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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Schultz (ranked 704 p4p, 675 weight class) and Raimo Kivi (ranked 117 p4p, 109 weight class). Schultz's entrance music is Enter Shikari - Sorry You're Not A Winner. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ron Schultz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raimo Kivi!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kivi lands a jab.
Kivi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kivi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Schultz throws a jab when Kivi was well out of range.
Kivi gets a clinch.
Kivi misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kivi.
Schultz throws a head punch that misses.
Kivi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kivi fails to land.
Schultz trying to stall but Kivi improves his position.
Schultz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kivi gets through Schultz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kivi.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kivi lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schultz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kivi pushes Schultz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kivi misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kivi.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kivi.
Kivi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Kivi.
Kivi misses with the head strike.
Kivi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kivi working aggressively here.
Kivi has a couple of punches blocked by Schultz.
Kivi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kivi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kivi throws a punch but it's blocked by Schultz.
Schultz is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kivi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schultz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultz misses with some punches.
Kivi trying to stall but Schultz improves his position.
Kivi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kivi prevents a body shot from Schultz.
Kivi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kivi misses with a punch on the inside.
Schultz trying to control the position but instead, Kivi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Schultz into the cage.
Schultz blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schultz.
Kivi misses with the head strike.
Kivi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kivi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Schultz blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Schultz blocks a body shot from Kivi.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kivi.
Kivi misses with a punch on the inside.
Schultz working aggressively here.
Kivi throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Schultz fails to land.
Schultz can't find room to land a body shot as Kivi controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Kivi.
Kivi misses with some punches.
Kivi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kivi lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kivi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kivi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kivi stalling the fight.
Schultz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schultz blocks an uppercut.
Kivi misses with the head strike.
Schultz working aggressively here.
Kivi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kivi lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kivi is trying to maintain a safe position but Schultz gets an underhook and turns Kivi into the cage.
Kivi misses with a punch on the inside.
Kivi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kivi.
Schultz blocks a body shot from Kivi.
Schultz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kivi leaning against his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raimo Kivi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kivi swats away the attempt to clinch by Schultz.
Kivi with a hook.
Schultz lands with an uppercut that bounces Kivi off the cage and back into range.
Nice body punch from Schultz.
Kivi looks to land a right hand but Schultz moved out of range.
Kivi drives through and clinches with Schultz against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Kivi.
A head punch on the inside from Kivi fails to land.
Raimo Kivi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Schultz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kivi's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schultz scores with a shoulder strike.
Kivi blocks an uppercut.
Kivi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kivi throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schultz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Kivi.
Kivi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kivi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schultz.
Kivi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kivi struggles to land a body shot inside as Schultz controls his hands.
Kivi misses with some punches.
Schultz tries to work over Kivi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kivi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Schultz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Schultz.
We've been informed that Kivi has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Schultz misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kivi as Schultz tries to tie him up.
Kivi lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kivi throws a punch but it's blocked by Schultz.
Kivi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schultz blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Schultz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schultz blocking some punches.
Kivi misses with the head strike.
Kivi misses with a punch to the body.
Kivi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kivi has a couple of punches blocked by Schultz.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schultz.
Kivi tries to throw a body punch but Schultz avoids it by throwing Kivi back against the cage.
Kivi throws a head punch that misses.
Schultz is stalling here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schultz.
Schultz digs a right hand underneath Kivi's ribcage. Kivi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schultz.
Kivi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kivi throws a head punch that misses.
Schultz misses with a punch to the body.
Kivi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.
Schultz misses with the head strike.
Kivi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kivi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Schultz.
Kivi has a couple of punches blocked by Schultz.
Kivi throws a head punch that misses.
Kivi throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Schultz fails to land.
Kivi misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schultz.
Kivi tries a body shot but Schultz blocks it.
Kivi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kivi digs a right hand underneath Schultz's ribcage. Schultz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Schultz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Schultz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kivi backwards.
Schultz swings wildly with an uppercut but Kivi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Kivi.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Schultz swings wildly with an uppercut but Kivi uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raimo Kivi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Schultz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Kivi throws out a loose jab but Schultz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kivi throws an overhand right that lands on Schultz's shoulder, as Schultz tries to avoid the shot.
Schultz tries to clinch but Kivi is having none of it.
Kivi looks to land a combination but Schultz avoids it well.
Kivi avoids the body shot from Schultz.
Schultz ducks under a wild hook from Kivi.
Schultz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kivi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Schultz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed right hand from Schultz misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Schultz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kivi dodges the punch combination from Schultz.
Kivi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Schultz. That did some damage!
Kivi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kivi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab from Kivi finds it's way through Schultz's defenses.
Kivi looks to throw the jab but Schultz is out of range.
Schultz wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kivi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Schultz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kivi scores with a jab to the head.
Schultz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kivi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kivi misses with a head kick.
Schultz moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kivi lands a left hand.
Kivi scores with a shot to the side of Schultz's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schultz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kivi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kivi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kivi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kivi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Schultz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kivi lands a hook that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.
Kivi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schultz's elbow.
Kivi lands a shoulder strike.
Kivi takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kivi.
Schultz throws a head punch that misses.
Kivi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.
Kivi throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Kivi.
Kivi misses with a punch on the inside.
Ron Schultz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schultz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Schultz lands a left hand.
Kivi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Schultz or not.
Kivi has a couple of punches blocked by Schultz.
Kivi presses Schultz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Kivi fails to land.
Kivi lands a shoulder strike.
Schultz blocks a body shot from Kivi.
Schultz tries to throw a body punch but Kivi avoids it by throwing Schultz back against the cage.
Schultz looking to slow down the pace here.
Kivi misses with the head strike.
Kivi lands with a short shot to the head.
Kivi throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kivi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kivi lands a body punch.
Kivi swings wildly with an uppercut but Schultz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kivi works on Schultz's body with a couple of short punches.
Kivi lands a nice shot to the body.
Kivi lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schultz.
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!
Kivi has a couple of punches blocked by Schultz.
Schultz blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kivi.
Schultz takes a shot to the head.
Kivi lands a nice shot to the body.
Kivi scores with a shot to the side of Schultz's head.
A body shot lands from Kivi.
Schultz swings wildly with an uppercut but Kivi uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raimo Kivi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kivi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raimo Kivi!
Our winner, Raimo Kivi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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