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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glover Teixeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Natsisiwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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188 cm
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208 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Glover Teixeira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Natsisiwa!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natsisiwa lands a slapping body shot.
Natsisiwa lands a two punch combo.
Natsisiwa lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nice body punch from Natsisiwa.
Teixeira wants to clinch.
Natsisiwa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Teixeira shoots in but Natsisiwa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Natsisiwa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Horrible takedown by Teixeira or perhaps it was just good defense by Natsisiwa which made him look bad.
Some wild striking there from Teixeira.
Teixeira is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Natsisiwa lands an overhand right.
Teixeira walks into a stiff left hand from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa cracks a nice hook into Teixeira's ribs.
Natsisiwa throws a shot to the body.
Teixeira on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Natsisiwa sizes up Teixeira with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Natsisiwa scores with a jab. Teixeira acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa lands with a nice combination. Teixeira backs away looking to recover.
Teixeira gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Natsisiwa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Natsisiwa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Natsisiwa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Natsisiwa instigates a clinch.
Natsisiwa scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira is trying to pull guard but Natsisiwa has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glover Teixeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Natsisiwa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Natsisiwa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Teixeira is breathing heavily.
Natsisiwa lands a hook that snaps the head of Teixeira backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Natsisiwa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Natsisiwa gets through Teixeira's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Natsisiwa as the two fighters clinch.
A hook to the body from Natsisiwa.
Nice body punch from Natsisiwa - that landed with a thud.
Natsisiwa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Teixeira.
A right handed body shot lands from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natsisiwa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Natsisiwa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Teixeira's hands.
Natsisiwa throws a combination. Teixeira tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Teixeira takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Natsisiwa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Teixeira is rocked!
Teixeira tries to move into range but Natsisiwa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Oh Teixeira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Natsisiwa scores with a jab to the head.
Teixeira seems to have got his legs back now.
Teixeira on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Natsisiwa lands a jab.
Natsisiwa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Teixeira under the eye.
Teixeira moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kalle Natsisiwa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natsisiwa drops Teixeira with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Teixeira looks back up at him and smiles so Natsisiwa waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Natsisiwa lands a body shot.
Natsisiwa throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Teixeira stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Natsisiwa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Teixeira on the side of the head.
Teixeira takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Teixeira gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Teixeira tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Natsisiwa is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Teixeira buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Teixeira!! Teixeira is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Natsisiwa throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kalle Natsisiwa!
Kalle Natsisiwa spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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