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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Rovanpera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wagner comes into the arena with In the Garage blaring out of the sound system. Rovanpera is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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176 cm
35
163 lbs
29 - 10 - 0 |
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164 cm
35
168 lbs
28 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
29 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kurt Wagner! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Seppo Rovanpera! The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Rovanpera looks for the body kick but Wagner saw that one coming. Wagner misses with a low kick. Rovanpera swings widly with a right hand
and Wagner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rovanpera thinking. Rovanpera shoots in but no luck this time. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rovanpera checks a leg kick. Rovanpera shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wagner as he jumps to the side. Wagner lands with a kick to the temple. Rovanpera shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" An inside leg kick from Rovanpera misses. Wagner throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rovanpera. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Wagner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. An inside leg kick from Rovanpera misses. Rovanpera fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wagner avoids it really well and circles away. Kurt Wagner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seppo Rovanpera.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. A solid leg kick lands there for Wagner.
Wagner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rovanpera. That did some damage! Rovanpera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wagner moves away. Rovanpera steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Wagner. That one must have hurt. Rovanpera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Rovanpera thows a body shot but no joy. Rovanpera scores with a nice strike.
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It looks like Kurt Wagner has been cut. A big left from Rovanpera misses. Rovanpera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wagner. Nice uppercut there from Wagner.
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Rovanpera is rocked!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Wagner circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Rovanpera tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Wagner wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kurt Wagner! Kurt Wagner retains his lightweight title! A victorious Kurt Wagner thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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C
A |
G |
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C
B |
G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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