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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kale Ravenal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauno Viittala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kale Ravenal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
18 - 4 - 0 |
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190 cm
27
185 lbs
16 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kale Ravenal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rauno Viittala!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Viittala chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Viittala keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Viittala misses with an uppercut.
Viittala rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ravenal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Viittala drives through and clinches with Ravenal against the cage.
Viittala scores with a nice hook to the head.
Viittala swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Viittala crunches a lovely knee into Ravenal's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Viittala on the inside.
Viittala goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Viittala looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Viittala lands a right hand.
Ravenal is trying to force a seperation but Viittala has the dominant position.
Viittala lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Viittala tries a body shot but Ravenal blocks it.
Viittala stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ravenal tries to break the clinch but Viittala is controlling the position.
Viittala unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ravenal is breathing heavily.
Ravenal working hard to break the clinch.
Viittala has Ravenal pressed against the cage, preventing Ravenal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ravenal is trying to break free.
Ravenal looking for a takedown.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Viittala creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Kale Ravenal has been cut.
Viittala lands an elbow inside that Ravenal shrugs off.
Ravenal avoids a wild elbow strike from Viittala.
Viittala misses with a punch on the inside.
Viittala pushes off an throws an elbow but Ravenal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Viittala dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Viittala lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viittala gets through Ravenal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ravenal is trying to push Viittala away but Viittala has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Viittala stalling against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Viittala lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Viittala with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Viittala misses with a knee to the head.
Viittala swings wildly with an uppercut but Ravenal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Viittala working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ravenal takes a shot to the head.
Viittala connects with a knee to the head.
Ravenal tries to circle away but Viittala has him pinned against the cage.
Ravenal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ravenal tries to work over Viittala's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Viittala.
Ravenal wants to get back to striking at distance but Viittala won't allow it.
Viittala lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ravenal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ravenal avoids a wild elbow strike from Viittala.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Viittala.
Viittala trying to control the position but instead, Ravenal has worked for underhooks and has pushed Viittala into the cage.
Viittala tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ravenal misses with a punch on the inside.
Ravenal is looking to break free of the clinch but Viittala has double underhooks.
Ravenal is trying to break the clinch but Viittala is controlling him.
Ravenal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Viittala is stalling here.
Ravenal wants to get back to striking at distance but Viittala won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viittala goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Viittala has Ravenal pressed against the cage, preventing Ravenal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Viittala lands an elbow just above Ravenal 's eye.
Ravenal takes an elbow to the temple.
Kale Ravenal's cut is getting worse.
Viittala lands an elbow just above Ravenal 's eye.
Kale Ravenal's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ravenal is looking to break free of the clinch but Viittala has double underhooks.
Ravenal wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kale Ravenal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ravenal.
Viittala lands with a short shot to the head.
Jeez, Kale Ravenal's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Viittala tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Viittala looking to stall.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Viittala working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Viittala lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rauno Viittala dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kale Ravenal's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ravenal throws a predictable looking body shot
and Viittala finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Ravenal misses with a lunging right hand
and Viittala counters with a leg kick.
Ravenal swings for the body but Viittala moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Viittala. That's going to slow Ravenal down.
Viittala lands with an overhand left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Viittala connects with a body shot.
Viittala throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ravenal.
Ravenal gets tackled into the cage by Viittala. Viittala maintains the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Viittala lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ravenal backwards.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kale Ravenal's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rauno Viittala!
After winning the bout, Rauno Viittala thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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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