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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Reinhardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santeri Norzu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norzu comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cult of Luna - Back To Chapel Town kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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165 lbs
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185 cm
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163 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Reinhardt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Santeri Norzu!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norzu throws the left hand but Reinhardt avoids the punch easily.
Norzu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reinhardt.
Norzu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Reinhardt swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Norzu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reinhardt scores with a jab to the body.
Reinhardt moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reinhardt.
A head punch on the inside from Norzu fails to land.
Norzu can't find room to land a body shot as Reinhardt controls the action.
Reinhardt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Norzu struggles to land a body shot inside as Reinhardt controls his hands.
Reinhardt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norzu's efforts to push away.
Norzu misses with some punches.
Reinhardt is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Reinhardt works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norzu trying to keep a closed guard but Reinhardt is proving a slippery customer.
Reinhardt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Norzu is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinhardt looking to sit in guard and control but Norzu gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Norzu controls from within his opponent's guard.
Reinhardt looking for a sweep. Not yet Reinhardt, not yet.
Reinhardt is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norzu tries to free his leg and advance position but Reinhardt is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reinhardt keeping moving, preventing Norzu from controlling successfully.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Santeri Norzu wasn't active enough on the ground.
Norzu misses with a left hand
and Reinhardt counters with a right hand to the body.
A cross from Reinhardt lands.
It looks like Santeri Norzu has been cut.
Norzu scores with a kick to the midsection.
Norzu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reinhardt manages to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Norzu. That's going to slow Reinhardt down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norzu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reinhardt finds it's way round the side to connect with Norzu's head.
Norzu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Reinhardt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Norzu throws a shot to the body.
Santeri Norzu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Norzu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Norzu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Reinhardt closes the distance and clinches.
Reinhardt working aggressively here.
Norzu throws a punch but it's blocked by Reinhardt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Norzu.
A short uppercut from Norzu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Norzu lands a shoulder strike.
Norzu misses with the head strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Norzu.
Norzu digs a right hand underneath Reinhardt's ribcage. Reinhardt let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reinhardt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norzu lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norzu tries to work over Reinhardt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reinhardt takes a shot to the head.
Norzu throws a head punch that misses.
Norzu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reinhardt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Reinhardt.
Reinhardt avoids the body shot from Norzu.
Norzu catches Reinhardt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Norzu catches Reinhardt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A jab from Norzu finds it's way through Reinhardt's defenses.
A big right from Reinhardt misses.
Norzu's jab looks to have found its range, popping Reinhardt under the eye.
Reinhardt is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Norzu drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Reinhardt right on the button. Reinhardt goes down! Norzu follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Norzu gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santeri Norzu!
After the fight, Santeri Norzu was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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