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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aki Sirkesalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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154 lbs
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151 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Russo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aki Sirkesalo!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russo clinches up against the cage.
Russo can't get the takedown.
Russo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Russo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sirkesalo avoids it.
Russo has Sirkesalo pressed against the cage, preventing Sirkesalo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Russo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sirkesalo's defenses.
Russo lands a knee to the body.
Russo missing with knees to the body.
Sirkesalo trying to stall but Russo improves his position.
Russo is working Sirkesalo over against the cage.
Russo tries to land knees in the clinch but Sirkesalo avoids the damage to the body.
Russo just leaning against Sirkesalo, taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for Russo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Russo misses with a body punch.
Russo misses with an elbow over the top.
Come on Russo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sirkesalo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirkesalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Russo scores a nice knee to the body.
Russo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sirkesalo breaks the clinch.
Sirkesalo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Russo tries a head kick but it misses.
Russo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sirkesalo.
Russo just misses with a punch to the body.
Sirkesalo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Russo thumps Sirkesalo with a low kick.
Russo wants to clinch up but Sirkesalo keeps it at a distance.
Russo misses with a body shot.
Sirkesalo connects with a body shot that sends Russo's belly button to the back.
Russo looks for the body kick but Sirkesalo saw that one coming.
Sirkesalo throws a hook but Russo avoids it easily.
Sirkesalo misses with the combination.
Russo tries to clinch up but Sirkesalo circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sirkesalo lands a glancing blow to the side of Russo's head.
Sirkesalo misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Sirkesalo.
Sirkesalo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Russo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russo staying out of range there.
Russo rushes Sirkesalo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sirkesalo is trying to break free.
Russo lands an elbow inside.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Sirkesalo has had enough of the clinch but Russo keeps him there for the moment.
Russo landing knees to the body.
Russo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Russo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sirkesalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Russo tries to land knees in the clinch but Sirkesalo avoids the damage to the body.
Russo lands an elbow inside that Sirkesalo shrugs off.
Russo gets through Sirkesalo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Russo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sirkesalo.
Russo has Sirkesalo pressed against the cage, preventing Sirkesalo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sirkesalo is looking to break free of the clinch but Russo has double underhooks.
Russo scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Aki Sirkesalo has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Russo throws an elbow but misses.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo trying to land knees to the body.
Russo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sirkesalo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sirkesalo taking a breather.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sirkesalo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Russo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sirkesalo avoids a wild elbow strike from Russo.
Sirkesalo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Russo lands a nice uppercut.
Russo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sirkesalo or not.
Russo lands with a short shot to the head.
Russo pushes Sirkesalo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Russo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Russo.
Sirkesalo misses with a right hand
and Russo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Russo misses with a kick to the body.
Sirkesalo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sirkesalo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Russo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Russo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sirkesalo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sirkesalo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Russo.
Russo tries to clinch up.
Sirkesalo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Russo.
A telegraphed right hand from Russo misses the target.
Sirkesalo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Russo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sirkesalo.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Sirkesalo misses the target.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch but Sirkesalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Sirkesalo misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo throws a head kick but Sirkesalo moves out of range.
Sirkesalo swings for the body but Russo moves out of range.
Russo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sirkesalo misses with a looping left.
Sirkesalo lands with a right hand.
Russo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A solid leg kick lands there for Russo.
Russo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Russo tries to clinch up.
Sirkesalo 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.
Sirkesalo just misses with a punch to the body.
Russo throws a head kick but Sirkesalo moves out of range.
Sirkesalo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Russo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sirkesalo looks gassed!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Russo to score with a decent uppercut.
Sirkesalo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sirkesalo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Russo connects with a leg kick. Sirkesalo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Russo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Sirkesalo misses the target.
Sirkesalo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Russo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sirkesalo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Russo counters with a low kick, right behind Sirkesalo 's knee.
Russo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sirkesalo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Russo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Russo slips under a jab from Sirkesalo.
A jab from Sirkesalo misses.
Russo wants to clinch.
Russo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sirkesalo's head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sirkesalo misses with a hook. Russo ducked under it nicely.
Russo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sirkesalo tests Russo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Russo rushes Sirkesalo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sirkesalo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Russo tries a knee to the head but Sirkesalo blocks it.
Russo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Russo lands with a short shot to the head.
Sirkesalo avoiding damage as Russo throws knees to the body.
Russo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sirkesalo up against the cage.
