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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kirk Kutter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arto Markkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Markkanen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Mell - Red Fraction. Arto Markkanen will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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188 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Good kicks
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kirk Kutter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arto Markkanen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markkanen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Markkanen wants it to stay on the feet.
Kutter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Markkanen. Markkanen obviously looking to wear him down.
Markkanen clinches up with Kutter and pushes him back against the cage.
Markkanen taking a breather.
Markkanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kutter is defending well for now.
Markkanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kutter.
Kutter lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Markkanen is looking for a sweep. Kutter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Markkanen manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Kirk Kutter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kutter is trying hard to land a takedown here. Markkanen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kutter shoots in but Markkanen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kirk Kutter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kutter fails to land the takedown.
Markkanen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Markkanen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kutter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Markkanen lands a front kick.
Kutter is breathing heavily.
Markkanen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Markkanen gets a clinch.
Kutter drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kutter wants a takedown but no success here.
Kutter takes a knee to the side of the body.
Markkanen connects with a knee to the head.
Markkanen scores with a knee to the head.
Kutter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Markkanen.
Markkanen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Markkanen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markkanen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Markkanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Markkanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Markkanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Markkanen trying to land knees to the body.
Markkanen working Kutter over with knees to the body.
Markkanen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Markkanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kutter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markkanen tries a knee to the head but Kutter blocks it.
Markkanen trying to stall but Kutter improves his position.
Kutter wants to take the fight to the mat but Markkanen manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Kutter avoiding damage as Markkanen throws knees to the body.
Markkanen stalling the fight.
Kutter has Markkanen pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Kutter pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Markkanen tumbling to the mat - Kutter dives into Markkanen's guard.
Kutter stopping the sweep attempt from Markkanen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markkanen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kutter manages to get himself to full guard.
Kutter being controlled here, momentarily.
Markkanen wants to control from the top but Kutter keeps moving.
Markkanen sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Markkanen decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kutter shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Markkanen as he avoids it easily.
Kutter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Markkanen tries to clinch there but Kutter circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arto Markkanen dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Markkanen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kutter.
Kutter shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Markkanen sprawls well. Markkanen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kutter gets slowly back to his feet.
Markkanen scores with a kick to the body.
Markkanen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Markkanen lands with a kick to the temple. Kutter shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Markkanen lands with a slapping head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kutter gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Arto Markkanen!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Arto Markkanen made sure he mentioned Outkast Clothing Line, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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