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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heikki Vennamo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gordon Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vennamo comes to the cage accompanied by Bacchuksen tiellä. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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240 lbs
16 - 16 - 0 |
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190 cm
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220 lbs
13 - 15 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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
16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heikki Vennamo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Gordon Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vennamo misses with an uppercut.
Vennamo misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Freeman misses.
Vennamo works Freeman's body with a nice hook.
Vennamo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vennamo tries to bum rush Freeman with a series of wild strikes but Freeman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vennamo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Freeman counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Heikki Vennamo has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vennamo misses with a double jab
and Freeman counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vennamo just misses with a punch to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vennamo.
Vennamo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vennamo scores with a jab.
Vennamo works Freeman's body with a nice hook.
Vennamo lands a head shot.
Vennamo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Freeman.
Vennamo slips a straight right by Freeman.
Freeman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vennamo on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vennamo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vennamo scores with the left hand. Freeman knows he should have avoided that one.
Vennamo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Vennamo throws a series of punches but Freeman moves out of range.
Freeman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
No joy there for Vennamo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Vennamo.
Freeman throws a hook but Vennamo avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vennamo lands a jab to Freeman's midsection.
Vennamo throws a series of punches but Freeman moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Vennamo misses the target.
Vennamo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Vennamo misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Vennamo scores with a four punch combination!
Freeman throws a shot to the body.
Vennamo throws a nice looking combination but Freeman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freeman misses with a combination
and Vennamo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vennamo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freeman misses with a body shot.
Vennamo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Freeman counters with a left to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vennamo looks to land a combination. Freeman sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
No joy there for Vennamo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vennamo throws a right and a left that Freeman avoids nicely.
Freeman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heikki Vennamo 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.
Freeman slips a jab and a cross from Vennamo.
Vennamo throws a body punch but Freeman moves out of range.
Vennamo connects with a crisp jab.
A punch combination from Vennamo misses.
Vennamo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vennamo jabs Freeman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vennamo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Freeman walks into a stiff left hand from Vennamo.
Vennamo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Freeman circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Vennamo misses.
Freeman takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vennamo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Freeman can do to turn this around?
Freeman moves away from the strike by Vennamo.
Freeman sizes up Vennamo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A punch lands to the side of Freeman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vennamo misses with a body shot.
Vennamo lands a two punch combo.
Vennamo misses with a wild combination.
Vennamo misses with a wild combination.
Heikki Vennamo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Freeman misses with a looping left.
Vennamo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freeman moves away.
Vennamo misses with the combination.
Vennamo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vennamo throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Vennamo.
Freeman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vennamo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Vennamo lands with a shot to the body.
A combination from Freeman does no damage.
Vennamo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Freeman lands a jab.
Freeman dodges the punch combination from Vennamo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vennamo misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Vennamo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vennamo misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vennamo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vennamo misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heikki Vennamo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Heikki Vennamo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Vennamo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Vennamo is looking to wear down Freeman with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Vennamo stuns Freeman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vennamo misses with a double jab.
Freeman throws a nice looking combination but Vennamo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vennamo misses the body punch
and Vennamo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vennamo lands a right hook to the body.
Vennamo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vennamo misses with a double jab
and Freeman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vennamo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Freeman circles away quickly and effectively.
Vennamo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A punch lands to the side of Freeman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vennamo lands with a nice combination. Freeman backs away looking to recover.
Freeman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vennamo.
Heikki Vennamo is winning the standup battle so far.
Vennamo misses with a lunging right hand
and Freeman counters with a nice uppercut.
Freeman throws a combination that misses
and Vennamo counters with a nice body shot.
Heikki Vennamo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vennamo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Freeman.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch lands to the side of Freeman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vennamo misses with a wild combination.
Vennamo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Freeman manages to avoid it.
Vennamo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Heikki Vennamo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Freeman lands with an uppercut that bounces Vennamo off the cage and back into range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vennamo scores with a one two! Freeman had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Vennamo. Those never looked like landing.
Freeman tries to bum rush Vennamo with a series of wild strikes but Vennamo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Freeman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Vennamo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Freeman thinking.
Vennamo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freeman moves away.
Freeman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Vennamo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vennamo lands with an uppercut that bounces Freeman off the cage and back into range.
Freeman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vennamo throws a combination. Freeman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Vennamo lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Freeman misses with a double jab.
Gordon Freeman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vennamo throws a one two combo.
Freeman takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vennamo lands a nice hook to Freeman's body. Freeman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A swing and a miss from Freeman.
Freeman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heikki Vennamo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vennamo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heikki Vennamo!
Heikki Vennamo bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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