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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shaquille Oneil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Gronholm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oneil comes to the cage accompanied by You Cant See me. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 cm
23
268 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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188 cm
25
280 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Shaquille Oneil! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Gronholm! The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Oneil scores with a jab. Gronholm acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
It looks like Marcus Gronholm has been cut. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Oneil. Oneil shoots in for a takedown but Gronholm shows good takedown defense. Gronholm avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gronholm throws a nice looking combination but Oneil bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Oneil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gronholm moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Oneil shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gronholm pinned against the cage. Gronholm gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Gronholm tries to bum rush Oneil with a series of wild strikes but Oneil uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Oneil swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gronholm counters with a straight right hand. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Oneil throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Some bone on bone action there as Gronholm checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Oneil dodges the punch combination from Gronholm.
Oneil jabbing away but nothing is landing. Oneil smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Gronholm rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Oneil moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Oneil throws a head kick but Gronholm moves out of range.
Oneil is breathing heavily. Gronholm misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round. Oneil scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Gronholm will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gronholm misses with a few strikes there.
Gronholm throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Gronholm scores with a shot to the body.
Gronholm lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Oneil backs up against the cage.
It looks like Shaquille Oneil has been cut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Gronholm drops Oneil with a beautiful combination! Oneil stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gronholm is looking for the KO!
Oneil is rocked! Gronholm grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Oneil takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Gronholm cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Marcus Gronholm! Marcus Gronholm is the new heavyweight champion!
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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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