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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paolo Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raistlin Majere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paolo Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Raistlin Majere!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Majere looking to score a takedown here. Alvarez is defending well but Majere drives through and ends up in Alvarez's guard.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.
Majere postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Majere advances position into side control!
Majere scoring with punches and elbows.
Alvarez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Majere on the ground.
Majere has an Americana. Alvarez didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Majere is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Majere hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Raistlin Majere!
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Undercard bout
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Takeru Toyokawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fakhri El Batal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Takeru Toyokawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fakhri El Batal!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Batal lands a jab to Toyokawa's midsection.
A big right from El Batal misses.
El Batal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like Fakhri El Batal has been cut.
El Batal scores with a body shot.
El Batal bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Toyokawa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Batal lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Takeru Toyokawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toyokawa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but El Batal manages to avoid it.
El Batal fails to land with a series of punches.
Toyokawa punishes El Batal's body with a nice straight punch.
Toyokawa thows a body shot but no joy.
Toyokawa misses with a double jab.
El Batal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Toyokawa.
Toyokawa misses with a hook
enabling El Batal to counter with a crisp jab.
El Batal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Toyokawa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toyokawa misses with a wild body shot.
Toyokawa misses with a looping right.
Toyokawa throws a poor cross that misses
and El Batal counters with a nice body shot.
Toyokawa scores with a crisp jab that stopped El Batal in his tracks.
El Batal has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Toyokawa finds it's way round the side to connect with El Batal's head.
That has opened up Fakhri El Batal's cut even more.
Toyokawa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and El Batal counters with a straight right hand.
Toyokawa misses the shot to the body.
El Batal takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
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!
Toyokawa misses with a body shot
enabling El Batal to counter with a crisp jab.
El Batal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Toyokawa.
El Batal takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Toyokawa misses with a right hand
and El Batal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Toyokawa is breathing heavily.
A left lands for Toyokawa.
The cut above Fakhri El Batal's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toyokawa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Batal.
Toyokawa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Batal.
El Batal throws the left hand but Toyokawa avoids the punch easily.
El Batal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toyokawa manages to avoid it.
El Batal shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Toyokawa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but El Batal manages to avoid it.
El Batal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toyokawa staying out of range there.
Toyokawa throws a right hand that misses
and El Batal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
El Batal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toyokawa misses with a left hand
and El Batal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
El Batal bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Toyokawa's head.
El Batal lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toyokawa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
El Batal scores with a hook.
El Batal lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
El Batal misses with the combination.
El Batal throws a shot to the body.
El Batal is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Toyokawa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
El Batal connects with the punch.
Toyokawa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Toyokawa just misses with a punch to the body.
El Batal cracks Toyokawa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Toyokawa walks into a stiff left hand from El Batal.
Toyokawa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toyokawa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Batal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toyokawa manages to avoid it.
Toyokawa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Toyokawa throws a lazy uppercut
and El Batal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Toyokawa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
El Batal connects with the punch.
El Batal lands a nice looking body shot.
Toyokawa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from El Batal.
Toyokawa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Toyokawa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
El Batal throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Toyokawa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
El Batal throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Fakhri El Batal will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fakhri El Batal's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Toyokawa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Toyokawa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Toyokawa throws a hook but El Batal avoids it easily.
Toyokawa throws a poor cross that misses
letting El Batal counter with a right hand.
Toyokawa throws a poor cross that misses
enabling El Batal to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Toyokawa misses its intended target.
Toyokawa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Toyokawa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Toyokawa swings for the body but El Batal moves out of range.
El Batal with a nice cross.
Toyokawa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
El Batal scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toyokawa misses the shot to the body.
El Batal with a jab.
Fakhri El Batal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
El Batal scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toyokawa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
El Batal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Toyokawa. Toyokawa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Toyokawa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
El Batal jabs Toyokawa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Toyokawa takes one to the side of the head.
Toyokawa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and El Batal connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Toyokawa scrambles back to his feet.
Toyokawa tries to move into range but El Batal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Toyokawa blocks a low kick nicely.
El Batal lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
El Batal throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Toyokawa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
El Batal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
El Batal throws a good cross that connects.
Toyokawa throws the left hand but El Batal avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Batal lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Toyokawa is rocked!
El Batal connects with a body shot that sends Toyokawa's belly button to the back.
Toyokawa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Toyokawa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Toyokawa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Good exchange - El Batal coming out on top.
El Batal bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Toyokawa's head backwards.
El Batal scores with a punch to the head.
Oh Toyokawa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
El Batal ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Toyokawa seems to have got his legs back now.
El Batal lands a slapping body shot.
