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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Peruna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauri Kunnas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kunnas has chosen Palpan killi as his entrance music. Pekka Peruna has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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220 lbs
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270 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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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
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Peruna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mauri Kunnas!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kunnas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Pekka Peruna has been cut.
Kunnas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kunnas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kunnas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Peruna in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peruna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kunnas throws a nice looking combination but Peruna bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kunnas throws a series of punches but Peruna moves out of range.
Peruna turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kunnas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kunnas gets a clinch.
Kunnas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kunnas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Peruna takes a knee right on the jaw!
Peruna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kunnas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peruna using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kunnas has Peruna pressed against the ropes.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Peruna blocks with his arms.
Peruna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks with his arms.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kunnas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peruna blocks it with crossed arms.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
Kunnas looks gassed!
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna taking a breather.
Peruna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kunnas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kunnas misses with a knee strike.
Kunnas blocks the elbow strike.
Kunnas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peruna blocks it with crossed arms.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kunnas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Peruna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kunnas avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Kunnas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna misses with a knee strike.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but Peruna blocks it.
Peruna misses with an elbow strike.
Peruna scores with a knee to the head.
Peruna managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kunnas's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kunnas avoids it.
Peruna throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peruna managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
A knee to the head by Peruna.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kunnas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Peruna blocks with his arms.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Peruna throws an elbow but misses.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna scores with a knee to the head.
Kunnas tries to land knees in the clinch but Peruna avoids the damage to the body.
Peruna lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kunnas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kunnas avoids it.
Kunnas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peruna trying to control the position but instead, Kunnas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Peruna into the ropes.
Kunnas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kunnas is looking to control Peruna's arms but Peruna gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kunnas has his back to the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peruna is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kunnas is defending well for now.
Peruna misses with an elbow over the top.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks it.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna slows down the pace here.
Kunnas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kunnas avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Kunnas trying to control the position but instead, Peruna has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kunnas into the ropes.
Kunnas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peruna.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but Peruna blocks it.
Peruna managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
Kunnas content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kunnas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kunnas misses with a knee strike.
Kunnas avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks it.
Kunnas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peruna blocks it with crossed arms.
Kunnas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peruna.
Peruna landing knees to the head.
Peruna working Kunnas over with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Peruna obliges.
Peruna landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peruna unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna trying to land knees to the body.
Kunnas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peruna lands a knee to the head.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks with his arms.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Peruna blocks with his arms.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peruna avoids it.
Peruna putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kunnas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Peruna looking to throw knees to the head but Kunnas is blocking nicely.
Kunnas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A knee to the head by Peruna.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Knees to the body from Kunnas.
Kunnas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Peruna in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kunnas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Peruna is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mauri Kunnas will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pekka Peruna's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Peruna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kunnas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peruna takes the fight into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Peruna as Kunnas tries to tie him up.
Peruna is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kunnas is keeping busy.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks it.
Kunnas taking a breather.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Peruna obliges.
Peruna looking to throw knees to the head but Kunnas is blocking nicely.
Peruna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kunnas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peruna trying to land knees to the body.
Kunnas taking a breather.
Kunnas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kunnas looking to throw knees to the head but Peruna is blocking nicely.
Peruna scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kunnas seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Peruna scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peruna throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kunnas blocks it with crossed arms.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peruna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kunnas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peruna trying to land knees to the body.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peruna is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kunnas is defending well for now.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peruna looking to throw knees to the head but Kunnas is blocking nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peruna avoids it.
Peruna trying to land knees to the body.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Peruna blocks with his arms.
Peruna throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kunnas blocks it with crossed arms.
Kunnas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Peruna in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Peruna avoiding damage as Kunnas throws knees to the body.
Kunnas avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Peruna misses with a knee strike.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks with his arms.
Kunnas looking to stall.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peruna avoids it.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peruna avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kunnas missing with knees to the body.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks with his arms.
Peruna misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kunnas.
Kunnas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Peruna in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Peruna working Kunnas over with knees to the body.
Kunnas manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Peruna utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kunnas with a knee to the head.
Kunnas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peruna lands a nice knee to the body.
Kunnas avoids the elbow strike from Peruna, against the ropes.
Kunnas dodges an elbow strike from Peruna.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks with his arms.
