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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rob Roy (ranked 60 p4p, 381 weight class) and Ispa Perkele (ranked 6 p4p, 51 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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170 cm 31 166 24 - 8 - 0 |
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179 cm 27 165 17 - 9 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler World class MT Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Roy! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ispa Perkele! The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Donatello Bradman and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Roy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
It looks like Ispa Perkele has been cut. Perkele wants to land a leg kick but Roy is out of range. Perkele blocks a jab. Perkele fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Perkele swings for the body but Roy moves out of range.
A cross from Roy lands. Perkele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roy is looking to counter with a body kick. Perkele connects with a looping right hand.
Perkele fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Roy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roy throwing a counter right hand but Perkele manages to avoid it. Roy throws a shot from downtown. Perkele moves away and avoids it. Perkele has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Roy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Roy there as he acknowledges the shot. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Perkele is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Roy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Roy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. A leg kick checked by Perkele. Roy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Roy feinted there with a counter leg kick. Perkele misses with an uppercut. Perkele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roy moves away. Perkele scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Perkele misses with a straight right. Perkele throws a lazy uppercut
and Roy counters with a straight right hand. Perkele throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Perkele fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Perkele with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Roy to score with a decent uppercut. Perkele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perkele.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Roy just misses with a punch to the body.
Perkele cracks Roy with a right hand to the side of the head. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Roy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perkele throws out the jab. Roy tried to counter with a leg kick but Perkele avoided it. Perkele with the inside leg kick. Perkele lands with a shot to the body. Perkele turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. A solid leg kick lands there for Roy.
Perkele with a nice cross. Perkele buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Roy misses the shot to the body. We've been told by Roy's head coaches at Ice Cream Parlour that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Good shot there by Perkele. Perkele scores with a leg kick.
Roy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Roy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perkele. A nice leg kick lands there from Roy. A head kick misses from Roy. Perkele closes the distance and pushes Roy back into the cage. Roy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Roy misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Perkele creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Roy lands an elbow inside. Roy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perkele blocks an elbow strike. Perkele misses with an elbow over the top. Roy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Roy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Roy swings wildly with an uppercut but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it. Roy breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Roy checks a low kick from Perkele. Roy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A left lands for Perkele. Roy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perkele.
Roy works the jab nicely. Perkele throws a body shot but no joy. Roy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. A nice inside leg kick there by Perkele. That's going to slow Roy down. Roy throws a shot to the body.
Roy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Perkele. Roy thuds his shin into the meat of Perkele's side. Perkele wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Perkele walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Roy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. Perkele is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Roy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush. Perkele takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ispa Perkele dominated that round. The cut man is working on Ispa Perkele's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Roy misses with a hook. Ispa Perkele seems to be getting the better of the standup. Perkele wants to slow Roy down by chopping away at his legs. Ispa Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Nice uppercut lands for Roy. That snapped Perkele's head back.
Perkele wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Roy throws a leg kick and Perkele counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Perkele throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Roy counters with a right hand to the body. Perkele with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Perkele swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Roy cracks Perkele with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That has opened up Ispa Perkele's cut even more. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Nice defenses there by Perkele. Perkele checks a leg kick. Roy tries to move into range but Perkele moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Perkele connects with a right hand. Roy shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jab from Perkele. Perkele with a jab. A cross from Perkele lands. Perkele closes the distance but Roy moves to the side and Roy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Perkele lands a glancing blow to the side of Roy's head. A bone on bone clash there as Perkele blocks the leg kick.
Perkele clinches up against the cage. Roy misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkele blocking some punches.
Roy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Roy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Roy looks to throw an elbow but misses. Perkele misses with a punch to the body.
Perkele swings wildly with an uppercut but Roy uses good head movement to avoid it. Perkele softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Perkele has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Perkele lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Perkele lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Perkele lands with a light punch inside. Perkele lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roy is rocked! Perkele creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Roy with a big uppercut! Roy tries to clinch up but Perkele pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Roy to the mat! Roy covers up and Perkele unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ispa Perkele! Ispa Perkele is the new lightweight champion! A victorious Ispa Perkele thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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