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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Warren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilkka Kanerva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kanerva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sultans of Swing. Kanerva has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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280 lbs
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Counter striker
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Warren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ilkka Kanerva!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Kanerva.
Kanerva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kanerva throws a lazy right hand but Warren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kanerva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Warren misses with a series of wild punches.
Warren tries to bum rush Kanerva with a series of wild strikes but Kanerva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kanerva catches Warren with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kanerva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kanerva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Warren.
Kanerva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kanerva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Warren's hands.
Kanerva scores with a nice head shot.
Kanerva connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kanerva!
Kanerva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Warren staying out of range there.
Kanerva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kanerva.
Kanerva looks gassed!
A leg kick checked by Warren.
Kanerva misses with a looping left.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Warren checks a leg kick.
Warren throws a series of punches but Kanerva avoids them all with ease.
Warren throws a right hand that Kanerva ducks under and follows up with a left that Kanerva also avoids with ease.
Warren lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kanerva circles away quickly and effectively.
Kanerva misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warren misses with a double jab
and Kanerva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ilkka Kanerva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kanerva tests Warren's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Warren throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Warren ducks under a wild hook from Kanerva.
Kanerva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Warren throws a series of punches but Kanerva avoids them all with ease.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kanerva digs a good body shot into Warren's ribs.
Warren ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some wild striking there from Warren.
Kanerva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kanerva misses with a hook. Warren ducked under it nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kanerva.
Kanerva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Warren tries to bum rush Kanerva with a series of wild strikes but Kanerva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kanerva throws a jab when Warren was well out of range.
Warren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Warren blocks a head kick by Kanerva.
Kanerva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kanerva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Warren.
Kanerva misses with a low kick.
Warren misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanerva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A cross from Kanerva lands.
Kanerva scoring well with a low kick there.
Warren falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kanerva counters with a body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Kanerva. That snapped Warren's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kanerva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Warren. Those never looked like landing.
Warren chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kanerva can pounce on him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kanerva looks to throw the jab but Warren is out of range.
Kanerva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kanerva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Warren. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ilkka Kanerva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kanerva cracks the inside of Warren's front leg.
Warren throws a series of punches but Kanerva moves out of range.
Warren misses with a double jab.
Kanerva looks to score with a jab to the body but Warren is just out of range.
Warren is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kanerva misses with a low kick as Warren jumps back.
Warren checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ilkka Kanerva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Warren lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kanerva circles away quickly and effectively.
Warren gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kanerva connects with a leg kick. Warren looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kanerva is breathing heavily.
Warren walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kanerva.
Warren misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kanerva misses with a looping left.
Kanerva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kanerva.
James Warren is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kanerva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kanerva throws an overhand right that lands on Warren's shoulder, as Warren tries to avoid the shot.
Warren misses with the combination.
Kanerva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Warren misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Warren. Those never looked like landing.
Warren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warren takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Warren checks a low kick from Kanerva.
Kanerva misses with a looping left.
Kanerva jabs Warren right on the nose. Warren blinks but takes it well.
Jab by Kanerva.
Kanerva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warren sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kanerva is looking to score with low kicks.
Kanerva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Warren throws a nice looking combination but Kanerva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kanerva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Warren misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanerva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Warren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Warren throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Warren misses with a combination
and Kanerva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kanerva lands with a good body shot.
Warren throws a right hand that Kanerva ducks under and follows up with a left that Kanerva also avoids with ease.
Kanerva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Warren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kanerva.
Kanerva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Warren tries to bum rush Kanerva with a series of wild strikes but Kanerva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanerva throws a low kick but Warren avoids it.
Kanerva throws a front kick aimed at Warren's knee but Warren avoids it well.
Warren swinging wildly here.
Kanerva digs a good hook to Warren's body.
Kanerva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sloppy strikes from Warren. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from Kanerva misses its intended target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kanerva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Warren keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kanerva.
Warren throws a series of punches but Kanerva avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ilkka Kanerva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Kanerva misses with a straight left.
Good work by Warren as he checks the leg kick.
Kanerva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kanerva just misses with a punch to the body.
Warren looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Warren fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Warren misses with the combination.
Warren throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kanerva.
Warren throws a right and a left that Kanerva avoids nicely.
Kanerva throws a jab when Warren was well out of range.
Kanerva swings for the body but Warren moves out of range.
Kanerva misses the shot to the body.
Kanerva throws a shot from downtown. Warren moves away and avoids it.
Kanerva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Warren tries to bum rush Kanerva with a series of wild strikes but Kanerva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kanerva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Warren is out of range.
A punch combination from Warren misses.
Kanerva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kanerva looks to land a left hand but Warren moved out of range nicely.
Kanerva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Warren.
Warren on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Warren throws a nice looking combination but Kanerva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kanerva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kanerva dodges the punch combination from Warren.
Kanerva throws a lazy right hand but Warren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanerva throws a solid leg kick but Warren takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kanerva.
Warren staying out of range there.
Warren throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kanerva.
Warren misses with a double jab.
Warren throws a right and a left that both miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Kanerva misses the target.
Kanerva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Warren takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kanerva works the jab nicely.
Warren slips a straight right by Kanerva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kanerva.
Warren throws a series of punches but Kanerva moves out of range.
Warren checks a low kick from Kanerva.
A punch lands to the side of Warren 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kanerva lands a slapping body shot.
Warren throws a series of punches but Kanerva moves out of range.
Warren throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kanerva.
Kanerva misses with a low kick.
Kanerva misses with an uppercut. Warren saw that one coming.
Warren throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kanerva.
Warren misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanerva connects with a solid leg kick.
Kanerva lands with a straight right. Warren didn't see that one coming.
Kanerva misses with a straight left.
Warren misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Warren does no damage.
Kanerva throws an overhand right that lands on Warren's shoulder, as Warren tries to avoid the shot.
Warren fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Warren throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kanerva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Kanerva.
James Warren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ilkka Kanerva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Warren takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ilkka Kanerva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kanerva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ilkka Kanerva!
Ilkka Kanerva managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 160, into his post fight interview.
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