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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Keir Toal (ranked 22702 p4p, 23277 weight class) and Pawel Nastula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toal's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Irish Pub Song. Pawel Nastula has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Keir Toal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 47 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pawel Nastula!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toal lands the left hand.
Nastula is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Toal throws a combination. Nastula tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nastula showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Toal.
Nastula tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Toal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Toal quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Toal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Toal throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nastula looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Toal misses with the combination.
Toal lands with a nice combination. Nastula backs away looking to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toal lands with a good body shot.
Nastula throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Toal throwing a counter right hand but Nastula manages to avoid it.
Nastula changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Toal tries to avoid it but Nastula manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Toal to the ground. Toal escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nastula feints and as Toal raises his hands in defense, Nastula changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Toal has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Nastula is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nastula goes for a takedown attempt but Toal pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nastula is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Toal lands a nice looking body kick.
Nastula doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick from Toal, right into the meat of the thigh.
Toal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Crunch! Toal slams his shin into Nastula's torso.
Toal lands with a thumping leg kick.
Toal lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nastula shoots in looking for a takedown but Toal manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nastula's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Keir Toal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pawel Nastula.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Nastula enables Toal to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Nastula manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Nastula is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Toal moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Nastula wants to pass the guard but Toal is keeping the position.
Toal is adopting a defensive guard.
Nastula wants to control from the top but Toal keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toal has Nastula pulled in close to control his posture.
Toal has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Toal wants to sweep here but Nastula controlling him for the moment.
Toal is adopting a defensive guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nastula stopping the sweep attempt from Toal.
Toal trying to control the position here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toal's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Toal's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nastula under the eye.
Nastula tries to move into range but Toal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Toal tries to bum rush Nastula with a series of wild strikes but Nastula uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nastula is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Keir Toal dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Toal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nastula walks into a jab.
Nastula tries to clinch up
and Toal counters with a nice kick to the body.
Nastula tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Nastula enables Toal to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Nastula manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Keir Toal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Toal's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nastula tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toal is stalling in the full guard.
Toal slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Toal is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Nastula will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Toal gets to mount! Nastula was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Nastula is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Toal tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Toal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nastula is wriggling around trying to escape.
Nastula felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Toal controlling the position easily from mount.
Toal continues to hold on tight.
Nastula is desperately trying to improve his position but Toal has a good base and remains in mount.
Toal controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Toal lands a heavy elbow.
Toal tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Nastula really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Toal scoring with strikes but Nastula is staying in there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Toal tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Toal looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Keir Toal 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. This is the final round!
Nastula tries to sprawl but Toal drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Nastula is looking to improve his position.
Toal stalling.
Toal looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nastula with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nastula is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toal is taking a breather. Nastula says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toal takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've been hearing that Toal has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Toal controlling the action here.
Toal working Nastula over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Toal sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Further stalling from Toal.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nastula tries a head kick but it misses.
Toal feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Keir Toal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toal looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Toal seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Nastula for as long as he can get away with.
Toal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nastula can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Toal is stinking the place up with his stalling.
Nastula is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Toal controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keir Toal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Toal 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keir Toal!
A relieved looking Keir Toal 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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energy
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hype
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