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DMMA 136 Misha vs Paavali PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lee Stephens (ranked 5327 p4p, 5802 weight class) and Ruben Flijers (ranked 575 p4p, 596 weight class). Ruben Flijers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lee Stephens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Ruben Flijers!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stephens lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Flijers just misses with a punch to the body.
Stephens swinging wildly here.
Ruben Flijers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flijers throws the left hand but Stephens avoids the punch easily.
Stephens misses with a series of wild punches.
Flijers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stephens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stephens avoids the body shot from Flijers.
Stephens tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Flijers just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stephens misses with a hook.
Stephens chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Flijers sizes up Stephens with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Stephens shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Stephens showed some decent athleticism there.
Flijers has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad MMA Sydney. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
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!
Flijers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flijers gets full guard.
Flijers trying to keep a closed guard but Stephens is proving a slippery customer.
Flijers 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.
Flijers seems keen to control Stephens's posture.
Flijers is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Flijers perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Stephens is trying to stand up here but Flijers is controlling him well.
Stephens definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flijers is keen to just control but Stephens is a slippery customer.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Flijers in particular looking to stall.
Stephens is trying to get back to full guard.
Flijers controlling the pace.
Flijers is keen to just control but Stephens is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Flijers seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Flijers wants to free his trapped foot but Stephens is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stephens misses with a two punch combination.
Ruben Flijers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Flijers lands with a good body shot.
Stephens clinches up against the cage.
Flijers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stephens backwards.
Stephens swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flijers tries to land knees in the clinch but Stephens avoids the damage to the body.
Stephens drops down looking for an ankle pick but Flijers pulls his leg out and moves away.
Flijers misses with a shot to the body
and Stephens counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stephens darts in and clinches Flijers up against the cage.
Stephens tries a knee to the head but Flijers blocks it.
Flijers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Flijers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stephens unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Flijers is trying to maintain a safe position but Stephens gets an underhook and turns Flijers into the cage.
Stephens trying to control the position but instead, Flijers has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stephens into the cage.
Flijers lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Flijers looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stephens.
Stephens pulls guard.
Flijers 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.
Stephens wants to get back to his feet but Flijers is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Flijers not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Flijers trying to control the position from guard on top but Stephens is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stephens is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Flijers is controlling him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Stephens dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Stephens scores with a one two! Flijers had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Flijers takes a swing at Stephens's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Stephens on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Stephens takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee Stephens is winning the standup battle so far.
Stephens throws a nice looking combination but Flijers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stephens has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stephens is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Flijers can do to turn this around?
Flijers drags the fight down to the ground.
Stephens postures up.
Flijers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stephens scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Flijers wants to sweep but no luck.
Stephens is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Stephens chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Flijers holds on and takes a little breather.
Flijers looking for a sweep. Not yet Flijers, not yet.
Lee Stephens overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stephens with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stephens cracks Flijers with a solid left hand.
Flijers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Flijers trying to control the position.
Stephens won't allow Flijers to sweep him here.
Flijers keeping moving, preventing Stephens from controlling successfully.
Stephens works over Flijers with some ground and pound from guard.
Flijers working a defensive guard here.
Stephens throwing strikes from guard but Flijers blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stephens landing some decent shots from guard.
Stephens has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Flijers wants to sweep here but Stephens controlling him for the moment.
Stephens connects with a couple of short punches.
Flijers is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stephens is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Stephens cracks Flijers with a solid left hand.
Flijers 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.
Stephens passes Flijers's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Flijers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stephens trying to pass the guard but Flijers defending well.
Stephens not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stephens not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Flijers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Stephens thows a huge punch but Flijers dodges it nicely.
Stephens wants to lay and pray for a moment but Flijers keeps working.
Flijers has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Stephens is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Flijers won't allow Stephens to pass to mount.
Flijers wants to control but Stephens is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Stephens prevents Flijers from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flijers is still trying to improve position.
Stephens wants to control but Flijers is keeping him busy.
Stephens seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Flijers controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Flijers trying to control from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Well, if Stephens is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Stephens is thwarting Flijers's attempts to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stephens scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Stephens dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Flijers loads up on a big right hand but Stephens slips the punch.
Flijers throws a low kick but it's checked well by Stephens.
Stephens misses with a wild combination.
Stephens goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Flijers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stephens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flijers.
Stephens on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Flijers missing with a left hand there. Stephens was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stephens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Flijers.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flijers throws an off balance right hand
and Flijers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Flijers misses with a left hand
and Stephens counters with a nice uppercut.
Flijers misses with an uppercut. Stephens saw that one coming.
Flijers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stephens is looking to counter the offense by Flijers and move into the clinch.
Stephens throws a head kick but Flijers moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stephens cracks Flijers with an open hand slap.
Stephens lands a really nice looking cross but Flijers seems unphased.
Stephens connects with a looping right hand.
Flijers misses the shot to the body.
Flijers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stephens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flijers.
Flijers is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Stephens rather than just go for the knockout.
Flijers throws a predictable looking body shot
and Stephens counters with a three punch combo that has Flijers backing up. Flijers nods at Stephens to acknowledge the strikes.
Flijers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stephens clinches with his opponent.
