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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roope Latvala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Opie River (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Latvala comes to the cage accompanied by Children of Bodom - Tie my rope. The crowd seem to be enjoying River's choice of entrance music: Skillet - Monster . I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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212 lbs
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210 lbs
9 - 3 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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World class boxer
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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
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roope Latvala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 2, fighting out of New York, Opie River!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Latvala lands a glancing blow to the side of River's head.
Latvala motions for River to come forward. Latvala throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Latvala takes one to the chin there.
Latvala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Latvala throws an off balance right hand
and River counters with a straight right hand.
Latvala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
River finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Latvala throws a body shot but no joy.
Latvala swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Latvala.
River ducks right into an uppercut from Latvala.
Latvala throws a lazy uppercut
and River counters with a nice low kick that buckles Latvala's knee momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Latvala looks to throw the jab but River is out of range.
Roope Latvala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
River moves out of range as Latvala strikes.
Latvala misses with a lunging right hand
and River counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
River 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.
Latvala throws a lazy right hand but River sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Latvala throws a leg kick
and River moves into the clinch.
River lands a nice uppercut.
Latvala is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
River is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
River misses with some punches.
River lands with a light punch inside.
Latvala swings away with an uppercut that misses.
River pushes Latvala back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
River doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Latvala lands a hook to the side of the head.
River pressing his opponent against the cage.
Latvala misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latvala misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from River as the two fighters clinch.
Latvala tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
River tries to throw a body punch but Latvala avoids it by throwing River back against the cage.
Latvala misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Latvala fails to land.
Latvala tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
River pushes Latvala back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Latvala misses with some punches.
Latvala looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Our sources have told us that Latvala has been working on his elbows in the gym.
River throws a head punch that misses.
River misses with a body punch.
River tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Latvala's elbow.
Latvala lands a left hand.
Latvala tries a body shot but River blocks it.
River tries to throw a body punch but Latvala avoids it by throwing River back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Latvala as River tries to tie him up.
River has a couple of punches blocked by Latvala.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
River is trying to force a seperation but Latvala has the dominant position.
River has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Latvala after a bit of a struggle.
River fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
River blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Latvala doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Latvala is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Latvala is pushing River up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
River has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Latvala is trying to keep an underhook but River manages to get the takedown into half guard.
River landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
River misses with a head shot. Latvala uses the momentum to regain guard.
River stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Latvala swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
River postures up.
River postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
River forces his way into half guard.
Latvala is trying to control but can't.
River stalling away here and it's allowed Latvala to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Opie River dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Latvala misses with an uppercut
and River counters with a nice double leg into side control. Latvala won't be happy with that.
Latvala struggling a bit here.
Latvala is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
River working the ground and pound.
The referee asks River politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. River prefers to stall for the moment though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Latvala is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Latvala is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked River off and has taken his back!
Latvala throwing damaging strikes from the back! River could be in trouble here!
River rolls, trying to escape but Latvala keeps control of the position.
Latvala missing with strikes.
River tries to escape the position.
River covering up well under a series of strikes from Latvala.
Latvala keeps control of the position as River tries to break free.
River turns into Latvala and is now in his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
River missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
River postures up.
Latvala keeping full guard, as River tries to pass.
Latvala wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and River is now in half guard.
Latvala gets back to full guard.
River chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
River got a little sloppy there for a moment and Latvala has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, River has managed to get both his arms back between Latvala's legs - danger averted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
River working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Latvala trying to control the position.
River distracts Latvala with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Latvala not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Latvala wants to control but River passes easily into half guard.
River trying to control the action but Latvala is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
River tries to pass to full mount but Latvala defends it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
River has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
River thows a huge punch but Latvala dodges it nicely.
River content to control rather than advance.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Latvala fails to land with a series of punches.
River tries a quick counter leg kick but Latvala is wise to it.
Latvala cracks River with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Latvala misses with a hook.
River slips a straight right by Latvala.
Latvala takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Opie River showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
River misses with a kick to the body.
River fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Latvala, pushing him back against the cage.
Latvala looking to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Latvala.
Latvala lands a body punch.
Latvala looking to slow down the pace here.
Latvala is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
River goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Latvala as River tries to tie him up.
Latvala misses with a hook from the clinch.
Latvala stalling against the cage.
Latvala has River pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Latvala breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Latvala throws a hook but River blocks it.
Good exchange - Latvala coming out on top.
A slapping leg kick lands for Latvala.
Latvala misses with a leg kick.
Latvala avoids the body shot from River.
Latvala takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That kick from River tenderised Latvala's leg. Latvala is trying to keep his angry face on.
Latvala misses with a telegraphed body shot
and River counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
River keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
River blocks a head kick by Latvala.
River tries to counter by closing the distance.
River lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
River scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
River looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Latvala with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
River not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Latvala on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
River drops an elbow to the side of Latvala's head.
River is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Latvala trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Latvala keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
River working over Latvala with some ground and pound. Latvala looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Roope Latvala has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
River is trying to control the action in half guard but Latvala is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
River looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Latvala works his way to full guard. Good work.
River slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Opie River is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
River forces his way into half guard.
Opie River has got the better of the ground game so far.
River thows a huge punch but Latvala dodges it nicely.
River thows a huge punch but Latvala dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Latvala is refusing to be controlled, as River sits in half guard.
River is looking to advance position but Latvala won't allow it.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Latvala checks a low kick from River.
Latvala appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Latvala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Latvala pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces River back to the cage. Latvala follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
River takes the fight into the clinch.
River goes for a takedown in the clinch but Latvala prevents it.
River struggles to land a body shot inside as Latvala controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by River.
And that's the end of the fight!
Opie River comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got River winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Opie River!
Opie River very nearly forgot to thank FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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hype
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pop
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