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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urho Itaniemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrel Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Itaniemi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Volbeat - Still Counting. Sackett has chosen Highway to Hell as his entrance music. Urho Itaniemi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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214 lbs
21 - 5 - 0 |
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185 cm
24
215 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Itaniemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrel Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Itaniemi misses with a right hand
enabling Sackett to counter with a crisp jab.
Itaniemi tries to clinch up but Sackett circles away and keeps his distance.
Sackett throws a body punch but Itaniemi moves out of range.
Sackett looks to throw the jab but Itaniemi is out of range.
Sackett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sackett cracks Itaniemi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sackett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Itaniemi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sackett avoids a kick to the body.
Sackett's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sackett duly obliges.
It looks like Urho Itaniemi has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sackett misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sackett's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sackett duly obliges.
Itaniemi needs to keep his hands up - Sackett had a free shot at his head there.
Sackett misses with the body kick
and Itaniemi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sackett misses with a low kick as Itaniemi jumps back.
Sackett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Itaniemi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sackett takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sackett is looking to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Itaniemi blocks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett takes a swing at Itaniemi's ribcage but misses.
Itaniemi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sackett.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Itaniemi throws an off balance right hand
and Sackett counters with a good low kick that Itaniemi was not able to check.
Sackett tries to land a body kick
enabling Itaniemi to counter with a crisp jab.
Itaniemi scores with a nice right hand.
Sackett fails to land with a series of punches.
Sackett shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Itaniemi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sackett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sackett tests Itaniemi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Itaniemi throws a poor cross that misses
and Sackett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett throws a hook but Itaniemi avoids it easily.
Itaniemi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sackett misses with a hook.
Itaniemi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sackett's calf.
Urho Itaniemi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sackett throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Itaniemi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sackett falls off balance throwing a combination
and Itaniemi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sackett looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Itaniemi lands with an uppercut that bounces Sackett off the cage and back into rage.
Itaniemi takes a swing at Sackett's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi throws a leg kick
and Sackett makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sackett checks a leg kick.
A big right from Sackett misses.
Sackett misses with a right hand
and Itaniemi counters with a nice leg kick.
Itaniemi throws a right and a left that Sackett avoids nicely.
Itaniemi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Urho Itaniemi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Itaniemi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Itaniemi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sackett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sackett checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Urho Itaniemi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Urho Itaniemi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nice body punch from Itaniemi.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sackett.
Itaniemi tries to work over Sackett's front leg with a kick but Sackett checks it.
Sackett dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Itaniemi. That did some damage!
Sackett thows a body shot but no joy.
Itaniemi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A punch combination from Sackett misses.
Sackett gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Itaniemi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Itaniemi avoids the body shot from Sackett.
Itaniemi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett lands with a good body shot.
Itaniemi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sackett counters with a nice uppercut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Itaniemi.
Sackett misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Itaniemi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sackett is breathing heavily.
Sackett moves out of range of the leg kick from Itaniemi.
A left and a right from Sackett both land. Nice combination.
Itaniemi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sackett makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Itaniemi dips to his left and cracks Sackett with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett scores with a head kick.
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!
Itaniemi lands a body shot.
Sackett misses with an uppercut
and Itaniemi counters with a good, hard body kick but Sackett shrugs it off.
Sackett slips under a jab from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sackett's sensitive parts.
A solid leg kick lands there for Itaniemi.
Itaniemi looks to land a right hand but Sackett moved out of range.
Sackett on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sackett takes one on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi is looking to clinch but Sackett is avoiding it.
Sackett misses the shot to the body.
Itaniemi with a jab.
Itaniemi looks to score with a jab to the body but Sackett is just out of range.
Itaniemi cracks Sackett with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Sackett looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Itaniemi finish him?
Sackett is rocked!
Itaniemi drops Sackett with a naaaaasty hook - Sackett is in real trouble here! Itaniemi dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Urho Itaniemi!
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hype
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