Flijers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stephens.
Flijers tries to pull guard but Stephens won't allow it.
Flijers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stephens scores with a knee to the head.
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!
Stephens breaks from the clinch.
Flijers swats away the attempt to clinch by Stephens.
Flijers looks to score with a jab to the body but Stephens is just out of range.
Lee Stephens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flijers misses with an uppercut.
Stephens went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Flijers's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stephens connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Flijers scrambles back to his feet.
Stephens misses with a few strikes there.
Stephens throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Flijers misses with a hook. Stephens ducked under it nicely.
Stephens scores with a jab. Flijers acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Flijers connects with a body shot.
Stephens takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Flijers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stephens manages to avoid it.
Stephens throws a big counter combination but Flijers scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Flijers takes a swing at Stephens's ribcage but misses.
Stephens misses with a two punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Flijers. Stephens does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stephens getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice uppercut there from Flijers.
Flijers misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stephens lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Flijers backs up against the cage.
Flijers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flijers lands a body shot.
Flijers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stephens.
Stephens connects with a crisp jab.
Stephens lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Flijers works Stephens's body with a nice hook.
Stephens slips a jab from Flijers.
Flijers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stephens manages to avoid it.
Flijers swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Stephens counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
 Flijers is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stephens misses with a kick to the body.
Flijers is still on wobbly legs! Can Stephens finish him?
Stephens misses with the combination.
Flijers seems to have recovered his senses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stephens looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stephens throws a leg kick which misses Flijers's front leg but catches the back leg as Flijers tries to avoid it.
Flijers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flijers looks to score with a jab to the body but Stephens is just out of range.
Flijers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stephens throws a series of punches but Flijers avoids them all with ease.
Flijers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Flijers throws a looping overhand right but Stephens ducks down to avoid it.
Stephens ducks under a wild hook from Flijers.
Stephens fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stephens looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stephens tries to clinch up.
Ruben Flijers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee Stephens is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stephens looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Stephens showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stephens 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lee Stephens!
Lee Stephens took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, HELLBENT for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lino Silva (ranked 3801 p4p, 3067 weight class) and Make Makkonen (ranked 148 p4p, 126 weight class). Lino Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lino Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Make Makkonen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makkonen shoots in and gets a takedown into Silva's guard.
Makkonen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Makkonen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Makkonen won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
Silva pushes Makkonen off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
 It looks like Make Makkonen has been cut.
Makkonen gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Makkonen works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Makkonen is controlling him.
Makkonen looking to pass the guard.
Silva kicks Makkonen off and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Makkonen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva darts in and clinches Makkonen up against the cage.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Makkonen scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Makkonen.
Silva tries a body shot but Makkonen blocks it.
Makkonen is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Makkonen wants the takedown. Silva is fighting it off but Makkonen persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Silva's guard against the cage.
Makkonen lands a couple of digs.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Makkonen from controlling successfully.
Makkonen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makkonen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Makkonen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Makkonen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Makkonen tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Makkonen trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makkonen swinging wildly here.
Makkonen circles away from the clinch attempt.
A countering left hand to the body from Makkonen misses.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Makkonen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Makkonen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Makkonen scores with a four punch combination!
Makkonen pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Makkonen in his tracks for a moment.
Makkonen tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Makkonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Makkonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Makkonen wants a takedown but no success here.
Lino Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Make Makkonen.
Makkonen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Makkonen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Makkonen swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva forces Makkonen back against the cage and clinches.
Makkonen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Makkonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Makkonen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Makkonen is defending well for now.
Makkonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Makkonen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Makkonen wants the takedown. Silva is fighting it off but Makkonen persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Silva's guard against the cage.
Silva keeping full guard, as Makkonen tries to pass.
Silva kicks Makkonen off and gets to his feet.
Makkonen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Makkonen stops Silva from getting back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Make Makkonen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Make Makkonen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Makkonen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Makkonen connects with a body shot.
Makkonen scores with a body shot.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Makkonen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Makkonen shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Makkonen trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Makkonen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makkonen trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Makkonen passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Makkonen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Makkonen trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
Makkonen lands a nice forearm strike.
Make Makkonen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Makkonen working the head with strikes.
 Silva is rocked!
A lull in the action here as Makkonen stalls from top position.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big shot lands for Makkonen! That's hurt Silva! Will he recover? Makkonen fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Make Makkonen!
Make Makkonen thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrance Harris (ranked 2841 p4p, 3248 weight class) and Tom Eli (ranked 366 p4p, 414 weight class). Terrance Harris has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Terrance Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tom Eli!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick from Eli, right into the meat of the thigh.
Eli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Harris wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Both fighters circling a little - Eli finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eli.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Eli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Eli moves away and avoids it.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Eli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eli blocks a leg kick.
A left lands for Harris.
Eli moves out of range as Harris strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot by Eli.
 It looks like Terrance Harris has been cut.
Harris has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Eli finds it's way round the side to connect with Harris's head.
Eli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Eli drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eli with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Eli throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eli throws the kick towards the body but Harris avoids it.
Harris tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Eli manages to circle out of the way.
Harris misses with a body kick.
