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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Jussila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins's entrance music is 3 little pigs. A fine choice. Jaakko Jussila struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Jaakko Jussila has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jeremy Jenkins's chin.
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190 cm
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220 lbs
13 - 18 - 0 |
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195 cm
30
225 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
13 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeremy Jenkins! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaakko Jussila! The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jussila slips a straight right by Jenkins. Jussila misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jenkins.
Jenkins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jussila sprawls well. Jussila wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jenkins gets slowly back to his feet. Jenkins avoids a kick to the body.
Jenkins scores with a spinning back kick! Jenkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Jussila pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jussila blocks a head kick by Jenkins.
Jenkins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Jussila misses with a body kick. Jenkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Jenkins changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jussila tries to avoid it but Jenkins manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jussila to the ground. Jussila escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jenkins is defended easily by Jussila. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him. Jenkins throws a sloppy head kick and Jussila moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jenkins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Nice sprawl there from Jussila as Jenkins shoots in. Jussila dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Jussila lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jenkins tries a head kick but it misses.
Jenkins shoots in for a takedown but Jussila shows good takedown defense. Jenkins is breathing heavily. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jenkins. Jussila lands with a nice body punch. Jenkins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jussila is fending him off so far but Jenkins persists. Nope, Jussila circles away and we're back to standing. Jussila blocks a head kick by Jenkins.
Jussila looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Jenkins takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Jussila misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jussila thumps Jenkins with a low kick. Jenkins throws a head kick that misses and Jussila counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Jussila throws a push kick but Jenkins slaps the foot to one side. Jussila throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jenkins counters with a head kick. Jussila connects with a solid leg kick. Jussila lands a nice looking body kick. Jussila scoring well with a low kick there.
Crunch! Jussila slams his shin into Jenkins's torso. Jussila lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Jussila bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jenkins's head backwards. Jussila sends Jenkins crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Jussila is motioning to the referee to let Jenkins up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Jenkins is rocked! Jussila shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Jenkins takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Jussila sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Jenkins bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jaakko Jussila!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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