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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rankka Ankka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yimi Yuskevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ankka comes to the cage accompanied by Milk - The Knife Song. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
14 - 10 - 0 |
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217 lbs
14 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Rankka Ankka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yimi Yuskevich!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ankka motions for Yuskevich to come forward. Ankka throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yuskevich checks a low kick from Ankka.
Yuskevich moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yuskevich takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ankka forces Yuskevich back against the cage and clinches.
Ankka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ankka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yuskevich is defending well for now.
Ankka gets through Yuskevich's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ankka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ankka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yuskevich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ankka lands a knee to the head.
Ankka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ankka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yuskevich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ankka tries a knee to the head but Yuskevich blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ankka.
Ankka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yuskevich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yuskevich is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ankka gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Yuskevich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yuskevich tries to throw a body punch but Ankka avoids it by throwing Yuskevich back against the cage.
Ankka is trying to break free.
Ankka with a knee to the head.
Ankka breaks the clinch.
Ankka throws a sloppy head kick and Yuskevich moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ankka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rankka Ankka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yuskevich missing with a left hand there. Ankka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ankka misses with a low kick.
Ankka lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yuskevich backs up against the cage.
Yuskevich throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yuskevich connects with the punch.
Ankka is looking to land body kicks.
Yuskevich shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yuskevich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ankka throws out the jab.
Yuskevich looks to score with a jab to the body but Ankka is just out of range.
Yuskevich takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ankka throws a head kick but Yuskevich moves out of range.
Ankka clinches up against the cage.
Ankka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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!
Yuskevich can't find room to land a body shot as Ankka controls the action.
Ankka tries to land knees in the clinch but Yuskevich avoids the damage to the body.
Ankka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ankka just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yuskevich's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich tries to throw a body punch but Ankka avoids it by throwing Yuskevich back against the cage.
Ankka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yuskevich blocks it with crossed arms.
Yuskevich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ankka backwards.
Ankka has Yuskevich pressed against the cage, preventing Yuskevich from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yuskevich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ankka tries a body shot but Yuskevich blocks it.
Ankka scores with a knee to the head.
Yuskevich takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ankka misses with a punch to the body.
Ankka looking to throw knees to the head but Yuskevich is blocking nicely.
Yuskevich looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yuskevich misses with a punch on the inside.
Ankka throws an elbow that misses.
Ankka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yuskevich's face.
Yuskevich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yuskevich takes a shot to the head.
Yuskevich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yuskevich misses with some punches.
Ankka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yuskevich. Ankka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yuskevich on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich throws a head kick but Ankka moves out of range.
A big left from Yuskevich misses.
A low kick from Yuskevich misses
and Ankka counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Yuskevich lands a high kick!
Ankka plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Yuskevich swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ankka counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Yuskevich is looking to chop away at Ankka's legs.
Nice uppercut there from Ankka.
Yuskevich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ankka.
Ankka checks a leg kick nicely.
Ankka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ankka ducks under a wild hook from Yuskevich.
Ankka scores with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ankka.
Good shot there by Ankka.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ankka misses with a straight left.
Ankka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yuskevich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yuskevich is looking to land body kicks.
Yuskevich on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yuskevich throws a shot from downtown. Ankka moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick from Ankka misses.
Yuskevich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ankka is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ankka lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yuskevich works the jab nicely.
Yuskevich tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yuskevich.
Rankka Ankka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ankka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yuskevich.
Yuskevich takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ankka is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Yuskevich misses the body punch
and Ankka counters with a big head kick but Yuskevich shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rankka Ankka 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.
Yuskevich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ankka throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yuskevich takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ankka slips under a jab.
Yuskevich takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ankka throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ankka pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yuskevich is out of range and Ankka settles back down.
Yuskevich blocks a head kick by Ankka.
Yuskevich throws a hook but Ankka blocks it.
A head kick misses from Ankka.
Yuskevich throws a poor cross that misses
and Ankka counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ankka tries a head kick but it misses.
