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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikko Alatalo (ranked 212 p4p, 35 weight class) and Alexandru Mircea (ranked 270 p4p, 41 weight class). Mircea has chosen Holy Wars...The Punishment Due as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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260 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
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247 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mikko Alatalo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexandru Mircea!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alatalo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mircea ducks right into an uppercut from Alatalo.
Alatalo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mircea checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mircea scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alatalo doesn't seem bothered though.
No joy there for Alatalo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A little jabbing left from Mircea on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Alatalo as he connects with a hook.
Alatalo misses with a wild body shot.
Alatalo scores with a shot to the body.
Mircea slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Alatalo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mircea under the eye.
Alatalo clobbers Mircea with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mikko Alatalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alatalo misses with a looping right.
Mircea is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Alatalo with a body shot.
Mircea throws a lazy right hand but Alatalo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mircea uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alatalo.
Mircea throws a leg kick that misses.
Alatalo looks to land a right hand but Mircea moved out of range.
Mircea tries a quick counter leg kick but Alatalo is wise to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alatalo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alatalo throws a hook but Mircea blocks it.
Alatalo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alatalo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mircea counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mircea lands a right hand.
I was talking to Alatalo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mircea lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mircea doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mircea.
Mircea tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alatalo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mircea scores with a shoulder strike.
Alatalo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Mircea scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mircea lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alatalo backwards.
Mircea has a couple of punches blocked by Alatalo.
Alatalo blocks a body shot from Mircea.
Mircea goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mircea doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alatalo.
Mircea lands a shot to the body.
Mircea tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mircea misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alatalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alatalo blocking some punches.
Mircea tries to work over Alatalo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mircea lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alatalo backwards.
Mircea struggles to land a body shot inside as Alatalo controls his hands.
Mircea tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alatalo's elbow.
Mircea struggles to land a body shot inside as Alatalo controls his hands.
Mircea throws a punch but it's blocked by Alatalo.
Mircea throws a punch but it's blocked by Alatalo.
Mircea has a couple of punches blocked by Alatalo.
Alatalo misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mircea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mircea doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mircea presses Alatalo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Alatalo prevents a body shot from Mircea.
Alatalo blocks an uppercut.
Mircea misses with a punch on the inside.
Mircea tries to work over Alatalo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alatalo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mircea has him pressed against the cage.
Mircea tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mircea tries a body shot but Alatalo blocks it.
Mircea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mircea misses with a body punch.
Alatalo misses with an elbow over the top.
Alatalo looking to slow down the pace here.
Mircea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alatalo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Alatalo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mircea's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mircea avoids a wild elbow strike from Alatalo.
Alatalo crunches a lovely knee into Mircea's ribcage.
A short body shot lands from Mircea as the two fighters clinch.
Alatalo misses with a knee strike.
Alatalo throws a knee to the head but misses.
A hook to the body from Mircea.
Alatalo is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mircea creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mircea doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mircea scores with a shot to the side of Alatalo's head.
Alatalo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mircea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mircea avoids a wild elbow strike from Alatalo.
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!
A right hook to the body lands for Mircea.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Alatalo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mircea's brow.
A short body shot lands from Mircea as the two fighters clinch.
Mircea digs a right hand underneath Alatalo's ribcage. Alatalo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mircea tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Mircea.
Mircea makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandru Mircea dominated that round.
That's time! Alatalo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Alatalo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Alatalo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Mircea clinches.
Alatalo misses with a knee to the head.
Mircea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Alatalo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mircea's brow.
Mircea scores with a hook to the body.
Mircea lands a body shot.
Mircea tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mircea digs a right hand underneath Alatalo's ribcage. Alatalo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mircea working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mircea lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mircea working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mircea has a couple of punches blocked by Alatalo.
Alatalo throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right hand to the body from Mircea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mircea lands a right hand.
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!
Mircea lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Alexandru Mircea seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mircea throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alatalos head.
Mircea tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alatalo prevents a body shot from Mircea.
A hook to the body from Mircea.
A hook to the body from Mircea.
Mircea lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Mircea.
A short right from Mircea on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Mircea.
Mircea pushes Alatalo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mircea misses with a body punch.
Mircea swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mircea lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alatalo or not.
Mircea doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mircea throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mircea.
Mircea has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mircea goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mircea scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mircea lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mircea throws a punch but it's blocked by Alatalo.
Mircea lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mircea scores with a shot to the side of Alatalo's head.
Mircea throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alatalos head.
A body shot lands from Mircea.
Mircea misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mircea throws a punch but it's blocked by Alatalo.
Mircea tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Mircea.
Mircea throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mircea lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alatalo backwards.
Mircea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mircea lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mircea throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alatalos head.
Alatalo is rocked!
Mircea lands a body punch.
Oh Alatalo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mircea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Mircea.
Good body shot from Mircea.
Mircea creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Alatalo's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Alatalo drops to his knees and Mircea pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexandru Mircea!
Alexandru Mircea is the new heavyweight champion!
Alexandru Mircea decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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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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