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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Ignorante (ranked 4565 p4p, 2088 weight class) and Sepi Koli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Ignorante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sepi Koli!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koli misses the jab.
Ignorante fails with the takedown
and Koli cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ignorante attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ignorante looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Koli dips to his left and cracks Ignorante with an uppercut!
Ignorante has a takedown stuffed.
Koli only half commits to the counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ignorante shoots in for a takedown but Koli shows good takedown defense.
Koli is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ignorante with a body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Ignorante. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koli throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ignorante stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Koli.
Koli looks for the body kick but Ignorante saw that one coming.
Koli will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
It looked like Ignorante was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koli explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Koli connects with an inside leg kick.
Ignorante moves out of range of the strikes.
Koli lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ignorante's sensitive parts.
Koli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ignorante was well out of range. Poor timing from Koli.
Ignorante is looking for a counter combo.
Ignorante takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ignorante fails with the takedown
and Koli counters with a thumping low kick.
Sepi Koli is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Decent striking displayed by Koli there.
Nice takedown defense from Koli. No joy for Ignorante on that attempt.
Koli is looking to slow Ignorante down with leg kicks.
Ignorante doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Koli connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koli cracks Ignorante with a big right hand and Ignorante goes down!
 Ignorante is rocked!
Koli gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Oh Ignorante is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ignorante tries to clinch there but Koli circles away.
Ignorante seems to have got his legs back now.
Ignorante shoots in but Koli avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Good work by Ignorante as he checks the leg kick.
Koli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ignorante.
Ignorante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Koli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koli connects with a leg kick.
Koli tries to work over Ignorante's front leg with a kick but Ignorante checks it.
Koli displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ignorante.
Koli has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Ignorante fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Koli checks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koli connects with an inside leg kick.
Koli misses with a body shot.
Koli misses with an uppercut. Ignorante saw that one coming.
Ignorante shoots in for a takedown but Koli shows good takedown defense.
Horrible takedown attempt by Ignorante or perhaps it was just good defense by Koli, which made it look bad.
Ignorante walks into a left hand.
Ignorante scores with a body shot.
Ignorante gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Koli to counter with a crisp jab.
Ignorante shoots for a takedown but Koli saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ignorante is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Koli.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignorante misses with a head kick.
Koli drops Ignorante with a big left hand and mounts him. Ignorante is in big trouble!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koli controlling his opponent.
Koli stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Ignorante avoids the body shot from Koli.
Koli defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ignorante.
Koli was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
No joy there for Ignorante, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ignorante closes this distance looking for a takedown but Koli circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ignorante has his takedown stuffed
and Koli counters with a right hand that sends Ignorante tumbling to the canvas! Can Koli finish him? He dives into Ignorante's guard looking to do just that!
Ignorante is breathing heavily.
Ignorante trying to keep a closed guard but Koli is proving a slippery customer.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sepi Koli dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Koli fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Ignorante out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Sepi Koli!
A very excited looking Sepi Koli 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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