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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Leonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurko Tyrma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leonov's entrance music is Percival - Husičky. A fine choice. Kurko Tyrma has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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212 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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225 lbs
19 - 6 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuri Leonov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kurko Tyrma!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Leonov walks into a left hand.
We've been hearing reports that Leonov has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Leonov throws a body punch but Tyrma moves out of range.
Tyrma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leonov was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyrma.
Leonov throws a hook to the side of Tyrma's head but Tyrma sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tyrma lands a nice shot that snaps Leonov's head back.
It looks like Yuri Leonov has been cut.
Tyrma swats away the attempt to clinch by Leonov.
Yuri Leonov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Tyrma misses the target.
Tyrma slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tyrma scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tyrma lands a nice shot to the body.
Tyrma listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyrma gets tackled into the cage by Leonov. Leonov maintains the clinch.
Leonov misses with a body punch.
Tyrma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Leonov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyrma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tyrma waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leonov.
Leonov throws a counter high kick but Tyrma was just alert enough to avoid it.
Tyrma stuffs the takedown attempt from Leonov. Leonov gets slowly back to his feet.
Leonov takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrma lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Leonov at a distance.
Tyrma changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyrma scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Leonov is looking to clinch but Tyrma is avoiding it.
Tyrma digs a good hook to Leonov's body.
Tyrma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leonov manages to avoid it.
Tyrma lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Leonov at a distance.
Leonov throws a head kick but Tyrma moves out of range.
It seemed like Tyrma was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tyrma dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leonov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tyrma manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Leonov swings for the body but Tyrma moves out of range.
Leonov doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyrma circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyrma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tyrma blocks a jab.
Leonov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tyrma getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Leonov is rocked!
Tyrma drops Leonov with a big left hand! Leonov is injured, injured bad! Tyrma jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kurko Tyrma! Kurko Tyrma retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Kurko Tyrma made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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