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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aatami Korpi (ranked 5916 p4p, 24844 weight class) and Alistair Walker (ranked 539 p4p, 554 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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186 cm 20 207 0 - 1 - 1 |
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193 cm 19 205 0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt Excellent MT Good gas tank |
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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 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aatami Korpi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alistair Walker! The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Korpi throws a body shot but no joy. Walker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. A right-left combo lands from Korpi. Korpi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Walker throws out the jab. Walker throws a hook but Korpi blocks it. Korpi lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick. Korpi with a nice calf kick. The fighters circling - Walker throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Korpi defending well as Walker loads up on a big left hand. Korpi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Walker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The fighters circle momentarily. Korpi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Korpi slips under a jab from Walker. Walker misses with a hook. Korpi ducked under it nicely. Walker moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Alistair Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Korpi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walker. Korpi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Walker's sensitive parts. Walker lands a jab to the head.
Walker throws a jab when Korpi was well out of range. Walker throws a lazy right hand but Korpi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. A little feinted left hand from Korpi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round.
Korpi rushes Walker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Korpi tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Korpi back against the cage. Korpi swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it. Korpi misses with the head strike.
A short left from Korpi. The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walker takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. Korpi misses with some punches.
Korpi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Korpi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker scores with a hook. Korpi fakes the leg kick and cracks Walker in the body. Korpi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walker. Walker throws a looping overhand right but Korpi ducks down to avoid it. It looked like Korpi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. A cross from Korpi lands. Korpi ducks under a wild hook from Walker.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Korpi misses with a straight right. Korpi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walker. Korpi swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
Korpi staying out of range there. Walker might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. A punch lands to the side of Walker 's head but he takes it in his stride. Decent striking displayed by Walker there. Left hook, right uppercut from Korpi.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/rocked.gif) Walker is rocked! Walker bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Korpi comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Walker falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Walker was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Aatami Korpi!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
64% |
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