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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luis Tanko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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179 cm
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168 lbs
4 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Tanko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Walker!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Tanko circles away.
Tanko swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Walker will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Walker lands with a kick to the ribs.
Walker throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Walker lands a head kick. Tanko smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Walker clinches up against the cage.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tanko's elbow.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanko blocks a body shot from Walker.
Tanko manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Walker has closed the distance and engaged Tanko in a clinch.
Tanko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tanko moves out of range of the strikes.
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Tanko circles away.
Tanko misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Tanko was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Walker misses with a hook to the body
letting Tanko counter with a right hand.
Walker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Walker misses with some punches.
Walker lands with a light punch inside.
Tanko managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Still in the clinch, Walker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tanko avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walker.
Walker working aggressively here.
Tanko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tanko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanko will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Walker up against the cage.
Tanko breaks from the clinch.
Walker feints and then cracks Tanko's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tanko down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walker throws a nice outside leg kick.
Walker throws a head kick that Tanko semi-blocks.
Tanko takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walker misses with a head kick.
Tanko changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Walker - that will leave a mark!
Walker tries to clinch up but Tanko circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tanko. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Tanko backs off Walker throws a huge counter combo but Tanko manages to avoid it all.
Walker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tanko to score an easy takedown into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanko pushing down on Walker's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nice strikes from Tanko there.
Walker kicks Tanko off and gets back to his feet.
Walker keeps Tanko at a distance using the push kick.
Walker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Walker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walker prevents the takedown attempt.
Walker misses with a body punch.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tanko is defending well for now.
Walker misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanko avoids the elbow strike from Walker, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Walker - that landed with a thud.
Walker lands a hook that snaps the head of Tanko backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A body shot lands from Walker.
Tanko tries to score a body lock takedown but Walker shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Walker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Walker tries a body shot but Tanko blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walker.
Walker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Walker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Walker - that landed with a thud.
Walker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tanko or not.
Walker tries a knee to the head but Tanko blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Walker dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Walker lands with a slapping head kick.
Tanko tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Walker lands a nice shot to the body.
No joy there for Walker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tanko blocks a head kick by Walker.
Eric Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker throws a lazy body kick
and Tanko counters with a nice double leg into side control. Walker won't be happy with that.
Tanko lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanko in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Tanko lands a few punches from side control.
Walker is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tanko is chipping away with strikes.
Tanko is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Walker looks calm but he's in trouble here. Tanko gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Walker is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Tanko lets go of the hold and Walker can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Luis Tanko!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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