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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Priest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauta comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Frederik - Harva Meistä On Rautaa kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Johnny Priest has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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277 lbs
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264 lbs
40 - 25 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Priest!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Rauta!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Priest closes the distance and clinches.
Priest will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rauta up against the cage.
Priest lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rauta is leaning against Priest and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Priest pushes off an throws an elbow but Rauta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Priest.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Priest taking a breather.
Rauta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Priest lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Pertti Rauta has been cut.
Priest goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Priest works on Rauta's body with a couple of short punches.
Priest doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rauta has a couple of punches blocked by Priest.
Priest lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Priest throws an elbow that misses.
I was talking to Priest's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Priest taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Priest.
Priest lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Priest lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Priest misses with a hook from the clinch.
Priest takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Johnny Priest has been cut.
Rauta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Priest throws an elbow that misses.
Priest misses with the head strike.
Rauta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Priest avoids it.
Priest misses with a hook from the clinch.
Priest avoiding damage.
Priest lands with a short shot to the head.
Rauta blocks an elbow strike from Priest.
Rauta blocks an elbow strike from Priest.
Rauta avoids the elbow strike from Priest, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Priest.
Priest lands an elbow inside that Rauta shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rauta working aggressively here.
Rauta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Priest blocks it with crossed arms.
Rauta lands an elbow inside that Priest shrugs off.
Rauta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Priest on the inside.
Rauta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Priest.
With the fighters up against the cage, Priest throws an elbow but misses.
Priest misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rauta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Priest misses with a short punch on the inside.
Priest lands a hook to the side of the head.
Priest throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rauta.
Rauta looking to throw knees to the head but Priest is blocking nicely.
Priest throws a punch but it's blocked by Rauta.
Rauta lands an elbow just above Priest 's eye.
Rauta tries to land knees in the clinch but Priest avoids the damage to the body.
Priest scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rauta blocking some punches.
Rauta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Priest blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Priest on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Priest scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Priest throws an elbow but misses.
Rauta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Priest has a couple of punches blocked by Rauta.
Rauta is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Priest is defending well for now.
A short left from Rauta.
Priest lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rauta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Priest's defenses.
Rauta throws a head punch that misses.
Rauta can't find room to land a body shot as Priest controls the action.
Rauta is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Priest is defending well for now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rauta.
Rauta tries a body shot but Priest blocks it.
Rauta takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Priest tries a body shot but Rauta blocks it.
Priest lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Pertti Rauta's cut even more.
Priest lands a damaging elbow.
Rauta takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice right hand lands inside from Priest.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauta looking to throw knees to the head but Priest is blocking nicely.
Rauta can't find room to land a body shot as Priest controls the action.
Rauta blocking some punches.
Priest lands a shot to the body.
Priest scores with a shoulder strike.
Rauta is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Priest.
Rauta is still on wobbly legs! Can Priest finish him?
Priest lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rauta backwards.
Priest blocks a body shot from Rauta.
Priest creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Rauta! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Priest.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Priest!
Johnny Priest retains his heavyweight title!
Our winner, Johnny Priest, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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