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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lahden Linkki (ranked 2586 p4p, 332 weight class) and Lee Grimrock (ranked 1782 p4p, 239 weight class). Linkki comes to the cage accompanied by Cypress Hill - Cuban Necktie. Lee Grimrock has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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204 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lahden Linkki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lee Grimrock!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grimrock looks to land a body kick but Linkki moved away.
Linkki lands with a shot to the body.
Linkki throws a hook but Grimrock avoids it easily.
Grimrock wants to counter with a clinch but Linkki pushes him away.
Linkki lands a head shot.
It looks like Lee Grimrock has been cut.
Linkki lands with a hook. Grimrock tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grimrock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Linkki misses with a combination
and Grimrock moves into the clinch.
Grimrock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grimrock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Grimrock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grimrock misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimrock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grimrock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Linkki backwards.
Grimrock tries to throw a body punch but Linkki avoids it by throwing Grimrock back against the cage.
A short right from Linkki on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Linkki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Linkki tries to throw a body punch but Grimrock avoids it by throwing Linkki back against the cage.
Grimrock tries to throw a body punch but Linkki avoids it by throwing Grimrock back against the cage.
Grimrock putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Linkki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimrock lands a nice knee to the body.
Linkki blocks a body shot from Grimrock.
Grimrock trying to land knees to the body.
Grimrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Linkki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grimrock lands a good knee to the midsection. Linkki won't want to take too many of those.
Grimrock works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Linkki.
Grimrock lands an elbow inside.
Grimrock lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Grimrock - that landed with a thud.
Grimrock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Linkki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grimrock.
Linkki is breathing heavily.
Grimrock can't find room to land a body shot as Linkki controls the action.
Grimrock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Linkki has a couple of punches blocked by Grimrock.
Grimrock tries a body shot but Linkki blocks it.
Grimrock blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linkki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Linkki tries to work over Grimrock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Grimrock.
Grimrock tries to work over Linkki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Linkki takes a shot to the head.
Grimrock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grimrock misses with a body punch.
Grimrock trying to land knees to the body.
Grimrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Linkki avoids it.
Linkki avoids the elbow strike from Grimrock, against the cage.
Grimrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Linkki's elbow.
Linkki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Linkki working aggressively here.
Grimrock has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Linkki seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Grimrock can turn it around.
Grimrock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grimrock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grimrock.
Grimrock lands an elbow inside that Linkki shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grimrock.
Grimrock landing knees to the body.
Grimrock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grimrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grimrock.
Grimrock working Linkki over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linkki misses with a punch to the body.
Grimrock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Grimrock is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grimrock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grimrock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Linkki's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grimrock.
A short body shot lands from Grimrock as the two fighters clinch.
Grimrock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grimrock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Grimrock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grimrock is leaning against Linkki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Grimrock utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grimrock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grimrock.
Linkki lands with a left to the head.
Grimrock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Linkki is trying to push Grimrock away but Grimrock has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Linkki can't find room to land a body shot as Grimrock controls the action.
Grimrock blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimrock tries to land knees in the clinch but Linkki avoids the damage to the body.
Grimrock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Linkki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grimrock.
Grimrock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Grimrock lands a knee to the body.
Grimrock lands a nice uppercut.
Grimrock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Linkki blocks a body shot from Grimrock.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grimrock.
Grimrock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Grimrock.
Linkki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Grimrock putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Linkki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grimrock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grimrock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grimrock lands a good knee to the midsection. Linkki won't want to take too many of those.
Linkki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Grimrock scores a nice knee to the body.
Grimrock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Grimrock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lee Grimrock's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Grimrock lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Grimrock tries to clinch but Linkki moves out of range.
We've been told by Linkki's head coaches at Malmi Aitta that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Grimrock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Grimrock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grimrock. That's going to slow Linkki down.
Grimrock lands a jab to the nose.
Grimrock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Grimrock rushes Linkki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lee Grimrock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from Linkki fails to land.
Nice elbow from Grimrock.
Grimrock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grimrock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grimrock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grimrock utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Linkki blocks a body shot from Grimrock.
Linkki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimrock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grimrock lands a left hand.
A short right from Grimrock on the inside.
Linkki is rocked!
Grimrock pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Linkki! Grimrock unloads with more strikes and Linkki sinks to his knees! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Grimrock!
Lahden Linkki was interviewed post fight and said 'That was fucking awesome! Can I go again?!'.
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FIGHT
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