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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pyry Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkele has chosen Perkele as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Calvin Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Pyry Perkele!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Perkele misses with a hook.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Perkele cracks Johnson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perkele. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson drops his hands momentarily and Perkele takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Perkele wants to slow Johnson down by chopping away at his legs.
Perkele throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
As Perkele looks to move away, Johnson throws a big counter combo bu Perkele just gets out of the way.
Johnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Perkele.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick by Perkele misses
and Johnson counters with a nice leg kick.
We've been informed that Perkele has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Perkele looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Perkele throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Perkele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Perkele tries to score with a low kick but Johnson moves his leg out of the way.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Perkele tries to counter with a clinch but Johnson shakes him off and moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Perkele 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 Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice combination there by Perkele.
Perkele looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perkele. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson tried to counter with a leg kick but Perkele avoided it.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perkele sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pyry Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Perkele tries to clinch up.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perkele steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Johnson.
Perkele scores with a shot 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!
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Perkele steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Perkele lets loose with a powerful body kick. Johnson will feel that in the morning.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perkele.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perkele circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perkele.
Perkele throws a quick inside leg kick.
Perkele throws a quick inside leg kick.
Johnson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Perkele if he has to take too many more of those.
Johnson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Perkele is out of range and Johnson settles back down.
Perkele works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Calvin Johnson has been cut.
Perkele fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Johnson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Perkele throws a half hearted mid kick.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Perkele finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Perkele throws a leg kick but Johnson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perkele.
Perkele throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele lands a really nice looking cross but Johnson seems unphased.
Johnson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkele tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Perkele thows a body kick. Johnson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Perkele's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Perkele scrambles back to his feet.
Perkele lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Perkele. Perkele obviously looking to wear him down.
Johnson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A head kick misses from Perkele.
Perkele throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perkele.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Johnson appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pyry Perkele dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Calvin Johnson's cut.
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.
Perkele lands a high kick!
Calvin Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Perkele throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Perkele throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Perkele moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Perkele tries to counter by closing the distance.
Perkele just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Johnson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Some bone on bone action there as Johnson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Johnson pushes Perkele up against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Johnson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Perkele blocking some punches.
Perkele looking to slow down the pace here.
Johnson dodges an elbow strike from Perkele.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Perkele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perkele has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Perkele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Perkele misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Perkele.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Perkele.
Perkele looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perkele.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Perkele trying to stall but Johnson improves his position.
Perkele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Johnson.
Perkele tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johnson.
Perkele is breathing heavily.
Perkele prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Perkele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Johnson blocks a jab.
Pyry Perkele seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Perkele digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs.
Johnson lands a nice looking body shot.
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!
Perkele throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Perkele fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Perkele misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johnson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Perkele circles away from the clinch attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johnson checks a leg kick.
Perkele misses with a hook to the body
and Johnson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Perkele! Johnson lets Perkele back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Perkele is rocked!
It looks like Pyry Perkele has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Perkele is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnson finish him?
Johnson cracks Perkele with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Perkele falls to his knees and Johnson doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Calvin Johnson!
After winning the bout, Calvin Johnson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Pyry Perkele had this to say: 'My mommy always says that there is no better fighter than I am...so that what you saw was pure luck!'.
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hype
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