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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Serder Serderov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heikki Vennamo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vennamo has chosen Bacchuksen tiellä as his entrance music. Heikki Vennamo is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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188 cm
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262 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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195 cm
30
240 lbs
14 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Serder Serderov! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heikki Vennamo! The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Vennamo misses with a few strikes there.
Vennamo just misses with a punch to the body.
Serderov fails in his attempt to clinch. Vennamo throws a combination that misses and Serderov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Heikki Vennamo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A jab from Vennamo misses. Serderov misses the jab. Serderov with a nice cross. Vennamo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Serderov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vennamo.
Vennamo fails to land with a series of punches.
Vennamo loads up on a big right hand but Serderov slips the punch. Vennamo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round. Vennamo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Serderov takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Vennamo throws a nice looking combination but Serderov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Serderov dodges the punch combination from Vennamo.
Serderov tries to move into range but Vennamo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Serderov clinches up with Vennamo and pushes him back against the cage. Serderov misses with a body punch.
Serderov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Nice body punch from Serderov - that landed with a thud.
This has been an exciting period of action! Serderov tries to work over Vennamo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Serderov throws an elbow but it misses.
Serderov pushes Vennamo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Vennamo looks winded! Vennamo prevents a body shot from Serderov.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A shot in the inside from Serderov. A right hand to the body from Serderov.
Vennamo blocks an elbow strike. Serderov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Heikki Vennamo has been cut. Serderov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Serderov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vennamo's efforts to push away. Vennamo is looking to take this one to the mat. Serderov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Serderov throws a hook to the side of Vennamo's head but Vennamo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Vennamo walks into a jab. Vennamo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Serderov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vennamo.
Serderov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vennamo's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Serderov misses with a jab to the body
and Vennamo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Serderov has closed the distance and engaged Vennamo in a clinch.
Vennamo wants to take the fight to the mat but Serderov manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch. Serderov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Vennamo trying to land knees to the body.
Serderov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Serderov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vennamo backwards. Vennamo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Serder Serderov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heikki Vennamo. Serderov can't find room to land a body shot as Vennamo controls the action.
Serderov stops a takedown attempt from Vennamo.
A right hand to the body from Serderov.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Serderov lands an elbow inside. Serderov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vennamo's defenses. Serderov lands an elbow that stopped Vennamo in his tracks for a moment. Serderov pushes off an throws an elbow but Vennamo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Serderov lands a damaging elbow. Serderov lands an elbow just above Vennamo 's eye. Vennamo avoids a wild elbow strike from Serderov. Serderov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vennamo's efforts to push away. Still in the clinch, Serderov scores with a nice short uppercut. Serderov lands an elbow that stopped Vennamo in his tracks for a moment. A short right from Serderov on the inside. I was talking to Serderov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Vennamo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That has opened up Heikki Vennamo's cut even more. Serderov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Serderov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Serderov pressing his opponent against the cage. The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Serderov for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Serder Serderov dominated that round. The cut man is working on Heikki Vennamo's cut. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Vennamo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Serderov lands an overhand right. Vennamo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vennamo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Serderov.
Serderov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vennamo was well out of range. Poor timing from Serderov. A big left from Vennamo misses. Serderov throws a right and a left that Vennamo avoids nicely. Serderov dodges the punch combination from Vennamo.
Serderov cracks Vennamo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round. Serderov lands a big uppercut and Vennamo crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Vennamo looks OK. Serderov waves Vennamo back to his feet! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Serderov lands a nice looking body shot.
Serderov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vennamo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. A swing and a miss from Vennamo. Serderov throws a jab when Vennamo was well out of range. Serderov lands a big right hook! Vennamo looks hurt but is still standing! Serderov lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Vennamo falls down and Serderov dives in with a huge hammer fist! Vennamo's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Serderov runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Serder Serderov!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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