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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Pertti Naulakko (ranked 5209 p4p, 633 weight class) and Rick Rollins (ranked 5136 p4p, 626 weight class). Rick Rollins is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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186 cm
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215 lbs
7 - 10 - 0 |
World class boxer
Very strong
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Dangerous knees
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pertti Naulakko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rick Rollins!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rollins tries to clinch up.
A quick step to the side and Naulakko tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Naulakko has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Rollins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rollins takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rollins throws a left and a right that both miss
and Naulakko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Naulakko misses.
Rollins moves forwards but Naulakko connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Rick Rollins has been cut.
Decent striking displayed by Naulakko there.
Naulakko just misses with a punch to the body.
Rollins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Naulakko on the side of the head.
Naulakko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rollins takes the fight into the clinch.
Naulakko digs a right hand into Rollins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rollins's gas tank.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Naulakko tries to throw a body punch but Rollins avoids it by throwing Naulakko back against the ropes.
Naulakko swings wildly with an uppercut but Rollins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naulakko manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rollins lands a jab-cross combination.
Naulakko misses with a wild body shot.
Rollins closes the distance and clinches.
Rollins told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Naulakko tries to throw a body punch but Rollins avoids it by throwing Naulakko back against the ropes.
Rollins breaks from the clinch.
Rollins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Naulakko.
Rollins throws a counter combo.
Rollins moves forwards but Naulakko connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rollins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Naulakko.
Naulakko thuds his right hand into Rollins's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A punch combination from Rollins misses.
Naulakko connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rollins doesn't manage to clinch there - Naulakko circles away.
Pertti Naulakko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Rollins.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naulakko misses with a straight right.
Naulakko uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rollins has time to react.
Rollins moves into the clinch successfully.
Rollins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Naulakko scores with a shot to the side of Rollins's head.
Rollins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Rollins has Naulakko pressed against the ropes, preventing Naulakko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Naulakko throws a punch but it's blocked by Rollins.
Naulakko letting Rollins take a breather here.
Rollins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Naulakko throws a body shot but no joy.
Naulakko moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRollins.
Naulakko throws the left hand but Rollins avoids the punch easily.
Naulakko gets tackled into the ropes by Rollins. Rollins maintains the clinch.
Rollins throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pertti Naulakko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rick Rollins's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Naulakko scores with a decent looking hook.
Naulakko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rollins can do to turn this around?
Naulakko scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pertti Naulakko is winning the standup battle so far.
Naulakko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rollins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Naulakko.
Rollins staying out of range there.
Rollins avoids the body shot from Naulakko.
Naulakko looks to throw the jab but Rollins is out of range.
Rollins clinches with his opponent.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Naulakko wants to get back to striking at distance but Rollins won't allow it.
Rollins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naulakko throws a series of punches but Rollins avoids them all with ease.
Rollins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and Naulakko tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Naulakko shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rollins eats them both and turns towards Naulakko to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Naulakko connects with a body shot.
Naulakko just misses with a punch to the body.
Pertti Naulakko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Naulakko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rollins was well out of range. Poor timing from Naulakko.
Rollins lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Rollins goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A quick step to the side and Naulakko tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rollins walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Pertti Naulakko!
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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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