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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otso Toivonen (ranked 1554 p4p, 1943 weight class) and Yuri Voronov (ranked 229 p4p, 280 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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193 cm 31 147 13 - 8 - 0 |
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188 cm 40 202 24 - 18 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ Lethal high kicks Very quick |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Heavy handed |
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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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Otso Toivonen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yuri Voronov! The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Toivonen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Voronov. Toivonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voronov.
Voronov cracks Toivonen with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Voronov has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Toivonen to stand back up!
Toivonen is rocked!
It looks like Otso Toivonen has been cut. Toivonen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Oh Toivonen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Toivonen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Voronov misses with a head kick.
It looked like Toivonen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Voronov. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Voronov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Toivonen lunges at Voronov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Voronov's hand. Voronov throws a leg kick that misses. It appears Toivonen was looking to counter with a kick there. Toivonen seems to have got his legs back now. Voronov tries to land a leg kick but Toivonen saw it coming and moves away.
Voronov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Toivonen. Toivonen is looking to counter punch. Voronov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Toivonen is out of range and Voronov settles back down. Voronov throws a hook but Toivonen blocks it. Toivonen tries to close the distance and clinch but Voronov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Voronov misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Toivonen misses with a wild body shot. Voronov 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. Voronov lands a nice hook to Toivonen's body. Toivonen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Voronov cracks Toivonen with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Toivonen looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Voronov finish him?
Voronov closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Toivonen out cold! Toivonen corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Yuri Voronov! Yuri Voronov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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