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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anssi Kukkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Westwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Westwood has chosen Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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188 cm
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195 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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202 cm
25
199 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anssi Kukkonen! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chuck Westwood! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Westwood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kukkonen tries to clinch there but Westwood circles away.
Westwood misses with a body shot.
Kukkonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kukkonen ducks under a wild hook from Westwood. Westwood throws an overhand right that lands on Kukkonen's shoulder, as Kukkonen tries to avoid the shot. Westwood lands the left hand. Kukkonen slips under a jab from Westwood. Kukkonen slips under a jab from Westwood. Kukkonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Kukkonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kukkonen misses with a wild body shot. Westwood misses with a shot to the body and Kukkonen counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Kukkonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Kukkonen. Kukkonen wants to stall.
Kukkonen lands a body punch in the clinch. Kukkonen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kukkonen pushes Westwood back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Kukkonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Westwood uses good head movement to avoid it. Kukkonen lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Westwood as Kukkonen tries to tie him up. Westwood blocking some punches.
Kukkonen can't find room to land a body shot as Westwood controls the action.
Westwood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. A short body shot lands from Kukkonen as the two fighters clinch.
Westwood tries to throw a body punch but Kukkonen avoids it by throwing Westwood back against the cage. Kukkonen lands a body punch. Westwood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kukkonen. Kukkonen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Westwood tries to stall but Kukkonen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kukkonen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Westwood backwards. Kukkonen lands a shot to the body. Westwood looks gassed! A hook to the body from Kukkonen.
A right hand to the body from Kukkonen.
Kukkonen lands a nice shot to the body. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A short left from Kukkonen. A body shot lands from Kukkonen.
Kukkonen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Kukkonen works on Westwood's body with a couple of short punches. Kukkonen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Westwood is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Kukkonen lands an uppercut. Kukkonen lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kukkonen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kukkonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Westwood avoids the damage to the body. Kukkonen lands an uppercut. Kukkonen working some nice short punches in the clinch. A body shot lands from Kukkonen.
Kukkonen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Kukkonen scores with a nice short uppercut. Kukkonen pushes Westwood back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Westwood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Kukkonen on the inside. Kukkonen is working Westwood over against the cage. Kukkonen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Westwood backwards. Kukkonen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kukkonen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Westwood backwards.
Westwood is rocked! Kukkonen lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Westwood to his knees! Kukkonen keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anssi Kukkonen! Anssi Kukkonen retains his middleweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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