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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tali Ihantala (ranked 55 p4p, 146 weight class) and Zeta Knox (ranked 3 p4p, 10 weight class). Knox comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Five Finger Death Punch | Bad Company kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tali Ihantala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 26 - 0, fighting out of London, Zeta Knox!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Ihantala.
It looks like Zeta Knox has been cut.
Ihantala connects with a leg kick.
Ihantala looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ihantala lets loose with a powerful body kick. Knox will feel that in the morning.
Knox swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ihantala counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ihantala stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ihantala scores with the left hand. Knox knows he should have avoided that one.
Ihantala throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knox looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Knox lands a jab-cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox misses with a jab to the body
and Ihantala counters with a big right hand! Oh Knox is in trouble here! Ihantala follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tali Ihantala!
An out of breath Tali Ihantala thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Zeta Knox was interviewed post fight and said '"If you haven't lost in this
sport, you haven't fought the right guys yet." (Matt Hughes) '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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