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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cameron Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Aarnio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aarnio has chosen Ice Cube - Why We Thugs as his entrance music. Cameron Glover could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jari Aarnio's chin.
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193 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cameron Glover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jari Aarnio!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aarnio smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Aarnio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aarnio thows a leg kick but Glover checks it
and Glover counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Glover throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A low kick from Aarnio is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Glover showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aarnio.
Aarnio is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Aarnio on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Glover moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Glover.
Glover thinks about countering with a body kick.
Glover throws a hook to the side of Aarnio's head but Aarnio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aarnio misses with a takedown attempt - Glover sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Glover has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Good leg kick by Glover there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Glover lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aarnio shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Glover as he avoids it easily.
Glover cracks the inside of Aarnio's front leg.
Glover misses with a two punch combination.
Aarnio lands an overhand right.
Aarnio throws a jab but it's blocked by Glover.
Aarnio scores with a jab. Glover acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Glover takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Glover jabs Aarnio to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Glover misses with an uppercut.
Aarnio swings for the body but Glover moves out of range.
Aarnio takes a jab right on the kisser.
Glover tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aarnio was well out of range. Poor timing from Glover.
Glover uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aarnio.
Jari Aarnio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aarnio misses with a right hand
and Glover counters with a left to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glover throws a head kick but Aarnio moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aarnio lands with a nice body kick.
Glover uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aarnio.
Glover swings widly with a right hand
and Aarnio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aarnio slips a straight right by Glover.
Aarnio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aarnio now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Aarnio lands a jab-cross combination.
Aarnio shoots in but no luck this time.
Cameron Glover has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jari Aarnio.
Glover lands a right hook to the body.
Glover misses the shot to the body.
Aarnio lands a high kick!
Glover throws an overhand right that lands on Aarnio's shoulder, as Aarnio tries to avoid the shot.
Aarnio misses the shot to the body.
Glover tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Aarnio manages to circle out of the way.
Aarnio lands with an overhand left.
Aarnio has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Aarnio 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aarnio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aarnio tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Glover throws a front kick aimed at Aarnio's knee but Aarnio avoids it well.
Aarnio scores with a shot to the body.
Aarnio slips under a jab from Glover.
Glover backing away here, and Aarnio unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Aarnio looks to land a combination but Glover avoids it well.
Aarnio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Aarnio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Aarnio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Aarnio ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Glover throws a looping overhand right but Aarnio ducks down to avoid it.
Aarnio fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Glover checks it well.
Aarnio jabs Glover to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Aarnio misses with a straight right.
Glover looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Aarnio takes one on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aarnio takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Glover misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aarnio.
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!
Glover is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aarnio misses with a hook
and Glover cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Aarnio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Glover.
Glover jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cameron Glover is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aarnio misses with the combination.
Glover misses the shot to the body.
Aarnio tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Aarnio lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Glover dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aarnio throws a left and a right that both miss
and Glover counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Aarnio moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Cameron Glover will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Glover throws a hook to the side of Aarnio's head but Aarnio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Glover throws a leg kick but Aarnio moved away.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Aarnio might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Glover has got the better of the exchanges.
Aarnio slips a jab from Glover.
Aarnio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aarnio scores with the left hand. Glover knows he should have avoided that one.
Glover misses with a straight right.
Aarnio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aarnio cracks Glover with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Aarnio checks the leg kick nicely there.
Aarnio misses with a hook.
Glover appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Aarnio throws out a powerful jab.
Aarnio scores with a jab. Glover acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Aarnio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Glover pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aarnio connects with a crisp jab.
Glover is rocked!
Glover just misses with a punch to the body.
Oh Glover is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crack! Aarnio connects with the perfect overhand right and Glover falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Aarnio!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jari Aarnio!
A very excited looking Jari Aarnio rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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