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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Bloodaxe (ranked 1474 p4p, 1946 weight class) and Tatu Lehto (ranked 204 p4p, 250 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Bloodaxe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tatu Lehto!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bloodaxe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lehto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bloodaxe wants to slow Lehto down by chopping away at his legs.
Bloodaxe moves into range and clinches up with Lehto.
Bloodaxe effectively controlling the action here.
Bloodaxe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bloodaxe dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lehto misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lehto obliges.
Lehto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bloodaxe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lehto backwards.
Lehto throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bloodaxe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bloodaxe stalling.
Lehto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Gunnar Bloodaxe has been cut.
Bloodaxe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bloodaxe manages to break the clinch.
Lehto looks for the body kick but Bloodaxe saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodaxe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lehto manages to avoid it.
Lehto throws a push kick but Bloodaxe slaps the foot to one side.
Bloodaxe is looking to counter the offense by Lehto and move into the clinch.
Bloodaxe throws a body shot but no joy.
Bloodaxe missing with a left hand there. Lehto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tatu Lehto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bloodaxe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lehto misses with a head kick.
Bloodaxe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bloodaxe throws a front kick aimed at Lehto's knee but Lehto avoids it well.
Bloodaxe tries a head kick but it misses.
Bloodaxe tries to clinch but Lehto moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bloodaxe checks a leg kick.
Lehto lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bloodaxe takes a step back to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe misses with a looping right.
Bloodaxe misses with a body shot.
Bloodaxe cracks a nice hook into Lehto's ribs.
Bloodaxe takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Lehto throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lehto misses with a low kick.
Bloodaxe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lehto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bloodaxe throws a nice looking combination but Lehto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lehto attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bloodaxe is looking to counter punch.
Lehto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lehto wants to slow Bloodaxe down by chopping away at his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehto swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bloodaxe was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lehto throws a wild body kick that Bloodaxe sees coming a mile off.
Bloodaxe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lehto scores with a push kick.
Lehto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bloodaxe throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lehto.
Bloodaxe thuds a left hand into Lehto's body.
Bloodaxe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lehto throws a leg kick
and Bloodaxe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bloodaxe cracks Lehto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Bloodaxe misses the target.
Lehto goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bloodaxe throws the left hand but Lehto avoids the punch easily.
Lehto tries to land a body kick
and Bloodaxe counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lehto throws a leg kick but Bloodaxe sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bloodaxe throws a quick counter head kick but Lehto was just out of range.
Lehto throws a low kick, looking for Bloodaxe's leg but Bloodaxe calmly moves out of range.
Lehto throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bloodaxe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lehto.
Lehto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bloodaxe's sensitive parts.
Lehto finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bloodaxe misses with a low kick as Lehto jumps back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Bloodaxe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Bloodaxe's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lehto throws a lazy body kick
and Bloodaxe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bloodaxe connects with an inside leg kick.
Lehto throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bloodaxe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lehto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lehto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bloodaxe misses with a leg kick.
And Lehto responds with a good body kick, but Bloodaxe manages to step out the way in time.
Bloodaxe cracks Lehto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lehto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bloodaxe misses with an uppercut. Lehto saw that one coming.
Lehto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehto throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bloodaxe counters with a low kick, right behind Lehto 's knee.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lehto - that will leave a mark!
Lehto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bloodaxe throws a head kick that half lands.
Bloodaxe lands a nice looking body shot.
Bloodaxe with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lehto.
Lehto misses with a body kick.
Lehto throws a chopping leg kick but Bloodaxe manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bloodaxe throws a body punch but Lehto moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lehto slips a straight right by Bloodaxe.
Lehto misses with a body kick.
Bloodaxe scores with a leg kick.
Lehto moves out of range of the leg kick from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe lands a jab to the nose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bloodaxe just misses with a punch to the body.
Bloodaxe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bloodaxe throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bloodaxe feints and then cracks Lehto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lehto down.
Lehto wants to land a leg kick but Bloodaxe is out of range.
Bloodaxe lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Bloodaxe.
A big left from Bloodaxe misses.
Lehto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Lehto.
Lehto moves out of range of the strikes.
Lehto is looking to score with low kicks.
Bloodaxe misses with an uppercut.
A head kick misses from Lehto.
Bloodaxe is looking to counter the offense by Lehto and move into the clinch.
Lehto misses with a body kick.
Bloodaxe darts in and clinches Lehto up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bloodaxe.
Lehto tries to land knees in the clinch but Bloodaxe avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe pushes Lehto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lehto throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lehto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lehto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bloodaxe misses with a punch on the inside.
Lehto tries a knee to the head but Bloodaxe blocks it.
Bloodaxe pushes Lehto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lehto trying to land knees to the body.
Bloodaxe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lehto can do to turn this around?
Bloodaxe avoiding damage as Lehto throws knees to the body.
Bloodaxe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bloodaxe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bloodaxe misses with a punch to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bloodaxe.
Lehto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bloodaxe blocks it with crossed arms.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Bloodaxe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Bloodaxe's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Bloodaxe.
Lehto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bloodaxe.
Lehto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bloodaxe checks a leg kick.
Bloodaxe throws a right hand that misses
and Lehto counters with an outside leg kick.
Bloodaxe throws a big shot that misses.
Bloodaxe misses with a left hand
and Lehto counters with a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lehto misses with a kick to the body
and Bloodaxe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bloodaxe avoids the head kick by Lehto.
Bloodaxe moves out of range of the body kick.
Gunnar Bloodaxe is winning the standup battle so far.
Lehto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe missing with a left hand there. Lehto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bloodaxe feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Lehto sprawling to the canvas! Lehto rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Bloodaxe finish him?!
Lehto is rocked!
Bloodaxe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lehto is still on wobbly legs! Can Bloodaxe finish him?
Lehto throws a head kick that misses
and Bloodaxe counters with a big right hand! Oh Lehto is in trouble here! Bloodaxe follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunnar Bloodaxe!
A very excited looking Gunnar Bloodaxe 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.
Tatu Lehto was interviewed post fight and said 'Vandamnit! '.
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