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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timo Harjakainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fleegle Bananasplits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harjakainen's entrance music is Let's Go Fiesta . A fine choice. Bananasplits is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by call to prayer. Timo Harjakainen had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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190 cm
21
212 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
30
212 lbs
21 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Fast |
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timo Harjakainen! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fleegle Bananasplits! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bananasplits takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Fleegle Bananasplits has been cut. Decent striking displayed by Harjakainen there. Bananasplits throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bananasplits fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Harjakainen swings for the body but Bananasplits moves out of range.
Harjakainen defending well as Bananasplits loads up on a big left hand. Harjakainen slips under a jab. Bananasplits misses with a hook. Bananasplits pushes Harjakainen away with a front kick. Bananasplits looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bananasplits throws a low kick but it's checked well by Harjakainen. Bananasplits swings widly with a right hand
letting Harjakainen counter with a right hand. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Harjakainen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bananasplits circles away quickly and effectively. Bananasplits misses with the combination.
Harjakainen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bananasplits. Bananasplits tests Harjakainen's chin there with a solid looking shot. Harjakainen misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round. Harjakainen dips to his left and cracks Bananasplits with an uppercut! Fleegle Bananasplits seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Harjakainen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bananasplits throws out the jab. Bananasplits takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Bananasplits ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Harjakainen avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Harjakainen moves out of range of the strikes. Harjakainen throws the left hand but Bananasplits avoids the punch easily. Harjakainen misses with a body shot.
Harjakainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harjakainen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Harjakainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Bananasplits fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harjakainen. Bananasplits throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bananasplits scores with a nice right hand.
Bananasplits slips under a jab. Bananasplits misses with a straight right. Bananasplits works Harjakainen's body with a nice hook. Bananasplits throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harjakainen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Harjakainen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bananasplits explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Bananasplits lands a nice looking body kick. Bananasplits scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Harjakainen misses with a two punch combination.
Bananasplits lands a really nice looking cross but Harjakainen seems unphased.
Bananasplits scores with a crisp jab that stopped Harjakainen in his tracks. A punch lands to the side of Bananasplits 's head but he takes it in his stride. Bananasplits tries a low kick but Harjakainen avoids it. Harjakainen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bananasplits, right into the meat.
Harjakainen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bananasplits at a distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Harjakainen blocks the leg kick.
Harjakainen on the wrong end of a nice jab. Bananasplits blocks a jab. Harjakainen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bananasplits throws out a loose jab but Harjakainen uses good head movement to avoid it. Bananasplits misses with a straight left. Harjakainen scores with a nice right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Harjakainen. Harjakainen checks a leg kick. Nice defenses there by Harjakainen. Bananasplits will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bananasplits misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Harjakainen blocks a jab. Nice jab there from Bananasplits. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Bananasplits looks to land a left hand but Harjakainen moved out of range nicely. Bananasplits attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. A big right from Bananasplits misses. Bananasplits misses with an uppercut. Bananasplits dodges the punch combination from Harjakainen.
Harjakainen punishes Bananasplits's body with a nice straight punch. Bananasplits throws the kick towards the body but Harjakainen avoids it. Bananasplits thows a body kick. Harjakainen tries to catch it but that hurt him. Harjakainen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Bananasplits is looking to chop away at Harjakainen's legs. Harjakainen stalks Bananasplits and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bananasplits's face. Bananasplits staggers backwards, shaken. Harjakainen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Fleegle Bananasplits will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Fleegle Bananasplits's cut. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bananasplits slips under a jab from Harjakainen. Harjakainen stalks Bananasplits and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bananasplits's face. Bananasplits staggers backwards, shaken.
That has opened up Fleegle Bananasplits's cut even more. Bananasplits tries a low kick but Harjakainen avoids it. Harjakainen looks to throw the jab but Bananasplits is out of range. Bananasplits misses with an uppercut. Harjakainen saw that one coming. Harjakainen slips a jab from Bananasplits. Bananasplits swings away with a leg kick that misses. Bananasplits scores with a leg kick.
Harjakainen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bananasplits counters with a stiff right hand. Bananasplits scoring well with a low kick there.
Harjakainen just misses with a punch to the body.
Bananasplits takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Bananasplits misses with a body kick. Fleegle Bananasplits seems to be getting the better of the standup. Bananasplits swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bananasplits throws a push kick but Harjakainen slaps the foot to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bananasplits bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Bananasplits misses the shot to the body. Bananasplits lands with a straight right. Harjakainen didn't see that one coming. Harjakainen swings widly with a right hand
and Bananasplits counters with a head kick. Bananasplits throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bananasplits scores with a decent looking hook. Harjakainen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harjakainen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bananasplits. Bananasplits uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harjakainen.
Bananasplits swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Harjakainen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bananasplits. Bananasplits looks to throw the jab but Harjakainen is out of range. Bananasplits throws a nice inside leg kick. Bananasplits misses with a looping right. Harjakainen swings for the body but Bananasplits moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bananasplits swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action! Bananasplits blocks a low kick nicely. Harjakainen staying out of range there. Bananasplits lands a leg kick that knocks Harjakainen off balance momentarily. Bananasplits staying out of range there. Harjakainen moves out of range of the body kick from Bananasplits.
Bananasplits misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jab from Bananasplits. Harjakainen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bananasplits. Bananasplits takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Harjakainen lands with an uppercut that bounces Bananasplits off the cage and back into range. Bananasplits takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Harjakainen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Bananasplits is breathing heavily. Harjakainen dips to his left and cracks Bananasplits with an uppercut! Harjakainen scores with a hook to the body. Bananasplits takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Harjakainen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Harjakainen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bananasplits is out of range. Harjakainen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Harjakainen slips under a jab from Bananasplits. Good exchange - Harjakainen coming out on top. Harjakainen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Bananasplits slips a jab from Harjakainen. A bone on bone clash there as Bananasplits blocks the leg kick.
Bananasplits looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Harjakainen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bananasplits. Bananasplits throws an off balance right hand
enabling Harjakainen to counter with a crisp jab.
Bananasplits is rocked!
The cut above Fleegle Bananasplits's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Harjakainen scores with the left hand. Bananasplits knows he should have avoided that one. Bananasplits is still on wobbly legs! Can Harjakainen finish him? Bananasplits ducks under a wild hook from Harjakainen. Bananasplits slips under a jab. Bananasplits throws an overhand right that lands on Harjakainen's shoulder, as Harjakainen tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bananasplits throws a looping overhand right but Harjakainen ducks down to avoid it. Harjakainen lands a really nice looking cross but Bananasplits seems unphased.
Bananasplits uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harjakainen. Bananasplits tried to score with a low kick but Harjakainen checks it. Harjakainen cracks Bananasplits with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Harjakainen has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Bananasplits to stand back up!
Fleegle Bananasplits's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters. A nice leg kick lands there from Harjakainen. Good leg kick by Harjakainen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
BOOM! Harjakainen lands a beautiful left hook that drops Bananasplits. Bananasplits tries to recover but Harjakainen is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Bananasplits lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Timo Harjakainen! Timo Harjakainen is the new light heavyweight champion! A relieved looking Timo Harjakainen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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