El Batal cracks Toyokawa with a good jab.
Toyokawa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Toyokawa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toyokawa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
El Batal catches Toyokawa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Toyokawa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
El Batal connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
El Batal scores with a decent looking hook.
El Batal connects with the punch.
El Batal connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice shot by El Batal.
El Batal lands a nice shot to the body.
El Batal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
El Batal pivots, looking for a leg kick but Toyokawa is out of range and El Batal settles back down.
Toyokawa throws a jab but it's blocked by El Batal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Batal lands with a straight right. Toyokawa didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toyokawa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
El Batal lands a nice hook to Toyokawa's body. Toyokawa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Toyokawa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
El Batal cracks a nice hook into Toyokawa's ribs.
Jab, jab by El Batal - just one landing.
El Batal misses with a body shot.
Toyokawa misses with a body shot.
El Batal uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Toyokawa has time to react.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
El Batal darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
El Batal has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
El Batal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Toyokawa misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fakhri El Batal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fakhri El Batal's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Toyokawa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jab from El Batal.
Toyokawa tries to clinch but El Batal moves away
letting El Batal counter with a right hand.
Toyokawa lands with a right hand.
Toyokawa misses with an uppercut
letting El Batal counter with a right hand.
Toyokawa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
El Batal takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toyokawa misses with a wild body shot.
Toyokawa throws an off balance right hand
letting El Batal counter with a right hand.
El Batal cracks Toyokawa with a good jab.
Nice defenses there by El Batal.
El Batal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Toyokawa.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Toyokawa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Batal scores with a nice strike.
El Batal looks to land a body kick but Toyokawa moved away.
El Batal scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
El Batal scores with a jab. Toyokawa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Toyokawa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Toyokawa walks into a stiff left hand from El Batal.
Toyokawa just misses with a punch to the body.
El Batal cracks a nice hook into Toyokawa's ribs.
Toyokawa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
El Batal misses with a wild body shot.
Nice jab there from El Batal.
El Batal lands a jab.
El Batal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Batal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toyokawa misses with a hook to the body
and El Batal counters with a nice uppercut.
Toyokawa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Toyokawa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
El Batal connects with a body shot that sends Toyokawa's belly button to the back.
El Batal lands a slapping body shot.
El Batal misses with a low kick.
El Batal tests Toyokawa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
El Batal throws out a powerful jab.
El Batal stalks Toyokawa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Toyokawa's face. Toyokawa staggers backwards, shaken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Batal jabs Toyokawa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Toyokawa might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Toyokawa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
El Batal lands with a nice body punch.
Toyokawa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
El Batal lands a right hook to the body.
El Batal throws the kick towards the body but Toyokawa avoids it.
El Batal slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
El Batal lands a jab to Toyokawa's midsection.
El Batal just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to the liver by El Batal. Beautiful body shot.
Toyokawa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
El Batal lands with a nice body punch.
Fakhri El Batal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toyokawa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Toyokawa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
El Batal catches Toyokawa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Takeru Toyokawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice shot lands for El Batal.
Toyokawa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toyokawa throws a poor cross that misses
and El Batal counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Toyokawa thinking.
El Batal darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice body punch from El Batal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toyokawa misses the shot to the body.
El Batal lands with a shot to the body.
Nice cross by El Batal.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fakhri El Batal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well El Batal 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 for Fakhri El Batal!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Fakhri El Batal!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Fakhri El Batal!
Fakhri El Batal wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dean Gibson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gibson. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gibson staying out of range there.
Gibson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gibson tries to score with a low kick but Carter moves his leg out of the way.
Gibson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Carter tries to keep at a distance but Gibson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but Carter blocks it.
Carter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carter blocks an elbow strike.
Carter blocks the elbow strike.
Gibson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like James Carter has been cut.
Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gibson crunches a lovely knee into Carter's ribcage.
Carter is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gibson lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Gibson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gibson lands a knee to the body.
Gibson misses with some punches.
Gibson tries to work over Carter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gibson misses with a punch to the body.
Gibson lands a damaging elbow.
Gibson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Carter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gibson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carter.
Carter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gibson landing some nice looking knees 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!
Gibson landing knees to the body.
Gibson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Carter's face.
James Carter's cut is getting worse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gibson obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gibson obliges.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gibson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gibson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gibson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Carter's face.
Gibson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Carter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gibson working Carter over with knees to the body.
Carter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gibson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter takes an elbow to the temple.
Gibson working aggressively here.
Gibson with a knee to the head.
Gibson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gibson prevents Carter from breaking the clinch.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Gibson misses with some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gibson throws an elbow but misses.
