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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Blackbeard The Pirate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksi Hihnavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hihnavaara's choice of entrance music: Kallio Vice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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153 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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175 cm
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158 lbs
19 - 18 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blackbeard The Pirate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Aleksi Hihnavaara!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Pirate lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The Pirate misses with a series of wild punches.
Good leg kick by The Pirate there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The Pirate throws a head kick but Hihnavaara moves out of range.
Hihnavaara shoots in but The Pirate avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hihnavaara takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The Pirate throws a head kick that misses.
The Pirate stuffs the takedown attempt from Hihnavaara. Hihnavaara gets slowly back to his feet.
Hihnavaara closes the distance and clinches up with The Pirate, looking for a takedown. Hihnavaara pushes The Pirate against the cage but The Pirate circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Blackbeard The Pirate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aleksi Hihnavaara.
The Pirate takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hihnavaara throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and The Pirate counters with a right hand to the body.
Decent striking displayed by The Pirate there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hihnavaara avoids the head kick by The Pirate.
The Pirate stuffs the takedown.
The Pirate moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hihnavaara shoots in and drives through. The Pirate sprawls well.
The Pirate keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pirate lands a jab to the nose.
The Pirate scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hihnavaara lands the left hand.
The Pirate bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hihnavaara is rocked!
Hihnavaara misses with a series of wild punches.
The Pirate connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hihnavaara momentarily.
Hihnavaara is still on wobbly legs! Can The Pirate finish him?
Hihnavaara takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hihnavaara seems to have recovered his senses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hihnavaara.
The Pirate avoids the body shot from Hihnavaara.
The Pirate pushes Hihnavaara away with a front kick.
Hihnavaara misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hihnavaara looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Pirate scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hihnavaara walks into a jab.
The Pirate scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hihnavaara throws a body punch but The Pirate moves out of range.
The Pirate connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hihnavaara. Hihnavaara circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hihnavaara has a takedown stuffed.
Nice takedown defense from The Pirate. No joy for Hihnavaara on that attempt.
Hihnavaara is trying desperately to land a takedown but The Pirate is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Hihnavaara.
The Pirate lands with a slapping head kick.
The Pirate swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hihnavaara gets a double leg takedown into The Pirate's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The Pirate is pulling down on Hihnavaara's head. It's preventing any offense from Hihnavaara, at least for the moment.
Hihnavaara won't allow The Pirate to sweep him here.
The Pirate is working hard here to advance position.
Hihnavaara pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Pirate is keeping the position for now.
The Pirate is pulling down on Hihnavaara's head. It's preventing any offense from Hihnavaara, at least for the moment.
The Pirate keeping moving, preventing Hihnavaara from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Blackbeard The Pirate wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
The Pirate throws a right and a left that Hihnavaara avoids nicely.
Hihnavaara dives in for a single leg takedown but The Pirate sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The Pirate prevents Hihnavaara from breaking the clinch.
Hihnavaara tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The Pirate lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hihnavaara is trying to drag The Pirate to the mat but The Pirate just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The Pirate stalling in the clinch but Hihnavaara improves position.
The Pirate prevents the takedown attempt.
The Pirate struggles to land a body shot inside as Hihnavaara controls his hands.
A body shot lands from The Pirate.
The Pirate digs a right hand into Hihnavaara's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hihnavaara's gas tank.
The Pirate digs a right hand underneath Hihnavaara's ribcage. Hihnavaara let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Pirate lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Pirate escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for The Pirate, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Pirate is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hihnavaara doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The Pirate lands a head shot.
Danga de danga de dang - The Pirate scores with a four punch combination!
Hihnavaara fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Blackbeard The Pirate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Pirate scores with a jab.
Hihnavaara on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Pirate.
The Pirate ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Pirate scores with a nice strike.
The Pirate misses with a wild combination.
Hihnavaara slips under a jab from The Pirate.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hihnavaara takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hihnavaara feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hihnavaara is fighting to break The Pirate's control of his arms but The Pirate is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blackbeard The Pirate dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hihnavaara bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hihnavaara shoots in for a takedown but The Pirate shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hihnavaara closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The Pirate is pushing Hihnavaara up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hihnavaara as The Pirate tries to tie him up.
Hihnavaara is trying to pull guard but The Pirate has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hihnavaara looking for a takedown.
Blackbeard The Pirate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aleksi Hihnavaara.
Hihnavaara tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Pirate just stands there and leans against the cage.
The Pirate lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hihnavaara backwards.
Hihnavaara avoids a wild elbow strike from The Pirate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pirate escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Pirate lands with a right hand.
Hihnavaara takes one to the chin there.
The Pirate lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A jab from The Pirate misses.
Hihnavaara shoots in for a takedown but The Pirate shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hihnavaara darts in looking for a takedown but The Pirate gets double underhooks and turns Hihnavaara into the cage.
Hihnavaara is breathing heavily.
Hihnavaara looking for a takedown.
Hihnavaara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Pirate works the jab nicely.
Aleksi Hihnavaara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Pirate drops Hihnavaara with a right and a left! The Pirate comes rushing in but Hihnavaara regains his composure and manages to keep The Pirate in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Pirate with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Pirate loads up on a big left hand. Hihnavaara felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - The Pirate looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Hihnavaara can't hide his disappointment, as The Pirate celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blackbeard The Pirate!
Blackbeard The Pirate very nearly forgot to thank Performance Enhancing Drugs amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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