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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iiro Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolonen comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash : The Man Comes Around. Rauta is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Frederik - Harva Meistä On Rautaa. Iiro Tolonen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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285 lbs
45 - 18 - 0 |
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192 cm
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264 lbs
35 - 23 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
45 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iiro Tolonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Rauta!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rauta tries a low kick but Tolonen avoids it.
Rauta scoring well with a low kick there.
A jab from Rauta does it's job there.
Rauta misses with the combination.
Rauta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rauta throws a head kick but Tolonen moves out of range.
Tolonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tolonen.
Rauta motions for Tolonen to come forward. Rauta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rauta tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tolonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rauta drives through and clinches with Tolonen against the cage.
Tolonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rauta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rauta misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tolonen lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Pertti Rauta has been cut.
Tolonen gets through Rauta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rauta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tolonen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rauta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tolonen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rauta misses with a punch to the body.
Rauta is struggling to control the position.
Rauta keeps control of Tolonen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tolonen is trying to break the clinch but Rauta is controlling him.
Tolonen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Tolonen fails to land.
Rauta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tolonen's elbow.
Rauta missing with knees to the body.
Rauta lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rauta.
Tolonen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tolonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rauta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta tries to work over Tolonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees to the body from Tolonen.
Rauta looks winded!
A short right from Tolonen.
Tolonen breaks the clinch.
Tolonen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rauta is able to avoid easily.
Tolonen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rauta.
Rauta attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rauta tries to work over Tolonen's front leg with a kick but Tolonen checks it.
Rauta takes one to the chin there.
Rauta rushes Tolonen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tolonen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rauta struggles to land a body shot inside as Tolonen controls his hands.
Rauta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tolonen.
Tolonen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rauta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen cracks Rauta with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Rauta looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Tolonen finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tolonen throws a head kick but Rauta moves out of range.
Rauta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tolonen feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Rauta sprawling to the canvas! Rauta rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Tolonen finish him?!
Rauta is rocked!
Tolonen moves out of range of the body kick.
Rauta is still on wobbly legs! Can Tolonen finish him?
Nice defenses there by Rauta.
Rauta has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tolonen.
Rauta seems to have recovered his senses.
Tolonen lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Rauta crumples to the floor! Tolonen milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Iiro Tolonen!
Our winner, Iiro Tolonen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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pop
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