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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Muuli Potku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Llueve Baxter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
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168 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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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
6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Muuli Potku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Llueve Baxter!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potku takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Baxter throws out a loose jab but Potku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baxter misses the shot to the body.
Potku tries to clinch up but Baxter circles away and keeps his distance.
Baxter punishes Potku's body with a nice straight punch.
Potku is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Baxter looks to score with a jab to the body but Potku is just out of range.
Llueve Baxter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potku tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baxter was well out of range. Poor timing from Potku.
Baxter jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Baxter misses with a body shot.
Potku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Potku tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baxter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baxter looks to land a right hand but Potku moved out of range.
Potku dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Baxter. That did some damage!
Potku uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baxter.
Potku scores with a kick to the midsection.
Potku pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baxter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Potku takes the fight into the clinch.
Baxter letting Potku take a breather here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baxter looking to stall.
Baxter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Potku scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baxter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A shot in the inside from Potku.
Baxter takes a shot to the head.
Baxter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Potku lands with a short shot to the head.
Baxter tries to break free but Potku pushes him back against the cage.
Baxter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Potku misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baxter is trying to push Potku away but Potku has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Baxter can't break the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Potku.
Baxter throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Potku.
Baxter is looking to break free of the clinch but Potku has double underhooks.
Potku has Baxter pressed against the cage, preventing Baxter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Potku effectively controlling the action here.
Baxter has had enough of the clinch but Potku keeps him there for the moment.
Potku misses with a knee to the head.
Baxter working hard to break the clinch.
Potku lands a right hand.
Potku has Baxter pressed against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Potku throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baxter blocks it with crossed arms.
Baxter is trying to push Potku away but Potku has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Baxter wants to get back to striking at distance but Potku won't allow it.
A short left from Potku.
Potku misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baxter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baxter misses with a body shot.
Baxter just misses with a punch to the body.
Potku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baxter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Potku was well out of range. Poor timing from Baxter.
Baxter loads up on a big right hand but Potku slips the punch.
Baxter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Potku sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Potku goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Baxter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Potku.
Baxter fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Potku on the side of the head.
Potku throws a right and a left that Baxter avoids nicely.
Potku displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baxter throws out the jab.
Baxter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Potku moves away.
Baxter looks to throw the jab but Potku is out of range.
Baxter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baxter tests Potku's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Baxter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baxter misses with a hook. Potku ducked under it nicely.
Baxter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Potku - that will leave a mark!
Baxter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baxter misses the shot to the body.
Potku misses the shot to the body.
Baxter misses with a wild body shot.
Baxter throws a jab but it's blocked by Potku.
Potku moves away from the strike by Baxter.
Potku fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baxter manages to avoid it.
Potku throws a combination. Baxter tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nice body kick there by Potku.
Baxter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Potku throws out a loose jab but Baxter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters circling a little - Potku finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Potku misses with a looping left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Potku, right into the meat.
Baxter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Potku.
Potku connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baxter. Potku does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muuli Potku dominated that round.
That's time! Potku's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baxter. Potku does a little dance to reset his feet.
Potku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Potku throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Baxter misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Baxter misses.
Potku fails with an attempt to clinch.
Baxter swings for the body but Potku moves out of range.
Potku tries to bum rush Baxter with a series of wild strikes but Baxter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baxter takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Baxter misses with a wild body shot.
Baxter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Potku at a distance.
Potku looks to land a body kick but Baxter moved away.
Potku throws a wild body kick that Baxter sees coming a mile off.
Baxter feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Potkus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Baxter moves forwards but Potku connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Baxter is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Potku rather than just go for the knockout.
Baxter takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Potku gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Potku has Baxter pressed against the cage, preventing Baxter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baxter blocking some punches.
Baxter wants to get back to striking at distance but Potku won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potku softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Potku lands a body punch.
Potku lands with a light punch inside.
A shot in the inside from Potku.
Potku lands an uppercut.
It looks like Llueve Baxter has been cut.
Baxter is breathing heavily.
Potku keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Baxter's efforts to push away.
Potku lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Potku manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Baxter working hard to break the clinch.
Potku scores with a shot to the side of Baxter's head.
Potku connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baxter's face.
Potku tries a knee to the head but Baxter blocks it.
Baxter has had enough of the clinch but Potku keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potku working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Muuli Potku has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Potku lands an uppercut.
Potku lands with a short shot to the head.
Baxter blocks a body shot from Potku.
Potku taking a breather.
Potku connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baxter's face.
Potku leaning against his opponent.
Potku lands a body shot in the clinch.
Potku lands a nice uppercut.
Potku landing knees to the body.
Potku is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knees to the body from Potku.
Potku with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potku connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baxter's face.
Potku lands a body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Potku.
Potku lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baxter backwards.
Potku lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Baxter takes a knee to the side of the body.
Potku makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Potku tries to land a knee to the head but Baxter blocks with his arms.
Still in the clinch, Potku scores with a nice short uppercut.
Baxter is rocked!
Potku works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Potku stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Potku lands with a left to the head.
Potku lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Potku lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Baxter is still on wobbly legs! Can Potku finish him?
Baxter tries a body shot but Potku blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potku lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Potku creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Potku pushes Baxter against the cage. Potku is working some dirty boxing. Potku pushes off with a quick right hook! Baxter goes down! Baxter tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Potku moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Muuli Potku!
Muuli Potku seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
A | B |
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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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