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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Reinikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Leighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reinikainen comes to the cage accompanied by Turmion Kätilöt - Verta ja Lihaa (Proteus Mental remix). Leighty is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cowboy Dan. Dan Leighty acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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194 lbs
29 - 14 - 0 |
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185 cm
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193 lbs
20 - 9 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Reinikainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Leighty!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Leighty. Reinikainen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leighty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reinikainen.
Leighty lands with a straight right. Reinikainen didn't see that one coming.
Reinikainen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reinikainen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reinikainen misses with a straight right.
Leighty lands a jab to Reinikainen's midsection.
Leighty lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reinikainen misses with a low kick.
Leighty throws a jab but it's blocked by Reinikainen.
Leighty misses with a body shot.
Leighty keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Leighty displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reinikainen throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leighty throws a body punch but Reinikainen moves out of range.
Leighty works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dan Leighty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reinikainen misses with a two punch combination.
Reinikainen misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Leighty. Beautiful body shot.
Leighty scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Leighty misses with an uppercut.
Reinikainen throws a big shot that misses.
Leighty dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reinikainen. That did some damage!
Reinikainen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick from Leighty is predictable there
and Leighty takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Leighty thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leighty fakes a head shot and lands one to 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!
Reinikainen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leighty moves away.
Leighty throws a nice inside leg kick.
Leighty cracks Reinikainen with a good jab.
Leighty looks to score with a jab to the body but Reinikainen is just out of range.
Leighty fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reinikainen.
A lazy left from Reinikainen finds it's target.
Leighty misses with a wild combination.
Reinikainen takes one to the chin there.
Leighty throws a sloppy head kick and Reinikainen moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leighty throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reinikainen on the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Reinikainen.
Leighty has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reinikainen.
Leighty moves forwards but Reinikainen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Leighty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reinikainen misses the shot to the body.
Reinikainen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Leighty tried to score with a low kick but Reinikainen checks it.
Leighty scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Reinikainen misses.
Leighty misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leighty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reinikainen throws a leg kick but Leighty sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Reinikainen walks into a stiff left hand from Leighty.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reinikainen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reinikainen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Leighty chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reinikainen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Leighty lands with a kick to the ribs.
Leighty avoids the head kick by Reinikainen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reinikainen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Leighty throws a wild body kick that Reinikainen sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Leighty dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Reinikainen tries to land a leg kick but Leighty saw it coming and moves away.
Reinikainen lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Dan Leighty has been cut.
Reinikainen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Reinikainen.
Leighty fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reinikainen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Leighty wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Reinikainen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leighty misses with an uppercut.
Reinikainen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leighty staying out of range there.
Reinikainen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leighty looks for the body kick but Reinikainen saw that one coming.
Reinikainen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leighty.
Reinikainen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Leighty fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Leighty looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reinikainen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Leighty lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Leighty bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Reinikainen's head backwards.
Reinikainen misses with an uppercut.
Reinikainen misses with a low kick as Leighty jumps back.
Leighty throws a hook but Reinikainen avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leighty wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Leighty misses with a looping right.
Reinikainen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reinikainen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leighty swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leighty ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A head kick by Reinikainen misses
and Leighty counters with a thumping low kick.
Leighty with a hook.
Reinikainen throws a shot from downtown. Leighty moves away and avoids it.
Leighty keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Leighty cracks a nice hook into Reinikainen's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Reinikainen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leighty. Reinikainen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leighty avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Reinikainen moves out of range of the body kick from Leighty.
Leighty pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Leighty lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Leighty throws a leg kick but Reinikainen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Reinikainen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Leighty takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Leighty throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leighty fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Leighty. That's going to slow Reinikainen down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leighty misses with a low kick.
A punch combination from Leighty misses.
Good leg kick by Leighty there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Leighty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reinikainen manages to avoid it.
Leighty throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Reinikainen counters with a nice leg kick.
Leighty looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leighty misses with a kick to the body.
Leighty throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reinikainen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Leighty is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Leighty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dan Leighty's cut.
That's time! Reinikainen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Leighty throws a jab when Reinikainen was well out of range.
Reinikainen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Leighty misses with a hook. Reinikainen ducked under it nicely.
Reinikainen walks into a stiff left hand from Leighty.
Leighty tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reinikainen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reinikainen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Leighty lands a nice looking body shot.
Reinikainen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Leighty can pounce on him.
Leighty throws a quick inside leg kick.
Leighty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reinikainen manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Reinikainen misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinikainen throws a head kick but Leighty moves out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Leighty finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Leighty lands a glancing blow to the side of Reinikainen's head.
Good standup being displayed there by Leighty as he connects with a hook.
A head kick misses from Reinikainen.
Leighty throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leighty misses with a left hand
and Reinikainen counters with a thumping low kick.
Reinikainen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A decent looking cross lands there for Reinikainen.
Reinikainen connects with an inside leg kick.
Reinikainen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kalle Reinikainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leighty scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Leighty avoids the body shot from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen throws a chopping leg kick but Leighty manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Leighty fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Leighty scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Reinikainen blocks the body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Reinikainen. That snapped Leighty's head back.
Leighty scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Reinikainen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Reinikainen misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leighty goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Reinikainen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leighty sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Leighty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reinikainen.
Leighty scores with a jab to the body.
Leighty thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reinikainen 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.
Leighty looks to score with a jab to the body but Reinikainen is just out of range.
Reinikainen throws a leg kick but Leighty sees it coming and moves out of range.
Leighty connects with a leg kick. Reinikainen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Leighty shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Reinikainen eats them both and turns towards Leighty to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leighty is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Reinikainen scores with a shot to the body.
Leighty throws a sloppy head kick and Reinikainen moves out of range easily.
Leighty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reinikainen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reinikainen misses with a head kick.
Reinikainen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Leighty pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reinikainen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reinikainen tries to work over Leighty's front leg with a kick but Leighty checks it.
Leighty scores with a nice strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Leighty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Leighty has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Leighty!
A relieved looking Dan Leighty thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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