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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Angelos Karagounis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Sissy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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150 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Angelos Karagounis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott Sissy!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sissy looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Karagounis throws a head kick that misses
and Sissy counters by moving into the clinch.
Karagounis breaks the clinch.
Karagounis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sissy looks for a takedown but Karagounis sprawls well.
Sissy avoids the head kick by Karagounis.
Sissy throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Karagounis counters by clinching up.
Karagounis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sissy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sissy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Karagounis circles away.
Angelos Karagounis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Sissy.
Nice sprawl there from Karagounis as Sissy shoots in.
Sissy fails with a takedown attempt.
Karagounis gets a clinch.
Karagounis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karagounis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sissy is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sissy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sissy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sissy blocks a head kick by Karagounis.
Karagounis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karagounis shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sissy's guard.
Karagounis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Karagounis wanted to stand there but Sissy had control of the position.
Karagounis trying to control but Sissy is working from the bottom.
Karagounis tries to free his leg and advance position but Sissy is retaining full guard.
Karagounis wants to control from the top but Sissy keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Karagounis pushes down on Sissy's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Sissy kicks off Karagounis and gets to his feet.
Sissy looks gassed!
Karagounis clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sissy goes for a takedown attempt but Karagounis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sissy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sissy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karagounis.
Karagounis throws a head kick but Sissy moves out of range.
Sissy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Sissy enables Karagounis to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sissy manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sissy keeping moving, preventing Karagounis from controlling successfully.
Sissy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sissy keeping moving, preventing Karagounis from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sissy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Karagounis!
Karagounis wants to hold on but Sissy pushes him away.
Sissy dominating with strikes here.
Sissy with good strikes from the mount here!
Karagounis is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karagounis is bucking up trying to escape but Sissy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sissy get's back to his feet.
Sissy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sissy tries to keep at a distance but Karagounis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sissy jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karagounis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Karagounis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sissy on the ground.
Karagounis trying to control but Sissy is working from the bottom.
Sissy has his foot on Karagounis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Karagounis works his way back into a safe position though.
Sissy throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angelos Karagounis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sissy throws a right hand that Karagounis ducks under and follows up with a left that Karagounis also avoids with ease.
Sissy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karagounis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karagounis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sissy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A head kick misses from Karagounis.
Karagounis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sissy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Karagounis throws a sloppy head kick and Sissy moves out of range easily.
Sissy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Karagounis.
Karagounis moves out of range of the body kick from Sissy.
Karagounis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Karagounis wants to control but Sissy is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sissy manages to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sissy is not content to let Karagounis control the position.
Karagounis is looking to stall here but Sissy recovers full guard.
Karagounis wants to control from the top but Sissy keeps moving.
Sissy looking to control.
Sissy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sissy wants to stand but Karagounis is controlling the position.
Sissy keeping full guard, as Karagounis tries to pass.
Sissy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Karagounis decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sissy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Karagounis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Karagounis.
Karagounis trying to control the position from guard on top but Sissy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sissy wants to stand up but Karagounis is controlling him.
Sissy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Karagounis drops back, looking for a kneebar! Sissy looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Sissy looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Sissy!
Sissy thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Angelos Karagounis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
An elbow from Sissy crashes against the mat.
That's four 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.
Karagounis seems a little lost for a moment, as Sissy dominates the positioning.
Sissy misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angelos Karagounis dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sissy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Karagounis throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Sissy was covering up waiting for the punch and Karagounis finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Karagounis throws and elbow that misses. Sissy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Karagounis's guard. Nice move by Sissy!
Karagounis wants to sweep but no luck.
Karagounis keeping full guard, as Sissy tries to pass.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sissy trying to control the position from guard on top but Karagounis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karagounis wants to sweep but no luck.
Karagounis keeping moving, preventing Sissy from controlling successfully.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Karagounis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Scott Sissy has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Sissy is looking to clinch but Karagounis is avoiding it.
Sissy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Karagounis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Karagounis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karagounis scores with a takedown into Sissy's guard.
Karagounis throwing strikes but missing.
Karagounis is working Sissy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Karagounis wants to control from the top but Sissy keeps moving.
Karagounis is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Sissy wants to control the position but Karagounis says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sissy holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Sissy tries to get to full guard but Karagounis has control of the leg.
Karagounis trying to pass the guard but Sissy defending well.
Sissy is not content to let Karagounis control the position.
Sissy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Karagounis would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four 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.
Sissy throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Karagounis being controlled here momentarily.
Karagounis wants to control from the top but Sissy keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Angelos Karagounis.
Sissy shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Scott Sissy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Angelos Karagounis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Karagounis is trying to escape the mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Angelos Karagounis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Karagounis 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angelos Karagounis!
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energy
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hype
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