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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ahti Kaleva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaleva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jääkärimarssi. Velasquez has chosen Dont Thread On Me-Metallica as his entrance music. Mike Velasquez will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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255 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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196 cm
25
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ahti Kaleva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Velasquez!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaleva gets tackled into the cage by Velasquez. Velasquez maintains the clinch.
Kaleva is looking for a takedown.
Velasquez scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ahti Kaleva has been cut.
Velasquez missing with knees to the body.
Velasquez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kaleva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Velasquez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kaleva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kaleva is breathing heavily.
Velasquez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kaleva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Velasquez prevents it.
Velasquez missing with knees to the body.
Kaleva avoiding damage as Velasquez throws knees to the body.
Velasquez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Velasquez working Kaleva over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Velasquez.
Velasquez told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Velasquez lands a good knee to the midsection. Kaleva won't want to take too many of those.
Velasquez crunches a lovely knee into Kaleva's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Velasquez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Velasquez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kaleva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kaleva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kaleva managing to block the knees to the body from Velasquez.
Velasquez tries to land a knee to the head but Kaleva blocks with his arms.
Velasquez crunches a lovely knee into Kaleva's ribcage.
Kaleva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Velasquez lands a nice knee to the body.
Velasquez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kaleva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Velasquez lands a damaging elbow.
Velasquez scores a nice knee to the body.
Velasquez scores a nice knee to the body.
Velasquez throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Velasquez trying to land knees to the body.
Velasquez lands an elbow that stopped Kaleva in his tracks for a moment.
Velasquez lands an elbow just above Kaleva 's eye.
Ahti Kaleva's cut is getting worse.
Velasquez lands a good knee to the midsection. Kaleva won't want to take too many of those.
Velasquez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Velasquez crunches a lovely knee into Kaleva's ribcage.
Kaleva avoids the elbow strike from Velasquez, against the cage.
Velasquez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Velasquez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Velasquez with a knee to the head.
Velasquez lands a nice elbow.
Velasquez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kaleva is defending well for now.
Velasquez throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Velasquez.
Kaleva blocks an elbow strike.
Velasquez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Velasquez scores a nice knee to the body.
Velasquez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Velasquez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Velasquez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kaleva avoids it.
Velasquez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Velasquez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Velasquez crunches a lovely knee into Kaleva's ribcage.
Kaleva managing to block the knees to the body from Velasquez.
Velasquez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez lands an elbow just above Kaleva 's eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Velasquez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Velasquez trying to land knees to the body.
Velasquez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kaleva avoids it.
Velasquez misses with a knee to the head.
Velasquez scores a nice knee to the body.
Velasquez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Velasquez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kaleva.
Kaleva misses with the head strike.
Kaleva has Velasquez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Velasquez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ahti Kaleva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kaleva is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Velasquez to keep the fight standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Velasquez working Kaleva over with knees to the body.
Velasquez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kaleva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Velasquez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ahti Kaleva'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.
Velasquez closes the distance and pushes Kaleva back into the cage.
Kaleva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Velasquez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Velasquez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Velasquez trying to land knees to the body.
Velasquez lands a damaging elbow.
Velasquez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kaleva blocks it with crossed arms.
Kaleva wants a takedown but no success here.
Velasquez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Velasquez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ahti Kaleva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Velasquez scores with a knee to the head.
Jeez, Ahti Kaleva's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Velasquez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kaleva's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Velasquez.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ahti Kaleva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mike Velasquez!
A determined Mike Velasquez didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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