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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rankka Ankka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thulani Imamu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ankka kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Stone Sour - Cardiff. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rankka Ankka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thulani Imamu!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ankka doesn't manage to clinch there - Imamu circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Imamu.
Ankka throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Imamu's waist but Imamu gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ankka off to one side.
Imamu misses with a series of wild punches.
Imamu throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch combination from Imamu misses.
Imamu looks to land a combination but Ankka avoids it well.
Ankka lands with a shot to the body.
Imamu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ankka circles away quickly and effectively.
Ankka fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Imamu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ankka shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rankka Ankka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Imamu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ankka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ankka shoots in looking for a takedown. Imamu tries to sprawl out of it but Ankka keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Imamu manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ankka misses with a combination
and Ankka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Ankka clinches.
Ankka tries to land knees in the clinch but Imamu avoids the damage to the body.
Imamu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Imamu misses with the combination.
Nice takedown defense from Imamu. No joy for Ankka on that attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Imamu fails to land with a series of punches.
Imamu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice takedown defense from Imamu. No joy for Ankka on that attempt.
Ankka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Imamu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ankka is breathing heavily.
Ankka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ankka has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ankka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Imamu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Imamu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Imamu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ankka circles away quickly and effectively.
Ankka scores with a takedown into Imamu's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ankka trying to control the position from guard on top but Imamu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Imamu has his feet on Ankka's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Ankka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ankka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ankka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Imamu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Imamu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Imamu, as that shot connected.
Imamu misses with a series of wild punches.
Ankka tries to close the distance and clinch but Imamu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rankka Ankka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Imamu scores with a jab to the head.
Imamu misses with a series of wild punches.
Ankka looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Imamu is fending him off so far but Ankka persists. Nope, Imamu circles away and we're back to standing.
Ankka takes one to the chin there.
Imamu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ankka tries to close the distance and clinch but Imamu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Imamu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Imamu misses with a two punch combination.
Ankka tries to clinch
and Imamu counters with a three punch combo that has Ankka backing up. Ankka nods at Imamu to acknowledge the strikes.
Ankka clinches.
Ankka trying to land knees to the body.
Imamu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Imamu connects with a body shot.
Ankka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Imamu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from Imamu.
Imamu lands a nice looking body shot.
Imamu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ankka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ankka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ankka shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Imamu pinned against the cage. Imamu gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ankka tries to clinch up
and Imamu counters with a two punch combo.
Ankka takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ankka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Imamu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Imamu is working the combinations to good effect here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Imamu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Imamu is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Ankka had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ankka takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ankka takes the fight into the clinch.
Ankka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Imamu wants to get back to striking at distance but Ankka won't allow it.
Ankka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ankka tries to land a knee to the head but Imamu blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ankka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ankka tries to land knees in the clinch but Imamu avoids the damage to the body.
Imamu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Imamu scores with a three punch combo!
Imamu lands a nice looking body shot.
Imamu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ankka punishes Imamu's body with a nice straight punch.
Ankka takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ankka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Imamu lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Imamu misses with a two punch combination.
Ankka gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Imamu counters with a three punch combo that has Ankka backing up. Ankka nods at Imamu to acknowledge the strikes.
Ankka slips a jab and a cross from Imamu.
Ankka closes the distance looking to clinch
and Imamu counters with a one-two to the body.
Thulani Imamu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ankka rushes Imamu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Imamu managing to block the knees to the body from Ankka.
Ankka misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thulani Imamu dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Imamu misses with the combination.
Rankka Ankka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ankka fails to land with a series of punches.
Imamu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ankka fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ankka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Imamu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Imamu. No joy for Ankka on that attempt.
Ankka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Imamu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Imamu dips to his left and cracks Ankka with an uppercut!
Ankka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Imamu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ankka instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Imamu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Imamu fails to land with a series of punches.
Ankka shoots in looking for a takedown. Imamu tries to sprawl out of it but Ankka keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Imamu manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rankka Ankka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ankka misses with a combination
and Imamu counters with a two punch combo.
Imamu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ankka tries to clinch up.
Imamu scores with a three punch combo!
A combination from Imamu does no damage.
Ankka looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Imamu!
Imamu wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ankka.
Imamu is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Ankka working Imamu over with strikes here.
Imamu wants to get back to his feet.
