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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Van Winkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Topi Takala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takala has chosen Volga as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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197 lbs
24 - 10 - 0 |
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198 cm
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188 lbs
28 - 9 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
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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
24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Van Winkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Topi Takala!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Winkle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Winkle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Takala.
Van Winkle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takala moves away.
Van Winkle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takala waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Winkle.
Van Winkle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Takala pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Van Winkle gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Takala takes a jab right on the kisser.
Takala uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Winkle.
Van Winkle throws out a leg kick but Takala moves out of range and Van Winkle only half commits.
Van Winkle checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Winkle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Takala scoring well with a low kick there.
Van Winkle connects with a nice looking jab.
Van Winkle throws a hook to the side of Takala's head but Takala sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takala scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Takala is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Takala blocks a leg kick.
Van Winkle takes one to the side of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takala goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Van Winkle misses with a low kick.
Takala throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Takala as he checks the leg kick.
Takala lands a lovely overhand right.
Takala keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Van Winkle throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Takala throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Takala is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Van Winkle misses with a leg kick.
Van Winkle needs to keep his hands up - Takala had a free shot at his head there.
Takala swings widly with a right hand
and Van Winkle counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Van Winkle.
Takala avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Van Winkle advances position into side control!
Van Winkle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Takala keeps working.
Van Winkle is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Takala is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Winkle connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Takala some visible discomfort.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle wants to control but Takala is keeping him busy.
The strikes coming from Van Winkle are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Takala is trying to get back to half guard.
Takala regains half guard there - taking advantage of Van Winkle's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Takala wants to improve his position but Van Winkle is controlling well.
Van Winkle perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takala is staying active underneath Van Winkle, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Van Winkle takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Takala regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Van Winkle.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Van Winkle throwing strikes from guard but Takala blocks nicely.
Takala looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Takala keeps trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Winkle with a nice head shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle wants to control from the top but Takala keeps moving.
Takala pulls Van Winkle in to control the position.
Takala working a defensive guard here.
Takala keeping moving, preventing Van Winkle from controlling successfully.
Takala avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Winkle pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Takala is keeping the position for now.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Van Winkle connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Van Winkle dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Van Winkle slips under a jab from Takala.
Van Winkle looks to land a left hand but Takala moved out of range nicely.
Van Winkle throws a low kick but Takala moves out of range easily.
A jab from Takala does it's job there.
Van Winkle throws a hook but Takala avoids it easily.
Takala takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Takala swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Takala is looking to slow Van Winkle down with leg kicks.
Takala has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Takala misses the jab.
Takala connects with a crisp jab.
Van Winkle throws a leg kick but Takala sees it coming and moves out of range.
Van Winkle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Van Winkle misses its intended target.
Takala lands a right hook to the body.
Takala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Takala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch lands to the side of Van Winkle 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Van Winkle wants to land a leg kick but Takala is out of range.
Takala checks a leg kick.
Takala walks into a left hand.
Takala throws a body kick that misses.
Van Winkle throws a low kick but Takala avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takala throws a big shot that misses.
Van Winkle misses with a leg kick.
Van Winkle scoring well with a low kick there.
Van Winkle throws a low kick but Takala avoids it.
Van Winkle avoids a kick to the body.
Takala throws a hook but Van Winkle avoids it easily.
Van Winkle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Takala checks it well.
Van Winkle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takala.
Van Winkle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Takala avoids the head kick by Van Winkle.
Takala fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Van Winkle has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Takala lands with a thumping leg kick.
Van Winkle takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Van Winkle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Topi Takala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takala slips under a jab.
Van Winkle swinging wildly here.
Van Winkle throws a hook but Takala blocks it.
Takala throws a low kick but it's checked well by Van Winkle.
Takala tried to score with a low kick but Van Winkle checks it.
Van Winkle shoots in for a takedown but Takala shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takala on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Van Winkle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Van Winkle throws a chopping leg kick but Takala manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takala lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Van Winkle tries to score a power double leg takedown but Takala sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Van Winkle somewhat.
Van Winkle will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Takala connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Robert Van Winkle is winning the standup battle so far.
