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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jari Lehtonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quick comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Indestructible, by Disturbed kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 cm
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186 lbs
15 - 12 - 0 |
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186 cm
27
181 lbs
14 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Jari Lehtonen! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Quick! The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lehtonen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. A solid body kick from Lehtonen. Quick gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lehtonen misses with a body shot.
Quick slips a jab and a cross from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen throws a sloppy head kick and Quick moves out of range easily. Lehtonen shoots in and bounces Quick off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Quick is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lehtonen is aware though and is defending well. Quick has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lehtonen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lehtonen stands up and waves to Quick to follow him. A big right from Lehtonen misses. Lehtonen throws a one two combo.
Quick gets caught napping as Lehtonen dives in and scores a takedown. Quick manages to retain guard. Lehtonen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Lehtonen wanted to stand there but Quick had control of the position. Lehtonen stands up from Quick's guard - Lehtonen perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lehtonen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. 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! Quick actively working from the bottom here. Lehtonen decides to stand up. Lehtonen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quick. Jari Lehtonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Lehtonen stalks Quick and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Quick's face. Quick staggers backwards, shaken. Lehtonen stuffs the takedown attempt from Quick. Quick gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Quick ducks right into an uppercut from Lehtonen. A punch lands to the side of Quick 's head but he takes it in his stride. Lehtonen lands with a nice body punch. Lehtonen scores with a jab to the head.
Lehtonen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Lehtonen feints a jab promting Quick to slip. Lehtonen then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Quick slips again and ducks right into an uppercut. A low kick from Quick misses and Lehtonen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Quick is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lehtonen steps in with a hook that catches Quick right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Lehtonen follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Quick looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jari Lehtonen! Jari Lehtonen retains his light heavyweight title!
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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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RATING
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