Ankka lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ankka lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ankka is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Imamu can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ankka 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ankka is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ankka working Imamu over with strikes here.
Ankka lands with some strikes.
Ankka landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ankka wants to control the pace but Imamu is squirming around nicely.
Imamu is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Ankka landing strikes, looking to finish!
Imamu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ankka looking to finish Imamu with some ground and pound. This is bad for Imamu!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ankka is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Imamu can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ankka lands a nice shot to the head.
Ankka thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Imamu wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ankka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Imamu hang on?
Imamu trying desperately to get to his feet.
Ankka in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Imamu is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
BOOM! Ankka connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ankka landing strikes from the mount.
Ankka lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ankka landing strikes, looking to finish!
Imamu is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Ankka working the ground and pound effectively.
Rankka Ankka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Imamu that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Imamu wants to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Ankka.
Ankka landing punches.
Ankka punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ankka working Imamu over with strikes here.
Ankka raining down shots from the mount!
Imamu wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
BOOM! Ankka connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Imamu trying desperately to get to his feet.
Imamu is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Ankka has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Imamu's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rankka Ankka dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ankka has managed to clinch.
Imamu can't break the clinch.
Ankka looking to throw knees to the head but Imamu is blocking nicely.
Ankka looking to throw knees to the head but Imamu is blocking nicely.
Imamu breaks from the clinch.
Ankka looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ankka throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Imamu's waist but Imamu gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ankka off to one side.
Ankka walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ankka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Imamu.
Some wild striking there from Ankka.
Imamu misses with a series of wild punches.
Imamu throws a series of punches but Ankka moves out of range.
Ankka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ankka misses with a takedown attempt - Imamu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Imamu looks to land a combination but Ankka avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ankka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ankka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Imamu counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Imamu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ankka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ankka scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Imamu is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Imamu on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Imamu explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
A left lands for Imamu.
Imamu throws a right hand that Ankka ducks under and follows up with a left that Ankka also avoids with ease.
Ankka drives through and clinches with Imamu against the cage.
Imamu tries to break the clinch but Ankka is controlling the position.
Imamu avoids the elbow strike from Ankka, against the cage.
Ankka missing with knees to the body.
Ankka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Imamu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Imamu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Imamu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ankka prevents Imamu from breaking the clinch.
Imamu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ankka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ankka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ankka misses with a knee strike.
Ankka keeps control of Imamu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ankka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Imamu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Imamu is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ankka landing knees to the head.
Ankka looking to throw knees to the head but Imamu is blocking nicely.
Ankka misses with a knee strike.
Ankka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Imamu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ankka misses with a knee to the head.
Ankka trying to land knees to the body.
Imamu manages to break the clinch.
Ankka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ankka wants to clinch
and Imamu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Imamu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ankka shoots and misses
and Imamu counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rankka Ankka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ankka walks into a left hand.
Ankka tries to clinch but Imamu moves out of range.
Imamu throws a one two combo.
Ankka closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ankka lands in his opponent's guard.
Ankka trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ankka trying to control but Imamu is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ankka pushes down on Imamu's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Imamu makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Imamu misses with a two punch combination.
Ankka takes the fight into the clinch.
Ankka scores with a knee to the head.
Ankka misses with a knee to the head.
Imamu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ankka tries to clinch but Imamu moves out of range.
Imamu lands a jab-cross combination.
Ankka shoots in for a double leg but Imamu sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ankka wants to clinch.
Thulani Imamu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Imamu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Imamu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ankka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Imamu is trying to break free.
Ankka misses with a knee strike.
Imamu manages to break the clinch.
Imamu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ankka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ankka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ankka lands a nice hook to Imamu's body. Imamu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ankka scores with a hook to the body. Imamu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ankka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Imamu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ankka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Imamu misses.
Ankka misses with a takedown attempt - Imamu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ankka tries to bum rush Imamu with a series of wild strikes but Imamu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ankka shoots in for a takedown but Imamu shows good takedown defense.
Ankka slips a jab and a cross from Imamu.
Imamu lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ankka backs up against the cage.
Ankka closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Imamu to counter with a crisp jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rankka Ankka.
I think Ankka has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Thulani Imamu!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Thulani Imamu!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Thulani Imamu!
Thulani Imamu wins by unanimous decision!
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