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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sami Hyypia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Ladin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hyypia comes into the arena with Al Bowlly - Hang out the stars in Indiana blaring out of the sound system. Ladin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Highway to hell. Sami Hyypia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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301 lbs
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26
291 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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TWGC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Hyypia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Ladin!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ladin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hyypia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hyypia has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hyypia.
Ladin has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Hyypia is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Ladin blocks the body kick.
A slow jab from Hyypia misses its intended target.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ladin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ladin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ladin misses with an elbow over the top.
Hyypia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ladin's elbow.
Ladin has a couple of punches blocked by Hyypia.
Hyypia lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ladin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hyypia avoids it.
Ladin tries a knee to the head but Hyypia blocks it.
Hyypia avoids the elbow strike from Ladin, against the cage.
Ladin tries to land a knee to the head but Hyypia blocks with his arms.
Hyypia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ladin's elbow.
Ladin trying to land knees to the body.
Hyypia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ladin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladin wants to clinch up but Hyypia keeps it at a distance.
Ladin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ladin slips a jab and a cross from Hyypia.
Ladin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hyypia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ladin, pushing him back against the cage.
Ladin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ladin tries to land a knee to the head but Hyypia blocks with his arms.
Hyypia is trying to stall.
Ladin landing knees to the body.
Ladin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hyypia blocks it with crossed arms.
Hyypia can't find room to land a body shot as Ladin controls the action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ladin throws an elbow but misses.
Hyypia avoiding damage as Ladin throws knees to the body.
Ladin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hyypia swings wildly with an uppercut but Ladin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hyypia avoids it.
Ladin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hyypia manages to break the clinch.
Ladin misses with a body punch
and Hyypia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ladin thows a body shot but no joy.
Ladin missing with a left hand there. Hyypia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good work by Ladin as he checks the leg kick.
Ladin walks into a jab.
Hyypia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ladin tries to clinch but Hyypia is having none of it.
Ladin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ladin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hyypia moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ladin.
Ladin tries to land a knee to the head but Hyypia blocks with his arms.
Hyypia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ben Ladin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hyypia closes the distance and pushes Ladin back into the cage.
A body shot lands from Hyypia.
Ladin looks winded!
Hyypia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ladin tries to land a knee to the head but Hyypia blocks with his arms.
Ladin landing knees to the head.
Still in the clinch, Hyypia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ladin tries to throw a body punch but Hyypia avoids it by throwing Ladin back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hyypia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ladin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hyypia.
Hyypia lands a big uppercut and Ladin crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Ladin looks OK. Hyypia waves Ladin back to his feet!
Ladin is rocked!
It looks like Ben Ladin has been cut.
Hyypia connects with a leg kick. Ladin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ladin is still on wobbly legs! Can Hyypia finish him?
Hyypia fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Ladin out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Sami Hyypia!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Sami Hyypia made sure he mentioned KO Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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