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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ollie Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Sirkiä (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill a Man. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sirkiä's choice of entrance music: Thergothon - Elemental. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Niko Sirkiä was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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195 lbs
13 - 3 - 0 |
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156 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ollie Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Niko Sirkiä!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams tries to clinch up.
Sirkiä scores with a crisp jab that stopped Williams in his tracks.
Sirkiä shoots in for a takedown but Williams shows good takedown defense.
Williams slips a straight right by Sirkiä.
Sirkiä keeps the fight on the outside.
Sirkiä lands with an uppercut that bounces Williams off the cage and back into range.
Williams moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sirkiä tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Williams swivels and escapes.
Sirkiä decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Sirkiä scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Williams pushes Sirkiä off and gets back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danga de danga de dang - Williams scores with a four punch combination!
Williams staying out of range there.
Niko Sirkiä seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirkiä is trying hard to land a takedown here. Williams sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ollie Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niko Sirkiä.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sirkiä manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sirkiä loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Ollie Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sirkiä looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
A big left from Sirkiä misses.
Sirkiä connects with a body shot that sends Williams's belly button to the back.
Sirkiä shoots in for a double leg but Williams sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sirkiä avoids a kick to the body.
Sirkiä stuns Williams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Sirkiä moved out of range nicely.
Sirkiä lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Williams throws a head kick but Sirkiä moves out of range.
Sirkiä misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Williams moves into the clinch.
Williams tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Williams misses with an elbow over the top.
Sirkiä taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sirkiä continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sirkiä breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams stuffs the takedown.
Williams ducks right into an uppercut from Sirkiä.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Sirkiä.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirkiä ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sirkiä jabs at Williams's body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sirkiä, right into the meat.
Sirkiä stuns Williams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sirkiä lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams's sensitive parts.
Sirkiä scores with a takedown into Williams's guard.
Williams wants to stand and escape but Sirkiä is having none of it.
Sirkiä sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sirkiä postures up in Williams's guard and throws a big left but Williams blocks it.
Sirkiä drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sirkiä jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirkiä seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams wants to stand and escape but Sirkiä is having none of it.
Sirkiä connects with a couple of short punches.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Sirkiä from controlling successfully.
Williams manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Sirkiä scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Williams doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sirkiä uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sirkiä throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Sirkiä shoots in and drives through. Williams sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Niko Sirkiä dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sirkiä misses with a hook.
Sirkiä looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
Williams wants to clinch.
Sirkiä tries to score a power double leg takedown but Williams sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sirkiä somewhat.
Sirkiä lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sirkiä scores with a nice right hand.
Sirkiä scores with a jab to the body.
Williams stuffs the takedown attempt from Sirkiä. Sirkiä gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirkiä dips to his left and cracks Williams with an uppercut!
Williams slaps away a takedown attempt from Sirkiä, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ollie Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niko Sirkiä.
Sirkiä swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Sirkiä fails with the takedown
and Williams counters by clinching up.
Williams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A hook to the body from Williams.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sirkiä is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirkiä tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sirkiä.
Williams dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sirkiä is trying to break free.
A right handed body shot lands from Williams.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sirkiä stalling against the cage.
Williams with a knee to the head.
Williams lands an elbow inside that Sirkiä shrugs off.
Sirkiä is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Williams gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sirkiä's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sirkiä managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sirkiä is defending well for now.
Sirkiä manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sirkiä is breathing heavily.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Williams just leaning against Sirkiä, taking a breather.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Williams.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sirkiä is keeping busy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Sirkiä avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Williams.
Williams taking a breather.
Sirkiä has Williams pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Williams manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sirkiä avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Sirkiä blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams just leaning against Sirkiä, taking a breather.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sirkiä wants to stall.
A hook to the body from Williams.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Sirkiä uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sirkiä avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ollie Williams dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Sirkiä throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Niko Sirkiä seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sirkiä throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sirkiä throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Williams slips a straight right by Sirkiä.
Williams has managed to clinch.
Williams displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sirkiä up against the cage.
Sirkiä has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Williams clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Williams controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is covering up but some of the strikes from Sirkiä are getting through and doing damage.
Sirkiä has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sirkiä connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Williams to escape the position.
Williams staying busy and making it hard for Sirkiä to control.
Williams covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Sirkiä is landing with strikes. Williams can't take much more of this.
Sirkiä tries to get the hooks in deep but Williams pushed the leg off.
Sirkiä is punishing Williams with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Sirkiä working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirkiä working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Williams trying to get back to his feet but Sirkiä is in full control for now.
Sirkiä lands strikes to the head.
Sirkiä is punishing Williams with some ground and pound.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.
Sirkiä looking to hold on to the position here but Williams rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Sirkiä showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sirkiä wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirkiä stops Williams from standing up.
Niko Sirkiä has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sirkiä is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Williams preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Williams is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Sirkiä. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Sirkiä controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sirkiä won't allow Williams to get back to his feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Niko Sirkiä was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to clinch but Sirkiä slips to the side
and Sirkiä counters with a series of strikes. Williams will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sirkiä closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Sirkiä lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sirkiä thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sirkiä manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the liver by Sirkiä. Beautiful body shot.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sirkiä misses with a straight right.
Sirkiä changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Williams tries to avoid it but Sirkiä manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Williams to the ground. Williams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Niko Sirkiä comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sirkiä has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Niko Sirkiä!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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