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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esa Tikkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Blyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blyer has chosen Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Rocky Blyer enters the cage!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
37 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Esa Tikkanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 42 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rocky Blyer!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tikkanen misses with a leg kick.
Blyer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Blyer does no damage.
Tikkanen lands an overhand right.
Blyer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Blyer.
It looks like Esa Tikkanen has been cut.
Blyer staying out of range there.
It seemed like Blyer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A nice combination there by Blyer.
Blyer misses with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blyer throws a shot from downtown. Tikkanen moves away and avoids it.
Tikkanen with a nice cross.
Tikkanen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tikkanen.
Blyer throws a series of punches but Tikkanen avoids them all with ease.
Blyer throws the left hand but Tikkanen avoids the punch easily.
Blyer jabs Tikkanen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tikkanen misses with a kick to the body.
A jab from Blyer misses.
Blyer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tikkanen lands a leg kick that knocks Blyer off balance momentarily.
Blyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tikkanen.
Blyer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tikkanen.
Blyer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tikkanen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Blyer scores with a hook.
Blyer misses with a few strikes there.
Tikkanen moves away from the strike by Blyer.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tikkanen. That's going to slow Blyer down.
Blyer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blyer loads up on a big right hand but Tikkanen slips the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tikkanen.
Blyer dodges the punch combination from Tikkanen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tikkanen lands a jab to Blyer's midsection.
Tikkanen connects with a nice looking jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Blyer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tikkanen - the referee stops the clock and Blyer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tikkanen. Blyer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Blyer has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Blyer avoids the body shot from Tikkanen.
Blyer throws a body punch but Tikkanen moves out of range.
Tikkanen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blyer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blyer loads up on a big right hand but Tikkanen slips the punch.
Tikkanen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Blyer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Blyer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Blyer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tikkanen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blyer throws a shot from downtown. Tikkanen moves away and avoids it.
Good work by Blyer as he checks the leg kick.
Tikkanen lands a right hook to the body.
Blyer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tikkanen.
Tikkanen lands a right hook to the body.
Blyer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tikkanen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Blyer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blyer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tikkanen circles away quickly and effectively.
Blyer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tikkanen appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tikkanen scores with the left hand. Blyer knows he should have avoided that one.
Tikkanen throws a leg kick
and Blyer counters with a nice body shot.
Tikkanen thuds a left hand into Blyer's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tikkanen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tikkanen connects with a right hand. Blyer shakes it off.
A low kick from Tikkanen misses
and Tikkanen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blyer cracks Tikkanen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
It looks like Tikkanen has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Tikkanen tries to land a leg kick but Blyer saw it coming and moves away.
Blyer takes one to the chin there.
Rocky Blyer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tikkanen thuds a left hand into Blyer's body.
Blyer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tikkanen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blyer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tikkanen.
Blyer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blyer checks a low kick from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen cracks the inside of Blyer's front leg.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Blyer, as that shot connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tikkanen scores with a sloppy right hand. Blyer should have avoided that one.
Tikkanen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Blyer bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tikkanen's head.
Some wild striking there from Blyer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rocky Blyer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Esa Tikkanen'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.
Blyer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Tikkanen.
An inside leg kick from Tikkanen misses.
Blyer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Blyer moves into range and connects with a jab.
A head kick misses from Tikkanen.
Blyer let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Blyer throws a series of punches but Tikkanen avoids them all with ease.
Blyer tries to bum rush Tikkanen with a series of wild strikes but Tikkanen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As Blyer backs away, Tikkanen returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Rocky Blyer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blyer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tikkanen misses with a wild body shot.
Blyer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Blyer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Blyer just misses with a punch to the body.
Tikkanen throwing a counter right hand but Blyer manages to avoid it.
Tikkanen staying out of range there.
Tikkanen slips a jab from Blyer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blyer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blyer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blyer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blyer cracks Tikkanen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Blyer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tikkanen misses the shot to the body.
Tikkanen tries a low kick but Blyer avoids it.
