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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jari Lehtonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guerrero has chosen Borracho Te Recuerdo as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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World class boxer
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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
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jari Lehtonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Guerrero!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lehtonen tries a head kick but it misses.
Guerrero throws a combination that misses
and Lehtonen counters with an inside leg kick.
Lehtonen slips under a jab.
Lehtonen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lehtonen tries to clinch there but Guerrero circles away.
Lehtonen moves into the clinch.
Guerrero looking for a takedown.
Lehtonen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Guerrero.
It looks like Jari Lehtonen has been cut.
Lehtonen looking to stall.
Guerrero lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lehtonen or not.
Lehtonen cracks Guerrero with a nice body shot.
Lehtonen connects with a knee to the head.
Guerrero misses with a punch to the body.
Guerrero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lehtonen's elbow.
Guerrero goes for a takedown attempt but Lehtonen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jari Lehtonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lehtonen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lehtonen misses with a low kick as Guerrero jumps back.
Guerrero misses with a takedown attempt - Lehtonen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jari Lehtonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gustavo Guerrero.
Lehtonen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Guerrero takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jari Lehtonen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero fails to land the takedown.
Lehtonen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lehtonen drives through and clinches with Guerrero against the cage.
Guerrero is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lehtonen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Guerrero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lehtonen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lehtonen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lehtonen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lehtonen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Guerrero can't find room to land a body shot as Lehtonen controls the action.
Guerrero has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lehtonen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lehtonen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lehtonen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Guerrero looks gassed!
Lehtonen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Guerrero is keeping busy.
Guerrero wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lehtonen has him pressed against the cage.
Lehtonen working Guerrero over with knees to the body.
Guerrero takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right hook to the body lands for Guerrero.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen connects with a knee to the head.
Guerrero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lehtonen lands a knee to the body.
Lehtonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guerrero is defending well for now.
Lehtonen landing knees to the head.
Lehtonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerrero avoids it.
Lehtonen working Guerrero over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lehtonen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lehtonen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lehtonen missing with knees to the body.
Lehtonen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lehtonen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guerrero takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lehtonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guerrero thows a body shot but no joy.
Lehtonen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guerrero stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lehtonen.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lehtonen.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lehtonen, right into the meat.
Nice uppercut there from Lehtonen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lehtonen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Guerrero lands with a nice body punch.
Lehtonen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Guerrero on the side of the head.
Lehtonen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Guerrero doesn't seem bothered though.
Lehtonen tries a head kick but it misses.
Lehtonen lands a right hook to the body.
Lehtonen looks to land a body kick but Guerrero moved away.
Lehtonen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lehtonen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Guerrero blocks a low kick nicely.
A good leg kick by Lehtonen.
Guerrero missing with a left hand there. Lehtonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lehtonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guerrero.
Nice shot by Guerrero.
Lehtonen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lehtonen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Guerrero misses the shot to the body.
Guerrero is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lehtonen rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen 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.
Lehtonen pushes Guerrero away with a front kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Guerrero crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lehtonen - the referee stops the clock and Guerrero gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lehtonen. Guerrero manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lehtonen throws a head kick that half lands.
Lehtonen darts in and clinches Guerrero up against the cage.
Guerrero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lehtonen takes a shot to the head.
Guerrero dodges an elbow strike from Lehtonen.
Guerrero taking a breather.
Lehtonen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Guerrero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Guerrero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Guerrero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Lehtonen.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lehtonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guerrero blocks an elbow strike from Lehtonen.
Guerrero has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Lehtonen clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guerrero is not going to allow Lehtonen to sit and survive in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Lehtonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jari Lehtonen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Guerrero misses with an uppercut.
Lehtonen throws out a leg kick but Guerrero moves out of range and Lehtonen only half commits.
Guerrero blocks a leg kick.
Guerrero throws a body punch but Lehtonen moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guerrero. Lehtonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lehtonen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Guerrero takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lehtonen throws an overhand right that lands on Guerrero's shoulder, as Guerrero tries to avoid the shot.
Lehtonen throws a leg kick which misses Guerrero's front leg but catches the back leg as Guerrero tries to avoid it.
A jab from Lehtonen does it's job there.
Lehtonen misses with the combination.
Lehtonen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Guerrero, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lehtonen throws an elbow but misses.
Lehtonen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Guerrero is trying to push Lehtonen away but Lehtonen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lehtonen.
Guerrero is breathing heavily.
Guerrero takes a shot to the head.
Lehtonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Lehtonen tries to land a knee to the head but Guerrero blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nice body punch from Guerrero - that landed with a thud.
Guerrero is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lehtonen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lehtonen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guerrero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lehtonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Lehtonen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lehtonen trying to control the position but instead, Guerrero has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lehtonen into the cage.
Lehtonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Guerrero struggles to land a body shot inside as Lehtonen controls his hands.
Jari Lehtonen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lehtonen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lehtonen throws an elbow but it misses.
Lehtonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerrero avoids it.
Lehtonen lands an elbow just above Guerrero 's eye.
Guerrero blocks an elbow strike.
Guerrero wants to stall.
Lehtonen stalling in the clinch.
Guerrero is trying to break the clinch but Lehtonen has him pressed against the cage.
