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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jere Katajaniemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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196 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent |
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jere Katajaniemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rich Brown!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katajaniemi shoots in but no luck this time.
Brown scores with a crisp jab that stopped Katajaniemi in his tracks.
Katajaniemi throws a solid leg kick but Brown takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Katajaniemi.
Katajaniemi walks into a jab.
A jab-cross combination lands for Brown and sends Katajaniemi crashing to the mat! Brown follows him down to the mat - Katajaniemi regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Katajaniemi is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Katajaniemi is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brown stalling.
Brown is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Katajaniemi wants to control but Brown passes into side.
Katajaniemi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Brown moves into full mount!
Brown thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Katajaniemi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brown looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Brown won't let Katajaniemi get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Katajaniemi is breathing heavily.
Katajaniemi is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brown trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brown throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Brown is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Brown looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Brown forces his way into half guard.
Katajaniemi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Katajaniemi has managed to free his arm - good work.
Brown is working for a kimura but Katajaniemi is defending it quite comfortably.
Brown is looking for a kimura but Katajaniemi is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Brown to get the leverage.
Katajaniemi moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Katajaniemi lands a decent shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Brown works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Brown is working for a submission of some sort.
Brown is thwarting Katajaniemi's attempts to control the position.
Katajaniemi manages to get to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown pushing down on Katajaniemi's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Brown dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Katajaniemi dodges the punch combination from Brown.
Brown connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Katajaniemi shoots and misses
and Brown makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brown connects with a jab.
Katajaniemi wants to clinch but Brown slips to the side
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brown scores with a one two! Katajaniemi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Katajaniemi misses with a combination
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Katajaniemi shoots and misses
and Brown counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Katajaniemi doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katajaniemi misses with a takedown attempt
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jere Katajaniemi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown jabs at Katajaniemi's body.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Katajaniemi moves out of range easily.
Rich Brown seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brown digs a good body shot into Katajaniemi's ribs.
Katajaniemi tries to clinch
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
Brown scores with a jab to the body.
Katajaniemi tries to clinch up
and Brown counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Katajaniemi ducks right into an uppercut from Brown.
Brown lands with a shot to the body.
Brown with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brown looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Katajaniemi wants to sweep here but Brown controlling him for the moment.
Brown 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.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Brown trying to control but Katajaniemi is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Katajaniemi is keeping the position for now.
Brown has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Katajaniemi wants to sweep here but Brown controlling him for the moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Katajaniemi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick misses from Brown.
Brown punishes Katajaniemi's body with a nice straight punch.
Brown misses with a combination
and Katajaniemi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Brown won't be happy with that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown struggling a bit here.
Katajaniemi trying to control the position but Brown is working away.
Brown is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Katajaniemi off and has taken his back!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown has good solid back control here.
Brown trying to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Brown stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Brown connects with a looping right hand.
Katajaniemi tries to clinch
and Brown makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Katajaniemi misses with a takedown attempt
and Brown counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Katajaniemi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Decent striking displayed by Brown there.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown lands a lovely overhand right.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Katajaniemi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Brown changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Katajaniemi looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Brown has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Katajaniemi is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Brown yanks on the arm and Katajaniemi is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Brown.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rich Brown!
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