Jab from Eli.
A swing and a miss from Eli.
Harris is looking to chop away at Eli's legs.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Eli! But no joy.
Eli throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Harris punishes Eli's body with a nice straight punch.
Eli looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Eli checks a low kick from Harris.
Eli misses with a right hand
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Eli connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harris. Harris circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Harris throws a push kick but Eli slaps the foot to one side.
Harris takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Eli uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eli moves out of range of the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eli lands with a slapping head kick.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Eli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harris avoids the head kick by Eli.
Eli moves out of range of the strikes.
Jab by Eli.
Eli with a nice cross.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eli.
Eli misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A head kick misses from Eli.
Harris wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Harris is looking to chop away at Eli's legs.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eli was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
As Harris backs off Eli throws a huge counter combo but Harris manages to avoid it all.
Eli misses with a series of wild punches.
Harris feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Harris shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eli throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harris on the side of the head.
Eli misses with a straight right.
Harris takes a kick to the side of the head.
Eli avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fighters circling - Eli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eli is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Harris had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Eli chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Eli slips the punch.
Tom Eli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eli throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eli moves away.
Eli throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Eli scores with a nice body kick.
Eli looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eli wants to land a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
It looked like Harris wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harris connects with a single shot there.
Harris with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
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!
Eli throws a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Eli pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harris feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A left lands for Harris.
Eli takes one to the chin there.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eli tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eli.
Eli misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Eli manages to avoid it.
Eli misses with a straight left.
Eli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Eli 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 Harris has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harris and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harris tries to score with a low kick but Eli moves his leg out of the way.
Harris connects with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Eli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Eli catches Harris with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Eli misses with a looping left.
A bone on bone clash there as Harris blocks the leg kick.
Eli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Eli misses with a head kick.
Harris tries to counter by clinching up but Eli breaks away and moves out of range.
Harris lands a right hook to the body.
Harris blocks a head kick by Eli.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Harris might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
An inside leg kick lands from Harris.
Eli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris throws a solid leg kick but Eli takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harris.
Eli throws a hook to the side of Harris's head but Harris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eli tries to land a body kick
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Eli scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harris doesn't seem bothered though.
Harris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Eli's head.
Eli takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A little jabbing left from Eli on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harris throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eli throws a head kick that misses.
Eli throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eli looks to land a combination but Harris avoids it well.
Eli misses with a looping left.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Eli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Eli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris misses with a right hand
and Eli counters with a straight right hand.
Eli lands a nice shot to the body.
Eli connects with a solid leg kick.
Eli throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Harris's head.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Eli has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Eli misses with an attempted mid kick.
Eli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harris misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Eli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Eli.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eli throws a one two combo.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Eli throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
Eli scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Harris avoids the head kick by Eli.
Eli throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and moves out of range.
Eli slips a straight right by Harris.
Harris throws a leg kick but Eli sees it coming and moves out of range.
Eli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Harris misses.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris feints and then cracks Eli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Eli down.
Eli lands a head kick!
Eli goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Eli manages to avoid it.
A big left from Harris misses.
Eli chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Eli throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harris.
Harris swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Harris slips under a jab.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Eli moves away and avoids it.
Eli swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harris takes one on the button.
Eli is looking to land body kicks.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Eli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Harris feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Elis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Eli throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eli throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Harris's head.
Terrance Harris's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eli looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Eli misses with a few strikes there.
Harris keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Harris was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Eli misses with a few strikes there.
Eli misses with a jab to the body
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris tries a low kick but Eli avoids it.
Nice body punch from Harris.
Harris looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Eli.
Eli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris is looking to land body kicks.
Eli moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Harris throws a leg kick but Eli moved away.
Eli blocks the body kick.
Eli is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Eli showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A big left from Harris misses.
Harris has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Eli finds it's way round the side to connect with Harris's head.
Harris is looking to chop away at Eli's legs.
Harris throws a right hand that Eli ducks under and follows up with a left that Eli also avoids with ease.
Eli swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harris counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Eli thinking.
Harris lands with a good body shot.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Eli.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice cross by Eli.
A low kick from Harris is predictable there
enabling Eli to counter with a crisp jab.
A leg kick checked by Harris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eli misses with a jab to the body
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris throws a body punch but Eli moves out of range.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eli throws a wild body kick that Harris sees coming a mile off.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Eli throws a fast counter high kick but Harris manages to duck under it in time.
Harris throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Eli misses with a body kick.
Eli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris is looking to counter the offense by Eli and move into the clinch.
Eli fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Eli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eli takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Eli ducks down to avoid it.
Eli missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris fires out a quick counter leg kick but Eli just manages to avoid it.
Eli misses with a straight right.
Some wild striking there from Eli.
Harris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Eli's sensitive parts.
Tom Eli is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eli.
A jab lands there for Harris.
Eli is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Harris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Eli checks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Eli.
Eli moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Eli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris throws a leg kick that misses.
