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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Christopher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roene Dekker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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265 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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197 cm
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248 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leonard Christopher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roene Dekker!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Christopher.
Christopher scores with a shot to the body.
Dekker scores with a nice right hand.
Leonard Christopher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dekker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christopher clobbers Dekker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Christopher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dekker.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dekker.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christopher throws a shot from downtown. Dekker moves away and avoids it.
Jab by Dekker.
Christopher misses with a double jab.
Christopher is breathing heavily.
Dekker slips under a jab from Christopher.
Dekker thuds a left hand into Christopher's body.
Dekker throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Leonard Christopher has been cut.
Dekker shoots in for a double leg but Christopher sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice takedown defense from Christopher. No joy for Dekker on that attempt.
Christopher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dekker.
Christopher drops his hands momentarily and Dekker takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dekker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Christopher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Christopher on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dekker. Dekker obviously looking to wear him down.
Dekker is looking to clinch.
Dekker avoids the head kick by Christopher.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christopher misses with an uppercut
and Dekker moves into the clinch.
Dekker lands a right hand.
Dekker lands a shot to the body.
Christopher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dekker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dekker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dekker.
Come on Christopher - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dekker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Christopher backwards.
Dekker wants a takedown.
Leonard Christopher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roene Dekker.
Christopher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Christopher misses with the head strike.
Dekker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Christopher.
Dekker lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dekker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dekker misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekker presses Christopher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Christopher prevents a body shot from Dekker.
Still in the clinch, Dekker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dekker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dekker fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Christopher gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dekker fails with a takedown attempt.
A head kick misses from Dekker.
Dekker takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dekker closes the distance and clinches.
Christopher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Christopher blocking some punches.
Dekker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Christopher is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Dekker's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Dekker gets through Christopher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Christopher misses with some punches.
Dekker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dekker throws a punch but it's blocked by Christopher.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christopher working aggressively here.
Dekker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dekker swings wildly with an uppercut but Christopher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dekker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Christopher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dekker fails to land the takedown.
Dekker tries to clinch up but Christopher circles away and keeps his distance.
Dekker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dekker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dekker throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Christopher has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Christopher there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dekker scores with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christopher takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dekker connects with a solid leg kick.
Christopher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekker scores with the left hand. Christopher knows he should have avoided that one.
Dekker is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Christopher takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Christopher is rocked!
Christopher gets caught napping as Dekker dives in and scores a takedown. Christopher manages to retain guard.
Oh Christopher is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dekker content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dekker thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Christopher knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dekker on the ground.
Dekker drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dekker jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dekker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Christopher works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Christopher seems to have got his legs back now.
Dekker postures up in Christopher's guard and throws a big left but Christopher blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christopher working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dekker.
Christopher might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dekker with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dekker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roene Dekker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leonard Christopher's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dekker throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dekker's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dekker duly obliges.
Dekker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Christopher.
Dekker shoots in but Christopher avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dekker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A big left from Christopher misses.
Christopher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dekker scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christopher gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Roene Dekker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dekker closes the distance and pushes Christopher back into the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dekker.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dekker.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dekker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dekker lands with a short shot to the head.
Dekker lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Dekker.
Dekker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekker lands with a right to the head.
Christopher takes a shot to the head.
Dekker turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Dekker manages to end up in side control.
Christopher dodges the ground and pound from Dekker.
The strikes coming from Dekker are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Check out the look on Dekker's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Dekker tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
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!
Christopher dodges the ground and pound from Dekker.
Christopher managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Dekker.
Dekker throws a strike aimed at the side of Christopher's head but Christopher avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Dekker's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Dekker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dekker misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Dekker throws a strike aimed at the side of Christopher's head but Christopher avoids it well.
Dekker lands a few punches from side control.
Dekker scoring with punches from side control.
Christopher is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dekker connects with a decent elbow.
A big shot lands for Dekker! That's hurt Christopher! Will he recover? Dekker fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roene Dekker!
After the fight, Roene Dekker was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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