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Helsinki, Finland
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Opening Fight Gabriel Chance vs Rachel EllsworthChance opens up with a jab, feeling out his opponent. Ellsworth fires right back with a jab and a hard leg kick. Chance returns with a one-two combo that sends Ellsworth staggering back. She misses with a cross and the two lock up against the edge of the circle. Chance peels off with a hard left hand. Chance and Ellsworth trade front kicks and the two spill to the canvas. Ellsworth hints at a guillotine, but Chance is already in Ellsworth's guard working body-body-head, making it difficult for her to do anything. Ellsworth attempts to roll away, and just about spills over the edge of the circle, only to be caught by Chance and hauled upright. She sails through the air as Chance plasters her down with a belly to back suplex and then he's all over her again. Chance lands a couple of nice punches that connect solidly with Ellsworth's temple, keeping her grounded as Chance locks in a rear naked choke. Suicidal, Ellsworth won't let him have it. Ellsworth lands a nice knee to the head from the clinch. Ellsworth reverses and gets a quick trip takedown but can't capitalize as Chance powers her down with those deadly fists again. He's immediately in mount. He hints at an arm triangle, but Ellsworth scrambles and grabs his leg. Ellsworth escapes and Chance grabs her, lifting her up and then tossing her overhand out of the circle, where she lands on the floor in a spent heap.
Chance defeats Ellsworth via ring out at 4:02. Second Fight "The Monster" Psymon vs Theodore JanesPsymon comes right at Janes, scoops him up, and dumps him to the canvas with a backdrop suplex. Janes covers up while Psymon fires a few bombs at his head. Psymon gets his hooks in and almost steals an arm as Janes scrambles. Psymon ends up with half-guard as he fires his left elbow down on Janes. Psymon working to trap his opponent's arm and pass, but Janes retakes guard. Psymon posts up and drops a left elbow. He does it again and stands over Janes for a split second before going airborne with a spin kick. Instead of dodging, Janes surges up from his knees and collides with Psymon's groin, taking him down. Janes briefly gets a headlock as Psymon fires in a few more body rocking shots. Psymon connects with hard knees to the body. Janes doesn't like that much and stands up. His left eye is already puffy. Psymon knees the legs and then transitions to an over-under grip that keeps Janes from escaping. Psymon lands punches overhead and Janes scrambles to his feet. They're tied up again at the edge of the circle. Psymon misses with an elbow as he peels off and Janes misses with a high kick.
The left eye of Janes is puffed up badly. He throws a big couple of high kicks that electrify the crowd, but they do little else. Psymon meets one kick with a punch. Janes lands his first big blow of the night, turning the tides as he gets inside Psymon's range, shutting down his offence. Locking in a bear hug, Janes wrestles Psymon to the floor. He's at Psymon's back firing away with his right hand as Psymon turtles and tries to shuck him off. One of his hammerfist shots has cut Theodore's head badly. Psymon nearly stands up, but settles for his opponent's back when he tries to escape. Janes goes to his back and pulls guard, but Psymon passes quickly to side mount only to have Janes regroup, and headbutt him in the face. Janes gets his hooks in and snakes his arms in for the choke. Psymon resists as Janes changes strategy and fires down punches and elbows. The newcomer is floundering, much to the dismay of the crowd in the balcony above the fighters. They boo as Janes pounds away with punches. Psymon is doing nothing other than bleeding from a cut on the bridge of his nose until Janes tries to roll him over, and then he fires off a one inch punch, trying for a headlock as Janes rolls back, locking in a forearm choke against the edge of the circle. He begins raining down blows as he scissors his legs around Psymon's body. Finally, after several moments of unrestrained punishment, the referee stops the fight.
Janes defeats Psymon via technical knockout at 9:11. MAIN EVENT
Circuit Championship Fight MATCH OF THE NIGHTChristian Cain vs VAnnouncer: Ladies and gentlemen, the two fighters in the circle tonight will fight until only one remains standing for the right to be called the best fighter in the Circuit!!! All bets for this fight are now final. Introducing first... he stands 188 centimeters and weighs 102 kilograms, with a record of three wins and one loss. Ladies and gentlemen... CHRISTIAN CAINNNN!!!