Terrance Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eli throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris misses with a leg kick
and Eli counters with a straight right hand.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eli was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Eli lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Good standup being displayed there by Eli as he connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Eli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
Harris looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Eli throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harris holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Eli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Eli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eli throws a head kick that misses
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Eli slips under a jab.
Harris smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Eli misses.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Good shot there by Eli.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Eli lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd cheers as Harris lands an impressive looking overhand right. Eli doesn't seem phased though.
Eli throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice cross by Eli.
Nice jab there from Harris.
Eli throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Eli thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Harris if he has to take too many more of those.
Eli throws a poor cross that misses
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Eli tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Eli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Eli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Eli falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Tom Eli has been cut.
Harris throws a lazy uppercut
and Eli counters with a stiff right hand.
Harris fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Eli checks it well.
Eli doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Harris lands a jab to the nose.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Terrance Harris.
I think Eli has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Eli!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hideki Nakamura (ranked 3565 p4p, 2766 weight class) and Hector Ramos (ranked 446 p4p, 356 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Hideki Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hector Ramos!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nakamura punishes Ramos's body with a nice straight punch.
Ramos pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nakamura back to the cage. Ramos follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ramos stalks Nakamura and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nakamura's face. Nakamura staggers backwards, shaken.
Ramos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nakamura.
Ramos tries to clinch but Nakamura moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Nakamura on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nakamura keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ramos closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Nakamura counter with a right hand.
It looks like Hector Ramos has been cut.
Ramos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakamura misses with a hook.
Ramos moves into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Nakamura.
Nakamura throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ramoss head.
A short left from Nakamura.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura lands with a short shot to the head.
Nakamura pushes Ramos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ramos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ramos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nakamura just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nakamura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nakamura scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nakamura lands an elbow that stopped Ramos in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ramos.
Ramos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nakamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ramos swings wildly with an uppercut but Nakamura uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a hook that snaps the head of Ramos backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura breaks from the clinch.
Ramos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nakamura.
Nakamura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ramos tries to clinch up.
Ramos moves forwards but Nakamura connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nakamura misses with a body kick.
Nakamura scores with a jab. Ramos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ramos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ramos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That has opened up Hector Ramos's cut even more.
Ramos ducks under a wild hook from Nakamura.
Sloppy strikes from Nakamura. Those never looked like landing.
Ramos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nakamura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Nakamura has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Ramos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ramos pushes Nakamura up against the cage in a clinch.
Ramos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nakamura swings wildly with an uppercut but Ramos uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Ramos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ramos.
Nakamura lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nakamura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nakamura digs a right hand underneath Ramos's ribcage. Ramos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nakamura.
Ramos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ramos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hideki Nakamura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hector Ramos.
Ramos looks winded!
Nakamura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nakamura drops Ramos with a big knee straight up the middle! Ramos is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nakamura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ramos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nakamura misses with an uppercut.
Nakamura slips a jab and a cross from Ramos.
Ramos slips a straight right by Nakamura.
Ramos moves out of range as Nakamura strikes.
Nakamura cracks Ramos with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Nakamura has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Ramos to stand back up!
Ramos is rocked!
Nakamura scores with a nice body kick.
Ramos is still on wobbly legs! Can Nakamura finish him?
Nakamura throws an uppercut from hell that sends Ramos clean off his feet! He's out cold! Nakamura stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hideki Nakamura!
Hideki Nakamura very nearly forgot to thank The Dirty Needle Project amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kazuma Kiryu (ranked 1130 p4p, 2259 weight class) and Masa Satake (ranked 169 p4p, 323 weight class). Kazuma Kiryu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kazuma Kiryu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Satake!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Kiryu misses.
Kiryu throws a hook but Satake blocks it.
Satake tries to clinch but Kiryu moves out of range.
Kiryu misses with a double jab
and Kiryu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Satake tries to close the distance and clinch but Kiryu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Satake is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kiryu.
Kiryu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiryu throws a predictable looking body shot
and Satake counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Satake tries to clinch but Kiryu is having none of it.
Kiryu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Satake connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kiryu throws a low kick but Satake avoids it.
Satake slips under a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Satake 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kiryu misses with the combination.
Satake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Satake fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kiryu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiryu blocks a jab.
Kazuma Kiryu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Satake is looking to clinch but Kiryu is avoiding it.
Kiryu looks to score with a jab to the body but Satake is just out of range.
Satake defending well as Kiryu loads up on a big left hand.
Kiryu throws a body punch but Satake moves out of range.
Satake takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kiryu misses with a kick to the body
and Satake holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A short right from Kiryu on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kiryu prevents a body shot from Satake.
Kiryu avoids a wild elbow strike from Satake.
Kiryu prevents a body shot from Satake.
Kiryu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kiryu tried to score with a low kick but Satake checks it.
Kiryu throws a head kick that misses.
Satake moves out of range of the strikes.
Satake motions for Kiryu to come forward. Satake throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Satake takes a swing at Kiryu's ribcage but misses.
Kiryu misses the shot to the body.
Kiryu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Satake has Kiryu up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Satake throws an elbow but misses.
Kiryu scores with a shot to the side of Satake's head.
Kiryu dodges an elbow strike from Satake.
Kiryu works on Satake's body with a couple of short punches.
