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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Suutari Nuorempi (ranked 802 p4p, 390 weight class) and Magnus Thorgard (ranked 122 p4p, 59 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Suutari Nuorempi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Magnus Thorgard!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Topper Green and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorgard takes a swing at Nuorempi's ribcage but misses.
Thorgard scores with a hook.
A big left from Thorgard misses.
Nuorempi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Thorgard.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Thorgard has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Nuorempi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thorgard throws out the jab.
Thorgard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nuorempi blocks a jab.
Thorgard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nuorempi.
Thorgard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nuorempi throws a lazy uppercut
and Thorgard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A combination from Thorgard does no damage.
Nuorempi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nuorempi has managed to clinch.
Thorgard tries to circle away but Nuorempi has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nuorempi.
Thorgard lands with a left to the head.
Nuorempi working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuorempi can't find room to land a body shot as Thorgard controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Nuorempi as the two fighters clinch.
Nuorempi swings wildly with an uppercut but Thorgard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nuorempi lands with a light punch inside.
Thorgard misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Nuorempi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Thorgard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nuorempi lands a nice uppercut.
Nuorempi presses Thorgard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nuorempi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Nuorempi - that landed with a thud.
Thorgard looks winded!
A short right from Nuorempi on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nuorempi.
Nuorempi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Nuorempi.
Good body shot from Nuorempi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuorempi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nuorempi tries to work over Thorgard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nuorempi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nuorempi misses with a body punch.
Thorgard blocks a body shot from Nuorempi.
Nuorempi throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Nuorempi.
Nuorempi blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Nuorempi.
Thorgard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nuorempi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thorgard's elbow.
Nuorempi lands with a left to the head.
Nuorempi blocks a body shot from Thorgard.
Nuorempi tries to work over Thorgard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nuorempi has a couple of punches blocked by Thorgard.
Thorgard swings wildly with an uppercut but Nuorempi uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorgard prevents a body shot from Nuorempi.
Nuorempi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nuorempi swings wildly with an uppercut but Thorgard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thorgard throws a punch but it's blocked by Nuorempi.
Nuorempi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nuorempi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nuorempi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thorgard blocking some punches.
Nuorempi misses with a punch to the body.
A body shot lands from Nuorempi.
Nuorempi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Thorgard gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A right hand to the body from Nuorempi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuorempi tries a body shot but Thorgard blocks it.
Thorgard blocks a body shot from Nuorempi.
Nuorempi lands with a short shot to the head.
Thorgard takes a shot to the head.
Nuorempi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nuorempi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nuorempi tries to throw a body punch but Thorgard avoids it by throwing Nuorempi back against the cage.
A short left from Nuorempi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nuorempi is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Thorgard is defending well.
Nuorempi tries a body shot but Thorgard blocks it.
Thorgard blocks an uppercut.
Nuorempi lands a nice shot to the body.
Thorgard is pressed up against the cage. Nuorempi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thorgard down to the mat. Thorgard avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Suutari Nuorempi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thorgard moves out of range of the strikes.
Nuorempi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Suutari Nuorempi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Thorgard misses the shot to the body.
Thorgard misses with a straight left.
Thorgard misses with a combination
and Nuorempi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thorgard thinking.
Thorgard misses with a straight right.
Nuorempi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Thorgard.
Nuorempi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thorgard can do to turn this around?
Thorgard misses with a lunging right hand
and Nuorempi counters with a nice uppercut.
Thorgard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nuorempi circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nuorempi lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Thorgard - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Nuorempi!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Suutari Nuorempi!
Suutari Nuorempi is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Suutari Nuorempi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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