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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Radio Active (ranked 1966 p4p, 1951 weight class) and Veikko Keskinen (ranked 259 p4p, 255 weight class). Active comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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169 cm 33 160 18 - 10 - 1 |
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168 cm 27 162 15 - 13 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler World class MT Fast |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Radio Active! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Veikko Keskinen! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Active misses with a series of wild punches.
Keskinen tries to counter with a clinch but Active shakes him off and moves away. Keskinen lands a jab to Active's midsection. Keskinen misses the jab. Active connects with a right hand. Keskinen shakes it off. Active staying out of range there. Active was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Active throws out a loose jab but Keskinen uses good head movement to avoid it. Keskinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Active was well out of range. Poor timing from Keskinen. Radio Active seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Keskinen swings for the body but Active moves out of range.
Active lands an overhand right. Keskinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Active manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Active misses with a hook to the body
and Keskinen counters by clinching up. Active tries to circle away but Keskinen has him pinned against the cage. Keskinen tries a knee to the head but Active blocks it.
Active makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Keskinen cracks Active with a nice body shot. Active breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action! Keskinen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Keskinen connects with a crisp jab. Active keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Keskinen tries to clinch but Active moves away and Active counters with a stiff right hand. Keskinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Active swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Active misses the shot to the body. Keskinen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Active counters with a stiff right hand. Active pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Keskinen tries to clinch up but Active circles away and keeps his distance. Active misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keskinen.
Keskinen tries to clinch there but Active circles away.
Active tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Keskinen swivels and escapes. Keskinen tries to counter with a clinch but Active shakes him off and moves away. Active misses with a body shot.
Active sets himself, and Keskinen steps forward looking for the clinch! Active avoids it this time. Keskinen staying out of range there. Danga de danga de dang - Keskinen scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Radio Active has been cut. 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! Keskinen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Keskinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Active manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Active throws a body shot but no joy. Active sets himself, and Keskinen steps forward looking for the clinch! Active avoids it this time. We've been informed that Keskinen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Active misses with a wild body shot. Active misses with a wild body shot. Keskinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keskinen is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Keskinen punishes Active's body with a nice straight punch. Active throws a big shot that misses. No luck with that takedown attempt from Active. Keskinen blocks a jab. Active lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Keskinen has managed to clinch.
Keskinen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Active blocks an elbow strike. Knees in the clinch landing for Keskinen.
Active takes a knee to the side of the body. Keskinen tries a body shot but Active blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Active's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Keskinen throws a body punch but Active moves out of range. Keskinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keskinen blocks a jab. Keskinen thuds a left hand into Active's body. Active throws a right and a left that both miss. Active fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Active looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Keskinen tries to clinch up. Active scores with a punch to the head. Active circles away from the clinch attempt.
Active closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Keskinen's guard. Active works over Keskinen with some ground and pound from guard. Keskinen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Active trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Keskinen trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Active throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Keskinen works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Active slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. Active is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Keskinen is trying to control the position but Active postures up. Active postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Keskinen keeping full guard, as Active tries to pass. Keskinen keeping moving, preventing Active from controlling successfully. Keskinen tries to land a sweep but no joy. Active slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Active has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Active taking a breather here. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Radio Active dominated that round. The cut man is working on Radio Active's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Active scores with a nice strike. Keskinen takes one to the side of the head.
Keskinen looks to clinch and Active counters with a nice uppercut. Keskinen tries to bum rush Active with a series of wild strikes but Active uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Active swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Keskinen throws a big shot that misses. Keskinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keskinen ducks right into an uppercut from Active. Keskinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Active manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Active swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Active throws a left that rocks Keskinen and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Active dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Keskinen regain composure!
Keskinen is rocked! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A big shot lands for Active! That's hurt Keskinen! Will he recover? Active fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Radio Active! Radio Active decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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