Kunnas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peruna blocks it with crossed arms.
Peruna misses with a knee strike.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna landing knees to the body.
Peruna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Peruna tries to land knees in the clinch but Kunnas avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas lands a knee to the body.
Pekka Peruna has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kunnas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks with his arms.
Kunnas trying to control the position but instead, Peruna has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kunnas into the ropes.
Kunnas takes a knee right on the jaw!
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but Kunnas blocks it.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Peruna blocks with his arms.
Kunnas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peruna blocks it with crossed arms.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peruna avoids it.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Peruna blocks with his arms.
Peruna crunches a lovely knee into Kunnas's ribcage.
Peruna pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Peruna unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kunnas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peruna with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kunnas connects with a knee to the head.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Peruna blocks with his arms.
Peruna unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kunnas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kunnas looking to stall.
Kunnas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Peruna throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kunnas is trying to stall.
Peruna landing knees to the body.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Peruna blocks with his arms.
Kunnas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kunnas trying to control the position but instead, Peruna has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kunnas into the ropes.
Peruna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kunnas is trying to maintain a safe position but Peruna gets an underhook and turns Kunnas into the ropes.
Peruna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kunnas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kunnas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peruna blocks it with crossed arms.
Peruna lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pekka Peruna dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pekka Peruna's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Peruna with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kunnas instigates a clinch.
Peruna is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kunnas is defending well for now.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Peruna blocks with his arms.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Peruna blocks with his arms.
Kunnas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kunnas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peruna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
Kunnas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Peruna's face.
Kunnas scores with a knee to the head.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
Kunnas looking to stall.
Kunnas throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peruna trying to land knees to the body.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna lands a knee to the head.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
Kunnas misses with a knee strike.
Peruna with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kunnas is looking to control Peruna's arms but Peruna gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kunnas has his back to the ropes.
Kunnas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna looking to throw knees to the head but Kunnas is blocking nicely.
Kunnas has Peruna pressed against the ropes.
Peruna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kunnas trying to land knees to the body.
Peruna misses with a knee to the head.
Peruna scores with a knee to the head.
Peruna tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kunnas avoids it.
Kunnas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peruna.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kunnas obliges.
Peruna lands a knee to the head.
Peruna landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Peruna connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kunnas's face.
Kunnas with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kunnas.
Peruna utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kunnas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Peruna's face.
Kunnas avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kunnas obliges.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kunnas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peruna throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kunnas blocks it with crossed arms.
Kunnas is pushing Peruna up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peruna avoids it.
Kunnas managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.
Peruna throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kunnas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kunnas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kunnas misses with a knee to the head.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peruna avoids it.
Peruna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kunnas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peruna is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kunnas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kunnas avoiding damage as Peruna throws knees to the body.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but Peruna blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Peruna obliges.
Peruna avoiding damage as Kunnas throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kunnas misses with a knee strike.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peruna connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kunnas's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kunnas obliges.
Kunnas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peruna.
Kunnas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peruna scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Kunnas.
Kunnas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peruna blocks it with crossed arms.
Peruna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kunnas managing to block the knees to the body from Peruna.
Kunnas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peruna throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Peruna.
Kunnas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Peruna is defending well for now.
Peruna scores with a knee to the head.
Peruna misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kunnas.
Kunnas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kunnas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Peruna connects with a knee to the head.
Peruna is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kunnas is defending well for now.
Peruna tries to land knees in the clinch but Kunnas avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Peruna misses with a knee strike.
Kunnas lands a good knee to the midsection. Peruna won't want to take too many of those.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the head but Peruna blocks with his arms.
Peruna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kunnas just leaning against Peruna, taking a breather.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Peruna obliges.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but Peruna blocks it.
Peruna misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kunnas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peruna.
Kunnas looking to throw knees to the head but Peruna is blocking nicely.
Kunnas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peruna avoids it.
Peruna crunches a lovely knee into Kunnas's ribcage.
Peruna gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peruna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peruna landing knees to the body.
Peruna managing to block the knees to the body from Kunnas.
Peruna scores with a knee to the head.
Peruna throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kunnas blocks it with crossed arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mauri Kunnas.
I think Kunnas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mauri Kunnas!
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hype
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pop
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