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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Struggling Desperately (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eero Niinimaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eero Niinimaa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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178 cm
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185 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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178 cm
24
193 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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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 middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Struggling Desperately! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eero Niinimaa! The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Niinimaa scores with a one two! Desperately had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Struggling Desperately has been cut. Desperately swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Desperately throws a one two combo.
Niinimaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Niinimaa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Desperately doesn't manage to clinch there - Niinimaa circles away.
Desperately swings away with a body shot that misses
and Niinimaa counters with a nice uppercut. Struggling Desperately seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Desperately ducks under a wild hook from Niinimaa. Desperately pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Niinimaa back to the cage. Desperately follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver. We've been told by Desperately's head coaches at Grappling Pro Helsinki that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Niinimaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Desperately is looking to clinch. Niinimaa slips a jab and a cross from Desperately.
Desperately throws a body shot but no joy. Niinimaa lands with a shot to the body. Niinimaa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Desperately looks to land a combination. Niinimaa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. Niinimaa avoids the body shot from Desperately.
Desperately fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Niinimaa manages to avoid it. Desperately scores with a hook to the body. Niinimaa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Niinimaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Desperately is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Niinimaa looks to land a left hand but Desperately moved out of range nicely. Niinimaa throws a looping overhand right but Desperately ducks down to avoid it. Desperately tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Niinimaa has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Desperately throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Niinimaa counters with a lovely shot to the body. Some bone on bone action there as Niinimaa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Desperately throws a hook to the side of Niinimaa's head but Niinimaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Desperately takes a swing at Niinimaa's ribcage but misses. Desperately on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Desperately throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Desperately tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Niinimaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Desperately. Niinimaa misses with a looping left. Desperately takes a body punch but keeps moving. Nice defenses there by Desperately. Niinimaa takes a shot right to the bread basket. Niinimaa misses with a straight right. A decent looking cross lands there for Niinimaa. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Desperately has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Niinimaa finds it's way round the side to connect with Desperately's head.
Desperately is rocked! Desperately looks up at the clock. Bad move! Niinimaa lands a right hand from hell, dropping Desperately. Niinimaa pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eero Niinimaa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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