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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bill Held (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Held's entrance music is pantera - walk. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 cm
25
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
26
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Held! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tom Hope! The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnem�ki.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Held tries to clinch but Hope moves away and Hope counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Held misses with a double jab
and Hope connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Hope with a nice cross. Hope misses with a combination
and Held moves into the clinch.
Held breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Held fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Held tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hope paws at him with a jab and circles away. Hope misses with a combination
and Held counters by clinching up. Hope scores with a shot to the side of Held's head. Held tries a body shot but Hope blocks it.
Hope lands a shot to the body.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Hope wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hope breaks from the clinch.
Held fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hope has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Held takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hope drops Held with a beautiful combination! Held stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hope is looking for the KO!

Held is rocked! Hope throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oh Held is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Hope fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Held is breathing heavily. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Hope misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hope lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Held falls backwards - clearly groggy! Hope dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Hope!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
99% |
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