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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mursu Valkoinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evil Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valkoinen comes to the cage accompanied by Nuki Nuki. Johnson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Running with the devil......Van Halen. Evil Johnson struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Evil Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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200 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mursu Valkoinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evil Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valkoinen wants to land a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Johnson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Valkoinen is trying to defend but Johnson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Valkoinen manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valkoinen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Johnson defends it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valkoinen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Johnson is trying to get back to full guard.
Valkoinen lands with a punch from half guard.
Valkoinen slips a nice elbow through Johnson's hands, connecting with Johnson's forehead.
Valkoinen is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Johnson sees it coming and defends easily.
Valkoinen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valkoinen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Valkoinen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Valkoinen lands with a punch from half guard.
Johnson is defending against the submission attempts here by Valkoinen.
Valkoinen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Valkoinen lands a nice short elbow.
Valkoinen wants to work for an arm triangle but Johnson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Valkoinen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Johnson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Valkoinen is nestled in close to Johnson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Valkoinen is working for a kimura but Johnson is defending it quite comfortably.
Valkoinen working over Johnson with some ground and pound. Johnson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Valkoinen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Johnson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Valkoinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valkoinen is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Johnson is defending against the submission attempts here by Valkoinen.
Valkoinen lands with a punch from half guard.
Valkoinen wants to work for an arm triangle but Johnson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Valkoinen scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valkoinen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Valkoinen working over Johnson with some ground and pound. Johnson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valkoinen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Valkoinen is working for a submission of some sort.
Johnson taking some punishment here, with Valkoinen in his half guard.
Valkoinen is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice strikes from Valkoinen there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mursu Valkoinen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Valkoinen scores with a head kick. Johnson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Johnson is rocked!
Mursu Valkoinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson fails with the takedown.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Valkoinen finish him?
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Valkoinen! Johnson is out on his feet! Valkoinen rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Johnson is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Johnson is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mursu Valkoinen!
Mursu Valkoinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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