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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balthasar Van Thüringen (ranked 2505 p4p, 1620 weight class) and Einar Kyrvänsyylä (ranked 314 p4p, 207 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Einar Kyrvänsyylä was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Balthasar Van Thüringen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Einar Kyrvänsyylä!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyrvänsyylä thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice shot by Kyrvänsyylä.
Kyrvänsyylä wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Van Thüringen scores with a punch to the head.
Van Thüringen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Van Thüringen throws a lazy right hand but Kyrvänsyylä sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Thüringen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kyrvänsyylä.
Van Thüringen scores with the left hand. Kyrvänsyylä knows he should have avoided that one.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a low kick but it's checked well by Van Thüringen.
Kyrvänsyylä defending well as Van Thüringen loads up on a big left hand.
Kyrvänsyylä takes one to the chin there.
Kyrvänsyylä 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.
Balthasar Van Thüringen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kyrvänsyylä. Van Thüringen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kyrvänsyylä slips a straight right by Van Thüringen.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Thüringen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Thüringen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Thüringen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kyrvänsyylä.
A combination from Kyrvänsyylä does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Thüringen throws the left hand but Kyrvänsyylä avoids the punch easily.
Kyrvänsyylä on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kyrvänsyylä ducks under a wild hook from Van Thüringen.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kyrvänsyylä scores with a nice right hand.
Van Thüringen misses with an uppercut. Kyrvänsyylä saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Kyrvänsyylä on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kyrvänsyylä scores with a sloppy right hand. Van Thüringen should have avoided that one.
Kyrvänsyylä loads up on a big right hand but Van Thüringen slips the punch.
Van Thüringen misses with a lunging right hand
and Kyrvänsyylä connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kyrvänsyylä staying out of range there.
A big left from Van Thüringen misses.
Kyrvänsyylä slips under a jab.
Kyrvänsyylä swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Kyrvänsyylä looks to land a left hand but Van Thüringen moved out of range nicely.
A jab lands there for Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen throws a looping overhand right but Kyrvänsyylä ducks down to avoid it.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a wild body shot.
Van Thüringen throws out a loose jab but Kyrvänsyylä uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Thüringen throws a big shot that misses.
Kyrvänsyylä doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Van Thüringen throws a shot from downtown. Kyrvänsyylä moves away and avoids it.
Van Thüringen looks to throw the jab but Kyrvänsyylä is out of range.
Van Thüringen slips a jab and a cross from Kyrvänsyylä.
Kyrvänsyylä defending well as Van Thüringen loads up on a big left hand.
Van Thüringen throws a shot from downtown. Kyrvänsyylä moves away and avoids it.
Kyrvänsyylä digs a good hook to Van Thüringen's body.
Van Thüringen connects with a right hand. Kyrvänsyylä shakes it off.
Van Thüringen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Van Thüringen misses with an uppercut. Kyrvänsyylä saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Kyrvänsyylä.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Thüringen throws a looping overhand right but Kyrvänsyylä ducks down to avoid it.
Kyrvänsyylä ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kyrvänsyylä uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen throws an overhand right that lands on Kyrvänsyylä's shoulder, as Kyrvänsyylä tries to avoid the shot.
Kyrvänsyylä lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kyrvänsyylä moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Thüringen misses with an uppercut.
A big left from Van Thüringen misses.
Van Thüringen scores with a jab.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a hook to the side of Van Thüringen's head but Van Thüringen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kyrvänsyylä throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Thüringen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Van Thüringen scores with a jab. Kyrvänsyylä acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Van Thüringen throws a hook to the side of Kyrvänsyylä's head but Kyrvänsyylä sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Thüringen misses with a hook. Kyrvänsyylä ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Thüringen throws a hook but Kyrvänsyylä blocks it.
Kyrvänsyylä now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A jab lands there for Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kyrvänsyylä uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Thüringen.
Despite the aggression on Kyrvänsyylä's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Van Thüringen misses with a looping right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Thüringen cracks Kyrvänsyylä with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Van Thüringen throws a jab but it's blocked by Kyrvänsyylä.
Van Thüringen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kyrvänsyylä in his tracks.
Van Thüringen misses with a straight left.
Van Thüringen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kyrvänsyylä counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Thüringen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kyrvänsyylä defending well as Van Thüringen loads up on a big left hand.
