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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Veikko Keskinen (ranked 2968 p4p, 2317 weight class) and Ryan Henderson (ranked 350 p4p, 276 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Veikko Keskinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Henderson !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keskinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henderson moves away.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown but Keskinen shows good takedown defense.
Henderson moves out of range as Keskinen strikes.
Henderson throws a jab when Keskinen was well out of range.
Henderson throws a lazy uppercut
and Keskinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Henderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Keskinen counters by moving into the clinch.
Henderson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Keskinen lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
A hook to the body from Keskinen.
Keskinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Keskinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Keskinen lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.
Nice elbow from Keskinen.
Keskinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keskinen scores a nice knee to the body.
Keskinen lands a damaging elbow.
Our sources have told us that Keskinen has been working on his elbows in the gym.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keskinen lands a nice elbow.
Keskinen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Keskinen prevents the takedown attempt.
Veikko Keskinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Henderson .
Keskinen pushes Henderson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Keskinen lands a nice elbow.
Keskinen lands a right hand.
Keskinen lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.
Keskinen is leaning against Henderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Keskinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Keskinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henderson 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Keskinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Keskinen obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keskinen lands a knee to the body.
Henderson looks winded!
Good body shot from Keskinen.
Keskinen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Keskinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Keskinen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Keskinen with a knee to the head.
Henderson is rocked!
Keskinen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Keskinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Keskinen lands a knee to the body.
Keskinen scores a nice knee to the body.
Good body shot from Keskinen.
Keskinen crunches a lovely knee into Henderson 's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keskinen lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.
Keskinen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Keskinen lands a knee to the head.
Henderson is still on wobbly legs! Can Keskinen finish him?
Keskinen lands a knee to the head.
Keskinen crunches a lovely knee into Henderson 's ribcage.
Keskinen pushes Henderson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Henderson seems to have recovered his senses.
Keskinen lands with a right to the head.
Keskinen scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Keskinen.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keskinen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keskinen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Keskinen obliges.
Keskinen lands a left hand.
Henderson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Keskinen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Keskinen lands with a good body shot.
Keskinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab lands there for Keskinen.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Keskinen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A lazy left from Keskinen finds it's target.
Keskinen stuffs the takedown.
Henderson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Henderson fails with the takedown
and Keskinen counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Veikko Keskinen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Keskinen rushes Henderson with punches - Henderson moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Henderson goes down! Keskinen follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Veikko Keskinen!
A very excited looking Veikko Keskinen 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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