Satake lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kiryu backwards.
Kiryu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kiryu digs a right hand underneath Satake's ribcage. Satake let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kiryu manages to break the clinch.
Satake shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kiryu delivers a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick from Kiryu, right into the meat of the thigh.
Satake displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kiryu throws out the jab.
Satake feints a counter leg kick.
Satake ducks under a wild hook from Kiryu.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kazuma Kiryu 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.
Kiryu missing with a left hand there. Satake was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Satake swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kiryu feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Satake sprawling to the canvas! Satake rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Kiryu finish him?!
Satake is rocked!
Kiryu swings widly with a right hand
and Satake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Satake is still on wobbly legs! Can Kiryu finish him?
Kiryu throws a leg kick
and Satake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Satake seems to have recovered his senses.
Satake misses with a lunging right hand
and Kiryu counters with a crisp right that sends Satake to the canvas! Kiryu follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kazuma Kiryu!
A relieved looking Kazuma Kiryu 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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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tau Masunwendinghamar (ranked 3044 p4p, 2798 weight class) and Keaton Vega (ranked 351 p4p, 334 weight class). Masunwendinghamar comes into the arena with Weltschmerz blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tau Masunwendinghamar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keaton Vega!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masunwendinghamar slips under a jab.
Masunwendinghamar throws a right hand that misses
and Vega cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Masunwendinghamar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tau Masunwendinghamar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vega scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Masunwendinghamar has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gold Samurai's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Masunwendinghamar throws out a loose jab but Vega uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Masunwendinghamar.
Masunwendinghamar misses with a straight right.
Masunwendinghamar misses with an uppercut
and Vega counters with a thumping low kick.
Vega throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Masunwendinghamar swings for the body but Vega moves out of range.
Masunwendinghamar looks to score with a jab to the body but Vega is just out of range.
Masunwendinghamar lands with a shot to the body.
Masunwendinghamar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vega connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vega lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vega throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Vega misses its intended target.
Good standup being displayed there by Masunwendinghamar as he connects with a hook.
Vega keeps Masunwendinghamar at a distance using the push kick.
Masunwendinghamar looks to throw the jab but Vega is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vega looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A slow jab from Masunwendinghamar misses its intended target.
Masunwendinghamar throws an overhand right that lands on Vega's shoulder, as Vega tries to avoid the shot.
Masunwendinghamar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vega misses with a left hand
and Masunwendinghamar counters with a nice right hand that sends Vega toppling to the canvas! Vega scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Masunwendinghamar finish him?!
It looks like Keaton Vega has been cut.
Vega throws a leg kick that misses.
Vega moves away from the strike by Masunwendinghamar.
Vega lands a jab to Masunwendinghamar's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vega throws the left hand but Masunwendinghamar avoids the punch easily.
Masunwendinghamar circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Vega to the canvas! Vega doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Masunwendinghamar keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tau Masunwendinghamar!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Bloodaxe (ranked 857 p4p, 825 weight class) and Chike Obi (ranked 133 p4p, 126 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Bloodaxe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chike Obi!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bloodaxe misses with a low kick.
Bloodaxe lands with an uppercut that bounces Obi off the cage and back into range.
Bloodaxe moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bloodaxe ducks under a wild hook from Obi.
Bloodaxe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bloodaxe ducks under a wild hook from Obi.
As Obi backs away, Bloodaxe returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Obi throws an overhand right that lands on Bloodaxe's shoulder, as Bloodaxe tries to avoid the shot.
Obi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bloodaxe connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Obi scrambles back to his feet.
Bloodaxe scores with a nice body kick.
Obi swings for the body but Bloodaxe moves out of range.
Obi misses with the combination.
A little feinted left hand from Bloodaxe on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bloodaxe connects with a nice looking jab.
Obi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Bloodaxe to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bloodaxe misses with a hook.
Bloodaxe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bloodaxe slips a jab and a cross from Obi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodaxe lands an overhand right.
Obi misses with a looping right.
Bloodaxe feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Obi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bloodaxe.
Obi connects with a jab.
Bloodaxe lands with a right hand.
Bloodaxe with a nice calf kick.
Bloodaxe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Obi misses with a shot to the body
and Bloodaxe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bloodaxe throws a looping overhand right but Obi ducks down to avoid it.
Obi 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.
Obi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Obi!
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!
Obi throws a shot from downtown. Bloodaxe moves away and avoids it.
Bloodaxe lands a leg kick that knocks Obi off balance momentarily.
Bloodaxe with the inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obi throws a looping overhand right but Bloodaxe ducks down to avoid it.
Bloodaxe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obi.
Obi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Obi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bloodaxe.
Obi swings for the body but Bloodaxe moves out of range.
Obi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bloodaxe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Obi.
Bloodaxe misses with an uppercut. Obi saw that one coming.
Obi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Obi throws an off balance right hand
and Bloodaxe counters with a stiff right hand.
Obi swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Obi looks to score with a jab to the body but Bloodaxe is just out of range.
Bloodaxe swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Obi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bloodaxe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Obi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Obi lands the left hand.
A combination from Obi does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Obi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Obi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good shot there by Bloodaxe.
