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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hale Erwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Kastinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erwin comes to the cage accompanied by Young Jeezy feat. T.I. - F.A.M.E.. Hale Erwin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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221 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
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205 lbs
15 - 6 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hale Erwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Kastinen!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kastinen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Seppo Kastinen has been cut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kastinen is defended easily by Erwin.
Kastinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kastinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kastinen moves out of range of the body kick from Erwin.
Kastinen rushes Erwin and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Kastinen fails to land.
Kastinen throws a head punch that misses.
Kastinen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kastinen seems to be looking for submissions.
Kastinen wants to take a breather but Erwin is having none of it.
Erwin desperately trying to maintain half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Erwin regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erwin is controlling Kastinen's posture.
Erwin is trying to control the position but Kastinen postures up.
Erwin is pulling down on Kastinen's head to control his posture.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Hale Erwin wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Erwin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kastinen doesn't seem bothered though.
Kastinen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Erwin is fending him off so far but Kastinen persists. Nope, Erwin circles away and we're back to standing.
Hale Erwin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Erwin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Erwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Erwin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Erwin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Erwin scores with the left hand. Kastinen knows he should have avoided that one.
Erwin tries a head kick but it misses.
Kastinen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Erwin's waist but Erwin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kastinen off to one side.
Hale Erwin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seppo Kastinen.
Kastinen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kastinen there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erwin is looking to slow Kastinen down with leg kicks.
Erwin tries a head kick but it misses.
Erwin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kastinen. That did some damage!
Kastinen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Erwin takes a swing at Kastinen's ribcage but misses.
Erwin throws a body punch but Kastinen moves out of range.
Erwin jabs Kastinen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Erwin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kastinen looks winded!
Kastinen moves to clinch but Erwin breaks away
and Erwin counters with a big head kick but Kastinen shrugs it off.
Erwin dodges the punch combination from Kastinen.
Kastinen moves out of range as Erwin strikes.
Erwin swats away the attempt to clinch by Kastinen.
Erwin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kastinen is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erwin thuds his shin into the meat of Kastinen's side.
Erwin lands a big head kick that sends Kastinen tumbling to the mat! Erwin takes a step backwards and waves Kastinen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Erwin lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Erwin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Erwin connects with a high kick.
Nice body kick there by Erwin.
Erwin lands a big uppercut and Kastinen crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Kastinen looks OK. Erwin waves Kastinen back to his feet!
Kastinen is rocked!
Kastinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kastinen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kastinen is still on wobbly legs! Can Erwin finish him?
Kastinen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kastinen seems to have recovered his senses.
Erwin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Erwin lands a big head kick that sends Kastinen tumbling to the mat! Erwin takes a step backwards and waves Kastinen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
That has opened up Seppo Kastinen's cut even more.
Erwin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kastinen if he has to take too many more of those.
Erwin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kastinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Erwin scores with a nice strike.
Erwin feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Kastinen sprawling to the canvas! Kastinen rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Erwin finish him?!
A looping hook to the body misses from Erwin. Kastinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Erwin is looking to slow Kastinen down with leg kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kastinen takes one to the chin there.
Erwin feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Kastinen sprawling to the canvas! Kastinen rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Erwin finish him?!
Erwin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Erwin lands a leg kick that knocks Kastinen off balance momentarily.
Erwin connects with a solid leg kick.
Kastinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kastinen looks to clinch
and Erwin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Erwin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kastinen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kastinen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Erwin misses the shot to the body.
Kastinen throws a right hand that Erwin ducks under and follows up with a left that Erwin also avoids with ease.
Erwin lands a nice hook to Kastinen's body. Kastinen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Erwin lands with a straight right. Kastinen didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Erwin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Erwin lands with a nice body kick.
Kastinen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Erwin scores with a push kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hale Erwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seppo Kastinen's cut.
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.
Kastinen avoids the body shot from Erwin.
Erwin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Erwin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Erwin lands a head shot.
Kastinen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kastinen needs to keep his hands up - Erwin had a free shot at his head there.
Erwin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kastinen throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Erwin was covering up waiting for the punch and Kastinen finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Erwin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kastinen's guard.
Erwin sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Erwin trying to control but Kastinen is working from the bottom.
Erwin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erwin preventing the sweep.
Erwin is stalling in the full guard.
Hale Erwin has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Erwin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Erwin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Erwin fakes the leg kick and cracks Kastinen in the body.
Erwin dodges the punch combination from Kastinen.
Kastinen is breathing heavily.
Kastinen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Erwin lands a head shot.
The cut above Seppo Kastinen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Erwin scores with a nice strike.
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!
Kastinen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hale Erwin is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kastinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Erwin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch lands to the side of Kastinen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Erwin lands a nice looking body kick.
Erwin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kastinen can do to turn this around?
Kastinen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Erwin, pushing him back against the cage.
Erwin drops Kastinen with a big knee straight up the middle! Kastinen is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Seppo Kastinen's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Kastinen is looking to clinch.
Kastinen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Erwin.
Erwin jabs Kastinen right on the nose. Kastinen blinks but takes it well.
Seppo Kastinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Erwin is looking to slow Kastinen down with leg kicks.
Kastinen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Erwin.
Erwin scoring well with a low kick there.
Erwin throws a head kick that Kastinen semi-blocks.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Seppo Kastinen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hale Erwin!
After winning the bout, Hale Erwin 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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