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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Walters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Sirkiä (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walters's entrance music is The Gasher – Written and recorded by Pearl Jam . A fine choice. Sirkiä has chosen Thergothon - Elemental as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Joe Walters has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Joe Walters seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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180 lbs
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156 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Walters!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Niko Sirkiä!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sirkiä is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walters.
Walters doesn't manage to clinch there - Sirkiä circles away.
Walters throws out a loose jab but Sirkiä uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walters is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Walters throws a shot from downtown. Sirkiä moves away and avoids it.
Walters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sirkiä was well out of range. Poor timing from Walters.
Walters is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sirkiä.
Walters throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sirkiä.
Sirkiä moves away from the strike by Walters.
Walters misses with a hook to the body
and Sirkiä counters with a nice body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Sirkiä misses the target.
Sirkiä tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Walters swivels and escapes.
Sirkiä dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Walters.
Walters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sirkiä.
Joe Walters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirkiä shoots for a double leg takedown but Walters sprawls well. He's pushed Sirkiä's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Joe Walters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niko Sirkiä.
Sirkiä uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sirkiä swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sirkiä connects with a good right hand that stumbles Walters. Walters circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Walters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Walters misses.
Sirkiä fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walters manages to avoid it.
Sirkiä moves out of range as Walters strikes.
Sirkiä misses with an uppercut.
Walters pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walters misses the shot to the body.
Sirkiä connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Walters's hands.
Walters lands a nice looking body shot.
Sirkiä throws a lazy right hand but Walters sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walters misses with a looping right.
Sirkiä has a takedown stuffed.
Sirkiä throws a lazy right hand but Walters sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirkiä tests Walters's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Walters pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Walters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sirkiä.
Walters throws a shot from downtown. Sirkiä moves away and avoids it.
Walters misses with a hook.
Walters misses with a wild body shot.
Sirkiä misses with a looping left.
Sirkiä uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walters.
Walters just misses with a punch to the body.
Sirkiä throws an overhand right that lands on Walters's shoulder, as Walters tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sirkiä keeps the fight on the outside.
Sirkiä scores with a nice right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walters thuds his right hand into Sirkiä's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Walters throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Walters misses.
Sirkiä moves out of range as Walters strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Joe Walters will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sirkiä wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Walters throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sirkiä swings for the body but Walters moves out of range.
Walters tries to clinch up.
Walters ducks under a wild hook from Sirkiä.
Sirkiä defending well as Walters loads up on a big left hand.
Sirkiä scores with a decent looking hook.
Sirkiä throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walters counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Walters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sirkiä sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sirkiä displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Walters throws out the jab.
Sirkiä jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Horrible takedown by Sirkiä or perhaps it was just good defense by Walters which made him look bad.
Sirkiä throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walters sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sirkiä takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sirkiä avoids the body shot from Walters.
Walters lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Walters.
Sirkiä misses with an uppercut.
Walters missing with a left hand there. Sirkiä was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walters throws a body punch but Sirkiä moves out of range.
Sirkiä staying out of range there.
Sirkiä with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Walters to score with a decent uppercut.
Walters misses with a body shot.
Sirkiä keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sirkiä connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Walters scores with a jab.
Walters rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Sirkiä to counter with a crisp jab.
Walters misses with a looping left.
Walters stuffs the takedown attempt from Sirkiä. Sirkiä gets slowly back to his feet.
Joe Walters is winning the standup battle so far.
Walters misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walters throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sirkiä uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walters.
Walters throws a looping overhand right but Sirkiä ducks down to avoid it.
Sirkiä moves out of range of the body kick.
Sirkiä shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Walters pinned against the cage. Walters gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Joe Walters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niko Sirkiä.
Sirkiä sizes up Walters with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Walters has managed to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Walters just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sirkiä's brow.
Walters throws an elbow but it misses.
Walters looks to throw an elbow but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sirkiä is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Walters pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Sirkiä blocks the elbow strike.
Sirkiä's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Walters dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sirkiä misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Walters is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sirkiä.
Walters looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Walters lands a glancing blow to the side of Sirkiä's head.
Sirkiä scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sirkiä misses the jab.
Walters lands with a cross.
Sirkiä keeps the fight on the outside.
Walters misses with a few strikes there.
Walters connects with a looping right hand.
Walters lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice sprawl there from Walters as Sirkiä shoots in.
Sirkiä keeps the fight on the outside.
Walters misses with the combination.
