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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gen Tenryu (ranked 1101 p4p, 2025 weight class) and Baruto Tonissaar (ranked 139 p4p, 233 weight class). Tenryu's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, piri & tommy - on & on. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gen Tenryu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Baruto Tonissaar!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Tenryu misses.
Tenryu ducks under a wild hook from Tonissaar.
A low kick lands for Tonissaar.
Tonissaar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tenryu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tonissaar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tenryu has managed to clinch.
Tonissaar lands a shoulder strike.
Tonissaar lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tenryu.
Tonissaar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tonissaar loads up on a big right hand but Tenryu slips the punch.
Tonissaar lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A leg kick checked by Tenryu.
Good shot there by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar 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.
Tonissaar connects with a single shot there.
Tonissaar thuds a left hand into Tenryu's body.
Tonissaar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tenryu on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonissaar scores with the left hand. Tenryu knows he should have avoided that one.
Tenryu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tonissaar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tonissaar cracks Tenryu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tonissaar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tonissaar connects with a solid leg kick.
Tonissaar connects with a body shot that sends Tenryu's belly button to the back.
Tonissaar slips under a jab from Tenryu.
Tonissaar misses with a low kick.
Tonissaar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice jab there from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar misses with a hook. Tenryu ducked under it nicely.
Tenryu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tonissaar finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar misses with a wild body shot.
Tonissaar looks to score with a jab to the body but Tenryu is just out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar is looking to score with low kicks.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tenryu counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Baruto Tonissaar has been cut.
Tenryu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tonissaar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baruto Tonissaar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tonissaar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tenryu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tonissaar misses the jab.
Tenryu lands a body shot.
Tonissaar throws a jab when Tenryu was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Tenryu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tonissaar misses with an uppercut. Tenryu saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tonissaar. Tenryu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tenryu throws a big shot that misses.
Tonissaar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tonissaar there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tenryu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jab by Tonissaar.
Tenryu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tonissaar scores with a jab to the body.
Tonissaar thuds his right hand into Tenryu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tenryu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tonissaar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tonissaar missing with a left hand there. Tenryu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick which misses Tenryu's front leg but catches the back leg as Tenryu tries to avoid it.
Tonissaar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tenryu.
Tonissaar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tenryu checks the leg kick.
It looked like Tenryu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A nice leg kick from Tonissaar, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tenryu scores with a nice strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tenryu at a distance.
Tonissaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Tonissaar lands a nice shot that snaps Tenryu's head back.
Tonissaar throws a hook to the side of Tenryu's head but Tenryu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tonissaar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tonissaar is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tenryu had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A bone on bone clash there as Tenryu blocks the leg kick.
Tonissaar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tonissaar lands a jab to the head.
Tenryu connects with a crisp jab.
Tenryu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tonissaar finds it's way round the side to connect with Tenryu's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tonissaar tries a low kick but Tenryu avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar throws an overhand right that lands on Tenryu's shoulder, as Tenryu tries to avoid the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Baruto Tonissaar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Baruto Tonissaar's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tonissaar connects with a jab.
Tonissaar throws a nice looking combination but Tenryu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tenryu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tonissaar, pushing him back against the cage.
Tonissaar blocks a body shot from Tenryu.
Tonissaar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tonissaar misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tonissaar. Tenryu does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Tenryu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tonissaar throws a looping overhand right but Tenryu ducks down to avoid it.
Tenryu throws a shot from downtown. Tonissaar moves away and avoids it.
Tonissaar just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonissaar attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tenryu is looking to counter punch.
Tonissaar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick which misses Tenryu's front leg but catches the back leg as Tenryu tries to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Tenryu.
Tonissaar lands a head kick. Tenryu smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenryu moves out of range of the leg kick from Tonissaar.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tenryu. Tonissaar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tonissaar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tenryu.
Tenryu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Tonissaar misses its intended target.
A little feinted left hand from Tenryu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tonissaar throws a jab when Tenryu was well out of range.
Tenryu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick that misses.
Tonissaar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tenryu is able to avoid easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Tenryu misses the target.
A slow jab from Tenryu misses its intended target.
Tonissaar misses with a low kick.
Tenryu misses with an uppercut.
Tonissaar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tonissaar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tenryu moves away.
Tonissaar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Tonissaar. That snapped Tenryu's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar clobbers Tenryu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tenryu slips under a jab from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tenryu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tonissaar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tenryu's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tonissaar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tenryu checks it well.
A quick step to the side and Tenryu tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tonissaar lands with an overhand left.
Tenryu checks the leg kick.
Tonissaar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tenryu's sensitive parts.
