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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petter Krustev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antero Rokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krustev comes into the arena with Hubava si moya goro. blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Rokka's choice of entrance music: Antero's Walkout. Petter Krustev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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212 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Petter Krustev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antero Rokka!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rokka's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Krustev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rokka scrambles back to his feet.
Krustev misses with a wild combination.
Krustev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rokka scores with a body shot.
Rokka stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rokka wants it to stay on the feet.
Rokka misses with a head kick.
Krustev shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rokka sprawls well. Rokka wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Krustev gets slowly back to his feet.
Rokka closes the distance and pushes Krustev back into the cage.
Rokka lands a body shot.
Krustev is looking to break free of the clinch but Rokka has double underhooks.
Krustev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krustev.
Krustev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rokka scores with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rokka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Krustev moves away.
Krustev throws a lazy uppercut
and Rokka counters with a head kick.
Rokka tries to work over Krustev's front leg with a kick but Krustev checks it.
Krustev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Krustev tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rokka sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Krustev somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petter Krustev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krustev takes one to the chin there.
Rokka digs a good hook to Krustev's body.
Krustev works the jab nicely.
A jab lands there for Krustev.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rokka throws a jab when Krustev was well out of range.
Krustev lands with a nice body punch.
Rokka lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Petter Krustev has been cut.
Krustev scores with a jab to the head.
Rokka lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Krustev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rokka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krustev.
Rokka is looking to clinch.
Rokka misses with a low kick.
Rokka connects with a solid leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Krustev misses the target.
Antero Rokka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krustev. Rokka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rokka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rokka lands a leg kick that knocks Krustev off balance momentarily.
Krustev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Decent striking displayed by Rokka there.
Rokka fakes the leg kick and cracks Krustev in the body.
Krustev is breathing heavily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rokka.
Rokka throws a head kick but Krustev moves out of range.
Rokka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krustev.
A punch combination from Krustev misses.
Krustev throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Decent striking displayed by Rokka there.
Rokka uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Krustev has time to react.
Rokka misses with a head kick.
Rokka gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Krustev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rokka looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Krustev on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rokka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rokka on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rokka jabs Krustev right on the nose. Krustev blinks but takes it well.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Krustev. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A decent looking cross lands there for Krustev.
Krustev shoots in but Rokka avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krustev misses with a straight right.
Rokka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krustev.
Krustev takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Krustev lands a jab.
Rokka connects with an inside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Rokka.
Krustev is rocked!
Rokka fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Krustev out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Antero Rokka!
After winning the bout, Antero Rokka 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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hype
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pop
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