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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Danny Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Hanttonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Miracle - We Ain't Scared. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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188 lbs
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203 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danny Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Hanttonen!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanttonen throws a right hand that misses
and Green counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Marko Hanttonen has been cut.
Green lands a jab to Hanttonen's midsection.
Hanttonen fails to land with a series of punches.
Hanttonen slips a jab and a cross from Green.
Green tests Hanttonen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hanttonen connects with a looping right hand.
Hanttonen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanttonen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hanttonen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hanttonen is looking to land body kicks.
Hanttonen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hanttonen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Green takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Green with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hanttonen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green lands the left hand.
Hanttonen with a hook.
Hanttonen scores with a jab. Green acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Green swings for the body but Hanttonen moves out of range.
Green tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hanttonen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hanttonen lands with an overhand left.
Hanttonen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanttonen dodges the punch combination from Green.
Green uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanttonen.
Hanttonen misses with a right hand
and Green counters with a low kick, right behind Hanttonen 's knee.
Green has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Valhalla Training Grounds in the buildup to the fight.
Green on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hanttonen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Green's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hanttonen misses with a hook
and Green counters with a straight right hand.
Hanttonen's corner calls for a 1-2. Hanttonen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A punch combination from Green misses.
Hanttonen misses with a low kick.
Hanttonen misses with a low kick.
Hanttonen jabs Green right on the nose. Green blinks but takes it well.
Hanttonen lands a front kick.
Green fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hanttonen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Green throws a leg kick but Hanttonen moved away.
Hanttonen is looking to slow Green down with leg kicks.
Green tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hanttonen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Hanttonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marko Hanttonen'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.
Green jabs at Hanttonen's body.
Hanttonen misses with a body shot.
Hanttonen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marko Hanttonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hanttonen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hanttonen throws a jab when Green was well out of range.
Green misses with a low kick.
Hanttonen cracks Green with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hanttonen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Green on the side of the head.
Green is rocked!
Hanttonen lands a nice looking body shot.
Oh Green is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Green walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marko Hanttonen!
A relieved looking Marko Hanttonen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant 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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