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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tupa Halloo (ranked 425 p4p, 61 weight class) and Stephan Letter (ranked 742 p4p, 106 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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 Las Vegas, Tupa Halloo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephan Letter!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letter misses with a hook to the body
and Halloo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Letter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Halloo can pounce on him.
Halloo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Letter throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Letter takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Letter moves away from the strike by Halloo.
Letter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Letter moves away from the strike by Halloo.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Letter! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halloo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Letter lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halloo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Halloo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Halloo.
Halloo misses with a body punch
and Letter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Letter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Halloo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Halloo connects with a leg kick. Letter looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Halloo scores with a body shot.
Halloo misses with a jab to the body
and Letter counters with a nice uppercut.
Halloo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Halloo moves into the clinch.
Letter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Letter goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Letter.
Halloo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Halloo throws a poor cross that misses
and Letter counters with a slapping leg kick.
Halloo throws a push kick but Letter slaps the foot to one side.
Crunch! Halloo slams his shin into Letter's torso.
Halloo throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Letter counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Some wild striking there from Letter.
Halloo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Letter.
Halloo is looking to slow Letter down with leg kicks.
Halloo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Letter throws the kick towards the body but Halloo avoids it.
Halloo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tupa Halloo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halloo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Letter misses with a straight left.
Halloo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Halloo tries to close the distance and clinch but Letter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Letter throws an overhand right that lands on Halloo's shoulder, as Halloo tries to avoid the shot.
A left lands for Halloo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halloo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Letter fakes the leg kick and cracks Halloo in the body.
Halloo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Letter on the side of the head.
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!
Halloo pushes Letter away with a front kick.
Halloo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A nice side step and Letter releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Halloo throws a body punch but Letter moves out of range.
Letter gets tackled into the cage by Halloo. Halloo maintains the clinch.
Halloo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Letter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Letter misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Letter.
Halloo taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tupa Halloo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Halloo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Letter connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Halloo scrambles back to his feet.
Letter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Halloo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Halloo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Halloo throws a leg kick but Letter moved away.
Letter raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Halloo throws a shot from downtown. Letter moves away and avoids it.
Letter misses with a head kick.
Tupa Halloo is winning the standup battle so far.
Letter checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halloo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Halloo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Letter has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Halloo.
Letter avoids a kick to the body.
As Halloo backs off Letter throws a huge counter combo but Halloo manages to avoid it all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halloo connects with an inside leg kick.
Halloo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Letter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Halloo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Letter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Halloo rushes Letter and presses him up against the cage.
Letter has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Letter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Halloo taking a breather.
Letter swings wildly with an uppercut but Halloo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Halloo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Letter's elbow.
Letter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halloos head.
Letter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Letter blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halloo.
Letter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Letter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halloo misses with a punch on the inside.
Halloo tries to work over Letter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Letter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Letter throws a punch but it's blocked by Halloo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halloo struggles to land a body shot inside as Letter controls his hands.
Letter has a couple of punches blocked by Halloo.
Letter throws a punch but it's blocked by Halloo.
Letter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Halloo is keeping busy.
Letter lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Halloo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Halloo.
A short body shot lands from Letter as the two fighters clinch.
Halloo blocking some punches.
Halloo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Letter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Halloo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Halloo has a couple of punches blocked by Letter.
Nice body punch from Halloo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halloo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Letter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Halloo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Letter misses with a punch on the inside.
Halloo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Letter is looking to control Halloo's arms but Halloo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Letter has his back to the cage.
Halloo stalls.
Halloo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Letter backwards.
Letter leaning against his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for Halloo.
Halloo misses with a punch to the body.
Letter breaks from the clinch.
Halloo connects with a solid leg kick.
You can see that Letter has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Letter throws a lazy right hand but Halloo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Letter throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letter closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Letter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Halloo.
Letter is rocked!
Jab from Halloo.
Letter is still on wobbly legs! Can Halloo finish him?
Halloo fakes a head shot and lands one 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!
Halloo lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Letter head around and knocks him out cold! Halloo hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tupa Halloo!
A very excited looking Tupa Halloo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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FIGHT
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