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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sami Hyypia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Jong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hyypia comes to the cage accompanied by Al Bowlly - Hang out the stars in Indiana. Jong has chosen Nobody Nobody as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Kim Jong enters the cage!
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301 lbs
27 - 17 - 1 |
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195 cm
36
290 lbs
31 - 18 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Hyypia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kim Jong!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hyypia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jong throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hyypia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hyypia moves out of range of the strikes.
Jong moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jong throws an elbow but misses.
Jong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hyypia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hyypia.
Hyypia is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jong.
Jong can't find room to land a body shot as Hyypia controls the action.
Jong can't find room to land a body shot as Hyypia controls the action.
Jong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hyypia blocks it with crossed arms.
Hyypia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jong blocks a head kick by Hyypia.
Hyypia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jong.
It looked like Hyypia wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Jong as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jong misses with a head kick.
Hyypia misses with a jab, cross combination.
A lazy body kick from Hyypia
and Jong counters with a crisp right hand that drops Hyypia! Jong lets Hyypia back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Jong closes the distance and pushes Hyypia back into the cage.
Jong lands an uppercut.
Jong has Hyypia pressed against the cage, preventing Hyypia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hyypia breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hyypia.
Jong tries to close the distance and clinch but Hyypia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jong fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hyypia darts in and clinches Jong up against the cage.
Jong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jong cracks Hyypia with a nice body shot.
Jong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hyypia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hyypia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jong looking to throw knees to the head but Hyypia is blocking nicely.
Jong misses with an elbow strike.
Jong misses with a knee strike.
Jong pushes Hyypia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jong missing with knees to the body.
Jong tries a knee to the head but Hyypia blocks it.
Hyypia tries to break free but Jong pushes him back against the cage.
Hyypia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hyypia pushes Jong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jong lands a nice shot to the body.
Jong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Jong.
Jong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hyypia is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jong lands with a short shot to the head.
Jong misses with an elbow strike.
Jong lands an elbow just above Hyypia 's eye.
Jong misses with a knee to the head.
Jong scores with a shot to the side of Hyypia's head.
Hyypia wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jong has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jong creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jong misses with a knee to the head.
Jong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hyypia lands with a light punch inside.
A frustrated look appears on Hyypia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jong scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jong letting Hyypia take a breather here.
Jong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hyypia controlling the action here for a moment.
Jong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jong digs a right hand underneath Hyypia's ribcage. Hyypia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jong misses with a knee to the head.
Hyypia lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hyypia wants to get back to striking at distance but Jong won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hyypia can't break the clinch.
Jong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hyypia.
Jong throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jong keeps control of Hyypia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jong looking to throw knees to the head but Hyypia is blocking nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hyypia is trying to push Jong away but Jong has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hyypia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jong has Hyypia up against the cage in a clinch.
Jong pushes off an throws an elbow but Hyypia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hyypia is trying to force a seperation but Jong has the dominant position.
Hyypia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hyypia tries to keep at a distance but Jong has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hyypia avoids a wild elbow strike from Jong.
Jong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hyypia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Jong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hyypia breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kim Jong dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jong forces Hyypia back against the cage and clinches.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jong looking to throw knees to the head but Hyypia is blocking nicely.
Still in the clinch, Hyypia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jong pushes off an throws an elbow but Hyypia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jong pushes Hyypia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jong gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jong throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jong lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hyypia's face.
Hyypia takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right handed body shot lands from Jong.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Jong. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Jong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jong lands a body shot.
A knee to the head by Jong.
Jong lands a knee to the head.
Jong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hyypia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jong gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hyypia takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hyypia backwards.
A short right from Jong on the inside.
Jong misses with a knee strike.
Jong lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hyypia misses with the head strike.
Hyypia is trying to break free.
Jong misses with a punch to the body.
Jong tries a knee to the head but Hyypia blocks it.
Jong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hyypia blocks it with crossed arms.
Hyypia swings wildly with an uppercut but Jong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hyypia breaks the clinch.
Jong moves into the clinch.
Jong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hyypia's elbow.
Hyypia takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jong struggles to land a body shot inside as Hyypia controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jong blocks a body shot from Hyypia.
Hyypia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hyypia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jong thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hyypia lands a nice hook to Jong's body. Jong takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hyypia keeps the fight on the outside.
Jong tries to clinch but Hyypia moves out of range.
Jong throws a lazy head kick
and Hyypia counters with a left to the body.
Jong wants to clinch but Hyypia slips to the side
and Hyypia counters with a nice uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hyypia.
Jong takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Crunch! Hyypia slams his shin into Jong's torso.
Hyypia connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hyypia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jong has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyypia lands a slapping body shot.
Hyypia darts in and clinches Jong up against the cage.
Hyypia breaks from the clinch.
Hyypia is looking to wear down Jong with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jong has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hyypia.
Jong walks into a straight right hand from Hyypia.
Jong closes the distance but Hyypia moves to the side
and Hyypia counters with a stiff right hand.
Hyypia throws a nice looking combination but Jong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hyypia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hyypia.
Hyypia connects with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hyypia darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jong connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hyypia momentarily.
Sami Hyypia is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hyypia cracks Jong with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Hyypia has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Jong to stand back up!
Jong is rocked!
A head kick misses from Jong.
Jong is still on wobbly legs! Can Hyypia finish him?
Jong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hyypia cracks Jong with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Jong looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Hyypia finish him?
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hyypia.
Hyypia keeps the fight on the outside.
Jong seems to have recovered his senses.
Hyypia drops Jong with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Jong! Hyypia dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sami Hyypia!
A less than humble Sami Hyypia misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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