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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hannu Karpo (ranked 341 p4p, 288 weight class) and Randy The Show (ranked 44 p4p, 37 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannu Karpo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Randy The Show!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karpo throws a lazy right hand but The Show sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Show now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Karpo ducks under a wild hook from The Show.
The Show throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Karpo tries to land a body kick
and The Show connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Hannu Karpo has been cut.
Karpo throws a right and a left that The Show avoids nicely.
Karpo sets himself, and The Show steps forward looking for the clinch! Karpo avoids it this time.
Karpo with a nice cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karpo throws a body kick that misses
and The Show counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karpo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Karpo showed some decent athleticism there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Show regains full guard. Nicely done.
Karpo stopping the sweep attempt from The Show.
The Show not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Karpo controls from within his opponent's guard.
The Show is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The Show is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Show has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The Show looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
We've been hearing that Karpo has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Karpo wants to control from the top but The Show keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Karpo misses with a leg kick
and The Show counters with a stiff right hand.
Karpo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karpo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The Show is trying to improve his position.
The Show is trying to control Karpo's posture but Karpo avoids it.
Karpo lands a decent elbow from side control.
The Show is looking for a sweep.
Karpo taking a breather here.
Karpo trying to control the position but The Show is working away.
The Show tries to bench press Karpo off him but Karpo keeps the position.
Karpo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Show is looking for a sweep.
The Show keeps Karpo under control for a moment.
Karpo fails to land a wild elbow strike.
A lull in the action here as Karpo stalls from top position.
Karpo trying to control the position but The Show is working away.
The Show is looking for a sweep.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Karpo wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Show keeps working.
The ground and pound from Karpo seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Hannu Karpo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hannu Karpo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Karpo sizes up The Show with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sloppy strikes from Karpo. Those never looked like landing.
The Show jabs at Karpo's body.
Karpo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Karpo misses with a straight left.
Hannu Karpo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Karpo.
Karpo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
The Show misses with a few strikes there.
A little feinted left hand from Karpo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karpo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. The Show was covering up waiting for the punch and Karpo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Karpo is fighting to break The Show's control of his arms but The Show is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The Show wants to sweep here but Karpo controlling him for the moment.
Karpo wants to control from the top but The Show keeps moving.
The Show looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karpo trying to control the position from guard on top but The Show is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Show can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Karpo controls the pace.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The Show looking to hit a scissor sweep but Karpo is one step ahead there.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The Show has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Karpo.
The Show tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karpo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karpo feinted with a counter takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karpo gets a takedown into half guard.
The Show is trying to maintain the position but Karpo is very close to passing his half guard.
Karpo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Karpo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Karpo 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.
The Show has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Karpo is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Show manages to get to full guard.
The Show is pulling down on Karpo's head to control his posture.
The Show wants to improve his position but instead Karpo has moved into half guard.
The Show is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The Show manages to get to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Show working a defensive guard here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hannu Karpo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hannu Karpo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Karpo scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Show in his tracks.
The Show fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karpo manages to avoid it.
The Show moves out of range of the body kick.
The Show looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Karpo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Show looking for a sweep. Not yet The Show, not yet.
The Show is trying to control the position but Karpo postures up.
The Show looking to control but Karpo passes into half guard.
The Show is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karpo tries to pass the half guard into mount. The Show knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The Show is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hannu Karpo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Show trying to hold on to Karpo's head to control him but Karpo postures up.
Karpo is looking to take a break and control but The Show is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Karpo prevents The Show from improving his position.
Randy The Show has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Karpo wants to work for an arm triangle but The Show is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are battling for position here. The Show manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Karpo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Karpo wants to control from the top but The Show keeps moving.
Karpo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Show is keeping the position for now.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Karpo won't allow The Show to sweep him here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Karpo slips a straight right by The Show.
Karpo appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Karpo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karpo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Randy The Show is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Karpo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Karpo connects with a high kick.
Karpo cracks The Show with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hannu Karpo is winning the standup battle so far.
Karpo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The Show looking for submissions off his back.
Karpo wants to take a breather but The Show is having none of it.
The Show keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Show wants to get back to full guard.
Karpo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed The Show's head.
The Show is trying to control but can't.
The Show wants to get back to full guard.
Karpo is looking to take a break and control but The Show is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The Show is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Karpo jumps into side control!
Karpo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Show can do to turn this around?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Show is looking to reverse the position.
An elbow from Karpo crashes against the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karpo slows the pace down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hannu Karpo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Karpo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hannu Karpo!
Hannu Karpo thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Randy The Show was interviewed post fight and said 'This loss will not define me!'.
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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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