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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Lindros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Teppo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teppo has chosen Jaakko Teppo - Hilma ja Onni as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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199 lbs
24 - 9 - 0 |
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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
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Lindros!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaakko Teppo!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindros turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice jab there from Lindros.
Teppo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lindros uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lindros misses the jab.
Lindros tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Teppo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Teppo avoids the body shot from Lindros.
A swing and a miss from Teppo.
Teppo moves out of range of the leg kick from Lindros.
Teppo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lindros can pounce on him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teppo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Teppo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Teppo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lindros.
Teppo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Teppo scores with a nice head shot.
Teppo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Teppo tries to land a front kick but Lindros steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Teppo moves out of range of the leg kick from Lindros.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindros avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Teppo blocks a head kick by Lindros.
Teppo scores with a one two! Lindros had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Lindros lands a jab-cross combination.
Lindros digs a good hook to Teppo's body.
Teppo looks to land a right hand but Lindros moved out of range.
Lindros throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Teppo on the side of the head.
Lindros scores with a hook to the body. Teppo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Teppo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Teppo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Teppo is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Lindros engages and cracks Teppo with a massive lead left hook - Teppo tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Lindros is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eric Lindros!
Eric Lindros retains his light heavyweight title!
After the fight, Eric Lindros was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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