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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Gruzinsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauno Tynkkynen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gruzinsky comes to the cage accompanied by Россия. The crowd seem to be enjoying Tynkkynen's choice of entrance music: Cow herd - Fields. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roman Gruzinsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rauno Tynkkynen!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tynkkynen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tynkkynen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Rauno Tynkkynen has been cut.
Gruzinsky misses with a double jab.
Tynkkynen slips a jab from Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky scores with the left hand. Tynkkynen knows he should have avoided that one.
Gruzinsky looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
It looks like Roman Gruzinsky has been cut.
Gruzinsky uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen throws a body punch but Gruzinsky moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Gruzinsky misses the target.
Tynkkynen blocks a jab.
Good leg kick by Gruzinsky there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gruzinsky uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tynkkynen.
Gruzinsky throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gruzinsky connects with a body shot that sends Tynkkynen's belly button to the back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tynkkynen misses with a jab to the body
and Gruzinsky counters with an inside leg kick.
Gruzinsky misses with a body shot
and Tynkkynen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruzinsky throws a body shot but no joy.
Gruzinsky throws a nice looking combination but Tynkkynen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tynkkynen lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Gruzinsky misses.
Tynkkynen looks to land a left hand but Gruzinsky moved out of range nicely.
Gruzinsky throws a leg kick
and Tynkkynen counters by clinching up.
Gruzinsky lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tynkkynen backwards.
Gruzinsky lands a left hand.
Gruzinsky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tynkkynen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gruzinsky rushes Tynkkynen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gruzinsky managing to block the knees to the body from Tynkkynen.
A right hand to the body from Tynkkynen.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've been informed that Tynkkynen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gruzinsky tries to throw a body punch but Tynkkynen avoids it by throwing Gruzinsky back against the cage.
Gruzinsky has a couple of punches blocked by Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gruzinsky's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruzinsky works on Tynkkynen's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short uppercut from Gruzinsky.
Tynkkynen stalling.
Tynkkynen tries to land knees in the clinch but Gruzinsky avoids the damage to the body.
Gruzinsky throws a punch but it's blocked by Tynkkynen.
Gruzinsky throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tynkkynens head.
Gruzinsky tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gruzinsky misses with a body punch.
Gruzinsky lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gruzinsky throws a head punch that misses.
Tynkkynen jumps guard but Gruzinsky turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Gruzinsky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tynkkynen throws a right and a left that Gruzinsky avoids nicely.
Tynkkynen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gruzinsky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tynkkynen.
A little jabbing left from Tynkkynen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A lazy left from Gruzinsky finds it's target.
Gruzinsky circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gruzinsky counters with an outside leg kick.
Rauno Tynkkynen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tynkkynen misses with a body shot
and Gruzinsky counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tynkkynen's knee momentarily.
Gruzinsky dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gruzinsky looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tynkkynen dodges the punch combination from Gruzinsky.
A big right from Gruzinsky misses.
No joy there for Tynkkynen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gruzinsky uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen walks into a stiff left hand from Gruzinsky.
Tynkkynen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gruzinsky scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A cross from Gruzinsky lands.
Tynkkynen is rocked!
Gruzinsky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tynkkynen.
Gruzinsky gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tynkkynen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gruzinsky darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tynkkynen is still on wobbly legs! Can Gruzinsky finish him?
That has opened up Rauno Tynkkynen's cut even more.
Tynkkynen misses with an uppercut
and Gruzinsky counters with a big right hand! Oh Tynkkynen is in trouble here! Gruzinsky follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roman Gruzinsky!
During a confident post fight interview, Roman Gruzinsky thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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