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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tinashe Chukwuma (ranked 1221 p4p, 1219 weight class) and Olli Lindholm (ranked 165 p4p, 164 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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11 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tinashe Chukwuma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Olli Lindholm!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindholm moves into the clinch successfully.
Chukwuma can't find room to land a body shot as Lindholm controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chukwuma creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lindholm lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lindholm misses with a knee to the head.
Chukwuma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lindholm lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chukwuma backwards.
Chukwuma lands with a right to the head.
Lindholm lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chukwuma struggles to land a body shot inside as Lindholm controls his hands.
Lindholm has a couple of punches blocked by Chukwuma.
A knee to the head by Lindholm.
It looks like Tinashe Chukwuma has been cut.
Chukwuma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chukwuma avoids a wild elbow strike from Lindholm.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lindholm gets through Chukwuma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chukwuma on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chukwuma lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chukwuma managing to block the knees to the body from Lindholm.
Lindholm looking to throw knees to the head but Chukwuma is blocking nicely.
Chukwuma lands with a light punch inside.
Lindholm presses Chukwuma against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lindholm tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lindholm throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lindholm misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindholm gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lindholm.
Lindholm has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Chukwuma seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lindholm can turn it around.
Lindholm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lindholm lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chukwuma or not.
Lindholm lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chukwuma on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lindholm lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chukwuma backwards.
Lindholm creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Chukwuma fails to land.
Chukwuma takes a shot to the head.
Chukwuma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lindholm's elbow.
Chukwuma is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lindholm pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lindholm is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Lindholm misses with a knee strike.
Chukwuma tries a body shot but Lindholm blocks it.
Chukwuma presses Lindholm against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lindholm misses with some punches.
Chukwuma scores with a shoulder strike.
Lindholm with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lindholm tries to land knees in the clinch but Chukwuma avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chukwuma takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chukwuma wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tinashe Chukwuma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lindholm struggles to land a body shot inside as Chukwuma controls his hands.
Lindholm blocks an uppercut.
Lindholm lands with a left to the head.
Lindholm blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lindholm.
Chukwuma lands a left hand.
Lindholm blocks an uppercut.
Lindholm tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chukwuma avoids it.
Chukwuma turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Lindholm tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Chukwuma wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Chukwuma landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lindholm is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Chukwuma has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Lindholm tries to improve position but can't.
Lindholm is not content to let Chukwuma control the position.
Lindholm wants to get back to his feet but Chukwuma drags him back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chukwuma working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Lindholm takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Lindholm wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Lindholm is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lindholm keeps trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lindholm is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Chukwuma's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindholm kicks Chukwuma off and gets back to his feet.
Lindholm scores with a decent looking hook.
Lindholm misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chukwuma circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lindholm chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chukwuma can pounce on him.
Chukwuma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chukwuma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lindholm. That did some damage!
Lindholm scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chukwuma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lindholm on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lindholm lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Chukwuma blocks a jab.
Lindholm doesn't manage to clinch there - Chukwuma circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chukwuma connects with a nice looking jab.
Chukwuma moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chukwuma lands a high kick!
Chukwuma closes the distance and lands a one-two.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Olli Lindholm dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tinashe Chukwuma's cut.
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.
Chukwuma is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lindholm sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lindholm misses with an uppercut.
Lindholm bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Chukwuma avoids the head kick by Lindholm.
Lindholm jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lindholm throws a body punch but Chukwuma moves out of range.
Lindholm misses with a head kick.
Tinashe Chukwuma is winning the standup battle so far.
Lindholm wants to clinch but Chukwuma slips to the side
and Chukwuma connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chukwuma drops Lindholm with a big left hand and mounts him. Lindholm is in big trouble!
Lindholm is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chukwuma prevents Lindholm from getting the reversal.
Lindholm is still in real trouble! Can Chukwuma finish him?
Chukwuma unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oooh a big shot lands for Chukwuma! Lindholm is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tinashe Chukwuma!
Tinashe Chukwuma decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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