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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Timo Takka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takka comes to the cage accompanied by Dragonforce - Dawn Over a New World. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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199 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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195 lbs
9 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timo Takka !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Henry!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Takka cracks a nice hook into Henry's ribs.
Henry throws a hook but Takka avoids it easily.
Takka scores with a hook to the body. Henry takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Takka lands a big head kick that sends Henry tumbling to the mat! Takka takes a step backwards and waves Henry back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry looks to score with a jab to the body but Takka is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Henry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Takka lands a nice looking body shot.
Takka connects with a leg kick. Henry looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Takka lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Henry is rocked!
Takka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henry throws a big shot that misses.
Takka throws a combination. Henry tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Henry is still on wobbly legs! Can Takka finish him?
Takka connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Henry momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Henry.
Takka leaves Henry with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Takka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Henry.
Henry seems to have recovered his senses.
Takka throws a right and a left that Henry avoids nicely.
Henry gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Takka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henry blocks a head kick by Takka .
Takka pushes Henry away with a front kick.
Takka fails to land with a series of punches.
Takka avoids a punch combination nicely.
No luck for Henry with that takedown attempt.
Timo Takka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Henry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takka gets a clinch.
Takka prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Henry pushes off an throws an elbow but Takka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Takka lands a knee to the head.
Henry wants to break free but Takka has control.
Takka scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takka is pushing Henry up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Takka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takka displaying some good clinch control by pressing Henry up against the cage.
Henry tries to circle away but Takka has him pinned against the cage.
Takka has Henry pressed against the cage, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henry can't break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Takka .
Takka lands an elbow just above Henry 's eye.
Takka lands a nice uppercut.
Henry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henry is trying to push Takka away but Takka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Takka controlling the action here for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Henry tries to break free but Takka pushes him back against the cage.
Henry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Takka has him pressed against the cage.
A hook to the body from Takka .
Henry is trying desperately to land a takedown but Takka is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Henry.
Takka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Takka avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Timo Takka dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Henry takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Takka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henry was well out of range. Poor timing from Takka .
Takka stuffs the takedown.
Takka lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Takka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Henry throws a series of punches but Takka moves out of range.
Takka lands a nice shot to the body.
Timo Takka is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry throws a lazy right hand but Takka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Henry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Takka throws a powerful right kick. Henry tried to block low but the kick was high! Henry was taken right off of his feet! Takka jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Timo Takka !
Timo Takka bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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