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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olof Palme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexi Laiho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laiho is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Follow the Reaper. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Solid boxing
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olof Palme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexi Laiho!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laiho blocks a jab.
Palme moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Palme throws a series of punches but Laiho avoids them all with ease.
Palme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laiho.
Laiho scores with a nice body kick.
Laiho dodges the punch combination from Palme.
Laiho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Palme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Palme misses with a head kick.
Laiho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Laiho throws a chopping leg kick but Palme manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Laiho wants to slow Palme down by chopping away at his legs.
Laiho lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laiho throws a sloppy head kick and Palme moves out of range easily.
Palme misses with a body shot.
Palme tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laiho scores with a nice right hand.
Palme throws a nice looking combination but Laiho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Palme throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laiho digs a good hook to Palme's body.
Palme is breathing heavily.
Laiho moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laiho with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laiho looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laiho.
Laiho lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laiho sizes up Palme with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Laiho lands a nice leg kick that just misses Palme's sensitive parts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laiho scores with a push kick.
Palme takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laiho, right into the meat.
Palme takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laiho throws a quick inside leg kick.
Laiho lands with a thumping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Laiho.
Laiho lands a leg kick that knocks Palme off balance momentarily.
Laiho scoring well with a low kick there.
Laiho throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Laiho is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Laiho connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laiho scoring well with a low kick there.
Laiho lands a nice leg kick that just misses Palme's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laiho cracks the inside of Palme's front leg.
Laiho rushes Palme and presses him up against the cage.
Laiho tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Laiho.
Palme takes a knee to the side of the body.
Laiho misses with a knee to the head.
Laiho taking a breather.
Palme blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Palme letting Laiho take a breather here.
Palme is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Laiho is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Palme tries to pull guard but Laiho holds him up against the cage and eventually Palme drops back down to his feet.
Laiho has Palme pressed against the cage, preventing Palme from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Palme is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laiho throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laiho throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laiho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Palme.
Laiho misses with a knee strike.
Laiho landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laiho misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Palme.
A bit of stalling here from Laiho.
Laiho breaks from the clinch.
Laiho tries to clinch up but Palme circles away and keeps his distance.
Laiho buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laiho with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laiho. Palme does a little dance to reset his feet.
A good leg kick by Laiho.
Laiho lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexi Laiho dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laiho.
Laiho digs a good body shot into Palme's ribs.
Alexi Laiho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laiho lands a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laiho lunges at Palme with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Palme's hand.
Palme misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laiho throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laiho throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laiho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Laiho misses with a series of wild punches.
Palme avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Palme throws a front kick aimed at Laiho's knee but Laiho avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laiho on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Palme on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Laiho. Laiho obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laiho scores with a push kick.
Laiho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Palme swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laiho avoids the head kick by Palme.
Laiho darts in and clinches Palme up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Laiho obliges.
Laiho's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Palme is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Laiho is defending well.
A bit of stalling here from Laiho.
Laiho scores a nice knee to the body.
Palme takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
Laiho landing knees to the head.
Laiho lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Laiho obliges.
Laiho avoiding damage.
Laiho crunches a lovely knee into Palme's ribcage.
Laiho stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Laiho lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Laiho gets underhooks to prevent Palme's takedown attempt.
Laiho's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laiho connects with a body shot.
Laiho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Palme manages to avoid it.
Laiho plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Laiho throws a leg kick which misses Palme's front leg but catches the back leg as Palme tries to avoid it.
Palme tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Laiho.
Palme is rocked!
Nice body punch from Laiho.
Oh Palme is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Laiho fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Olof Palme is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laiho scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Laiho is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Palme flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Palme is out cold! Laiho holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alexi Laiho!
A victorious Alexi Laiho thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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