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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sepi Pulkkinen (ranked 292 p4p, 1216 weight class) and Anton Gardner (ranked 11 p4p, 35 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sepi Pulkkinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anton Gardner!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardner tries to clinch but Pulkkinen moves away
and Pulkkinen counters with a big head kick but Gardner shrugs it off.
Gardner tries to keep at a distance but Pulkkinen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gardner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gardner blocks a body shot from Pulkkinen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pulkkinen.
Gardner misses with a body punch.
Pulkkinen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gardner looks winded!
Pulkkinen lands a right hand.
Pulkkinen is stalling here.
Pulkkinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pulkkinen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gardner.
Gardner working aggressively here.
Pulkkinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gardner backwards.
Gardner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gardner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pulkkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pulkkinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gardner 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.
Pulkkinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Gardner counters with a nice body shot.
Pulkkinen lands a high kick!
It looks like Anton Gardner has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulkkinen drops Gardner with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Gardner looks back up at him and smiles so Pulkkinen waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Gardner is rocked!
Gardner just misses with a punch to the body.
Gardner is still on wobbly legs! Can Pulkkinen finish him?
Pulkkinen moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Pulkkinen.
Gardner tries a body shot but Pulkkinen blocks it.
Pulkkinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Gardner controls his hands.
Gardner has a couple of punches blocked by Pulkkinen.
Gardner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pulkkinen's elbow.
Pulkkinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gardner seems to have recovered his senses.
Pulkkinen tries a body shot but Gardner blocks it.
Pulkkinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pulkkinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pulkkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab lands there for Gardner.
Pulkkinen darts in and clinches Gardner up against the cage.
Pulkkinen breaks the clinch.
Pulkkinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pulkkinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner lands a slapping body shot.
Pulkkinen closes the distance and clinches.
Pulkkinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gardner's elbow.
Pulkkinen tries a body shot but Gardner blocks it.
Gardner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gardner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pulkkinen tries a body shot but Gardner blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen throws a head punch that misses.
Pulkkinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gardner misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Pulkkinen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Gardner.
Gardner missing with a left hand there. Pulkkinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pulkkinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gardner drops Pulkkinen with a huge uppercut! Pulkkinen drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Gardner is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anton Gardner!
Anton Gardner really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that FUClothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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