Cain looks confident as he makes his way into the fight circle, awaiting the arrival of his opponent.
Announcer: And now... his opponent... a striker with a record of ten wins, and six losses, standing at 190 centimeters and weighing in at 109 kilograms. Ladies and gentlemen... the Circuit Champion, VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
V charges in with a punch, but Cain rebuffs him. They clash again, but nothing lands. V scores with a leg kick. Cain with a punch. V drops Cain on his butt with a hook, but lets him up. V ducks under a straight left but allows Cain to slide away. V fires back with a inside leg kick, but Cain is already rocking back and forth, his body in motion as he watches for V's next move. V gets in another leg kick that Cain catches, using it to dump V on his back, and connects with a punch to the inside of V's thigh before backing off. V misses with a punch. Cain throws a hook kick and misses badly, almost seeming to be intentionally. V switches stances, then he misses with a punch. V drops Cain again with a right hand, only to be stymied when Cain nips back up and dances back. Action stalls as they circle. The two men trade hard body kicks. Cain zips in again with a hook kick. V misses with high kick. V with a glancing punch as Cain goes for the legs. They clash again but nothing connects. Jab misses for V and then he gets lucky with a leg kick. V checks Cain's backfist strike return, ducks under the shot and the two lock up. Cain hooks a leg and takes V down. It looks like he has the fighter in trouble until V throws a high kick to back Cain off. V is smiling widely, clearly in the zone now as he spits blood from his lips. The two collide again, and Cain nails an elbow strike to the face and a punch to the midsection in rapid succession. V misses with a high kick as Cain shifts back.
V takes a blocked high kick, then another from Cain. V leaps in and gets caught with a body kick. Cain follows with a flurry of punches that greet blocked. V's hands are way down. Cain misses with a side kick as V begins feinting with jabs. Cain punches in and the two tie up near the edge of the circle. Cain attacks V's thighs with his fists, sweeping V to the ground briefly and again raining down blows to the thighs. V with a body shot. Cain misses with a return punch, but lands a body kick. Cain nails a glancing side kick. V misses with a high kick and gets caught in a front headlock position. Cain uses it to roll the striker onto his back at half-guard. V struggles to get up. Action stalls out again as Petrov himself seems to be taking an interest from the balcony, shouting words of encouragement to the fighters. Cain takes full mount. V rolls over and gives his back. Cain has hooks in and his punching as V tries to escape. Cain nearly gets his arms cinched for the choke, but V denies him the easy victory, slipping the hold.
As they both regain their feet, Cain charges in with a high kick that gets blocked. Cain lands a glancing straight left. He follows with an axe kick to V's neck. The two lock up after V misses with a one-two, and Cain throws a knee. They break off, and V floors Cain with a low kick as Cain goes high with a kick of his own. Cain misses with another approach of punches. V checks a low kick and then nails Cain in the face with a big left hand. But he nearly eats an uppercut inside as Cain regroups in an instant. Cain lands an uppercut and hook on the way in, and the two lock up against the cage. They trade elbows in close. Action has slowed. Cain backs V up with a flurry punches and drops him with one particularly hard shot. Cain has V against the circle's edge and is punching away with his left hand. Cain transitions to V's back, where he cinches in an illegal arm-only choke. V refuses to tap, trying like hell to get out of the move and not fall out of the circle at the same time. Cain begins to twist his body, and drives his knee into the bridge of V's nose at least half a dozen times. Instead of tapping out, V is forced into unconsciousness as his face is battered under the onslaught.
Cain defeats V via knockout at 23:11 to become the new Circuit Champion.As Cain's hand is raised in victory, the doors and windows of the warehouse explode inwards, dark clad men in what looks to be riot gear storming through. Petrov is still on his feet, clapping for the carnage as the circle of elite patrons are surrounded on the balcony by men in similar garb, all brandishing weapons. Cain looks up into the balcony, smiling as he points to the seat occupied by Petrov as a few of the agents race towards him, subduing him and his entourage, He watches from the fight circle as the team begin taking Petrov and his men into custody. And as the show closes out, the last image is watching Christian Cain laughing.