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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ed Gennero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taneli Hauki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gennero comes to the cage accompanied by Alan Walker - Faded. Ed Gennero is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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197 lbs
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Good wrestling
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
26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ed Gennero !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 25 - 1, fighting out of London, Taneli Hauki!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Gennero as he connects with a hook.
Gennero stalks Hauki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hauki's face. Hauki staggers backwards, shaken.
Hauki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gennero throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gennero throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hauki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gennero misses with a hook.
That kick from Hauki tenderised Gennero 's leg. Gennero is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gennero connects with a nice looking jab.
Hauki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gennero takes a swing at Hauki's ribcage but misses.
Gennero moves out of range of the leg kick from Hauki.
Gennero half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ed Gennero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gennero swings widly with a right hand
and Hauki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hauki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gennero manages to avoid it.
Hauki throws a body shot but no joy.
Hauki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hauki stuns Gennero with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gennero fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hauki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hauki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gennero pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hauki on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hauki looks to land a left hand but Gennero moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gennero .
Gennero dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gennero throws a shot from downtown. Hauki moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick from Gennero misses.
Hauki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gennero .
Gennero keeps Hauki at a distance using the push kick.
Gennero definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hauki connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gennero . Gennero circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hauki stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gennero .
Gennero throws a front kick that sends Hauki stumbling back into the cage.
Gennero throws a hook but Hauki avoids it easily.
Gennero misses with an uppercut.
Hauki lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hauki is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gennero rather than just go for the knockout.
Gennero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hauki moves away.
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!
Gennero throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hauki misses with a straight left.
Gennero keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gennero thuds his shin into the meat of Hauki's side.
Gennero throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gennero misses the jab.
Hauki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gennero ducks under a wild hook from Hauki.
Hauki tries to score with a low kick but Gennero moves his leg out of the way.
Gennero misses with a body shot.
Gennero pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hauki is out of range and Gennero settles back down.
Hauki scores with a sloppy right hand. Gennero should have avoided that one.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hauki.
Gennero takes a swing at Hauki's ribcage but misses.
Hauki misses with a wild body shot.
Hauki lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gennero uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hauki.
Hauki throws a body shot but no joy.
Hauki throws a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hauki. Gennero does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hauki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gennero avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gennero scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gennero lands a front kick.
Hauki dodges the punch combination from Gennero .
Hauki doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gennero lands with an overhand left.
Hauki throws a shot from downtown. Gennero moves away and avoids it.
Gennero connects with a leg kick. Hauki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gennero with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hauki checks a leg kick.
Gennero is looking to land body kicks.
Gennero looks to score with a jab to the body but Hauki is just out of range.
A low kick from Gennero misses
letting Hauki counter with a right hand.
Gennero throws a head kick but Hauki moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hauki 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 Gennero has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gennero and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Good leg kick by Gennero there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hauki throws a hook to the side of Gennero 's head but Gennero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gennero lands with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hauki stuns Gennero with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hauki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gennero finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hauki just misses with a punch to the body.
Gennero lands a nice shot to the body.
Gennero throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hauki.
Gennero swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gennero scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hauki in his tracks.
Gennero misses with a body shot.
Gennero throws a jab when Hauki was well out of range.
Hauki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice defenses there by Gennero .
Gennero pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A clash of legs there as Hauki blocks the low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gennero misses with a wild body shot.
A clash of legs there as Hauki blocks the low kick.
Hauki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gennero 's calf.
Gennero lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ed Gennero dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gennero throws an off balance right hand
and Hauki counters with a nice uppercut.
Gennero goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hauki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gennero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hauki can do to turn this around?
Hauki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gennero doesn't seem bothered though.
Ed Gennero is winning the standup battle so far.
Gennero 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hauki. Gennero does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hauki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hauki moves out of range as Gennero throws a body kick.
Gennero uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hauki checks a leg kick.
Gennero lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hauki throws a body shot but no joy.
Gennero avoids the body shot from Hauki.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hauki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hauki might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Gennero has got the better of the exchanges.
Hauki takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gennero lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gennero throws a shot from downtown. Hauki moves away and avoids it.
Hauki is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gennero with a body shot.
Gennero throws a low kick but Hauki avoids it.
Gennero fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hauki checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hauki swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gennero .
