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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arto Jarvinen (ranked 1222 p4p, 1036 weight class) and Johnny Saigon (ranked 185 p4p, 154 weight class). Saigon has chosen Run through the jungle as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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10 - 2 - 0 |
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211 cm
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11 - 13 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arto Jarvinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Saigon!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saigon cracks Jarvinen with a good jab.
Jarvinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Saigon is just out of range.
Saigon jabs at Jarvinen's body.
Jarvinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jarvinen connects with a body shot that sends Saigon's belly button to the back.
Saigon loads up on a big right hand but Jarvinen slips the punch.
Jarvinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saigon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jarvinen blocks a head kick by Saigon.
Jarvinen tries to counter by clinching up but Saigon breaks away and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from Saigon.
Saigon slips under a jab from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saigon manages to avoid it.
Arto Jarvinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarvinen wants to clinch.
Saigon steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Jarvinen.
Saigon avoids the body shot from Jarvinen.
Saigon tries to counter with a clinch but Jarvinen shakes him off and moves away.
Jarvinen works Saigon's body with a nice hook.
Saigon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Saigon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jarvinen's sensitive parts.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jarvinen, as that shot connected.
We've been told by Jarvinen's head coaches at Tappelukerho that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Saigon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Saigon scores with a jab to the body.
Jarvinen is looking to wear down Saigon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jarvinen tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarvinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saigon was well out of range. Poor timing from Jarvinen.
Saigon throws a sloppy head kick
and Jarvinen counters by moving into the clinch.
Saigon breaks from the clinch.
Saigon misses the shot to the body.
Jarvinen looks to land a left hand but Saigon moved out of range nicely.
Jarvinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jarvinen sets himself, and Saigon steps forward looking for the clinch! Jarvinen avoids it this time.
Jarvinen misses with a looping left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saigon lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jarvinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saigon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jarvinen throws a hook but Saigon avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jarvinen sends Saigon crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Jarvinen is motioning to the referee to let Saigon up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Saigon is rocked!
Saigon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jarvinen moves away.
Saigon is still on wobbly legs! Can Jarvinen finish him?
Jarvinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Saigon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jarvinen throws out the jab.
Saigon wants to counter with a clinch but Jarvinen pushes him away.
Saigon seems to have recovered his senses.
Saigon connects with a high kick.
Jarvinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saigon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saigon ducks under a wild hook from Jarvinen.
Saigon tries a head kick but it misses.
Jarvinen throws a shot from downtown. Saigon moves away and avoids it.
Saigon throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jarvinen.
Jarvinen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Saigon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saigon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jarvinen is looking to counter the offense by Saigon and move into the clinch.
Jarvinen throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick misses from Saigon.
Nice body kick there by Saigon.
Jarvinen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jarvinen missing with a left hand there. Saigon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick by Saigon misses
and Jarvinen moves into the clinch.
Jarvinen misses with some punches.
Saigon breaks from the clinch.
Jarvinen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Saigon lands with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Arto Jarvinen will probably get the nod.
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.
Jarvinen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Jarvinen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jarvinen throws a hook but Saigon blocks it.
Jarvinen throws a hook but Saigon avoids it easily.
Saigon is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jarvinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jarvinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saigon.
Jarvinen tries to move into range but Saigon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saigon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jarvinen.
Saigon staying out of range there.
Nice body kick there by Saigon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saigon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Crunch! Saigon slams his shin into Jarvinen's torso.
Jarvinen throws a lazy right hand but Saigon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saigon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jarvinen moves away.
Jarvinen misses with a body shot.
Saigon connects with a high kick.
Saigon throws a wild body kick that Jarvinen sees coming a mile off.
Saigon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Saigon slips a straight right by Jarvinen.
Jarvinen throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarvinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saigon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jarvinen lands a big uppercut and Saigon crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Saigon looks OK. Jarvinen waves Saigon back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jarvinen walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Saigon drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Jarvinen swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Saigon's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arto Jarvinen!
A relieved looking Arto Jarvinen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Johnny Saigon spoke after the fight, saying 'I come back and kick your ass.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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