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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kaapo Westerinen (ranked 4240 p4p, 5398 weight class) and Sohrab Bahmanzade (ranked 575 p4p, 667 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaapo Westerinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sohrab Bahmanzade!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Westerinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bahmanzade.
We've been informed that Bahmanzade has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Westerinen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Bahmanzade.
Westerinen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bahmanzade just manages to avoid it.
Bahmanzade pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bahmanzade swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Westerinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Westerinen throws a body kick that misses.
Bahmanzade throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A good leg kick by Westerinen.
Westerinen is looking to chop away at Bahmanzade's legs.
Bahmanzade throws a shot from downtown. Westerinen moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Westerinen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Westerinen slips a straight right by Bahmanzade.
Bahmanzade waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Westerinen.
Westerinen ducks under a wild hook from Bahmanzade.
Westerinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bahmanzade.
It appears Westerinen was looking to counter with a kick there.
Westerinen slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Westerinen slips under a jab.
Bahmanzade throws out a loose jab but Westerinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Westerinen.
Westerinen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bahmanzade swings for the body but Westerinen moves out of range.
Westerinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've been told by Westerinen's head coaches at The Scrap Squad that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Westerinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bahmanzade.
Westerinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Westerinen wants to slow Bahmanzade down by chopping away at his legs.
Bahmanzade throws a right hand that misses
and Westerinen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bahmanzade's knee momentarily.
Westerinen looks to land a body kick but Bahmanzade moved away.
Westerinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Westerinen looks to land a body kick but Bahmanzade moved away.
Bahmanzade checks the leg kick nicely there.
Westerinen is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bahmanzade misses with a straight left.
Westerinen throws a sloppy head kick
and Bahmanzade counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Kaapo Westerinen has been cut.
Westerinen delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Westerinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bahmanzade.
A head kick from Westerinen lands but Bahmanzade takes it in his stride.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Westerinen.
Westerinen throws a leg kick that misses.
Westerinen throws a head kick but Bahmanzade moves out of range.
Bahmanzade looks to throw the jab but Westerinen is out of range.
Westerinen moves out of range as Bahmanzade strikes.
Westerinen wants to slow Bahmanzade down by chopping away at his legs.
An inside leg kick from Westerinen misses.
Westerinen throws a head kick but Bahmanzade moves out of range.
Bahmanzade throws a big shot that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Westerinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bahmanzade blocks a low kick nicely.
Bahmanzade takes a kick to the side of the head.
Bahmanzade throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Westerinen is looking to counter with a body kick.
Bahmanzade thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crunch! Westerinen slams his shin into Bahmanzade's torso.
Westerinen misses with a kick to the body.
Bahmanzade appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Westerinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bahmanzade checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bahmanzade might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Westerinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bahmanzade.
Westerinen throws a nice head kick!
Westerinen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Westerinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bahmanzade.
Westerinen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bahmanzade counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bahmanzade is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Westerinen.
A head kick from Westerinen lands but Bahmanzade takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Westerinen with the inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Westerinen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bahmanzade.
Westerinen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A little jabbing left from Bahmanzade on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Westerinen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bahmanzade throws a hook but Westerinen blocks it.
Westerinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bahmanzade looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bahmanzade throws a hook to the side of Westerinen's head but Westerinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bahmanzade jabs at Westerinen's body.
Bahmanzade avoids the head kick by Westerinen.
Westerinen throws a nice head kick!
Westerinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bahmanzade misses the shot to the body.
Nice body kick there by Westerinen.
Westerinen staying out of range there.
Bahmanzade pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kaapo Westerinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaapo Westerinen's cut.
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.
Westerinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bahmanzade throws a shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Westerinen.
Westerinen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Westerinen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Westerinen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Westerinen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bahmanzade swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Westerinen.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Westerinen here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A solid body kick from Westerinen.
Westerinen moves out of range as Bahmanzade strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bahmanzade moves into range and connects with a jab.
Westerinen is rocked!
Westerinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oh Westerinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Westerinen with the inside leg kick.
Bahmanzade throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Westerinen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick lands for Westerinen.
Bahmanzade thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bahmanzade blocks a head kick by Westerinen.
Westerinen moves out of range as Bahmanzade strikes.
Westerinen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kaapo Westerinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Bahmanzade throws a body shot but no joy.
Bahmanzade misses with a straight left.
Westerinen slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Westerinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bahmanzade throws out the jab.
Westerinen seems to have got his legs back now.
Bahmanzade misses with an uppercut. Westerinen saw that one coming.
Westerinen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bahmanzade's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Westerinen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bahmanzade loads up on a big right hand but Westerinen slips the punch.
A low kick lands for Westerinen.
Westerinen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bahmanzade.
Bahmanzade tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Westerinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bahmanzade.
Bahmanzade throws a hook but Westerinen avoids it easily.
Bahmanzade throws a hook to the side of Westerinen's head but Westerinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bahmanzade ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Westerinen moves away.
Westerinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Westerinen throws a front kick aimed at Bahmanzade's knee but Bahmanzade avoids it well.
Westerinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bahmanzade is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Westerinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westerinen scores with a nice body kick.
Bahmanzade throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Bahmanzade.
Westerinen throws a leg kick but Bahmanzade moved away.
