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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike The Shark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taisto Rahapussi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Shark comes to the cage accompanied by Still. The crowd seem to be enjoying Rahapussi's choice of entrance music: Caged in A Rage . Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Taisto Rahapussi enters the cage!
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike The Shark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taisto Rahapussi!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rahapussi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The Shark goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A lazy body kick from The Shark
and Rahapussi counters with an outside leg kick.
The Shark looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rahapussi is fending him off so far but The Shark persists. Nope, Rahapussi circles away and we're back to standing.
The Shark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rahapussi moves away.
Rahapussi scores with a leg kick.
The Shark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rahapussi lands a lovely overhand right.
Rahapussi lands with a right hand.
Rahapussi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The Shark on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Shark shoots and misses
and Rahapussi counters with a leg kick.
The Shark looks to land a combination but Rahapussi avoids it well.
Rahapussi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The Shark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rahapussi.
The Shark looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The Shark misses with an uppercut.
Rahapussi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Shark. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Shark comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rahapussi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rahapussi scores with a three punch combo!
An inside leg kick lands from Rahapussi.
The Shark throws out a loose jab but Rahapussi uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Shark throws a head kick that misses
and Rahapussi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rahapussi tries to score with a low kick but The Shark moves his leg out of the way.
Rahapussi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from The Shark.
Rahapussi throws a low kick but The Shark avoids it.
The Shark lands with a thumping leg kick.
The Shark fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Shark displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rahapussi throws out the jab.
The Shark feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Rahapussi blocks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Shark throws a lazy head kick
and The Shark takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
The Shark shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rahapussi but Rahapussi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike The Shark. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Shark pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rahapussi feints a counter leg kick.
The Shark fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rahapussi.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Rahapussi! The Shark is out on his feet! Rahapussi rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - The Shark is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! The Shark is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taisto Rahapussi!
A very excited looking Taisto Rahapussi 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.
In defeat, Mike The Shark stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'll be back!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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