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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Buckley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matti Sistonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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195 cm
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260 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
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198 cm
24
271 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Buckley! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matti Sistonen! The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Buckley shoots in for a takedown but Sistonen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Sistonen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Buckley counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Buckley scoring with strikes to the body and head. Sistonen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Buckley thows a huge punch but Sistonen dodges it nicely.
Buckley not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Buckley thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sistonen's head. Nice strikes from Buckley there. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Buckley slips a nice elbow through Sistonen's hands, connecting with Sistonen's forehead. Buckley scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Buckley missing with the ground and pound from half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Buckley takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Buckley working Sistonen over with strikes. Buckley working the head and body with strikes. Buckley not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Ground and pound from Buckley. Sistonen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Buckley scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Sistonen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Buckley throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Buckley looks to land a strike but Sistonen avoids it nicely and regains full guard. Buckley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Buckley throws and elbow that misses. Sistonen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Buckley's guard. Nice move by Sistonen! Buckley pulls Sistonen in close to prevent any damage.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Buckley manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sistonen manages to get himself to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sistonen is on top in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sistonen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Buckley keeping moving, preventing Sistonen from controlling successfully. Buckley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Buckley tries to get out of the position. Buckley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Sistonen trying to control the position from guard on top but Buckley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Buckley has control of Sistonen's left arm, preventing Sistonen from doing any damage. Sistonen stopping the sweep attempt from Buckley. Buckley has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
 We're going to have a standup here because William Buckley wasn't active enough for the referee's liking. The fight stays on the outside here - Sistonen looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Matti Sistonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buckley decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. Sistonen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Buckley.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Sistonen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Buckley scores with a couple of nice shots. Buckley missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Buckley not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Buckley scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Nice strikes from Buckley there. Buckley working over Sistonen with some ground and pound. Sistonen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Buckley not landing any meaningful shots this time. Buckley lands with a punch from half guard. Buckley working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Sistonen looks gassed! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Buckley takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Buckley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sistonen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Buckley scoring with strikes to the body and head. And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
William Buckley dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sistonen misses with a takedown
and Buckley counters with a double leg that slams his opponent to the canvas! Sistonen is in trouble here! Buckley pounds away until the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). William Buckley!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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