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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santeri Sikaniska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sikaniska's choice of entrance music: 2 Brothers on the 4th floor - Fairytales. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 cm
27
267 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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205 cm
38
354 lbs
24 - 24 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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 super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Brown! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
24 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Santeri Sikaniska! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sikaniska just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Sikaniska. Brown fails in his attempt to clinch. Brown chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sikaniska tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range. Sikaniska shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Sikaniska fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Brown dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sikaniska. That did some damage! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Sikaniska avoids the head kick by Brown.
Brown gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Sikaniska fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sikaniska lands a body shot. Brown misses with an elbow over the top. Sikaniska struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
Sikaniska avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top. Nice elbow from Brown.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sikaniska is looking to control Brown's arms but Brown gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sikaniska has his back to the cage. Brown lands an elbow inside. Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sikaniska escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sikaniska chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brown can pounce on him.
Sikaniska looks winded! Sikaniska takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sikaniska.
Brown wants to land a leg kick but Sikaniska is out of range. Brown misses with a low kick. This has been an exciting period of action! Brown throws a front kick that sends Sikaniska stumbling back into the cage. Brown throws a leg kick but Sikaniska moved away. Brown has managed to clinch.
Brown scores with a nice hook to the head. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sikaniska's brow. Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sikaniska's defenses. Brown misses with the head strike.
Our sources have told us that Brown has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Brown lands a damaging elbow. A head punch blocked on the inside by Sikaniska. Sikaniska lands an uppercut. Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Sikaniska is blocking nicely.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Sikaniska misses with a hook from the clinch. Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Sikaniska misses with a body punch.
Sikaniska takes an elbow to the forehead. A nice glancing elbow lands by Brown. Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brown letting Sikaniska take a breather here. Sikaniska misses with the head strike.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. Brown lands an elbow inside that Sikaniska shrugs off.
It looks like Santeri Sikaniska has been cut. Sikaniska swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it. With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sikaniska takes an elbow to the forehead. Sikaniska tries to break the clinch but Brown is controlling the position. Sikaniska working aggressively here.
Sikaniska has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sikaniska's defenses. Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sikaniska's defenses. Sikaniska taking a breather. Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Sikaniska avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Sikaniska is blocking nicely.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sikaniska's brow. Sikaniska lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards. Sikaniska dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Sikaniska breaks from the clinch.
Sikaniska swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown. A slapping leg kick lands for Brown.
That's four minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Sikaniska has managed to clinch.
Sikaniska avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Sikaniska swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it. Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Sikaniska tries to score a body lock takedown but Brown shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Sikaniska dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Sikaniska lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards. Brown misses with an elbow over the top. A nice glancing elbow lands by Brown.
That has opened up Santeri Sikaniska's cut even more. A short uppercut from Brown. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Brown lands an elbow inside.
Sikaniska is rocked! Brown stalls. Sikaniska softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Brown dominated that round. The cut man is working on Santeri Sikaniska's cut. That's time! Back to the action!
Sikaniska tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Sikaniska gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Sikaniska working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from Brown. Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sikaniska avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Sikaniska scores with an uppercut up the middle. Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Sikaniska blocks with his arms.
Sikaniska wants to stall.
Sikaniska swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sikaniska is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brown is keeping busy. Sikaniska takes an elbow to the temple. Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sikaniska blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round. Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sikaniska is defending well for now. Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Sikaniska lands a left hand.
Brown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Sikaniska is still on wobbly legs! Can Brown finish him? Sikaniska is breathing heavily. Brown prevents a body shot from Sikaniska. Brown blocks an uppercut.
Sikaniska struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
Sikaniska seems to have recovered his senses. Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sikaniska.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Brown lands an elbow just above Sikaniska 's eye. A short right from Sikaniska on the inside. Sikaniska lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Brown pushes off an throws an elbow but Sikaniska leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Brown here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man. Sikaniska takes an elbow to the forehead. Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown is trying to maintain a safe position but Sikaniska gets an underhook and turns Brown into the cage. Jim Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far. Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Sikaniska tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sikaniska tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Brown is trying to stall.
Sikaniska takes an elbow to the temple. Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Sikaniska trying to stall but Brown improves his position.
Sikaniska tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Sikaniska blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Brown lands a knee to the head.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sikaniska blocks it with crossed arms. Sikaniska takes an elbow to the temple. With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses. Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Sikaniska stalling.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
The cut above Santeri Sikaniska's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Brown lands an elbow inside that Sikaniska shrugs off. Sikaniska blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown stalling in the clinch.
Sikaniska throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown. Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sikaniska's defenses. Brown has Sikaniska pressed against the cage. He pushes Sikaniska back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Brown throws a beautiful elbow that sends Sikaniska crashing to the floor! Brown piles on the pressure with more strikes! Sikaniska is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Brown!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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