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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sylvester Ritter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ahti Kaleva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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278 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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180 cm
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269 lbs
18 - 15 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sylvester Ritter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ahti Kaleva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaleva ducks right into an uppercut from Ritter.
Ritter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ritter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kaleva.
Nice shot by Ritter.
It looks like Ahti Kaleva has been cut.
Ritter connects with the punch.
A left lands for Ritter.
Ritter throws a shot from downtown. Kaleva moves away and avoids it.
Ritter looks to land a right hand but Kaleva moved out of range.
Kaleva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ritter circles away quickly and effectively.
Ritter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kaleva.
Kaleva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ritter lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaleva goes for a double leg but Ritter avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ritter continues to drive forward.
Ritter with a nice cross.
Kaleva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A swing and a miss from Kaleva.
Ritter fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ritter connects with a body shot that sends Kaleva's belly button to the back.
Ritter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kaleva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice shot by Ritter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritter throws a leg kick
and Kaleva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kaleva.
Kaleva being controlled here momentarily.
Ritter is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ritter winds up and cracks Kaleva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ritter working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ritter is looking to take a break and control but Kaleva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kaleva tries to get to full guard but Ritter has control of the leg.
Kaleva is refusing to be controlled, as Ritter sits in half guard.
Ritter has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ritter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kaleva manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ritter is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritter throwing strikes from guard but Kaleva blocks nicely.
Ritter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kaleva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ritter distracts Kaleva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kaleva wants to sweep here but Ritter controlling him for the moment.
Ritter working some strikes from top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ritter works over Kaleva with some ground and pound from guard.
Ritter with a nice head shot there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ritter's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kaleva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ritter is one step ahead there.
Ritter connects with a couple of short punches.
Kaleva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ritter throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ritter won't allow Kaleva to sweep him here.
Ritter forces his way into half guard.
Ritter is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kaleva defends it well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Kaleva is looking for a sweep. Ritter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kaleva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kaleva is trying to get back to full guard.
Ritter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kaleva taking some punishment here, with Ritter in his half guard.
That has opened up Ahti Kaleva's cut even more.
Ritter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kaleva is refusing to be controlled, as Ritter sits in half guard.
Kaleva is trying to stand up here but Ritter is controlling him well.
Kaleva wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ritter connects with a nice short shot to Kaleva's temple.
Ahti Kaleva's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ahti Kaleva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sylvester Ritter!
Our winner, Sylvester Ritter, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Ahti Kaleva stepped up to the mic, saying 'Well I'm gonna be fired by my manager for this Freeeeeeeeeeeeeakkkkk. Fraccccccckkkkkkkkk'.
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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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