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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Henrik Torhammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reiska Pekka Retale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torhammer comes to the cage accompanied by Doom Unit - Killing Time. The crowd seem to be enjoying Retale's choice of entrance music: The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up. Reiska Pekka Retale has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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152 lbs
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154 lbs
21 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henrik Torhammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reiska Pekka Retale!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Retale throws a body punch but Torhammer moves out of range.
Retale moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Torhammer throws a hook but Retale avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Retale looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Retale takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Torhammer misses with a body shot.
Torhammer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Retale moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Retale takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Torhammer throws a body punch but Retale moves out of range.
Torhammer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Retale circles away quickly and effectively.
Retale steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Torhammer.
Retale connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab from Retale misses.
Torhammer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Retale throws a lazy right hand but Torhammer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torhammer moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Torhammer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Torhammer throws a leg kick
and Retale counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Retale.
Torhammer lands a body shot.
Torhammer looking to slow down the pace here.
Torhammer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Retale walks away with a smile on his face. Torhammer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Retale.
Torhammer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Retale's hands.
A jab lands there for Retale.
Torhammer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Retale.
Torhammer is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Torhammer throws a hook but Retale blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torhammer thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Retale takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Retale throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torhammer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Torhammer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Retale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torhammer moves away.
Torhammer lands a nice shot to the body.
Retale slips a jab from Torhammer.
Torhammer moves out of range of the strikes.
Torhammer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Retale moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Retale creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Retale misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Retale lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Torhammer or not.
Retale has Torhammer pressed against the cage, preventing Torhammer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torhammer prevents a body shot from Retale.
Torhammer can't find room to land a body shot as Retale controls the action.
Torhammer being controlled against the cage.
Torhammer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Torhammer tries to pull guard but Retale forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henrik Torhammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Retale misses with a body punch.
Torhammer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Torhammer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torhammer misses with a punch on the inside.
Torhammer lands a right hand.
Torhammer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Retale is stalling here.
Retale blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Retale.
Retale crunches a lovely knee into Torhammer's ribcage.
Retale misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Torhammer.
I was talking to Torhammer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Retale lands a nice knee to the body.
Retale swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Retale misses with an elbow strike.
Retale fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Retale lands a nice shot to the body.
Torhammer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Torhammer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torhammer struggles to land a body shot inside as Retale controls his hands.
Retale gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Henrik Torhammer has been cut.
Retale throws an elbow but it misses.
Retale missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Henrik Torhammer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Henrik Torhammer's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Retale scores with a nice head shot.
Torhammer lunges at Retale with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Retale's hand.
Torhammer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torhammer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Torhammer looks to throw the jab but Retale is out of range.
Torhammer misses with a looping right.
Torhammer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Retale falls off balance throwing a combination
and Torhammer counters with a one-two to the body.
Retale gets a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Retale.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Retale pushes Torhammer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Retale scores with a shot to the side of Torhammer's head.
Torhammer is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Retale to keep the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Retale.
Retale lands a hook to the side of the head.
Retale misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Retale crunches a lovely knee into Torhammer's ribcage.
A head punch on the inside from Retale fails to land.
Retale prevents Torhammer from breaking the clinch.
Retale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torhammer avoiding damage as Retale throws knees to the body.
Reiska Pekka Retale seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Retale scores with a shot to the side of Torhammer's head.
Retale can't find room to land a body shot as Torhammer controls the action.
Retale lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Retale.
Torhammer has a couple of punches blocked by Retale.
Torhammer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torhammer gets through Retale's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Retale lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Torhammer backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer takes a shot to the head.
Retale lands a hook to the side of the head.
Retale lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torhammer.
A head punch on the inside from Retale fails to land.
Torhammer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Retale smiles and moves away.
Torhammer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Torhammer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A big right from Torhammer misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Retale as he connects with a hook.
Torhammer scores with a sloppy right hand. Retale should have avoided that one.
It looks like Reiska Pekka Retale has been cut.
Torhammer throws a jab when Retale was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale drives through and clinches with Torhammer against the cage.
Torhammer jumps guard but Retale turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henrik Torhammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A shot in the inside from Retale.
Retale works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Torhammer taking a breather.
Retale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Torhammer working aggressively here.
Retale lands an elbow that stopped Torhammer in his tracks for a moment.
Torhammer misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Retale.
Torhammer is trying to break free.
Torhammer is trying to break the clinch but Retale has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Torhammer.
Retale blocks a body shot from Torhammer.
Retale lands a nice elbow.
Torhammer misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Retale lands a shoulder strike.
Torhammer blocks a body shot from Retale.
Torhammer cracks Retale with a nice body shot.
Retale tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torhammer avoids it.
Torhammer tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Retale just stands there and leans against the cage.
Retale misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torhammer jumps guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Retale advances to half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Retale working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Retale is thwarting Torhammer's attempts to control the position.
Torhammer missing with punches from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Retale seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Torhammer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Retale is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reiska Pekka Retale showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Retale throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Torhammer missing with a left hand there. Retale was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Retale swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Torhammer.
Retale punishes Torhammer's body with a nice straight punch.
Danga de danga de dang - Torhammer scores with a four punch combination!
Torhammer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Retale fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Torhammer, pushing him back against the cage.
Retale struggles to land a body shot inside as Torhammer controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Retale.
Retale tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Torhammer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Torhammer avoids the body shot from Retale.
Retale lands with a big left! Torhammer is wobbled badly! Retale comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Torhammer to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Reiska Pekka Retale!
A very excited looking Reiska Pekka Retale made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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