Aleksi Mäntykivi did not fall asleep after a handsome knockout victory.
A huge monkey fell from Aleksi Mäntykivi’s shoulders. Anssi Karjalainen
Sunday morning had already dawned in Manchester, however Aleksi Mäntykivi27, hadn’t slept at all.
Saturday night’s knockout victory in the Cage Warriors freestyle night kept him awake.
– It was a hard charge, and I could expect it to happen. Whenever you dump someone properly on their roof, you are really in the juices of it. We came to the hotel from the race venue, we drank a few beers and I mainly responded to the messages during the night, Mäntykivi said cheerfully.
A hard-fought Finn knocked out a brass opponent Jeanderson Castron in the second installment. The first five minutes was still flat, but in the second installment the grip turned to Mäntykivi.
– I was a little surprised that Castro didn’t show the jumping knees or other aggressive stuff he’s done before. He gave good kicks to the body and legs.
– Now, on a break, I felt like I was in better shape. I knew he would get tired. Castro told the hotel after the match that he started to get a little stressed in the second round if the match would turn to me.
The tooth breaks
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A solution was born from the upper hook of the back hand. The pine bomb bomb reached Castro’s left hand.
The brass player did not drop, but so to speak fell asleep from the force of the hit.
– I thought for a moment about what happened. The guy was standing, but no one seemed to be home. I then knocked on another punch, Mäntykivi repeated his knockout.
Castro fell, and the referee Marc Goddard ended the match. After Mittelö broke, a surprising discovery was picked: Castro’s tooth.
– British commentators said so. My photographer was with me Eemeli showed them after the match that there was a tooth in the cage. I don’t know at what point it came off, but I haven’t seen anything like it. My own teeth are safe.
Bonuses in crypts
For Mäntykivi, the victory was the first in his career at Cage Warriors. In the past, he has fought three times and each time lost to the top names in the British promotion. The victory felt as if the gorilla had fallen from his shoulders.
– I don’t remember when it would have been a lot more exciting on the day of the match. I have now been a sports psychologist for a month Minna Marshin by. With the cards I got from there, I was able to turn the tension so that I performed better than ever before.
The knockout of Mäntykivi was appreciated. It was rewarded with a Cage Warriors Night Performance Bonus for pre-card matches. As a bonus, Pine set off cryptocurrencies for $ 2,500.
– I have to ask one of my acquaintances, who knows a little more about those cryptos, how to use them sensibly.
– Whether there were crypts or not, the more the bonus always tells about that tribute.
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