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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Olonga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pyry Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkele has chosen Perkele as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 cm
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213 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm
33
218 lbs
32 - 17 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henry Olonga! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
32 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Pyry Perkele! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! An inside leg kick from Perkele misses. Perkele lands a body shot.
Perkele looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Perkele moves out of range as Olonga strikes. Olonga definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Olonga uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Perkele. Olonga thows a left - swing and a miss! Perkele on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Perkele wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Olonga connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Olonga lands a nice hook to Perkele's body. Perkele takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Olonga scores with a jab to the body. Perkele takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Olonga misses with a hook. Perkele ducked under it nicely. Perkele tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Olonga is able to avoid easily. Olonga scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Perkele chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Olonga can pounce on him.
Perkele takes one to the side of the head.
Perkele takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Perkele misses the shot to the body. Pyry Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Olonga scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Olonga throws out a loose jab but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it. Olonga lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Perkele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Olonga.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Olonga takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Perkele throws an off balance right hand
and Olonga counters with a stiff right hand. Perkele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Olonga.
Perkele takes one to the side of the head.
Perkele is rocked! We've been informed that Perkele has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Perkele throws a hook but Olonga blocks it. Perkele is still on wobbly legs! Can Olonga finish him? Olonga is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Perkele flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Perkele is out cold! Olonga holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Henry Olonga!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
72% |
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