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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaako Merit�hti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaako Merit�hti has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Calvin Johnson's chin.
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217 lbs
29 - 23 - 0 |
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185 cm
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220 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
29 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Calvin Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaako Merit�hti!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Merit�hti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Merit�hti.
Johnson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Merit�hti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Merit�hti has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Merit�hti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jaako Merit�hti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Merit�hti fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Merit�hti has taken the fight into the clinch.
Merit�hti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Merit�hti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Merit�hti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Merit�hti blocks an uppercut.
Merit�hti struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Merit�hti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
It looks like Calvin Johnson has been cut.
A short left from Johnson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Merit�hti tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Merit�hti back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Merit�hti.
Merit�hti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Merit�hti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Merit�hti misses with a punch on the inside.
Merit�hti throws a head punch that misses.
Merit�hti throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson tries a body shot but Merit�hti blocks it.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Merit�hti.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merit�hti tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Merit�hti back against the cage.
Merit�hti lands a left hand.
Merit�hti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Merit�hti lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson pushes Merit�hti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Merit�hti.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Merit�hti lands with a right to the head.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Merit�hti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Merit�hti.
Good body shot from Merit�hti.
Merit�hti can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Merit�hti misses with the head strike.
Merit�hti throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Merit�hti on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Merit�hti.
Merit�hti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Merit�hti lands with a short shot to the head.
Johnson is rocked!
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Merit�hti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Merit�hti cracks Johnson with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Merit�hti misses with a punch on the inside.
Merit�hti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Merit�hti working aggressively here.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Merit�hti fails to land.
Merit�hti swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Merit�hti.
Merit�hti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Merit�hti.
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!
Merit�hti tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Merit�hti back against the cage.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Merit�hti works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Merit�hti pushes Johnson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Merit�hti blocking some punches.
Merit�hti prevents a body shot from Johnson.
A short right from Johnson.
Merit�hti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Merit�hti works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Merit�hti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Merit�hti pushes Johnson against the cage. Merit�hti is working some dirty boxing. Merit�hti pushes off with a quick right hook! Johnson goes down! Johnson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Merit�hti moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaako Merit�hti!
A very excited looking Jaako Merit�hti made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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