Ankka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yuskevich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ankka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rankka Ankka is winning the standup battle so far.
Yuskevich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ankka manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuskevich throws a looping overhand right but Ankka ducks down to avoid it.
Ankka scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yuskevich in his tracks.
Ankka motions for Yuskevich to come forward. Ankka throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yuskevich changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ankka looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Ankka tries to bench press Yuskevich off him but Yuskevich keeps the position.
Ankka is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Yuskevich's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Yuskevich not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yuskevich is thwarting Ankka's attempts to control the position.
Yuskevich lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Yuskevich connects with a nice short shot to Ankka's temple.
Ankka gets back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ankka is trying to control the position but Yuskevich postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich wants to pass the guard but Ankka is keeping the position.
Yuskevich stops Ankka from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ankka keeping full guard, as Yuskevich tries to pass.
Yuskevich stopping the sweep attempt from Ankka.
Ankka kicks Yuskevich off and gets to his feet.
Ankka checks a leg kick.
Ankka moves away from the strike by Yuskevich.
Ankka misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ankka lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ankka moves out of range as Yuskevich throws a body kick.
Ankka misses with a head kick.
Ankka has closed the distance and engaged Yuskevich in a clinch.
Ankka scores with a knee to the head.
Ankka prevents the takedown attempt.
Ankka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yuskevich's efforts to push away.
Still in the clinch, Ankka scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ankka creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ankka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yuskevich jumps into guard, dragging Ankka to the mat.
Ankka won't allow Yuskevich to sweep him here.
Ankka in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ankka slips nicely into half guard.
Ankka passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ankka cracks Yuskevich with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ankka landing strikes from the mount.
Ankka lands a nice shot to the head.
Ankka wants to control the pace but Yuskevich is squirming around nicely.
Ankka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yuskevich can do to turn this around?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ankka lands a nice shot to the head.
Ankka with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rankka Ankka dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ankka misses with a hook. Yuskevich ducked under it nicely.
Yuskevich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ankka throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yuskevich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yuskevich is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ankka sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ankka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yuskevich is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Ankka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yuskevich just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Ankka.
Ankka moves into the clinch.
Ankka has Yuskevich pressed against the cage, preventing Yuskevich from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yuskevich drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ankka pulls his leg out and moves away.
Yuskevich lands a really nice looking cross but Ankka seems unphased.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ankka connects with a nice looking jab.
Ankka stuffs the takedown.
Rankka Ankka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yimi Yuskevich.
Yuskevich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ankka was well out of range. Poor timing from Yuskevich.
A low kick from Yuskevich is predictable there
and Ankka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yuskevich scores with a head kick. Ankka tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Yuskevich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ankka throws a head kick but Yuskevich moves out of range.
Yuskevich throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ankka counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Yuskevich is lucky that one didn't land flush.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ankka.
Yuskevich misses with a body punch
and Ankka counters with a head kick.
Yuskevich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ankka scores with a head kick.
Yuskevich checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ankka tests Yuskevich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ankka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ankka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ankka throws a sloppy head kick
and Yuskevich counters with a takedown into side control.
Ankka is trying to improve his position.
Yuskevich trying to control the action but Ankka is working from the bottom.
Ankka is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
You can see the frustration on Ankka's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Yuskevich tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Yuskevich has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ankka is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Yimi Yuskevich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuskevich lands a nice forearm strike.
Ankka is looking for a sweep.
Sloppy strikes there by Yuskevich.
Ankka tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ankka gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ankka is trying to stand back up but Yuskevich is controlling him
Yuskevich is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ankka trying to control but Yuskevich postures up.
Ankka tries to get to full guard but Yuskevich has control of the leg.
Ankka works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ankka is trying to control the position from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yuskevich is looking to work some ground and pound but Ankka has wrist control.
Yuskevich working some strikes from top position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rankka Ankka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ankka has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rankka Ankka!
After winning the bout, Rankka Ankka thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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