Carter working hard to break the clinch.
Gibson misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gibson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carter's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Carter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Carter won't want to take too many of those.
Gibson lands a damaging elbow.
Gibson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gibson swings wildly with an uppercut but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gibson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carter avoiding damage as Gibson throws knees to the body.
Gibson crunches a lovely knee into Carter's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Gibson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Carter's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gibson misses with a looping right.
Gibson slips a jab and a cross from Carter.
Gibson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gibson misses with a wild body shot.
Gibson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Carter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Gibson.
Carter avoids a kick to the body.
Gibson tries to clinch up but Carter circles away and keeps his distance.
Gibson staying out of range there.
Carter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gibson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gibson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Carter is able to avoid easily.
A head kick misses from Gibson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gibson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carter.
Carter throws a big shot that misses.
Carter avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gibson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carter blocks a head kick by Gibson.
Gibson tries a head kick but it misses.
Gibson avoids a kick to the body.
Gibson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gibson misses with an elbow strike.
Gibson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carter's defenses.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter is trying to break the clinch but Gibson is controlling him.
Gibson lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gibson looking to throw knees to the head but Carter is blocking nicely.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carter takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gibson lands a nice knee to the body.
Gibson lands a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Carter won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Gibson.
Gibson lands a knee to the head.
Gibson lands a knee to the head.
Carter tries to circle away but Gibson has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.
Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gibson prevents Carter from breaking the clinch.
Gibson misses with a knee to the head.
Gibson keeps control of Carter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carter working hard to break the clinch.
Carter avoiding damage as Gibson throws knees to the body.
Dean Gibson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gibson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Carter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Gibson misses with a knee strike.
Carter is looking to break free of the clinch but Gibson has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson has Carter pressed against the cage, preventing Carter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.
Carter avoiding damage as Gibson throws knees to the body.
Carter tries to break free but Gibson pushes him back against the cage.
Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Carter is trying to push Gibson away but Gibson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Carter trying to stall but Gibson improves his position.
Gibson working Carter over with knees to the body.
Gibson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter slowing the pace effectively.
Carter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carter is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Gibson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on James Carter's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Carter blocks a head kick by Gibson.
Gibson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Carter throws a right hand that Gibson ducks under and follows up with a left that Gibson also avoids with ease.
Gibson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gibson throws a wild body kick that Carter sees coming a mile off.
Carter throws a head kick but Gibson moves out of range.
Gibson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Carter.
Carter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gibson.
Carter throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gibson.
Gibson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Carter looks to land a left hand but Gibson moved out of range nicely.
Gibson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Carter throws out the jab.
Carter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gibson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Gibson.
Carter loads up on a big right hand but Gibson slips the punch.
Carter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gibson checks the leg kick.
Carter looks to land a right hand but Gibson moved out of range.
Gibson tries to land a front kick but Carter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gibson moves into the clinch.
Gibson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gibson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gibson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Carter's efforts to push away.
Gibson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter takes an elbow to the temple.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gibson lands a knee to the body.
Gibson landing knees to the body.
Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Gibson.
Nice elbow from Gibson.
Gibson missing with knees to the body.
Gibson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
Gibson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
James Carter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Gibson.
Carter tries to circle away but Gibson has him pinned against the cage.
Carter is trying to break free.
Gibson struggles to land a body shot inside as Carter controls his hands.
Gibson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.
Gibson has Carter pressed against the cage, preventing Carter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Gibson.
Carter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carter is trying to force a seperation but Gibson has the dominant position.
Gibson keeps control of Carter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gibson keeps control of Carter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter is trying to force a seperation but Gibson has the dominant position.
Gibson throws an elbow that misses.
Carter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Carter working hard to break the clinch.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but Carter blocks it.
Gibson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.
Carter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Carter looking to slow down the pace here.
Carter tries to break free but Gibson pushes him back against the cage.
Carter scores with a hook to the body.
Carter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gibson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gibson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Gibson.
Carter can't find room to land a body shot as Gibson controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dean Gibson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gibson 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Dean Gibson!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Dean Gibson!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Dean Gibson!
Dean Gibson wins by unanimous decision!
Dean Gibson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max McRiot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Powell is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ain't No Rest For The Wicked. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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265 lbs
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273 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Max McRiot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harry Powell!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McRiot blocks a head kick by Powell.
McRiot thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Powell if he has to take too many more of those.
Powell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McRiot changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Powell looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Powell takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
McRiot works Powell's body with a nice hook.
McRiot ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McRiot lands a big head kick that sends Powell tumbling to the mat! McRiot takes a step backwards and waves Powell back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Powell is rocked!
