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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jarmo Raikonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Eckstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Eckstein has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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212 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarmo Raikonen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Eckstein!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raikonen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Eckstein moves into range and clinches up with Raikonen.
Eckstein tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Eckstein obliges.
Raikonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Eckstein blocks a body shot from Raikonen.
Eckstein works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Raikonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Eckstein.
Raikonen tries to land a knee to the head but Eckstein blocks with his arms.
Eckstein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raikonen lands a left hand.
Eckstein blocks an uppercut.
Raikonen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Raikonen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Eckstein is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Eckstein cracks Raikonen with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raikonen.
Eckstein putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Raikonen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Raikonen is breathing heavily.
Eckstein lands with a left to the head.
Raikonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Eckstein lands a shot to the body.
Eckstein tries to land a knee to the head but Raikonen blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raikonen misses with some punches.
Eckstein lands with a right to the head.
Eckstein tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raikonen's elbow.
Raikonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Eckstein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eckstein lands a shoulder strike.
Raikonen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raikonen.
Raikonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raikonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Eckstein.
Eckstein scores with a hook to the body.
Eckstein works on Raikonen's body with a couple of short punches.
Eckstein working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Eckstein lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eckstein creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raikonen's defenses.
It looks like Jarmo Raikonen has been cut.
Eckstein throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Raikonens head.
Eckstein gets through Raikonen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Raikonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raikonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eckstein dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Raikonen working aggressively here.
Raikonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Eckstein's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Raikonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raikonen.
Eckstein lands a good knee to the midsection. Raikonen won't want to take too many of those.
Eckstein lands a nice elbow.
Eckstein prevents a body shot from Raikonen.
Eckstein scores with a nice hook to the head.
Eckstein looking to slow down the pace here.
A left hand lands to the body for Eckstein.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Eckstein.
A left hand lands to the body for Eckstein.
Eckstein lands a nice knee to the body.
Eckstein lands a shot to the body.
Eckstein lands a nice uppercut.
Eckstein softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Eckstein lands a body shot in the clinch.
Eckstein lands an elbow inside.
Eckstein landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Eckstein makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Eckstein lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Eckstein.
Eckstein lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Eckstein lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Eckstein lands a body punch.
Nice elbow from Eckstein.
Raikonen letting Eckstein take a breather here.
A short body shot lands from Eckstein as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Eckstein.
Eckstein is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Eckstein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Eckstein.
Eckstein landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Eckstein lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Raikonen being controlled against the ropes.
Eckstein lands a nice elbow.
Eckstein lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Eckstein working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Raikonen is rocked!
Eckstein works on Raikonen's body with a couple of short punches.
Oh Raikonen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Eckstein scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice elbow from Eckstein.
Eckstein struggles to land a body shot inside as Raikonen controls his hands.
Eckstein lands a damaging elbow.
Eckstein leaning against his opponent.
Raikonen seems to have got his legs back now.
Raikonen working aggressively here.
Raikonen struggles to land a body shot inside as Eckstein controls his hands.
Raikonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Eckstein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eckstein is leaning against Raikonen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Eckstein lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Eckstein scores with a hook to the body.
Eckstein lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eckstein taking a breather.
Raikonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Eckstein is defending well for now.
Eckstein lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raikonen backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raikonen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Eckstein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jarmo Raikonen'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.
Eckstein fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Raikonen looks to land a left hand but Eckstein moved out of range nicely.
Raikonen needs to keep his hands up - Eckstein had a free shot at his head there.
Raikonen misses with a wild combination.
Eckstein lands with a cross.
Raikonen throws a head kick that misses.
Eckstein throws a leg kick which misses Raikonen's front leg but catches the back leg as Raikonen tries to avoid it.
Eckstein clinches with his opponent.
Raikonen can't find room to land a body shot as Eckstein controls the action.
Eckstein unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Eckstein tries to work over Raikonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Eckstein lands an elbow inside that Raikonen shrugs off.
Eckstein is stalling here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Eckstein.
Eckstein manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eckstein looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raikonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Eckstein has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Raikonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jason Eckstein seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Eckstein lands a right hand.
Raikonen throws a head punch that misses.
Eckstein lands a left hand that snaps the head of Raikonen backwards.
Eckstein is pushing Raikonen up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Raikonen takes an elbow to the temple.
Eckstein landing knees to the head.
Eckstein lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Eckstein pushes Raikonen back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Eckstein takes an elbow to the forehead.
Raikonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Eckstein creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raikonen throws a head punch that misses.
Eckstein lands a good knee to the midsection. Raikonen won't want to take too many of those.
A hook to the body from Eckstein.
Eckstein lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Eckstein lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein lands with a short shot to the head.
Eckstein scores with a shoulder strike.
Eckstein works on Raikonen's body with a couple of short punches.
Eckstein putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Raikonen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Eckstein.
Eckstein lands with a light punch inside.
Eckstein crunches a lovely knee into Raikonen's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Eckstein obliges.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Raikonen as Eckstein tries to tie him up.
Eckstein connects with a knee to the head.
Eckstein breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Raikonen with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Raikonen looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Raikonen get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!
Jarmo Raikonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raikonen fails to land with a series of punches.
Eckstein lands a leg kick that knocks Raikonen off balance momentarily.
Eckstein lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Eckstein moves out of range as Raikonen strikes.
Eckstein throws a leg kick which misses Raikonen's front leg but catches the back leg as Raikonen tries to avoid it.
Eckstein moves into the clinch.
Eckstein is trying to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eckstein.
Eckstein landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Eckstein.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eckstein pushes Raikonen back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Eckstein scores with a shot to the side of Raikonen's head.
Eckstein taking a breather.
Eckstein creates a bit of space and cracks Raikonen with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Raikonen is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!
Eckstein closes the distance and catches Raikonen with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Raikonen is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Raikonen is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Raikonen is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Eckstein takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jason Eckstein! Jason Eckstein retains his light heavyweight title!
A less than humble Jason Eckstein misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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