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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jarkko Ahola (ranked 4276 p4p, 3972 weight class) and Daniel Cormier (ranked 0 p4p, 472 weight class). Cormier has chosen Face the Pain as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jarkko Ahola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Cormier!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahola slips a straight right by Cormier.
Good standup being displayed there by Ahola as he connects with a hook.
Cormier doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cormier shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ahola as he jumps to the side.
Cormier closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ahola circles away.
Ahola keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jarkko Ahola has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Cormier.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cormier.
Cormier shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Cormier missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Cormier working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Cormier working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahola avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cormier.
Ahola is trying to control but can't.
Ahola could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cormier missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ahola avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cormier.
Cormier is looking to take a break and control but Ahola is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cormier thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cormier drops an elbow to the side of Ahola's head.
It looks like Jarkko Ahola has been cut.
Cormier is keen to just control but Ahola is a slippery customer.
Ahola blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cormier.
Cormier missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cormier is keen to just control but Ahola is a slippery customer.
Cormier has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cormier winds up and cracks Ahola with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ahola knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cormier on the ground.
Ground and pound from Cormier.
Cormier looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ahola keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cormier scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jarkko Ahola's cut is getting worse.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cormier lands a nice short elbow.
Jarkko Ahola's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Cormier not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cormier thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ahola's head.
Cormier is keen to just control but Ahola is a slippery customer.
Cormier scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jeez, Jarkko Ahola's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jarkko Ahola's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Daniel Cormier!
Daniel Cormier decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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