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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elton Sparks (ranked 1854 p4p, 1790 weight class) and Horus Hekkala (ranked 216 p4p, 212 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elton Sparks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Horus Hekkala!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparks ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sparks sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hekkala tries to clinch but Sparks is having none of it.
Hekkala ducks under a wild hook from Sparks.
Hekkala lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hekkala moves out of range as Sparks strikes.
Hekkala swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sparks misses with a straight left.
Hekkala ducks under a wild hook from Sparks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hekkala wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sparks lands with a cross.
Sparks misses the jab.
Sparks thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hekkala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sparks is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Hekkala's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nice body kick from Hekkala.
Sparks throws a right hand that misses
and Hekkala counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hekkala displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sparks throws out the jab.
It seemed like Hekkala was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sparks keeps the fight on the outside.
Hekkala misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sparks ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sparks darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sparks walks into a straight right hand from Hekkala.
Sparks feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hekkalas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hekkala blocks a jab.
Sparks throws a hook to the side of Hekkala's head but Hekkala sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hekkala clobbers Sparks with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Elton Sparks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sparks moves out of range of the body kick from Hekkala.
Sparks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hekkala moves away.
Sparks throws a jab when Hekkala was well out of range.
Sparks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hekkala.
Hekkala misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Sparks on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jab by Hekkala.
Hekkala uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sparks.
Hekkala ducks under a wild hook from Sparks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparks misses with a two punch combination.
Hekkala uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sparks.
Sparks misses with a looping left.
Hekkala looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sparks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sparks blocks a head kick by Hekkala.
Hekkala scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hekkala throws a hook but Sparks avoids it easily.
Sparks swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hekkala looks to throw a body kick
and Sparks counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Horus Hekkala has been cut.
Hekkala with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sparks to score with a decent uppercut.
Hekkala lands with a nice body kick.
Sparks gets tackled into the cage by Hekkala. Hekkala maintains the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hekkala lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparks is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sparks missing with knees to the body.
Hekkala scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hekkala swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hekkala tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
I was talking to Sparks's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sparks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Hekkala on the inside.
Hekkala cracks Sparks with a nice body shot.
Sparks missing with knees to the body.
Sparks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hekkala pushes Sparks back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sparks is breathing heavily.
Hekkala prevents Sparks from breaking the clinch.
Sparks trying to control the position but instead, Hekkala has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sparks into the cage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Hekkala on the inside.
A short right from Hekkala.
Sparks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hekkala has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sparks.
Hekkala manages to break the clinch.
Hekkala circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sparks misses with a shot to the body
and Hekkala counters with a stiff right hand.
Hekkala misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Hekkala misses the target.
Sparks misses with a right hand
and Hekkala counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hekkala works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hekkala with the inside leg kick.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hekkala tries to clinch but Sparks moves out of range.
Hekkala gets a clinch.
Hekkala throws a punch but it's blocked by Sparks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparks tries to land knees in the clinch but Hekkala avoids the damage to the body.
Hekkala tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sparks throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hekkala misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Hekkala fails to land.
Sparks blocks a body shot from Hekkala.
Sparks lands with a light punch inside.
Hekkala lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sparks backwards.
Come on Sparks - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sparks stalling in the clinch but Hekkala improves position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hekkala misses with the head strike.
Sparks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hekkala has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Sparks as the two fighters clinch.
Hekkala struggles to land a body shot inside as Sparks controls his hands.
Sparks working aggressively here.
A short right from Sparks.
Sparks tries to land a knee to the head but Hekkala blocks with his arms.
Hekkala pushes Sparks back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sparks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hekkala's elbow.
Hekkala tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hekkala can't find room to land a body shot as Sparks controls the action.
Sparks blocks an uppercut.
Sparks stalls.
Sparks breaks the clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sparks scores with a nice right hand.
Sparks throws a poor cross that misses
and Hekkala counters with a crisp one two that drops Sparks! Hekkala thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Sparks to his feet! Sparks is in big trouble!
Sparks is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparks leaves his chin hanging out and Hekkala seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Sparks crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Horus Hekkala!
Horus Hekkala decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Elton Sparks had this to say: 'No worries, I just wanted to see what showed up in my TOTT!'.
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