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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Kilpatrick (ranked 589 p4p, 2973 weight class) and Eerikki Salmi (ranked 87 p4p, 382 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Salmi's choice of entrance music: Korpiklaani - Ievan Polkka . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
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 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jesse Kilpatrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eerikki Salmi!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salmi walks into a jab.
Salmi lands a jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Salmi has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Salmi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kilpatrick thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kilpatrick throws out a powerful jab.
Salmi throws a jab but it's blocked by Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick gets the takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salmi is not content to let Kilpatrick control the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Kilpatrick.
An elbow from Kilpatrick crashes against the mat.
Kilpatrick fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Kilpatrick looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Salmi is avoiding damage well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salmi regains half guard, as Kilpatrick was trying to land strikes.
Salmi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick trying to pass the guard but Salmi defending well.
Salmi is holding on to half guard well.
Kilpatrick is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Salmi!
Kilpatrick misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Kilpatrick throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Salmi because Kilpatrick loaded up on that one.
Kilpatrick throwing strikes here but Salmi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kilpatrick throwing strikes here but Salmi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salmi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Kilpatrick throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kilpatrick raining down hammerfists from mount.
Kilpatrick sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Salmi manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Salmi, under a barage of strikes from Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
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!
Kilpatrick throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kilpatrick thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kilpatrick landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick thowing shots but they're missing.
Kilpatrick throwing strikes here but Salmi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kilpatrick throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Salmi because Kilpatrick loaded up on that one.
Salmi takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Kilpatrick's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse Kilpatrick!
A victorious Jesse Kilpatrick 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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mgr
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