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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Latka Gravas (ranked 196 p4p, 32 weight class) and Kalervo Kaunismieli (ranked 561 p4p, 79 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Kalervo Kaunismieli enters the cage!
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Latka Gravas !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
44 - 19 - 2, fighting out of New York, Kalervo Kaunismieli!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravas is looking to score with low kicks.
Kaunismieli looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gravas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kaunismieli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gravas manages to avoid it.
Kaunismieli checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gravas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gravas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kaunismieli checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kaunismieli takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kaunismieli keeps Gravas at a distance using the push kick.
Latka Gravas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gravas throws the kick towards the body but Kaunismieli avoids it.
Kaunismieli blocks the body kick.
Kaunismieli flicks out a counter leg kick but Gravas steps away.
Gravas stuns Kaunismieli with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kaunismieli tries to clinch there but Gravas circles away.
Gravas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gravas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kaunismieli walks into a straight right hand from Gravas .
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!
Gravas slips under a jab from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli takes a swing at Gravas 's ribcage but misses.
Gravas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gravas takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gravas checks a leg kick.
Gravas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaunismieli with a hook.
Gravas lands a leg kick that knocks Kaunismieli off balance momentarily.
Gravas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kaunismieli.
Gravas misses with a low kick.
Kaunismieli moves out of range of the body kick.
Gravas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kaunismieli smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gravas has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kaunismieli finds it's way round the side to connect with Gravas 's head.
Gravas feints and then cracks Kaunismieli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kaunismieli down.
Nice defenses there by Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gravas swats away the attempt to clinch by Kaunismieli.
Gravas looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gravas throws a low kick but Kaunismieli moves out of range easily.
Gravas takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kaunismieli avoids a kick to the body.
Gravas punishes Kaunismieli's body with a nice straight punch.
Kaunismieli fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gravas checks it well.
Kaunismieli misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaunismieli is looking to clinch but Gravas is avoiding it.
Kaunismieli tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gravas moves out of range of the body kick from Kaunismieli.
Gravas has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gravas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gravas connects with a body shot.
Kaunismieli has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Gravas misses with a body punch
and Kaunismieli counters with a nice uppercut.
Kaunismieli misses with a kick to the body.
Kaunismieli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gravas manages to avoid it.
Gravas scores with a head kick.
Gravas looks to land a body kick but Kaunismieli moved away.
Gravas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kaunismieli to score with a decent uppercut.
Kaunismieli slips a jab from Gravas .
Kaunismieli digs a good body shot into Gravas 's ribs.
Kaunismieli misses with a wild body shot.
Gravas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kaunismieli.
Nice defenses there by Gravas .
Gravas misses with a straight right.
Gravas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kaunismieli slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaunismieli throws the left hand but Gravas avoids the punch easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gravas .
Donk. Gravas catches Kaunismieli right on the button with a cross.
Kaunismieli misses with a low kick.
Kaunismieli fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kaunismieli moves out of range as Gravas throws a body kick.
Gravas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kaunismieli fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gravas , pushing him back against the cage.
Gravas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gravas lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Kaunismieli.
Gravas breaks from the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Gravas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gravas throws a push kick but Kaunismieli slaps the foot to one side.
Kaunismieli thinks about the counter body kick.
Gravas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaunismieli tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gravas quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Gravas slips a jab from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gravas had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gravas throws a series of punches but Kaunismieli moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kaunismieli walks into a straight right hand from Gravas .
Kaunismieli thuds a left hand into Gravas 's body.
Gravas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gravas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kaunismieli ducks under a wild hook from Gravas .
Kaunismieli tries to clinch there but Gravas circles away.
Kaunismieli scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gravas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gravas .
Gravas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gravas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kaunismieli fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kaunismieli gets a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kaunismieli blocks an uppercut.
Gravas 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kaunismieli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gravas was well out of range. Poor timing from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli moves in looking to clinch but Gravas pushes him off.
Kaunismieli takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
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 Latka Gravas will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kaunismieli tries a low kick but Gravas avoids it.
Kaunismieli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gravas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kaunismieli moves out of range as Gravas throws a body kick.
Kaunismieli avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gravas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kaunismieli clinches with his opponent.
Kaunismieli lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gravas working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Kaunismieli.
Gravas prevents a body shot from Kaunismieli.
Gravas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kaunismieli goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kaunismieli tries a body shot but Gravas blocks it.
Kaunismieli blocks a body shot from Gravas .
Kaunismieli tries to work over Gravas 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gravas .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaunismieli blocks an uppercut.
Kaunismieli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gravas throws a punch but it's blocked by Kaunismieli.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaunismieli goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gravas tries to work over Kaunismieli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gravas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gravas throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kaunismieli misses with a straight left.
Gravas is looking to chop away at Kaunismieli's legs.
Gravas sets himself, and Kaunismieli steps forward looking for the clinch! Gravas avoids it this time.
Kaunismieli connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kaunismieli moves away from the strike by Gravas .
Gravas throws a solid leg kick but Kaunismieli takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gravas .
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nice jab there from Gravas .
Gravas ducks under a wild hook from Kaunismieli.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kaunismieli crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gravas - the referee stops the clock and Kaunismieli gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gravas . Kaunismieli manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kaunismieli tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gravas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kaunismieli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gravas checks a low kick from Kaunismieli.
Gravas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gravas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gravas throws the left hand but Kaunismieli avoids the punch easily.
