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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toni Kallio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Finnagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finnagan has chosen X Gon Give it to Ya -- DMX as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toni Kallio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Finnagan!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finnagan is looking to clinch but Kallio is avoiding it.
Finnagan gets caught flat footed, as Kallio shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kallio tries to free his leg and advance position but Finnagan is retaining full guard.
Finnagan should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Finnagan scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Finnagan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kallio.
Kallio shoots in for a takedown but Finnagan shows good takedown defense.
Kallio bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Finnagan is trying to buck Kallio off.
Kallio decides to stand up, so the ref orders Finnagan to his feet.
Finnagan has managed to clinch.
Finnagan keeps control of Kallio as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kallio breaks from the clinch.
Kallio tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kallio goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Finnagan misses with a low kick.
Kallio misses with a two punch combination.
Finnagan punishes Kallio's body with a nice straight punch.
Kallio is breathing heavily.
Kallio misses with a body shot
letting Finnagan counter with a right hand.
Kallio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finnagan moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kallio.
Kallio takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Finnagan lands a body shot.
Finnagan connects with a jab.
Kallio is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kallio closes this distance looking for a takedown but Finnagan circles away.
Oh Kallio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toni Kallio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Finnagan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kallio counters with a shoot takedown. Finnagan fights it but they end up in guard.
Kallio seems to have got his legs back now.
Kallio thows a big elbow that misses.
Kallio wants to control from the top but Finnagan keeps moving.
Kallio prevents Finnagan from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finnagan keeping moving, preventing Kallio from controlling successfully.
Kallio 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.
Kallio advances position into side control!
Finnagan wants to get back to his feet but Kallio drags him back down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kallio tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kallio has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kallio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Finnagan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kallio decides to stand back up.
Kallio thuds his shin into the meat of Finnagan's side.
Kallio slips a jab and a cross from Finnagan.
Finnagan looks to land a combination but Kallio avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnagan throws a nice looking combination but Kallio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kallio is looking to clinch but Finnagan is avoiding it.
Horrible takedown by Kallio or perhaps it was just good defense by Finnagan which made him look bad.
Kallio closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kallio lands in his opponent's guard.
Kallio decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Nice sprawl there from Finnagan as Kallio shoots in.
Finnagan looks to land a combination. Kallio sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Finnagan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kallio manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Finnagan trying desperately to get to his feet.
Kallio looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Finnagan is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finnagan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
It looks like Tom Finnagan has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finnagan wants to get back to his feet.
Kallio wants to control the pace but Finnagan is squirming around nicely.
Finnagan is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Kallio gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Finnagan tries to land a front kick but Kallio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Finnagan shoots in and drives through. Kallio sprawls well.
Finnagan swats away the attempt to clinch by Kallio.
Kallio fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toni Kallio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Finnagan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kallio drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Kallio stays in close to Finnagan's body and controls the position.
Finnagan pushes Kallio off and scrambles back to his feet.
Kallio is looking to slow Finnagan down with leg kicks.
Kallio will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Horrible takedown by Kallio or perhaps it was just good defense by Finnagan which made him look bad.
Finnagan swats away the attempt to clinch by Kallio.
Finnagan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kallio.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Finnagan stuffs the takedown attempt from Kallio. Kallio gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toni Kallio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Finnagan looks to throw a body kick
and Kallio counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kallio trying to land knees to the body.
Finnagan wants to get back to striking at distance but Kallio won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kallio fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Finnagan tries to break the clinch but Kallio is controlling the position.
Kallio tries to pull guard but Finnagan won't allow it.
Kallio has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Finnagan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kallio pulls guard.
Kallio is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kallio pushes a forearm under Finnagan's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Finnagan is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Toni Kallio!
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