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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Holden Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sakke Pietila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosenthal comes to the cage accompanied by Rick Derringer - I Am a Real American. Holden Rosenthal had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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211 lbs
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276 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Holden Rosenthal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sakke Pietila!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pietila misses with a body punch
and Rosenthal counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pietila rushes Rosenthal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pietila scores a nice knee to the body.
Pietila's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rosenthal lunges at Pietila with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pietila's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pietila drives through and clinches with Rosenthal against the cage.
Rosenthal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pietila is defending well for now.
Pietila breaks from the clinch.
Rosenthal swats away the attempt to clinch by Pietila.
Rosenthal throws a series of punches but Pietila moves out of range.
Pietila moves into range and clinches up with Rosenthal.
Rosenthal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pietila lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rosenthal gets through Pietila's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietila wants to get back to striking at distance but Rosenthal won't allow it.
Rosenthal taking a breather.
Pietila's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pietila fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pietila closes the distance and clinches.
Rosenthal trying to land knees to the body.
Pietila makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Pietila.
Rosenthal's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rosenthal has Pietila pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Rosenthal pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Pietila tumbling to the mat - Rosenthal dives into Pietila's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rosenthal advances to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rosenthal is thwarting Pietila's attempts to control the position.
Rosenthal stops Pietila from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pietila is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Rosenthal frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Pietila wants to hold on but Rosenthal pushes him away.
Pietila might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rosenthal kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Pietila trying desperately to get to his feet.
Pietila is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal tries to control but Pietila wriggling away.
Rosenthal throwing strikes here but Pietila is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Rosenthal lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Pietila is in a horrible position here. Rosenthal smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rosenthal tries to control but Pietila wriggling away.
Pietila keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pietila is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietila wants to hold on but Rosenthal pushes him away.
Pietila is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Rosenthal can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pietila is looking to escape.
Pietila is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rosenthal sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sakke Pietila will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rosenthal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rosenthal decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pietila is looking to escape.
Pietila works his way to full guard. Good work.
Pietila wants to get back to his feet but Rosenthal is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rosenthal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rosenthal prevents Pietila from getting back to his feet.
Rosenthal throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rosenthal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pietila looking for a guillotine here but Rosenthal defends easily.
Rosenthal wants to control from the top but Pietila keeps moving.
Rosenthal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pietila is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietila wants to control but Rosenthal passes easily into half guard.
Pietila is looking to escape.
Rosenthal passes to side control.
Holden Rosenthal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pietila can't do much from the bottom here.
Rosenthal misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Pietila bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal closes the distance and clinches.
Pietila wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rosenthal working aggressively here.
Rosenthal taking a breather.
Rosenthal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rosenthal wants the takedown. Pietila is fighting it off but Rosenthal persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Pietila's guard against the cage.
Rosenthal stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pietila swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pietila looking for a guillotine here but Rosenthal defends easily.
Rosenthal trying to control the position from guard on top but Pietila is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietila is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rosenthal trying to control the position from guard on top but Pietila is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rosenthal is stalling in the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Rosenthal dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Pietila moves in looking to clinch but Rosenthal pushes him off.
Pietila is looking to clinch but Rosenthal is avoiding it.
Rosenthal misses with a low kick.
Rosenthal looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rosenthal prevents Pietila from standing back up.
Pietila wants to control but Rosenthal is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rosenthal throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pietila is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietila is not content to let Rosenthal control the position.
Rosenthal prevents Pietila from standing back up.
Pietila trying to hold on to Rosenthal's head to control him but Rosenthal postures up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rosenthal works his way into side control.
Pietila tries to escape but Rosenthal is in control.
Rosenthal in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietila is looking for a sweep.
Pietila explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Pietila tries to clinch but Rosenthal moves out of range.
Rosenthal shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rosenthal showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rosenthal is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Pietila is trying to stand up here but Rosenthal is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal is keen to just control but Pietila is a slippery customer.
Rosenthal perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Pietila has hold of Rosenthal's hands but Rosenthal slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pietila is trying to stand back up but Rosenthal is controlling him
Pietila wants to control but Rosenthal is keeping busy.
Rosenthal trying to control from half guard but Pietila is working away.
Rosenthal lands strikes from half guard.
Pietila is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Rosenthal 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.
Rosenthal prevents Pietila from improving his position.
Pietila trying to get back to full guard but Rosenthal takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Pietila tries to reverse the position but Rosenthal maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
Holden Rosenthal showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rosenthal 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holden Rosenthal!
Holden Rosenthal decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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hype
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