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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Torvald Gunnarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommi Kauri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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200 lbs
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217 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Torvald Gunnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Kauri!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunnarsson throws a head kick but Kauri moves out of range.
Kauri misses with a looping right.
Kauri cracks a nice hook into Gunnarsson's ribs.
Gunnarsson avoids the body shot from Kauri.
Kauri drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Gunnarsson struggling a bit here.
Kauri scores with a couple of short elbows.
Gunnarsson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kauri connects with a decent elbow.
Kauri lands a few punches from side control.
Kauri scores with punches from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kauri cracks Gunnarsson with a big elbow.
Kauri grinds an elbow into Gunnarsson's temple.
Kauri lands a few punches from side control.
Kauri lands a nice forearm strike.
You can see the frustration on Gunnarsson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kauri remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kauri working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kauri in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kauri lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gunnarsson down.
Kauri creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kauri really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gunnarsson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kauri landing a few strikes.
Kauri in side control lands a decent elbow.
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!
Kauri landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Kauri looks up at the clock and then as Gunnarsson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kauri smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Gunnarsson is breathing heavily.
Kauri lands a decent elbow from side control.
Kauri working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Gunnarsson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson taking a bit of punishment here - Kauri scoring with strikes.
Kauri cracks Gunnarsson with a big elbow.
Gunnarsson could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Gunnarsson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kauri landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Kauri working the head and body with strikes.
Kauri working the ground and pound from side control.
Kauri working the ground and pound from side control.
Kauri working the ground and pound.
Kauri working the ground and pound from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Gunnarsson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kauri working the ground and pound.
Kauri works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kauri is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gunnarsson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kauri grinds an elbow into Gunnarsson's temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kauri lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gunnarsson down.
Kauri in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kauri scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gunnarsson to see if he's OK.
Kauri grinds an elbow into Gunnarsson's temple.
Kauri working the body and head with strikes.
Kauri working the head and body with strikes.
Gunnarsson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Kauri working the ground and pound.
Gunnarsson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Kauri working the body and head with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kauri working the ground and pound.
Kauri cracks Gunnarsson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Kauri works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kauri scoring with punches from side control.
Kauri working the ground and pound from side control.
Kauri working the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kauri scoring with punches and elbows.
Kauri works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kauri lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gunnarsson is looking for a sweep.
Gunnarsson wants to control but Kauri postures up.
Gunnarsson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kauri is working Gunnarsson over with some ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommi Kauri dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A cross from Kauri lands.
Gunnarsson fails with the takedown
letting Kauri counter with a right hand.
Kauri lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gunnarsson backs up against the cage.
Kauri scores with a one two! Gunnarsson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A clash of legs there as Kauri blocks the low kick.
Tommi Kauri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kauri misses with a low kick.
Kauri misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kauri looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gunnarsson!
BOOM! Kauri connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gunnarsson is squirming around, avoiding Kauri's attempts to control the action.
Kauri controlling from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunnarsson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kauri pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tommi Kauri has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gunnarsson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kauri with good strikes from the mount here!
Kauri lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gunnarsson is bucking up trying to escape but Kauri cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kauri can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gunnarsson is looking to escape.
Kauri working the ground and pound effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kauri connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kauri lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kauri lands a heavy elbow.
Gunnarsson is rocked!
Kauri scoring with strikes but Gunnarsson is staying in there.
Oh Gunnarsson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kauri lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kauri landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kauri loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Gunnarsson scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Kauri land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Kauri stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommi Kauri!
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