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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Staal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stehling is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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230 lbs
24 - 6 - 0 |
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261 lbs
33 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Staal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Staal throws a nice inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stehling. Staal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Staal on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Staal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stehling.
Staal lands a nice looking body shot.
Stehling uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Staal.
Stehling tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stehling on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Staal throws a low kick, looking for Stehling's leg but Stehling calmly moves out of range.
Stehling swings for the body but Staal moves out of range.
Staal displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Staal ducks under a wild hook from Stehling.
Staal leaves Stehling with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Staal connects with a right hand. Stehling shakes it off.
Stehling shoots in but no luck this time.
Stehling tried to score with a low kick but Staal checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staal throws a body kick that misses.
Stehling keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Stehling dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Staal throws a low kick but Stehling moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Staal. Stehling does a little dance to reset his feet.
Staal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Staal.
Staal avoids the body shot from Stehling.
Stehling moves out of range of the body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Staal there.
Stehling attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Staal lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Staal cracks a nice hook into Stehling's ribs.
John Staal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Staal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Stehling 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Stehling throws a lazy uppercut
letting Staal counter with a right hand.
Stehling is rocked!
Stehling tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Staal was well out of range. Poor timing from Stehling.
Staal drops Stehling with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Stehling looks back up at him and smiles so Staal waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Stehling is still on wobbly legs! Can Staal finish him?
Staal lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Staal!
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energy
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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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