Obi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe scoring well with a low kick there.
Bloodaxe lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bloodaxe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Obi looks to throw the jab but Bloodaxe is out of range.
Bloodaxe scores with a jab to the head.
Bloodaxe moves into range and connects with a jab.
Obi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bloodaxe at a distance.
Bloodaxe looks to land a right hand but Obi moved out of range.
Bloodaxe listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bloodaxe connects with a nice looking jab.
Bloodaxe throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Bloodaxe.
Obi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bloodaxe jabs Obi right on the nose. Obi blinks but takes it well.
Bloodaxe with a nice calf kick.
Bloodaxe misses with a low kick.
Obi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Obi throws an off balance right hand
and Obi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Obi just misses with a punch to the body.
Obi misses with a straight right.
Obi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bloodaxe attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bloodaxe is looking to slow Obi down with leg kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bloodaxe missing with a left hand there. Obi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bloodaxe connects with an inside leg kick.
Bloodaxe connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Obi's hands.
Obi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Bloodaxe dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bloodaxe walks into a jab.
Obi staying out of range there.
Bloodaxe staying out of range there.
Obi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bloodaxe counters with a nice uppercut.
Obi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Obi throws a poor cross that misses
and Bloodaxe counters with a low kick, right behind Obi 's knee.
Obi throws a lazy uppercut
and Bloodaxe counters with a left to the body.
Obi looks to land a left hand but Bloodaxe moved out of range nicely.
Bloodaxe lands with a cross.
Bloodaxe slips under a jab from Obi.
Obi checks a low kick from Bloodaxe.
Obi throws out a counter right but Bloodaxe avoids it with no problem.
Obi throws a poor cross that misses
and Bloodaxe counters with a stiff right hand.
Obi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Obi looks to land a right hand but Bloodaxe moved out of range.
Bloodaxe misses with an uppercut.
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!
Obi misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Bloodaxe is predictable there
and Obi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Obi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bloodaxe has got the better of the exchanges.
Bloodaxe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Obi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Obi. Bloodaxe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice shot lands for Bloodaxe.
Obi throws a body punch but Bloodaxe moves out of range.
Bloodaxe cracks Obi with a good jab.
Obi slips a jab from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bloodaxe lunges at Obi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Obi's hand.
A jab from Bloodaxe finds it's way through Obi's defenses.
Gunnar Bloodaxe is winning the standup battle so far.
Obi takes a swing at Bloodaxe's ribcage but misses.
Obi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Obi looks to land a right hand but Bloodaxe moved out of range.
Bloodaxe looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Obi throws a sloppy body shot
and Bloodaxe counters with an outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bloodaxe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Obi.
Bloodaxe is looking to score with low kicks.
Bloodaxe defending well as Obi loads up on a big left hand.
Obi defending well as Bloodaxe loads up on a big left hand.
Obi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A swing and a miss from Obi.
Bloodaxe cracks Obi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Obi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bloodaxe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Obi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bloodaxe ducks under a wild hook from Obi.
Obi misses with a body shot.
Bloodaxe cracks Obi with an open hand slap.
Obi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice shot lands for Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe slips under a jab from Obi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obi throws a shot to the body.
Bloodaxe works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Obi misses with a jab to the body
and Bloodaxe counters with an inside leg kick.
Bloodaxe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bloodaxe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Obi.
Obi misses with a wild body shot.
Obi throws a looping overhand right but Bloodaxe ducks down to avoid it.
Obi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A lazy left from Bloodaxe finds it's target.
Bloodaxe cracks Obi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Obi misses the target.
Bloodaxe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bloodaxe misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Obi misses its intended target.
Obi fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Obi misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bloodaxe throws an off balance right hand
and Obi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bloodaxe.
Obi misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Bloodaxe on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bloodaxe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Obi throws a shot from downtown. Bloodaxe moves away and avoids it.
Obi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bloodaxe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bloodaxe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Obi can do to turn this around?
Obi connects with a nice looking jab.
Bloodaxe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Obi misses with a body punch
and Bloodaxe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bloodaxe.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Bloodaxe dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bloodaxe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Obi throws a shot from downtown. Bloodaxe moves away and avoids it.
Jab from Obi.
Obi throws a body shot but no joy.
Bloodaxe quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Bloodaxe slips a jab from Obi.
Bloodaxe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Obi.
Obi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bloodaxe thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Obi if he has to take too many more of those.
Bloodaxe misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big left from Bloodaxe misses.
A shot to the liver by Bloodaxe. Beautiful body shot.
Bloodaxe with a hook.
Bloodaxe connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Obi's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodaxe thumps Obi with a low kick.
Obi throws a right and a left that Bloodaxe avoids nicely.
Obi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bloodaxe manages to avoid it.
Obi works the jab nicely.
Bloodaxe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Obi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bloodaxe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bloodaxe jabs Obi right on the nose. Obi blinks but takes it well.
Obi misses with a lunging right hand
and Bloodaxe counters with a nice uppercut.
Bloodaxe throws a low kick but Obi avoids it.
A nice side step and Obi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Obi tries to move into range but Bloodaxe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bloodaxe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Obi thuds a left hand into Bloodaxe's 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!
