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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Micheal James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tero Sankari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sankari has chosen Finlandia - Hymn as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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194 cm
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265 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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200 cm
18
240 lbs
2 - 0 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Great low kicks
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Micheal James! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tero Sankari! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sankari lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Sankari lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Micheal James has been cut. James throws a right and a left that Sankari avoids nicely. No joy there for James, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sankari connects with a high kick. James lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sankari circles away quickly and effectively. James takes a kick to the side of the head. James misses with a double jab
and Sankari makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! James throws a series of punches but Sankari avoids them all with ease. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Sankari with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Micheal James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Sankari scores with a kick to the body.
James is breathing heavily. Sankari throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sankari throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. James takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sankari dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on James. That did some damage! Sankari lands a big head kick that sends James tumbling to the mat! Sankari takes a step backwards and waves James back to his feet - he wants the finish!
James is rocked!
Micheal James's cut is getting worse. Sankari feints and then cracks James's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow James down. Oh James is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Sankari thows a body kick. James tries to catch it but that hurt him. James seems to have got his legs back now. A decent looking body kick lands there for Sankari. A solid body kick from Sankari. Sankari bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. Sankari throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by James. James steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sankari. That one must have hurt. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sankari.
Sankari lands a nice looking kick to the body. James takes a step back to recover. Sankari lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. James is looking to close the distance but Sankari sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! James crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope James is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Tero Sankari!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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