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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Urho Takila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andri Gunawan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takila comes to the cage accompanied by Kirkkokuoro - Jeesus tulee. Andri Gunawan has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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181 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Urho Takila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andri Gunawan!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takila moves into range and clinches up with Gunawan.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Takila just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gunawan's brow.
Takila escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good work by Takila as he checks the leg kick.
Takila looks to land a left hand but Gunawan moved out of range nicely.
Takila takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Takila fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gunawan, pushing him back against the cage.
Gunawan managing to block the knees to the body from Takila.
A nice right hand lands inside from Takila.
Takila tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gunawan avoids it.
Gunawan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Takila.
Takila digs a right hand underneath Gunawan's ribcage. Gunawan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Takila effectively controlling the action here.
Gunawan throws a head punch that misses.
Takila lands a body shot.
Gunawan has Takila pressed against the cage, preventing Takila from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Takila lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gunawan blocks a body shot from Takila.
Gunawan working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunawan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takila on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Takila lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gunawan backwards.
Takila throws a head punch that misses.
Gunawan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gunawan takes a shot to the head.
Gunawan prevents a body shot from Takila.
Gunawan blocks an elbow strike from Takila.
Takila softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Takila blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gunawan blocks a body shot from Takila.
Gunawan swings wildly with an uppercut but Takila uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takila scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Takila lands a left hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Gunawan.
Gunawan avoiding damage as Takila throws knees to the body.
Takila dodges an elbow strike from Gunawan.
Takila tries to throw a body punch but Gunawan avoids it by throwing Takila back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takila digs a right hand into Gunawan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gunawan's gas tank.
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!
Takila pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gunawan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takila was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunawan.
It looked like Takila was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Takila rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gunawan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Takila closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Takila definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gunawan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Takila throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Takila misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Takila.
Takila lands with a short shot to the head.
Gunawan misses with the head strike.
A bit of stalling here from Takila.
Takila's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Takila lands with a nice body punch.
Gunawan slips under a jab from Takila.
Takila thumps Gunawan with a low kick.
Takila scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunawan walks into a left hand.
Gunawan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gunawan connects with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Gunawan misses its intended target.
Takila keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Takila pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gunawan jabs at Takila's body.
Good work by Takila as he checks the leg kick.
Takila throws a hook but Gunawan blocks it.
Gunawan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gunawan slips a straight right by Takila.
Takila is looking to clinch but Gunawan is avoiding it.
Takila takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Takila is looking to land body kicks.
Gunawan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gunawan moves out of range as Takila strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunawan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Takila gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right handed body shot lands from Takila.
Takila digs a right hand into Gunawan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gunawan's gas tank.
Takila is pushing Gunawan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Takila misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takila tries to throw a body punch but Gunawan avoids it by throwing Takila back against the cage.
Takila missing with knees to the body.
Takila throws a punch but it's blocked by Gunawan.
Takila has Gunawan pressed against the cage.
Takila throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Takila.
A head punch on the inside from Gunawan fails to land.
Takila blocks a body shot from Gunawan.
A head punch on the inside from Gunawan fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Urho Takila dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Takila takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Takila gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Takila throws a body punch but Gunawan moves out of range.
Takila drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Takila has closed the distance and engaged Gunawan in a clinch.
Takila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takila throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gunawan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Takila.
Takila tries to land knees in the clinch but Gunawan avoids the damage to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Takila.
Takila breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Takila looks to land a left hand but Gunawan moved out of range nicely.
Gunawan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takila needs to keep his hands up - Gunawan had a free shot at his head there.
Gunawan misses with an uppercut. Takila saw that one coming.
Takila is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Gunawan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Takilas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Gunawan finds it's target.
Andri Gunawan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gunawan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takila throws a body kick that misses.
Takila misses with a hook. Gunawan ducked under it nicely.
Takila fails to land with a series of punches.
Takila jabs Gunawan right on the nose. Gunawan blinks but takes it well.
Gunawan lands a jab to the head.
Takila moves away from the strike by Gunawan.
Gunawan misses with a kick to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Takila on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gunawan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Takila throws out a loose jab but Gunawan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunawan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Takila!
Gunawan throws a one two combo.
Gunawan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takila misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takila on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gunawan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takila.
Gunawan checks the leg kick.
A jab from Gunawan does it's job there.
Takila ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Takila takes a jab right on the kisser.
Takila fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gunawan throws the kick towards the body but Takila avoids it.
Gunawan misses with a two punch combination.
Takila scores with a kick to the midsection.
Takila throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gunawan misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gunawan catches Takila with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Takila.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunawan 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.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Takila.
Takila throws a hook but Gunawan avoids it easily.
Gunawan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gunawan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Takila throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gunawan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sloppy strikes from Takila. Those never looked like landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gunawan! But no joy.
Takila throws the left hand but Gunawan avoids the punch easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Takila.
Gunawan connects with a single shot there.
Gunawan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Takila misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Takila misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gunawan.
Despite the aggression on Gunawan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Takila throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Takila ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gunawan moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takila tried to score with a low kick but Gunawan checks it.
Gunawan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takila pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Gunawan as he connects with a hook.
Jab by Gunawan.
Takila feints and then cracks Gunawan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gunawan down.
Gunawan scores with a jab.
Takila rushes Gunawan and presses him up against the cage.
Gunawan tries to work over Takila's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunawan lands a nice shot to the body.
Gunawan misses with a body punch.
Gunawan dodges an elbow strike from Takila.
Takila looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Takila breaks from the clinch.
Gunawan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Takila is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gunawan can do to turn this around?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunawan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Takila on the side of the head.
Takila misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Andri Gunawan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Takila forces Gunawan back against the cage and clinches.
Takila misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gunawan.
Gunawan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Takila is defending well for now.
Takila throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gunawan blocks it with crossed arms.
Gunawan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Urho Takila has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Takila breaks from the clinch.
Gunawan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takila moves away.
A jab from Takila misses.
Takila cracks Gunawan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Takila looks to land a body kick but Gunawan moved away.
Takila throws a sloppy head kick and Gunawan moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Gunawan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunawan looks for the body kick but Takila saw that one coming.
Nice cross by Gunawan.
The fighters circling - Takila throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Takila will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Gunawan as he connects with a hook.
Gunawan throws a big shot that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Takila lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gunawan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gunawan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nice cross by Gunawan.
A jab lands there for Gunawan.
Takila throws out a loose jab but Gunawan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takila steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gunawan.
Gunawan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gunawan sizes up Takila with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Takila. Gunawan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gunawan throws a big shot that misses.
Gunawan cracks Takila with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gunawan gets tackled into the cage by Takila. Takila maintains the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takila lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Takila.
Takila can't break the clinch.
Gunawan lands a left hand.
Takila lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gunawan tries to work over Takila's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunawan keeps control of Takila as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Takila tries to land a knee to the head but Gunawan blocks with his arms.
A short right from Gunawan on the inside.
Takila breaks the clinch.
Gunawan sizes up Takila with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Decent striking displayed by Gunawan there.
Takila is rocked!
BOOM! Gunawan lands a beautiful left hook that drops Takila. Takila tries to recover but Gunawan is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Takila lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andri Gunawan!
During a confident post fight interview, Andri Gunawan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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