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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matti Laukanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laukanen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Side Of A Bullet by Nickelback kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Aaron Hernandez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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220 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matti Laukanen!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laukanen ducks under a wild hook from Hernandez.
Laukanen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Laukanen closes the distance and clinches.
Hernandez is looking to break free of the clinch but Laukanen has double underhooks.
Hernandez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laukanen takes a shot to the head.
Hernandez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Laukanen on the inside.
Laukanen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hernandez's efforts to push away.
Hernandez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Laukanen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Laukanen has a couple of punches blocked by Hernandez.
A nice left hand lands by Laukanen.
A frustrated look appears on Hernandez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hernandez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hernandez.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Laukanen is controlling him.
Hernandez gets through Laukanen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Laukanen lands a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Laukanen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laukanen throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Laukanen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laukanen.
Laukanen has Hernandez pressed against the cage, preventing Hernandez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hernandez lands with a short shot to the head.
Laukanen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laukanen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hernandez wants to break free but Laukanen has control.
Hernandez working aggressively here.
Laukanen misses with some punches.
Laukanen tries a body shot but Hernandez blocks it.
Laukanen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hernandez is trying to push Laukanen away but Laukanen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hernandez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hernandez tries to break free but Laukanen pushes him back against the cage.
Laukanen misses with a body punch.
Hernandez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hernandez is trying to push Laukanen away but Laukanen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch on the inside from Laukanen fails to land.
Laukanen tries a body shot but Hernandez blocks it.
Hernandez is trying to break free.
Laukanen told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laukanen stalling against the cage.
Laukanen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hernandez's efforts to push away.
Hernandez effectively controlling the action here.
Hernandez is trying to push Laukanen away but Laukanen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Laukanen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hernandez backwards.
Laukanen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hernandez or not.
A body shot lands from Laukanen.
Laukanen misses with the head strike.
Hernandez throws a punch but it's blocked by Laukanen.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Laukanen has him pressed against the cage.
Laukanen lands with a light punch inside.
Laukanen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laukanen digs a right hand into Hernandez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hernandez's gas tank.
Laukanen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hernandez's efforts to push away.
Hernandez is trying to force a seperation but Laukanen has the dominant position.
Hernandez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice cross by Hernandez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laukanen moves into the clinch.
Hernandez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Laukanen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hernandez backwards.
It looks like Aaron Hernandez has been cut.
Hernandez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hernandez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hernandez has had enough of the clinch but Laukanen keeps him there for the moment.
Laukanen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laukanen lands with a short shot to the head.
Laukanen blocks an uppercut.
Laukanen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hernandez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laukanen moves out of range of the strikes.
Hernandez throws a hook but Laukanen avoids it easily.
Hernandez gets tackled into the cage by Laukanen. Laukanen maintains the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Laukanen.
Hernandez is breathing heavily.
Laukanen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hernandez.
Laukanen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Laukanen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laukanen lands a body punch.
Laukanen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Laukanen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laukanen lands a body punch.
Laukanen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A right handed body shot lands from Laukanen.
Laukanen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hernandez.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Laukanen is controlling him.
Laukanen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laukanen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Laukanen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Laukanen.
A short uppercut from Laukanen.
Laukanen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hernandez's efforts to push away.
Laukanen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hernandez takes a shot to the head.
Laukanen lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matti Laukanen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Hernandez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Laukanen gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Laukanen fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Hernandez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Laukanen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Laukanen.
Hernandez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laukanen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Laukanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hernandez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Laukanen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Laukanen.
Laukanen struggles to land a body shot inside as Hernandez controls his hands.
Hernandez prevents a body shot from Laukanen.
Laukanen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hernandezs head.
Hernandez is trying to force a seperation but Laukanen has the dominant position.
Hernandez is trying to break free.
Laukanen tries to throw a body punch but Hernandez avoids it by throwing Laukanen back against the cage.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
Hernandez is trying to push Laukanen away but Laukanen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Laukanen struggles to land a body shot inside as Hernandez controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laukanen.
Laukanen is leaning against Hernandez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laukanen stalling the fight.
Hernandez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot by Hernandez.
Laukanen moves into the clinch.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Laukanen has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laukanen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Laukanen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hernandez or not.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
Hernandez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Laukanen has Hernandez pressed against the cage, preventing Hernandez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Laukanen pushes Hernandez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hernandez has had enough of the clinch but Laukanen keeps him there for the moment.
Good body shot from Laukanen.
The referee calls for Laukanen to work.
Matti Laukanen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Laukanen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Laukanen digs a right hand into Hernandez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hernandez's gas tank.
Laukanen lands a hook that snaps the head of Hernandez backwards.
Hernandez is rocked!
Laukanen dips a shoulder and cracks Hernandez with a mighty uppercut! Hernandez falls back against the cage and Laukanen unloads with a barrage of strikes! Hernandez is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Laukanen screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matti Laukanen!
Matti Laukanen decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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