Obi misses with a left hand
and Bloodaxe counters with a nice leg kick.
Obi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bloodaxe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe lands with a nice body kick.
Obi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bloodaxe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bloodaxe cracks Obi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Obi misses with a hook. Bloodaxe ducked under it nicely.
Obi throws a lazy right hand but Bloodaxe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bloodaxe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bloodaxe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Obi.
Bloodaxe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Obi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bloodaxe takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bloodaxe throws a poor cross that misses
and Obi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Obi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bloodaxe's corner calls for a 1-2. Bloodaxe obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Obi misses with a shot to the body
and Bloodaxe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Obi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bloodaxe.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Obi! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe misses with a low kick.
Bloodaxe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Obi throws out a loose jab but Bloodaxe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Obi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bloodaxe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Obi. That did some damage!
Obi looks to land a left hand but Bloodaxe moved out of range nicely.
Gunnar Bloodaxe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bloodaxe lands a nice looking kick to the body. Obi takes a step back to recover.
Bloodaxe slips under a jab.
Obi ducks under a wild hook from Bloodaxe.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Obi throws out the jab.
Obi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bloodaxe.
Obi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bloodaxe moves away.
A nice leg kick from Bloodaxe, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Obi manages to avoid it.
Bloodaxe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bloodaxe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Obi lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Obi blocks a low kick nicely.
Obi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bloodaxe.
Obi misses with a lunging right hand
and Bloodaxe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Obi throws a good cross that connects.
Bloodaxe takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Obi looks to score with a jab to the body but Bloodaxe is just out of range.
Bloodaxe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bloodaxe cracks Obi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chike Obi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bloodaxe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gunnar Bloodaxe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bloodaxe 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gunnar Bloodaxe!
During a confident post fight interview, Gunnar Bloodaxe thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Harakka (ranked 800 p4p, 986 weight class) and Harris Mint (ranked 110 p4p, 136 weight class). Gustav Harakka had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gustav Harakka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harris Mint!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mint shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Mint trying to control from half guard but Harakka is working away.
Harakka is trying to control but can't.
Mint is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Harakka defends it well.
Harakka keeping hold of Mint's head, controlling as best he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harakka wants to improve his position but Mint is controlling well.
Harakka is refusing to be controlled, as Mint sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mint seems to be looking for submissions.
Mint is working for a submission of some sort.
Mint is stalling here. Harakka is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Mint seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Harakka has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Mint is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Mint's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Harakka stands up and beckons Mint to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mint shoots in but no luck this time.
Harakka lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A swing and a miss from Harakka.
Jab, jab by Harakka - just one landing.
Harakka wants to slow Mint down by chopping away at his legs.
Harakka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mint.
Mint uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harakka.
Harakka fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mint shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Mint was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Mint working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harakka is not content to let Mint control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mint tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Mint swings around for an armbar but Harakka sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Mint's guard.
Mint working for a triangle but Harakka defends it easily.
Harakka is stalling in the full guard.
Harakka has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mint wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Mint is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Harakka defends well.
Mint is pulling down on Harakka's head. It's preventing any offense from Harakka, at least for the moment.
Harakka controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harakka has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mint is proving hard to escape from.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gustav Harakka dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mint shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harakka as he jumps to the side.
Mint tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harakka swivels and escapes.
A jab from Harakka does it's job there.
Harakka throws a poor cross that misses
and Mint counters with a thumping low kick.
Mint closes the distance and clinches up with Harakka, looking for a takedown. Mint pushes Harakka against the cage but Harakka circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gustav Harakka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harris Mint.
Harakka misses with a straight left.
Gustav Harakka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mint takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harakka catches Mint with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Harakka tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mint steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Harakka.
Harakka misses with a hook
and Mint counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mint is trying to trip Harakka. He has hold of a leg but Harakka is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Mint persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Harakka scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Mint will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Harakka throwing a counter right hand but Mint manages to avoid it.
Mint shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harakka defends it nicely.
Mint fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Harakka avoids it really well and circles away.
It looked like Harakka wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harakka scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harakka scores with a head kick. Mint tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Harris Mint has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mint avoids the head kick by Harakka.
Mint drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Harakka defends it well.
Good work by Mint as he checks the leg kick.
Mint shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Mint was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Harakka is not content to let Mint control the position.
Harakka is trying to control Mint's posture but Mint avoids it.
Harakka tries to buck Mint off but Mint is having none of it.
Gustav Harakka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mint moves into full mount!
Mint working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Mint looking to control but Harakka is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harakka is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mint works his way to his opponent's back.
Harakka looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Mint is looking for the choke from the back position but Harakka is controlling his hands well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mint not allowing Harakka to control his hands.
Harakka is trying to stand back up.
Harakka is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Harakka is having to fend off submission attempts from Mint, who is looking to sink in the choke. Mint doesn't have the hooks in though and Harakka manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Mint has his foot on Harakka's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Harakka works his way back into a safe position though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gustav Harakka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harris Mint's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Harakka swings widly with a right hand
enabling Mint to counter with a crisp jab.
Harakka wants to slow Mint down by chopping away at his legs.
Harakka misses with an uppercut.