Gravas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaunismieli connects with a body shot.
Gravas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kaunismieli tries to counter by closing the distance.
Gravas scores with a nice right hand.
Gravas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kaunismieli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gravas was well out of range. Poor timing from Kaunismieli.
Gravas tried to counter with a leg kick but Kaunismieli avoided it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gravas .
Kaunismieli takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice uppercut lands for Gravas . That snapped Kaunismieli's head back.
Gravas ducks under a wild hook from Kaunismieli.
Gravas connects with a body shot.
Gravas throws the kick towards the body but Kaunismieli avoids it.
Gravas swats away the attempt to clinch by Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli looks to land a body kick but Gravas moved away.
Gravas thumps Kaunismieli with a low kick.
Gravas swings for the body but Kaunismieli moves out of range.
Gravas lands with an overhand left.
Gravas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaunismieli loads up on a big right hand but Gravas slips the punch.
Kaunismieli throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gravas lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kaunismieli takes a step back to recover.
Gravas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gravas lands a front kick.
Latka Gravas is winning the standup battle so far.
Gravas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kaunismieli is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kaunismieli tries to clinch but Gravas is having none of it.
Gravas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gravas throws a leg kick which misses Kaunismieli's front leg but catches the back leg as Kaunismieli tries to avoid it.
Gravas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kaunismieli looks to land a left hand but Gravas moved out of range nicely.
Gravas fakes the leg kick and cracks Kaunismieli in the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kaunismieli on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kaunismieli lands a front kick.
Kaunismieli throws a jab when Gravas was well out of range.
Kaunismieli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravas lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kaunismieli will feel that in the morning.
Gravas is looking to slow Kaunismieli down with leg kicks.
Gravas cracks a nice hook into Kaunismieli's ribs.
Kaunismieli's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gravas moves out of range of the body kick.
Gravas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kaunismieli pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gravas misses with a kick to the body.
Kaunismieli missing with a left hand there. Gravas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice body kick from Gravas .
Gravas throws a leg kick that misses.
Gravas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kaunismieli feints a counter leg kick.
Gravas slips a jab from Kaunismieli.
Gravas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body kick there by Gravas .
Gravas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kaunismieli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kaunismieli throws a shot from downtown. Gravas moves away and avoids it.
Gravas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Latka Gravas dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Gravas misses with a wild body shot.
Gravas takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kaunismieli clinches up with Gravas and pushes him back against the cage.
Gravas stalling against the cage.
Kaunismieli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gravas misses with a body punch.
Gravas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gravas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kaunismieli swings wildly with an uppercut but Gravas uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Kaunismieli.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaunismieli tries to throw a body punch but Gravas avoids it by throwing Kaunismieli back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Kaunismieli.
Gravas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kaunismieli scores with a jab. Gravas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gravas scores with a nice strike.
Kaunismieli scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaunismieli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gravas throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kaunismieli avoids it.
Gravas takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gravas 's corner calls for a 1-2. Gravas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gravas just misses with a punch to the body.
Kaunismieli takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kaunismieli has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gravas .
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gravas lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kaunismieli has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kaunismieli and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kaunismieli swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gravas throws a leg kick which misses Kaunismieli's front leg but catches the back leg as Kaunismieli tries to avoid it.
Kaunismieli moves into the clinch.
Gravas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gravas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kaunismieli blocking some punches.
Gravas misses with a punch on the inside.
Kaunismieli lands with a left to the head.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kalervo Kaunismieli seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kaunismieli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gravas blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kaunismieli.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaunismieli misses with a punch to the body.
Kaunismieli lands a shot to the body.
Kaunismieli tries a body shot but Gravas blocks it.
Gravas misses with some punches.
Gravas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gravas swings wildly with an uppercut but Kaunismieli uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kaunismieli.
A short uppercut from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gravas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kaunismielis head.
Gravas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kaunismieli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gravas 's elbow.
Kaunismieli gets through Gravas 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gravas manages to break the clinch.
Gravas misses with a looping left.
Kaunismieli is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gravas with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Gravas .
Kaunismieli thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaunismieli moves away.
Gravas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gravas throws the left hand but Kaunismieli avoids the punch easily.
Gravas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gravas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kaunismieli.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravas . Kaunismieli does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Kaunismieli was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gravas misses the shot to the body.
Gravas lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kaunismieli lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gravas looks to land a right hand but Kaunismieli moved out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Gravas . That snapped Kaunismieli's head back.
Gravas keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Kaunismieli.
Gravas is looking to chop away at Kaunismieli's legs.
Kaunismieli moves out of range of the strikes.
Gravas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kaunismieli misses with a looping right.
Kalervo Kaunismieli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravas swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kaunismieli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gravas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters circling a little - Gravas finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kaunismieli missing with a left hand there. Gravas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kaunismieli is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gravas throws a head kick that misses.
Gravas lands with a hook. Kaunismieli tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kaunismieli takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Latka Gravas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gravas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gravas scores with a nice body kick.
Gravas throws out a powerful jab.
Gravas scores with a nice body kick.
Kaunismieli moves out of range as Gravas throws a body kick.
It seemed like Kaunismieli was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kaunismieli finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Kaunismieli misses the target.
Kaunismieli is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that's the end of the fight!
Latka Gravas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gravas , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Latka Gravas !
Latka Gravas seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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