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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Hanttonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams has chosen Hail To The King as his entrance music. Marko Hanttonen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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240 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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203 cm
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225 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Hanttonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ash Williams!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like Marko Hanttonen has been cut.
Hanttonen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hanttonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
Williams manages to break the clinch.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams gets tackled into the cage by Hanttonen. Hanttonen maintains the clinch.
A short right from Hanttonen on the inside.
Williams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanttonen lands a shoulder strike.
Hanttonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Williams lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Hanttonen has him pressed against the cage.
Hanttonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Williams goes for a takedown attempt but Hanttonen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hanttonen misses with a wild body shot.
Williams looks to land a combination but Hanttonen avoids it well.
Hanttonen half committed to a counter leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams slips under a jab.
Williams fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hanttonen stuffs the takedown.
Marko Hanttonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ash Williams.
Hanttonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hanttonen manages to avoid it.
Hanttonen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hanttonen closes the distance and pushes Williams back into the cage.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hanttonen backwards.
Williams lands a nice uppercut.
Knees to the body from Hanttonen.
Hanttonen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hanttonen blocking some punches.
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams takes a knee to the side of the body.
Williams looks winded!
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Hanttonen.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Hanttonen.
Still in the clinch, Hanttonen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hanttonen connects with a knee to the head.
Hanttonen taking a breather.
Hanttonen is looking to control Williams's arms but Williams gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hanttonen has his back to the cage.
Hanttonen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hanttonen misses with the head strike.
Williams drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hanttonen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Williams fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hanttonen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Williams misses
and Hanttonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hanttonen looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
Williams throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hanttonen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Williams thows a leg kick but Hanttonen checks it
and Hanttonen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hanttonen.
A nice right hand lands inside from Williams.
Hanttonen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanttonen looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right from Hanttonen.
Hanttonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hanttonen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Hanttonen.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Hanttonen digs a right hand underneath Williams's ribcage. Williams let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hanttonen lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanttonen with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ash Williams has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanttonen lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
Hanttonen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hanttonen scores a nice knee to the body.
Hanttonen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Hanttonen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Williams prevents a body shot from Hanttonen.
Hanttonen blocks a body shot from Williams.
Williams blocks a body shot from Hanttonen.
Williams is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hanttonen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hanttonen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hanttonen looking to stall.
Williams wants to break free but Hanttonen has control.
Williams lands a hook that snaps the head of Hanttonen backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanttonen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hanttonen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Hanttonen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
Williams connects with a single shot there.
Williams misses with the combination.
Hanttonen throws a body shot but no joy.
Williams scores with a sloppy right hand. Hanttonen should have avoided that one.
Williams with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good leg kick by Hanttonen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Hanttonen off balance momentarily.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Hanttonen moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Hanttonen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ash Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams closes the distance but Hanttonen moves to the side
and Hanttonen counters with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Hanttonen.
Hanttonen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Williams has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A head kick misses from Hanttonen.
Williams is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Williams misses with a kick to the body.
Hanttonen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Williams just manages to avoid it.
We've been told by Hanttonen's head coaches at KO Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Williams has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Williams misses with a double jab
and Hanttonen counters with a nice uppercut.
Williams lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt
and Hanttonen counters with a crisp right hand that drops Williams! Hanttonen lets Williams back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Williams is rocked!
Williams is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Williams limp body while Hanttonen jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marko Hanttonen!
Marko Hanttonen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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