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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Verneri Ahma (ranked 258 p4p, 36 weight class) and Gennady Golovkin (ranked 450 p4p, 54 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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160 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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169 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Verneri Ahma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gennady Golovkin!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahma has Golovkin up against the cage in a clinch.
Ahma misses with some punches.
Golovkin manages to break the clinch.
Ahma throws a body shot but no joy.
Golovkin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ahma lands with a nice body punch.
Ahma pushes Golovkin away with a front kick.
Ahma lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Golovkin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ahma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Golovkin.
Golovkin tries to keep at a distance but Ahma has taken the fight into the clinch.
Golovkin tries to work over Ahma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
I was talking to Ahma's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ahma tries to work over Golovkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ahma throws a punch but it's blocked by Golovkin.
Golovkin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ahma backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ahma has a couple of punches blocked by Golovkin.
Ahma lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ahma lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ahma throws a head punch that misses.
Golovkin tries a body shot but Ahma blocks it.
Golovkin blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ahma.
Ahma pushes Golovkin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Golovkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Golovkin misses with some punches.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Golovkin has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A short right from Ahma on the inside.
Ahma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ahma lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Golovkin backwards.
Ahma lands a shoulder strike.
Ahma throws a punch but it's blocked by Golovkin.
Golovkin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Golovkin tries to work over Ahma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ahma scores with a shoulder strike.
Golovkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ahma lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ahma lands with a light punch inside.
Golovkin misses with a punch to the body.
Golovkin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ahma fails to land.
Golovkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahma uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Ahma.
Ahma lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Golovkin.
Ahma throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Golovkins head.
Golovkin tries to circle away but Ahma has him pinned against the cage.
Ahma lands a right hand.
Golovkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Ahma controls his hands.
Ahma scores with a hook to the body.
Ahma throws a punch but it's blocked by Golovkin.
Ahma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ahma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ahma lands with a short shot to the head.
Golovkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ahma is leaning against Golovkin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Ahma - that landed with a thud.
Golovkin looks winded!
Golovkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahma scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ahma works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ahma misses with the head strike.
Ahma lands a nice uppercut.
Ahma lands a hook that snaps the head of Golovkin backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Ahma.
Ahma scores with a shot to the side of Golovkin's head.
Golovkin breaks the clinch.
Ahma throws a right hand that misses
and Golovkin counters with a nice body shot.
Ahma tries to clinch but Golovkin is having none of it.
Golovkin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ahma moves into the clinch.
Golovkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ahma scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ahma lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Golovkin.
Ahma scores with a hook to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Ahma.
Ahma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ahma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ahma connects with a right hand. Golovkin shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahma tries to clinch up.
Jab, jab by Ahma - just one landing.
Golovkin is rocked!
Ahma moves into the clinch.
Golovkin is still on wobbly legs! Can Ahma finish him?
Ahma misses with a punch on the inside.
Golovkin seems to have recovered his senses.
Ahma lands a right hand.
Ahma lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ahma unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Golovkin! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ahma is unloading with more strikes now! Golovkin drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Verneri Ahma!
During a confident post fight interview, Verneri Ahma thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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