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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kulma Rauta (ranked 338 p4p, 432 weight class) and Léopold Béliveau (ranked 44 p4p, 57 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 cm 28 195 15 - 5 - 2 |
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181 cm 33 194 14 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler World class MT Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 15 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Kulma Rauta! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Léopold Béliveau! The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Béliveau throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rauta on the side of the head.
 It looks like Kulma Rauta has been cut. Béliveau with the inside leg kick. Béliveau throws a lazy uppercut
and Rauta counters with a lovely straight right hand! Rauta bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Béliveau's head. Rauta stuns Béliveau with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Rauta throws a body punch but Béliveau moves out of range. Béliveau buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Béliveau scores with a decent looking hook. We've been told by Rauta's head coaches at Ruttos gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Béliveau thows a left - swing and a miss! Béliveau throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It looked like Rauta wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Rauta misses with an uppercut. Béliveau saw that one coming. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Béliveau dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Rauta moves out of range of the body kick. Béliveau uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rauta. Béliveau with the inside leg kick. Rauta scores with a jab to the jaw. Béliveau catches Rauta with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
 That's one minute gone in the round. Rauta ducks under a wild hook from Béliveau. An inside leg kick lands from Rauta. Béliveau cracks Rauta with a right hand to the side of the head. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Béliveau. Béliveau throws a jab but it's blocked by Rauta. Béliveau scores with a decent looking hook. Béliveau feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rautas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Béliveau has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rauta. Rauta's corner calls for a 1-2. Rauta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Rauta jabbing away but nothing is landing. Béliveau misses with a wild body shot. Léopold Béliveau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Béliveau throws a combination that misses enabling Rauta to counter with a crisp jab. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Rauta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Béliveau. A jab from Rauta does it's job there.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Béliveau has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rauta. Béliveau loads up on a big right hand but Rauta slips the punch. Béliveau misses with a hook. Rauta ducked under it nicely. Rauta sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. Béliveau shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Rauta throws a big shot that misses. A jab from Béliveau does it's job there. Rauta pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Rauta throws a wild body kick that Béliveau sees coming a mile off. Béliveau lands a jab to the nose. Rauta avoids the head kick by Béliveau.
Béliveau misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Béliveau throws a push kick but Rauta slaps the foot to one side. Rauta lands with an overhand left.
 Béliveau is rocked!
 It looks like Léopold Béliveau has been cut.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Béliveau buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Béliveau is still on wobbly legs! Can Rauta finish him? Béliveau throws a sloppy head kick and Rauta moves out of range easily. Béliveau seems to have recovered his senses. Béliveau misses with a looping left. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rauta. Rauta's corner calls for a 1-2. Rauta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Rauta avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Rauta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
 Kulma Rauta's cut is getting worse. Béliveau lands with a right hand. Rauta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Béliveau throws a hook to the side of Rauta's head but Rauta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Rauta steps in with a hook that catches Béliveau right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Rauta follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Béliveau looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kulma Rauta! A relieved looking Kulma Rauta 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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