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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pablo De Geno (ranked 167 p4p, 194 weight class) and Lusmu Kutvonen (ranked 14 p4p, 16 weight class). De Geno comes to the cage accompanied by DE MEXICO SONG. Lusmu Kutvonen has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo De Geno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Lusmu Kutvonen!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Geno lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kutvonen at a distance.
Kutvonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Geno.
De Geno throws a hook to the side of Kutvonen's head but Kutvonen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kutvonen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Geno can pounce on him.
De Geno looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
De Geno throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kutvonen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Geno displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kutvonen throws out the jab.
De Geno throws a leg kick but Kutvonen sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Geno lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kutvonen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
De Geno throws a looping overhand right but Kutvonen ducks down to avoid it.
De Geno is looking to slow Kutvonen down with leg kicks.
De Geno leaves Kutvonen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
De Geno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kutvonen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch lands to the side of Kutvonen '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!
De Geno defending well as Kutvonen loads up on a big left hand.
De Geno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kutvonen was well out of range. Poor timing from De Geno.
Kutvonen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Geno at a distance.
De Geno misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick from De Geno, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Geno with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kutvonen to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Geno takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kutvonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Geno throws a body punch but Kutvonen moves out of range.
De Geno throws a leg kick but Kutvonen moved away.
Kutvonen looks to score with a jab to the body but De Geno is just out of range.
Kutvonen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
De Geno throws a shot from downtown. Kutvonen moves away and avoids it.
Kutvonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kutvonen tries to bum rush De Geno with a series of wild strikes but De Geno uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De Geno with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Geno scores with a jab to the body.
De Geno scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pablo De Geno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Geno dips to his left and cracks Kutvonen with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Geno throws a looping overhand right but Kutvonen ducks down to avoid it.
Kutvonen takes a swing at De Geno's ribcage but misses.
De Geno with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pablo De Geno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kutvonen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kutvonen looks to score with a jab to the body but De Geno is just out of range.
De Geno connects with a leg kick.
Kutvonen checks a low kick from De Geno.
De Geno misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kutvonen throws a jab but it's blocked by De Geno.
Sloppy strikes from De Geno. Those never looked like landing.
De Geno is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kutvonen.
A jab from De Geno misses.
De Geno moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
De Geno scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Geno scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kutvonen throws a body punch but De Geno moves out of range.
Kutvonen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A big right from De Geno misses.
Kutvonen shoots in for a takedown but De Geno shows good takedown defense.
Kutvonen throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like De Geno was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kutvonen.
Kutvonen lands with a shot to the body.
De Geno throws the left hand but Kutvonen avoids the punch easily.
De Geno fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kutvonen checks it well.
De Geno looks to throw the jab but Kutvonen is out of range.
De Geno fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kutvonen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Geno is looking to land body kicks.
De Geno misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kutvonen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Geno jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kutvonen scores with a sloppy right hand. De Geno should have avoided that one.
De Geno takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Geno uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kutvonen.
De Geno looks to land a body kick but Kutvonen moved away.
De Geno wants to land a leg kick but Kutvonen is out of range.
Kutvonen blocks a leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for De Geno. That snapped Kutvonen's head back.
De Geno doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kutvonen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
De Geno looks to score with a jab to the body but Kutvonen is just out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Kutvonen scores with a four punch combination!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts De Geno, as that shot connected.
Kutvonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Geno.
De Geno misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Kutvonen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kutvonen misses with an uppercut. De Geno saw that one coming.
De Geno misses with a body shot.
De Geno takes a swing at Kutvonen's ribcage but misses.
Kutvonen scores with a jab to the head.
De Geno swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kutvonen.
De Geno misses with an uppercut. Kutvonen saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
De Geno throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Geno throws a solid leg kick but Kutvonen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Geno.
Kutvonen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Geno moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
De Geno is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
De Geno blocks a jab.
Kutvonen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Geno tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kutvonen digs a good body shot into De Geno's ribs.
Kutvonen blocks the body kick.