Tonissaar tries to work over Tenryu's front leg with a kick but Tenryu checks it.
Tonissaar throws a combination that misses
and Tenryu counters with a nice body shot.
Tonissaar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tonissaar motions for Tenryu to come forward. Tonissaar throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tonissaar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tenryu.
Tonissaar lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tenryu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tenryu forces Tonissaar back against the cage and clinches.
Tonissaar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tonissaar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Tenryu was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar slips a jab from Tenryu.
Tenryu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tonissaar.
It looked like Tenryu was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar throws a low kick but Tenryu moves out of range easily.
A little feinted left hand from Tenryu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tonissaar throws a low kick but Tenryu avoids it.
Tonissaar tries a low kick but Tenryu avoids it.
Tonissaar misses with a low kick.
Tenryu closes the distance and clinches.
Tonissaar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tenryu backwards.
Tonissaar misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tenryu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tonissaar's efforts to push away.
Tonissaar is trying to break the clinch but Tenryu has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Tenryu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tenryu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tenryu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tonissaar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tonissaar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tonissaar takes a jab right on the kisser.
Baruto Tonissaar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tonissaar lunges at Tenryu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tenryu's hand.
Tenryu misses with an uppercut. Tonissaar saw that one coming.
Tonissaar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tenryu.
Tonissaar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tenryu.
Tenryu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tonissaar connects with the punch.
Tonissaar blocks a jab.
A good leg kick by Tonissaar.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Baruto Tonissaar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Baruto Tonissaar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Tonissaar slips a jab from Tenryu.
Tonissaar throws a shot from downtown. Tenryu moves away and avoids it.
Tenryu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tonissaar swings for the body but Tenryu moves out of range.
Tonissaar misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tonissaar. Tenryu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tonissaar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tenryu has time to react.
Tenryu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tonissaar throws a nice head kick!
A jab from Tonissaar finds it's way through Tenryu's defenses.
Tonissaar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonissaar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tenryu's sensitive parts.
Tonissaar misses with a leg kick.
Tonissaar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tonissaar moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonissaar misses with a wild body shot.
Tenryu avoids the body shot from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar misses with a body shot.
Tenryu throws an overhand right that lands on Tonissaar's shoulder, as Tonissaar tries to avoid the shot.
Tenryu works the jab nicely.
Tonissaar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tenryu.
Tonissaar throws a low kick but Tenryu avoids it.
Tonissaar misses with a leg kick.
Tenryu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tonissaar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tenryu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tenryu is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tonissaar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tenryu counters with a straight right hand.
Tenryu defending well as Tonissaar loads up on a big left hand.
Nice body punch from Tonissaar.
Tenryu slips under a jab from Tonissaar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Tenryu misses its intended target.
Tonissaar misses with a wild body shot.
Tenryu slips a jab from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar connects with a leg kick.
Tenryu looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tonissaar moves out of range as Tenryu strikes.
Tonissaar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tenryu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tonissaar throws a combination that misses
and Tonissaar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tonissaar tries to work over Tenryu's front leg with a kick but Tenryu checks it.
An inside leg kick from Tonissaar misses.
A big right from Tonissaar misses.
Tenryu clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tonissaar fails to land.
A short right from Tenryu on the inside.
Tenryu lands an uppercut.
Tonissaar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenryu lands a body shot.
Tonissaar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tonissaar misses with a body punch.
Tonissaar blocks a body shot from Tenryu.
Tonissaar breaks the clinch.
Tonissaar looks to score with a jab to the body but Tenryu is just out of range.
Tonissaar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tenryu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That has opened up Baruto Tonissaar's cut even more.
Tonissaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Tenryu.
Tonissaar throws a hook to the side of Tenryu's head but Tenryu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tonissaar connects with a leg kick.
Tonissaar connects with an inside leg kick.
Tonissaar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tenryu's sensitive parts.
Tenryu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tonissaar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick from Tonissaar, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tenryu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tonissaar.
Tenryu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tonissaar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tenryu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A little feinted left hand from Tenryu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tonissaar throws a hook but Tenryu avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tonissaar swings widly with a right hand
enabling Tenryu to counter with a crisp jab.
Tenryu slips a straight right by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar throws an overhand right that lands on Tenryu's shoulder, as Tenryu tries to avoid the shot.
Tonissaar misses with a low kick.
Tenryu misses with the combination.
Tonissaar scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gen Tenryu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tenryu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tonissaar throws an off balance right hand
letting Tenryu counter with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Baruto Tonissaar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tonissaar winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baruto Tonissaar!
Baruto Tonissaar 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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hype
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