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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jani Honkanen (ranked 758 p4p, 922 weight class) and Jorlan Vieira (ranked 100 p4p, 122 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jani Honkanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorlan Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honkanen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Honkanen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vieira.
Vieira lands a jab.
Honkanen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vieira finds it's way round the side to connect with Honkanen's head.
Honkanen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Honkanen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vieira momentarily.
Honkanen avoids the body shot from Vieira.
Honkanen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vieira takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice uppercut lands for Honkanen. That snapped Vieira's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honkanen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Honkanen.
Some wild striking there from Honkanen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honkanen looks to land a combination but Vieira avoids it well.
Vieira takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Honkanen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vieira as he jumps to the side.
Honkanen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vieira slips under a jab.
It seemed like Vieira was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jorlan Vieira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Vieira finds it's way through Honkanen's defenses.
Vieira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vieira stalls.
Vieira stalls.
Vieira content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vieira blocking some punches.
A short left from Vieira.
Vieira keeps control of Honkanen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vieira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've been hearing reports that Honkanen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Vieira effectively controlling the action here.
Honkanen jumps guard but Vieira stands there with Honkanen around his waist. Honkanen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Honkanen blocks a body shot from Vieira.
Honkanen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honkanen is looking to break free of the clinch but Vieira has double underhooks.
Honkanen throws a head punch that misses.
Honkanen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Honkanen wants to get back to striking at distance but Vieira won't allow it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vieira.
Honkanen is trying to force a seperation but Vieira has the dominant position.
Vieira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vieira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Honkanen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honkanen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Honkanen fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jani Honkanen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Honkanen throws a hook but Vieira blocks it.
Vieira throws a jab but it's blocked by Honkanen.
Honkanen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vieira connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Jani Honkanen has been cut.
Vieira throws a right hand that Honkanen ducks under and follows up with a left that Honkanen also avoids with ease.
Honkanen misses with the combination.
Vieira cracks Honkanen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Honkanen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vieira connects with the punch.
Honkanen is rocked!
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!
Vieira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Honkanen.
Honkanen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Vieira is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Vieira scores with a shoulder strike.
Vieira lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Honkanen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Vieira just stands there and leans against the cage.
Honkanen blocks a body shot from Vieira.
Vieira lands a left hand.
Oh Honkanen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vieira avoiding damage.
Vieira lands with a right to the head.
Good body shot from Vieira.
Honkanen is breathing heavily.
Vieira lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Honkanen to his knees! Vieira keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jorlan Vieira!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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