Takala punishes Van Winkle's body with a nice straight punch.
Takala misses with a hook. Van Winkle ducked under it nicely.
Takala throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Winkle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Takala works the jab nicely.
Takala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Winkle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Winkle.
Takala swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Van Winkle moves out of range of the body kick from Takala.
Van Winkle throws a hook but Takala blocks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Van Winkle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Takala misses with the body kick
and Van Winkle decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Takala's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle looking to sit in guard and control but Takala gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Takala wants to control from the top but Van Winkle keeps moving.
Van Winkle controls Takala momentarily but Takala frees himself.
Takala pushes down on Van Winkle's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Takala is working for a submission of some sort.
Takala drops an elbow to the side of Van Winkle's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle keeping control of the position.
Van Winkle trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Van Winkle is looking to improve his position but Takala isn't that keen on the idea.
Van Winkle blocking the ground and pound.
Takala stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Takala checks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Winkle lands an overhand right.
Takala swings for the body but Van Winkle moves out of range.
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!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Winkle.
Van Winkle takes a swing at Takala's ribcage but misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Takala checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Robert Van Winkle will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Van Winkle cracks the inside of Takala's front leg.
Takala throws a jab when Van Winkle was well out of range.
A good leg kick by Takala.
A clash of legs there as Van Winkle blocks the low kick.
Takala takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Takala looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Van Winkle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Takala misses with a kick to the body.
Van Winkle throws an overhand right that lands on Takala's shoulder, as Takala tries to avoid the shot.
Van Winkle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takala moves away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Takala!
Van Winkle takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Takala feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Van Winkle's calf.
Takala tries to score with a low kick but Van Winkle moves his leg out of the way.
Takala with a hook.
Takala scores with a nice head shot.
Van Winkle scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Takala throws out a loose jab but Van Winkle uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takala blocks a head kick by Van Winkle.
Van Winkle misses with a body shot
and Takala counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Some wild striking there from Takala.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takala throws a shot to the body.
Van Winkle misses with a low kick.
Van Winkle gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Van Winkle throws a body kick that misses.
Van Winkle takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Van Winkle misses with a low kick.
Van Winkle takes one to the chin there.
Van Winkle cracks Takala with a right hand to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Takala.
Van Winkle takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Van Winkle throws a low kick but it's checked well by Takala.
Takala throws a right and a left that Van Winkle avoids nicely.
Van Winkle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Takala.
Takala lands with a shot to the body.
Takala avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Van Winkle throws a leg kick but Takala checks it.
Van Winkle is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Van Winkle checks a leg kick.
Topi Takala has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takala tries to land a front kick but Van Winkle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Winkle swings for the body but Takala moves out of range.
Takala feints and then cracks Van Winkle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Winkle down.
Takala lands a jab to the nose.
Van Winkle connects with an inside leg kick.
Takala cracks Van Winkle with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Takala has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Van Winkle loads up on a big right hand but Takala slips the punch.
Van Winkle moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Winkle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Takala throws out the jab.
Van Winkle looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Van Winkle throws a leg kick but Takala sees it coming and moves out of range.
Takala throws a lazy right hand but Van Winkle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Takala misses with a hook. Van Winkle ducked under it nicely.
Takala lands an overhand right.
Takala takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick from Van Winkle misses.
Van Winkle will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Van Winkle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Winkle tries to score with a low kick but Takala moves his leg out of the way.
Takala tests Van Winkle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Van Winkle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Takala.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takala throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Van Winkle on the side of the head.
It looks like Robert Van Winkle has been cut.
Van Winkle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van Winkle lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Takala has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Takala and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Van Winkle stuns Takala with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Van Winkle throws a shot from downtown. Takala moves away and avoids it.
Van Winkle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Takala manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Van Winkle manages to get himself to full guard.
Takala postures up in Van Winkle's guard and throws a big left but Van Winkle blocks it.
Takala is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Winkle has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Takala should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Van Winkle has tightened it up now! Takala should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Robert Van Winkle!
Robert Van Winkle gave a mention to Milwaukee's Best 160 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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hype
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RATING
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