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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neal Robson (ranked 1864 p4p, 1080 weight class) and Projekti Yksi (ranked 268 p4p, 150 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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182 cm 24 216 9 - 9 - 0 |
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195 cm 23 210 8 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler Excellent boxer 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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Neal Robson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Projekti Yksi! The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Eddie Farnsworth and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Robson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yksi changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt. Yksi misses with a body shot.
Robson throws a body punch but Yksi moves out of range. Robson throws a low kick, looking for Yksi's leg but Yksi calmly moves out of range. Yksi has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Robson is landing a low percentage of strikes. Robson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yksi.
Robson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've been told by Robson's head coaches at Point Blanc that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Yksi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Robson moves away. Yksi lands with a nice body punch. Robson lands a nice shot that snaps Yksi's head back.
Robson takes a body punch but keeps moving. Robson takes a swing at Yksi's ribcage but misses. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Robson misses with a wild combination.
Yksi closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Robson is looking for a sweep. Yksi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Yksi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Robson wants to improve his position but Yksi is controlling well.
Yksi is trying to control the action in half guard but Robson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Yksi scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Yksi is trying to control. Robson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. Yksi looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Yksi trying to control the pace. Yksi throwing shots but Robson is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Robson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Yksi. Robson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Robson tries to get out of the position. Yksi prevents Robson from improving his position. Robson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yksi on the ground. Yksi with a momentary lay and pray from half guard. Yksi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Robson defending well though. Yksi wants to take a breather but Robson is having none of it. Robson tries to get to full guard but Yksi has control of the leg. Robson wants to control but Yksi is keeping busy.
Yksi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Robson tries to get to full guard but Yksi has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Robson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Yksi. Yksi passes to full mount! Yksi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Robson is looking to escape. Yksi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Yksi looking to control but Robson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Yksi thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. Robson taking shots to the head. Yksi lands a nice shot to the head. Robson is squirming around, avoiding Yksi's attempts to control the action. Yksi in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Robson is rocked! Yksi lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Robson! Yksi sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Robson and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Projekti Yksi! Projekti Yksi thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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34% |
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