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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jarmo Raikonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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220 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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193 cm
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220 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Dangerous knees
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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarmo Raikonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Jones!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Raikonen misses.
Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Raikonen throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raikonen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raikonen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Raikonen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones wants to clinch.
Raikonen throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Raikonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Raikonen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Raikonen lands a high kick!
Raikonen swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Raikonen lands.
Raikonen lands a glancing blow to the side of Jones's head.
Jones has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Raikonen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Raikonen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Raikonen.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Raikonen. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Raikonen slips a jab from Jones.
Jones wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones tries to clinch
and Raikonen counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones cracks Raikonen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Raikonen is just out of range.
Jones moves out of range as Raikonen strikes.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Raikonen moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch up but Raikonen circles away and keeps his distance.
Raikonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Jones takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jones tries to clinch but Raikonen moves out of range.
Raikonen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raikonen misses with a body shot.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
A shot to the liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.
Raikonen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Raikonen does no damage.
Jones wants to clinch up but Raikonen keeps it at a distance.
Raikonen lands the left hand.
Jones tries to clinch up but Raikonen circles away and keeps his distance.
Raikonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Raikonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Raikonen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A big right from Raikonen misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raikonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jones tries to clinch there but Raikonen circles away.
Raikonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raikonen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raikonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Raikonen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Raikonen counters with a stiff right hand.
Left hook, right uppercut from Raikonen.
Raikonen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Raikonen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Raikonen. Those never looked like landing.
Nice cross by Raikonen.
Raikonen misses with a looping left.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Raikonen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jones doesn't seem bothered though.
Raikonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Raikonen counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Raikonen.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Raikonen counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones tries to clinch
letting Raikonen counter with a right hand.
Jones tries to clinch there but Raikonen circles away.
Raikonen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Raikonen throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Raikonen misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones avoids the body shot from Raikonen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raikonen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Raikonen.
Jones misses with a hook. Raikonen ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarmo Raikonen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Raikonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Jones wants to clinch up but Raikonen keeps it at a distance.
Raikonen clobbers Jones with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Raikonen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Raikonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Raikonen.
Jones looks to clinch
and Raikonen counters with a head kick.
Jones is rocked!
Raikonen misses the shot to the body.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Raikonen staggers Jones with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Jones looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! No! He's back down again! 9...10 - he's can't beat the count and Raikonen is victorious!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jarmo Raikonen!
A determined Jarmo Raikonen didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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