De Geno stalks Kutvonen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kutvonen's face. Kutvonen staggers backwards, shaken.
Kutvonen takes a swing at De Geno's ribcage but misses.
Kutvonen keeps the fight on the outside.
De Geno throws a hook but Kutvonen avoids it easily.
Kutvonen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kutvonen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Geno throws a solid leg kick but Kutvonen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Geno.
Kutvonen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kutvonen jabs De Geno to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kutvonen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Danga de danga de dang - Kutvonen scores with a four punch combination!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Pablo De Geno will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kutvonen ducks under a wild hook from De Geno.
De Geno finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kutvonen just misses with a punch to the body.
Kutvonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pablo De Geno is winning the standup battle so far.
A big left from Kutvonen misses.
De Geno takes a swing at Kutvonen's ribcage but misses.
De Geno jabs Kutvonen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
De Geno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kutvonen moves away.
Nice defenses there by Kutvonen.
Kutvonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - De Geno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Geno looks to throw the jab but Kutvonen is out of range.
De Geno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kutvonen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kutvonen throws a jab when De Geno was well out of range.
De Geno avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Geno pushes Kutvonen away with a front kick.
Sloppy strikes from De Geno. Those never looked like landing.
Kutvonen takes a swing at De Geno's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Geno missing with a left hand there. Kutvonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kutvonen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Geno throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kutvonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Geno was well out of range. Poor timing from Kutvonen.
De Geno lands a nice shot to the body.
De Geno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kutvonen was well out of range. Poor timing from De Geno.
De Geno throws a body shot but no joy.
De Geno sizes up Kutvonen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kutvonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Kutvonen backs away, De Geno returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
De Geno connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
De Geno jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kutvonen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
De Geno pushes Kutvonen off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Geno throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kutvonen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
De Geno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kutvonen lands with a good body shot.
Kutvonen slips under a jab.
De Geno lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Geno scores with a sloppy right hand. Kutvonen should have avoided that one.
Kutvonen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De Geno digs a good body shot into Kutvonen's ribs.
A clash of legs there as Kutvonen blocks the low kick.
De Geno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kutvonen loads up on a big right hand but De Geno slips the punch.
De Geno scores with a hook.
De Geno just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Kutvonen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kutvonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Geno moves away.
De Geno throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kutvonen.
Kutvonen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down De Geno rather than just go for the knockout.
De Geno misses with a low kick as Kutvonen jumps back.
Kutvonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Geno.
Kutvonen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. De Geno tries to avoid it but Kutvonen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag De Geno to the ground. De Geno escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
De Geno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Geno lunges at Kutvonen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kutvonen's hand.
De Geno ducks under a wild hook from Kutvonen.
Kutvonen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A punch combination from De Geno misses.
A big left from De Geno misses.
De Geno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Geno throws a body punch but Kutvonen moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kutvonen! But no joy.
De Geno avoids the body shot from Kutvonen.
And De Geno counters with a quick kick to the body but Kutvonen blocks it.
De Geno lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Geno connects with a solid leg kick.
De Geno takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A big left from Kutvonen misses.
Kutvonen defending well as De Geno loads up on a big left hand.
De Geno throws a lazy right hand but Kutvonen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kutvonen looks to score with a jab to the body but De Geno is just out of range.
De Geno is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kutvonen can do to turn this around?
Kutvonen throws a hook to the side of De Geno's head but De Geno sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Geno fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kutvonen throws a jab but it's blocked by De Geno.
Nice uppercut there from Kutvonen.
Kutvonen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Geno throws a leg kick which misses Kutvonen's front leg but catches the back leg as Kutvonen tries to avoid it.
Kutvonen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Geno. De Geno obviously looking to wear him down.
De Geno throws a hook to the side of Kutvonen's head but Kutvonen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Kutvonen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De Geno wants to land a leg kick but Kutvonen is out of range.
De Geno misses the shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts De Geno, as that shot connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Geno looks to land a body kick but Kutvonen moved away.
