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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gwynn Evans (ranked 754 p4p, 685 weight class) and Gustav Harakka (ranked 109 p4p, 97 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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177
10 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gwynn Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gustav Harakka!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harakka closes the distance and clinches.
Still in the clinch, Harakka scores with a nice short uppercut.
Evans has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A frustrated look appears on Evans's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harakka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Evans is trying to push Harakka away but Harakka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Evans is trying to break free.
Evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Evans manages to break the clinch.
Harakka blocks the body kick.
Harakka shapes to counter with a head kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Evans, as that shot connected.
Evans tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harakka was well out of range. Poor timing from Evans.
Harakka takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Evans throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Evans dips to his left and cracks Harakka with an uppercut!
A low kick from Evans misses
and Harakka counters with a straight 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!
Evans throws a hook to the side of Harakka's head but Harakka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Evans throws a leg kick which misses Harakka's front leg but catches the back leg as Harakka tries to avoid it.
Evans throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Harakka counters with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harakka. That's going to slow Evans down.
Gwynn Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans throws a series of punches but Harakka avoids them all with ease.
Harakka swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A left lands for Evans.
Harakka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harakka on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Harakka takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Evans loads up on a big right hand but Harakka slips the punch.
Harakka was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Harakka moves out of range as Evans strikes.
Harakka swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harakka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Evans is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Evans throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Evans connects with an inside leg kick.
Evans tries to score with a low kick but Harakka moves his leg out of the way.
Evans lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans throws a hook but Harakka avoids it easily.
Evans tries a head kick but it misses.
Harakka lands a jab to the head.
Evans shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harakka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Evans scores with a jab.
A low kick from Evans is predictable there
and Harakka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harakka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evans.
Harakka throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Evans throws a hook but Harakka blocks it.
Harakka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A leg kick checked by Evans.
Harakka throws a hook to the side of Evans's head but Evans sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice inside leg kick there by Evans. That's going to slow Harakka down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Harakka avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Evans throws a push kick but Harakka slaps the foot to one side.
Harakka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Evans punishes Harakka's body with a nice straight punch.
Evans swings away with a body shot that misses
and Harakka counters with a low kick, right behind Evans 's knee.
Harakka moves out of range of the strikes.
Harakka avoids the head kick by Evans.
Harakka lands a big head kick that sends Evans tumbling to the mat! Harakka takes a step backwards and waves Evans back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Evans is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harakka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Evans. Evans obviously looking to wear him down.
Harakka moves out of range of the strikes.
A leg kick checked by Evans.
Evans moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Evans works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Harakka.
Harakka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harakka misses with a wild body shot.
Harakka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evans moves away.
Evans fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harakka manages to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Evans.
Evans throws a looping overhand right but Harakka ducks down to avoid it.
Evans throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Evans throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Evans moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromHarakka.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harakka throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Harakka connects with a single shot there.
Harakka works the jab nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gustav Harakka will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Evans lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Harakka takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Evans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harakka is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Evans listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Harakka tries to land a leg kick but Evans saw it coming and moves away.
Harakka misses with an uppercut
and Evans counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harakka has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Evans finds it's way round the side to connect with Harakka's head.
Evans slips under a jab from Harakka.
A slapping leg kick lands for Evans.
Evans is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans lands with a thumping leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Evans.
A countering left hand to the body from Harakka misses.
Evans throws a leg kick but Harakka sees it coming and moves out of range.
Evans lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans lands a jab.
A head kick misses from Harakka.
Evans scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Evans throws a solid leg kick but Harakka takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Evans.
Harakka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Evans.
Harakka checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A countering left hand to the body from Harakka misses.
Evans works Harakka's body with a nice hook.
Harakka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harakka flicks out a counter leg kick but Evans steps away.
Harakka connects with a right hand. Evans shakes it off.
Evans throws a leg kick which misses Harakka's front leg but catches the back leg as Harakka tries to avoid it.
Harakka lands a big head kick that sends Evans to the canvas! Harakka follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gustav Harakka!
Gustav Harakka 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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RATING
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