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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otso Toivonen (ranked 3004 p4p, 3599 weight class) and Charlie Darwin (ranked 412 p4p, 472 weight class). Charlie Darwin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Otso Toivonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Darwin!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darwin misses with a looping right.
Darwin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Toivonen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Darwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darwin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Toivonen doesn't seem bothered though.
Toivonen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Darwin is looking to land body kicks.
Toivonen swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Toivonen misses with an uppercut. Darwin saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toivonen misses with an uppercut.
Darwin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Toivonen with a body shot.
Toivonen blocks a jab.
Toivonen misses with an uppercut. Darwin saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toivonen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Darwin is out of range and Toivonen settles back down.
Toivonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Toivonen misses the target.
Darwin throws out a counter right but Toivonen avoids it with no problem.
Darwin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Good standup being displayed there by Toivonen as he connects with a hook.
Darwin scores with a sloppy right hand. Toivonen should have avoided that one.
Toivonen misses with a right hand
and Darwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Toivonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Darwin is just out of range.
Toivonen throws a leg kick but Darwin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Toivonen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Darwin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Darwin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen misses with a body shot.
Darwin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Toivonen throws a poor cross that misses
and Darwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Toivonen moves out of range of the strikes.
Toivonen throws a low kick but Darwin moves out of range easily.
Darwin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toivonen misses with a series of wild punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darwin! But no joy.
Darwin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Toivonen misses
and Darwin counters with a thumping low kick.
A big right from Darwin misses.
Toivonen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Darwin is looking for the big counter here.
Toivonen tries to land a front kick but Darwin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Decent striking displayed by Darwin there.
A low kick from Toivonen misses
and Darwin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Toivonen misses with a hook
and Darwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Toivonen missing with a left hand there. Darwin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Darwin feints and then cracks Toivonen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Toivonen down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darwin misses the jab.
Darwin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Toivonen.
Nice shot lands for Darwin.
Toivonen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toivonen jabs Darwin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Toivonen swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Darwin counter with a right hand.
Darwin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toivonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Darwin.
And Toivonen counters with a quick kick to the body but Darwin blocks it.
Toivonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Darwin throws out the jab.
Darwin blocks a low kick nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Darwin dominated that round.
That's time! Toivonen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Toivonen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Darwin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toivonen lands a leg kick that knocks Darwin off balance momentarily.
Darwin drops his hands momentarily and Toivonen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
It looks like Charlie Darwin has been cut.
Toivonen misses with a looping right.
Toivonen connects with an inside leg kick.
Toivonen misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darwin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Toivonen on the side of the head.
Toivonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darwin.
Darwin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toivonen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Toivonen cracks Darwin with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Darwin looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Toivonen finish him?
Darwin is rocked!
Darwin ducks under a wild hook from Toivonen.
Darwin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Toivonen feints and then cracks Darwin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Darwin down.
Toivonen misses with a lunging right hand
and Darwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darwin throws a body shot but no joy.
Charlie Darwin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darwin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darwin! But no joy.
Darwin moves out of range of the strikes.
Toivonen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darwin defending well as Toivonen loads up on a big left hand.
Toivonen ducks under a wild hook from Darwin.
Toivonen throwing a counter right hand but Darwin manages to avoid it.
Toivonen throws a body punch but Darwin moves out of range.
Toivonen throws a lazy uppercut
and Darwin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Toivonen's knee momentarily.
Darwin defending well as Toivonen loads up on a big left hand.
Darwin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Toivonen misses with a kick to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Darwin there.
Toivonen throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen scores with a punch to the head.
Darwin just misses with a punch to the body.
Toivonen swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Darwin to counter with a crisp jab.
Toivonen is rocked!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Toivonen.
Darwin slips a jab and a cross from Toivonen.
Toivonen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Toivonen misses with a straight left.
Darwin throws out a counter right but Toivonen avoids it with no problem.
Darwin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Darwin lands a leg kick that knocks Toivonen off balance momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darwin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Toivonen is out of range.
Toivonen tries to land a body kick
and Darwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick lands for Darwin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darwin lands a head shot.
Toivonen throws a lazy body kick
letting Darwin counter with a right hand.
Oh Toivonen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Toivonen thows a leg kick but Darwin checks it
and Darwin counters with a nice leg kick.
Toivonen lands a front kick.
Toivonen throws a shot from downtown. Darwin moves away and avoids it.
Darwin shapes to counter with a head kick.
Darwin misses with a head kick.
Toivonen went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Toivonen seems to have got his legs back now.
Darwin swinging wildly here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Toivonen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Darwin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Toivonen lands with a cross.
Toivonen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Toivonen ducks under a wild hook from Darwin.
Toivonen misses with a hook. Darwin ducked under it nicely.
Toivonen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Darwin counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darwin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Toivonen under the eye.
Toivonen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Darwin throws a right hand that Toivonen ducks under and follows up with a left that Toivonen also avoids with ease.
Toivonen is looking to score with low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toivonen moves away.
Darwin misses with an uppercut. Toivonen saw that one coming.
Toivonen takes a swing at Darwin's ribcage but misses.
Toivonen scores with a jab. Darwin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Toivonen throws the kick towards the body but Darwin avoids it.
Toivonen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Darwin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Toivonen scores with a push kick.
Toivonen scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Toivonen throws an overhand right that lands on Darwin's shoulder, as Darwin tries to avoid the shot.
Darwin throws out a counter right but Toivonen avoids it with no problem.
Toivonen wants to slow Darwin down by chopping away at his legs.
Darwin throws out a counter right but Toivonen avoids it with no problem.
Jab by Toivonen.
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!
Toivonen cracks Darwin with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Darwin looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Toivonen finish him?
Darwin is still on wobbly legs! Can Toivonen finish him?
A jab from Toivonen misses.
Darwin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Toivonen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darwin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Toivonen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darwin looks to land a left hand but Toivonen moved out of range nicely.
Toivonen throwing a counter right hand but Darwin manages to avoid it.
Darwin seems to have recovered his senses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darwin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Toivonen.
Toivonen walks into a jab.
An inside leg kick from Toivonen misses.
It seemed like Darwin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Darwin misses with an uppercut. Toivonen saw that one coming.
Toivonen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Darwin throws a lazy uppercut
and Toivonen counters with a nice right hand that sends Darwin toppling to the canvas! Darwin scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Toivonen finish him?!
Toivonen cracks Darwin with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Darwin tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Toivonen pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Darwin is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Otso Toivonen!
After winning the bout, Otso Toivonen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Charlie Darwin was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm contemplating my future.. I don't think I have what it takes anymore. This might've been my last fight of my career. '.
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