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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomi Koski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Marcolini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koski comes to the cage accompanied by Catatonic Overload - Heavyweight . Marcolini comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Raffaella Carra - Rumore kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Tomi Koski has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tomi Koski seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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234 lbs
37 - 20 - 1 |
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185 cm
33
259 lbs
18 - 12 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
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
37 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tomi Koski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marco Marcolini!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koski missing with a left hand there. Marcolini was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marcolini ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Marcolini looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Marcolini misses with a combination
and Koski counters with a left to the body.
Koski cracks Marcolini with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Koski tries to clinch up but Marcolini circles away and keeps his distance.
Marcolini fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Koski scores with the left hand. Marcolini knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koski throws a lazy right hand but Marcolini sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marcolini swings for the body but Koski moves out of range.
Marcolini's jab looks to have found its range, popping Koski under the eye.
Marcolini thows a body shot but no joy.
Koski throws a low kick but Marcolini avoids it.
Marcolini throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marcolini ducks under a wild hook from Koski.
Koski misses the shot to the body.
Koski slips under a jab from Marcolini.
Koski connects with an inside leg kick.
Marcolini dodges the punch combination from Koski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcolini shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Marcolini blocks a jab.
Koski looks to score with a jab to the body but Marcolini is just out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Koski.
Koski misses with a looping right.
Marcolini thuds a left hand into Koski's body.
Koski just misses with a punch to the body.
Marcolini blocks a leg kick.
Jab from Koski.
Marcolini throws a sloppy head kick and Koski moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Marcolini.
Marcolini fails in his attempt to clinch.
Koski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marcolini blocks the body kick.
Marcolini thows a leg kick but Koski checks it
and Koski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marcolini thinking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Koski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marcolini manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marcolini takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Marco Marcolini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koski thuds a left hand into Marcolini's body.
Koski lands a jab to Marcolini's midsection.
Marcolini throws a head kick that misses.
Koski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marcolini throws out the jab.
Marcolini misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koski.
Koski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Marcolini swings for the body but Koski moves out of range.
Marcolini looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Marcolini misses with a series of wild punches.
Marcolini throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koski uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Marcolini has time to react.
Marcolini throws a poor cross that misses
and Koski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koski gets a clinch.
Koski is trying to stall.
Koski managing to block the knees to the body from Marcolini.
Koski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marcolini wants to stall.
Koski stalling the fight.
Marcolini is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Koski is keeping busy.
Koski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Marcolini as Koski tries to tie him up.
Koski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Marcolini.
Marcolini throws a head punch that misses.
Marcolini tries to land knees in the clinch but Koski avoids the damage to the body.
Marcolini throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koski blocks it with crossed arms.
Koski trying to land knees to the body.
Koski misses with a body punch.
Marcolini with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcolini pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Koski slows down the pace here.
Marcolini looking to stall.
Koski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Koski.
Koski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Koski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Koski throws an elbow that misses.
Koski tries a body shot but Marcolini blocks it.
A hook to the body from Koski.
Koski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marcolini looks winded!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right hand to the body from Koski.
A nice right hand lands inside from Koski.
Marcolini tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomi Koski dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Koski rushes Marcolini and presses him up against the cage.
Marcolini lands a nice knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Marcolini as Koski tries to tie him up.
Koski stalling the fight.
Marcolini goes for a takedown attempt but Koski pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Marcolini swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marcolini moves out of range as Koski strikes.
Marcolini throws a right hand that misses
and Koski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marcolini pivots, looking for a leg kick but Koski is out of range and Marcolini settles back down.
Koski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marcolini.
Koski cracks Marcolini with an open hand slap.
Marcolini throws a leg kick that is checked
and Koski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marcolini is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Koski rather than just go for the knockout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Marcolini misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcolini lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Koski at a distance.
Koski throws a series of strikes that have Marcolini backpedaling.
Marcolini takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Marcolini is breathing heavily.
Koski avoids the body shot from Marcolini.
Koski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koski throws a shot to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Marcolini crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Koski - the referee stops the clock and Marcolini gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Koski. Marcolini manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Koski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Koski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Koski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marcolini doesn't seem bothered though.
Koski scores with a head kick.
Koski lands a right hook to the body.
Koski fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Marcolini on the side of the head.
Koski stalks Marcolini and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Marcolini's face. Marcolini staggers backwards, shaken.
Marcolini misses the shot to the body.
Koski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Marcolini momentarily.
Marcolini is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koski drops Marcolini with a naaaaasty hook - Marcolini is in real trouble here! Koski dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomi Koski!
A victorious Tomi Koski thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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pop
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