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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommi Hartola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johannes van Bruggen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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210 lbs
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Hartola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes van Bruggen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van Bruggen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
van Bruggen tries to close the distance and clinch but Hartola swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hartola chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before van Bruggen can pounce on him.
van Bruggen works Hartola's body with a nice hook.
Hartola moves out of range of the strikes.
van Bruggen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hartola counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
van Bruggen scores with a body shot.
Hartola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hartola pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hartola looks to land a right hand but van Bruggen moved out of range.
van Bruggen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hartola moves away.
van Bruggen tried to score with a low kick but Hartola checks it.
Hartola moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Hartola misses the target.
van Bruggen feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Hartola controls van Bruggen momentarily but van Bruggen frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen is stalling in the full guard.
van Bruggen forces his way into half guard.
van Bruggen wants to take a breather but Hartola is having none of it.
van Bruggen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
van Bruggen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hartola's face.
Hartola is in a horrible position here. van Bruggen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hartola taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
van Bruggen scoring with strikes but Hartola is staying in there.
Hartola bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
van Bruggen is trying to keep Hartola in close.
van Bruggen keeping moving, preventing Hartola from controlling successfully.
Hartola stands up from van Bruggen's guard - Hartola perhaps looking for a knockout.
Tommi Hartola is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hartola jabs van Bruggen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen throws a nice inside leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for van Bruggen.
Hartola connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hartola fakes a jab and throws a low kick but van Bruggen checks it well.
van Bruggen tries to clinch but Hartola moves out of range.
van Bruggen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
van Bruggen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hartola has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from van Bruggen finds it's way round the side to connect with Hartola's head.
Hartola looks to land a left hand but van Bruggen moved out of range nicely.
van Bruggen lands a jab to the nose.
Hartola throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hartola takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hartola feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits van Bruggens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A slow jab from van Bruggen misses its intended target.
van Bruggen clobbers Hartola with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from van Bruggen. Hartola does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hartola ducks right into an uppercut from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen takes one to the chin there.
van Bruggen slips a jab and a cross from Hartola.
Hartola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from van Bruggen.
Hartola slips under a jab from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen lands a jab to the head.
Hartola moves out of range as van Bruggen strikes.
van Bruggen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hartola swings for the body but van Bruggen moves out of range.
van Bruggen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hartola counters with an outside leg kick.
van Bruggen walks into a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hartola lands a slapping body shot.
Hartola checks a leg kick.
Hartola is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
van Bruggen shoots in for a double leg but Hartola sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
van Bruggen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johannes van Bruggen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hartola is looking to land body kicks.
van Bruggen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
van Bruggen motions for Hartola to come forward. van Bruggen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
van Bruggen moves away from the strike by Hartola.
Hartola misses with an attempted mid kick.
van Bruggen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hartola.
Hartola takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hartola moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hartola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van Bruggen was well out of range. Poor timing from Hartola.
van Bruggen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hartola throws a body punch but van Bruggen moves out of range.
van Bruggen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hartola manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
van Bruggen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hartola counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hartola misses the shot to the body.
van Bruggen shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. van Bruggen showed some decent athleticism there.
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!
Hartola tries to get to full guard but van Bruggen has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartola moves into full guard.
van Bruggen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
van Bruggen trying to control but Hartola is working from the bottom.
Hartola is looking for a triangle but van Bruggen pushes his legs off easily.
van Bruggen postures up.
van Bruggen wants to pass the guard but Hartola is keeping the position.
van Bruggen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen preventing the sweep.
van Bruggen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
van Bruggen tries to free his leg and advance position but Hartola is retaining full guard.
van Bruggen wants to control from the top but Hartola keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hartola fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but van Bruggen is out of range.
A slow jab from van Bruggen misses its intended target.
Hartola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hartola is looking to wear down van Bruggen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
van Bruggen shoots in for a double leg but Hartola sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hartola stuffs the takedown.