Westerinen scores with a head kick. Bahmanzade tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bahmanzade's jab looks to have found its range, popping Westerinen under the eye.
Westerinen throws a head kick that misses.
Westerinen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Westerinen throws a head kick but Bahmanzade moves out of range.
Westerinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick misses from Westerinen.
A clash of legs there as Bahmanzade blocks the low kick.
Bahmanzade has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Westerinen.
A nice inside leg kick there by Westerinen. That's going to slow Bahmanzade down.
Bahmanzade swings for the body but Westerinen moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westerinen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Westerinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Bahmanzade.
A nice leg kick from Westerinen, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bahmanzade waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Westerinen.
Bahmanzade throws a lazy uppercut
and Westerinen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Westerinen staying out of range there.
Nice body kick there by Westerinen.
Westerinen tries to land a leg kick but Bahmanzade saw it coming and moves away.
Westerinen throws a leg kick but Bahmanzade sees it coming and moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Westerinen.
Westerinen moves away from the strike by Bahmanzade.
Westerinen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bahmanzade throws a right hand that misses
and Westerinen counters with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bahmanzade swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Westerinen avoids the body shot from Bahmanzade.
Westerinen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick from Westerinen misses.
Bahmanzade looks to throw the jab but Westerinen is out of range.
Westerinen throws a sloppy head kick
and Bahmanzade cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Westerinen throws a front kick that sends Bahmanzade stumbling back into the cage.
Westerinen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bahmanzade is breathing heavily.
Westerinen misses with a body kick.
Westerinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bahmanzade connects with a body shot that sends Westerinen's belly button to the back.
Westerinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Bahmanzade throws an off balance right hand
and Westerinen counters with a low kick, right behind Bahmanzade 's knee.
Westerinen with the inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kaapo Westerinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kaapo Westerinen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
An inside leg kick lands from Westerinen.
Westerinen looks for the body kick but Bahmanzade saw that one coming.
Westerinen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Westerinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bahmanzade.
Westerinen is looking to counter with head kicks.
Bahmanzade misses the body punch
and Westerinen counters with a body kick that stops Bahmanzade in his tracks momentarily.
Bahmanzade misses with an uppercut. Westerinen saw that one coming.
Westerinen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bahmanzade connects with a crisp jab.
Westerinen scores with a spinning back kick!
An inside leg kick lands from Westerinen.
Westerinen throws out a leg kick but Bahmanzade moves out of range and Westerinen only half commits.
Bahmanzade throws out a counter right but Westerinen avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Westerinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bahmanzade. That did some damage!
Bahmanzade tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Westerinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bahmanzade.
Westerinen throws a leg kick which misses Bahmanzade's front leg but catches the back leg as Bahmanzade tries to avoid it.
Westerinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Bahmanzade misses.
Good leg kick by Westerinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bahmanzade throws a looping overhand right but Westerinen ducks down to avoid it.
Westerinen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bahmanzade misses with a looping right.
Bahmanzade walks forward, straight into a front kick from Westerinen.
Bahmanzade throws a jab when Westerinen was well out of range.
A head kick by Westerinen misses
and Bahmanzade counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bahmanzade dips to his left and cracks Westerinen with an uppercut!
Bahmanzade takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bahmanzade throws out a loose jab but Westerinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Westerinen!
Bahmanzade ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Westerinen moves away.
Bahmanzade throws an overhand right that lands on Westerinen's shoulder, as Westerinen tries to avoid the shot.
As Bahmanzade backs away, Westerinen returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Westerinen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Westerinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sohrab Bahmanzade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westerinen with a nice calf kick.
Westerinen with the inside leg kick.
Westerinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Westerinen fakes the leg kick and cracks Bahmanzade in the body.
Westerinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Westerinen throws a leg kick but Bahmanzade checks it.
A head kick misses from Westerinen.
Westerinen connects with a high kick.
Westerinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bahmanzade.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bahmanzade. Westerinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Westerinen thinks about countering with a body kick.
Westerinen throws a leg kick which misses Bahmanzade's front leg but catches the back leg as Bahmanzade tries to avoid it.
Westerinen throws a leg kick which misses Bahmanzade's front leg but catches the back leg as Bahmanzade tries to avoid it.
A low kick lands for Westerinen.
Both fighters circling a little - Westerinen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Bahmanzade.
Westerinen blocks a jab.
Westerinen misses with a low kick.
Westerinen misses with a body kick.
Bahmanzade takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bahmanzade is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Westerinen.
Westerinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bahmanzade has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Westerinen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bahmanzade swings widly with a right hand
and Westerinen counters with an outside leg kick.
Bahmanzade throws a hook to the side of Westerinen's head but Westerinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Westerinen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bahmanzade takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Westerinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Westerinen staying out of range there.
Bahmanzade misses with a straight right.
Bahmanzade throws a jab when Westerinen was well out of range.
Westerinen misses with a head kick.
Bahmanzade looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Westerinen connects with a leg kick.
Westerinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Bahmanzade dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Westerinen throws a sloppy head kick and Bahmanzade moves out of range easily.
Bahmanzade misses with an uppercut. Westerinen saw that one coming.
Westerinen lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Westerinen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
You can see that Bahmanzade has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Westerinen slips under a jab.
Westerinen scores with a push kick.
Westerinen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kaapo Westerinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Westerinen 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaapo Westerinen!
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