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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannu Niinivaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Canseco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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198 cm
27
213 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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175 cm
25
212 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hannu Niinivaara! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jose Canseco ! The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Niinivaara connects with a crisp jab. Canseco ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Niinivaara throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Canseco counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Niinivaara controls Canseco momentarily but Canseco frees himself. Niinivaara on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Niinivaara tries to get out of the position. Canseco postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Niinivaara pulls Canseco in close to prevent any damage. Canseco postures up in Niinivaara's guard and throws a big left but Niinivaara blocks it. Canseco preventing the sweep. Canseco lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Canseco pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Niinivaara is keeping the position for now. Canseco trying to control but Niinivaara is working from the bottom. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Canseco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Niinivaara works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Canseco postures up in Niinivaara's guard and throws a big left but Niinivaara blocks it. Canseco working some strikes from top position. Canseco has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round. Canseco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Canseco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Canseco throws a big right hand that misses. Niinivaara has momentary wrist control but Canseco slips an elbow through the middle. Canseco working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Niinivaara tries to land a sweep but no joy. Canseco advances position into side control! Canseco lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Niinivaara down.
Niinivaara takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Canseco scoring with punches and elbows.
Niinivaara is rocked! The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Canseco scores with a couple of short elbows. Oh Niinivaara is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Canseco passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Niinivaara! A big strike lands for Canseco ! That's really hurt Niinivaara and he's turned his back - Canseco keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Canseco jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Canseco !
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
87% |
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