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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keimah Animai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauno Tynkkynen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Animai comes to the cage accompanied by Rise - Flobots. Tynkkynen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cow herd - Fields. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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190 cm
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215 lbs
22 - 14 - 0 |
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188 cm
34
218 lbs
24 - 19 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keimah Animai! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rauno Tynkkynen! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tynkkynen misses with a body shot.
Animai closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Tynkkynen is pressed up against the cage. Animai has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tynkkynen down to the mat. Tynkkynen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Animai throws a right and a left that both miss. Animai connects with an inside leg kick. Animai tries a head kick but it misses.
Tynkkynen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Animai.
It looks like Rauno Tynkkynen has been cut. Tynkkynen looks to clinch letting Animai counter with a right hand. Nice takedown defense from Animai. No joy for Tynkkynen on that attempt. Animai throws a sloppy head kick and Tynkkynen moves out of range easily. Animai lands with an overhand left. Tynkkynen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Tynkkynen moves out of range of the strikes. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Animai lands a big head kick that sends Tynkkynen tumbling to the mat! Animai takes a step backwards and waves Tynkkynen back to his feet - he wants the finish! Animai scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tynkkynen is rocked! Tynkkynen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Animai on the side of the head. Tynkkynen is still on wobbly legs! Can Animai finish him? Animai feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tynkkynen's calf. Tynkkynen seems to have recovered his senses. Tynkkynen doesn't succeed with the takedown and Animai counters with a crisp right hand that drops Tynkkynen! Animai lets Tynkkynen back up to his feet, looking for a finish! Tynkkynen scores with a nice head shot. Tynkkynen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Animai.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tynkkynen misses with a takedown and Animai counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Keimah Animai! A victorious Keimah Animai thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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