It looks like Harry Powell has been cut.
McRiot lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Powell crumples to the floor! McRiot milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Max McRiot!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Stewart will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mr Steel Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Stewart !
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stewart throws a nice inside leg kick.
Penn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Penn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Penn throws a solid leg kick but Stewart takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Penn.
Stewart takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stewart throws a chopping leg kick but Penn manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A head kick misses from Penn.
Stewart throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stewart blocks a head kick by Penn.
Penn throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Penn sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penn throws out a leg kick but Stewart moves out of range and Penn only half commits.
Stewart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Penn throws a lazy body kick
and Stewart counters with a good low kick that Penn was not able to check.
Penn is breathing heavily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Penn 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 Stewart has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Stewart and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Stewart pivots, looking for a leg kick but Penn is out of range and Stewart settles back down.
Penn 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart blocks a head kick by Penn.
Stewart lands a front kick.
Stewart throws a front kick that sends Penn stumbling back into the cage.
Stewart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stewart connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Penn blocks a head kick by Stewart .
Stewart dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Penn. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stewart .
Stewart fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Penn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Penn 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.
Stewart lands a big head kick that sends Penn tumbling to the mat! Stewart takes a step backwards and waves Penn back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Mr Steel Penn has been cut.
Stewart connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stewart pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good leg kick by Stewart there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stewart fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Stewart .
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stewart , right into the meat.
Stewart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Penn.
Mr Steel Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Stewart .
Stewart lands a nice looking kick to the body. Penn takes a step back to recover.
Stewart lands with a kick to the ribs.
Penn throws a leg kick that misses.
Penn throws a head kick that misses
and Stewart counters with a good low kick that Penn was not able to check.
Stewart connects with an inside leg kick.
Crunch! Stewart slams his shin into Penn's torso.
Penn is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Stewart lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Crunch! Stewart slams his shin into Penn's torso.
Stewart feints and then cracks Penn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Penn down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stewart .
Penn takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Penn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stewart .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stewart thows a body kick. Penn tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good leg kick by Stewart there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A head kick misses from Penn.
Penn tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stewart connects with an inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stewart .
Stewart scores with a leg kick.
Stewart fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stewart lands a big head kick that sends Penn tumbling to the mat! Stewart takes a step backwards and waves Penn back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Penn is rocked!
A chopping leg kick lands by Stewart .
Oh Penn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Penn steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Stewart . That one must have hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn 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.
Penn is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Stewart Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Penn is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Bob Stewart !
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anti Hero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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250 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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264 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anti Hero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Smith!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hero misses with a jab to the body
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Hero 's knee.
Crunch! Smith slams his shin into Hero's torso.
Smith throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hero scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hero looks to throw a body kick
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Hero 's knee.
Hero checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Hero misses with a double jab.
Hero blocks a head kick by Smith.
Hero throws a sloppy body shot
and Smith counters with a good low kick that Hero was not able to check.
Smith lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hero is breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick lands from Smith.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
It looks like Anti Hero has been cut.
A good leg kick by Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero avoids the body shot from Smith.
Hero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hero has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Smith scores with a kick to the midsection.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Smith throws out a leg kick but Hero moves out of range and Smith only half commits.
A head kick misses from Hero.
Smith scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Smith throws a chopping leg kick but Hero manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hero throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hero pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hero takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A low kick from Hero is predictable there
and Smith counters with a solid body kick.
Smith scores with a nice body kick.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Hero misses with a jab to the body
and Smith counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
A jab from Smith finds it's way through Hero's defenses.
Hero throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Hero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith lands a big head kick that sends Hero tumbling to the mat! Smith takes a step backwards and waves Hero back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Hero is rocked!
Crack! A monster head kick from Smith and Hero falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Smith!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Matt Smith!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Quentin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wesley Cabbage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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25
256 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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260 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sam Quentin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wesley Cabbage!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quentin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cabbage moves out of range as Quentin strikes.
Cabbage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quentin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Quentin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cabbage with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cabbage trying to control from the bottom.
Quentin is keen to just control but Cabbage is a slippery customer.
Quentin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quentin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Quentin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quentin throwing shots but Cabbage is blocking nicely.
Quentin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cabbage does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Quentin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cabbage with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Quentin scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cabbage avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Quentin.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Quentin thows a huge punch but Cabbage dodges it nicely.
Quentin wants to control but Cabbage is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabbage keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Quentin controlling the action here.
Sam Quentin has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Quentin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot by Quentin.
Quentin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Quentin throws a monster overhand right that drops Cabbage! Quentin follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam Quentin!
Sam Quentin thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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