Russo drags the fight down to the ground.
Russo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Russo has a closed guard, preventing Sirkesalo from standing up.
Russo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Russo is looking for a triangle but Sirkesalo pushes his legs off easily.
Russo controls Sirkesalo momentarily but Sirkesalo frees himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russo looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Sirkesalo passes into side control.
Russo gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Russo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aki Sirkesalo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Russo throws a solid leg kick but Sirkesalo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Russo.
Sirkesalo keeps the fight on the outside.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch but Sirkesalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sirkesalo moves out of range of the body kick.
Russo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russo feints and then cracks Sirkesalo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sirkesalo down.
Some wild striking there from Sirkesalo.
Sirkesalo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Russo finds it's way round the side to connect with Sirkesalo's head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Russo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sirkesalo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sirkesalo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Russo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Russo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sirkesalo can do to turn this around?
Sirkesalo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sirkesalo blocks a head kick by Russo.
Sirkesalo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That kick from Russo tenderised Sirkesalo's leg. Sirkesalo is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sirkesalo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Russo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Russo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Russo landing knees to the head.
Sirkesalo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Russo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sirkesalo blocks it with crossed arms.
Russo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sirkesalo backwards.
Sirkesalo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sirkesalo is trying to force a seperation but Russo has the dominant position.
Sirkesalo has had enough of the clinch but Russo keeps him there for the moment.
Russo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Russo with a knee to the head.
Sirkesalo can't break the clinch.
Russo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sirkesalo can't break the clinch.
Ryan Russo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sirkesalo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
Russo has Sirkesalo pressed against the cage, preventing Sirkesalo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sirkesalo breaks from the clinch.
Sirkesalo looks to land a combination but Russo avoids it well.
Russo lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Russo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sirkesalo is breathing heavily.
Russo is looking to slow Sirkesalo down with leg kicks.
Russo pushes Sirkesalo away with a front kick.
A good leg kick by Russo.
Russo misses with a body shot.
Russo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A big left from Sirkesalo misses.
Russo with a jab.
Russo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo throws a hook but Russo blocks it.
Sirkesalo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Russo moves into the clinch.
Russo tries a knee to the head but Sirkesalo blocks it.
Sirkesalo takes a knee right on the jaw!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Russo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Russo lands a hook that snaps the head of Sirkesalo backwards.
Russo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sirkesalo's defenses.
Russo keeps control of Sirkesalo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sirkesalo is trying to break free.
Russo has Sirkesalo pressed against the cage, preventing Sirkesalo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Russo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sirkesalo's brow.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sirkesalo is looking to break free of the clinch but Russo has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sirkesalo up against the cage.
Sirkesalo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Russo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sirkesalo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Russo lands an elbow inside.
Sirkesalo is trying to stall.
Russo avoiding damage.
Russo lands an elbow that stopped Sirkesalo in his tracks for a moment.
Russo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Russo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Russo keeps control of Sirkesalo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sirkesalo wants to get back to striking at distance but Russo won't allow it.
Sirkesalo takes an elbow to the temple.
Sirkesalo is looking to break free of the clinch but Russo has double underhooks.
Russo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Russo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Russo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Russo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Russo leaning against his opponent.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Sirkesalo is trying to maintain a safe position but Russo gets an underhook and turns Sirkesalo into the cage.
Russo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Russo.
Russo lands a nice shot to the body.
Russo is stalling here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sirkesalo is looking to control Russo's arms but Russo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sirkesalo has his back to the cage.
Russo gets through Sirkesalo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sirkesalo tries to circle away but Russo has him pinned against the cage.
Sirkesalo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Russo.
Sirkesalo is trying to break the clinch but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Russo has Sirkesalo pressed against the cage.
Russo tries to land knees in the clinch but Sirkesalo avoids the damage to the body.
Russo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Russo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Russo lands a damaging elbow.
Russo stalling.
Russo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Russo lands an elbow inside.
Russo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sirkesalo up against the cage.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. Sirkesalo won't want to take too many of those.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Russo.
Russo has Sirkesalo pushed against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Russo crunches a lovely knee into Sirkesalo's ribcage.
Russo scores a nice knee to the body.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Sirkesalo trying to stall but Russo improves his position.
Russo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sirkesalo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Russo keeps control of Sirkesalo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. Sirkesalo won't want to take too many of those.
Russo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Russo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Russo lands a knee to the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo takes an elbow to the forehead.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Russo lands a knee to the body.