Hauki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gennero misses with a hook
letting Hauki counter with a right hand.
Hauki throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gennero checks a leg kick.
Hauki swings for the body but Gennero moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hauki checks a leg kick.
Gennero throws a leg kick but Hauki sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gennero keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A good leg kick by Hauki.
Gennero scores with a leg kick.
Hauki looks to score with a jab to the body but Gennero is just out of range.
Gennero fails to land with a series of punches.
Hauki keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hauki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gennero was well out of range. Poor timing from Hauki.
Gennero went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Gennero takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gennero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gennero lands with a straight right. Hauki didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hauki lands a head shot.
Gennero bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gennero keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hauki feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gennero s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hauki 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.
Gennero fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hauki just manages to avoid it.
Gennero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hauki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hauki moves out of range of the body kick.
Hauki moves away from the strike by Gennero .
Hauki now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gennero displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hauki throws out the jab.
Gennero looks to land a right hand but Hauki moved out of range.
Hauki moves out of range of the body kick from Gennero .
Gennero lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gennero lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hauki lands a two punch combo.
Hauki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hauki looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gennero takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hauki.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hauki checks a low kick from Gennero .
Gennero throws a leg kick but Hauki sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hauki throws a leg kick but Gennero sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hauki lands a nice shot to the body.
Gennero looks to land a right hand but Hauki moved out of range.
Hauki swings for the body but Gennero moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Hauki misses
and Gennero counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hauki avoids a kick to the body.
Hauki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hauki ducks under a wild hook from Gennero .
Hauki appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gennero throws a hook but Hauki avoids it easily.
Nice jab there from Gennero .
Hauki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gennero .
Hauki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hauki pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gennero back to the cage. Hauki follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
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!
Hauki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gennero was well out of range. Poor timing from Hauki.
Gennero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hauki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hauki let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gennero takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hauki scoring well with a low kick there.
Some bone on bone action there as Gennero checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hauki misses the shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gennero .
Hauki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gennero scores with a jab to the body.
Gennero lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gennero scores with a jab to the body.
Gennero lunges at Hauki with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hauki's hand.
Gennero slips a jab from Hauki.
Gennero throws a right hand that Hauki ducks under and follows up with a left that Hauki also avoids with ease.
Gennero throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Hauki counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gennero fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hauki checks it well.
A swing and a miss from Gennero .
Gennero looks to throw the jab but Hauki is out of range.
Gennero swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hauki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Taneli Hauki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Gennero 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A nice inside leg kick there by Gennero . That's going to slow Hauki down.
Hauki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gennero misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gennero lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hauki moves out of range of the body kick from Gennero .
Hauki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gennero manages to avoid it.
Hauki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hauki scores with a leg kick.
Gennero uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hauki.
Gennero misses with a straight right.
Decent striking displayed by Hauki there.
Hauki throws a body punch but Gennero moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Gennero on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hauki takes a swing at Gennero 's ribcage but misses.
Gennero throws a hook to the side of Hauki's head but Hauki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hauki is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gennero with a body shot.
Hauki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gennero .
Gennero lunges at Hauki with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hauki's hand.
Hauki walks into a straight right hand from Gennero .
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!
Hauki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hauki misses the shot to the body.
Gennero throws a sloppy head kick and Hauki moves out of range easily.
Hauki tries to counter with a clinch but Gennero shakes him off and moves away.
Gennero moves out of range of the leg kick from Hauki.
Gennero throws a head kick that misses.
Hauki appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gennero throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hauki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gennero swinging wildly here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gennero comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gennero throws a chopping leg kick but Hauki manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gennero takes one on the button.
Gennero attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gennero moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gennero swings widly with a right hand
and Hauki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hauki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gennero manages to avoid it.
Gennero misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hauki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hauki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gennero was well out of range. Poor timing from Hauki.
Gennero misses the body punch
and Hauki counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hauki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gennero keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gennero misses with a wild combination.
Oooooh!!! Hauki has knocked Gennero down with a huge combo! Hauki steps away and waves a wobbly Gennero back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Gennero is rocked!
Hauki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Gennero is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gennero takes a swing at Hauki's ribcage but misses.
Hauki connects with an inside leg kick.
Hauki cracks Gennero with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Gennero tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Hauki pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Gennero is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taneli Hauki!
Taneli Hauki thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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