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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ash Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berry kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Clocks. Ash Berry has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ash Berry!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randy Tyler!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berry misses with a body shot.
Tyler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tyler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyler circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tyler throws out a powerful jab.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyler throws out a loose jab but Berry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ash Berry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berry avoids a punch combination nicely.
Berry ducks under a wild hook from Tyler.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Berry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tyler lands a nice looking body shot.
A big right from Tyler misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Berry misses the jab.
Berry blocks a jab.
Berry tries to clinch up but Tyler circles away and keeps his distance.
Berry is looking to clinch but Tyler is avoiding it.
Berry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tyler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyler misses with a straight right.
Berry wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
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.
Berry tries to clinch up.
Berry tries to clinch but Tyler moves out of range.
Tyler stuffs the takedown.
Berry tries to clinch but Tyler is having none of it.
Tyler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Berry tries to clinch up.
Tyler's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Tyler duly obliges.
Berry changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tyler looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Tyler is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Berry asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Tyler is not content to let Berry control the position.
Berry remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler can't do much from the bottom here.
Tyler is not content to let Berry control the position.
Berry has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Tyler is trying to escape the mount.
Berry looking to control but Tyler is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Berry goes for an armbar but Tyler turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Tyler.
Tyler is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four 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.
Berry is looking to sweep but instead, Tyler has passed into half guard.
Berry regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tyler trying to control but Berry is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Berry is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tyler not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Berry throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Tyler dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice straight punches there by Tyler. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tyler.
Tyler lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tyler misses with a hook. Berry ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Tyler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Berry moves out of range of the strikes.
Berry cracks Tyler with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Berry changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tyler tries to avoid it but Berry manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tyler to the ground. Tyler escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tyler swats away the attempt to clinch by Berry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Tyler's half guard.
Tyler is pressing down on Berry's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Berry tries to free his leg and advance position but Tyler is retaining full guard.
Berry wants to control from the top but Tyler keeps moving.
Berry drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Berry jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Berry stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tyler swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tyler working for a triangle but Berry defends it easily.
Berry looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Berry fails with the takedown.
Tyler throws out a powerful jab.
Tyler swats away the attempt to clinch by Berry.
Berry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Berry looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ash Berry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Berry tries to clinch up but Tyler circles away and keeps his distance.
Berry wants to clinch up but Tyler keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler sizes up Berry with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Berry fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tyler avoids it really well and circles away.
Berry shoots in for a double leg but Tyler sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Berry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Berry tries to clinch but Tyler moves out of range.
A lazy left from Tyler finds it's target.
Tyler works over Berry's head and body with a nice combination.
Nice jab there from Tyler.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Berry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tyler 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.
Tyler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Berry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Berry wants to clinch up but Tyler keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyler looks to land a left hand but Berry moved out of range nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyler shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Berry napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Tyler avoids the strikes from the bottom by Berry.
Berry is not content to let Tyler control the position.
Berry is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tyler off and has taken his back!
Tyler staying busy and making it hard for Berry to control.
Berry is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Tyler defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Tyler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Berry. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tyler prevents Berry from getting a body triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Tyler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nice shot lands for Tyler.
Tyler moves into range and connects with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tyler, as that shot connected.
Tyler misses with a double jab.
Berry moves out of range of the strikes.
Berry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Tyler misses the target.
Tyler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Berry wants to clinch.
Berry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Berry tries to clinch up.
Tyler lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry tries to clinch there but Tyler circles away.
Berry is looking to clinch.
A lazy left from Tyler finds it's target.
Tyler throws a jab when Berry was well out of range.
Tyler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Berry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab from Berry.
Tyler throws out a loose jab but Berry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyler looks to land a left hand but Berry moved out of range nicely.
Tyler throws a hook but Berry avoids it easily.
Berry gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Berry tries to clinch but Tyler is having none of it.
Randy Tyler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Berry tries to clinch up but Tyler circles away and keeps his distance.
Berry doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyler circles away.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Berry doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyler circles away.
That's two 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.
Tyler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tyler misses with an uppercut. Berry saw that one coming.
Berry ducks under a wild hook from Tyler.
Berry is looking to clinch.
A jab from Tyler misses.
Tyler lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tyler.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tyler misses with a hook.
Berry is looking to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Tyler as Berry shoots in.
Berry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tyler.
Tyler keeps the fight on the outside.
