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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Toivonen (ranked 14 p4p, 1 weight class) and Captain Gonza (ranked 66 p4p, 9 weight class). Gonza has chosen Mononoke Hime as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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198 lbs
16 - 2 - 0 |
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192 cm
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205 lbs
18 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pekka Toivonen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Captain Gonza!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toivonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gonza throws out the jab.
Toivonen misses with the combination.
Gonza throws an overhand right that lands on Toivonen's shoulder, as Toivonen tries to avoid the shot.
Gonza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Toivonen.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gonza.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonza. Toivonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonza has Toivonen up against the cage in a clinch.
Gonza working aggressively here.
Gonza throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Gonza fails to land.
Gonza lands with a right to the head.
Gonza lands a right hand.
Toivonen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gonza backwards.
Toivonen lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Toivonen fails to land.
Gonza misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toivonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Gonza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Toivonen prevents a body shot from Gonza.
Toivonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gonza.
Toivonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gonza swings wildly with an uppercut but Toivonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Toivonen.
Toivonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toivonen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gonza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gonza scores with a hook to the body.
Gonza misses with a punch on the inside.
Toivonen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gonza backwards.
Toivonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonza blocks a body shot from Toivonen.
Toivonen pushes Gonza back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Toivonen breaks from the clinch.
Toivonen wants to land a leg kick but Gonza is out of range.
Gonza has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Toivonen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Toivonen dodges the punch combination from Gonza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen tried to score with a low kick but Gonza checks it.
Gonza lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toivonen throws out a powerful jab.
Toivonen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Toivonen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gonza lands a jab to the head.
Gonza throws a lazy right hand but Toivonen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Toivonen 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.
Gonza looks to score with a jab to the body but Toivonen is just out of range.
Toivonen went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Toivonen ducks under a wild hook from Gonza.
Toivonen is looking for a counter combo.
Toivonen throws a push kick but Gonza slaps the foot to one side.
A swing and a miss from Gonza.
Captain Gonza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toivonen missing with a left hand there. Gonza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gonza wants to counter the offense by Toivonen and move into the clinch position.
Toivonen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Toivonen, right into the meat.
Gonza tries to clinch up.
Toivonen throws a leg kick that misses.
A punch lands to the side of Gonza 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Toivonen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Gonza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gonza moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Toivonen throws a head punch that misses.
Gonza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gonza has a couple of punches blocked by Toivonen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonza.
Gonza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Toivonen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Toivonen breaks the clinch.
Toivonen connects with the punch.
Gonza has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gonza misses with a body punch.
Gonza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toivonen has a couple of punches blocked by Gonza.
Gonza digs a right hand underneath Toivonen's ribcage. Toivonen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Toivonen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gonza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gonza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gonza swings wildly with an uppercut but Toivonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Toivonen backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gonza.
Gonza struggles to land a body shot inside as Toivonen controls his hands.
Gonza tries to work over Toivonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Toivonen is looking to control Gonza's arms but Gonza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Toivonen has his back to the cage.
Gonza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Toivonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gonza ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gonza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Toivonen throws a body shot but no joy.
Gonza staying out of range there.
Toivonen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gonza is out of range.
Gonza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toivonen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gonza just manages to avoid it.
Gonza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good exchange - Toivonen coming out on top.
Gonza checks the leg kick nicely there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gonza.
Toivonen lands a right hook to the body.
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 Pekka Toivonen will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Toivonen misses with a hook. Gonza ducked under it nicely.
Gonza lands with a straight right. Toivonen didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Pekka Toivonen has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Toivonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Toivonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gonza.
Gonza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Toivonen's calf.
Toivonen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A left lands for Gonza.
Toivonen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Toivonen checks a low kick from Gonza.
Gonza is looking to slow Toivonen down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Toivonen.
Toivonen connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pekka Toivonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Toivonen dodges the punch combination from Gonza.
Gonza defending well as Toivonen loads up on a big left hand.
Toivonen tries to move into range but Gonza moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonza scores with a jab to the body.
Gonza scores with a one two! Toivonen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Toivonen, as that shot connected.
Gonza scores with a jab to the body.
Toivonen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gonza lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Toivonen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gonza is rocked!
Gonza tries to land a leg kick but Toivonen saw it coming and moves away.
Gonza is still on wobbly legs! Can Toivonen finish him?
Gonza is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Toivonen doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Gonza crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Gonza's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pekka Toivonen!
Pekka Toivonen retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Pekka Toivonen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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