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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chins Gone (ranked 856 p4p, 114 weight class) and Lauri Pekkarinen (ranked 1015 p4p, 137 weight class). Pekkarinen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. For Heavy Metal we will die! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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193 lbs
18 - 8 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 16 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chins Gone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lauri Pekkarinen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gone connects with a jab.
Gone lands an overhand right.
Pekkarinen tries to score with a low kick but Gone moves his leg out of the way.
Gone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pekkarinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Gone.
A little jabbing left from Pekkarinen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gone throws a lazy right hand but Pekkarinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gone throws a lazy right hand but Pekkarinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pekkarinen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pekkarinen defending well as Gone loads up on a big left hand.
Pekkarinen feints the counter takedown.
Pekkarinen lands a body shot.
Pekkarinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gone.
Pekkarinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gone takes one to the chin there.
Pekkarinen thows a body kick. Gone tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Pekkarinen scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice combination there by Gone.
Pekkarinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gone is out of range.
Gone half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pekkarinen scores with a hook.
Pekkarinen looks to land a left hand but Gone moved out of range nicely.
Pekkarinen throws a head kick that Gone semi-blocks.
A slow jab from Gone misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gone ducks under a wild hook from Pekkarinen.
Gone looks to land a right hand but Pekkarinen moved out of range.
Gone throws a low kick but Pekkarinen avoids it.
Gone seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Pekkarinen misses with a wild body shot.
Pekkarinen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gone misses with an uppercut
and Pekkarinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gone checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gone takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gone walks into a jab.
Gone throws a body shot but no joy.
Pekkarinen avoids the body shot from Gone.
Gone checks a leg kick.
Gone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gone throws a head kick that Pekkarinen semi-blocks.
Gone takes one to the chin there.
Pekkarinen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lauri Pekkarinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Gone on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Gone blocks the low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Pekkarinen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gone throws out a loose jab but Pekkarinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pekkarinen tried to score with a low kick but Gone checks it.
Gone takes the fight into the clinch.
Pekkarinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gone cracks a nice hook into Pekkarinen's ribs.
Gone takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pekkarinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pekkarinen unleashes a big counter combination but Gone bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Gone misses with an uppercut
and Pekkarinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chins Gone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pekkarinen manages to avoid it.
Pekkarinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gone takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gone attempts a counter takedown but Pekkarinen avoids it well and moves away.
Pekkarinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pekkarinen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Donk. Gone catches Pekkarinen right on the button with a cross.
Pekkarinen throws a shot from downtown. Gone moves away and avoids it.
Pekkarinen is looking to score with low kicks.
Gone throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gone takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gone takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pekkarinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gone is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Gone misses the target.
Pekkarinen takes a swing at Gone's ribcage but misses.
Gone gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gone is rocked!
Pekkarinen throws a quick head kick that knocks Gone silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Pekkarinen is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Lauri Pekkarinen!
Lauri Pekkarinen spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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pop
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