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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roddy Piper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tobias Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Piper comes to the cage accompanied by Scotland yard by The Ramones. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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4 - 1 - 0 |
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280 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roddy Piper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tobias Larsson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Piper circles away.
Larsson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Larsson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Larsson misses with a hook.
Larsson swings for the body but Piper moves out of range.
Larsson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Larsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Piper.
Donk. Piper catches Larsson right on the button with a cross.
Larsson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Larsson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Larsson moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Larsson.
Larsson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Larsson manages to end up in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Larsson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Piper tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Larsson easily slips into full mount!
Larsson lands with some strikes.
Larsson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Piper looks a forlorn figure.
Larsson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Piper?
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!
You get the feeling that Piper really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Piper is in all sorts of trouble here.
Larsson looking to finish Piper with some ground and pound. This is bad for Piper!
Piper is rocked!
Larsson postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Piper is out cold - huge knockout for Larsson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tobias Larsson!
Tobias Larsson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that BioPharm Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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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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