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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Michael Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pekko Wannanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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162 lbs
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161 lbs
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Excellent MT
Granite chin
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Henson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekko Wannanen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wannanen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Henson connects with an inside leg kick.
Henson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wannanen.
It looks like Michael Henson has been cut.
Wannanen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right handed body shot lands from Wannanen.
Wannanen lands an elbow inside that Henson shrugs off.
Wannanen stalling the fight.
Wannanen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wannanen prevents a body shot from Henson.
Wannanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henson misses with a punch on the inside.
Wannanen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henson backwards.
Wannanen can't find room to land a body shot as Henson controls the action.
Wannanen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Henson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Wannanen.
Wannanen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Henson or not.
Wannanen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Henson up against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wannanen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wannanen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wannanen tries a knee to the head but Henson blocks it.
Wannanen lands a nice uppercut.
Henson avoids the elbow strike from Wannanen, against the ropes.
Wannanen is working Henson over against the ropes.
A right handed body shot lands from Wannanen.
Henson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wannanen.
Henson working aggressively here.
Henson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wannanen is defending well for now.
Henson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henson tries a body shot but Wannanen blocks it.
Good body shot from Wannanen.
Wannanen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wannanen lands a shot to the body.
Henson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wannanen is defending well for now.
Wannanen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Henson is breathing heavily.
A short right from Wannanen.
A nice left hand lands by Wannanen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wannanen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Henson up against the ropes.
A right hand to the body from Wannanen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wannanen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wannanen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henson backwards.
Wannanen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henson backwards.
Wannanen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henson backwards.
Henson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Henson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wannanen avoids it.
Wannanen lands an elbow just above Henson 's eye.
Wannanen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wannanen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henson.
A short uppercut from Wannanen.
Wannanen blocks a body shot from Henson.
Wannanen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wannanen is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wannanen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wannanen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wannanen scores with a shot to the side of Henson's head.
A short body shot lands from Henson as the two fighters clinch.
Wannanen lands a damaging elbow.
Wannanen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wannanen gets through Henson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wannanen scores with a hook to the body.
Henson working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Wannanen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wannanen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wannanen lands a body punch.
Wannanen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wannanen pushes Henson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wannanen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Henson misses with the head strike.
Henson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henson takes a shot to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Wannanen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wannanen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wannanen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henson backwards.
Henson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wannanen.
Henson takes a shot to the head.
Wannanen lands an elbow inside that Henson shrugs off.
Wannanen stalling in the clinch.
Henson misses with the head strike.
Wannanen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wannanen.
Wannanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henson's elbow.
Henson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wannanen is leaning against Henson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Henson takes an elbow to the temple.
Wannanen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Wannanen on the inside.
Henson working aggressively here.
Henson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wannanen.
Henson working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pekko Wannanen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Henson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wannanen throws a head kick that misses.
Wannanen defending well as Henson loads up on a big left hand.
Wannanen works Henson's body with a nice hook.
Henson takes the fight into the clinch.
Wannanen digs a right hand into Henson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Henson's gas tank.
Wannanen works on Henson's body with a couple of short punches.
Wannanen lands a body shot.
Pekko Wannanen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wannanen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Wannanen.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wannanen.
A short uppercut from Henson.
Wannanen lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wannanen lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henson.
A nice left hand lands by Wannanen.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short uppercut from Wannanen.
Wannanen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wannanen lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wannanen lands with a light punch inside.
Wannanen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wannanen scores with a shot to the side of Henson's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wannanen.
Wannanen lands with a right to the head.
Wannanen scores with a hook to the body.
Wannanen lands a nice elbow.
Wannanen pushes Henson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wannanen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Wannanen.
Henson misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Wannanen.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wannanen.
Henson throws a head punch that misses.
Wannanen lands a shot to the body.
Wannanen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henson backwards.
Henson is rocked!
Wannanen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Wannanen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wannanen pushes Henson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wannanen pushes Henson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Wannanen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henson.
Henson takes a shot to the head.
Wannanen lands with a short shot to the head.
Wannanen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Henson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wannanen lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Wannanen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wannanen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Michael Henson's cut is getting worse.
Wannanen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Wannanen scores with a hook to the body.
Wannanen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wannanen lands with a short shot to the head.
Wannanen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Henson takes an elbow to the temple.
Wannanen lands a body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Henson fails to land.
Wannanen lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wannanen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wannanen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wannanen holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
The referee is keeping an eye on Wannanen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Henson seems to have got his legs back now.
Henson takes an elbow to the temple.
Wannanen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wannanen presses Henson against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Wannanen on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Wannanen.
Henson tries to land knees in the clinch but Wannanen avoids the damage to the body.
Wannanen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Wannanen.
Wannanen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wannanen breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Wannanen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wannanen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wannanen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Henson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wannanen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henson backwards.
Good body shot from Wannanen.
Wannanen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wannanen scores with a shot to the side of Henson's head.
Wannanen is leaning against Henson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wannanen lands an elbow inside that Henson shrugs off.
Wannanen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wannanen cracks Henson with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Henson goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Henson wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Pekko Wannanen!
The defeated Michael Henson had this to say: 'Thanks to my manager Matt Donovan, Sponsor Pure Nutrition. To all my coaches and sparring partners who prepared me for this fight. I let you guys down. I am disappointed at myself but I know I can come back stronger. Credit to him for the victory. '.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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