Kyrvänsyylä now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Van Thüringen throws a lazy right hand but Kyrvänsyylä sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kyrvänsyylä! But no joy.
Kyrvänsyylä moves away from the strike by Van Thüringen.
Kyrvänsyylä is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Van Thüringen with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Kyrvänsyylä.
Despite the aggression on Kyrvänsyylä's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balthasar Van Thüringen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Van Thüringen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kyrvänsyylä sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Balthasar Van Thüringen is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Thüringen cracks Kyrvänsyylä with an open hand slap.
Van Thüringen throws the left hand but Kyrvänsyylä avoids the punch easily.
Kyrvänsyylä is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Einar Kyrvänsyylä is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A swing and a miss from Van Thüringen.
A jab from Van Thüringen misses.
Van Thüringen scores with a jab. Kyrvänsyylä acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a hook but Van Thüringen avoids it easily.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Van Thüringen here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Van Thüringen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kyrvänsyylä! But no joy.
The fighters circling - Van Thüringen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Thüringen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kyrvänsyylä counters with a one-two to the body.
Kyrvänsyylä lunges at Van Thüringen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Van Thüringen's hand.
Van Thüringen blocks a jab.
Van Thüringen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a counter combo.
Kyrvänsyylä looks to land a left hand but Van Thüringen moved out of range nicely.
Van Thüringen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kyrvänsyylä.
A little jabbing left from Kyrvänsyylä on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Thüringen thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyrvänsyylä bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Thüringen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Van Thüringen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Van Thüringen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kyrvänsyylä slips a jab from Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen throws a hook but Kyrvänsyylä avoids it easily.
Kyrvänsyylä displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Van Thüringen misses with a hook. Kyrvänsyylä ducked under it nicely.
Kyrvänsyylä is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Van Thüringen slips a jab and a cross from Kyrvänsyylä.
Van Thüringen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kyrvänsyylä.
Kyrvänsyylä avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Thüringen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Van Thüringen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kyrvänsyylä.
Kyrvänsyylä slips a straight right by Van Thüringen.
The crowd cheers as Van Thüringen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kyrvänsyylä doesn't seem phased though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Van Thüringen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Van Thüringen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A swing and a miss from Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen throws a hook to the side of Kyrvänsyylä's head but Kyrvänsyylä sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Thüringen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kyrvänsyylä takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Good exchange - Kyrvänsyylä coming out on top.
Van Thüringen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kyrvänsyylä.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a double jab.
Van Thüringen misses with a looping right.
Van Thüringen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kyrvänsyylä counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kyrvänsyylä swinging wildly here.
Van Thüringen connects with a single shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyrvänsyylä displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Van Thüringen misses with a looping right.
Kyrvänsyylä blocks a jab.
Kyrvänsyylä throws out a counter right but Van Thüringen avoids it with no problem.
Kyrvänsyylä lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Van Thüringen backs up against the cage.
Van Thüringen throws a jab when Kyrvänsyylä was well out of range.
Kyrvänsyylä looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Van Thüringen throws a lazy uppercut
and Kyrvänsyylä counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Van Thüringen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Thüringen moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Van Thüringen does it's job there.
Van Thüringen loads up on a big right hand but Kyrvänsyylä slips the punch.
Kyrvänsyylä tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Thüringen was well out of range. Poor timing from Kyrvänsyylä.
Van Thüringen misses with a straight right.
Kyrvänsyylä uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Thüringen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kyrvänsyylä defending well as Van Thüringen loads up on a big left hand.
A nice side step and Kyrvänsyylä releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Thüringen loads up on a big right hand but Kyrvänsyylä slips the punch.
Van Thüringen throws a jab but it's blocked by Kyrvänsyylä.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheers as Kyrvänsyylä lands an impressive looking overhand right. Van Thüringen doesn't seem phased though.
Kyrvänsyylä uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen looks to land a right hand but Kyrvänsyylä moved out of range.
Kyrvänsyylä defending well as Van Thüringen loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Van Thüringen throws a lazy uppercut
and Kyrvänsyylä counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Van Thüringen thinking.
Kyrvänsyylä steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Thüringen.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kyrvänsyylä! But no joy.
Van Thüringen throws a hook but Kyrvänsyylä avoids it easily.
Kyrvänsyylä lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kyrvänsyylä jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a wild combination.
Van Thüringen misses with a looping right.
Van Thüringen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Einar Kyrvänsyylä will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Kyrvänsyylä slips a jab from Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen misses with a looping left.
