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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Saari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saari comes to the cage accompanied by MACABRE - Serial Killer. Rauta has chosen Frederik - Harva Meistä On Rautaa as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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280 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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265 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henry Saari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Rauta!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saari loads up on a big right hand but Rauta slips the punch.
A good leg kick by Rauta.
Rauta gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Saari avoiding damage as Rauta throws knees to the body.
Saari gets through Rauta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saari misses with a punch on the inside.
Rauta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Henry Saari has been cut.
Rauta lands a body punch.
Rauta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rauta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saari wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rauta has him pressed against the cage.
Saari throws a punch but it's blocked by Rauta.
Saari being controlled against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Saari.
Rauta lands an elbow that stopped Saari in his tracks for a moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rauta.
Rauta connects with a knee to the head.
Saari is breathing heavily.
Rauta lands an elbow inside that Saari shrugs off.
Henry Saari's cut is getting worse.
Rauta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rauta has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Saari goes down! Rauta pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!
Saari is rocked!
Henry Saari's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Rauta throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Oh Saari is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Saari on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Saari tries to get out of the position.
Rauta postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Saari seems to have got his legs back now.
Rauta trying to control the position but Saari is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Saari's face as Rauta controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rauta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Saari gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Rauta punching from mount but Saari doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rauta thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Rauta controlling the pace for now.
Saari holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Rauta tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Rauta looking to control but Saari is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Rauta there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rauta thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Rauta tries to control but Saari wriggling away.
Rauta sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rauta thowing shots but they're missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rauta trying to control but Saari is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pertti Rauta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henry Saari's cut.
That's time! Saari's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Saari rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rauta counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice body punch from Rauta.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rauta rushes Saari and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rauta is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Saari takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rauta slows down the pace here.
Rauta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rauta landing knees to the head.
Rauta lands a knee to the head.
Rauta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rauta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rauta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jeez, Henry Saari's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Nice elbow from Rauta.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Henry Saari's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pertti Rauta!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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