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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jyrki Katainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Topi Takala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takala comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Volga kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 cm
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194 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
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198 cm
25
194 lbs
16 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jyrki Katainen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Topi Takala! The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A looping hook to the body misses from Takala. Katainen does a little dance to reset his feet. Takala moves away from the strike by Katainen. Katainen blocks a head kick by Takala.
Takala missing with a left hand there. Katainen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Takala with a body punch. A glancing blow. Katainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takala was well out of range. Poor timing from Katainen. Jyrki Katainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Nice defenses there by Takala. Takala lands a jab to the head.
It looks like Jyrki Katainen has been cut. Katainen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takala. Katainen throws a quick inside leg kick. Katainen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Katainen instigates a clinch. Katainen looks to throw an elbow but misses. Takala misses with a short punch on the inside. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Katainen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Takala's brow. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! With the fighters up against the cage, Katainen throws an elbow but misses. Takala displaying some good clinch control by pressing Katainen up against the cage. Takala works on Katainen's body with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round. Katainen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. A short right hand to the side of the head by Katainen. Takala is trying to maintain a safe position but Katainen gets an underhook and turns Takala into the cage. Katainen manages to break the clinch.
A good leg kick by Takala. Takala is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Takala lands with a nice body punch. Takala thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Katainen if he has to take too many more of those.
Katainen avoids the body shot from Takala.
Katainen defending well as Takala loads up on a big left hand. The fighters circling - Takala throws out the jab but it was never going to land. A jab from Katainen misses. Takala is looking to slow Katainen down with leg kicks. Takala lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Takala tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katainen was well out of range. Poor timing from Takala. Takala stalks Katainen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Katainen's face. Katainen staggers backwards, shaken.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Takala connects with an inside leg kick. Takala connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Katainen's hands. Katainen throws a right hand that misses
letting Takala counter with a right hand. Takala is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Takala.
Katainen misses with a leg kick and Takala counters with an outside leg kick.
Takala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Katainen checks the leg kick. Takala misses with a few strikes there.
Takala misses with a head kick.
Katainen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Takala sees it coming and avoids it easily. Takala lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Takala lands a jab. Katainen throws a shot from downtown. Takala moves away and avoids it. Takala lands with a hook. Katainen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Takala uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Katainen. Katainen thows a body shot but no joy. Katainen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Takala fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Katainen manages to avoid it. Takala dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Katainen. That did some damage! Katainen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. Takala tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Katainen is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Takala's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems. Katainen scores with a sloppy right hand. Takala should have avoided that one. 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! Katainen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Takala. Takala clobbers Katainen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. A bone on bone clash there as Katainen blocks the leg kick.
Takala throws a head kick but Katainen moves out of range.
Takala throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Takala looks to land a left hand but Katainen moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Takala.
Katainen lands a leg kick that knocks Takala off balance momentarily. Takala throws an overhand right that lands on Katainen's shoulder, as Katainen tries to avoid the shot. Katainen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Takala scores with a head kick. Katainen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time. Katainen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Takala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takala checks a leg kick nicely. Takala scores with a jab to the body. Katainen misses with a body kick. Katainen looks to score with a jab to the body but Takala is just out of range. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Katainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takala was well out of range. Poor timing from Katainen. Katainen scores with a hook. Katainen throws a hook but Takala blocks it. Takala throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Topi Takala dominated that round. The cut man is working on Jyrki Katainen's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Takala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Katainen.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Takala.
Katainen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takala swats him away and circles back towards the center. Katainen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Katainen throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Takala counter with a right hand. Takala throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Katainen. Takala fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Katainen gets off balance looking for a body kick and Takala cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Katainen is rocked! Takala throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Oh Katainen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Katainen throws a sloppy head kick and Takala counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Katainen seems to have got his legs back now. Takala pushes Katainen away with a front kick. Katainen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Takala can pounce on him.
Takala tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katainen was well out of range. Poor timing from Takala. Takala displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Nice defenses there by Katainen.
That's one minute gone in the round. Katainen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Katainen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Takala has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Katainen walks straight into a right hand from Takala - that's dropped him! Takala jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Katainen from any more punishment! Katainen complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Topi Takala! Topi Takala thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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