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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raimo Posti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Tong Panong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tong Panong's choice of entrance music: Tetris Song (remix). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raimo Posti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marc Tong Panong!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Posti fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Tong Panong to the ground. Posti is now in Tong Panong's guard.
Posti won't allow Tong Panong to get back to his feet.
Posti keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tong Panong's head.
Tong Panong is trying to control the position but Posti postures up.
Tong Panong is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Posti is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tong Panong looking for a sweep. Not yet Tong Panong, not yet.
Tong Panong working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Posti doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Posti manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Posti working some strikes from top position.
Tong Panong is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tong Panong is looking to stand up but Posti isn't so interested in that idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Posti scoring with some ground and pound.
Posti won't allow Tong Panong to sweep him here.
Tong Panong is looking to stand back up but Posti counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Tong Panong.
Posti works his way into full mount!
Posti in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Posti prevents Tong Panong from getting the reversal.
Tong Panong is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Tong Panong tries to hold on but Posti pushes him away.
Tong Panong regains half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Posti scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tong Panong has a hand on Posti's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Posti takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tong Panong is looking to improve his position but Posti isn't that keen on the idea.
Posti can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tong Panong is looking to escape.
Posti fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Posti trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Posti has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tong Panong tries to reverse the position but Posti maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Posti landing punches.
Posti landing punches.
Tong Panong is rocked!
Posti landing strikes from the mount.
Tong Panong is still in real trouble! Can Posti finish him?
Posti cracks Tong Panong with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raimo Posti!
Raimo Posti really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Katukauppa.com logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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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
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