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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Daigle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarppi Virne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Virne is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Jeff van Dyck - Soldier's Chant. Jarppi Virne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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259 lbs
18 - 13 - 1 |
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262 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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TWGC Champion
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Daigle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarppi Virne!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Virne misses with a few strikes there.
Virne missing with a left hand there. Daigle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Virne swings widly with a right hand
and Virne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Jarppi Virne has been cut.
Virne on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Daigle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Virne lands a leg kick that knocks Daigle off balance momentarily.
Daigle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Daigle punishes Virne's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daigle lands a head shot.
Virne punishes Daigle's body with a nice straight punch.
Virne fails with a takedown attempt.
Daigle throws a half hearted mid kick.
Daigle lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daigle tries to clinch up but Virne circles away and keeps his distance.
Virne takes one to the side of the head.
Virne darts in and clinches Daigle up against the cage.
Virne is looking to take this one to the mat.
Virne breaks from the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Daigle. That's going to slow Virne down.
Daigle fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Virne looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Daigle slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Daigle clobbers Virne with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daigle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Daigle definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Daigle, as that shot connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virne tries to move into range but Daigle moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Daigle tries to clinch up.
Daigle is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Virne instigates a clinch.
Come on Daigle - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Daigle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Virne's elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Daigle - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Daigle lands with a light punch inside.
Virne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Virne is trying to break the clinch but Daigle has him pressed against the cage.
Daigle effectively controlling the action here.
Daigle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A solid leg kick lands there for Daigle.
Daigle missing with a left hand there. Virne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daigle lands the left hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Daigle.
Daigle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Daigle throws a good cross that connects.
Daigle throws a front kick that sends Virne stumbling back into the cage.
Daigle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Daigle is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Virne walks into a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daigle thows a body shot but no joy.
Virne swats away the attempt to clinch by Daigle.
A jab from Daigle misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daigle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Daigle scores with a leg kick.
Virne 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.
Daigle will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Daigle is controlling Virne's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Virne trying to control the position from guard on top but Daigle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Virne stopping the sweep attempt from Daigle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Daigle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Daigle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jarppi Virne'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.
Daigle swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Virne.
Nice body punch from Virne.
Daigle avoids the body shot from Virne.
Daigle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Virne moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Daigle to work.
Virne breaks the clinch.
Virne has Daigle up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Virne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daigle blocks it with crossed arms.
Daigle is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Virne pulls guard.
Virne wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daigle controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Virne bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Daigle's guard.
Virne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Virne preventing the sweep.
Virne throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Daigle works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Daigle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Virne.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virne works over Daigle with some ground and pound from guard.
Virne passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Virne has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Virne sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Daigle is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Virne misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Virne scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Daigle to see if he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Virne landing strikes.
Virne throwing strikes but Daigle manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Virne tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virne seems a little lost for a moment, as Daigle dominates the positioning.
Virne can't do much from the bottom here.
Daigle stands up.
Daigle thows a body shot but no joy.
Luke Daigle is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Virne lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Daigle scores with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Virne avoids the head kick by Daigle.
Virne pushes Daigle up against the cage in a clinch.
Daigle has a couple of punches blocked by Virne.
Virne tries to pull guard but Daigle forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Daigle is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Virne pushes off an throws an elbow but Daigle leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Virne tries to land a knee to the head but Daigle blocks with his arms.
Daigle lands a hook that snaps the head of Virne backwards.
Daigle is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Virne is keeping busy.
Daigle has a couple of punches blocked by Virne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarppi Virne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jarppi Virne's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Virne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Daigle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Daigle feints and then cracks Virne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Virne down.
Daigle wants to clinch.
Daigle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Daigle scores with a jab. Virne acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Daigle just misses with a punch to the body.
Daigle listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Daigle throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Daigle misses with a few strikes there.
Daigle scores with a crisp jab that stopped Virne in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Virne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Daigle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Virne's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Virne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Virne has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Virne breaks from the clinch.
Daigle tries to keep at a distance but Virne has taken the fight into the clinch.
Daigle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daigle stalling in the clinch but Virne improves position.
Daigle swings wildly with an uppercut but Virne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daigle prevents the takedown attempt.
Daigle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Virne throws a head punch that misses.
Daigle stalling.
Daigle scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Virne tries to throw a body punch but Daigle avoids it by throwing Virne back against the cage.
Virne fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Daigle struggles to land a body shot inside as Virne controls his hands.
Daigle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Virne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Daigle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Virne's elbow.
Daigle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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!
Daigle tries to work over Virne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daigle softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Daigle lands a hook that snaps the head of Virne backwards.
Virne wants to get back to striking at distance but Daigle won't allow it.
Daigle manages to break the clinch.
Virne swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Daigle lands a nice shot that snaps Virne's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daigle fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Virne on the side of the head.
Virne blocks a head kick by Daigle.
Daigle lands an overhand right.
Daigle misses with a straight left.
Daigle swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Virne.
Daigle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Virne.
Jab, jab by Daigle - just one landing.
Nice body kick from Daigle.
Daigle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Virne misses.
Virne dives in and scores a takedown into Daigle's guard.
Virne takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Virne wants to control from the top but Daigle keeps moving.
Daigle looking to hit a scissor sweep but Virne is one step ahead there.
Virne trying to control the position from guard on top but Daigle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Virne is looking to work some ground and pound but Daigle has wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Virne scoring with some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Daigle showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Daigle 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Daigle!
A relieved looking Luke Daigle thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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