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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jarkko Rautavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rautavaara comes to the cage accompanied by The Stranglers - No More Heroes. King is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Closing Time. Nikolai King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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166 lbs
15 - 15 - 0 |
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30
168 lbs
11 - 10 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarkko Rautavaara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikolai King!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab lands there for Rautavaara.
Rautavaara throws a head kick that misses.
King wants to clinch.
Jarkko Rautavaara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from Rautavaara.
Rautavaara misses with a body shot.
Rautavaara throws a shot to the body.
Rautavaara missing with a left hand there. King was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rautavaara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but King manages to avoid it.
A jab from Rautavaara misses.
Rautavaara jabbing away but nothing is landing.
King scores with the left hand. Rautavaara knows he should have avoided that one.
Rautavaara throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
Rautavaara throws out a loose jab but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rautavaara swings for the body but King moves out of range.
King tries to clinch there but Rautavaara circles away.
Rautavaara swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King tries to clinch up but Rautavaara circles away and keeps his distance.
King gets in close and instigates a clinch.
King misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by King as Rautavaara tries to tie him up.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King stalling in the clinch.
King tries to work over Rautavaara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from King.
A short right from Rautavaara on the inside.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Rautavaara.
Rautavaara looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
Rautavaara missing with knees to the body.
Rautavaara throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
Rautavaara misses with the head strike.
Rautavaara can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
Rautavaara is really struggling to find his range with his punches. King's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King cracks Rautavaara with a nice body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rautavaara tries a body shot but King blocks it.
Good body shot from King.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rautavaara tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
King lands with a right to the head.
King digs a right hand underneath Rautavaara's ribcage. Rautavaara let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from King as the two fighters clinch.
Rautavaara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and King avoids it.
Rautavaara lands a nice elbow.
Rautavaara can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
King taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rautavaara dodges an elbow strike from King.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Rautavaara blocks with his arms.
Rautavaara makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rautavaara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rautavaara missing with knees to the body.
Rautavaara missing with knees to the body.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King stalling against the cage.
King scores with a nice hook to the head.
King creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rautavaara using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rautavaara tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
King presses Rautavaara against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
King tries a body shot but Rautavaara blocks it.
Rautavaara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
King lands a hook that snaps the head of Rautavaara backwards.
Rautavaara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
Rautavaara using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rautavaara lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rautavaara struggles to land a body shot inside as King controls his hands.
Rautavaara trying to land knees to the body.
Rautavaara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rautavaara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rautavaara throws a head punch that misses.
King blocks a body shot from Rautavaara.
Rautavaara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rautavaara tries a body shot but King blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jarkko Rautavaara 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.
King has managed to clinch.
Rautavaara throws a head punch that misses.
Rautavaara looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rautavaara with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Rautavaara.
Rautavaara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rautavaara tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Rautavaara back against the cage.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rautavaara misses with a body punch.
Rautavaara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rautavaara is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rautavaara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
King ducks under a wild hook from Rautavaara.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sloppy strikes from King. Those never looked like landing.
King throws a nice looking combination but Rautavaara bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rautavaara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rautavaara back to the cage. King follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
King rushes Rautavaara and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rautavaara lands a body shot.
King is breathing heavily.
Rautavaara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rautavaara backwards.
Rautavaara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rautavaara's elbow.
Rautavaara misses with a knee strike.
Rautavaara can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
Rautavaara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King slips a straight right by Rautavaara.
King thows a body shot but no joy.
Rautavaara throws a head kick that misses.
Rautavaara circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King scores with a one two! Rautavaara had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rautavaara throws out the jab.
Rautavaara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rautavaara plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rautavaara works King's body with a nice hook.
King uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rautavaara is rocked!
King throws an overhand right that drops Rautavaara like a sack of potatoes! King dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikolai King!
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hype
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RATING
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