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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kimbo Wahwah (ranked 23684 p4p, 24388 weight class) and Tommi Ritola (ranked 615 p4p, 635 weight class). Tommi Ritola will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kimbo Wahwah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Ritola!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wahwah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ritola delivers a nice body kick.
Wahwah shoots in for a double leg but Ritola sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wahwah doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ritola counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wahwah's knee momentarily.
Wahwah looks to land a combination but Ritola avoids it well.
Ritola feints a counter leg kick.
Ritola looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ritola fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wahwah.
Wahwah dives in for a single leg takedown but Ritola sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kimbo Wahwah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wahwah takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wahwah is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ritola tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wahwah avoids it.
Ritola tries to land knees in the clinch but Wahwah avoids the damage to the body.
Ritola utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wahwah really is a fat lump.
Ritola trying to land knees to the body.
Ritola tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wahwah avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wahwah looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wahwah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Wahwah's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wahwah is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ritola is defending well.
Wahwah is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ritola pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ritola landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ritola missing with knees to the body.
Ritola misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wahwah.
Wahwah is trying to pull guard but Ritola has him pressed against the cage.
Ritola is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wahwah is defending well for now.
Ritola unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wahwah lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wahwah managing to block the knees to the body from Ritola.
Wahwah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wahwah managing to block the knees to the body from Ritola.
Wahwah managing to block the knees to the body from Ritola.
Wahwah managing to block the knees to the body from Ritola.
Wahwah decides to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritola is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wahwah wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Ritola is now in half guard.
Ritola takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wahwah is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ritola trying to control the pace.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four 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.
Wahwah darts in and clinches Ritola up against the cage.
Ritola lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ritola trying to land knees to the body.
Ritola misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wahwah.
Ritola missing with knees to the body.
Ritola tries to land knees in the clinch but Wahwah avoids the damage to the body.
Ritola working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ritola is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wahwah is defending well for now.
Wahwah has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ritola after a bit of a struggle.
Ritola missing with knees to the body.
Ritola tries to land knees in the clinch but Wahwah avoids the damage to the body.
Wahwah tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ritola smiles and moves away.
Wahwah fails with the takedown
and Ritola connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tommi Ritola dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wahwah takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wahwah shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ritola as he jumps to the side.
Ritola throws a leg kick
and Wahwah counters with a nice body kick.
Ritola fakes the leg kick and cracks Wahwah in the body.
Ritola looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wahwah doesn't manage to clinch there - Ritola circles away.
Wahwah backing away here, and Ritola unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Wahwah with a poor takedown
and Ritola counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ritola in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ritola throws an uppercut from hell that sends Wahwah clean off his feet! He's out cold! Ritola stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tommi Ritola!
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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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