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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kari Tapio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pekka Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Perkele's choice of entrance music: Danzig - I Don't Mind The Pain . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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220 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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214 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kari Tapio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Perkele!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkele scores with a decent looking hook.
Tapio misses with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Tapio 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tapio throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Tapio.
Tapio lands a leg kick that knocks Perkele off balance momentarily.
Tapio throws a hook to the side of Perkele's head but Perkele sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tapio moves out of range as Perkele throws a body kick.
Perkele scores with a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Perkele fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tapio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tapio, right into the meat.
Perkele throws a leg kick which misses Tapio's front leg but catches the back leg as Tapio tries to avoid it.
Perkele blocks a head kick by Tapio.
Tapio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Perkele. Perkele obviously looking to wear him down.
Tapio moves in looking to clinch but Perkele pushes him off.
Perkele throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perkele cracks Tapio with a right hand to the side of the head.
Perkele tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tapio is able to avoid easily.
Perkele connects with a crisp jab.
A big right from Tapio misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tapio.
Perkele cracks Tapio with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Tapio lands an impressive looking overhand right. Perkele doesn't seem phased though.
Perkele swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pekka Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Tapio takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Perkele dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tapio. That did some damage!
Donk. Perkele catches Tapio right on the button with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tapio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perkele.
Perkele lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapio tries a low kick but Perkele avoids it.
Perkele rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tapio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tapio keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A slow jab from Tapio misses its intended target.
Perkele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tapio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perkele throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tapio throws a lazy right hand but Perkele sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tapio lands a leg kick that knocks Perkele off balance momentarily.
Tapio missing with a left hand there. Perkele was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perkele fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Perkele misses with a series of wild punches.
Perkele lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tapio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pekka Perkele is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perkele connects with an inside leg kick.
Tapio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perkele.
Tapio looks to throw the jab but Perkele is out of range.
Tapio on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Perkele fakes the leg kick and cracks Tapio in the body.
Tapio on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Perkele is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Perkele fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tapio.
Perkele throws out a powerful jab.
Perkele misses with a hook. Tapio ducked under it nicely.
Perkele fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Perkele.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perkele swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tapio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tapio darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Perkele has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tapio misses with a body shot.
Perkele tries to work over Tapio's front leg with a kick but Tapio checks it.
Tapio lands a high kick!
Perkele connects with a leg kick. Tapio looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tapio misses with a low kick.
Perkele tests Tapio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tapio takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Perkele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perkele connects with a jab.
Perkele cracks Tapio with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tapio is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Tapio misses the target.
Oh Tapio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tapio gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Perkele gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pekka Perkele!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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