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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Harjakainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gattuso comes into the arena with DMX - X Gonna Give It To Ya blaring out of the sound system. Harjakainen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Let's Go Fiesta kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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212 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
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190 cm
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212 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Javier Gattuso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timo Harjakainen!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattuso misses with a wild combination.
Gattuso throws a series of punches but Harjakainen moves out of range.
Gattuso moves out of range of the body kick.
Gattuso fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harjakainen throws a hook to the side of Gattuso's head but Gattuso sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gattuso lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Harjakainen throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harjakainen thows a body shot but no joy.
Harjakainen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harjakainen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Javier Gattuso has been cut.
Harjakainen cracks Gattuso with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harjakainen tries to bum rush Gattuso with a series of wild strikes but Gattuso uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gattuso lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gattuso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harjakainen throws a head kick but Gattuso moves out of range.
Gattuso throws a head kick but Harjakainen moves out of range.
Harjakainen digs a good hook to Gattuso's body.
Sloppy strikes from Gattuso. Those never looked like landing.
Some wild striking there from Gattuso.
Gattuso tries to land a leg kick but Harjakainen saw it coming and moves away.
Harjakainen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gattuso. Gattuso circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gattuso fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harjakainen manages to avoid it.
Gattuso scores with a one two! Harjakainen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harjakainen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harjakainen cracks Gattuso with a good jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Harjakainen misses the target.
Gattuso tries to work over Harjakainen's front leg with a kick but Harjakainen checks it.
Harjakainen misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Harjakainen misses the target.
Harjakainen lands with a cross.
Gattuso tries a head kick but it misses.
Harjakainen with a jab.
Gattuso throws a right hand that Harjakainen ducks under and follows up with a left that Harjakainen also avoids with ease.
Harjakainen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harjakainen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harjakainen misses with a right hand
and Gattuso counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harjakainen throws a hook but Gattuso blocks it.
Gattuso moves away from the strike by Harjakainen.
Harjakainen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gattuso blocks a jab.
Harjakainen lands a jab to Gattuso's midsection.
Gattuso throws the left hand but Harjakainen avoids the punch easily.
Harjakainen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A head kick misses from Harjakainen.
Harjakainen throws a body punch but Gattuso moves out of range.
Gattuso avoids the head kick by Harjakainen.
Harjakainen throws a hook to the side of Gattuso's head but Gattuso sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harjakainen throws a shot from downtown. Gattuso moves away and avoids it.
Gattuso looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gattuso shoots for a takedown but Harjakainen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harjakainen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gattuso.
Gattuso ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harjakainen moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harjakainen swings for the body but Gattuso moves out of range.
Harjakainen missing with a left hand there. Gattuso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harjakainen misses with a few strikes there.
Harjakainen scores with a nice head shot.
Gattuso lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Timo Harjakainen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Javier Gattuso's cut.
That's time! Gattuso's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harjakainen throws a series of punches but Gattuso moves out of range.
Harjakainen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Timo Harjakainen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harjakainen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gattuso manages to avoid it.
Harjakainen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gattuso circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice uppercut lands for Harjakainen. That snapped Gattuso's head back.
Harjakainen takes one on the button.
Gattuso thuds his shin into the meat of Harjakainen's side.
Harjakainen misses with an uppercut
and Gattuso counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gattuso lands with a shot to the body.
Harjakainen is breathing heavily.
Gattuso lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gattuso throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Harjakainen's waist but Harjakainen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gattuso off to one side.
Harjakainen misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gattuso lands a left and a right that send Harjakainen crashing to the mat, dazed. Gattuso thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
No joy there for Gattuso, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gattuso feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harjakainen's calf.
Harjakainen slips under a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gattuso lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Harjakainen is rocked!
Javier Gattuso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gattuso throws a powerful right kick. Harjakainen tried to block low but the kick was high! Harjakainen was taken right off of his feet! Gattuso jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Javier Gattuso!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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