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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reijo Rymy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pentti Hirvonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rymy comes to the cage accompanied by I don't like. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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192 lbs
17 - 8 - 2 |
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185 cm
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196 lbs
22 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
17 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Reijo Rymy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pentti Hirvonen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rymy thows a body shot but no joy.
Rymy moves out of range of the body kick.
Rymy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rymy looks to land a left hand but Hirvonen moved out of range nicely.
Hirvonen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Rymy!
Hirvonen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rymy working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hirvonen thowing shots but they're missing.
Hirvonen working for a guillotine from mount but Rymy is in no mood to give up.
Hirvonen looking to ground and pound but Rymy is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirvonen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hirvonen misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rymy is bucking up trying to escape but Hirvonen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
BOOM! Hirvonen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rymy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hirvonen punching from mount but Rymy doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hirvonen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Rymy because Hirvonen loaded up on that one.
Rymy blocking the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rymy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rymy is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Rymy is working to get back to half guard.
Hirvonen thowing shots but they're missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hirvonen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The referee warns Rymy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rymy is rocked!
Hirvonen goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Rymy turns into him and now he's in Hirvonen's guard.
Hirvonen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rymy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hirvonen looking for a sweep. Not yet Hirvonen, not yet.
Hirvonen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rymy passes Hirvonen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hirvonen is looking for a sweep. Rymy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rymy is thwarting Hirvonen's attempts to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirvonen actively working from the bottom here.
Hirvonen tries to get to full guard but Rymy has control of the leg.
Rymy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rymy winds up and cracks Hirvonen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hirvonen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rymy looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hirvonen trying to get back to full guard but Rymy takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Hirvonen sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Hirvonen wants to get back to full guard.
Rymy is working for a submission of some sort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hirvonen tries to roll over but Rymy keeps him under control.
Hirvonen trying to control from the bottom.
Hirvonen looking for subs from the bottom but Rymy mounts him!
Rymy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rymy raining down shots from the mount!
Hirvonen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rymy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hirvonen is trying to escape the mount.
Rymy lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pentti Hirvonen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rymy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Rymy misses.
Hirvonen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hirvonen just misses with a punch to the body.
Rymy misses with a body shot.
Rymy moves in looking to clinch but Hirvonen pushes him off.
Rymy drives through and clinches with Hirvonen against the cage.
Hirvonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rymy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hirvonen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rymy on the side of the head.
Hirvonen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rymy did well to prevent Hirvonen getting side control.
Hirvonen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rymy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hirvonen.
Pentti Hirvonen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rymy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hirvonen is working away from the top position though.
Hirvonen trying to advance position but Rymy counters by regaining guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirvonen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hirvonen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rymy's guard.
Hirvonen passes the guard and advances to mount!
Hirvonen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Rymy because Hirvonen loaded up on that one.
Hirvonen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hirvonen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hirvonen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rymy's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hirvonen is landing with some decent strikes but Rymy is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oh Rymy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hirvonen with shots to the head and body - Rymy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hirvonen loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Rymy scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Hirvonen land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Hirvonen stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pentti Hirvonen!
During a confident post fight interview, Pentti Hirvonen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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