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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannu Haavisto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veli Urhola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hannu Haavisto has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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255 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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194 cm
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270 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hannu Haavisto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Veli Urhola!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haavisto throws a looping overhand right but Urhola ducks down to avoid it.
Hannu Haavisto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Urhola lands with an overhand left.
Haavisto scores with a shot to the body.
Haavisto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Haavisto takes one to the chin there.
Urhola takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Veli Urhola has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urhola slips a straight right by Haavisto.
Haavisto misses with a straight right.
Urhola steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haavisto.
Urhola takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fighters circling - Haavisto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haavisto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Urhola slips a straight right by Haavisto.
Haavisto scores with a jab to the jaw.
Urhola steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haavisto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haavisto just misses with a punch to the body.
Urhola takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Urhola slips under a jab.
Urhola throws a wild body kick that Haavisto sees coming a mile off.
Haavisto takes a swing at Urhola's ribcage but misses.
Haavisto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haavisto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Urhola.
Urhola avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Urhola.
Haavisto lands a body shot.
A jab from Haavisto misses.
Urhola slips a jab from Haavisto.
Urhola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haavisto throws a big shot that misses.
Haavisto misses with a straight right.
Haavisto lands a jab to Urhola's midsection.
Haavisto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Urhola displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haavisto throws out the jab.
Urhola darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Urhola closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Haavisto lands with a hook. Urhola tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Haavisto misses with a straight right.
Haavisto tried to score with a low kick but Urhola checks it.
Haavisto misses with a two punch combination.
Haavisto throws a hook to the side of Urhola's head but Urhola sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch combination from Haavisto misses.
Haavisto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urhola fails to land with a series of punches.
Haavisto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Urhola throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Urhola ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Urhola scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Hannu Haavisto has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haavisto misses with a straight left.
Haavisto throws a hook but Urhola avoids it easily.
Haavisto has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Urhola.
Urhola tries to clinch up but Haavisto circles away and keeps his distance.
Urhola tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Haavisto misses with a looping right.
Urhola has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urhola creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haavisto's defenses.
Haavisto breaks from the clinch.
Haavisto looks to throw the jab but Urhola is out of range.
Haavisto lands the left hand.
Urhola loads up on a big right hand but Haavisto slips the punch.
Haavisto looks to land a body kick but Urhola moved away.
Haavisto lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Haavisto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That has opened up Veli Urhola's cut even more.
Urhola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haavisto.
Haavisto scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crunch! Urhola slams his shin into Haavisto's torso.
Urhola staying out of range there.
Urhola on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Urhola connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Haavisto momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannu Haavisto dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Haavisto throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Urhola on the side of the head.
Urhola has Haavisto up against the cage in a clinch.
Urhola tries a knee to the head but Haavisto blocks it.
Urhola blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Urhola.
Haavisto lands with a right to the head.
Urhola using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haavisto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Urhola throws an elbow that misses.
Haavisto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Veli Urhola is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haavisto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haavisto misses with a body shot.
Urhola uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Haavisto.
Haavisto scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urhola throws a front kick that sends Haavisto stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haavisto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Urhola.
Urhola slips under a jab from Haavisto.
Haavisto throws a lazy uppercut
and Urhola counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haavisto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Urhola.
Urhola scores with a sloppy right hand. Haavisto should have avoided that one.
Urhola fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haavisto blocks a head kick by Urhola.
Urhola darts in and clinches Haavisto up against the cage.
Urhola avoiding damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Urhola using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Urhola lands with a light punch inside.
Haavisto misses with a punch on the inside.
Haavisto takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urhola lands a shoulder strike.
Urhola blocks an uppercut.
Haavisto misses with the head strike.
Haavisto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Urhola lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Haavisto fails to land.
Urhola throws a knee to the head but misses.
Urhola using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Urhola lands a damaging elbow.
Urhola lands a hook that snaps the head of Haavisto backwards.
Veli Urhola seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Urhola scores with a shoulder strike.
Urhola lands a good knee to the midsection. Haavisto won't want to take too many of those.
Urhola using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Urhola scores with a shot to the side of Haavisto's head.
Urhola working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Urhola.
Urhola content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Urhola unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urhola working Haavisto over with knees to the body.
Urhola putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Haavisto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Haavisto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Urhola lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Urhola lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Urhola lands with a left to the head.
Urhola scores with a nice hook to the head.
Urhola lands with a light punch inside.
Haavisto is trying to break the clinch but Urhola has him pressed against the cage.
Urhola will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Haavisto up against the cage.
Urhola using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Urhola lands an elbow that stopped Haavisto in his tracks for a moment.
Urhola stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Haavisto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Urhola lands an elbow inside that Haavisto shrugs off.
Haavisto takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urhola with a knee to the head.
Haavisto is rocked!
Urhola throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oh Haavisto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Urhola connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haavisto's face.
Urhola lands an elbow inside that Haavisto shrugs off.
Urhola lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Haavisto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haavisto seems to have got his legs back now.
Haavisto throws a head punch that misses.
Urhola putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Haavisto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Urhola.
Urhola lands a nice elbow.
Urhola lands an elbow just above Haavisto 's eye.
Urhola creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haavisto's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Urhola crunches a lovely knee into Haavisto's ribcage.
Urhola lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Haavisto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Urhola has Haavisto tight in a Thai clinch... and there's a huge knee which drops Haavisto to the floor. He's out cold!! I hope he's still got all his teeth!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Veli Urhola!
A victorious Veli Urhola thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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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