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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barack Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Barack Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Graham!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham staying out of range there.
Fury throws out a loose jab but Graham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graham tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fury makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fury misses with the combination.
Graham wants to clinch up but Fury keeps it at a distance.
Graham gets a clinch.
Fury manages to pull guard.
Fury wants to stand up but Graham is controlling him.
Fury seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Fury pushes Graham off and scrambles back to his feet.
Fury throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Graham counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graham closes the distance and pushes Fury back into the cage.
Graham breaks from the clinch.
Fury takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury misses with a body shot
and Graham counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fury falls off balance throwing a combination
and Graham decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Fury's guard.
Fury striking off his back but it's not causing Graham any problems.
Fury might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fury working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Graham.
Graham trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fury is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Graham presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Graham tries to land knees in the clinch but Fury avoids the damage to the body.
Graham working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Graham misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graham pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fury misses with a double jab.
Fury throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fury takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barack Fury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fury connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Graham moves in looking to clinch but Fury pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury throws a series of punches but Graham moves out of range.
Graham is looking to clinch.
Fury just misses with a punch to the body.
Fury throws a combination that misses
enabling Graham to counter with a crisp jab.
Fury is breathing heavily.
Fury misses with a hook. Graham ducked under it nicely.
Fury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graham takes one to the chin there.
Fury throws a shot to the body.
Graham has taken the fight to the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Graham.
Graham digs a right hand underneath Fury's ribcage. Fury let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Graham breaks from the clinch.
Fury swings for the body but Graham moves out of range.
Fury misses with a jab, cross combination.
Graham tries to clinch up.
Barack Fury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury misses with a combination
and Fury takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Graham takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Graham wants to clinch.
Graham lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Graham tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fury manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Graham moves forwards but Fury connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Graham moves in looking to clinch but Fury pushes him off.
Fury throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fury takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Graham doesn't manage to clinch there - Fury circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Graham looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Graham manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Fury. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham slips a jab and a cross from Fury.
Graham defending well as Fury loads up on a big left hand.
Graham fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fury misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Graham to counter with a crisp jab.
Graham drives through and clinches with Fury against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Graham lands a body shot in the clinch.
Graham scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Graham softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fury is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fury fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fury ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Fury no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Graham trying to control but Fury is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jimmy Graham will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Graham is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Graham tries to close the distance and clinch but Fury swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fury swats away the attempt to clinch by Graham.
Graham is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fury looks to score with a jab to the body but Graham is just out of range.
A punch combination from Fury misses.
Fury tries to bum rush Graham with a series of wild strikes but Graham uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fury!
Graham wants to clinch
and Fury counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Graham tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fury counters with a nice body shot.
Fury swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fury showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Graham.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fury misses with the combination.
Graham has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Graham doesn't manage to clinch there - Fury circles away.
Fury misses with a jab, cross combination.
Graham tries to clinch but Fury is having none of it.
Fury cracks Graham with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Graham tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fury manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Graham tries to clinch up.
Graham wants to clinch up but Fury keeps it at a distance.
A combination from Fury does no damage.
Fury throws a body punch but Graham moves out of range.
Graham tries to clinch up but Fury circles away and keeps his distance.
Graham tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fury swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fury misses with an uppercut. Graham saw that one coming.
Fury throws a right and a left that Graham avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury throws a left and a right that both miss
and Graham cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fury looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Graham listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fury swats away the attempt to clinch by Graham.
Fury misses with a series of wild punches.
Graham tries to clinch up.
Fury missing with a left hand there. Graham was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Graham rushes Fury and presses him up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graham creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fury tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Graham just stands there and leans against the cage.
Graham escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fury connects with a jab.
Graham doesn't manage to clinch there - Fury circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury misses with a hook.
Fury avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fury misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fury throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Graham counters with a nice body shot.
Graham tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fury manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Graham is looking to clinch.
Fury fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fury fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Graham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Graham tries to clinch up.
Fury throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Graham sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Graham tries to clinch up but Fury circles away and keeps his distance.
Graham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fury looks to land a right hand but Graham moved out of range.
Fury shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Graham eats them both and turns towards Fury to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fury manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fury misses with a straight right.
Graham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fury.
Graham 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.
Graham has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fury has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Graham avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Graham breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fury misses with a two punch combination.
Fury throws a nice looking combination but Graham bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graham gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fury.
Graham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fury drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barack Fury. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Graham misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barack Fury dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
A big left from Fury misses.
Fury lands with a cross.
Graham dodges the punch combination from Fury.
Fury lands a nice shot that snaps Graham's head back.
Jab from Fury.
Graham throws a good cross that connects.
Fury ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graham moves away.
Graham tries to clinch but Fury is having none of it.
Fury jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Graham moves in looking to clinch but Fury pushes him off.
Fury swinging wildly here.
Graham ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fury throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Graham.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fury swats away the attempt to clinch by Graham.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Graham fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Graham fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fury walks into a straight right hand from Graham.
Fury takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Graham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fury paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Graham tries to clinch there but Fury circles away.
Graham tries to clinch up.
Graham doesn't manage to clinch there - Fury circles away.
Graham moves in looking to clinch but Fury pushes him off.
Fury lands a really nice looking cross but Graham seems unphased.
Fury lands a glancing blow to the side of Graham's head.
Graham wants to clinch up but Fury keeps it at a distance.
Fury looks to land a combination but Graham avoids it well.
Graham tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury swings for the body but Graham moves out of range.
Graham changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fury tries to avoid it but Graham manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fury to the ground. Fury escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Fury.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graham avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barack Fury is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fury's jab looks to have found its range, popping Graham under the eye.
Fury throws a nice looking combination but Graham bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Graham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fury.
Fury keeps the fight on the outside.
Graham tries to clinch there but Fury circles away.
A combination from Fury does no damage.
Graham fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big left from Fury misses.
Graham is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Graham tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Graham misses with some punches.
Graham misses with a hook to the ribs.
Graham swings wildly with an uppercut but Fury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fury is looking to take this one to the mat.
Fury is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Graham lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Graham looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury jumps guard but Graham turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Fury is pushing Graham up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fury is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Graham to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barack Fury. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stalling in the clinch from Graham.
Fury is trying to drag Graham to the mat but Graham just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Graham lands a shoulder strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Graham doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fury manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Barack Fury showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fury has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barack Fury!
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