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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jai McCracken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Musta Surma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jai McCracken could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Musta Surma's chin.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jai McCracken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Musta Surma!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCracken swings for the body but Surma moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Surma.
Surma moves to clinch but McCracken breaks away
and McCracken counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Surma lands a nice shot that snaps McCracken's head back.
McCracken misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McCracken takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Surma checks the leg kick nicely there.
McCracken goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Surma avoids the head kick by McCracken.
McCracken goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
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!
Surma gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McCracken tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Surma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Surma misses with the head strike.
McCracken misses with a short punch on the inside.
Surma looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Surma told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCracken stalling.
McCracken lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McCracken connects with a nasty looking knee right to Surma's face.
Surma takes a shot to the head.
Surma lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Jai McCracken has been cut.
McCracken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCracken tries to land a knee to the head but Surma blocks with his arms.
Surma missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Surma throws an elbow but misses.
Surma lands a body shot.
Surma pushes off an throws an elbow but McCracken leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McCracken misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCracken is looking to control Surma's arms but Surma gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCracken has his back to the cage.
Surma unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McCracken with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McCracken throws an elbow but it misses.
McCracken misses with the head strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Surma.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCracken throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCracken throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McCracken throws a head punch that misses.
Surma lands an elbow that stopped McCracken in his tracks for a moment.
McCracken lands a shoulder strike.
Surma tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McCracken trying to land knees to the body.
McCracken is trying to break free.
Surma lands an elbow inside.
McCracken is looking to take this one to the mat.
McCracken breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Surma misses.
A jab from Surma does it's job there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McCracken.
McCracken slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Surma tries to clinch there but McCracken circles away.
Jab, jab by McCracken - just one landing.
Surma takes a swing at McCracken's ribcage but misses.
Jai McCracken is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCracken tries a head kick but it misses.
Surma lands a jab to the head.
McCracken scores with a jab. Surma acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McCracken takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jai McCracken's cut is getting worse.
Surma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Surma connects with a body shot.
Surma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCracken moves away.
McCracken misses with a low kick.
Surma misses with a body shot.
McCracken clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Surma goes for a takedown attempt but McCracken pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
McCracken missing with a left hand there. Surma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCracken motions for Surma to come forward. McCracken throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Surma fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McCracken on the side of the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Surma blocks the leg kick.
Surma ducks under a wild hook from McCracken.
McCracken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Surma does it's job there.
An inside leg kick from McCracken misses.
Surma throws a series of punches but McCracken moves out of range.
McCracken misses with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCracken misses with a straight right.
Jai McCracken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCracken tries to land a leg kick but Surma saw it coming and moves away.
McCracken cracks Surma with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Musta Surma will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jai McCracken's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Surma rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McCracken moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McCracken throws a predictable looking body shot
and Surma counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCracken misses with a hook.
McCracken throws the left hand but Surma avoids the punch easily.
Musta Surma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McCracken darts in trying to clinch
and Surma counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Surma.
Surma pushes off an throws an elbow but McCracken leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Surma is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McCracken is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Surma just misses with a elbow thrown towards McCracken's brow.
McCracken looking for a takedown.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Surma obliges.
McCracken misses with a hook to the ribs.
Surma misses with a knee to the head.
Surma misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McCracken.
McCracken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCracken blocks an elbow strike.
Surma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McCracken tries to land a knee to the head but Surma blocks with his arms.
McCracken tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Surma blocks an uppercut.
Surma tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Surma.
McCracken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Musta Surma seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McCracken with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Surma tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McCracken avoids it.
Surma lands a good knee to the midsection. McCracken won't want to take too many of those.
Surma landing knees to the head.
A body shot lands from Surma.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Surma.
Surma utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Surma throws an elbow but misses.
McCracken goes for a takedown attempt but Surma pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surma wants to clinch.
McCracken throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McCracken looks to land a body kick but Surma moved away.
McCracken throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McCracken tries to clinch there but Surma circles away.
A clash of legs there as Surma blocks the low kick.
McCracken tries to close the distance and clinch but Surma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A decent looking cross lands there for McCracken.
Surma avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Surma misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surma takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Surma throws a body punch but McCracken moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Surma. Those never looked like landing.
A thudding body kick lands there by McCracken!
McCracken lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Surma tries to clinch up but McCracken circles away and keeps his distance.
Surma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. McCracken manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice cross by McCracken.
McCracken lands with a kick to the temple. Surma shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Musta Surma has been cut.
Surma throws a hook to the side of McCracken's head but McCracken sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Surma throws a left and a right that both miss
and McCracken counters with a single leg into guard. Surma didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Surma keeping full guard, as McCracken tries to pass.
Surma is pulling down on McCracken's head to control his posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Surma is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McCracken throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCracken throws a big right hand that misses.
McCracken trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Musta Surma will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
McCracken throws the left hand but Surma avoids the punch easily.
McCracken misses with a double jab.
McCracken throws a nice outside leg kick.
McCracken tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Surma counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in McCracken's guard now.
Surma with a flurry of punches that miss.
McCracken can't keep his opponent in guard - Surma advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Surma works his way into side control.
Surma cracks McCracken with a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Surma tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
McCracken is not content to let Surma control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Surma working away.
Surma works to advance to full mount. McCracken defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Musta Surma has got the better of the ground game so far.
Surma looking to control but McCracken is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Surma scoring with strikes but McCracken is staying in there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surma misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Surma can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McCracken is looking to escape.
Surma is landing with some decent strikes but McCracken is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jai McCracken has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCracken tries to reverse the position but Surma maintains control.
Surma thowing shots but they're missing.
McCracken has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Surma's lack of action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Surma seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but McCracken does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Surma sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Musta Surma is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Surma missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Surma moves into full mount! McCracken won't be happy about that!
Surma is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McCracken can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Musta Surma comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Surma winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Musta Surma!
Musta Surma decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
The defeated Jai McCracken had this to say: 'I love planes me!'.
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