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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Kurikka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Fantana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fantana has chosen 60% Of The Time It Works Every Time as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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275 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pertti Kurikka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eddie Fantana!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fantana fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kurikka throws a right and a left that Fantana avoids nicely.
Fantana fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fantana has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Kurikka is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Kurikka could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nice sprawl there from Kurikka as Fantana shoots in.
Kurikka throws a series of punches but Fantana moves out of range.
Kurikka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fantana pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kurikka misses with a series of wild punches.
Fantana scores with a head kick.
Kurikka throws a right and a left that Fantana avoids nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fantana.
Pertti Kurikka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Fantana.
Kurikka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Fantana. Those never looked like landing.
A head kick misses from Fantana.
Fantana connects with a solid leg kick.
Kurikka throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantana looks winded!
Kurikka has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Fantana.
Fantana misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kurikka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fantana counters with a nice kick to the body.
Fantana misses with a head kick.
Kurikka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantana throws a front kick that sends Kurikka stumbling back into the cage.
Kurikka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantana throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kurikka looks to land a combination but Fantana avoids it well.
Kurikka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fantana throws a head kick that misses.
Kurikka misses with the combination.
Fantana misses with a body kick.
Fantana throws out a leg kick but Kurikka moves out of range and Fantana only half commits.
Kurikka lands a two punch combo.
Fantana misses with a head kick.
Eddie Fantana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurikka avoids a kick to the body.
Kurikka throws a right hand that Fantana ducks under and follows up with a left that Fantana also avoids with ease.
Fantana is looking to clinch.
Kurikka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fantana counters with a good, hard body kick but Kurikka shrugs it off.
Kurikka checks a low kick from Fantana.
Kurikka misses with a wild combination.
Fantana chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kurikka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fantana throws a series of punches but Kurikka avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurikka misses with a double jab.
Kurikka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fantana.
Fantana throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kurikka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kurikka throws a series of punches but Fantana avoids them all with ease.
Fantana throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fantana avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fantana pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurikka stalks Fantana and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fantana's face. Fantana staggers backwards, shaken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pertti Kurikka dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A bone on bone clash there as Kurikka blocks the leg kick.
Kurikka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fantana takes a swing at Kurikka's ribcage but misses.
Kurikka batters Fantana with a massive right followed by a huge left! Fantana is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Kurikka lands a final crushing right hand to drop Fantana to the mat with a gruesome thud! Kurikka is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Pertti Kurikka!
Pertti Kurikka spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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