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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Turkka Haanpaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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198 lbs
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196 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Turkka Haanpaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Rua!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Haanpaa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Haanpaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rua throws a lazy right hand but Haanpaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rua wants to clinch.
Haanpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Haanpaa avoids the head kick by Rua.
Haanpaa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Haanpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haanpaa lands a nice hook to Rua's body. Rua takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rua throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rua on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Haanpaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rua was well out of range. Poor timing from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa lands with a good body shot.
Haanpaa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haanpaa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Haanpaa. Rua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haanpaa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haanpaa does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Haanpaa is looking to wear down Rua with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Haanpaa throws a low kick, looking for Rua's leg but Rua calmly moves out of range.
Rua takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Haanpaa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Haanpaa lands a body shot.
Rua looks gassed!
Haanpaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Rua is just out of range.
Turkka Haanpaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haanpaa works Rua's body with a nice hook.
Haanpaa catches Rua with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Haanpaa is looking to land body kicks.
Haanpaa scores with a hook to the body. Rua takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Haanpaa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Haanpaa lands a body shot.
Haanpaa catches Rua with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Haanpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haanpaa.
Haanpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haanpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haanpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rua throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Haanpaa lands a jab to Rua's midsection.
Haanpaa lands a head shot.
Turkka Haanpaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haanpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Haanpaa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Haanpaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Rua takes one to the chin there.
Haanpaa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Haanpaa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Haanpaa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Haanpaa lands with an overhand left.
Haanpaa punishes Rua's body with a nice straight punch.
Rua moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haanpaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Haanpaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haanpaa lands a right hook to the body.
Haanpaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haanpaa scores with a jab to the jaw.
Haanpaa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haanpaa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rua looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Haanpaa connects with a looping right hand.
Haanpaa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Haanpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Haanpaa lands a slapping body shot.
Haanpaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rua was well out of range. Poor timing from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Haanpaa scores with a jab to the body.
Rua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Haanpaa throws a body punch but Rua moves out of range.
Haanpaa misses the shot to the body.
Haanpaa misses the shot to the body.
Haanpaa connects with a body shot.
Haanpaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Rua is just out of range.
Haanpaa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Haanpaa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Haanpaa scores with a hook to the body. Rua takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Haanpaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Haanpaa as he connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haanpaa. Rua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haanpaa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haanpaa.
Haanpaa scores with a body shot.
Haanpaa lands a body shot.
Haanpaa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rua is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Turkka Haanpaa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rua walks into a stiff left hand from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Rua is just out of range.
Haanpaa scores with a shot to the body.
Haanpaa stuns Rua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haanpaa scores with a jab to the body.
Haanpaa throws out a powerful jab.
Haanpaa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rua has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rua throws a right hand that Haanpaa ducks under and follows up with a left that Haanpaa also avoids with ease.
Haanpaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rua was well out of range. Poor timing from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
Haanpaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Rua is breathing heavily.
Rua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haanpaa.
Rua avoids the body shot from Haanpaa.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haanpaa. Rua does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haanpaa lands with a shot to the body.
Haanpaa misses with a series of wild punches.
Haanpaa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rua can do to turn this around?
Rua takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Haanpaa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Haanpaa lands a body shot.
Haanpaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haanpaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rua tries to clinch up but Haanpaa circles away and keeps his distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Haanpaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haanpaa stuns Rua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Haanpaa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Haanpaa misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haanpaa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Haanpaa misses with a wild body shot.
Haanpaa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Rua might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Haanpaa has got the better of the exchanges.
Haanpaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Haanpaa lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haanpaa scores with a shot to the body.
Haanpaa lands a right hook to the body.
Haanpaa lands with a good body shot.
Haanpaa thows a body shot but no joy.
Haanpaa misses the shot to the body.
Rua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haanpaa lands a slapping body shot.
Haanpaa lands a jab to Rua's midsection.
Haanpaa thows a body shot but no joy.
Haanpaa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rua takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Turkka Haanpaa is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haanpaa connects with a jab.
Haanpaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Haanpaa lands with a good body shot.
Rua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haanpaa dips to his left and cracks Rua with an uppercut!
Haanpaa scores with a jab to the body.
Haanpaa lands a slapping body shot.
Haanpaa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rua takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Haanpaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rua.
Haanpaa fails to land with a series of punches.
Haanpaa scores with a body shot.
Rua takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haanpaa works the jab nicely.
Anderson Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haanpaa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Haanpaa lands a nice hook to Rua's body. Rua takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rua has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Haanpaa throws a body punch but Rua moves out of range.
Haanpaa thuds a left hand into Rua's body.
Haanpaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Rua is just out of range.
Haanpaa jabs at Rua's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haanpaa lands a right hook to the body.
Haanpaa cracks a nice hook into Rua's ribs.
Rua takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Haanpaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haanpaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Haanpaa cracks a nice hook into Rua's ribs.
Rua gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Turkka Haanpaa dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!
A right-left combo lands from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Haanpaa jabs Rua right on the nose. Rua blinks but takes it well.
Rua avoids a kick to the body.
Haanpaa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rua takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haanpaa jabs at Rua's body.
Rua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Haanpaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haanpaa digs a good body shot into Rua's ribs.
Haanpaa misses with a double jab.
Rua takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Haanpaa thows a body shot but no joy.
Haanpaa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Haanpaa avoids the head kick by Rua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Rua walks into a jab.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
A lazy left from Haanpaa finds it's target.
Haanpaa swings for the body but Rua moves out of range.
Haanpaa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Haanpaa stalks Rua and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rua's face. Rua staggers backwards, shaken.
A punch lands to the side of Rua 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haanpaa lands with a right hand.
Rua takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Haanpaa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rua.
Rua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haanpaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rua manages to avoid it.
Haanpaa digs a good body shot into Rua's ribs.
Anderson Rua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Haanpaa. Beautiful body shot.
Haanpaa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rua at a distance.
Haanpaa's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Haanpaa duly obliges.
Haanpaa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Haanpaa lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Haanpaa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haanpaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Rua takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Haanpaa swings for the body but Rua moves out of range.
Haanpaa connects with a body shot.
Rua takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Haanpaa lands a jab to Rua's midsection.
Haanpaa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rua looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Haanpaa tries to land a front kick but Rua steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Haanpaa lands a body shot.
Haanpaa swings for the body but Rua moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Haanpaa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
No joy there for Haanpaa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Haanpaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haanpaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Haanpaa lands with a shot to the body.
Haanpaa stuns Rua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Haanpaa finds it's way through Rua's defenses.
Haanpaa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Haanpaa works Rua's body with a nice hook.
Haanpaa thuds a left hand into Rua's body.
Haanpaa works Rua's body with a nice hook.
Haanpaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Haanpaa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Haanpaa scores with a jab. Rua acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haanpaa swinging wildly here.
Haanpaa lands a slapping body shot.
Haanpaa scores with a jab to the body.
Haanpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Rua drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Haanpaa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rua.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice cross by Haanpaa.
Haanpaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haanpaa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haanpaa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haanpaa lands with a good body shot.
Haanpaa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rua takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Haanpaa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rua's head backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Turkka Haanpaa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Haanpaa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:24
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:24
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Turkka Haanpaa!
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energy
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RATING
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