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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jarmo Laukkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benson Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laukkanen comes to the cage accompanied by The Mutilation of Christ. Henderson has chosen Til I Collapse as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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150 lbs
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155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jarmo Laukkanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benson Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laukkanen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Laukkanen lands a front kick.
Laukkanen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Laukkanen lands with a slapping head kick.
Henderson is rocked!
Henderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Laukkanen counters with a nice uppercut.
Henderson is still on wobbly legs! Can Laukkanen finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson throws out a powerful jab.
Henderson blocks a head kick by Laukkanen.
Henderson throws a body punch but Laukkanen moves out of range.
Laukkanen misses with a head kick.
Henderson seems to have recovered his senses.
Henderson clinches up with Laukkanen and pushes him back against the cage.
Laukkanen has Henderson pressed against the cage, preventing Henderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Laukkanen has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Henderson regains guard immediately.
Laukkanen throws a big right hand that misses.
Henderson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Laukkanen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Laukkanen 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 one minute gone in the round.
Henderson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Laukkanen is one step ahead there.
Laukkanen stands up over Henderson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Henderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Laukkanen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Laukkanen postures up in Henderson's guard and throws a big left but Henderson blocks it.
Laukkanen chips away with some ground and pound.
Henderson looking to control.
Laukkanen pushes down on Henderson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laukkanen controlling the action here.
Henderson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Laukkanen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laukkanen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Laukkanen stalling away here and it's allowed Henderson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Henderson has momentary wrist control but Laukkanen slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laukkanen is stalling in the full guard.
Laukkanen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Laukkanen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Henderson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Laukkanen throwing strikes from guard but Henderson blocks nicely.
Henderson working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laukkanen throws a big elbow that misses.
Laukkanen looking to pass the guard.
Laukkanen connects with a couple of short punches.
Laukkanen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Laukkanen trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Laukkanen escapes and throws Henderson's legs to the side, diving into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarmo Laukkanen dominated that round.
That's time! Laukkanen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Laukkanen lands a front kick.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Laukkanen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laukkanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Henderson misses with a body shot.
Henderson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Laukkanen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Henderson really felt that one!
Henderson wants to clinch.
Laukkanen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A good leg kick by Laukkanen.
Laukkanen feints and then cracks Henderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Henderson down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laukkanen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Laukkanen lands with a kick to the temple. Henderson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Laukkanen lands a big head kick that sends Henderson tumbling to the mat! Laukkanen takes a step backwards and waves Henderson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Laukkanen lands a huge takedown. Henderson is out but the ref is slow to react and Laukkanen lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Henderson lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jarmo Laukkanen!
Jarmo Laukkanen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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