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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toni Eerkilaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Foles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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289 lbs
23 - 17 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Dangerous knees
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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
28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Toni Eerkilaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Foles!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foles throws a sloppy head kick and Eerkilaa moves out of range easily.
Foles moves away from the strike by Eerkilaa.
Eerkilaa looks to land a left hand but Foles moved out of range nicely.
Foles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Eerkilaa lands a jab to Foles's midsection.
Eerkilaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Foles moves away.
Eerkilaa throws a hook to the side of Foles's head but Foles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Foles lands a high kick!
Eerkilaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Foles is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Eerkilaa with a body shot.
Foles paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Eerkilaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Foles.
Eerkilaa throws a combination that misses
and Foles counters with a nice body shot.
Foles lands a nice hook to Eerkilaa's body. Eerkilaa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice defenses there by Foles.
The fighters circling - Eerkilaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Foles misses.
Eerkilaa throws out a leg kick but Foles moves out of range and Eerkilaa only half commits.
Foles shapes to counter with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eerkilaa lands with a straight right. Foles didn't see that one coming.
Foles lands a nice shot that snaps Eerkilaa's head back.
Eerkilaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Foles.
Eerkilaa misses with a straight left.
Eerkilaa throws the left hand but Foles avoids the punch easily.
Foles gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Eerkilaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Foles throws out the jab.
Eerkilaa misses with a body shot.
Foles is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A big right from Eerkilaa misses.
Foles misses with a head kick.
Eerkilaa went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Foles tries a head kick but it misses.
Foles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Foles takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Foles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Eerkilaa is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Foles's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Good exchange - Eerkilaa coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eerkilaa lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eerkilaa misses the jab.
Eerkilaa throws the left hand but Foles avoids the punch easily.
Eerkilaa punishes Foles's body with a nice straight punch.
Foles uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eerkilaa.
Foles lands a jab.
Foles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Eerkilaa.
Eerkilaa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Eerkilaa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Foles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Foles throws a body shot but no joy.
Foles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eerkilaa moves away.
Foles misses with a head kick.
The fighters circling - Foles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Eerkilaa throwing a counter right hand but Foles manages to avoid it.
Eerkilaa avoids the head kick by Foles.
Foles blocks a jab.
Foles doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Eerkilaa digs a good hook to Foles's body.
Toni Eerkilaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foles lands with a kick to the temple. Eerkilaa shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Eerkilaa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Eerkilaa misses with an uppercut.
Foles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Foles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Eerkilaa cracks Foles with a right hand to the side of the head.
Eerkilaa throws a hook but Foles blocks it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Eerkilaa, as that shot connected.
Foles checks the leg kick nicely there.
Foles tries to clinch but Eerkilaa moves out of range.
Eerkilaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Eerkilaa moves forwards but Foles connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Foles takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Foles looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Eerkilaa.
Foles is rocked!
Eerkilaa pounces like a tiger and cracks Foles with a vicious hook! Foles is down but not out! Eerkilaa follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Toni Eerkilaa!
Toni Eerkilaa decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Nick Foles was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll be back!'.
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