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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eki Vieri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jasper Stride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eki Vieri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 cm
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161 lbs
14 - 13 - 0 |
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192 cm
24
162 lbs
4 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eki Vieri! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jasper Stride! The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnem�ki and Marco Blurstr�m.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Stride drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Stride scores with a punch to the head. Stride misses with an uppercut. Vieri lands with a nice combination. Stride backs away looking to recover. Stride uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vieri. Stride moves into range and connects with a jab. Stride swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stride thumps Vieri with a low kick.
Vieri tries to keep at a distance but Stride has taken the fight into the clinch. Stride lands on the inside with an uppercut. Vieri is trying to break the clinch but Stride has him pressed against the cage. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Vieri is trying to force a seperation but Stride has the dominant position. Vieri wants to get back to striking at distance but Stride won't allow it.
Vieri is trying to push Stride away but Stride has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stride's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Eki Vieri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. No joy there for Vieri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stride has managed to clinch.
Stride is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Vieri working hard to break the clinch.
Stride's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Stride throws a jab when Vieri was well out of range. Stride throws the left hand but Vieri avoids the punch easily. Stride scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Vieri fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
 That's one minute gone in the round. No joy there for Vieri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters circling - Vieri throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Stride scores with a sloppy right hand. Vieri should have avoided that one. Vieri jabs Stride to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stride rushes Vieri and presses him up against the cage. A nice left hand lands by Stride.
Vieri tries to circle away but Stride has him pinned against the cage.
Stride escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stride is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vieri. Stride misses with a looping right. Vieri lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stride circles away quickly and effectively. Stride tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vieri was well out of range. Poor timing from Stride. Stride throws a lazy right hand but Vieri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Vieri looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stride breaks from the clinch.
Stride lands the left hand. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Stride needs to keep his hands up - Vieri had a free shot at his head there. A telegraphed right hand from Vieri misses the target. Vieri throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Stride ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Stride misses the shot to the body. Vieri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vieri fails to land with a series of punches.
Stride throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stride catches Vieri with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! A punch combination from Vieri misses. Vieri slips a straight right by Stride.
Stride clinches with his opponent.
Stride breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vieri misses with a wild combination.
Stride lands a jab. Stride jabs Vieri to the body, keeping him at a distance. Stride lands a jab to the nose. Stride swings for the body but Vieri moves out of range.
Stride throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vieri stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Stride scores with a shot to the body.
Vieri looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Vieri is breathing heavily. Vieri takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. No joy there for Vieri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stride is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vieri had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into p�t�. Stride uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vieri has time to react. Vieri takes one on the button. Vieri throws a wild combination but nothing lands. No joy there for Vieri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stride closes the distance and clinches.
Stride breaks the clinch.
Stride lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Stride throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vieri misses with a wild combination.
Vieri swinging wildly here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Vieri will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stride scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Stride is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. Vieri digs a good hook to Stride's body.
Vieri ducks under a wild hook from Stride. Vieri takes a body punch but keeps moving. Vieri misses with a double jab.
Stride has Vieri up against the cage in a clinch.
 That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stride escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stride misses with a straight right.
Stride sends Vieri crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Stride is motioning to the referee to let Vieri up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Vieri is rocked! Vieri is holding his hands too far apart here. Stride throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Vieri is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jasper Stride! Jasper Stride decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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