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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urho Itaniemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Wukong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Itaniemi comes to the cage accompanied by Volbeat - Still Counting. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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214 lbs
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211 lbs
16 - 4 - 0 |
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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
27 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Itaniemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sun Wukong!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wukong throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Itaniemi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Itaniemi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wukong has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wukong tests Itaniemi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Itaniemi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wukong.
Wukong thumps Itaniemi with a low kick.
Wukong moves in looking to clinch but Itaniemi pushes him off.
Itaniemi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Itaniemi is looking to chop away at Wukong's legs.
Wukong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Itaniemi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wukong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wukong throws a lazy head kick
and Itaniemi counters with a head kick.
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!
Itaniemi is looking to land body kicks.
Itaniemi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wukong stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Itaniemi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wukong is out of range and Itaniemi settles back down.
Wukong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Itaniemi.
Wukong instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Itaniemi stalling.
Itaniemi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Itaniemi blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Wukong.
Wukong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Itaniemi.
A short left from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Itaniemi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wukong misses the jab.
Itaniemi swinging wildly here.
Itaniemi thows a body shot but no joy.
Wukong missing with a left hand there. Itaniemi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wukong tries to work over Itaniemi's front leg with a kick but Itaniemi checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Wukong.
Itaniemi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Wukong. That one must have hurt.
Itaniemi is breathing heavily.
Wukong connects with a body shot that sends Itaniemi's belly button to the back.
Wukong catches Itaniemi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A punch lands to the side of Itaniemi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A nice inside leg kick there by Itaniemi. That's going to slow Wukong down.
Wukong lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wukong is looking to land body kicks.
Nice shot by Wukong.
Wukong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Itaniemi ducks under a wild hook from Wukong.
Wukong works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wukong is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Itaniemi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Wukong pushes Itaniemi up against the cage in a clinch.
Itaniemi taking a breather.
Wukong struggles to land a body shot inside as Itaniemi controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wukong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wukong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Itaniemi's efforts to push away.
Wukong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Itaniemi can't find room to land a body shot as Wukong controls the action.
Wukong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Wukong fails to land.
Wukong throws a punch but it's blocked by Itaniemi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Itaniemi.
Wukong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wukong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wukong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Wukong.
A short uppercut from Itaniemi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi stalling against the cage.
Wukong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Itaniemi is defending well for now.
Wukong throws a punch but it's blocked by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi can't find room to land a body shot as Wukong controls the action.
Itaniemi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Itaniemi blocks an uppercut.
Wukong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Itaniemi's face.
Itaniemi is looking to control Wukong's arms but Wukong gets an underhook and turns him. Now Itaniemi has his back to the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Itaniemi works on Wukong's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Itaniemi misses with the head strike.
Itaniemi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Wukong 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.
A jab lands there for Itaniemi.
Itaniemi scores with a jab to the body.
Itaniemi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wukong throws a jab but it's blocked by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi throws a right hand that misses
and Wukong counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the liver by Wukong. Beautiful body shot.
Sun Wukong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wukong dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Itaniemi. That did some damage!
Itaniemi ducks under a wild hook from Wukong.
Itaniemi throws a sloppy head kick
and Wukong counters with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wukong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Wukong is predictable there
and Itaniemi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Itaniemi checks a leg kick nicely.
Wukong finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wukong tries to clinch up.
Wukong drives through and clinches with Itaniemi against the cage.
Wukong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Itaniemi is trying to break the clinch but Wukong is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wukong misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Wukong.
Wukong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Itaniemi effectively controlling the action here.
Itaniemi tries to stall but Wukong uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wukong struggles to land a body shot inside as Itaniemi controls his hands.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wukong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Itaniemis head.
Itaniemi swings wildly with an uppercut but Wukong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wukong throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi slowing the pace effectively.
Itaniemi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Itaniemi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wukong works on Itaniemi's body with a couple of short punches.
Itaniemi working aggressively here.
Wukong scores with a shoulder strike.
Itaniemi swings wildly with an uppercut but Wukong uses good head movement to avoid it.
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!
Itaniemi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wukong has a couple of punches blocked by Itaniemi.
Wukong misses with a punch to the body.
Itaniemi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wukong misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Itaniemi seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Itaniemi has a couple of punches blocked by Wukong.
Itaniemi leaning against his opponent.
Wukong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Itaniemi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Itaniemi blocks a body shot from Wukong.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wukong lands with a left to the head.
Wukong blocks an uppercut.
Wukong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Itaniemi slows down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Urho Itaniemi.
Wukong tries to clinch but Itaniemi moves out of range.
Wukong is looking to clinch but Itaniemi is avoiding it.
Wukong is looking to score with low kicks.
Itaniemi blocks a low kick nicely.
Wukong throws the left hand but Itaniemi avoids the punch easily.
Itaniemi is looking to wear down Wukong with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Itaniemi walks into a straight right hand from Wukong.
Wukong connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wukong lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wukong connects with an inside leg kick.
Jab by Itaniemi.
Wukong throws a head kick that misses.
Wukong lands with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Wukong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Itaniemi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wukong can pounce on him.
Wukong throws a sloppy head kick and Itaniemi moves out of range easily.
Wukong will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wukong bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Itaniemi throws a head kick that misses.
Wukong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Itaniemi.
A cross from Wukong lands.
A low kick from Wukong is predictable there
and Itaniemi counters with a stiff right hand.
Itaniemi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
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!
Itaniemi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Itaniemi moves away from the strike by Wukong.
Itaniemi lands with a nice body punch.
Wukong is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wukong punishes Itaniemi's body with a nice straight punch.
Wukong fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Itaniemi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Itaniemi avoids the head kick by Wukong.
Wukong misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wukong throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wukong lands a leg kick that knocks Itaniemi off balance momentarily.
Wukong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wukong throws a leg kick but Itaniemi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wukong moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wukong throws a jab when Itaniemi was well out of range.
Wukong lands a nice shot that snaps Itaniemi's head back.
Itaniemi is rocked!
Wukong forces Itaniemi back against the cage and clinches.
Itaniemi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A right handed body shot lands from Wukong.
Wukong lands with a left to the head.
Oh Itaniemi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Wukong pushes Itaniemi against the cage. Wukong is working some dirty boxing. Wukong pushes off with a quick right hook! Itaniemi goes down! Itaniemi tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Wukong moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sun Wukong!
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