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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aatami Korpi (ranked 2039 p4p, 2605 weight class) and Bryan Snyder (ranked 259 p4p, 313 weight class). Bryan Snyder is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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186 cm 21 207 3 - 1 - 1 |
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190 cm 23 210 5 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler Excellent MT Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt Decent boxing Granite chin |
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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 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aatami Korpi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryan Snyder! The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and William Gold.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Snyder misses with a combination
and Korpi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Korpi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Snyder's sensitive parts. Snyder wants to slow Korpi down by chopping away at his legs. Korpi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Snyder has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Snyder there as he acknowledges the shot. Korpi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Korpi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Snyder. That did some damage! Korpi keeps Snyder at a distance using the push kick. Snyder throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Korpi sees it coming and avoids it easily. Korpi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Snyder at a distance.
Snyder throws a head kick but Korpi moves out of range.
Korpi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Snyder on the side of the head. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Some wild striking there from Snyder.
Korpi lands a jab to the nose. Korpi scores with the left hand. Snyder knows he should have avoided that one.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Korpi missing with a left hand there. Snyder was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Snyder takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Korpi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Korpi misses the target. Korpi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Nice straight punches there by Korpi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Korpi. Snyder tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Korpi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Korpi pushes Snyder away with a front kick. Korpi lands with a cross. Snyder takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Korpi throws a head kick that Snyder semi-blocks.
Snyder rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Korpi moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Korpi quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect. Korpi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Korpi moves into range and clinches up with Snyder. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A short right from Korpi on the inside. Korpi scores with a hook to the body. Snyder looks winded! Nice body punch from Korpi - that landed with a thud.
Korpi lands on the inside with an uppercut. Korpi lands with a short head shot on the inside. Korpi is working Snyder over against the cage.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Korpi lands a hook to the side of the head. Korpi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. A shot in the inside from Korpi. Snyder is trying to push Korpi away but Korpi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Korpi lands with a light punch inside. Korpi scores with a shoulder strike. Korpi working some nice short punches in the clinch. Korpi lands a left hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Korpi.
Snyder misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Korpi scores with a nice short uppercut. Snyder's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Korpi scores with a nice hook to the head. Korpi gets through Snyder's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
 Snyder is rocked! Korpi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Snyder. Korpi presses Snyder against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Korpi pushes Snyder back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Snyder is still on wobbly legs! Can Korpi finish him? Korpi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Korpi lands with a light punch inside. Korpi dips a shoulder and cracks Snyder with a mighty uppercut! Snyder falls back against the cage and Korpi unloads with a barrage of strikes! Snyder is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Korpi screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aatami Korpi!
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hype
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