Guerrero looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lehtonen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lehtonen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lehtonen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lehtonen digs a right hand underneath Guerrero's ribcage. Guerrero let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lehtonen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lehtonen lands an elbow that stopped Guerrero in his tracks for a moment.
Lehtonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guerrero blocks it with crossed arms.
Lehtonen connects with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Lehtonen to work.
Lehtonen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Guerrero is keeping busy.
Guerrero misses with a punch to the body.
Lehtonen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lehtonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Guerrero lands with a right to the head.
Guerrero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guerrero misses with the head strike.
Lehtonen lands an elbow that stopped Guerrero in his tracks for a moment.
Guerrero is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lehtonen connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Lehtonen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero throws a head punch that misses.
Lehtonen prevents a body shot from Guerrero.
A short body shot lands from Lehtonen as the two fighters clinch.
Lehtonen working Guerrero over with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Lehtonen.
Lehtonen lands an elbow inside.
Guerrero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lehtonen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guerrero backwards.
Nice elbow from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lehtonen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Guerrero tries to stall but Lehtonen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lehtonen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen is looking to control Guerrero's arms but Guerrero gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lehtonen has his back to the cage.
Nice elbow from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen lands a nice knee to the body.
Lehtonen wants to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lehtonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lehtonen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Guerrero looking to slow down the pace here.
Guerrero takes a shot to the head.
Lehtonen lands a hook that snaps the head of Guerrero backwards.
A short left from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Guerrero's face.
Guerrero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lehtonen stalling the fight.
Lehtonen presses Guerrero against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Guerrero trying to control the position but instead, Lehtonen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Guerrero into the cage.
Lehtonen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guerrero backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lehtonen throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lehtonen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Guerrero's brow.
Lehtonen gets through Guerrero's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lehtonen pushes off an throws an elbow but Guerrero leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Lehtonen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jari Lehtonen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Lehtonen tries a low kick but Guerrero avoids it.
Guerrero takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lehtonen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Guerrero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lehtonen throws a shot from downtown. Guerrero moves away and avoids it.
Lehtonen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lehtonen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lehtonen throws a wild body kick that Guerrero sees coming a mile off.
Lehtonen tries a head kick but it misses.
Guerrero scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lehtonen in his tracks.
Guerrero's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Guerrero on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lehtonen. Lehtonen obviously looking to wear him down.
Lehtonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guerrero moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lehtonen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Guerrero takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lehtonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guerrero.
Guerrero avoids the head kick by Lehtonen.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lehtonen but Lehtonen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lehtonen throws a series of punches but Guerrero avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lehtonen.
Jab by Guerrero.
Guerrero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lehtonen moves away.
Guerrero with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lehtonen to score with a decent uppercut.
Lehtonen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lehtonen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Guerrero checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lehtonen lands with a nice body punch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lehtonen.
Lehtonen scores with a push kick.
Lehtonen scores with a jab.
Lehtonen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Guerrero throws a hook but Lehtonen blocks it.
Lehtonen jabs at Guerrero's body.
Lehtonen cracks Guerrero with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lehtonen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lehtonen. That's going to slow Guerrero down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero avoids the head kick by Lehtonen.
Guerrero swings widly with a right hand
and Lehtonen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Guerrero really felt that one!
Lehtonen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Guerrero.
Lehtonen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guerrero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Guerrero has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lehtonen.
Lehtonen scores with a nice body kick.
Lehtonen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Guerrero avoids the body shot from Lehtonen.
Guerrero on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lehtonen has managed to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lehtonen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lehtonen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lehtonen gets underhooks to prevent Guerrero's takedown attempt.
Lehtonen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lehtonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guerrero blocks it with crossed arms.
Guerrero blocks an elbow strike.
Guerrero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lehtonen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen presses Guerrero against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lehtonen lands an elbow inside that Guerrero shrugs off.
Lehtonen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Guerrero has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lehtonen.
A right handed body shot lands from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen lands a nice elbow.
Jari Lehtonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Guerrero avoids a wild elbow strike from Lehtonen.
Guerrero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guerrero is working for takedown but Lehtonen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jari Lehtonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gustavo Guerrero.
Lehtonen avoiding damage.
Lehtonen landing knees to the head.
Gustavo Guerrero has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lehtonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Guerrero can do to turn this around?
Knees in the clinch landing for Lehtonen.
Lehtonen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lehtonen lands with a short shot to the head.
Lehtonen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lehtonen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lehtonen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lehtonen misses with an elbow over the top.
Guerrero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guerrero misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lehtonen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Guerrero can't get the takedown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lehtonen.
Lehtonen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guerrero's defenses.
Guerrero takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lehtonen lands a damaging elbow.
Lehtonen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lehtonen throws an elbow that misses.
Guerrero avoiding damage as Lehtonen throws knees to the body.
Lehtonen trying to stall but Guerrero improves his position.
Lehtonen cracks Guerrero with a nice body shot.
Guerrero wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lehtonen has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Guerrero backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guerrero tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lehtonen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Guerrero managing to block the knees to the body from Lehtonen.
Guerrero misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jari Lehtonen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lehtonen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jari Lehtonen!
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