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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Toivonen (ranked 8 p4p, 57 weight class) and Iso Paa (ranked 3 p4p, 11 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pekka Toivonen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iso Paa!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Toivonen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Toivonen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Paa ducks under a wild hook from Toivonen.
Paa missing with a left hand there. Toivonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Paa there.
Paa connects with an inside leg kick.
Toivonen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Paa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paa. Toivonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Toivonen lands a leg kick that knocks Paa off balance momentarily.
Paa with the inside leg kick.
Paa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Toivonen.
Toivonen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toivonen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Paa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Toivonen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Paa is looking to chop away at Toivonen's legs.
Paa connects with a crisp jab.
Toivonen looks to throw the jab but Paa is out of range.
Toivonen throws the left hand but Paa avoids the punch easily.
Paa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Toivonen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Paa misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Toivonen.
Toivonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paa wants to counter with a clinch but Toivonen pushes him away.
Paa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Paa looks to clinch
and Toivonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Toivonen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Paa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Paa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Toivonen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Paa lands a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Paa.
Paa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Paa looks to land a body kick but Toivonen moved away.
Toivonen sizes up Paa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Paa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Iso Paa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toivonen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Toivonen momentarily.
Paa misses with a looping left.
Toivonen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toivonen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Paa. Paa obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen misses with a hook
and Paa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Toivonen lands the left hand.
Paa loads up on a big right hand but Toivonen slips the punch.
Toivonen throws a leg kick which misses Paa's front leg but catches the back leg as Paa tries to avoid it.
Paa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Toivonen misses with a low kick.
Paa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toivonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Paa.
A little feinted left hand from Toivonen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Paa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Toivonen takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Pekka Toivonen has been cut.
Toivonen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut there from Toivonen.
Good work by Paa as he checks the leg kick.
Paa has closed the distance and engaged Toivonen in a clinch.
Toivonen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Paa stalls.
A head punch on the inside from Toivonen fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paa tries a body shot but Toivonen blocks it.
Toivonen scores with a shoulder strike.
Paa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Toivonen.
Toivonen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paa checks a leg kick nicely.
Paa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Toivonen throws out a loose jab but Paa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paa is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Toivonen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Toivonen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Paa works the jab nicely.
Paa with the inside leg kick.
Paa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toivonen jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Paa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Toivonen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Paa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Toivonen misses with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toivonen looks for the body kick but Paa saw that one coming.
Paa throws a jab but it's blocked by Toivonen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen misses with a hook. Paa ducked under it nicely.
Paa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Toivonen blocks the leg kick.
Paa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Paa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Toivonen on the side of the head.
Toivonen looks to land a left hand but Paa moved out of range nicely.
Paa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Toivonen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Toivonen motions for Paa to come forward. Toivonen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Good leg kick by Paa.
No joy there for Paa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Toivonen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Paa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Paa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Toivonen.
Toivonen misses with an uppercut. Paa saw that one coming.
Toivonen lands a jab to the nose.
Toivonen throws a leg kick
and Paa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Toivonen's knee momentarily.
Toivonen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Iso Paa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pekka Toivonen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Paa feints and then cracks Toivonen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Toivonen down.
Toivonen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Toivonen slips a jab from Paa.
Toivonen throws a leg kick but Paa checks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Paa.
Paa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Toivonen.
Toivonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paa moves away.
Paa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Toivonen. Toivonen obviously looking to wear him down.
Paa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Toivonen.
Toivonen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Paa.
Paa avoids the body shot from Toivonen.
A jab from Paa does it's job there.
Toivonen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Paa throws a body shot but no joy.
Toivonen is looking to counter with a body kick.
Paa throws a hook but Toivonen blocks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Toivonen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Paa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Paa.
Paa misses with a left hand
and Toivonen counters with a nice body shot.
Paa cracks Toivonen with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paa defending well as Toivonen loads up on a big left hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Toivonen.
Toivonen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Toivonen misses with a looping left.
Paa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Toivonen counters with a body kick.
Toivonen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Toivonen looks to throw the jab but Paa is out of range.
Paa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Toivonen under the eye.
Paa misses with a low kick.
Toivonen throws a hook but Paa avoids it easily.
Paa doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Toivonen takes one to the side of the head.
Paa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Toivonen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Toivonen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Paa.
Toivonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paa wants to counter with a clinch but Toivonen pushes him away.
Paa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Paa catches Toivonen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toivonen avoids the body shot from Paa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen lands a body shot.
Toivonen lands a head shot.
Toivonen throws a jab when Paa was well out of range.
Paa only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Toivonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Paa throws out the jab.
Paa misses with a left hand
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Paa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Paa is rocked!
Paa walks straight into a right hand from Toivonen - that's dropped him! Toivonen jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Paa from any more punishment! Paa complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Pekka Toivonen!
A victorious Pekka Toivonen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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