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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urho Itaniemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Itaniemi comes to the cage accompanied by Volbeat - Still Counting. Gonzalez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Why Cant we Be Friends!. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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214 lbs
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214 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Itaniemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesus Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Itaniemi digs a good body shot into Gonzalez's ribs.
Itaniemi throws a low kick, looking for Gonzalez's leg but Gonzalez calmly moves out of range.
Itaniemi throws a half hearted mid kick.
A big left from Gonzalez misses.
Itaniemi tries to close the distance and clinch but Gonzalez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Itaniemi scores with a shot to the body.
Itaniemi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Itaniemi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gonzalez.
Itaniemi misses the shot to the body.
Gonzalez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gonzalez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Itaniemi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gonzalez looks to score with a jab to the body but Itaniemi is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Itaniemi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gonzalez throws out the jab.
Gonzalez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Itaniemi is looking to clinch.
Itaniemi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Itaniemi is looking to clinch but Gonzalez is avoiding it.
Itaniemi throws a head kick but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gonzalez counters with a straight right hand.
Itaniemi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzalez.
Itaniemi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gonzalez. Gonzalez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Itaniemi.
A solid leg kick lands there for Itaniemi.
Itaniemi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Itaniemi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Itaniemi tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez misses with a double jab
and Itaniemi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Itaniemi cracks Gonzalez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd cheers as Gonzalez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Itaniemi doesn't seem phased though.
Itaniemi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Itaniemi misses with a double jab
and Gonzalez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Itaniemi's knee momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Itaniemi moves out of range.
Itaniemi tries to move into range but Gonzalez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gonzalez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Urho Itaniemi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Itaniemi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Itaniemi misses with a double jab
and Gonzalez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gonzalez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Itaniemi thuds a left hand into Gonzalez's body.
Itaniemi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gonzalez misses the jab.
Gonzalez misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Itaniemi lands with a slapping head kick.
Itaniemi jabs at Gonzalez's body.
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!
Gonzalez looks to throw the jab but Itaniemi is out of range.
Itaniemi looks to throw the jab but Gonzalez is out of range.
Gonzalez misses with an uppercut.
Gonzalez throws a shot from downtown. Itaniemi moves away and avoids it.
Gonzalez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gonzalez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gonzalez moves out of range as Itaniemi strikes.
Gonzalez misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Urho Itaniemi dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gonzalez moves out of range of the body kick.
Itaniemi throws a one two combo.
Itaniemi throws a lazy head kick
and Gonzalez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Itaniemi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gonzalez.
Itaniemi just misses with a punch to the body.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Itaniemi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
A punch lands to the side of Gonzalez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Itaniemi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Itaniemi has closed the distance and engaged Gonzalez in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Itaniemi.
Gonzalez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gonzalez misses with a punch to the body.
Gonzalez swings wildly with an uppercut but Itaniemi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzalez lands with a right to the head.
Itaniemi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short body shot lands from Itaniemi as the two fighters clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Itaniemi prevents a body shot from Gonzalez.
Itaniemi scores with a hook to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Itaniemi as Gonzalez tries to tie him up.
Gonzalez is breathing heavily.
Itaniemi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gonzalez trying to control the position but instead, Itaniemi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gonzalez into the cage.
Gonzalez working aggressively here.
Itaniemi blocking some punches.
Itaniemi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gonzalez presses Itaniemi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gonzalez misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez working hard to break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Itaniemi.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Itaniemi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gonzalez ducks right into an uppercut from Itaniemi.
Gonzalez cracks the inside of Itaniemi's front leg.
Itaniemi misses the body punch
and Gonzalez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gonzalez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Itaniemi counters with a nice uppercut.
Itaniemi throws a sloppy head kick and Gonzalez moves out of range easily.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gonzalez connects with a crisp jab.
Itaniemi ducks under a wild hook from Gonzalez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi throws a head kick that half lands.
Urho Itaniemi is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Itaniemi misses its intended target.
Itaniemi lands with a slapping head kick.
Gonzalez throws a shot from downtown. Itaniemi moves away and avoids it.
Itaniemi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gonzalez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Itaniemi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Gonzalez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gonzalez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Itaniemi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gonzalez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi throws out a powerful jab.
Gonzalez is rocked!
Gonzalez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gonzalez is still on wobbly legs! Can Itaniemi finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Itaniemi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gonzalez seems to have recovered his senses.
Gonzalez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Itaniemi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gonzalez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gonzalez blocks a head kick by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi darts in and clinches Gonzalez up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Itaniemi digs a right hand underneath Gonzalez's ribcage. Gonzalez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Itaniemi scores with a shoulder strike.
Itaniemi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheers as Itaniemi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gonzalez doesn't seem phased though.
Itaniemi with a nice cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Urho Itaniemi dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Itaniemi throws an overhand right that drops Gonzalez like a sack of potatoes! Itaniemi dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Urho Itaniemi!
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