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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robert Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teppo Tahkojuusto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tahkojuusto's choice of entrance music: AC/DC : T.N.T. Teppo Tahkojuusto told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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180 lbs
13 - 8 - 1 |
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186 lbs
14 - 17 - 1 |
Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robert Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 17 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Teppo Tahkojuusto!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tahkojuusto looks for a takedown but Henry sprawls well.
Tahkojuusto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Henry.
Tahkojuusto darts in and clinches Henry up against the cage.
Tahkojuusto drops down looking for an ankle pick but Henry pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tahkojuusto has his takedown stuffed
and Henry counters with a one-two to the body.
Robert Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Teppo Tahkojuusto.
Henry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tahkojuusto was well out of range. Poor timing from Henry.
Tahkojuusto shoots in but no luck this time.
Henry throws a looping overhand right but Tahkojuusto ducks down to avoid it.
Henry throws a right and a left that Tahkojuusto avoids nicely.
Henry fails to land with a series of punches.
Henry throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tahkojuusto tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Henry swivels and escapes.
Henry tries to move into range but Tahkojuusto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Henry finds it's way through Tahkojuusto's defenses.
Tahkojuusto fails with a takedown attempt.
Tahkojuusto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tahkojuusto tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
Tahkojuusto avoids the body shot from Henry.
Tahkojuusto tries to close the distance and clinch but Henry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robert Henry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tahkojuusto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tahkojuusto looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Henry tries to get to full guard but Tahkojuusto has control of the leg.
Henry gets back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry pulls Tahkojuusto in close to his closed guard and prevents Tahkojuusto from doing any damage or advancing position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tahkojuusto trying to control but Henry is working from the bottom.
Tahkojuusto looking to sit in guard and control but Henry gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tahkojuusto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Henry is looking to work some ground and pound but Tahkojuusto has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tahkojuusto is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Henry is trying to get back to full guard.
Tahkojuusto is trying to control. Henry wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Henry regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Tahkojuusto.
Tahkojuusto is looking to work some ground and pound but Henry has wrist control.
Tahkojuusto trying to control but Henry is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry wants to sweep but no luck.
Henry avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Henry manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tahkojuusto manages to get himself to full guard.
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Tahkojuusto blocks nicely.
Tahkojuusto is trying to keep Henry in close.
Tahkojuusto has his feet on Henry's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tahkojuusto throws a right hand that misses
and Henry counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tahkojuusto decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tahkojuusto misses with a head shot. Henry uses the momentum to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Teppo Tahkojuusto will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tahkojuusto on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tahkojuusto connects with a body shot that sends Henry's belly button to the back.
Robert Henry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henry avoids the body shot from Tahkojuusto.
Tahkojuusto shoots in for a takedown but Henry shows good takedown defense.
Henry misses with a body shot.
Henry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tahkojuusto.
Tahkojuusto with a poor takedown
and Henry counters with a left and a right that stings Tahkojuusto.
Henry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henry throws an overhand right that lands on Tahkojuusto's shoulder, as Tahkojuusto tries to avoid the shot.
Henry lands a jab to Tahkojuusto's midsection.
A combination from Henry does no damage.
Henry swinging wildly here.
Tahkojuusto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Henry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahkojuusto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tahkojuusto shoots in looking for a takedown. Henry tries to sprawl out of it but Tahkojuusto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Henry manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Robert Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Teppo Tahkojuusto.
Henry wants to land a leg kick but Tahkojuusto is out of range.
Henry swings widly with a right hand
and Tahkojuusto counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tahkojuusto wants to stand and escape but instead Henry has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Henry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Henry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Henry with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tahkojuusto is trying to control the position but Henry postures up.
Henry scoring with some ground and pound.
Henry is looking to work some ground and pound but Tahkojuusto has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tahkojuusto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henry.
Tahkojuusto looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Henry puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Tahkojuusto looking for submissions off his back.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tahkojuusto is trying to control but Henry manages to pass to mount!
Tahkojuusto tries to reverse the position but Henry maintains control.
Henry cracks Tahkojuusto with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Henry lands with some strikes.
Tahkojuusto is trying to escape the mount.
Tahkojuusto is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tahkojuusto is squirming around, avoiding Henry's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry working the ground and pound effectively.
Henry lands a big elbow.
Tahkojuusto is rocked!
Tahkojuusto really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Henry postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Tahkojuusto badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Henry around the waist but Henry pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Henry is the winner by TKO! Henry jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Henry!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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