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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roope Latvala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Te Huna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Latvala comes to the cage accompanied by Children of Bodom - Tie my rope. Te Huna has chosen Chevelle-Jars as his entrance music. James Te Huna told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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212 lbs
17 - 9 - 0 |
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188 cm
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219 lbs
15 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent 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
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roope Latvala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Te Huna!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Latvala.
Te Huna is looking for the big counter here.
Latvala works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Latvala throws a hook but Te Huna blocks it.
Latvala takes a swing at Te Huna's ribcage but misses.
Te Huna moves forwards but Latvala connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Latvala lands with a thumping leg kick.
Latvala tests Te Huna's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Te Huna fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Latvala scoring well with a low kick there.
Roope Latvala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Latvala throws the left hand but Te Huna avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Latvala throws a series of punches but Te Huna avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Latvala does it's job there.
Latvala lands a slapping body shot.
Te Huna throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Te Huna slips under a jab from Latvala.
Latvala misses with a looping left.
Latvala misses the jab.
Te Huna avoids the body shot from Latvala.
Te Huna looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Latvala misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Te Huna on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latvala throws a series of punches but Te Huna avoids them all with ease.
Latvala misses with an uppercut
and Te Huna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Te Huna slips under a jab from Latvala.
Good standup being displayed there by Latvala as he connects with a hook.
It looks like James Te Huna has been cut.
Latvala connects with a jab.
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!
A nice inside leg kick there by Latvala. That's going to slow Te Huna down.
Latvala rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Te Huna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Latvala walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
James Te Huna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Latvala scores with a decent looking hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Te Huna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Latvala.
Latvala misses with a straight right.
Te Huna takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Latvala throws a right and a left that Te Huna avoids nicely.
Latvala throws a looping overhand right but Te Huna ducks down to avoid it.
Latvala misses with an uppercut.
Latvala swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Latvala swings widly with a right hand
and Te Huna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big right from Latvala misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Latvala slips a jab and a cross from Te Huna.
Latvala swings widly with a right hand
and Te Huna counters with a nice uppercut.
Te Huna tries to bum rush Latvala with a series of wild strikes but Latvala uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Te Huna defending well as Latvala loads up on a big left hand.
Latvala misses with a low kick.
Te Huna throws a counter combo.
Latvala connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Te Huna lands with an uppercut that bounces Latvala off the cage and back into range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Latvala throws an off balance right hand
and Te Huna counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roope Latvala dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Te Huna'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.
Latvala lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A big right from Latvala misses.
Te Huna unleashes a big counter combination but Latvala bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A combination from Te Huna does no damage.
Latvala is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Te Huna can do to turn this around?
Latvala with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Latvala throws a lazy uppercut
letting Te Huna counter with a right hand.
Te Huna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Latvala closes this distance looking for a takedown but Te Huna circles away.
It seemed like Te Huna was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Latvala swings for the body but Te Huna moves out of range.
Te Huna looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Latvala waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Te Huna.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Latvala scoring well with a low kick there.
Roope Latvala is winning the standup battle so far.
Latvala fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
James Te Huna is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - Te Huna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Te Huna catches Latvala with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Latvala just misses with a punch to the body.
Latvala slips a jab from Te Huna.
Latvala drops down looking for a counter takedown but Te Huna sprawls and moves away.
Latvala looks to land a left hand but Te Huna moved out of range nicely.
A good leg kick by Latvala.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Te Huna might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Latvala has got the better of the exchanges.
Latvala connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latvala throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Latvala throws a low kick but it's checked well by Te Huna.
Latvala misses with a left hand
and Te Huna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Latvala slips a straight right by Te Huna.
A slow jab from Latvala misses its intended target.
Latvala throws an off balance right hand
and Te Huna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Latvala tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Te Huna was well out of range. Poor timing from Latvala.
Latvala throws a leg kick but Te Huna sees it coming and moves out of range.
Te Huna is looking for the big counter here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Latvala!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Latvala just misses with a punch to the body.
Latvala throws a left and a right that both miss
and Te Huna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Latvala misses with a body shot.
Latvala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Te Huna.
Te Huna connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Latvala throws a lazy right hand but Te Huna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Te Huna was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice uppercut lands for Te Huna. That snapped Latvala's head back.
Latvala throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Te Huna counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Latvala throws a leg kick
and Te Huna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Te Huna looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Te Huna gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Latvala to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Latvala is looking to advance position but Te Huna has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Te Huna wants to control the pace but Latvala is squirming around nicely.
Te Huna is standing up, even though he is in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Roope Latvala will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Te Huna's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Te Huna staying out of range there.
Latvala misses with a shot to the body
and Te Huna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Te Huna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Latvala.
Despite the aggression on Te Huna's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A decent looking cross lands there for Latvala.
Latvala misses with a shot to the body
and Te Huna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Te Huna misses with a jab, cross combination.
Latvala appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Latvala throws a lazy uppercut
and Te Huna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Latvala throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Te Huna to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Latvala misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Te Huna avoids the body shot from Latvala.
Latvala rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Te Huna counters with a straight right hand.
Te Huna slips under a jab.
Te Huna swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Latvala throws a leg kick but Te Huna sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Latvala throws a big shot that misses.
A shot to the liver by Te Huna. Beautiful body shot.
Latvala throws a leg kick
and Te Huna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Latvala lands a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latvala looks to score with a jab to the body but Te Huna is just out of range.
Te Huna swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Latvala lands an overhand right.
Latvala takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Latvala slips a jab and a cross from Te Huna.
Latvala lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Te Huna throws a hook to the side of Latvala's head but Latvala sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Te Huna lands an overhand right.
Latvala tries to work over Te Huna's front leg with a kick but Te Huna checks it.
It seemed like Te Huna was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Latvala misses with a body shot.
Te Huna is looking for the big counter here.
Te Huna displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Latvala throws out the jab.
Despite the aggression on Te Huna's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Te Huna blocks a jab.
Te Huna scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Latvala jabs at Te Huna's body.
Latvala throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Te Huna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Latvala throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Latvala misses with a looping right.
Despite the aggression on Te Huna's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
James Te Huna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roope Latvala is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Latvala misses with a leg kick
and Te Huna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Latvala with a jab.
A good leg kick by Latvala.
Good shot there by Latvala.
Latvala fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Te Huna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Latvala.
Latvala half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Te Huna staying out of range there.
Latvala misses the shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Te Huna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Latvala.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Te Huna.
Well Latvala 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Roope Latvala!
A victorious Roope Latvala thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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