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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricci Morocco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauno Tynkkynen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tynkkynen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cow herd - Fields kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rauno Tynkkynen acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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218 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricci Morocco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rauno Tynkkynen!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tynkkynen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tynkkynen takes one on the button.
It looks like Rauno Tynkkynen has been cut.
Morocco plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Tynkkynen just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been told by Morocco's head coaches at Condor Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Morocco swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tynkkynen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tynkkynen just misses with a punch to the body.
Morocco throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A head kick misses from Morocco.
Morocco is looking to clinch but Tynkkynen is avoiding it.
Morocco throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tynkkynen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morocco darts in and clinches Tynkkynen up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Morocco.
Morocco lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Morocco.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tynkkynen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Morocco walks away with a smile on his face. Tynkkynen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tynkkynen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Morocco seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Morocco slips a jab from Tynkkynen.
Morocco seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Morocco lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tynkkynen takes a swing at Morocco's ribcage but misses.
Morocco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tynkkynen.
Morocco throws a leg kick
and Tynkkynen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've been informed that Tynkkynen 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.
Morocco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morocco throws a wild body kick that Tynkkynen sees coming a mile off.
Morocco fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tynkkynen checks it well.
Morocco tries a head kick but it misses.
Tynkkynen checks the leg kick.
Morocco keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Morocco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morocco throws a looping overhand right but Tynkkynen ducks down to avoid it.
Morocco closes the distance but Tynkkynen moves to the side
and Tynkkynen counters with a straight right hand.
Tynkkynen works Morocco's body with a nice hook.
Morocco lands with a kick to the ribs.
Morocco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morocco jabs Tynkkynen right on the nose. Tynkkynen blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tynkkynen missing with a left hand there. Morocco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ricci Morocco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morocco takes one to the chin there.
Morocco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morocco connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick from Tynkkynen misses.
Tynkkynen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tynkkynen misses the jab.
Morocco clinches with his opponent.
Morocco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morocco has Tynkkynen pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tynkkynen fails to land.
Tynkkynen tries for a takedown but Morocco manages to get underhooks.
Ricci Morocco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rauno Tynkkynen.
Morocco misses with a knee strike.
Morocco lands a right hand.
Morocco misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morocco lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tynkkynen or not.
Morocco is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morocco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tynkkynen avoids it.
Morocco lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen scores with a shoulder strike.
Tynkkynen has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Morocco is trying to keep an underhook but Tynkkynen manages to get the takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Morocco blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morocco defending well though.
Morocco is trying to stand.
Tynkkynen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Morocco is looking for a sweep. Tynkkynen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tynkkynen throwing shots but Morocco is blocking nicely.
Tynkkynen throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Morocco to regain full guard.
Tynkkynen wants to control from the top but Morocco keeps moving.
Tynkkynen landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morocco trying to control the position.
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!
Tynkkynen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ricci Morocco will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rauno Tynkkynen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Morocco throws a poor cross that misses
and Tynkkynen counters with a two punch combo.
Tynkkynen shoots for a double leg takedown but Morocco sprawls well. He's pushed Tynkkynen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Morocco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morocco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tynkkynen.
Morocco smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Morocco lands an overhand right.
That has opened up Rauno Tynkkynen's cut even more.
Morocco throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Morocco lands a big head kick that sends Tynkkynen tumbling to the mat! Morocco takes a step backwards and waves Tynkkynen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Tynkkynen is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morocco attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morocco lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Morocco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tynkkynen can do to turn this around?
Morocco throws a body kick that misses.
Morocco throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tynkkynen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tynkkynen.
Morocco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morocco stalls.
Tynkkynen trying to land knees to the body.
Morocco has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morocco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morocco takes a shot to the head.
Morocco is rocked!
Tynkkynen pushes Morocco against the cage. Tynkkynen is working some dirty boxing. Tynkkynen pushes off with a quick right hook! Morocco goes down! Morocco tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Tynkkynen moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rauno Tynkkynen!
Rauno Tynkkynen made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'WAS ABOUT TIME! Finally im back in winning way.. Now i dont want to go back to farm, but keep fighting.'.
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