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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jalen Shaw (ranked 2119 p4p, 3593 weight class) and Sampoo Heikkinen (ranked 239 p4p, 361 weight class). Sampoo Heikkinen will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jalen Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sampoo Heikkinen!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Heikkinen.
Nice defenses there by Shaw.
Heikkinen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heikkinen. Shaw does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heikkinen tries to score with a low kick but Shaw moves his leg out of the way.
Heikkinen scores with a nice right hand.
It looks like Jalen Shaw has been cut.
Shaw scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Heikkinen is trying to control Shaw's posture but Shaw avoids it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shaw working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Who's going to make the next move?
Shaw throws a strike aimed at the side of Heikkinen's head but Heikkinen avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Shaw seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Shaw grinds an elbow into Heikkinen's temple.
Heikkinen avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Shaw.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Heikkinen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Heikkinen is trying to improve his position.
Heikkinen wants to control but Shaw postures up.
Shaw has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shaw misses with the ground and pound.
Shaw in side control, throwing shots but Heikkinen defends.
Heikkinen tries to buck Shaw off but Shaw is having none of it.
Shaw working the head and body with strikes.
Shaw in side control, throwing shots but Heikkinen defends.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Shaw sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Heikkinen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Heikkinen isn't going anywhere.
Check out the look on Shaw's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Shaw throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Shaw cracks Heikkinen with a big elbow.
Heikkinen is trying to improve his position.
Shaw working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Shaw cracks Heikkinen with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw wants to control but Heikkinen is keeping him busy.
Shaw sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Heikkinen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Heikkinen parries the strikes from Shaw easily there. Shaw is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Heikkinen to escape.
Shaw misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Shaw trying to control the position but Heikkinen is working away.
Who's going to make the next move?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Shaw postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Shaw working the body and head with strikes.
Shaw looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Heikkinen is avoiding damage well.
The ground and pound from Shaw seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
We've been hearing that Shaw has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Heikkinen can't do much from the bottom here.
Heikkinen tries to buck Shaw off but Shaw is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shaw scoring with punches and elbows.
Shaw controlling the position from side mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jalen Shaw dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jalen Shaw's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Shaw ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Heikkinen misses with an uppercut. Shaw saw that one coming.
Shaw throws a hook to the side of Heikkinen's head but Heikkinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shaw misses with a two punch combination.
Heikkinen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Heikkinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sampoo Heikkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shaw takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Some wild striking there from Shaw.
Heikkinen steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Shaw stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Heikkinen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaw steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen lands a leg kick that knocks Shaw off balance momentarily.
Heikkinen throws a right and a left that Shaw avoids nicely.
Heikkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shaw.
Heikkinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shaw looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw throws a combination that misses
letting Heikkinen counter with a right hand.
Heikkinen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Heikkinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shaw avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shaw has a takedown stuffed.
Nice jab there from Heikkinen.
Shaw gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Heikkinen counters with a right hand to the body.
Shaw has his takedown stuffed
and Heikkinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Heikkinen has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jalen Shaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Heikkinen digs a good body shot into Shaw's ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heikkinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Shaw is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heikkinen throws an overhand right that has Shaw reeling! Heikkinen follows up with more punches and Shaw is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Sampoo Heikkinen!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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