Hartola looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartola looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hartola throws a leg kick but van Bruggen checks it.
van Bruggen thows a body shot but no joy.
Johannes van Bruggen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van Bruggen moves out of range of the leg kick from Hartola.
Hartola throws the left hand but van Bruggen avoids the punch easily.
Hartola misses with a kick to the body.
van Bruggen thows a body shot but no joy.
Hartola ducks under a wild hook from van Bruggen.
Hartola looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hartola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van Bruggen was well out of range. Poor timing from Hartola.
van Bruggen throws a body punch but Hartola moves out of range.
A slow jab from Hartola misses its intended target.
van Bruggen moves into range and clinches up with Hartola.
Hartola taking a breather.
van Bruggen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartola throws a knee to the head but misses.
van Bruggen misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from van Bruggen fails to land.
van Bruggen misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for van Bruggen.
van Bruggen avoiding damage as Hartola throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hartola.
van Bruggen lands a nice uppercut.
Hartola misses with a hook from the clinch.
van Bruggen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
van Bruggen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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.
A left hand lands to the body for van Bruggen.
Hartola tries a knee to the head but van Bruggen blocks it.
van Bruggen misses with a punch to the body.
van Bruggen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Johannes van Bruggen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Hartola's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
van Bruggen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hartola shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hartola takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
van Bruggen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hartola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hartola thows a body shot but no joy.
Hartola works the jab nicely.
Hartola throws a shot from downtown. van Bruggen moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from van Bruggen misses its intended target.
van Bruggen tries to close the distance and clinch but Hartola swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hartola shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
van Bruggen scores with a hook.
van Bruggen throws out a leg kick but Hartola moves out of range and van Bruggen only half commits.
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!
Hartola throws a jab when van Bruggen was well out of range.
van Bruggen throws a front kick aimed at Hartola's knee but Hartola avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen misses with a straight left.
van Bruggen scoring well with a low kick there.
van Bruggen throws a nice inside leg kick.
van Bruggen fails in his attempt to clinch.
van Bruggen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
van Bruggen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hartola defends well against a solid takedown attempt from van Bruggen.
A leg kick checked by Hartola.
Hartola misses with a left hand
and van Bruggen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hartola takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Johannes van Bruggen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
van Bruggen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
van Bruggen moves into the clinch.
Hartola lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, van Bruggen scores with a nice short uppercut.
A hook to the body from van Bruggen.
Tommi Hartola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hartola stalling in the clinch.
van Bruggen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
van Bruggen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
van Bruggen lands with a left to the head.
van Bruggen misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen throws a head punch that misses.
van Bruggen stalling the fight.
van Bruggen tries to work over Hartola's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hartola landing knees to the head.
van Bruggen can't find room to land a body shot as Hartola controls the action.
Hartola tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hartola breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen scores with a jab.
van Bruggen tries to clinch but Hartola moves out of range.
van Bruggen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hartola jabs van Bruggen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hartola throws a body kick that misses.
Hartola checks a low kick from van Bruggen.
Hartola takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hartola cracks a nice hook into van Bruggen's ribs.
van Bruggen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hartola uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen checks a leg kick nicely.
A leg kick checked by Hartola.
Hartola throws a series of punches but van Bruggen moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hartola. van Bruggen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hartola throws a leg kick but van Bruggen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hartola takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johannes van Bruggen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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!
van Bruggen misses with a low kick as Hartola jumps back.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hartola tries a knee to the head but van Bruggen blocks it.
Hartola is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
van Bruggen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
van Bruggen is looking for a takedown.
Hartola misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hartola misses with a punch to the body.
Hartola with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hartola trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van Bruggen is trying to drag Hartola to the mat but Hartola just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tommi Hartola has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johannes van Bruggen.
Hartola prevents a body shot from van Bruggen.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johannes van Bruggen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well van Bruggen 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johannes van Bruggen!
Johannes van Bruggen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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