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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm Merlin (ranked 579 p4p, 80 weight class) and Risto Rautio (ranked 394 p4p, 53 weight class). Merlin comes into the arena with Let There Be Rock! blaring out of the sound system. Rautio has chosen mickey avalon as his entrance music. Malcolm Merlin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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210 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Lethal high kicks
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Malcolm Merlin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Risto Rautio!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Merlin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Merlin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice uppercut lands for Merlin. That snapped Rautio's head back.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rautio.
Merlin misses with a low kick.
Merlin scores with a nice right hand.
Merlin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Merlin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Kangaroo's MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Merlin misses the shot to the body.
Rautio misses with a looping right.
Merlin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Merlin throws a low kick but Rautio avoids it.
Rautio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice straight punches there by Merlin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Merlin.
Merlin moves out of range as Rautio throws a body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Rautio as he connects with a hook.
It looks like Malcolm Merlin has been cut.
Rautio moves out of range of the strikes.
Merlin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rautio lands with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rautio takes a swing at Merlin's ribcage but misses.
Rautio rushes Merlin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rautio gets through Merlin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rautio scores with a shoulder strike.
Rautio cracks Merlin with a nice body shot.
Rautio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rautio cracks Merlin with a nice body shot.
Merlin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rautio backwards.
Rautio misses with a punch to the body.
Merlin lands a right hand.
A short left from Merlin.
Rautio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Merlin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Merlin misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rautio lands with a light punch inside.
Rautio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Merlin's elbow.
Rautio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rautio lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Merlin or not.
Rautio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rautio scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merlin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rautio can't find room to land a body shot as Merlin controls the action.
Merlin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Merlin misses with the head strike.
Rautio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Merlin backwards.
Rautio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Merlin is rocked!
Rautio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Merlin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Good body shot from Rautio.
Rautio creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Merlin with a big uppercut! Merlin tries to clinch up but Rautio pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Merlin to the mat! Merlin covers up and Rautio unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Risto Rautio!
Risto Rautio very nearly forgot to thank Reaper Combatwear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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