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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pentti Hirvonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demian Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maia has chosen Vida Bandida as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 cm
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196 lbs
31 - 17 - 0 |
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185 cm
30
200 lbs
17 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pentti Hirvonen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Demian Maia! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Maia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hirvonen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Hirvonen thows a left - swing and a miss! Pentti Hirvonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Maia tries a low kick but Hirvonen avoids it. Hirvonen scores with a one two! Maia had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Maia shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hirvonen is trying to defend but Maia finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further. Hirvonen tries to get to full guard but Maia has control of the leg. Hirvonen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maia. Maia wants to take a breather but Hirvonen is having none of it. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Hirvonen is pressing down on Maia's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. Hirvonen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Hirvonen working for a triangle but Maia defends it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Hirvonen is trying to keep Maia in close.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hirvonen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Maia gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Maia seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. Maia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Maia stopping the sweep attempt from Hirvonen. Maia chips away with some ground and pound. Maia won't allow Hirvonen to sweep him here. Hirvonen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Hirvonen looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Maia wants to control from the top but Hirvonen keeps moving. Hirvonen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Maia!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hirvonen scoring with strikes but Maia is staying in there. The referee warns Maia that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
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! Hirvonen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Hirvonen avoids the attempt from Maia to control. Hirvonen prevents Maia from getting the reversal. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Hirvonen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Maia hang on? Hirvonen cracks Maia with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hirvonen trying to control but he's not successful this time. Hirvonen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Maia?
It looks like Demian Maia has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hirvonen with a couple of short strikes. Hirvonen looking to finish Maia with some ground and pound. This is bad for Maia! Hirvonen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Maia is rocked! Hirvonen drops a big elbow. That's hurt Maia! More shots from Hirvonen and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pentti Hirvonen! Our winner, Pentti Hirvonen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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