Kutvonen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Geno sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kutvonen throws a jab when De Geno was well out of range.
De Geno with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kutvonen to score with a decent uppercut.
Kutvonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Geno.
De Geno lands with a cross.
De Geno looks to land a combination but Kutvonen avoids it well.
Kutvonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Geno lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kutvonen will feel that in the morning.
Kutvonen lands with a shot to the body.
No joy there for De Geno, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A swing and a miss from De Geno.
Kutvonen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kutvonen avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Geno tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kutvonen is able to avoid easily.
De Geno walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
De Geno does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A nice leg kick from De Geno, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo De Geno dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
De Geno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lusmu Kutvonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kutvonen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Geno.
De Geno digs a good body shot into Kutvonen's ribs.
Kutvonen avoids the body shot from De Geno.
Kutvonen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming De Geno to the mat! De Geno manages to get full guard.
De Geno avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kutvonen content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kutvonen trying to control the position from guard on top but De Geno is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kutvonen won't allow De Geno to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kutvonen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
De Geno wants to stand up but Kutvonen is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kutvonen trying to control but De Geno is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
De Geno misses with a double jab.
De Geno misses with a low kick.
Kutvonen throws a body shot but no joy.
Kutvonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Geno throws the left hand but Kutvonen avoids the punch easily.
De Geno misses with a double jab.
Kutvonen misses with a hook.
De Geno swings for the body but Kutvonen moves out of range.
De Geno digs a good hook to Kutvonen's body.
De Geno slips under a jab from Kutvonen.
De Geno with the inside leg kick.
De Geno moves out of range of the strikes.
Kutvonen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Geno just misses with a punch to the body.
Kutvonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Geno chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kutvonen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Geno can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Geno ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kutvonen throws a series of punches but De Geno avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - De Geno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kutvonen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Geno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kutvonen.
De Geno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kutvonen was well out of range. Poor timing from De Geno.
Kutvonen moves out of range as De Geno throws a body kick.
Kutvonen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
De Geno blocks a jab.
Kutvonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donk. De Geno catches Kutvonen right on the button with a cross.
Kutvonen catches De Geno with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kutvonen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
De Geno connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kutvonen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kutvonen there as he acknowledges the shot.
De Geno throws a low kick but Kutvonen moves out of range easily.
Kutvonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Geno throws a jab when Kutvonen was well out of range.
De Geno dodges the punch combination from Kutvonen.
A punch lands to the side of Kutvonen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen darts in looking for a takedown but De Geno gets double underhooks and turns Kutvonen into the cage.
De Geno connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kutvonen momentarily.
De Geno misses with a looping right.
De Geno ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De Geno scores with a jab to the body.
De Geno stuffs the takedown.
De Geno just misses with a punch to the body.
Kutvonen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kutvonen shoots in but no luck this time.
Pablo De Geno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lusmu Kutvonen.
Kutvonen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kutvonen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kutvonen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Geno lands a jab to the head.
Kutvonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Geno throws a body punch but Kutvonen moves out of range.
Kutvonen swings for the body but De Geno moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kutvonen avoids the body shot from De Geno.
Kutvonen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kutvonen connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Geno thumps Kutvonen with a low kick.
De Geno blocks a jab.
De Geno lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A combination from Kutvonen does no damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Kutvonen misses the target.
De Geno fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kutvonen on the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Kutvonen. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by De Geno.
Kutvonen avoids the body shot from De Geno.
Kutvonen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kutvonen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Geno smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
De Geno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Kutvonen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
De Geno scores with a nice strike.
De Geno works Kutvonen's body with a nice hook.
Kutvonen digs a good hook to De Geno's body.
De Geno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kutvonen.
De Geno with a jab.
Pablo De Geno is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Geno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kutvonen.
De Geno looks to land a right hand but Kutvonen moved out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo De Geno showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for De Geno, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo De Geno!
Pablo De Geno thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Lusmu Kutvonen stepped up to the mic, saying 'I think this it is for me. Time to retire. Skills are gone..'.
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