Tikkanen connects with a nice looking jab.
Tikkanen connects with a solid leg kick.
Blyer avoids the head kick by Tikkanen.
Tikkanen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tikkanen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blyer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tikkanen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tikkanen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tikkanen just misses with a punch to the body.
Blyer cracks Tikkanen with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tikkanen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tikkanen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blyer jabs Tikkanen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tikkanen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Blyer misses with a body shot.
Tikkanen misses with a body shot
and Blyer counters with a nice uppercut.
Tikkanen darts in looking for a takedown but Blyer gets double underhooks and turns Tikkanen into the cage.
Blyer misses with a wild body shot.
Blyer misses with a wild combination.
And Tikkanen counters with a quick kick to the body but Blyer blocks it.
Tikkanen moves away from the strike by Blyer.
Blyer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blyer slips a jab from Tikkanen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen misses with a hook.
Blyer avoids the body shot from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blyer.
Rocky Blyer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blyer misses the shot to the body.
Blyer misses with a straight left.
Blyer blocks a leg kick.
Tikkanen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blyer. That did some damage!
Blyer lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Blyer moves out of range as Tikkanen throws a body kick.
It seemed like Blyer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Some bone on bone action there as Blyer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tikkanen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Blyer avoids a kick to the body.
Blyer keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen cracks Blyer with a good jab.
Tikkanen slips a jab and a cross from Blyer.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blyer. Tikkanen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blyer connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blyer throws a jab when Tikkanen was well out of range.
Blyer lands a jab to the nose.
Blyer misses with a combination
and Tikkanen counters with a low kick, right behind Blyer 's knee.
Blyer throws a jab when Tikkanen was well out of range.
Tikkanen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blyer on the side of the head.
Tikkanen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blyer's sensitive parts.
Tikkanen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tikkanen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blyer.
Blyer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blyer missing with a left hand there. Tikkanen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Tikkanen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Blyer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Esa Tikkanen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Blyer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tikkanen swings widly with a right hand
and Blyer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tikkanen moves out of range as Blyer strikes.
Tikkanen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tikkanen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tikkanen scores with a jab. Blyer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Blyer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tikkanen.
Blyer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blyer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tikkanen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blyer jabs at Tikkanen's body.
Tikkanen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blyer defending well as Tikkanen loads up on a big left hand.
Tikkanen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Blyer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tikkanen digs a good body shot into Blyer's ribs.
Blyer throws a right and a left that Tikkanen avoids nicely.
Blyer throws out a loose jab but Tikkanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tikkanen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Blyer checks a low kick from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blyer throws a right hand that misses
and Tikkanen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tikkanen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tikkanen lands with an uppercut that bounces Blyer off the cage and back into range.
Blyer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tikkanen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tikkanen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Blyer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tikkanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tikkanen is looking to land body kicks.
Esa Tikkanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Blyer.
Blyer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Blyer walks into a left hand.
Blyer misses with a combination
and Tikkanen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Blyer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tikkanen dives in for a single leg takedown but Blyer sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Tikkanen misses with a hook to the body
enabling Blyer to counter with a crisp jab.
Tikkanen swings for the body but Blyer moves out of range.
Blyer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Blyer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tikkanen cracks a nice hook into Blyer's ribs.
Blyer throws a series of punches but Tikkanen moves out of range.
Tikkanen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tikkanen throws a right hand that misses
and Blyer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tikkanen thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tikkanen ducks under a wild hook from Blyer.
Blyer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No joy there for Tikkanen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blyer works Tikkanen's body with a nice hook.
Tikkanen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Blyer.
Nice cross by Blyer.
Tikkanen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Blyer misses.
Blyer catches Tikkanen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tikkanen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Blyer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Blyer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blyer lands a jab to Tikkanen's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tikkanen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Blyer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tikkanen gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Tikkanen tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Blyer is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Tikkanen buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Tikkanen!! Tikkanen is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Blyer throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky Blyer!
Rocky Blyer was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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