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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roy Whitaker (ranked 565 p4p, 660 weight class) and Jyrki Sukulaku (ranked 84 p4p, 98 weight class). Jyrki Sukulaku has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roy Whitaker !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jyrki Sukulaku!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker defending well as Sukulaku loads up on a big left hand.
Sukulaku is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Whitaker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Whitaker lands a nice shot to the body.
Sukulaku misses with a two punch combination.
Sukulaku slips under a jab from Whitaker .
Sukulaku drops Whitaker with a big left hand and mounts him. Whitaker is in big trouble!
Whitaker is rocked!
It looks like Roy Whitaker has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sukulaku looking to control but Whitaker is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oh Whitaker is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Whitaker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Whitaker seems to have got his legs back now.
Sukulaku takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Whitaker keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sukulaku controlling from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Sukulaku takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sukulaku is working for a guillotine from mount but Whitaker frees his head quite easily.
Sukulaku trying to control but Whitaker is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Whitaker is desperately trying to improve his position but Sukulaku has a good base and remains in mount.
Sukulaku controlling the position easily from mount.
Whitaker tries to lock up and control but Sukulaku gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Whitaker is desperately trying to improve his position but Sukulaku has a good base and remains in mount.
Whitaker is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whitaker is squirming around, avoiding Sukulaku's attempts to control the action.
Sukulaku controlling the position easily from mount.
Whitaker is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sukulaku takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Whitaker is trying to escape the mount.
Sukulaku looking to control and managing it successfully.
Whitaker wants to hold on but Sukulaku pushes him away.
Sukulaku content just to control the position here.
Whitaker wants to control but Sukulaku is having none of it.
Sukulaku content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker is squirming around, avoiding Sukulaku's attempts to control the action.
Whitaker is working to get back to half guard.
Sukulaku trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Whitaker regains half guard.
Whitaker controlling the position well.
Whitaker wants to get back to full guard.
Sukulaku trying to pass the guard but Whitaker defending well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jyrki Sukulaku dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy Whitaker '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.
Sukulaku throws a hook but Whitaker avoids it easily.
Sukulaku throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sukulaku missing with a left hand there. Whitaker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Whitaker feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Whitaker lunges at Sukulaku with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sukulaku's hand.
Jyrki Sukulaku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sukulaku drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Whitaker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sukulaku.
Whitaker ducks under a wild hook from Sukulaku.
Jyrki Sukulaku seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Whitaker looks to throw the jab but Sukulaku is out of range.
A big right from Whitaker misses.
Sukulaku lands the left hand.
Sukulaku slips a jab from Whitaker .
Whitaker takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sukulaku on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Whitaker swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sukulaku.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sukulaku takes one to the chin there.
Whitaker connects with a looping right hand.
Sukulaku misses with a left hand
and Whitaker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Whitaker misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker throws a hook but Sukulaku avoids it easily.
Sukulaku moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Whitaker moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Sukulaku misses.
Whitaker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Whitaker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Whitaker catches Sukulaku with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sukulaku looks to land a right hand but Whitaker moved out of range.
A head kick misses from Whitaker .
Sukulaku looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Whitaker takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sukulaku lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Whitaker up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Sukulaku from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Whitaker 's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jyrki Sukulaku!
During a confident post fight interview, Jyrki Sukulaku thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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