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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Onanias Runkman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Runkman is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Anderson Silva DANCING Justin Bieber SONG. Onanias Runkman acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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195 cm
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210 lbs
17 - 11 - 0 |
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188 cm
34
217 lbs
21 - 19 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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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 light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ben Barnes! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
21 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Onanias Runkman! The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Runkman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Runkman misses with a body shot.
Barnes tried to counter with a leg kick but Runkman avoided it. Barnes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Runkman throws a nice looking combination but Barnes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Runkman scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Barnes is not content to let Runkman control the position. You can see the frustration on Barnes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Runkman lands a few punches from side control. Barnes is not content to let Runkman control the position. Barnes tries to buck Runkman off but Runkman is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round. You can see the frustration on Barnes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Runkman moves into full mount! Barnes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Runkman looking to finish with strikes here!
Barnes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. BOOM! Runkman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Runkman with a couple of short strikes. Runkman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Runkman throws some wild stikes that Barnes manages to avoid easily.
Runkman with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Barnes is squirming around, avoiding Runkman's attempts to control the action. Runkman landing shots from mount. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Runkman lands a big shot to the head and Barnes winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Onanias Runkman! During a confident post fight interview, Onanias Runkman thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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