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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urho Itaniemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Bundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Itaniemi comes to the cage accompanied by Volbeat - Still Counting. Bundy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bad to The Bone kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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214 lbs
30 - 13 - 1 |
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212 lbs
19 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
30 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Itaniemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Al Bundy!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Itaniemi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Itaniemi misses with a hook. Bundy ducked under it nicely.
Bundy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Itaniemi tries to avoid it but Bundy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Itaniemi to the ground. Itaniemi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Itaniemi checks a leg kick.
Itaniemi thumps Bundy with a low kick.
Bundy walks into a stiff left hand from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bundy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Itaniemi swivels and escapes.
Bundy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Itaniemi is trying to defend but Bundy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bundy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bundy looks to land a strike but Itaniemi avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Bundy preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy trying to control but Itaniemi is working from the bottom.
Bundy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Itaniemi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bundy manages to get himself to full guard.
Bundy keeping moving, preventing Itaniemi from controlling successfully.
Bundy has control of Itaniemi's left arm, preventing Itaniemi from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Itaniemi stopping the sweep attempt from Bundy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy has control of Itaniemi's left arm, preventing Itaniemi from doing any damage.
Bundy wants to sweep here but Itaniemi controlling him for the moment.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Itaniemi scores with a nice strike.
Itaniemi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Itaniemi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Al Bundy has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bundy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bundy decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bundy in particular looking to stall.
Bundy trying to control the action but Itaniemi is working from the bottom.
Itaniemi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Itaniemi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Itaniemi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bundy throwing strikes from guard but Itaniemi blocks nicely.
Bundy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bundy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Itaniemi is on top in guard.
Bundy is adopting a defensive guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Itaniemi trying to control the position from guard on top but Bundy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bundy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Urho Itaniemi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Al Bundy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Itaniemi misses with a low kick.
Bundy takes a swing at Itaniemi's ribcage but misses.
Itaniemi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Itaniemi punishes Bundy's body with a nice straight punch.
Bundy misses with a leg kick.
Itaniemi swings widly with a right hand
and Bundy counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Itaniemi's guard now.
Itaniemi trying to keep a closed guard but Bundy is proving a slippery customer.
Bundy looking to sit in guard and control but Itaniemi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bundy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Al Bundy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Itaniemi trying to control the position from guard on top but Bundy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bundy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We're going to have a standup here because Urho Itaniemi wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Bundy slips under a jab from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Itaniemi wants it to stay on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi throws a head kick but Bundy moves out of range.
Bundy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bundy dives in and grabs Itaniemi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Itaniemi pushes down on Bundy's head and hops out.
Itaniemi throws a right hand that Bundy ducks under and follows up with a left that Bundy also avoids with ease.
Bundy looks to land a right hand but Itaniemi moved out of range.
Itaniemi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Itaniemi ducks under a wild hook from Bundy.
Urho Itaniemi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Itaniemi defending well as Bundy loads up on a big left hand.
Itaniemi lands a lovely overhand right.
Bundy ducks right into an uppercut from Itaniemi.
Bundy throws a body punch but Itaniemi moves out of range.
Bundy scores a takedown into full mount!
Bundy scoring with strikes but Itaniemi is staying in there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy raining down hammerfists from mount.
Bundy punishing his opponent with strikes.
Itaniemi tries to lock up and control but Bundy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Itaniemi is in a horrible position here. Bundy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Itaniemi working to try and regain half guard.
Itaniemi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bundy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bundy with a couple of short strikes.
Bundy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Itaniemi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bundy lands a nice shot to the head.
Bundy content just to control the position here.
Itaniemi is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Itaniemi is bucking up trying to escape but Bundy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bundy postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Itaniemi bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Bundy and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Al Bundy!
An out of breath Al Bundy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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