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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dongmin Oh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esa Tikkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tikkanen's choice of entrance music: Bring The Pain. Esa Tikkanen is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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217 lbs
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186 cm
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209 lbs
11 - 1 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dongmin Oh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Esa Tikkanen!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tikkanen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Oh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tikkanen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tikkanen connects with a nice looking jab.
Tikkanen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Tikkanen wants to control the pace but Oh is squirming around nicely.
Oh wants to control but Tikkanen is having none of it.
Tikkanen working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oh is squirming around, avoiding Tikkanen's attempts to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tikkanen thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Tikkanen lands a big shot there that rocks Oh but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tikkanen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tikkanen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Oh because Tikkanen loaded up on that one.
Tikkanen scoring with strikes but Oh is staying in there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tikkanen landing shots from mount.
Oh is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Tikkanen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tikkanen wants to finish this one by submission but Oh is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen throwing strikes here but Oh is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Tikkanen content just to control the position here.
Oh really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tikkanen with a couple of short strikes.
Oh is rocked!
Tikkanen working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Oh looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Tikkanen! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Esa Tikkanen!
Esa Tikkanen is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Esa Tikkanen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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