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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viher Peukku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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20
205 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Viher Peukku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rick Thomas!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thomas throws a right hand that Peukku ducks under and follows up with a left that Peukku also avoids with ease.
Thomas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peukku clinches up against the cage.
Peukku lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Rick Thomas has been cut.
Peukku with a knee to the head.
Peukku putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Peukku lands a knee to the head.
Peukku tries to land knees in the clinch but Thomas avoids the damage to the body.
Peukku is trying to maintain a safe position but Thomas gets an underhook and turns Peukku into the cage.
Peukku stalling.
Thomas is trying to break free.
Peukku landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Peukku lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thomas slows down the pace here.
Thomas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thomas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thomas pressing his opponent against the cage.
Peukku with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thomas looks gassed!
Peukku keeps control of Thomas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Peukku lands an elbow inside that Thomas shrugs off.
Thomas tries to circle away but Peukku has him pinned against the cage.
Peukku keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.
Peukku creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thomas's defenses.
That has opened up Rick Thomas's cut even more.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas tries to score a body lock takedown but Peukku shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Thomas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Peukku lands a knee to the body.
Peukku looking to throw knees to the head but Thomas is blocking nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Peukku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thomas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peukku with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thomas tries to circle away but Peukku has him pinned against the cage.
Peukku utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Peukku unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Peukku lands an elbow inside that Thomas shrugs off.
A knee to the head by Peukku.
Peukku slowing the pace effectively.
Thomas wants to break the clinch but can't.
A knee to the head by Peukku.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch but Peukku keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Peukku.
Thomas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Peukku with a knee to the head.
Thomas tries to circle away but Peukku has him pinned against the cage.
Thomas looking for a takedown.
Peukku landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thomas breaks the clinch.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peukku moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
Thomas lands a two punch combo.
Peukku slips a straight right by Thomas.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Peukku sprawls well. Peukku wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet.
Viher Peukku has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Thomas.
Peukku has closed the distance and engaged Thomas in a clinch.
Thomas wants to break free but Peukku has control.
Thomas trying to control the position but instead, Peukku has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thomas into the cage.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.
Peukku stalling the fight.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peukku landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peukku lands a nice elbow.
Thomas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Peukku is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thomas is defending well for now.
Thomas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thomas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thomas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Thomas wants to get back to striking at distance but Peukku won't allow it.
Peukku tries a knee to the head but Thomas blocks it.
Thomas is looking to control Peukku's arms but Peukku gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thomas has his back to the cage.
Peukku throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peukku looking to throw knees to the head but Thomas is blocking nicely.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Peukku has him pressed against the cage.
Peukku tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thomas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Peukku throws an elbow but it misses.
Peukku keeps control of Thomas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thomas breaks the clinch.
Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thomas cracks Peukku with a good jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Peukku.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Peukku moves out of range.
Thomas looks to throw the jab but Peukku is out of range.
Thomas misses with a double jab.
Rick Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peukku is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Peukku clinches with his opponent.
Peukku lands an elbow inside that Thomas shrugs off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peukku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thomas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thomas has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Peukku clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Peukku has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Thomas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viher Peukku dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rick Thomas's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A big left from Thomas misses.
Thomas lands with an overhand left.
Some wild striking there from Thomas.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Peukku saw that one coming.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thomas checks a leg kick nicely.
Peukku avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Thomas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Peukku checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Peukku ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thomas checks a low kick from Peukku.
Peukku doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.
Thomas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Peukku checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Peukku takes one to the side of the head.
A nice combination there by Thomas.
Peukku gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thomas.
Peukku is rocked!
Thomas cracks Peukku with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Peukku falls to his knees and Thomas doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Thomas!
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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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