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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manolo Fu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Hovi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fu comes to the cage accompanied by A Fifth Of Beethoven. 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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188 lbs
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183 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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
17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manolo Fu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Seppo Hovi!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fu has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Hovi throws a lazy right hand but Fu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hovi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hovi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hovi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fu is able to avoid easily.
Fu punishes Hovi's body with a nice straight punch.
Hovi tries a low kick but Fu avoids it.
Fu misses with a kick to the body
and Fu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Fu misses.
Fu avoids a kick to the body.
Hovi takes a swing at Fu's ribcage but misses.
A clash of legs there as Hovi blocks the low kick.
Fu misses with a looping left.
Hovi tries to counter by closing the distance.
A jab from Hovi misses.
Hovi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A countering left hand to the body from Hovi misses.
Hovi moves out of range of the body kick.
Hovi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Fu misses with a low kick.
Fu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hovi's sensitive parts.
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!
Fu connects with a leg kick. Hovi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hovi misses with a looping right.
Some wild striking there from Hovi.
We've been informed that Hovi 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.
A jab lands there for Hovi.
Hovi misses with a kick to the body.
Hovi checks a low kick from Fu.
Hovi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hovi is looking to land body kicks.
Fu misses with a body kick.
Fu scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fu scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fu takes one to the chin there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Fu.
The crowd cheers as Fu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hovi doesn't seem phased though.
Hovi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hovi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Fu. Hovi shrugs it off though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hovi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fu misses with a straight left.
Hovi misses with a low kick as Fu jumps back.
Fu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hovi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fu misses with a hook. Hovi ducked under it nicely.
Fu 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.
Manolo Fu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hovi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hovi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fu to score with a decent uppercut.
Fu misses with a kick to the body.
Hovi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hovi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hovi just misses with a punch to the body.
Hovi throws out a loose jab but Fu uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Hovi catches Fu right on the button with a cross.
Fu lands with a nice body kick.
Nice body kick from Fu.
Hovi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fu fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hovi just manages to avoid it.
Hovi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fu cracks Hovi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hovi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fu.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hovi.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fu, right into the meat.
A cross from Fu lands.
Fu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hovi can pounce on him.
Hovi throws an overhand right that lands on Fu's shoulder, as Fu tries to avoid the 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!
Fu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fu.
Hovi throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hovi feints and then cracks Fu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fu down.
Fu wants to land a leg kick but Hovi is out of range.
Fu swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hovi counters by clinching up.
Fu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hovi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Hovi fails to land.
Fu breaks the clinch.
Fu scores with a push kick.
Hovi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fu's corner calls for a 1-2. Fu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Hovi. That snapped Fu's head back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hovi scores with a leg kick.
Hovi throws a hook but Fu avoids it easily.
Fu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hovi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manolo Fu dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hovi scores with a push kick.
Hovi throws the left hand but Fu avoids the punch easily.
Fu fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hovi just manages to avoid it.
Hovi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hovi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fu.
Fu thinks about countering with a head kick.
Hovi tries to work over Fu's front leg with a kick but Fu checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hovi 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 Fu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fu cracks the inside of Hovi's front leg.
Hovi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hovi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hovi.
A telegraphed right hand from Fu misses the target.
Hovi tries a quick counter leg kick but Fu is wise to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hovi looks to land a body kick but Fu moved away.
And Fu counters with a quick kick to the body but Hovi blocks it.
Fu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hovi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fu throws a chopping leg kick but Hovi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hovi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fu throws the left hand but Hovi avoids the punch easily.
Hovi scores with a sloppy right hand. Fu should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Hovi misses.
Manolo Fu is winning the standup battle so far.
Fu throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hovi counters by clinching up.
Fu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hovi backwards.
Fu misses with some punches.
Fu tries to break the clinch but Hovi is controlling the position.
Fu is trying to break the clinch but Hovi is controlling him.
Hovi misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hovi misses with the head strike.
