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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antti Kantola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brutaali Keijo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keijo has chosen CMX - Pyörivät Sähkökoneet as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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176 cm
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182 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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179 cm
24
174 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Kantola! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brutaali Keijo! The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Keijo scores with a nice strike. Kantola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kantola staying out of range there. Kantola throws a low kick, looking for Keijo's leg but Keijo calmly moves out of range. Kantola misses with a wild body shot. Kantola misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kantola with a lazy takedown attempt and Keijo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Keijo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Some wild striking there from Kantola.
Keijo misses with a low kick. Kantola gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Keijo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brutaali Keijo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round. Keijo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kantola. Keijo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Keijo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kantola was well out of range. Poor timing from Keijo. Kantola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keijo thows a body shot but no joy. Keijo takes one to the side of the head.
Antti Kantola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Kantola scores with a head kick.
Kantola takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Keijo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Keijo looks to land a body kick but Kantola moved away. Kantola takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Some bone on bone action there as Kantola checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nice body kick from Keijo. Kantola wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Keijo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kantola. Kantola uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Keijo. Kantola thows a body shot but no joy. Nice defenses there by Keijo. Kantola moves out of range of the body kick. Kantola ducks under a wild hook from Keijo. Keijo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Keijo avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Kantola lands with a straight right. Keijo didn't see that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Keijo misses with a straight left. Keijo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Keijo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kantola circles away quickly and effectively. Kantola throws a nice outside leg kick. Kantola staying out of range there. Kantola just misses with a punch to the body.
Keijo checks a leg kick. Kantola ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Keijo tries to keep at a distance but Kantola has taken the fight into the clinch. Keijo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kantola lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Kantola stalls. Keijo lands with a right to the head. Kantola lands a hook that snaps the head of Keijo backwards. Kantola taking a breather. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keijo. Kantola wants to stall.
Keijo avoiding damage as Kantola throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Keijo fails to land. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Keijo misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Keijo fails to land. Kantola avoids a wild elbow strike from Keijo. Kantola tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Keijo just stands there and leans against the cage. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brutaali Keijo dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Keijo jabbing away but nothing is landing. Kantola is looking to wear down Keijo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Keijo throws a jab when Kantola was well out of range. Keijo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kantola.
Decent striking displayed by Keijo there. Keijo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keijo tries a low kick but Kantola avoids it. Kantola ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Keijo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kantola lands with a hook. Keijo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Kantola checks a leg kick. Keijo throws a leg kick which misses Kantola's front leg but catches the back leg as Kantola tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Keijo thuds his shin into the meat of Kantola's side. Kantola throws a body punch but Keijo moves out of range. Kantola bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Keijo's head. Keijo misses with a body shot.
Keijo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Kantola throws a body punch but Keijo moves out of range. Kantola tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Kantola ducks under a wild hook from Keijo. Kantola throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Keijo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kantola momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Nice straight punches there by Keijo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Keijo.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kantola walks into a stiff left hand from Keijo. Kantola checks a leg kick nicely. Keijo jabbing away but nothing is landing. A solid body kick from Keijo. A lazy left from Keijo finds it's target.
Kantola is rocked! Keijo scores with a leg kick.
Oh Kantola is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Keijo finds Kantola's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Kantola flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Keijo lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Kantola will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brutaali Keijo! Brutaali Keijo is the new welterweight champion! Our winner, Brutaali Keijo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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