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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jukka Miettinen (ranked 24496 p4p, 23436 weight class) and Tony Clifton (ranked 567 p4p, 596 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jukka Miettinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Clifton!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miettinen throws an off balance right hand
and Clifton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clifton throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Miettinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Clifton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Miettinen.
Miettinen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Clifton looks to throw the jab but Miettinen is out of range.
Miettinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Miettinen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Clifton tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Miettinen misses the jab.
Clifton checks the leg kick nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clifton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Clifton moves out of range as Miettinen strikes.
Clifton misses the body punch
and Miettinen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Clifton's knee momentarily.
Clifton stuns Miettinen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Clifton loads up on a big right hand but Miettinen slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miettinen throws an off balance right hand
and Clifton counters with a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Miettinen blocks the low kick.
Miettinen misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Miettinen.
Clifton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice cross by Miettinen.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Clifton checks a leg kick.
Miettinen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Miettinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Clifton.
Miettinen misses with a wild body shot.
Miettinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Clifton counters with a stiff right hand.
Clifton swings widly with a right hand
and Miettinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Miettinen looks for the body kick but Clifton saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Clifton misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clifton throws a right and a left that Miettinen avoids nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miettinen swings for the body but Clifton moves out of range.
Miettinen throws a lazy body kick
and Clifton counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Clifton looks to score with a jab to the body but Miettinen is just out of range.
Clifton throws a big shot that misses.
Miettinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Miettinen misses with a hook. Clifton ducked under it nicely.
Clifton thinks about the counter body kick.
Jukka Miettinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miettinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Clifton is just out of range.
Miettinen with a jab.
Clifton cracks Miettinen with a good jab.
Miettinen throws a leg kick
and Clifton counters with a nice body shot.
Miettinen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Clifton thinks about the counter body kick.
Clifton misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tony Clifton will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Miettinen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Miettinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Clifton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Clifton moves out of range as Miettinen strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Clifton! But no joy.
Clifton throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Clifton looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Miettinen misses with a body kick.
Miettinen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Clifton will feel that in the morning.
Miettinen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Clifton.
Clifton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Miettinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Miettinen ducks under a wild hook from Clifton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clifton with a jab.
Miettinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Clifton moves out of range as Miettinen throws a body kick.
Clifton lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miettinen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Clifton walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Clifton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Clifton closes the distance and pushes Miettinen back into the cage.
Clifton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clifton blocking some punches.
Miettinen lands a body punch.
Clifton misses with a punch on the inside.
Clifton has a couple of punches blocked by Miettinen.
Clifton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Miettinen wants to stall.
Clifton scores with a nice hook to the head.
Miettinen is rocked!
A short right from Clifton.
Oh Miettinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clifton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clifton lands a left hand.
Clifton pushes Miettinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Clifton fails to land.
Clifton working aggressively here.
Miettinen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Clifton is keeping busy.
Miettinen trying to stall but Clifton improves his position.
Clifton scores with a shot to the side of Miettinen's head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Miettinen has a couple of punches blocked by Clifton.
Miettinen stalling the fight.
Miettinen seems to have got his legs back now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Miettinen.
Miettinen blocking some punches.
Clifton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clifton working aggressively here.
Clifton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clifton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Miettinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clifton tries a body shot but Miettinen blocks it.
Miettinen tries to throw a body punch but Clifton avoids it by throwing Miettinen back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clifton.
Clifton creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Miettinen crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Miettinen face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Clifton takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tony Clifton!
After winning the bout, Tony Clifton thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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