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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicky Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarja Halonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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213 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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212 lbs
16 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nicky Fernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Tarja Halonen!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halonen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fernandez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Halonen is fending him off so far but Fernandez persists. Nope, Halonen circles away and we're back to standing.
Halonen tries to clinch but Fernandez is having none of it.
Fernandez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Halonen is trying to stand.
Fernandez lands strikes from half guard.
Fernandez prevents Halonen from improving his position.
Halonen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fernandez working the head and body with strikes.
Fernandez wants to control but Halonen is keeping him busy.
Fernandez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fernandez is nestled in close to Halonen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halonen is not content to let Fernandez control the position.
Fernandez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Still in half guard, Fernandez seems content to control.
Fernandez is trying to control the action in half guard but Halonen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Fernandez.
Halonen is trying to stand.
Halonen trying to hold on to Fernandez's head to control him but Fernandez postures up.
Fernandez looks to land a strike but Halonen avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Halonen is trying to control the position but Fernandez postures up.
Halonen wants to get back to his feet but Fernandez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fernandez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Fernandez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez won't allow Halonen to get back to his feet.
Fernandez working some strikes from top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fernandez trying to control but Halonen is working from the bottom.
Halonen doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Halonen keeping moving, preventing Fernandez from controlling successfully.
Fernandez advances position into side control!
You can see the frustration on Halonen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Halonen is looking for a sweep.
Fernandez looks up at the clock and then as Halonen takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fernandez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fernandez trying to control the position but Halonen is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Halonen is trying to improve his position.
Fernandez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Halonen!
Fernandez trying to control but Halonen is having none of it.
Fernandez avoids the attempt from Halonen to control.
Halonen is trying to stand up.
Fernandez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Halonen is desperately trying to improve his position but Fernandez has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halonen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Halonen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fernandez with shots to the head and body - Halonen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Halonen in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fernandez with good strikes from the mount here!
Fernandez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Halonen can't escape the position.
Halonen looks winded!
Fernandez breaks from Halonen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fernandez unloading with bombs!
Halonen is squirming around, avoiding Fernandez's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fernandez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Halonen hang on?
Fernandez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Halonen tries to lock up and control but Fernandez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicky Fernandez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fernandez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Halonen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fernandez.
No joy there for Halonen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Halonen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fernandez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Halonen slips under a jab.
Halonen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fernandez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tarja Halonen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Halonen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fernandez.
Fernandez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Halonen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fernandez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fernandez misses with a looping right.
Halonen is breathing heavily.
Halonen throws a combination that misses
and Fernandez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tarja Halonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halonen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fernandez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fernandez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Halonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fernandez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez throws out a loose jab but Halonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Halonen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Halonen ducks straight into an uppercut from Fernandez and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Halonen manages to regain guard straight away.
Halonen is rocked!
Fernandez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Halonen can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halonen keeping moving, preventing Fernandez from controlling successfully.
Halonen is still in real trouble! Can Fernandez finish him?
Fernandez throws a big elbow that misses.
Halonen seems to have recovered his senses.
Nicky Fernandez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Halonen looking for a guillotine here but Fernandez defends easily.
Halonen has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Fernandez has passed into side control.
Halonen is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fernandez connects with a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez working the head and body with strikes.
Fernandez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Halonen!
Halonen is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Fernandez tries to control but Halonen wriggling away.
Fernandez raining down shots from the mount!
Halonen is in a horrible position here. Fernandez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Halonen wants to hold on but Fernandez pushes him away.
Fernandez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Halonen taking shots to the head.
Halonen is squirming around, avoiding Fernandez's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez content just to control the position here.
Fernandez 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.
Halonen is trying to escape the mount.
Fernandez looking to finish Halonen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Halonen!
Fernandez tries to control but Halonen wriggling away.
Halonen is bucking up trying to escape but Fernandez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fernandez with shots to the head and body - Halonen looks very uncomfortable down there.
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!
Halonen wants to hold on but Fernandez pushes him away.
Fernandez with a couple of short strikes.
Halonen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Halonen is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fernandez scoring with strikes but Halonen is staying in there.
Fernandez cracks Halonen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Halonen wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Fernandez postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Halonen bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Fernandez and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicky Fernandez!
A very excited looking Nicky Fernandez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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RATING
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