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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Bonjasky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horst Linkke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bonjasky comes to the cage accompanied by ---Fried Day---. Linkke has chosen Anamanaguchi - Helix Nebula as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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219 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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192 cm
26
215 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
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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
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ernesto Bonjasky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Horst Linkke!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonjasky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Linkke.
Linkke misses with a leg kick.
Linkke misses with the combination.
Linkke throws a body punch but Bonjasky moves out of range.
Bonjasky moves out of range as Linkke strikes.
Linkke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bonjasky moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Linkke throws a head kick but Bonjasky moves out of range.
Linkke takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Horst Linkke has been cut.
Linkke misses with a low kick.
Bonjasky uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Linkke.
Linkke lands a jab.
Bonjasky misses with a head kick.
Linkke tries to close the distance and clinch but Bonjasky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Linkke lands with a slapping head kick.
Bonjasky looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonjasky avoids the body shot from Linkke.
Linkke closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bonjasky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Linkke moves away.
Linkke misses with a looping right.
Horst Linkke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Linkke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bonjasky sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Linkke fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bonjasky misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Linkke tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bonjasky is able to avoid easily.
Linkke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bonjasky is looking to slow Linkke down with leg kicks.
Bonjasky avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bonjasky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Linkke.
Linkke throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bonjasky counters with a leg kick.
Bonjasky tried to score with a low kick but Linkke checks it.
Linkke misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linkke looks to land a right hand but Bonjasky moved out of range.
Bonjasky throws a solid leg kick but Linkke takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bonjasky.
Bonjasky looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Linkke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bonjasky moves out of range as Linkke strikes.
Bonjasky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bonjasky tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Linkke lands with a straight right. Bonjasky didn't see that one coming.
Bonjasky misses with a leg kick.
Linkke tries to clinch but Bonjasky is having none of it.
Linkke lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bonjasky fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Linkke looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bonjasky throws out a leg kick but Linkke moves out of range and Bonjasky only half commits.
Linkke with a nice cross.
Linkke looks to throw the jab but Bonjasky is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linkke lands with a nice body punch.
Bonjasky works the jab nicely.
Bonjasky throws a head kick that Linkke semi-blocks.
Bonjasky slips under a jab.
Linkke thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bonjasky if he has to take too many more of those.
Bonjasky closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Linkke stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Linkke moves out of range of the leg kick from Bonjasky.
Bonjasky lands a head kick!
Linkke misses with the combination.
Linkke throws a looping overhand right but Bonjasky ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Linkke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linkke loads up on a big right hand but Bonjasky slips the punch.
Linkke throws a lazy head kick
and Bonjasky counters with a thumping low kick.
Linkke checks the leg kick.
Bonjasky misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bonjasky lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bonjasky throws a lazy head kick
and Linkke counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonjasky throws a lazy head kick
and Linkke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bonjasky misses with a low kick.
Linkke drives through and clinches with Bonjasky against the cage.
Linkke working aggressively here.
Linkke breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Linkke lands with a slapping head kick.
Linkke throws the left hand but Bonjasky avoids the punch easily.
Bonjasky throws a leg kick
and Linkke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good exchange - Linkke coming out on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Horst Linkke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Horst Linkke'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.
Linkke takes a swing at Bonjasky's ribcage but misses.
Bonjasky looks to score with a jab to the body but Linkke is just out of range.
Bonjasky works Linkke's body with a nice hook.
Bonjasky has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Linkke closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bonjasky as Linkke tries to tie him up.
Linkke throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Linkke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Linkke clinches with his opponent.
Bonjasky tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice right hand lands inside from Linkke.
Linkke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Linkke lands an elbow inside that Bonjasky shrugs off.
Linkke creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bonjasky's defenses.
Bonjasky is rocked!
It looks like Ernesto Bonjasky has been cut.
Linkke lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Bonjasky to his knees! Linkke keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Horst Linkke!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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