Berry has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Berry there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice shot by Tyler.
Berry doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyler circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tyler lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Randy Tyler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tyler throws out a loose jab but Berry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Berry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tyler looks to land a right hand but Berry moved out of range.
Tyler lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Berry on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Berry is looking to clinch.
Randy Tyler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Berry doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyler circles away.
Berry is looking to clinch.
Berry tries to clinch up but Tyler circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tyler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Berry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyler takes a swing at Berry's ribcage but misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Berry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Berry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Berry wants to clinch up but Tyler keeps it at a distance.
Tyler misses with a few strikes there.
Tyler swats away the attempt to clinch by Berry.
Berry fails with an attempt to clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tyler.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Tyler really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Berry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tyler wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short body shot lands from Berry as the two fighters clinch.
Tyler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Tyler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Berry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tyler.
Tyler throws an overhand right that lands on Berry's shoulder, as Berry tries to avoid the shot.
Berry connects with a crisp jab.
Berry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tyler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Berry tries to clinch up but Tyler circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tyler gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Berry pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tyler is keeping the position for now.
Tyler is looking for a triangle but Berry pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry wants to pass the guard but Tyler is keeping the position.
Berry not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Berry has gone for a leg lock! Tyler slips out almost immediately though and dives into Berry's guard.
Tyler's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tyler's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Berry is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tyler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Berry looking for a guillotine here but Tyler defends easily.
Berry has his hands on Tyler's head, controlling the position.
Berry wants to sweep but no luck.
Tyler pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Berry is keeping the position for now.
Tyler looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry looking for a sweep. Not yet Berry, not yet.
Berry looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Berry will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tyler controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Berry seems keen to control Tyler's posture.
Berry looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tyler avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's four 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.
Tyler 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.
Berry wants to sweep here but Tyler controlling him for the moment.
Berry working a defensive guard here.
Tyler slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tyler trying to control the position from guard on top but Berry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ash Berry had his way with Randy Tyler in that round.
That's time! Berry's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Berry tries to clinch but Tyler is having none of it.
A swing and a miss from Tyler.
Tyler takes one on the chin but seems OK.
No luck for Berry with that takedown attempt.
Berry is looking to clinch.
Tyler keeps the fight on the outside.
Berry tries to clinch there but Tyler circles away.
Berry fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyler scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Berry tries to clinch but Tyler is having none of it.
Berry wants to clinch up but Tyler keeps it at a distance.
Tyler cracks Berry with a good jab.
Berry misses with a takedown attempt
and Tyler counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tyler counters with a straight right hand.
Berry tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tyler counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tyler swinging wildly here.
Berry wants to clinch but Tyler slips to the side
and Berry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Berry looks to clinch
and Tyler counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Berry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tyler.
Tyler circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tyler counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Berry wants to clinch
and Tyler counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler looks to land a left hand but Berry moved out of range nicely.
Berry tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Tyler to counter with a crisp jab.
Tyler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Berry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Berry tries to clinch
and Tyler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tyler throws out a loose jab but Berry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyler slaps away a takedown attempt from Berry, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ash Berry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berry takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tyler misses with a looping left.
Berry looks to clinch
and Tyler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Berry doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tyler counters with a stiff right hand.
Berry looks to clinch
enabling Tyler to counter with a crisp jab.
Berry looks to clinch
and Tyler counters with a straight right hand.
Tyler scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berry on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Berry misses with a takedown
and Tyler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tyler misses with a straight left.
Berry misses with a takedown attempt
and Tyler counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Tyler misses with an uppercut. Berry saw that one coming.
Tyler misses with a series of wild punches.
Berry clinches but Tyler breaks the clinch
and Tyler counters with a straight right hand.
Berry tries to clinch up
letting Tyler counter with a right hand.
Nice jab there from Berry.
Berry darts in trying to clinch
letting Tyler counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berry tries to clinch up
and Tyler counters with a two punch combo.
Tyler scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Berry tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tyler counters with a two punch combo.
Ash Berry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Berry dodges the punch combination from Tyler.
Berry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tyler.
Tyler throws a jab when Berry was well out of range.
Berry fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tyler looks to land a left hand but Berry moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Tyler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Randy Tyler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Berry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tyler.
A telegraphed right hand from Berry misses the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Tyler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tyler 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 46:49
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 46:49
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Tyler!
Randy Tyler is the new light heavyweight champion!
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