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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Nimoy (ranked 5135 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tapio Koskenkorva (ranked 5048 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonard Nimoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tapio Koskenkorva!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nimoy darts in and clinches Koskenkorva up against the cage.
Koskenkorva prevents a body shot from Nimoy.
Nimoy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nimoy misses with a body punch.
Koskenkorva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Nimoy.
Koskenkorva misses with the head strike.
Nimoy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Koskenkorva backwards.
Nimoy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A shot in the inside from Nimoy.
Nimoy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Koskenkorva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koskenkorva misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nimoy.
Nimoy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Nimoy - that landed with a thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nimoy lands a nice uppercut.
Nimoy lands a body shot.
Koskenkorva is looking to break free of the clinch but Nimoy has double underhooks.
A short right from Nimoy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskenkorva takes a shot to the head.
Nimoy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Koskenkorva backwards.
Koskenkorva is rocked!
Nimoy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Koskenkorva is still on wobbly legs! Can Nimoy finish him?
Koskenkorva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Koskenkorva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Koskenkorva seems to have recovered his senses.
A short right from Nimoy on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nimoy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nimoy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Koskenkorva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nimoy lands a left hand.
Nimoy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nimoy lands a left hand.
Nimoy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Koskenkorva.
Koskenkorva struggles to land a body shot inside as Nimoy controls his hands.
Koskenkorva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koskenkorva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nimoy lands a right hand.
Nimoy lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nimoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Koskenkorva controls his hands.
Nimoy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nimoy keeps control of Koskenkorva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nimoy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Koskenkorva's efforts to push away.
Nimoy scores with a hook to the body.
Nimoy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nimoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Koskenkorva controls his hands.
Nimoy lands with a light punch inside.
Koskenkorva lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Nimoy fails to land.
A short uppercut from Nimoy.
Koskenkorva wants to get back to striking at distance but Nimoy won't allow it.
Nimoy blocks a body shot from Koskenkorva.
Koskenkorva digs a right hand underneath Nimoy's ribcage. Nimoy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nimoy lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Nimoy fails to land.
Nimoy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nimoy pushes Koskenkorva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nimoy blocking some punches.
Koskenkorva tries to work over Nimoy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koskenkorva tries to throw a body punch but Nimoy avoids it by throwing Koskenkorva back against the cage.
Nimoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koskenkorva tries to break the clinch but Nimoy is controlling the position.
A short left from Nimoy.
A short right from Nimoy on the inside.
Nimoy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nimoy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nimoy lands a right hand.
A shot in the inside from Nimoy.
A short right from Nimoy.
Nimoy presses Koskenkorva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Koskenkorva misses with a punch on the inside.
Koskenkorva tries to work over Nimoy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nimoy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Koskenkorvas head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koskenkorva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Koskenkorva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koskenkorva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nimoy lands a nice shot to the body.
Nimoy lands with a left to the head.
Nimoy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nimoy blocks a body shot from Koskenkorva.
Nimoy works on Koskenkorva's body with a couple of short punches.
Koskenkorva can't break the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Koskenkorva throws a head punch that misses.
Nimoy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Koskenkorva can't find room to land a body shot as Nimoy controls the action.
Nimoy scores with a shot to the side of Koskenkorva's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nimoy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good body shot from Nimoy.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nimoy.
Nimoy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nimoy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonard Nimoy dominated that round.
That's time! Nimoy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nimoy closes the distance and clinches.
Leonard Nimoy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Koskenkorva struggles to land a body shot inside as Nimoy controls his hands.
Koskenkorva blocks a body shot from Nimoy.
Nimoy lands with a right to the head.
Nimoy can't find room to land a body shot as Koskenkorva controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nimoy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nimoy has a couple of punches blocked by Koskenkorva.
Nimoy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Koskenkorvas head.
Nimoy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Koskenkorva takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Nimoy - that landed with a thud.
A shot in the inside from Nimoy.
Nimoy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nimoy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Koskenkorva backwards.
Koskenkorva misses with some punches.
Nimoy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Koskenkorva can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nimoy blocking some punches.
Nimoy lands a shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nimoy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskenkorva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nimoy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Koskenkorva backwards.
Nimoy lands a hook that snaps the head of Koskenkorva backwards.
Nimoy blocks an uppercut.
Nimoy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Koskenkorva or not.
Koskenkorva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nimoy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from Koskenkorva.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nimoy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nimoy.
A nice left hand lands by Koskenkorva.
Nimoy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nimoy avoiding damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nimoy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Koskenkorva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koskenkorva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nimoy has him pressed against the cage.
Koskenkorva misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nimoy lands a shot to the body.
Koskenkorva is breathing heavily.
Nimoy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Koskenkorva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koskenkorva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Koskenkorva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koskenkorva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nimoy digs a right hand into Koskenkorva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Koskenkorva's gas tank.
Koskenkorva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nimoy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short left from Nimoy.
Nimoy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Koskenkorva backwards.
Nimoy blocks a body shot from Koskenkorva.
Nimoy prevents a body shot from Koskenkorva.
A short uppercut from Nimoy.
Nimoy presses Koskenkorva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nimoy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Koskenkorva backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nimoy creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Koskenkorva's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Koskenkorva drops to his knees and Nimoy pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonard Nimoy!
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hype
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