Russo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Russo for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Sirkesalo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Russo has Sirkesalo pushed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Russo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Russo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aki Sirkesalo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Russo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sirkesalo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Russo. That one must have hurt.
Sirkesalo scores with a nice head shot.
Russo slips under a jab from Sirkesalo.
Russo tries to close the distance and clinch but Sirkesalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Russo throws a series of punches but Sirkesalo avoids them all with ease.
Russo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sirkesalo throws a jab but it's blocked by Russo.
Russo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A leg kick checked by Sirkesalo.
Russo misses with a low kick.
Russo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Russo throws a push kick but Sirkesalo slaps the foot to one side.
Russo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sirkesalo's sensitive parts.
Russo lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sirkesalo misses the body punch
and Russo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sirkesalo's knee momentarily.
Sirkesalo misses with a looping left.
Russo is looking to wear down Sirkesalo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Russo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Russo thumps Sirkesalo with a low kick.
Ryan Russo is winning the standup battle so far.
Sirkesalo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sirkesalo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Russo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Russo slips under a jab from Sirkesalo.
Russo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A head kick misses from Russo.
Sirkesalo digs a good body shot into Russo's ribs.
A shot to the liver by Sirkesalo. Beautiful body shot.
Russo pushes Sirkesalo up against the cage in a clinch.
Sirkesalo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
Sirkesalo is trying to push Russo away but Russo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Russo stalling.
Sirkesalo wants to get back to striking at distance but Russo won't allow it.
Sirkesalo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Russo is keeping busy.
Sirkesalo wants to get back to striking at distance but Russo won't allow it.
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!
A frustrated look appears on Sirkesalo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Russo.
Sirkesalo being controlled against the cage.
Sirkesalo is trying to force a seperation but Russo has the dominant position.
Russo crunches a lovely knee into Sirkesalo's ribcage.
Russo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo wants to break free but Russo has control.
Russo looking to throw knees to the head but Sirkesalo is blocking nicely.
Russo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sirkesalo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Russo prevents Sirkesalo from breaking the clinch.
Russo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Russo effectively controlling the action here.
Russo throws an elbow but it misses.
Sirkesalo is looking to control Russo's arms but Russo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sirkesalo has his back to the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Russo.
Russo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sirkesalo up against the cage.
Russo lands an elbow inside that Sirkesalo shrugs off.
Russo throws an elbow that misses.
Russo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sirkesalo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Russo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sirkesalo takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sirkesalo loads up on a big right hand but Russo slips the punch.
Sirkesalo throws a looping overhand right but Russo ducks down to avoid it.
Sirkesalo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Russo.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Russo moves away from the strike by Sirkesalo.
Sirkesalo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Russo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Russo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sirkesalo thows a body shot but no joy.
A leg kick checked by Sirkesalo.
Russo rushes Sirkesalo and presses him up against the cage.
Sirkesalo looking to stall.
Russo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sirkesalo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sirkesalo trying to control the position but instead, Russo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sirkesalo into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Russo.
Russo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Russo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Russo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Russo scores a nice knee to the body.
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!
Russo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Russo landing knees to the body.
Sirkesalo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sirkesalo is trying to force a seperation but Russo has the dominant position.
A hook to the body from Russo.
Nice body punch from Russo.
The referee is keeping an eye on Russo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Russo with a knee to the head.
Sirkesalo trying to control the position but instead, Russo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sirkesalo into the cage.
Russo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sirkesalo up against the cage.
Aki Sirkesalo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Russo gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Russo lands a nice knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Russo as Sirkesalo tries to tie him up.
Russo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sirkesalo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Russo is keeping busy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. Sirkesalo won't want to take too many of those.
Russo with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Russo.
Russo scores with a knee to the head.
Russo landing knees to the head.
Russo is pushing Sirkesalo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sirkesalo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Russo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Russo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Russo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sirkesalo is trying to break the clinch but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
Sirkesalo is trying to break free.
Russo connects with a knee to the head.
Russo stalling against the cage.
Sirkesalo has had enough of the clinch but Russo keeps him there for the moment.
Sirkesalo can't break the clinch.
Sirkesalo wants to get back to striking at distance but Russo won't allow it.
Sirkesalo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Russo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Russo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Russo 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Ryan Russo!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Ryan Russo!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Ryan Russo!
Ryan Russo wins by unanimous decision!
Ryan Russo retains his featherweight title!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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A | B |
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