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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matti Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artyom Sokolov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matti Tolonen had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Artyom Sokolov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Matti Tolonen's chin.
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225 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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193 cm
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222 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matti Tolonen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Artyom Sokolov!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sokolov lands a slapping body shot.
Sokolov swats away the attempt to clinch by Tolonen.
Sokolov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sokolov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sokolov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Matti Tolonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolonen just misses with a punch to the body.
Sokolov let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jab by Sokolov.
Sokolov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tolonen.
Some wild striking there from Sokolov.
Tolonen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sokolov throws a punch but it's blocked by Tolonen.
Sokolov working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Sokolov fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sokolov throws a punch but it's blocked by Tolonen.
Sokolov throws a punch but it's blocked by Tolonen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Sokolov throws a punch but it's blocked by Tolonen.
Tolonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sokolov blocks a body shot from Tolonen.
Sokolov has a couple of punches blocked by Tolonen.
Sokolov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tolonen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
It looks like Artyom Sokolov has been cut.
Tolonen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sokolov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sokolov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short body shot lands from Sokolov as the two fighters clinch.
A shot in the inside from Tolonen.
Sokolov content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tolonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tolonen prevents a body shot from Sokolov.
Tolonen working aggressively here.
Tolonen blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen lands a nice uppercut.
Tolonen misses with some punches.
Tolonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tolonen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sokolov backwards.
Sokolov misses with the head strike.
Sokolov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tolonen blocking some punches.
Tolonen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Sokolov.
Tolonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Sokolov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tolonen is struggling to control the position.
Sokolov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tolonen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tolonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sokolov misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Sokolov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen working aggressively here.
Sokolov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tolonen backwards.
Sokolov effectively controlling the action here.
Tolonen cracks Sokolov with a nice body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tolonen can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Tolonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tolonen misses with some punches.
Sokolov throws a head punch that misses.
Sokolov misses with a punch on the inside.
Sokolov misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sokolov.
Sokolov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tolonen misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sokolov.
Tolonen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sokolov can't find room to land a body shot as Tolonen controls the action.
A short right from Sokolov on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sokolov - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sokolov tries a body shot but Tolonen blocks it.
Sokolov is trying to stall.
A short right from Sokolov on the inside.
Sokolov swings wildly with an uppercut but Tolonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sokolov misses with the head strike.
Tolonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tolonen tries to throw a body punch but Sokolov avoids it by throwing Tolonen back against the cage.
Sokolov looking to stall.
Sokolov working aggressively here.
Tolonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Artyom Sokolov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Artyom Sokolov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tolonen misses with a right hand
and Sokolov counters with a nice uppercut.
Sokolov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tolonen moves away.
Sokolov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sokolov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sokolov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sokolov misses with a straight left.
Sokolov slips a jab from Tolonen.
Tolonen missing with a left hand there. Sokolov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sokolov looks to land a right hand but Tolonen moved out of range.
Sokolov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tolonen lands a right hook to the body.
Tolonen blocks a leg kick.
Sokolov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sokolov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tolonen's hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sokolov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tolonen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sokolov misses the shot to the body.
Sokolov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tolonen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sokolov is rocked!
Tolonen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sokolov at a distance.
Sokolov is still on wobbly legs! Can Tolonen finish him?
A looping hook to the body misses from Tolonen. Sokolov does a little dance to reset his feet.
A cross from Tolonen lands.
Sokolov thumps Tolonen with a low kick.
Sokolov just misses with a punch to the body.
Tolonen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tolonen pounces like a tiger and cracks Sokolov with a vicious hook! Sokolov is down but not out! Tolonen follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Matti Tolonen!
Matti Tolonen retains his light heavyweight title!
Matti Tolonen took some time post fight to say the following; 'I had better pills this morning! '.
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