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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nikolo Halike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Hosnia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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168 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikolo Halike!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Richard Hosnia!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halike tests Hosnia's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Halike scores with a hook.
Halike misses with a left hand
and Hosnia counters with a leg kick.
Hosnia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Halike.
Hosnia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Halike lands with a right hand.
Halike throws a hook but Hosnia avoids it easily.
Hosnia is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Halike wants to clinch up but Hosnia keeps it at a distance.
Hosnia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Halike avoids the head kick by Hosnia.
Halike throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A jab from Halike misses.
Halike stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosnia moves out of range as Halike throws a body kick.
Halike misses with a hook to the body
and Hosnia finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Halike throws a hook to the side of Hosnia's head but Hosnia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Halike takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Halike throws a looping overhand right but Hosnia ducks down to avoid it.
Halike tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hosnia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Halike.
Halike avoids the head kick by Hosnia.
Hosnia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hosnia scores with the left hand. Halike knows he should have avoided that one.
Hosnia avoids the body shot from Halike.
Halike scores with a sloppy right hand. Hosnia should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halike throws a head kick that misses
and Hosnia finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Halike scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halike tries a head kick but it misses.
Halike throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Halike tries to clinch up.
Hosnia throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Halike misses with a body shot.
Hosnia misses with a low kick.
Hosnia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That kick from Hosnia tenderised Halike's leg. Halike is trying to keep his angry face on.
Halike blocks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halike sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hosnia lands a nice looking body kick.
Halike scores with a nice right hand.
Halike misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hosnia ducks under a wild hook from Halike.
Halike misses with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Hosnia.
Hosnia pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hosnia looks to land a body kick but Halike moved away.
Hosnia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Some wild striking there from Halike.
Halike keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halike throws a jab but it's blocked by Hosnia.
Hosnia scoring well with a low kick there.
Nikolo Halike seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hosnia lands a front kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hosnia. That's going to slow Halike down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hosnia.
Halike looks to land a left hand but Hosnia moved out of range nicely.
Halike throws a hook but Hosnia avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Halike moves in looking to clinch but Hosnia pushes him off.
Hosnia checks a leg kick.
Halike takes a swing at Hosnia's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolo Halike dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Halike misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hosnia tries to land a front kick but Halike steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hosnia throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Halike avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hosnia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Halike goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Crunch! Hosnia slams his shin into Halike's torso.
Halike gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hosnia counters with a nice body kick.
Crunch! Hosnia slams his shin into Halike's torso.
Halike on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Halike ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hosnia misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosnia feints and then cracks Halike's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Halike down.
A punch lands to the side of Hosnia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hosnia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Halike misses the shot to the body.
Halike scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hosnia throws a sloppy head kick and Halike moves out of range easily.
Halike scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hosnia doesn't seem bothered though.
Halike walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hosnia.
Hosnia scores with a head kick. Halike tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hosnia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Halike finds it's way round the side to connect with Hosnia's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hosnia lands with a slapping head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hosnia!
Hosnia misses with a leg kick.
Halike takes a swing at Hosnia's ribcage but misses.
Halike fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hosnia manages to avoid it.
Halike blocks the body kick.
Hosnia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Halike catches Hosnia with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Halike moves out of range of the leg kick from Hosnia.
Halike on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hosnia. Hosnia obviously looking to wear him down.
Halike will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hosnia throws a sloppy head kick and Halike moves out of range easily.
Hosnia throws a body kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halike misses with a wild combination.
Hosnia throws a low kick but Halike avoids it.
Hosnia is looking to slow Halike down with leg kicks.
Hosnia throws a leg kick that misses.
Halike fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hosnia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Halike tries to bum rush Hosnia with a series of wild strikes but Hosnia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hosnia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Halike steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hosnia. That one must have hurt.
Hosnia blocks the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hosnia goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hosnia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Hosnia misses.
Halike is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hosnia misses with a double jab.
Halike looks to land a left hand but Hosnia moved out of range nicely.
Hosnia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Halike's calf.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hosnia misses with a kick to the body.
Halike moves into range and connects with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Halike takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hosnia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Halike has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Hosnia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Halike looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hosnia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Halike throws a big shot that misses.
Halike fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hosnia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Halike's sensitive parts.
Halike blocks a leg kick.
Halike throws the left hand but Hosnia avoids the punch easily.
Hosnia drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hosnia throws a leg kick but Halike sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Halike misses with a lunging right hand
and Hosnia counters with a big head kick but Halike shrugs it off.
Halike lands with an uppercut that bounces Hosnia off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hosnia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Halike if he has to take too many more of those.
Halike misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hosnia.
Halike thows a body shot but no joy.
Halike throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Halike clinches up against the cage.
Hosnia tries to pull guard but Halike holds him up against the cage and eventually Hosnia drops back down to his feet.
Halike scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Halike tries to break the clinch but Hosnia is controlling the position.
Halike fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Halike lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hosnia backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halike struggles to land a body shot inside as Hosnia controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Halike.
Halike tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hosnia wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hosnia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hosnia checks a leg kick.
Hosnia connects with a leg kick. Halike looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Halike looks to land a left hand but Hosnia moved out of range nicely.
Hosnia bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Halike misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hosnia lands a leg kick that knocks Halike off balance momentarily.
Hosnia throws a nice head kick!
Hosnia walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Halike checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Richard Hosnia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hosnia keeps the fight on the outside.
Halike lands a body shot.
Hosnia looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A slow jab from Halike misses its intended target.
Hosnia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hosnia moves out of range of the body kick.
Halike throws an overhand right that lands on Hosnia's shoulder, as Hosnia tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halike wants to clinch.
Hosnia throws a leg kick but Halike sees it coming and moves out of range.
Halike throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hosnia counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Halike takes a kick to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hosnia misses with a head kick.
Hosnia throws a low kick but Halike moves out of range easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Halike throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Halike has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hosnia.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Richard Hosnia.
I think Hosnia has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Hosnia!
Richard Hosnia made sure to mention his sponsor, PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR ( $ 7 and Laundering 90% ) in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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