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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Radio Philips (ranked 430 p4p, 58 weight class) and Jesse Karhu (ranked 1031 p4p, 126 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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260 lbs
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265 lbs
6 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Radio Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Karhu!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karhu misses with a looping left.
Karhu loads up on a big right hand but Philips slips the punch.
Philips uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karhu.
A big left from Philips misses.
Philips takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A telegraphed right hand from Philips misses the target.
A big right from Karhu misses.
Karhu has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Philips is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Karhu swinging wildly here.
Philips throws the left hand but Karhu avoids the punch easily.
Philips gets a clinch.
Karhu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Philips goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Philips misses with a punch on the inside.
Philips stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Karhu misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Philips's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Philips tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karhu's elbow.
Philips goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karhu backwards.
Karhu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Philips looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Philips scores with a crisp jab that stopped Karhu in his tracks.
It looks like Jesse Karhu has been cut.
A punch lands to the side of Philips 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Philips uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Karhu has time to react.
Karhu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Philips.
Sloppy strikes from Karhu. Those never looked like landing.
Philips misses with a wild body shot.
Philips misses with a hook.
Karhu throws a hook to the side of Philips's head but Philips sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Philips pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Karhu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Philips takes one to the side of the head.
Karhu gets tackled into the cage by Philips. Philips maintains the clinch.
Karhu blocks a body shot from Philips.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips lands a right hand.
Philips misses with a short punch on the inside.
Philips misses with a punch to the body.
Philips tries a body shot but Karhu blocks it.
Philips lands with a left to the head.
Philips misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Philips.
Philips throws a punch but it's blocked by Karhu.
Karhu is looking to break free of the clinch but Philips has double underhooks.
Karhu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Philips has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Philips.
Philips works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Philips tries to throw a body punch but Karhu avoids it by throwing Philips back against the cage.
Philips lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Philips.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Radio Philips dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jesse Karhu's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Philips forces Karhu back against the cage and clinches.
Karhu manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Philips lands a right hand.
Philips misses with a punch to the body.
Philips misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karhu stalls.
A short right from Philips on the inside.
Philips goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Philips.
Karhu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karhu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Philips misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karhu misses with some punches.
A short right from Philips.
Philips lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Philips swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karhu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karhu throws a hook but Philips blocks it.
Jab by Karhu.
Karhu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Philips moves away.
Karhu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Karhu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Philips takes the fight into the clinch.
Radio Philips has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Karhu breaks from the clinch.
Philips scores with a sloppy right hand. Karhu should have avoided that one.
Philips throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Philips throws a right and a left that Karhu avoids nicely.
Philips clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karhu manages to break the clinch.
Philips pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Karhu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Philips at a distance.
Philips looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Philips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Philips on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Philips lands a lovely overhand right.
Philips moves into the clinch successfully.
Philips swings wildly with an uppercut but Karhu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Philips misses with a punch to the body.
Philips misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karhu.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Karhu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Radio Philips dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jesse Karhu's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Karhu slips under a jab from Philips.
Jesse Karhu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Philips scores with a hook to the body. Karhu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice shot by Karhu.
Karhu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karhu is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Some wild striking there from Karhu.
Karhu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Philips sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jesse Karhu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karhu misses the jab.
Karhu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Philips sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Philips scores with a crisp jab that stopped Karhu in his tracks.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karhu throws a big shot that misses.
Philips is looking to clinch.
Philips misses with a hook. Karhu ducked under it nicely.
Karhu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Philips.
Philips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karhu can do to turn this around?
Philips looks to throw the jab but Karhu is out of range.
Karhu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karhu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Philips manages to avoid it.
Karhu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Philips connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Karhu momentarily.
That has opened up Jesse Karhu's cut even more.
Karhu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Philips.
Philips lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice combination there by Philips.
Philips keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karhu.
Karhu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Philips lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Philips throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Karhu counter with a right hand.
Philips slips a jab from Karhu.
Karhu moves forwards but Philips connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Philips lands a lovely overhand right.
The cut above Jesse Karhu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Philips throws a hook but Karhu avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karhu. Philips does a little dance to reset his feet.
Philips scores with a hook to the body. Karhu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice defenses there by Philips.
Philips throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karhu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Philips sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Philips bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Karhu's head backwards.
Philips scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Philips drops Karhu with a left and a right! Oh, Karhu is hurt - Philips dives into side control looking to finish!
Karhu is rocked!
Philips decides to stand back up. Philips steps back and let's Karhu get back to his feet.
Karhu is still on wobbly legs! Can Philips finish him?
Karhu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karhu tries to keep at a distance but Philips has taken the fight into the clinch.
Philips creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Karhu's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Karhu drops to his knees and Philips pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Radio Philips!
Radio Philips decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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