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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viher Peukku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Kennedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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215 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Viher Peukku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyler Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peukku closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Peukku lands an elbow that stopped Kennedy in his tracks for a moment.
Peukku landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peukku leaning against his opponent.
Nice elbow from Peukku.
Peukku landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kennedy avoiding damage.
A bit of stalling here from Peukku.
Peukku lands a nice knee to the body.
Peukku landing knees to the head.
Peukku lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kennedy tries for a takedown but Peukku manages to get underhooks.
Peukku with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kennedy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Peukku has him pressed against the cage.
Peukku stalling the fight.
Nice elbow from Peukku.
Peukku lands a knee to the head.
Peukku slows down the pace here.
Kennedy is trying to stall.
Kennedy looks gassed!
Peukku landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy takes an elbow to the temple.
Peukku throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kennedy blocks it with crossed arms.
Peukku lands an elbow inside.
Peukku lands an elbow inside.
Peukku tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kennedy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Peukku lands a nice knee to the body.
Come on Peukku - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kennedy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Peukku landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Peukku lands a damaging elbow.
Peukku scores a nice knee to the body.
Peukku lands an elbow inside that Kennedy shrugs off.
Peukku has Kennedy pushed against the cage.
Peukku connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kennedy's face.
Kennedy takes an elbow to the temple.
Kennedy pulls guard successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peukku trying to control but Kennedy is working from the bottom.
Kennedy has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Peukku off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Peukku fails with an attempt to clinch.
Peukku motions for Kennedy to come forward. Peukku throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tyler Kennedy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peukku tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kennedy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peukku tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kennedy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Peukku throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kennedy.
Peukku tries to clinch but Kennedy is having none of it.
Peukku tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy loads up on a big right hand but Peukku slips the punch.
Peukku attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kennedy swats away the attempt to clinch by Peukku.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Peukku lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kennedy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kennedy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kennedy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peukku fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kennedy swats away the attempt to clinch by Peukku.
Peukku has Kennedy up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Peukku throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kennedy blocks it with crossed arms.
Peukku with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kennedy swings wildly with an uppercut but Peukku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peukku looking to throw knees to the head but Kennedy is blocking nicely.
Kennedy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Peukku fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Peukku avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Peukku tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kennedy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Peukku wants to clinch.
Peukku avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viher Peukku dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kennedy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Peukku tries to clinch but Kennedy moves out of range.
Peukku bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No luck for Kennedy with that takedown attempt.
Peukku is looking to clinch.
Peukku looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peukku fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kennedy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kennedy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peukku wants to clinch.
No luck for Kennedy with that takedown attempt.
Peukku tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kennedy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peukku tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kennedy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kennedy sizes up Peukku with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Peukku drives through and clinches with Kennedy against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kennedy has had enough of the clinch but Peukku keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nice elbow from Peukku.
Kennedy tries to stall but Peukku uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kennedy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Peukku scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Peukku.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Peukku connects with a knee to the head.
Peukku throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kennedy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Peukku lands an elbow just above Kennedy 's eye.
A knee to the head by Peukku.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Peukku takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kennedy wants to break free but Peukku has control.
Peukku keeps control of Kennedy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Peukku is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kennedy is keeping busy.
Kennedy can't break the clinch.
Kennedy tries to pull guard but Peukku won't allow it.
Viher Peukku has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Kennedy.
Kennedy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kennedy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peukku tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peukku slows down the pace here.
Kennedy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Peukku pressing his opponent against the cage.
A knee to the head by Peukku.
Peukku leaning against his opponent.
Peukku looking to throw knees to the head but Kennedy is blocking nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Peukku.
Peukku gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Peukku.
Peukku unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kennedy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peukku scores a nice knee to the body.
Peukku with a knee to the head.
Peukku taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Peukku.
Peukku is stalling here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Peukku for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Viher Peukku.
Some wild striking there from Kennedy.
Peukku closes the distance and clinches.
Stalling in the clinch from Peukku.
Peukku lands an elbow just above Kennedy 's eye.
Peukku lands a knee to the head.
Peukku stalling against the cage.
Peukku prevents Kennedy from breaking the clinch.
Kennedy is trying to break free.
Kennedy takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viher Peukku dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Peukku tries to clinch up.
Kennedy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Peukku displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kennedy throws out the jab.
Kennedy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Peukku.
Peukku tries to clinch up.
Peukku drives through and clinches with Kennedy against the cage.
Peukku stalling against the cage.
Peukku throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kennedy blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kennedy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peukku seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Kennedy leaning against his opponent.
Peukku misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kennedy.
Kennedy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy can't break the clinch.
Kennedy looking to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kennedy.
Peukku prevents Kennedy from breaking the clinch.
Peukku tries to land a knee to the head but Kennedy blocks with his arms.
Peukku comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peukku using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Peukku tries a knee to the head but Kennedy blocks it.
Kennedy avoiding damage as Peukku throws knees to the body.
Peukku with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peukku prevents Kennedy from breaking the clinch.
Peukku comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peukku avoiding damage.
Peukku using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Peukku connects with a knee to the head.
Kennedy is working for takedown but Peukku is calmly controlling the position for now.
Peukku lands a damaging elbow.
Peukku landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Peukku pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy breaks from the clinch.
Peukku wants to clinch.
Peukku wants to clinch.
Peukku tries to clinch there but Kennedy circles away.
Kennedy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab from Kennedy misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peukku blocks a jab.
Kennedy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jab, jab by Kennedy - just one landing.
Peukku fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kennedy, pushing him back against the cage.
Peukku with a knee to the head.
Peukku leaning against his opponent.
Peukku lands a nice knee to the body.
Kennedy goes for a takedown attempt but Peukku pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Viher Peukku has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Kennedy.
Kennedy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Viher Peukku is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peukku tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kennedy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tyler Kennedy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peukku darts in and clinches Kennedy up against the cage.
Peukku lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Peukku lands a nice elbow.
Kennedy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kennedy wants a takedown but no success here.
Kennedy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Peukku dodges an elbow strike from Kennedy.
Peukku gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kennedy throws an elbow but misses.
Peukku has Kennedy pushed against the cage.
Kennedy is looking to break free of the clinch but Peukku has double underhooks.
Peukku landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Peukku controlling the action here for a moment.
Kennedy tries to stall but Peukku uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Peukku misses with a knee strike.
Kennedy tries to score a body lock takedown but Peukku shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kennedy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kennedy tries to land knees in the clinch but Peukku avoids the damage to the body.
Peukku is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kennedy is keeping busy.
Peukku avoiding damage as Kennedy throws knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Viher Peukku showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Peukku, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viher Peukku!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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