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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ogbah Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pekka Toivonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pekka Toivonen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ogbah Powers's chin.
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Great low kicks
Very strong
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ogbah Powers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pekka Toivonen!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Toivonen misses its intended target.
Toivonen moves out of range of the body kick.
Powers seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Powers looks to land a body kick but Toivonen moved away.
Powers swings for the body but Toivonen moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Toivonen.
Powers takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Toivonen keeps Powers at a distance using the push kick.
Toivonen connects with a nice looking jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Toivonen misses.
Powers misses with a body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Toivonen - that will leave a mark!
Powers checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toivonen avoids the body shot from Powers.
Toivonen only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Powers throws a nice inside leg kick.
Toivonen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Toivonen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Powers counters with a straight right hand.
Toivonen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Toivonen checks a leg kick.
Toivonen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Powers counters with a thumping low kick.
Powers connects with an inside leg kick.
Powers is looking to chop away at Toivonen's legs.
Toivonen slips a straight right by Powers.
Powers throws the kick towards the body but Toivonen avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers lands a nice looking kick to the body. Toivonen takes a step back to recover.
Toivonen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Powers wants to slow Toivonen down by chopping away at his legs.
Powers throws a solid leg kick but Toivonen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Powers.
Powers throws a sloppy body shot
and Toivonen counters with a stiff right hand.
A low kick from Powers misses
and Toivonen counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toivonen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toivonen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Toivonen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Toivonen misses with a straight right.
Powers misses with a body shot.
Toivonen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen connects with a body shot.
Toivonen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Powers misses with a shot to the body
and Toivonen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Toivonen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Toivonen throws a leg kick but Powers sees it coming and moves out of range.
Toivonen loads up on a big right hand but Powers slips the punch.
Toivonen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Powers swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Toivonen lands a body shot.
Toivonen moves out of range of the body kick from Powers.
Toivonen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen throws a leg kick
and Powers makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Toivonen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Toivonen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Powers misses with a hook.
Toivonen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
An inside leg kick from Powers misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Powers just misses with a punch to the body.
Powers is looking to score with low kicks.
Toivonen throws a right and a left that Powers avoids nicely.
As Toivonen backs away, Powers returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Toivonen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pekka Toivonen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Toivonen scores with a shot to the body.
Toivonen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Powers swings for the body but Toivonen moves out of range.
Toivonen has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Powers connects with a body shot.
Toivonen misses with a wild body shot.
Toivonen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Toivonen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Powers slips under a jab from Toivonen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy body kick from Powers
and Toivonen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Powers is looking to wear down Toivonen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice body kick there by Toivonen.
Toivonen looks to land a left hand but Powers moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers throws a body shot but no joy.
Powers misses with a low kick.
Toivonen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Powers walks into a stiff left hand from Toivonen.
Powers swats away the attempt to clinch by Toivonen.
Toivonen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Powers is looking to counter punch.
Powers misses with a looping left.
Powers misses with a body kick.
Toivonen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Powers with a body shot.
Toivonen takes a swing at Powers's ribcage but misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Toivonen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Powers has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Powers and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Powers takes a swing at Toivonen's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Toivonen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Powers attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Toivonen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Toivonen checks the leg kick.
Toivonen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Powers doesn't seem bothered though.
Toivonen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Toivonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Powers scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Powers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Toivonen misses with a wild body shot.
And Powers counters with a quick kick to the body but Toivonen blocks it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Toivonen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powers pivots, looking for a leg kick but Toivonen is out of range and Powers settles back down.
Toivonen scoring well with a low kick there.
Toivonen tries to work over Powers's front leg with a kick but Powers checks it.
Toivonen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Toivonen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Toivonen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Powers tries to close the distance and clinch but Toivonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Toivonen.
Powers will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Toivonen tried to score with a low kick but Powers checks it.
Toivonen throws a leg kick
and Powers counters with a good low kick that Toivonen was not able to check.
Toivonen checks a low kick from Powers.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Powers is out of range and Toivonen settles back down.
Powers is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Toivonen takes a swing at Powers's ribcage but misses.
Powers scores with a kick to the midsection.
Powers throws a wild body kick that Toivonen sees coming a mile off.
Toivonen misses with a looping right.
A quick step to the side and Powers tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Powers on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Powers drops his guard momentarily, allowing Toivonen to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Powers! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Toivonen takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Pekka Toivonen!
A very excited looking Pekka Toivonen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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