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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benson Beckley (ranked 1750 p4p, 2391 weight class) and Speedy Keinonen (ranked 170 p4p, 226 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benson Beckley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Speedy Keinonen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beckley checks the leg kick.
Beckley moves into the clinch successfully.
Beckley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beckley wants to clinch.
Keinonen was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Beckley tries to clinch up but Keinonen circles away and keeps his distance.
Keinonen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Beckley rushes Keinonen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Beckley can't get the takedown.
Keinonen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Keinonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beckley drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Keinonen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keinonen lands a damaging elbow.
Beckley tries to pull guard but Keinonen won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benson Beckley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Keinonen lands an elbow inside that Beckley shrugs off.
Beckley's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Keinonen breaks from the clinch.
Beckley has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Factory in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckley ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Beckley throws a predictable looking body shot
and Keinonen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Benson Beckley has been cut.
Keinonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beckley.
Beckley looks to land a body kick but Keinonen moved away.
Keinonen lands with a cross.
Beckley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beckley misses with a shot to the body
and Keinonen counters with a straight right hand.
Beckley is rocked!
Beckley walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Beckley limp body while Keinonen jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Speedy Keinonen!
During a confident post fight interview, Speedy Keinonen 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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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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