Mint shoots and misses
enabling Harakka to counter with a crisp jab.
Harakka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mint can do to turn this around?
Harakka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mint tries for a takedown but Harakka sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Harakka throws a sloppy head kick and Mint moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mint takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Harakka takes a swing at Mint's ribcage but misses.
Mint lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mint shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Harakka pinned against the cage. Harakka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gustav Harakka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harris Mint.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mint dives in for a single leg takedown but Harakka sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Harakka misses with a body shot.
Crack! A monster head kick from Harakka and Mint falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Harakka!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gustav Harakka!
Our winner, Gustav Harakka, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Tyler (ranked 894 p4p, 466 weight class) and Hjallis Kalske (ranked 127 p4p, 67 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Pete Tyler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hjallis Kalske!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Tyler tenderised Kalske's leg. Kalske is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kalske misses the jab.
Tyler walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
It looks like Pete Tyler has been cut.
Tyler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tyler lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tyler throws a body punch but Kalske moves out of range.
Kalske replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Tyler blocks it well.
Tyler seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tyler. That's going to slow Kalske down.
Tyler throws a leg kick but Kalske moved away.
Tyler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kalske fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tyler misses with a straight left.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tyler.
Kalske stuns Tyler with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tyler misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalske loads up on a big right hand but Tyler slips the punch.
Tyler throws a big counter combination but Kalske scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pete Tyler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kalske drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tyler gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Tyler looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Kalske there.
Tyler is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Kalske jumps into side control!
Kalske throws a strike aimed at the side of Tyler's head but Tyler avoids it well.
Tyler tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kalske wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalske working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Tyler can't do much from the bottom here.
Tyler manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Tyler avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kalske.
Kalske thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tyler's head.
Tyler wants to improve his position but Kalske is controlling well.
Kalske lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kalske.
Kalske trying to mount his opponent but Tyler defends it.
Kalske takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kalske is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Kalske lands a couple of good shots and Tyler has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Tyler rolls, trying to escape but Kalske keeps control of the position.
Kalske has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Tyler.
Pete Tyler's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kalske not allowing Tyler to control his hands.
Kalske has the hooks in. Tyler is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalske throwing damaging strikes from the back! Tyler could be in trouble here!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Pete Tyler's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hjallis Kalske!
Our winner, Hjallis Kalske, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Misha Hasselhoff (ranked 704 p4p, 573 weight class) and Paavali Kontiainen (ranked 97 p4p, 79 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Misha Hasselhoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paavali Kontiainen!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hasselhoff misses with a body shot.
Hasselhoff lands a big head kick that sends Kontiainen tumbling to the mat! Hasselhoff takes a step backwards and waves Kontiainen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Paavali Kontiainen has been cut.
Hasselhoff has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kontiainen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kontiainen tries a head kick but it misses.
Kontiainen blocks a head kick by Hasselhoff.
Hasselhoff takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It looks like Misha Hasselhoff has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hasselhoff drops Kontiainen with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Kontiainen looks back up at him and smiles so Hasselhoff waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Kontiainen is rocked!
That has opened up Paavali Kontiainen's cut even more.
Kontiainen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hasselhoff.
Kontiainen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hasselhoff throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kontiainen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kontiainen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kontiainen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kontiainen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kontiainen scores with the left hand. Hasselhoff knows he should have avoided that one.
Kontiainen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hasselhoff sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hasselhoff throwing a counter right hand but Kontiainen manages to avoid it.
Kontiainen catches Hasselhoff with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hasselhoff throws a poor cross that misses
and Kontiainen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hasselhoff's knee momentarily.
Hasselhoff jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hasselhoff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Kontiainen.
Misha Hasselhoff is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hasselhoff missing with a left hand there. Kontiainen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hasselhoff dips to his left and cracks Kontiainen with an uppercut!
Hasselhoff throws an off balance right hand
and Kontiainen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kontiainen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hasselhoff.
Hasselhoff appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hasselhoff throws a shot from downtown. Kontiainen moves away and avoids it.
Hasselhoff moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromKontiainen.
Kontiainen lands a head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hasselhoff.
Hasselhoff pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hasselhoff misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kontiainen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kontiainen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The cut above Paavali Kontiainen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hasselhoff throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hasselhoff tries to land a body kick
and Kontiainen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Misha Hasselhoff's cut is getting worse.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasselhoff misses with a lunging right hand
and Kontiainen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hasselhoff misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Kontiainen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hasselhoff throws out a powerful jab.
Hasselhoff lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kontiainen slips under a jab from Hasselhoff.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kontiainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hasselhoff throws a poor cross that misses
and Kontiainen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hasselhoff throws a lazy right hand but Kontiainen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Misha Hasselhoff dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hasselhoff takes one to the side of the head.
Kontiainen cracks Hasselhoff with an open hand slap.
Hasselhoff ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Kontiainen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hasselhoff has got the better of the exchanges.
Hasselhoff moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hasselhoff feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Kontiainen sprawling to the canvas! Kontiainen rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Hasselhoff finish him?!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Paavali Kontiainen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Misha Hasselhoff!
A very excited looking Misha Hasselhoff made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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