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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Michael Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanni Tukkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patton's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Faith No More - The Real Thing. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
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135 lbs
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Decent wrestler
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Patton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hanni Tukkonen!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tukkonen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tukkonen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Patton stuffs the takedown attempt from Tukkonen. Tukkonen gets slowly back to his feet.
Michael Patton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hanni Tukkonen.
Tukkonen shoots for a takedown but Patton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Patton slaps away a takedown attempt from Tukkonen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A combination from Patton does no damage.
Tukkonen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Patton swivels and escapes.
Patton cracks a nice hook into Tukkonen's ribs.
Tukkonen looks gassed!
Tukkonen closes the distance and clinches up with Patton, looking for a takedown. Tukkonen pushes Patton against the cage but Patton circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tukkonen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A lazy left from Patton finds it's target.
Patton smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Patton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tukkonen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tukkonen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Patton connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tukkonen momentarily.
Hanni Tukkonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patton lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Hanni Tukkonen has been cut.
Patton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Patton scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tukkonen doesn't seem bothered though.
Patton fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Patton lunges at Tukkonen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tukkonen's hand.
Tukkonen is trying desperately to land a takedown but Patton is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Tukkonen.
Patton cracks Tukkonen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Patton slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Patton does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Patton misses with a two punch combination.
Patton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A punch lands to the side of Tukkonen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Patton lands the left hand.
Patton dips to his left and cracks Tukkonen with an uppercut!
Patton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton lands with a nice body punch.
Nice takedown defense from Patton. No joy for Tukkonen on that attempt.
Patton connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tukkonen momentarily.
Nice body punch from Patton.
Patton scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Patton scores with a jab to the head.
Patton throws a series of punches but Tukkonen moves out of range.
Patton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tukkonen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Patton lands a nice hook to Tukkonen's body. Tukkonen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Patton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Patton connects with a right hand. Tukkonen shakes it off.
Tukkonen dives in and grabs Patton's left leg, looking for a takedown. Patton pushes down on Tukkonen's head and hops out.
Patton throws a body punch but Tukkonen moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tukkonen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tukkonen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tukkonen closes the distance and clinches up with Patton, looking for a takedown. Tukkonen pushes Patton against the cage but Patton circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Patton works over Tukkonen's head and body with a nice combination.
Patton throws a series of punches but Tukkonen avoids them all with ease.
A nice combination there by Patton.
Tukkonen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Patton scores with a nice right hand.
Patton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Patton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Michael Patton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Patton throws a series of strikes that have Tukkonen backpedaling.
A cross from Patton lands.
Tukkonen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Patton.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tukkonen's head.
Tukkonen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tukkonen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tukkonen shoots in but no luck this time.
Patton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tukkonen.
Tukkonen tries to move into range but Patton moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Patton fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tukkonen on the side of the head.
Patton lands a nice shot to the body.
Patton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tukkonen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Patton avoids it really well and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Patton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Patton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hanni Tukkonen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Patton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tukkonen tries for a takedown but Patton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Patton misses with a hook.
Patton fails to land with a series of punches.
Tukkonen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Patton as he jumps to the side.
Tukkonen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Patton.
Tukkonen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Patton listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tukkonen avoids the body shot from Patton.
Tukkonen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Patton swivels and escapes.
Michael Patton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hanni Tukkonen.
Patton stuffs the takedown attempt from Tukkonen. Tukkonen gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Patton lands a glancing blow to the side of Tukkonen's head.
Patton clobbers Tukkonen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Patton. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Patton.
Tukkonen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Patton.
Patton throws out a powerful jab.
Patton with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Patton stuns Tukkonen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Patton works over Tukkonen's head and body with a nice combination.
A cross from Patton lands.
Tukkonen shoots in but Patton avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Patton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tukkonen can do to turn this around?
Danga de danga de dang - Patton scores with a four punch combination!
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Tukkonen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Patton has got the better of the exchanges.
Patton scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tukkonen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patton misses with a two punch combination.
Patton scores with a punch to the head.
Patton connects with the punch.
Patton thuds his right hand into Tukkonen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patton lunges at Tukkonen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tukkonen's hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Patton.
Michael Patton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Patton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Patton scores with a one two! Tukkonen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Patton lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tukkonen.
A jab from Patton does it's job there.
Patton punishes Tukkonen's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Patton. Beautiful body shot.
Tukkonen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Patton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Patton attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Patton scores with a hook.
Patton will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Patton scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tukkonen in his tracks.
Tukkonen shoots in but Patton avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Patton throws a shot to the body.
Tukkonen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tukkonen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Patton sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Patton lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tukkonen dives in and grabs Patton's left leg, looking for a takedown. Patton pushes down on Tukkonen's head and hops out.
Patton works over Tukkonen's head and body with a nice combination.
Patton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Patton lands with a right hand.
Patton fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Patton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Patton swings for the body but Tukkonen moves out of range.
Tukkonen shoots for a double leg takedown but Patton sprawls well. He's pushed Tukkonen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Patton misses with a wild body shot.
Tukkonen takes one to the chin there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Patton punishes Tukkonen's body with a nice straight punch.
Tukkonen needs to keep his hands up - Patton had a free shot at his head there.
Patton with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Patton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hanni Tukkonen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tukkonen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tukkonen moves in looking to clinch but Patton pushes him off.
Tukkonen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tukkonen.
Patton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tukkonen circles away quickly and effectively.
Patton bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Michael Patton is winning the standup battle so far.
Tukkonen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Patton.
Patton stuns Tukkonen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Patton throws a one two combo.
Patton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Patton.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tukkonen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tukkonen walks into a jab.
Tukkonen fails to land the takedown.
Michael Patton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hanni Tukkonen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Patton.
Patton scores with a nice head shot.
Patton connects with a body shot.
Tukkonen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Patton defends it nicely.
Nice body punch from Patton.
Patton scores with a jab to the jaw.
Patton misses with a body kick.
Nice takedown defense from Patton. No joy for Tukkonen on that attempt.
Tukkonen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tukkonen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tukkonen misses with a takedown attempt - Patton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton cracks a nice hook into Tukkonen's ribs.
Patton scores with a three punch combo!
Tukkonen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Patton lands a nice looking body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Patton, as that shot connected.
Some wild striking there from Patton.
Tukkonen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Patton misses with an attempted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Tukkonen.
Tukkonen closes the distance and clinches up with Patton, looking for a takedown. Tukkonen pushes Patton against the cage but Patton circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Patton tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tukkonen counters with a takedown into side control.
Michael Patton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tukkonen has hold of Patton's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Patton tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Tukkonen cranks the arm and Patton screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Patton, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Hanni Tukkonen!
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