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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Pikkarainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tex Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pikkarainen comes to the cage accompanied by Apocalyptica - Path. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tex Morgan enters the cage!
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149 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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150 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick |
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Pikkarainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tex Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pikkarainen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pikkarainen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Pikkarainen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pikkarainen looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pikkarainen lands a nice shot to the head.
Morgan tries to lock up and control but Pikkarainen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morgan can't escape the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pikkarainen thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Pikkarainen tries to control but Morgan wriggling away.
Morgan is looking to get to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pikkarainen avoids the attempt from Morgan to control.
Morgan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pikkarainen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morgan is looking to escape.
Pikkarainen with the ground and pound from mount.
Pikkarainen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Morgan looks a forlorn figure.
Pikkarainen avoids the attempt from Morgan to control.
Pikkarainen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pikkarainen lands with some strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pikkarainen.
Pikkarainen with good strikes from the mount here!
Pikkarainen is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Morgan can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morgan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pikkarainen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pikkarainen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Morgan's face.
Morgan tries to lock up and control but Pikkarainen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morgan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pikkarainen lands with some strikes.
Pikkarainen 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.
Pikkarainen trying to control but Morgan is having none of it.
Morgan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to control but Pikkarainen is having none of it.
Morgan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morgan sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Pikkarainen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Morgan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pikkarainen.
Pikkarainen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pikkarainen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morgan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pikkarainen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pikkarainen moves nicely into side control.
Morgan is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Morgan wants to control but Pikkarainen is keeping busy.
Morgan wants to get back to full guard.
Pikkarainen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pikkarainen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morgan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pikkarainen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Morgan wants to control but Pikkarainen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pikkarainen working over Morgan with some ground and pound. Morgan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Morgan wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pekka Pikkarainen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pikkarainen ducks right into an uppercut from Morgan.
Pikkarainen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morgan but Morgan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Morgan misses with a looping left.
Morgan slips a jab from Pikkarainen.
Morgan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pikkarainen throws a jab when Morgan was well out of range.
Pikkarainen throws a jab when Morgan was well out of range.
Pikkarainen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Pikkarainen slips a straight right by Morgan.
Pikkarainen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morgan circles away.
Pikkarainen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pikkarainen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morgan counters with a series of strikes. Pikkarainen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pikkarainen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morgan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pikkarainen throws a series of punches but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morgan holds on and takes a little breather.
Morgan wants to sweep but no luck.
Morgan is trying to keep Pikkarainen in close.
Morgan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pikkarainen stands up over Morgan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morgan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morgan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morgan keeping moving, preventing Pikkarainen from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pikkarainen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morgan's head.
Pikkarainen tries to free his leg and advance position but Morgan is retaining full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pikkarainen works over Morgan with some ground and pound from guard.
Pikkarainen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morgan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pikkarainen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Morgan throws his legs up looking for a submission but Pikkarainen uses it to pass to side control.
Pikkarainen in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Pikkarainen is looking to take a break and control but Morgan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan parries the strikes from Pikkarainen easily there. Pikkarainen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Morgan to escape.
Pikkarainen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Pikkarainen misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Pikkarainen has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Morgan wants to hold on but Pikkarainen pushes him away.
Pikkarainen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Morgan tries to reverse the position but Pikkarainen maintains control.
Morgan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pikkarainen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pikkarainen loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Morgan scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Pikkarainen land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Pikkarainen stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pekka Pikkarainen!
Pekka Pikkarainen very nearly forgot to thank Outkast Clothing Line amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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hype
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