Van Thüringen cracks Kyrvänsyylä with a good jab.
Van Thüringen misses with an uppercut.
Kyrvänsyylä appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kyrvänsyylä's jab looks to have found its range, popping Van Thüringen under the eye.
Van Thüringen scores with a jab.
Kyrvänsyylä on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kyrvänsyylä uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Thüringen.
A swing and a miss from Van Thüringen.
A jab from Van Thüringen misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kyrvänsyylä moves away from the strike by Van Thüringen.
Kyrvänsyylä looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kyrvänsyylä avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a body kick that misses.
Kyrvänsyylä slips under a jab from Van Thüringen.
Kyrvänsyylä staying out of range there.
Kyrvänsyylä lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyrvänsyylä moves away from the strike by Van Thüringen.
Kyrvänsyylä keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen scores with a jab to the head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Kyrvänsyylä might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Van Thüringen has got the better of the exchanges.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a body shot.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a wild combination.
Van Thüringen misses with a hook.
Kyrvänsyylä swings for the body but Van Thüringen moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Thüringen.
Kyrvänsyylä slips under a jab.
Kyrvänsyylä steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Thüringen.
A little jabbing left from Kyrvänsyylä on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Van Thüringen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kyrvänsyylä can do to turn this around?
Van Thüringen throws a shot from downtown. Kyrvänsyylä moves away and avoids it.
Despite the aggression on Kyrvänsyylä's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kyrvänsyylä gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Van Thüringen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a double jab.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a wild body shot.
Kyrvänsyylä shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Van Thüringen scores with the left hand. Kyrvänsyylä knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Thüringen checks the leg kick.
Van Thüringen attempts a counter takedown but Kyrvänsyylä avoids it well and moves away.
Van Thüringen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kyrvänsyylä.
Kyrvänsyylä appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Van Thüringen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Thüringen looks to throw the jab but Kyrvänsyylä is out of range.
Kyrvänsyylä unleashes a big counter combination but Van Thüringen bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Van Thüringen misses with an uppercut
and Kyrvänsyylä counters with a series of strikes. Van Thüringen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Van Thüringen throws a looping overhand right but Kyrvänsyylä ducks down to avoid it.
Van Thüringen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Van Thüringen lands with an overhand left.
Nice defenses there by Kyrvänsyylä.
Van Thüringen throws a hook to the side of Kyrvänsyylä's head but Kyrvänsyylä sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kyrvänsyylä moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Thüringen throws a shot from downtown. Kyrvänsyylä moves away and avoids it.
Kyrvänsyylä takes one on the button.
Van Thüringen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Thüringen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a big shot that misses.
Kyrvänsyylä on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Thüringen throws a lazy right hand but Kyrvänsyylä sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a counter combo.
Kyrvänsyylä displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Van Thüringen throws out the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kyrvänsyylä! But no joy.
Van Thüringen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kyrvänsyylä.
Van Thüringen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kyrvänsyylä counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Van Thüringen.
An attempted straight right counter from Van Thüringen misses the target.
Van Thüringen checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Thüringen throws an overhand right that lands on Kyrvänsyylä's shoulder, as Kyrvänsyylä tries to avoid the shot.
Kyrvänsyylä has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Van Thüringen looks to land a right hand but Kyrvänsyylä moved out of range.
As Van Thüringen backs off Kyrvänsyylä throws a huge counter combo but Van Thüringen manages to avoid it all.
Kyrvänsyylä swings for the body but Van Thüringen moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Van Thüringen misses the target.
Van Thüringen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Thüringen missing with a left hand there. Kyrvänsyylä was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Thüringen throws the left hand but Kyrvänsyylä avoids the punch easily.
Kyrvänsyylä swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Thüringen moves away from the strike by Kyrvänsyylä.
Nice defenses there by Kyrvänsyylä.
Van Thüringen missing with a left hand there. Kyrvänsyylä was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Thüringen throws out a loose jab but Kyrvänsyylä uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Thüringen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kyrvänsyylä sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Thüringen throws out a powerful jab.
Van Thüringen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kyrvänsyylä.
Kyrvänsyylä ducks right into an uppercut from Van Thüringen.
And that's the end of the fight!
Balthasar Van Thüringen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Van Thüringen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balthasar Van Thüringen!
Balthasar Van Thüringen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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