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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Moises Pope (ranked 6082 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Alexsej (ranked 7869 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Alexsej will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Moises Pope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Alexsej!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexsej leaves Pope with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pope slips a jab and a cross from Alexsej.
Alexsej forces Pope back against the cage and clinches.
Pope ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Pope no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Pope utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pope wants to get back to his feet but Alexsej is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pope utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alexsej has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pope is proving hard to escape from.
Pope wants to stand and escape but Alexsej is having none of it.
Pope bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alexsej's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pope wants to stand but Alexsej is controlling his posture from full guard.
Pope slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Pope is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pope controls from within his opponent's guard.
Pope wants to stand but Alexsej has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
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.
Pope is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Pope shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Alexsej with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pope stops Alexsej from getting back to his feet.
Pope controlling the action here.
Alexsej looks winded!
Pope missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pope slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Pope dives in and scores a takedown into Alexsej's guard.
Alexsej wants to get back to his feet but Pope passes into half guard.
Pope is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alexsej throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Pope manages to pass to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moises Pope dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pope looking to score a takedown here. Alexsej is defending well but Pope drives through and ends up in Alexsej's guard.
Pope gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Pope is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alexsej can do to turn this around?
Pope shoots and misses
and Alexsej counters with a one-two to the body.
Alexsej uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pope.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pope decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pope controlling the action here.
Pope is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Alexsej sees it coming and defends easily.
Alexsej is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Alexsej trying to control here.
Pope prevents Alexsej from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pope in particular looking to stall.
Pope blocks the strikes from Alexsej.
Alexsej tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Pope has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Pope controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope'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.
Pope landing strikes from the mount and Alexsej is in trouble!
Alexsej wants to control but Pope is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pope tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pope working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Alexsej is in a horrible position here. Pope smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pope controlling the position easily from mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moises Pope 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!
Horrible takedown attempt by Pope or perhaps it was just good defense by Alexsej, which made it look bad.
Pope closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Alexsej to the mat! Alexsej manages to get full guard.
Pope controls from within his opponent's guard.
Alexsej takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Pope gets to his feet - Alexsej follows without any prompting.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pope is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Alexsej's half guard.
Alexsej is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pope scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pope seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Pope lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pope controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pope seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pope winds up and cracks Alexsej with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pope keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pope throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Alexsej tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Pope is in Alexsej's guard.
Alexsej wants to get back to his feet but Pope passes into half guard.
Pope is controlling the pace.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Pope.
And that's the end of the fight!
Moises Pope showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pope, 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moises Pope!
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RATING
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