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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariusz Pudzianowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Vatanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vatanen has chosen Kalmah - Heros to Us as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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275 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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200 cm
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300 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Good knees
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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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
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mariusz Pudzianowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sami Vatanen!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vatanen slips under a jab from Pudzianowski.
Vatanen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pudzianowski is out of range and Vatanen settles back down.
Vatanen missing with a left hand there. Pudzianowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vatanen scores with a body shot.
Pudzianowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vatanen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Good shot there by Vatanen.
Pudzianowski throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pudzianowski throws a solid leg kick but Vatanen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pudzianowski.
Vatanen tries to counter by closing the distance.
Pudzianowski throws a lazy right hand but Vatanen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slow jab from Pudzianowski misses its intended target.
Vatanen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Vatanen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Pudzianowski misses the target.
Vatanen throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Vatanen misses its intended target.
Nice body punch from Vatanen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd cheers as Vatanen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pudzianowski doesn't seem phased though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vatanen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pudzianowski throws out the jab.
Vatanen slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vatanen. Pudzianowski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pudzianowski scoring well with a low kick there.
Vatanen ducks under a wild hook from Pudzianowski.
Vatanen's corner calls for a 1-2. Vatanen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Mariusz Pudzianowski has been cut.
Vatanen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vatanen throws a good cross that connects.
Pudzianowski throws a front kick aimed at Vatanen's knee but Vatanen avoids it well.
Pudzianowski misses with a hook. Vatanen ducked under it nicely.
Pudzianowski throws a right hand that misses
and Vatanen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pudzianowski 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 Vatanen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vatanen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vatanen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pudzianowski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vatanen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pudzianowski manages to avoid it.
Vatanen just misses with a punch to the body.
Pudzianowski thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pudzianowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Vatanen throws out a powerful jab.
Vatanen misses with a hook. Pudzianowski ducked under it nicely.
Pudzianowski takes a swing at Vatanen's ribcage but misses.
Vatanen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pudzianowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Vatanen.
Pudzianowski misses with a kick to the body
and Vatanen counters with a leg kick.
Vatanen closes the distance and pushes Pudzianowski back into the cage.
Vatanen blocking some punches.
Pudzianowski is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Vatanen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Pudzianowski struggles to land a body shot inside as Vatanen controls his hands.
Vatanen misses with a knee strike.
Vatanen landing knees to the head.
Vatanen working Pudzianowski over with knees to the body.
Pudzianowski is breathing heavily.
Vatanen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pudzianowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vatanen landing knees to the head.
Vatanen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Vatanen.
Vatanen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pudzianowski backwards.
Vatanen tries a knee to the head but Pudzianowski blocks it.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head.
Vatanen lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pudzianowski.
Vatanen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pudzianowski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vatanen lands a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Pudzianowski's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vatanen.
Vatanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pudzianowski's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vatanen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pudzianowski is rocked!
Vatanen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Pudzianowski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vatanen lands a knee to the body.
Pudzianowski seems to have got his legs back now.
Vatanen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vatanen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Vatanen drops Pudzianowski onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Pudzianowski is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Knees in the clinch landing for Vatanen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vatanen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vatanen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vatanen obliges.
Vatanen drops Pudzianowski with a big knee straight up the middle! Pudzianowski is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Vatanen knocks out Pudzianowski with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Vatanen before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Vatanen picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sami Vatanen!
After the big win, Sami Vatanen made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Aspire Clothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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