Hovi lands a body shot.
Fu has Hovi pressed against the cage.
Hovi scores with a shot to the side of Fu's head.
Hovi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fu's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hovi misses with some punches.
Hovi swings wildly with an uppercut but Fu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fu lands a nice shot to the body.
Hovi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hovi looks to score with a jab to the body but Fu is just out of range.
Fu stuns Hovi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fu lands with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some bone on bone action there as Hovi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hovi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Fu.
Fu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fu moves out of range as Hovi throws a body kick.
Hovi misses with an uppercut.
Fu moves forwards but Hovi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fu throws a series of punches but Hovi avoids them all with ease.
Hovi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hovi.
Hovi lands with a nice body punch.
Hovi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fu takes a step back to recover.
A big left from Fu misses.
Fu throws a front kick aimed at Hovi's knee but Hovi avoids it well.
Fu thuds his shin into the meat of Hovi's side.
Fu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hovi. That's going to slow Fu down.
Hovi is looking to land body kicks.
Fu thinks about countering with a body kick.
Fu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hovi misses with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the body from Fu misses
and Hovi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hovi.
Hovi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hovi takes a shot to the head.
Hovi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hovi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hovi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fu takes a step back to recover.
Nice defenses there by Hovi.
Fu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hovi slips a jab from Fu.
Fu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fu on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hovi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Fu.
Hovi blocks a head kick by Fu.
Hovi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Seppo Hovi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Fu staying out of range there.
Fu lands a front kick.
Hovi blocks a leg kick.
Hovi lands a right hook to the body.
Hovi throws a chopping leg kick but Fu manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fu throws a head kick that misses.
Hovi checks a leg kick.
Hovi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Fu tries to score with a low kick but Hovi moves his leg out of the way.
Fu throws a leg kick but Hovi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hovi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hovi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fu lands with a hook. Hovi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hovi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fu counters with a thumping low kick.
Fu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hovi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fu throws a leg kick but Hovi checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Fu.
Fu moves out of range of the leg kick from Hovi.
Hovi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fu.
Some bone on bone action there as Fu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hovi.
Fu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hovi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fu lands a slapping body shot.
Hovi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hovi.
A good leg kick by Fu.
A swing and a miss from Hovi.
Fu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fu takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Fu. Hovi shrugs it off though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Fu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fu 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.
Hovi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hovi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hovi scores with a push kick.
Fu scoring well with a low kick there.
Fu attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hovi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hovi thumps Fu with a low kick.
Hovi misses with an uppercut. Fu saw that one coming.
Hovi lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hovi tried to score with a low kick but Fu checks it.
Fu misses with a kick to the body.
Hovi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Fu.
Fu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hovi moves away.
Hovi wants to counter the offense by Fu and move into the clinch position.
Hovi misses with a low kick.
Fu defending well as Hovi loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fu lands a front kick.
Hovi delivers a nice body kick.
Hovi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hovi walks into a left hand.
Fu blocks a jab.
Fu fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hovi just manages to avoid it.
Hovi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hovi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fu misses with a body shot.
Fu stuns Hovi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hovi throws a leg kick but Fu sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fu tried to score with a low kick but Hovi checks it.
Fu misses with an uppercut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fu.
Fu moves out of range of the body kick from Hovi.
Hovi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Fu!
Hovi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fu can pounce on him.
Hovi throws a poor cross that misses
and Fu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hovi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fu was well out of range. Poor timing from Hovi.
Fu cracks Hovi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fu scores with a jab.
Fu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hovi.
Fu checks a leg kick.
Fu throws a big counter combination but Hovi scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Fu feints and then cracks Hovi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hovi down.
Fu thumps Hovi with a low kick.
Fu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hovi.
Fu scores with a nice strike.
Hovi throws a wild body kick that Fu sees coming a mile off.
Fu throws a wild body kick that Hovi sees coming a mile off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manolo Fu showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manolo Fu!
A victorious Manolo Fu 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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