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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghiorghos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mika Kallio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papadopoulos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Robocop Theme by Basil Polidouris. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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266 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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193 cm
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272 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Good takedowns
Good kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mika Kallio!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papadopoulos misses with a double jab
and Kallio counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Papadopoulos misses with a series of wild punches.
Papadopoulos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Papadopoulos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Papadopoulos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kallio counters with a slapping leg kick.
A combination from Papadopoulos does no damage.
A punch combination from Papadopoulos misses.
Papadopoulos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Papadopoulos looks to land a combination but Kallio avoids it well.
Papadopoulos throws a combination that misses
and Kallio counters with a takedown into side control.
Papadopoulos is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kallio has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Kallio looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Kallio decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Papadopoulos, up you get!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos tries to keep at a distance but Kallio has taken the fight into the clinch.
Papadopoulos tries to circle away but Kallio has him pinned against the cage.
Papadopoulos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Papadopoulos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Papadopoulos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kallio counters with a thumping low kick.
Papadopoulos misses with a combination
and Papadopoulos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kallio scores with a takedown into Papadopoulos's guard.
Kallio won't allow Papadopoulos to get back to his feet.
Kallio gets to his feet - Papadopoulos follows without any prompting.
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!
Kallio closes the distance and pushes Papadopoulos back into the cage.
Papadopoulos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Papadopoulos is trying to break the clinch but Kallio is controlling him.
Papadopoulos can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Papadopoulos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kallio wants the takedown. Papadopoulos is fighting it off but Kallio persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Papadopoulos's guard against the cage.
Papadopoulos is looking to stand up but Kallio isn't so interested in that idea.
Papadopoulos is working an open guard so Kallio takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Papadopoulos throws a combination that misses
and Kallio counters with an outside leg kick.
Papadopoulos misses with a combination
and Kallio counters with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kallio, right into the meat.
Kallio bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kallio stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Kallio shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kallio showed some decent athleticism there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kallio stands up and beckons Papadopoulos to join him on the feet.
Papadopoulos falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kallio takes a swing at Papadopoulos's ribcage but misses.
Kallio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Papadopoulos.
Kallio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Papadopoulos misses with a double jab
and Kallio counters with a nice low kick that buckles Papadopoulos's knee momentarily.
Kallio tries to clinch there but Papadopoulos circles away.
Papadopoulos throws a combination that misses
and Kallio holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kallio lands a good knee to the midsection. Papadopoulos won't want to take too many of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Papadopoulos fails to land.
Kallio manages to break the clinch.
Papadopoulos throws a nice looking combination but Kallio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Papadopoulos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kallio counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kallio stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Kallio feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Papadopoulos's calf.
Papadopoulos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ghiorghos Papadopoulos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kallio punishes Papadopoulos's body with a nice straight punch.
Papadopoulos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kallio can pounce on him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kallio lands a high kick!
Papadopoulos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kallio counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kallio closes the distance and pushes Papadopoulos back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mika Kallio dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Papadopoulos misses with a double jab
and Kallio counters with a good, hard body kick but Papadopoulos shrugs it off.
Sloppy strikes from Papadopoulos. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Papadopoulos. Those never looked like landing.
Papadopoulos throws a combination that misses
and Kallio decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Papadopoulos's guard.
Kallio wants to stand but Papadopoulos has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Kallio gets to his feet. Papadopoulos looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Kallio lands a head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kallio gets a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kallio decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Papadopoulos throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kallio counters with an inside leg kick.
Papadopoulos misses with a few strikes there.
Papadopoulos misses with a series of wild punches.
Papadopoulos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kallio digs a good body shot into Papadopoulos's ribs.
Kallio shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kallio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
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!
Kallio stands up and beckons Papadopoulos to join him on the feet.
Ghiorghos Papadopoulos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kallio tries to clinch but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kallio counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Papadopoulos is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kallio lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Papadopoulos crumples to the floor! Kallio milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mika Kallio!
After winning the bout, Mika Kallio thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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