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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iiro Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nyrkki Sankari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolonen comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash : The Man Comes Around. Sankari has chosen The Odorants - This Night as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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297 lbs
24 - 8 - 0 |
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300 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iiro Tolonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nyrkki Sankari!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sankari moves out of range of the strikes.
Sankari throws out a loose jab but Tolonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sankari jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tolonen throws a hook but Sankari avoids it easily.
Tolonen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tolonen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sankari swivels and escapes.
Tolonen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sankari's waist but Sankari gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tolonen off to one side.
Tolonen clinches with his opponent.
Sankari struggles to land a body shot inside as Tolonen controls his hands.
Tolonen managing to block the knees to the body from Sankari.
Sankari is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sankari lands with a left to the head.
Tolonen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sankari backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sankari prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iiro Tolonen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sankari looking to slow down the pace here.
Tolonen misses with a knee strike.
Tolonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tolonen prevents a body shot from Sankari.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tolonen.
Tolonen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sankari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tolonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sankari blocks it with crossed arms.
Sankari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sankari is trying to maintain a safe position but Tolonen gets an underhook and turns Sankari into the cage.
Tolonen pushes Sankari back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sankari misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tolonen tries to break free but Sankari pushes him back against the cage.
Sankari tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tolonen's elbow.
Tolonen gets control of Sankari's arms and successfully pulls guard. Tolonen will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tolonen is on top in guard.
Sankari trying to control the position.
Sankari utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sankari utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tolonen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sankari's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tolonen controlling the action here.
Tolonen thows a huge punch but Sankari dodges it nicely.
Sankari is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tolonen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tolonen prevents Sankari from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen works his way into side control.
Tolonen is looking to take a break and control but Sankari is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tolonen tries to score with some ground and pound. Sankari controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sankari wants to get back to his feet.
Tolonen is looking to take a break and control but Sankari is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sankari stops Tolonen from passing to mount.
Tolonen trying to control the position but Sankari is working away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sankari defending against the ground and pound.
Tolonen happy to just control the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iiro Tolonen dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sankari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sankari throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tolonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sankari.
Tolonen scores with a decent looking hook.
Sankari jabs Tolonen right on the nose. Tolonen blinks but takes it well.
Sankari misses with a hook
enabling Tolonen to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Nyrkki Sankari has been cut.
Tolonen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A cross from Tolonen lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tolonen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sankari swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tolonen throws a low kick, looking for Sankari's leg but Sankari calmly moves out of range.
Sankari misses with a straight right.
Tolonen tries to clinch up.
Tolonen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sankari doesn't seem bothered though.
Sankari is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sankari scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tolonen in his tracks.
Sankari tries to clinch but Tolonen moves out of range.
Sankari looks to throw the jab but Tolonen is out of range.
Tolonen thows a body kick. Sankari tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tolonen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tolonen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nyrkki Sankari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolonen digs a good body shot into Sankari's ribs.
Iiro Tolonen is winning the standup battle so far.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tolonen.
Tolonen looks for a takedown but Sankari sprawls well.
Tolonen throws a series of punches but Sankari avoids them all with ease.
Sankari doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tolonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sankari manages to avoid it.
Sankari throws a hook but Tolonen blocks it.
Tolonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sankari can do to turn this around?
Tolonen misses the shot to the body.
Tolonen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sankari is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen working Sankari over with strikes.
Sankari is still in real trouble! Can Tolonen finish him?
Sankari really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tolonen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tolonen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tolonen scores with a big shot! Sankari's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Sankari! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iiro Tolonen!
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