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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Bastarrachea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalervo Paukku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastarrachea's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Young Folks. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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216 lbs
15 - 4 - 0 |
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210 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Xavier Bastarrachea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalervo Paukku!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paukku throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Paukku just misses with a punch to the body.
Paukku shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bastarrachea as he avoids it easily.
Bastarrachea uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paukku.
Paukku checks a low kick from Bastarrachea.
Paukku misses with a hook.
Paukku shoots in looking for a takedown but Bastarrachea manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Paukku's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bastarrachea wants to clinch up but Paukku keeps it at a distance.
Bastarrachea showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Paukku.
Paukku swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bastarrachea uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paukku.
A combination from Paukku does no damage.
A good leg kick by Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bastarrachea.
Paukku manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Bastarrachea on his heels. He'll look to pass Bastarrachea's guard now, I'm sure.
Paukku drops back looking for a leg! Bastarrachea is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bastarrachea manages to kick Paukku off! Paukku jumps back into Bastarrachea's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paukku drops back, looking for a kneebar! Bastarrachea looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Bastarrachea looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Bastarrachea!
Bastarrachea knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Paukku on the ground.
Bastarrachea prevents Paukku from escaping the position.
Bastarrachea wants to stand but Paukku is controlling his arm.
Bastarrachea working away.
Paukku bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea connects with a leg kick. Paukku looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bastarrachea, right into the meat.
Paukku looks gassed!
Paukku looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bastarrachea misses with a few strikes there.
Paukku swinging wildly here.
Bastarrachea throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bastarrachea wants to clinch up but Paukku keeps it at a distance.
Bastarrachea feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Paukku's calf.
Nice straight punches there by Paukku. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Paukku.
Paukku is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bastarrachea moves out of range as Paukku strikes.
Paukku fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bastarrachea dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Paukku. That did some damage!
Paukku misses with a double jab
and Bastarrachea makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bastarrachea with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastarrachea lands a nice leg kick that just misses Paukku's sensitive parts.
Bastarrachea connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A clash of legs there as Paukku blocks the low kick.
Bastarrachea throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A big right from Paukku misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea moves into the clinch.
Paukku takes an elbow to the temple.
Bastarrachea creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paukku's defenses.
It looks like Kalervo Paukku has been cut.
Bastarrachea scores with a nice hook to the head.
Paukku takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow inside.
Bastarrachea lands a nice uppercut.
Bastarrachea gets through Paukku's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Paukku tries to break the clinch but Bastarrachea is controlling the position.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow inside that Paukku shrugs off.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow inside that Paukku shrugs off.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the head.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow inside that Paukku shrugs off.
Paukku being controlled against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bastarrachea scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from Bastarrachea.
Paukku's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bastarrachea lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Bastarrachea dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kalervo Paukku's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea tries to work over Paukku's front leg with a kick but Paukku checks it.
Paukku misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Paukku throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bastarrachea counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Paukku takes one to the side of the head.
Nice takedown defense from Bastarrachea. No joy for Paukku on that attempt.
Bastarrachea throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kalervo Paukku is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bastarrachea.
Paukku has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bastarrachea.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastarrachea rushes Paukku and presses him up against the cage.
Paukku takes an elbow to the temple.
Bastarrachea gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That has opened up Kalervo Paukku's cut even more.
Paukku is breathing heavily.
A short left from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the head.
Bastarrachea lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastarrachea lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow that stopped Paukku in his tracks for a moment.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow just above Paukku 's eye.
Bastarrachea lands a nice uppercut.
Bastarrachea scores with a knee to the head.
Paukku is rocked!
The cut above Kalervo Paukku's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bastarrachea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paukku can do to turn this around?
Bastarrachea lands a vicious elbow to the side of Paukku's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Bastarrachea tries to finish him with strikes but Paukku still seems able to defend himself so Bastarrachea steps back and lets Paukku get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.
Paukku is still on wobbly legs! Can Bastarrachea finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick lands there from Bastarrachea.
BAM! Bastarrachea delivers a spinning backfist that drops Paukku like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Xavier Bastarrachea!
A very excited looking Xavier Bastarrachea made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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