A swing and a miss from Walters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters wants to clinch up but Sirkiä keeps it at a distance.
Walters throws a jab but it's blocked by Sirkiä.
Walters lands a head shot.
Walters scores with a jab. Sirkiä acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Walters tries to close the distance and clinch but Sirkiä swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sirkiä ducks right into an uppercut from Walters.
Sirkiä moves out of range of the strikes.
Sirkiä misses with an uppercut. Walters saw that one coming.
Sirkiä throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Walters's waist but Walters gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sirkiä off to one side.
Joe Walters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niko Sirkiä.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Walters.
Sirkiä clobbers Walters with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sirkiä is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walters.
Walters connects with a body shot.
Sirkiä lands with a nice body punch.
Walters throws a hook to the side of Sirkiä's head but Sirkiä sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Walters.
Walters throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sirkiä counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Walters misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sirkiä.
Walters is looking to land body kicks.
Sirkiä cracks Walters with an open hand slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sirkiä manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Walters on his heels. He'll look to pass Walters's guard now, I'm sure.
Sirkiä working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sirkiä wants to pass the guard but Walters is keeping the position.
Sirkiä trying to control but Walters is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walters controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Walters clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sirkiä uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walters.
A big right from Walters misses.
No luck for Sirkiä with that takedown attempt.
Walters misses the jab.
Sirkiä avoids the body shot from Walters.
Walters moves out of range of the strikes.
Walters bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sirkiä's head.
Walters slips a jab from Sirkiä.
Horrible takedown by Sirkiä or perhaps it was just good defense by Walters which made him look bad.
Walters moves away from the strike by Sirkiä.
Walters catches Sirkiä with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Walters throws a looping overhand right but Sirkiä ducks down to avoid it.
Horrible takedown by Sirkiä or perhaps it was just good defense by Walters which made him look bad.
Joe Walters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niko Sirkiä.
Walters gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sirkiä counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirkiä misses with a straight right.
Sirkiä scores with a punch to the head.
Walters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sirkiä.
Walters misses with an uppercut. Sirkiä saw that one coming.
Sirkiä misses with a looping left.
Walters throws an overhand right that lands on Sirkiä's shoulder, as Sirkiä tries to avoid the shot.
Jab by Walters.
Walters ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Walters is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sirkiä.
Sirkiä shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sirkiä showed some decent athleticism there.
Sirkiä prevents Walters from standing back up.
Walters knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sirkiä on the ground.
Walters is trying to control but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walters is staying active underneath Sirkiä, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Walters keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Walters manages to get to full guard.
Walters is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sirkiä cracks Walters with a solid left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sirkiä looking to sit in guard and control but Walters gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Niko Sirkiä will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Sirkiä has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sirkiä might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sirkiä bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walters. Sirkiä does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walters misses the shot to the body.
Walters tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sirkiä counters with a nice uppercut.
Walters closes the distance and clinches.
Walters pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Joe Walters is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walters looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sirkiä avoids the elbow strike from Walters, against the cage.
Sirkiä tries for a takedown but Walters manages to get underhooks.
Sirkiä blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sirkiä.
Sirkiä changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Walters fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Joe Walters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niko Sirkiä.
Walters tries to clinch up
and Sirkiä connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sirkiä keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walters cracks Sirkiä with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A jab from Walters finds it's way through Sirkiä's defenses.
Niko Sirkiä has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walters looks to throw the jab but Sirkiä is out of range.
Walters blocks a jab.
Walters misses the jab.
Walters connects with a looping right hand.
Walters looks to throw the jab but Sirkiä is out of range.
Walters wants to slow Sirkiä down by chopping away at his legs.
Walters throws a looping overhand right but Sirkiä ducks down to avoid it.
Sirkiä gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice sprawl there from Walters as Sirkiä shoots in.
A slow jab from Sirkiä misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sirkiä sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joe Walters is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walters wants to clinch up but Sirkiä keeps it at a distance.
Sirkiä throws a looping overhand right but Walters ducks down to avoid it.
Sirkiä slips under a jab from Walters.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Walters showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Walters 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 49:46
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 49:46
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Walters!
Joe Walters retains his middleweight title!
Joe Walters took some time post fight to say the following; 'First I'd like to thank my sponsor ĄFFĄKĘTIΘN and PRIME DESIGNS, you guys are the best! I want to make 2012 a banner year and what better way to do that than to unify some belts? Ticklepants you've just been called out! Let's make this happen Luke. '.
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