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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaako Meritähti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaako Meritähti has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Calvin Johnson's chin.
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
29 - 23 - 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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaako Meritähti!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meritähti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meritähti.
Johnson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Meritähti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meritähti has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Meritähti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jaako Meritähti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meritähti fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Meritähti has taken the fight into the clinch.
Meritähti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Meritähti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Meritähti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meritähti blocks an uppercut.
Meritähti struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meritähti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
It looks like Calvin Johnson has been cut.
A short left from Johnson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Meritähti tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Meritähti back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meritähti.
Meritähti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meritähti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Meritähti misses with a punch on the inside.
Meritähti throws a head punch that misses.
Meritähti throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson tries a body shot but Meritähti blocks it.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Meritähti.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meritähti tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Meritähti back against the cage.
Meritähti lands a left hand.
Meritähti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Meritähti lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson pushes Meritähti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Meritähti.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Meritähti lands with a right to the head.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meritähti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meritähti.
Good body shot from Meritähti.
Meritähti can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Meritähti misses with the head strike.
Meritähti throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Meritähti on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Meritähti.
Meritähti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meritähti lands with a short shot to the head.
Johnson is rocked!
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Meritähti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meritähti cracks Johnson with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Meritähti misses with a punch on the inside.
Meritähti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Meritähti working aggressively here.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Meritähti fails to land.
Meritähti swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Meritähti.
Meritähti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Meritähti.
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!
Meritähti tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Meritähti back against the cage.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Meritähti works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Meritähti pushes Johnson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meritähti blocking some punches.
Meritähti prevents a body shot from Johnson.
A short right from Johnson.
Meritähti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meritähti works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Meritähti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Meritähti pushes Johnson against the cage. Meritähti is working some dirty boxing. Meritähti pushes off with a quick right hook! Johnson goes down! Johnson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Meritähti moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaako Meritähti!
A very excited looking Jaako Meritähti 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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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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