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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Rampage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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215 lbs
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225 lbs
21 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocky Balboa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kyle Rampage! The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Balboa checks a low kick from Rampage. No luck with that takedown attempt from Balboa. Rampage tries to keep at a distance but Balboa has taken the fight into the clinch. Balboa misses with a hook from the clinch. Balboa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rampage backwards. Rampage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Balboa misses with a knee to the head. Balboa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rampage blocks it with crossed arms. Rampage misses with an elbow strike.
Balboa takes an elbow to the forehead. Rampage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Balboa blocks the elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Balboa.
Balboa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balboa swings wildly with an uppercut but Rampage uses good head movement to avoid it. Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balboa's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round. Balboa throws a punch but it's blocked by Rampage. Balboa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rampage backwards. Our sources have told us that Balboa has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight. Balboa misses with a punch to the body.
Balboa misses with a knee to the head. Rampage blocking some punches.
Balboa blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses. Nice elbow from Rampage. Balboa looking to throw knees to the head but Rampage is blocking nicely.
Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Balboa dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage prevents the takedown attempt.
Balboa tries a knee to the head but Rampage blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balboa's brow. Rampage lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Rampage comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Balboa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rampage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Balboa blocks the elbow strike.
Balboa avoids a wild elbow strike from Rampage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Balboa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balboa's brow. Balboa blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Rampage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rampage lands an elbow inside that Balboa shrugs off. Balboa avoids the elbow strike from Rampage, against the cage.
Balboa looking to throw knees to the head but Rampage is blocking nicely.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
Balboa blocks an elbow strike. Balboa dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Balboa lands a hook to the side of the head. Rampage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Balboa dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage pushes off an throws an elbow but Balboa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. With the fighters up against the cage, Rampage throws an elbow but misses. Balboa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Balboa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Balboa working Rampage over with knees to the body. Balboa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rampage blocks it with crossed arms. A short right from Balboa on the inside. Rampage misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa. Balboa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rampage blocks it with crossed arms. Balboa is looking for a takedown. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Balboa. That's going to take a lot out of him. Rampage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Balboa's defenses. Rampage's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Balboa misses with the head strike.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the head but Rampage blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land. Balboa misses with a knee strike.
Rampage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Balboa misses with some punches.
Rampage lands an elbow just above Balboa 's eye. Balboa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Balboa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rampage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Balboa dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Balboa dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Balboa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Balboa tries to throw a body punch but Rampage avoids it by throwing Balboa back against the cage. Balboa misses with some punches.
Balboa missing with knees to the body.
Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Rampage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rampage pushes off an throws an elbow but Balboa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Rampage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rampage lands a damaging elbow. Balboa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
Balboa looking to throw knees to the head but Rampage is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Balboa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Rampage pushes off an throws an elbow but Balboa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Balboa tries to land knees in the clinch but Rampage avoids the damage to the body. Balboa misses with a knee to the head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Balboa dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Balboa misses with a body kick. Balboa misses with a straight left. Rampage throws a body kick that misses. Rampage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Rampage forces Balboa back against the cage and clinches. Balboa lands with a light punch inside. Rampage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rampage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
Balboa misses with a knee strike.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Rampage pushes off an throws an elbow but Balboa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses. Balboa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rampage blocks it with crossed arms. Balboa scores with a shot to the side of Rampage's head. Balboa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Balboa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rampage backwards. Rocky Balboa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round. Balboa looking to throw knees to the head but Rampage is blocking nicely.
Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Rampage misses with an elbow strike.
Rampage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balboa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Balboa avoids the elbow strike from Rampage, against the cage.
Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Balboa has a couple of punches blocked by Rampage.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Balboa throws a punch but it's blocked by Rampage. Balboa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rampage blocks it with crossed arms. Balboa lands a shoulder strike. Balboa misses with a knee to the head. Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Rampage lands an elbow inside that Balboa shrugs off. Balboa avoids the elbow strike from Rampage, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa. Balboa scores with a shoulder strike. Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rampage throws an elbow but misses. Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Balboa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rampage throws an elbow but misses. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Balboa misses with the head strike.
Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses. Balboa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Balboa avoids a wild elbow strike from Rampage. Rampage trying to stall but Balboa improves his position.
Balboa working aggressively here.
Rampage lands a damaging elbow. Balboa misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa. Balboa avoids a wild elbow strike from Rampage. Nice body punch from Balboa.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Balboa lands a left hand.
Rampage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rampage lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Rampage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balboa misses with a hook from the clinch. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balboa's brow. Balboa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Balboa blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balboa's brow. Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rampage blocks it with crossed arms. Rampage pushes off an throws an elbow but Balboa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Balboa gets through Rampage's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses. Rampage misses with an elbow strike.
Balboa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Balboa avoids a wild elbow strike from Rampage. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balboa's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Rampage blocking some punches.
A short left from Balboa. Rampage lands an elbow that stopped Balboa in his tracks for a moment. Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Balboa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balboa's brow. Rampage lands an elbow just above Balboa 's eye. Balboa blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balboa's brow. A short left from Balboa. Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa lands a hook that snaps the head of Rampage backwards. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa. Balboa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rampage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rocky Balboa will probably get the nod. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Rampage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rampage dodges the punch combination from Balboa.
Rampage tries to clinch but Balboa moves out of range. Balboa moves into the clinch. Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses. Balboa dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rampage lands an elbow that stopped Balboa in his tracks for a moment. Balboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balboa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Balboa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Balboa landing knees to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rampage. Rampage pushes off an throws an elbow but Balboa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Balboa tries to land knees in the clinch but Rampage avoids the damage to the body. Balboa looking to throw knees to the head but Rampage is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses. Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balboa's brow. Balboa dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage lands an elbow just above Balboa 's eye. Balboa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Balboa blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Balboa blocks the elbow strike.
Balboa trying to land knees to the body.
Balboa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rampage's face.
Balboa blocks an elbow strike. Rampage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Balboa misses with a body punch.
Balboa blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Balboa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Rampage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Balboa avoids the elbow strike from Rampage, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Balboa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rampage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa. Balboa scores with a shoulder strike. Balboa misses with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action! Rampage gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Rampage lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Balboa misses with the head strike.
Balboa takes an elbow to the forehead. Balboa avoids a wild elbow strike from Rampage. Balboa scores with an uppercut up the middle. Balboa has a couple of punches blocked by Rampage.
Rampage lands a damaging elbow. Balboa misses with a knee to the head. Rampage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Balboa blocks the elbow strike.
Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Rocky Balboa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Balboa blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Balboa tries a knee to the head but Rampage blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rampage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Balboa scores with a knee to the head.
Rampage lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Rocky Balboa has been cut. Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses. Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Balboa lands with a short shot to the head. Rampage lands an elbow that stopped Balboa in his tracks for a moment. Rampage misses with an elbow over the top. Balboa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balboa missing with knees to the body.
Balboa avoids a wild elbow strike from Rampage. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balboa's brow. Rampage misses with an elbow over the top. Balboa throws a head punch that misses. Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Balboa dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Balboa avoids the elbow strike from Rampage, against the cage.
Rampage pushes off an throws an elbow but Balboa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Balboa blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land. Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Balboa letting Rampage take a breather here. Rampage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Balboa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rampage blocks it with crossed arms. This has been an exciting period of action! Balboa misses with a knee strike.
Balboa scores with an uppercut up the middle. Kyle Rampage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Rampage lands an elbow that stopped Balboa in his tracks for a moment. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Balboa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rampage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
Rampage blocks an uppercut.
Balboa blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Kyle Rampage. I think Balboa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28 Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28 Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Balboa! Rocky Balboa thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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