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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Achab Denis (ranked 431 p4p, 56 weight class) and Kaino Heikkinen (ranked 1202 p4p, 162 weight class). Denis comes to the cage accompanied by Can't be touched . Heikkinen has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Achab Denis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaino Heikkinen!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heikkinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Heikkinen scores with a jab. Denis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
It looks like Achab Denis has been cut.
The crowd cheers as Heikkinen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Denis doesn't seem phased though.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Heikkinen.
A slapping leg kick lands for Heikkinen.
Heikkinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Denis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Heikkinen misses with a few strikes there.
Denis connects with a solid leg kick.
Denis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Heikkinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Denis throws a hook but Heikkinen avoids it easily.
Heikkinen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good exchange - Heikkinen coming out on top.
Denis has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Heikkinen.
Denis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Denis jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Denis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Denis thuds his right hand into Heikkinen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Denis fakes the leg kick and cracks Heikkinen in the body.
Heikkinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Denis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice shot by Denis.
Heikkinen misses with a hook.
Denis clinches.
Denis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Denis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heikkinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heikkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Denis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heikkinen.
Denis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heikkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
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!
Denis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Heikkinen's head.
Heikkinen avoids the body shot from Denis.
Denis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Heikkinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen lands with a cross.
Heikkinen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Denis back to the cage. Heikkinen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Denis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Denis walks into a stiff left hand from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Heikkinen throws a push kick but Denis slaps the foot to one side.
Denis misses the shot to the body.
Heikkinen steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Heikkinen lands a right hook to the body.
A combination from Heikkinen does no damage.
Denis lands a jab to Heikkinen's midsection.
Heikkinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heikkinen misses with a hook
and Denis counters with a stiff right hand.
Heikkinen scores with the left hand. Denis knows he should have avoided that one.
Heikkinen with a nice cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Heikkinen there.
Denis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Heikkinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Denis moves away.
Heikkinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Heikkinen misses.
Denis closes the distance and clinches.
Denis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Denis lands an elbow that stopped Heikkinen in his tracks for a moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Heikkinen.
Denis lands with a light punch inside.
Heikkinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Heikkinen fails to land.
Denis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Heikkinen scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heikkinen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Heikkinen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heikkinen misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Denis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen breaks from the clinch.
Denis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Heikkinen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Heikkinen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Denis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Heikkinens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Denis misses with a straight left.
Denis ducks under a wild hook from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kaino Heikkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heikkinen cracks Denis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Denis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Denis throws a sloppy head kick and Heikkinen moves out of range easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Denis looks to score with a jab to the body but Heikkinen is just out of range.
Good leg kick by Denis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Denis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaino Heikkinen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Achab Denis's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Heikkinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kaino Heikkinen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Denis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Denis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Heikkinen scores with a punch to the head.
Heikkinen avoids the head kick by Denis.
Heikkinen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Heikkinen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Heikkinen throws a shot from downtown. Denis moves away and avoids it.
Denis throwing a counter right hand but Heikkinen manages to avoid it.
Heikkinen connects with a leg kick. Denis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Heikkinen lands with a shot to the body.
Heikkinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Denis counters with a nice leg kick.
Denis loads up on a big right hand but Heikkinen slips the punch.
Heikkinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Heikkinen does it's job there.
Heikkinen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heikkinen.
An attempted straight right counter from Denis misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heikkinen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Heikkinen misses with a right hand
and Denis counters with a low kick, right behind Heikkinen 's knee.
Denis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heikkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denis.
Heikkinen slips a jab from Denis.
Heikkinen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Heikkinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Denis throws out the jab.
Heikkinen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Denis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Heikkinen throws out the jab.
Heikkinen swings widly with a right hand
and Denis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Denis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Achab Denis's cut is getting worse.
Heikkinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A head kick by Heikkinen misses
and Denis counters with a slapping leg kick.
Heikkinen throws a hook but Denis blocks it.
