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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Natonni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Bojanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bojanski has chosen N.E.R.D - Rockstar as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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170 cm
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146 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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183 cm
21
176 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Natonni! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mirko Bojanski! The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bojanski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bojanski tries to clinch but Natonni is having none of it. Natonni scores with a jab to the body. Bojanski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Natonni lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Natonni swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Nice defenses there by Bojanski. Bojanski avoids the body shot from Natonni.
Bojanski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bojanski avoids the body shot from Natonni.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bojanski changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Natonni looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. Natonni tries to get back to half guard but can't. Natonni manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Bojanski is trying is best to control the position here. Bojanski trying to control from the bottom.
Natonni controlling the action here. Bojanski wants to get back to full guard but Natonni has passed into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bojanski manages to regain half guard. Good work. Bojanski keeping control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Natonni wants to pass to mount but Bojanski is defending the position. Bojanski looks like he's trying to stand up.
Natonni passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Bojanski!
That's four minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Bojanski is trying desperately to improve position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Paul Natonni will probably get the nod. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Natonni avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Natonni's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Natonni duly obliges.
It looks like Mirko Bojanski has been cut. Bojanski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Natonni swats him away and circles back towards the center. Bojanski moves in looking to clinch but Natonni pushes him off. Bojanski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Bojanski throws a head kick that misses. Bojanski misses with a double jab
and Natonni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Paul Natonni is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bojanski avoids the body shot from Natonni.
Bojanski moves away from the strike by Natonni. Nice shot lands for Natonni. Natonni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bojanski throws a leg kick but Natonni moved away. Bojanski takes one on the button. Natonni looks to score with a jab to the body but Bojanski is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Decent striking displayed by Natonni there. Natonni throws a series of strikes that have Bojanski backpedaling.
Bojanski is rocked! It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Natonni here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man. Natonni circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Bojanski tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Natonni wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paul Natonni!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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