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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peyton Hillis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stehling's entrance music is Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN!. A fine choice. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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261 lbs
53 - 24 - 0 |
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202 cm
30
255 lbs
20 - 18 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
53 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peyton Hillis!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stehling keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hillis.
Hillis throws a jab but it's blocked by Stehling.
Hillis swings widly with a right hand
and Stehling counters with a nice leg kick.
Stehling tries to clinch
and Hillis counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hillis misses with a knee strike.
Hillis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stehling is defending well for now.
Hillis lands an elbow that stopped Stehling in his tracks for a moment.
Stehling goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hillis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stehling's brow.
Stehling blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stehling keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hillis's efforts to push away.
Stehling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Stehling as the two fighters clinch.
Stehling is working Hillis over against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hillis landing knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Stehling.
Hillis pushes off an throws an elbow but Stehling leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hillis breaks from the clinch.
Hillis swats away the attempt to clinch by Stehling.
Stehling slips a jab and a cross from Hillis.
Stehling throws a head kick that misses.
Stehling swings for the body but Hillis moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Hillis blocks the low kick.
A shot to the body from Hillis misses
and Stehling counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Hillis!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hillis bucks up and tries to throw Stehling off but instead Stehling has got his back!
Hillis is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stehling gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stehling misses with a punch to the head.
Stehling lands shots from the back.
Stehling tries to get the hooks in deep but Hillis pushed the leg off.
Stehling connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Hillis to escape the position.
Stehling punches the canvas rather than the man.
Stehling is punishing Hillis with strikes - can he finish him?!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
What can Hillis do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Stehling lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Hillis hold on?!
It looks like Peyton Hillis has been cut.
Stehling throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Hillis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stehling. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
I would not like to be Hillis right now.
Stehling throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Hillis!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stehling missing with punches from the back.
Hillis is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Stehling off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling struggling to land strikes to the head as Hillis covers up.
Hillis covering up well and avoiding damage.
Stehling missing with strikes.
Stehling struggling to land strikes to the head as Hillis covers up.
Stehling lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hillis has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Stehling.
Hillis holding both Stehling 's hands and preventing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mitchell Stehling dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peyton Hillis's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Stehling scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A big left from Stehling misses.
Stehling steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hillis.
Hillis swinging wildly here.
Peyton Hillis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hillis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hillis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hillis misses with a right hand
and Stehling counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hillis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stehling has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stehling engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Stehling is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stehling throws a big elbow that misses.
Hillis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hillis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Stehling controls the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hillis is looking to stand up but Stehling isn't so interested in that idea.
Stehling postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Stehling with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hillis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stehling counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stehling closes the distance and clinches.
Stehling drops Hillis with a big right hand! Stehling charges in looking to finish - Hillis manages to keep Stehling in his guard and seems to have recovered somewhat.
Hillis is rocked!
Stehling postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Hillis covers up, he's hurt! Stehling keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Stehling and the ref steps in to end the fight! Stehling can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mitchell Stehling!
A relieved looking Mitchell Stehling thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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