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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Reinikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kauno Kaalikorva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reinikainen comes to the cage accompanied by Turmion Kätilöt - Verta ja Lihaa (Proteus Mental remix). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 cm
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197 lbs
19 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
28
192 lbs
22 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Reinikainen! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kauno Kaalikorva! The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Reinikainen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Reinikainen slips under a jab. Kaalikorva throws a series of punches but Reinikainen moves out of range. A looping hook to the body misses from Kaalikorva. Reinikainen does a little dance to reset his feet. Kaalikorva ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Kaalikorva shoots in looking for a takedown. Reinikainen tries to sprawl out of it but Kaalikorva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Reinikainen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. No luck for Kaalikorva with that takedown attempt. Reinikainen slips under a jab. Kaalikorva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reinikainen paws at him with a jab and circles away. Reinikainen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kaalikorva fails with a takedown attempt. Kalle Reinikainen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kauno Kaalikorva. Reinikainen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kaalikorva's calf. Kauno Kaalikorva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kaalikorva throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Kaalikorva misses the body punch and Reinikainen counters with a low kick, right behind Kaalikorva 's knee. Kaalikorva cracks a nice hook into Reinikainen's ribs. Kaalikorva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reinikainen. Reinikainen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kaalikorva.
Kaalikorva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reinikainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Reinikainen drops his hands momentarily and Kaalikorva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Kaalikorva shoots in looking for a takedown but Reinikainen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kaalikorva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. Reinikainen throws a sloppy head kick and Kaalikorva moves out of range easily. Kaalikorva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Kaalikorva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reinikainen. Kaalikorva misses with a left hand and Reinikainen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kaalikorva takes one on the button.
It looks like Kauno Kaalikorva has been cut. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Reinikainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Reinikainen tries a head kick but it misses.
Kaalikorva doesn't manage to clinch there - Reinikainen circles away.
Kaalikorva moves out of range as Reinikainen strikes. Kaalikorva moves out of range as Reinikainen strikes. Oooooh!!! Reinikainen has knocked Kaalikorva down with a huge combo! Reinikainen steps away and waves a wobbly Kaalikorva back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Kaalikorva is rocked! Crack! Reinikainen connects with the perfect overhand right and Kaalikorva falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Reinikainen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kalle Reinikainen! Kalle Reinikainen retains his middleweight title! Kalle Reinikainen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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