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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ross Rhea (ranked 3793 p4p, 6725 weight class) and Tarmo Rajantaka (ranked 444 p4p, 614 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ross Rhea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tarmo Rajantaka!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhea swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rajantaka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rhea throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rajantaka tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rajantaka closes the distance and clinches.
Rhea misses with a body punch.
Rhea throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rajantaka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rhea tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rajantaka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rajantaka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Ross Rhea has been cut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rajantaka takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nice elbow from Rhea.
Rhea tries to work over Rajantaka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rajantaka.
Rajantaka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rajantaka misses with a knee strike.
Rhea scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rajantaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rhea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rhea throws an elbow but misses.
Rajantaka is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rajantaka misses with an elbow over the top.
Rajantaka misses with a knee to the head.
Rhea lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rajantaka.
Rajantaka lands a damaging elbow.
Ross Rhea's cut is getting worse.
A short left from Rhea.
Rajantaka lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ross Rhea's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Rajantaka gets through Rhea's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rajantaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rhea swings wildly with an uppercut but Rajantaka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rajantaka misses with a knee strike.
Rajantaka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rhea throws a head punch that misses.
Rhea misses with an elbow over the top.
Rajantaka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rhea tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rajantaka's elbow.
Rhea misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhea misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rajantaka creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rhea's defenses.
Rajantaka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jeez, Ross Rhea's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Rhea misses with a punch to the body.
Rhea lands with a short shot to the head.
I was talking to Rhea's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rajantaka avoiding damage.
Rhea throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rajantaka lands a knee to the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ross Rhea's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tarmo Rajantaka!
Tarmo Rajantaka decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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