an elbow just above Kamarainen 's eye.
Laiho lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Laiho with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Kamarainen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kamarainen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Laiho lands a nice knee to the body.
Laiho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Laiho obliges.
Kamarainen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laiho has him pressed against the cage.
Laiho utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Laiho obliges.
Laiho misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexi Laiho dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Laiho tries to clinch up but Kamarainen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kamarainen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Laiho tries to clinch up but Kamarainen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kamarainen throws a right hand that Laiho ducks under and follows up with a left that Laiho also avoids with ease.
Laiho slips a jab and a cross from Kamarainen.
Laiho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Laiho shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kamarainen as he avoids it easily.
Kamarainen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Laiho tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamarainen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Laiho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laiho looks for a takedown but Kamarainen sprawls well.
Laiho fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexi Laiho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kamarainen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Laiho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laiho tries to clinch there but Kamarainen circles away.
Laiho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dani Kamarainen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laiho moves away from the strike by Kamarainen.
Laiho fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Laiho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kamarainen misses with a wild combination.
Laiho is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kamarainen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Laiho throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kamarainen's waist but Kamarainen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Laiho off to one side.
Kamarainen stuffs the takedown attempt from Laiho. Laiho gets slowly back to his feet.
Laiho tries to clinch there but Kamarainen circles away.
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.
Laiho is looking to clinch.
Laiho tries to clinch up but Kamarainen circles away and keeps his distance.
Laiho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kamarainen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laiho slips a jab and a cross from Kamarainen.
Kamarainen misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A knee to the head by Laiho.
Laiho connects with a knee to the head.
Laiho landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laiho creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kamarainen's defenses.
Laiho lands a nice elbow.
Laiho lands a good knee to the midsection. Kamarainen won't want to take too many of those.
Laiho unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Laiho.
Laiho connects with a knee to the head.
Laiho prevents Kamarainen from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laiho scores with a knee to the head.
Kamarainen tries to circle away but Laiho has him pinned against the cage.
Laiho lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Laiho unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kamarainen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kamarainen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Laiho lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Kamarainen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Laiho landing knees to the head.
Laiho keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kamarainen's efforts to push away.
Laiho putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kamarainen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Laiho gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Laiho.
Laiho creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kamarainen's defenses.
Laiho comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kamarainen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Laiho connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kamarainen's face.
Laiho working Kamarainen over with knees to the body.
Kamarainen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kamarainen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Laiho obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kamarainen takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Laiho.
Laiho putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kamarainen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Laiho comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kamarainen managing to block the knees to the body from Laiho.
Laiho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kamarainen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Laiho is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Laiho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kamarainen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laiho has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Laiho.
Laiho lands a knee to the head.
Laiho comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laiho gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Laiho tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kamarainen avoids it.
Laiho lands an elbow just above Kamarainen 's eye.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kamarainen takes an elbow to the temple.
Laiho misses with a knee strike.
Laiho swings wildly with an uppercut but Kamarainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laiho is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kamarainen is defending well for now.
Kamarainen can't break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexi Laiho showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Laiho 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexi Laiho!
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