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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tapani Kansalainen (ranked 863 p4p, 100 weight class) and Tom Rivers (ranked 1923 p4p, 189 weight class). Rivers has chosen start from scratch as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tapani Kansalainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers misses with a looping right.
Kansalainen throws a big counter combination but Rivers scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Rivers misses with a looping right.
Kansalainen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rivers with a nice cross.
Kansalainen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rivers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rivers connects with a nice looking jab.
Kansalainen misses with a lunging right hand
letting Rivers counter with a right hand.
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kansalainen.
Rivers looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tapani Kansalainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Rivers.
Kansalainen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivers.
Rivers throws a big shot that misses.
Kansalainen slips a straight right by Rivers.
Kansalainen ducks under a wild hook from Rivers.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kansalainen slips under a jab from Rivers.
Rivers scores with a shot to the body.
Kansalainen throws an off balance right hand
and Rivers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rivers walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kansalainen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rivers tests Kansalainen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rivers counters with a one-two to the body.
Kansalainen throws out a loose jab but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kansalainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd cheers as Rivers lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kansalainen doesn't seem phased though.
Kansalainen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Tom Rivers has been cut.
Rivers moves out of range as Kansalainen strikes.
We've been told by Kansalainen's head coaches at Gangsterdamage that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Rivers misses with an uppercut. Kansalainen saw that one coming.
Kansalainen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kansalainen throws a hook to the side of Rivers's head but Rivers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Kansalainen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kansalainen throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
Kansalainen throws out a loose jab but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Kansalainen misses the target.
Kansalainen staying out of range there.
Rivers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kansalainen misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kansalainen. Rivers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Some wild striking there from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rivers looks to land a combination but Kansalainen avoids it well.
Kansalainen is looking to counter punch.
Kansalainen is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rivers's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Kansalainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kansalainen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rivers.
It seemed like Rivers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rivers scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kansalainen doesn't seem bothered though.
Rivers moves out of range of the strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen looks to score with a jab to the body but Rivers is just out of range.
Rivers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kansalainen moves away.
Kansalainen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Riverss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rivers is rocked!
Kansalainen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rivers.
Kansalainen misses the jab.
Rivers slips a jab and a cross from Kansalainen.
It seemed like Rivers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen misses with a body punch
enabling Rivers to counter with a crisp jab.
Rivers might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kansalainen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivers manages to avoid it.
Rivers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rivers 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.
A slow jab from Kansalainen misses its intended target.
Kansalainen misses the jab.
Rivers misses with a body shot.
Kansalainen misses with a straight left.
A left lands for Rivers.
Kansalainen jabs Rivers right on the nose. Rivers blinks but takes it well.
Nice defenses there by Rivers.
Rivers throws a hook to the side of Kansalainen's head but Kansalainen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Kansalainen misses the target.
Rivers misses with a series of wild punches.
A quick step to the side and Kansalainen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kansalainen staying out of range there.
Kansalainen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rivers slips under a jab from Kansalainen.
Rivers slips a jab from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen cracks Rivers with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kansalainen misses the jab.
Kansalainen misses with the combination.
Jab from Rivers.
Rivers has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rivers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kansalainen.
Kansalainen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kansalainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kansalainen cracks Rivers with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rivers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kansalainen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rivers scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kansalainen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rivers throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kansalainen just misses with a punch to the body.
Kansalainen takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
Kansalainen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rivers defending well as Kansalainen loads up on a big left hand.
Rivers rushes Kansalainen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tapani Kansalainen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tom Rivers's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kansalainen.
A nice side step and Rivers releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tom Rivers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Decent striking displayed by Kansalainen there.
Kansalainen misses with a looping left.
Rivers throws out a counter right but Kansalainen avoids it with no problem.
Rivers looks to land a right hand but Kansalainen moved out of range.
Kansalainen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rivers moves away from the strike by Kansalainen.
Kansalainen misses the shot to the body.
Kansalainen misses with a hook.
Kansalainen connects with the punch.
Rivers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kansalainen takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
Tapani Kansalainen is winning the standup battle so far.
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kansalainen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kansalainen lands a nice hook to Rivers's body. Rivers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kansalainen lands a jab-cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kansalainen lands with a good body shot.
Rivers misses with a double jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Rivers might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kansalainen has got the better of the exchanges.
Kansalainen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rivers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kansalainen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rivers momentarily.
Rivers is still on wobbly legs! Can Kansalainen finish him?
Rivers throws a series of punches but Kansalainen avoids them all with ease.
Kansalainen lands a nice looking body shot.
Rivers throws a jab when Kansalainen was well out of range.
Rivers throws a big shot that misses.
Rivers seems to have recovered his senses.
Rivers throws a lazy uppercut
and Rivers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kansalainen throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
Kansalainen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Kansalainen misses the target.
Rivers let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kansalainen lands a body shot.
Rivers lands with a nice body punch.
Kansalainen blocks a jab.
Rivers misses with an uppercut.
Kansalainen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivers takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fighters circling - Rivers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rivers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen lands a body shot.
Kansalainen cracks a nice hook into Rivers's ribs.
Rivers connects with a jab.
Kansalainen throws a jab when Rivers was well out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Kansalainen misses the target.
A shot to the liver by Rivers. Beautiful body shot.
Rivers takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kansalainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Rivers misses its intended target.
Good exchange - Rivers coming out on top.
Rivers misses with a hook.
Kansalainen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kansalainen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
Rivers avoids the body shot from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen throws a hook but Rivers avoids it easily.
Rivers misses with a looping left.
Kansalainen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rivers doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen misses with a body shot.
Rivers throws a jab when Kansalainen was well out of range.
Kansalainen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like Rivers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rivers misses with an uppercut.
Kansalainen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
Kansalainen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rivers stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Good shot there by Kansalainen.
Rivers throws a looping overhand right but Kansalainen ducks down to avoid it.
Rivers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kansalainen.
Rivers lands with an overhand left.
Rivers throws a body shot but no joy.
Kansalainen is looking to counter punch.
Rivers lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kansalainen just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Rivers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kansalainen connects with a crisp jab.
Kansalainen scores with a hook to the body. Rivers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circle momentarily. Rivers darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen 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.
Kansalainen misses with a straight right.
Kansalainen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rivers.
Kansalainen thuds a left hand into Rivers's body.
Kansalainen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rivers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A cross from Kansalainen lands.
Kansalainen slips under a jab.
Kansalainen throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
Kansalainen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kansalainen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kansalainen throws a looping overhand right but Rivers ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivers moves forwards but Kansalainen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kansalainen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivers.
Rivers on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kansalainen drops Rivers with a naaaaasty hook - Rivers is in real trouble here! Kansalainen dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tapani Kansalainen!
Tapani Kansalainen 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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