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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kullervo Hikipera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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152 cm
18
278 lbs
1 - 5 - 0 |
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215 cm
18
290 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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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
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Calvin Charles! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kullervo Hikipera! The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The fight stays on the outside here - Charles looks like he's thinking about clinching though. A punch combination from Hikipera misses. Hikipera scores with a kick to the body.
Charles looks to score with a jab to the body but Hikipera is just out of range. Charles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hikipera.
Hikipera throws a right and a left that Charles avoids nicely. Hikipera keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Calvin Charles has been cut. No joy there for Hikipera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Charles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Charles forces Hikipera back against the cage and clinches. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Hikipera gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Charles.
Charles fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hikipera prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calvin Charles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hikipera scores a nice knee to the body.
Charles is breathing heavily. Charles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Hikipera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hikipera throws a head kick that misses. Charles throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hikipera's waist but Hikipera gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Charles off to one side. Kullervo Hikipera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Hikipera throws a nice inside leg kick. Hikipera lands a big head kick that sends Charles tumbling to the mat! Hikipera takes a step backwards and waves Charles back to his feet - he wants the finish! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Charles on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Hikipera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Charles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hikipera.
Charles is looking to clinch. Hikipera fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Hikipera lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A solid leg kick lands there for Hikipera.
Hikipera throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Hikipera misses with the combination.
Charles takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Charles stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hikipera. Sloppy strikes from Hikipera. Those never looked like landing. Charles looks to land a body kick but Hikipera moved away. Hikipera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Charles. That did some damage! Hikipera stuffs the takedown attempt from Charles. Charles gets slowly back to his feet. Hikipera looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Charles moves out of range of the body kick. Charles closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hikipera circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Charles slips a jab and a cross from Hikipera.
A nice combination there by Charles.
Hikipera tries to land a front kick but Charles steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Hikipera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Charles moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Hikipera throws a leg kick but Charles sees it coming and checks it nicely. Charles fails in his attempt to clinch. Hikipera keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. We've been informed that Hikipera has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight. Charles is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Charles really is a fat lump. Hikipera tries to bum rush Charles with a series of wild strikes but Charles uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Charles shoots in for a takedown but Hikipera shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Charles wants to clinch up but Hikipera keeps it at a distance. Charles chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hikipera can pounce on him.
Hikipera fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Charles.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Charles shoots in for a takedown but Hikipera shows good takedown defense. Hikipera lands with a nice body kick. Charles has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. Hikipera lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Charles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hikipera scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Charles shoots for a takedown but Hikipera saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Hikipera lands a head shot. Hikipera takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Hikipera thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Charles if he has to take too many more of those.
Hikipera swinging wildly here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Charles tries to clinch but Hikipera moves out of range. Charles thuds his shin into the meat of Hikipera's side. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kullervo Hikipera dominated that round. The cut man is working on Calvin Charles's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hikipera moves out of range of the body kick. This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Charles. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery. Hikipera throws a series of punches but Charles moves out of range. Hikipera scoring well with a low kick there.
Hikipera loads up on a big right hand but Charles slips the punch. Hikipera throws a series of strikes that have Charles backpedaling.
Charles is rocked! Kullervo Hikipera seems to be getting the better of the standup. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hikipera, right into the meat.
Hikipera misses with a two punch combination.
Calvin Charles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Charles checks a low kick from Hikipera. Charles shoots in but no luck this time. Hikipera has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Hikipera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hikipera has managed to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A nice glancing elbow lands by Hikipera. Charles has Hikipera pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hikipera manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Hikipera misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. A short right hand to the side of the head by Hikipera.
That's one minute gone in the round. Charles avoiding damage as Hikipera throws knees to the body.
Hikipera lands with a light punch inside. Oh Charles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! A left hand lands to the body for Hikipera.
Charles is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Hikipera lands an elbow inside that Charles shrugs off. A nice glancing elbow lands by Hikipera. Hikipera lands a nice uppercut. Hikipera lands a knee to the body.
Hikipera lands a big right hand that drops Charles! The killer instinct kicks in and Hikipera finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Hikipera!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kullervo Hikipera! A victorious Kullervo Hikipera thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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