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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ahjo Kuomanen (ranked 20 p4p, 284 weight class) and Leandro Leao (ranked 5 p4p, 42 weight class). Kuomanen's entrance music is HonestKey - One Shot. A fine choice. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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13 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ahjo Kuomanen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leandro Leao!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leao takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kuomanen lands a slapping body shot.
Leao swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kuomanen lands a jab to Leao's midsection.
Leao throws a right and a left that Kuomanen avoids nicely.
Donk. Leao catches Kuomanen right on the button with a cross.
Leao throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kuomanen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Leao is trying to stand up here but Kuomanen is controlling him well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Kuomanen in particular looking to stall.
Kuomanen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kuomanen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuomanen not doing much here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuomanen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kuomanen is working for a submission of some sort.
Kuomanen is trying to control. Leao wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Leao looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kuomanen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Leao keeps working.
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.
Kuomanen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Leao walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kuomanen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Leao clobbers Kuomanen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kuomanen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Leao on the side of the head.
Kuomanen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Leao smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Leao throws a looping overhand right but Kuomanen ducks down to avoid it.
Leao looks to land a left hand but Kuomanen moved out of range nicely.
Leao is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kuomanen misses with a hook.
Leao lands a lovely overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuomanen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leao connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kuomanen's hands.
Leao has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kuomanen.
Kuomanen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Leao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuomanen.
Leao gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kuomanen.
Leandro Leao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A swing and a miss from Leao.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuomanen lands with a hook. Leao tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Leao gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kuomanen swings for the body but Leao moves out of range.
Kuomanen lands a slapping body shot.
Kuomanen slips a jab from Leao.
The fighters circling - Kuomanen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kuomanen throws a jab when Leao was well out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuomanen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Leao on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kuomanen misses with a lunging right hand
and Leao counters with a stiff right hand.
A head kick misses from Leao.
A big left from Kuomanen misses.
Kuomanen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Leao to the mat! Leao manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leao keeping moving, preventing Kuomanen from controlling successfully.
Kuomanen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Leao keeping full guard, as Kuomanen tries to pass.
Leao can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kuomanen controls the pace.
Kuomanen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kuomanen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Leao is keeping the position for now.
Kuomanen lands a couple of digs.
Kuomanen throws a big right hand that misses.
Kuomanen is looking to work some ground and pound but Leao has wrist control.
Kuomanen wants to control from the top but Leao keeps moving.
Kuomanen looking to sit in guard and control but Leao gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kuomanen is looking to cinch up a triangle. Leao throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Kuomanen's body to avoid the submission. Kuomanen has instead reached around Leao's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Kuomanen arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ahjo Kuomanen!
Ahjo Kuomanen retains his heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Ahjo Kuomanen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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