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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tali Ihantala (ranked 2570 p4p, 1992 weight class) and Donny Donowitz (ranked 276 p4p, 220 weight class). Ihantala's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, For Heavy Metal we will die!. Tali Ihantala has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tali Ihantala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Donny Donowitz!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ihantala walks into a stiff left hand from Donowitz.
Donowitz avoids the body shot from Ihantala.
Ihantala misses with a double jab
and Donowitz counters with a body kick that stops Ihantala in his tracks momentarily.
Donowitz throws a chopping leg kick but Ihantala manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Crunch! Ihantala slams his shin into Donowitz's torso.
Donowitz lands with a shot to the body.
Donowitz throws a hook to the side of Ihantala's head but Ihantala sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ihantala swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Donowitz counters with a leg kick.
A cross from Ihantala lands.
Tali Ihantala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donowitz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ihantala avoids the body shot from Donowitz.
Donowitz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ihantala throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ihantala sizes up Donowitz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice shot lands for Ihantala.
Donowitz throws an overhand right that lands on Ihantala's shoulder, as Ihantala tries to avoid the shot.
Ihantala misses with a head kick.
We've been told by Ihantala's head coaches at Heavy Metal that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ihantala lands a glancing blow to the side of Donowitz's head.
Ihantala takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Donowitz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ihantala throws a good cross that connects.
Ihantala loads up on a big right hand but Donowitz slips the punch.
Donowitz counters with a body kick.
A combination from Ihantala does no damage.
Ihantala lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Donowitz throws a chopping leg kick but Ihantala manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Donowitz gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ihantala counters with a right hand to the body.
Ihantala looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A shot to the liver by Ihantala. Beautiful body shot.
Donowitz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ihantala connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Donowitz scrambles back to his feet.
A slow jab from Ihantala misses its intended target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ihantala throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ihantala looks for the body kick but Donowitz saw that one coming.
Donowitz tries to land a leg kick but Ihantala saw it coming and moves away.
Ihantala fires out a quick counter leg kick but Donowitz just manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz looks to land a right hand but Ihantala moved out of range.
Ihantala throwing a counter right hand but Donowitz manages to avoid it.
Ihantala throws the kick towards the body but Donowitz avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Donowitz.
Ihantala misses with a body kick.
Ihantala rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Donowitz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ihantala tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Donowitz is able to avoid easily.
Donowitz throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ihantala counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Donowitz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ihantala is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ihantala bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Donowitz throws a right hand that misses
and Ihantala makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Donowitz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ihantala scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Donowitz throws a leg kick
and Ihantala counters with a solid body kick.
Ihantala moves out of range as Donowitz strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Ihantala on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ihantala throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Donowitz appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Ihantala.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ihantala misses with a shot to the body
and Donowitz counters with a straight right hand.
Ihantala doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Donowitz throws a jab when Ihantala was well out of range.
Ihantala swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donowitz throws a big shot that misses.
Ihantala pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ihantala scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Donowitz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ihantala throws a series of strikes that have Donowitz backpedaling.
It looks like Donny Donowitz has been cut.
Donowitz is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Donowitz takes a swing at Ihantala's ribcage but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ihantala staying out of range there.
Ihantala swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Donowitz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ihantala cracks Donowitz with a good jab.
Ihantala gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Donowitz.
Donowitz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ihantala forces Donowitz back against the cage and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Ihantala fails to land.
A short right from Ihantala on the inside.
Ihantala lands with a right to the head.
Ihantala throws a punch but it's blocked by Donowitz.
Donowitz is working Ihantala over against the cage.
Ihantala is breathing heavily.
Ihantala misses with a short punch on the inside.
Donowitz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donowitz lands a nice shot that snaps Ihantala's head back.
Donowitz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ihantala throws a poor cross that misses
and Donowitz counters with a nice right hand that sends Ihantala toppling to the canvas! Ihantala scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Donowitz finish him?!
Ihantala is rocked!
Ihantala is aggressively charging in as Donowitz backs up avoiding any damage. Donowitz tosses out a jab and Ihantala runs right into it face first! Ihantala is out cold! Donowitz dropped down on all fours and is barking in Ihantala's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Donny Donowitz!
During a confident post fight interview, Donny Donowitz thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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