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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raimo Haukka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Dust (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raimo Haukka could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ken Dust's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raimo Haukka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ken Dust!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dust shoots in but Haukka avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Haukka looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Haukka works over Dust's head and body with a nice combination.
Dust uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Haukka has time to react.
Dust misses with a takedown attempt - Haukka sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dust!
Dust throws a body punch but Haukka moves out of range.
Haukka doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dust counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dust shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Haukka pinned against the cage. Haukka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Raimo Haukka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Dust.
Dust shoots in for a double leg but Haukka sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dust is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Haukka.
Haukka scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haukka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dust counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Haukka keeping moving, preventing Dust from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haukka wants to stand and escape but Dust is having none of it.
Dust stands up and waves to Haukka to follow him.
Dust clinches.
Dust wants the takedown. Haukka is fighting it off but Dust persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Haukka's guard against the cage.
Dust stops Haukka from standing up.
Dust looking to pass the guard.
Haukka keeping moving, preventing Dust from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dust decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Haukka, up you get!
No luck for Dust with that takedown attempt.
Dust ducks right into an uppercut from Haukka.
Dust fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Haukka sprawls well initially but Dust persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Dust takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dust with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dust stands up and beckons Haukka to join him on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dust slips under a jab.
Haukka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dust scores with a push kick.
Haukka missing with a left hand there. Dust was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haukka throws a combination that misses
and Dust counters with an outside leg kick.
Dust misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dust looks for a takedown but Haukka sprawls well.
Haukka throws a left and a right that both miss
so Dust counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haukka wants to stand up but Dust is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Haukka wants to sweep but no luck.
Dust trying to control the position from guard on top but Haukka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dust tries to stand but Haukka is controlling from the bottom.
Dust trying to control but Haukka is working from the bottom.
Haukka can't keep his opponent in guard - Dust advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Dust controlling the action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dust trying to control from half guard but Haukka is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Dust dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Haukka shoots in for a takedown but Dust shows good takedown defense.
Raimo Haukka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dust tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Haukka swivels and escapes.
Dust gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Haukka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Haukka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dust sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haukka misses with a hook. Dust ducked under it nicely.
Dust shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dust was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dust putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dust trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haukka is trying to stand but he's just given Dust his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dust wants to control but Haukka is keeping busy.
Dust scores with punches to the body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haukka is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Dust lands shots from the back.
Haukka trying to get back to his feet but Dust is in full control for now.
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.
Dust lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Haukka knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dust on the ground.
Haukka avoids the strikes from Dust.
Haukka might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Haukka prevents Dust from getting a body triangle.
Dust scores with punches from the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dust keeps control of the position easily here as Haukka tries to buck him off.
Dust trying to control momentarily.
Dust throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Haukka can't escape the position.
Dust controlling from the back.
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.
Haukka controlling Dust 's hands.
Dust has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Haukka.
Haukka wriggles onto his back under a barage of strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Haukka wants to try and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Dust showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
Dust shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dust was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Haukka is squirming around, avoiding Dust's attempts to control the action.
Haukka is looking to get to half guard.
Dust won't let Haukka get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Dust trying to control but Haukka is having none of it.
Dust in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ken Dust has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dust trying to control but Haukka is having none of it.
Despite being in the dominant position, Ken Dust just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No joy there for Haukka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dust wants to clinch up but Haukka keeps it at a distance.
Haukka forces Dust back against the cage and clinches.
Haukka tries to break the clinch but Dust is controlling the position.
Dust breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haukka throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dust counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dust stands up out of the half guard.
Dust wants to clinch up but Haukka keeps it at a distance.
Dust's corner calls for a 1-2. Dust obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Haukka is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Haukka's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Dust closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Well, if Dust is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dust passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Haukka!
Dust landing strikes from the mount and Haukka is in trouble!
Dust controlling his opponent.
Dust stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haukka throws a series of punches but Dust avoids them all with ease.
Dust misses with a low kick.
Dust slips under a jab.
Haukka tries to keep at a distance but Dust has taken the fight into the clinch.
Haukka wants to get back to striking at distance but Dust won't allow it.
Haukka is trying to break the clinch but Dust has him pressed against the cage.
Dust goes for a takedown attempt but Haukka pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Haukka scores with a jab.
Haukka fails with the takedown
and Dust counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dust.
Dust lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dust passes Haukka's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dust slows the pace down in half guard.
Dust thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Haukka's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dust seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Haukka does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dust decides to stand up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Dust comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dust 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Dust!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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