Denis misses with a two punch combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Denis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Denis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Heikkinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Denis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Denis looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Denis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Heikkinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heikkinen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Denis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Denis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heikkinen.
A little feinted left hand from Denis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Denis tries to clinch but Heikkinen is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Denis.
Heikkinen misses with a shot to the body
and Denis counters with a nice uppercut.
Heikkinen thuds a left hand into Denis's body.
Heikkinen lands a slapping body shot.
Heikkinen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Denis's head.
A low kick from Heikkinen is predictable there
and Denis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Denis takes a step back to recover.
Denis ducks under a wild hook from Heikkinen.
An attempted straight right counter from Denis misses the target.
Heikkinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Heikkinen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Heikkinen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Heikkinen misses with an uppercut. Denis saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Denis misses the target.
A jab from Heikkinen misses.
Heikkinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Denis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heikkinen misses with a combination
and Denis counters with a good low kick that Heikkinen was not able to check.
Denis throws a nice looking combination but Heikkinen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Denis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Denis throws a head kick but Heikkinen moves out of range.
Denis on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heikkinen misses with a wild body shot.
Denis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Heikkinen on the side of the head.
Denis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Denis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Heikkinen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A swing and a miss from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen throws a leg kick but Denis checks it.
Denis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Heikkinen lands a jab.
Denis has closed the distance and engaged Heikkinen in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kaino Heikkinen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Achab Denis's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Heikkinen wants to land a leg kick but Denis is out of range.
Heikkinen thows a leg kick but Denis checks it
and Denis counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Heikkinen does it's job there.
Heikkinen throws the left hand but Denis avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Heikkinen.
Heikkinen swinging wildly here.
Denis throws a looping overhand right but Heikkinen ducks down to avoid it.
Heikkinen throws a body punch but Denis moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heikkinen throws a hook to the side of Denis's head but Denis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Heikkinen stalks Denis and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Denis's face. Denis staggers backwards, shaken.
Jab, jab by Heikkinen - just one landing.
Heikkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Denis slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Heikkinen misses.
Denis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Denis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It seemed like Heikkinen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Denis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Heikkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Denis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Denis looks to score with a jab to the body but Heikkinen is just out of range.
Heikkinen throws a right hand that misses
and Denis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Heikkinen jabs Denis right on the nose. Denis blinks but takes it well.
Denis blocks a head kick by Heikkinen.
A little feinted left hand from Denis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Heikkinen lands a front kick.
Denis throws a leg kick but Heikkinen checks it.
Heikkinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Achab Denis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Denis throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Heikkinen.
Heikkinen throws the left hand but Denis avoids the punch easily.
Heikkinen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Denis is out of range and Heikkinen settles back down.
Heikkinen misses with a series of wild punches.
Heikkinen misses with an uppercut. Denis saw that one coming.
Denis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heikkinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Denis is just out of range.
Denis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
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!
Denis is looking to score with low kicks.
Denis ducks right into an uppercut from Heikkinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denis drops his hands momentarily and Heikkinen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Denis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Good leg kick by Heikkinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Heikkinen throws a body punch but Denis moves out of range.
Heikkinen lands a really nice looking cross but Denis seems unphased.
Denis misses with a looping left.
Heikkinen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Heikkinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Heikkinen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A jab from Heikkinen misses.
Heikkinen cracks a nice hook into Denis's ribs.
Denis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heikkinen.
Denis looks to score with a jab to the body but Heikkinen is just out of range.
Heikkinen misses with a looping left.
It looked like Denis was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Heikkinen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Heikkinen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heikkinen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Denis ducks under a wild hook from Heikkinen.
Denis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Denis blocks a jab.
Denis throwing a counter right hand but Heikkinen manages to avoid it.
Heikkinen throws the left hand but Denis avoids the punch easily.
Denis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heikkinen.
A slapping body kick lands there for Heikkinen.
Heikkinen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Denis blocks the body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen throws a lazy right hand but Denis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kaino Heikkinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Heikkinen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaino Heikkinen!
Kaino Heikkinen spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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