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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Duck Silva (ranked 1680 p4p, 1592 weight class) and Pekka Haalvisto (ranked 135 p4p, 132 weight class). Haalvisto is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fintelligens - Stockholm-Helsinki. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duck Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pekka Haalvisto!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haalvisto rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Haalvisto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Haalvisto controls his hands.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Haalvisto pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Haalvisto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Haalvisto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Haalvisto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva has Haalvisto pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Haalvisto manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Haalvisto has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Haalvisto breaks from the clinch.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duck Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haalvisto gets a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva wants a takedown but no success here.
Haalvisto lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haalvisto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haalvisto landing knees to the head.
Haalvisto prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Haalvisto.
I was talking to Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Haalvisto gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Haalvisto tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Haalvisto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Haalvisto lands a damaging elbow.
Haalvisto prevents a body shot from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Haalvisto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva jumps guard but Haalvisto turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Haalvisto's coach down at Rabid Dog was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Haalvisto's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Still in the clinch, Haalvisto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Haalvisto scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haalvisto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Haalvisto lands with a left to the head.
Silva jumps guard but Haalvisto stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Haalvisto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Haalvisto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haalvisto lands a nice uppercut.
Silva tries to pull guard but Haalvisto forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Haalvisto lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Haalvisto landing knees to the head.
Haalvisto lands a nice elbow.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Haalvisto on the inside.
Haalvisto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Haalvisto.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haalvisto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Haalvisto lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Haalvisto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva lands a left hand.
Haalvisto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Haalvisto.
Knees to the body from Haalvisto.
Haalvisto lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haalvisto lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Haalvisto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Haalvisto crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Haalvisto lands a nice uppercut.
Silva wants a takedown but no success here.
Silva turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Haalvisto bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Silva is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haalvisto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Haalvisto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva drags the fight down to the ground.
Haalvisto gets to his feet. Silva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Haalvisto closes the distance and clinches.
Silva tries a body shot but Haalvisto blocks it.
Haalvisto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Haalvisto cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Haalvisto lands with a right to the head.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haalvisto lands a nice elbow.
Haalvisto lands an elbow inside.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Haalvisto blocks a body shot from Silva.
Haalvisto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Haalvisto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Haalvisto.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Haalvisto turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Silva tries to work over Haalvisto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Haalvisto on the inside.
Haalvisto pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Haalvisto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva tries to work over Haalvisto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haalvisto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Haalvisto obliges.
A right hand to the body from Haalvisto.
Knees to the body from Haalvisto.
Still in the clinch, Haalvisto scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pekka Haalvisto dominated that round.
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.
Haalvisto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haalvisto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Haalvisto.
Haalvisto lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva pulls guard.
Silva looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Haalvisto passes into half guard.
Haalvisto decides to stand up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haalvisto clinches.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Silva is trying to break free.
Haalvisto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
Haalvisto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haalvisto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A knee to the head by Haalvisto.
Haalvisto gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Haalvisto, against the cage.
Haalvisto scores with a shoulder strike.
Haalvisto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Haalvisto drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Haalvisto lands a nice uppercut.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haalvisto lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Haalvisto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Haalvisto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haalvisto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Haalvisto breaks from the clinch.
Haalvisto clinches with his opponent.
Haalvisto lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Haalvisto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Pekka Haalvisto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva manages to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Haalvisto is aware though and is defending well.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Haalvisto stands up from Silva's guard - Haalvisto perhaps looking for a knockout.
Haalvisto forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Haalvisto lands an uppercut.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haalvisto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Haalvisto.
Silva wants to break free but Haalvisto has control.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva avoiding damage as Haalvisto throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haalvisto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Haalvisto avoids the damage to the body.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Haalvisto.
Haalvisto lands a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Haalvisto has double underhooks.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Haalvisto lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Haalvisto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Haalvisto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Haalvisto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Haalvisto blocks a body shot from Silva.
Haalvisto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haalvisto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haalvisto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Haalvisto stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Haalvisto scores with a shoulder strike.
Haalvisto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haalvisto lands a knee to the head.
Haalvisto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva is rocked!
Haalvisto with a knee to the head.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Haalvisto walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duck Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haalvisto shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Haalvisto gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Haalvisto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Haalvisto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Haalvisto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Haalvisto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Haalvisto lands an elbow inside.
Haalvisto blocking some punches.
Haalvisto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right from Haalvisto on the inside.
Haalvisto creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Silva! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Haalvisto.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pekka Haalvisto!
Pekka Haalvisto seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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