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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommi Hartola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommi Hartola has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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192 cm
37
215 lbs
42 - 19 - 1 |
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185 cm
27
205 lbs
9 - 3 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
42 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Hartola! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Shane Walker! The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A looping hook to the body misses from Walker. Hartola does a little dance to reset his feet. Hartola avoids the head kick by Walker.
Hartola swats away the attempt to clinch by Walker. Walker throws a head kick that misses. Walker checks a low kick from Hartola. Walker throws a leg kick and Hartola counters with a nice kick to the body. Walker clobbers Hartola with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Walker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hartola. Walker misses with a low kick as Hartola jumps back. Hartola takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Walker connects with an inside leg kick. A head kick by Walker misses and Hartola counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Walker thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hartola stuns Walker with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Hartola misses with a body kick. Walker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Walker wants to land a leg kick but Hartola is out of range. Hartola tries to land a front kick but Walker steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Decent striking displayed by Hartola there. Hartola scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Walker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Walker blocks a leg kick. Walker takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
It looks like Shane Walker has been cut. We've been informed that Walker has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. This has been an exciting period of action! Walker misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Walker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hartola. Hartola buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Walker is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Hartola just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Walker has gone limp and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tommi Hartola! Tommi Hartola really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that CEC Nutrition Q160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
47% |
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