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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Happy Hands (ranked 866 p4p, 931 weight class) and Tre Jokinen (ranked 70 p4p, 73 weight class). Hands kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Pharoahe Monch- Simon Says. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Happy Hands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tre Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hands swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Hands moves out of range.
Hands lands a jab to the head.
Hands seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Jab by Hands.
Hands ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hands slips a jab and a cross from Jokinen.
Hands shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hands throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen misses with a wild combination.
Hands swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jokinen misses with a wild body shot.
Jokinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Hands is just out of range.
Hands misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
Hands keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jokinen.
Good standup being displayed there by Hands as he connects with a hook.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Jokinen 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.
Hands's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jokinen under the eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hands scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jokinen in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jokinen throws out a loose jab but Hands uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokinen misses with a double jab
and Hands makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hands listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hands stuns Jokinen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hands throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Happy Hands is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jokinen looks to clinch
and Hands counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hands connects with a leg kick.
Hands jabs at Jokinen's body.
Happy Hands seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Jokinen.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hands. That's going to slow Jokinen down.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hands.
Hands feints and then cracks Jokinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jokinen down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hands moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hands.
Hands throws a series of punches but Jokinen avoids them all with ease.
Jokinen scores with a decent looking hook.
Hands lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hands fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jokinen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hands takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A nice leg kick from Hands, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hands tries to work over Jokinen's front leg with a kick but Jokinen checks it.
Hands lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hands lands with a cross.
A left lands for Hands.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hands.
Jokinen looks to land a right hand but Hands moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands cracks Jokinen with an open hand slap.
Jokinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hands can pounce on him.
Jokinen lands a right hook to the body.
Hands lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jokinen will feel that in the morning.
Hands connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A head kick misses from Hands.
Jokinen tries to clinch but Hands moves out of range.
Jokinen misses with a body punch
and Hands counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jokinen tries to clinch up but Hands circles away and keeps his distance.
Hands throws a leg kick but Jokinen moved away.
Jokinen is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Hands attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hands. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good leg kick by Hands.
Jokinen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jokinen lands with a nice combination. Hands backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Happy Hands has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hands, as that shot connected.
Hands just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hands rather than just go for the knockout.
Hands throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hands throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hands works the jab nicely.
Hands scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jokinen doesn't seem bothered though.
Jokinen blocks a low kick nicely.
Jokinen misses with a takedown attempt - Hands sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jokinen defending well as Hands loads up on a big left hand.
Jokinen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hands lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hands throws a leg kick but Jokinen moved away.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hands.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hands throws out a powerful jab.
Hands looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Hands wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hands cracks Jokinen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jokinen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jokinen throws a good cross that connects.
Hands throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jokinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hands manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hands looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jokinen tries to clinch up but Hands circles away and keeps his distance.
A low kick lands for Hands.
Jokinen walks into a straight right hand from Hands.
Hands misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hands moves forwards but Jokinen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hands is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Hands.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hands under the eye.
Hands misses with a series of wild punches.
Jokinen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hands was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
Hands catches Jokinen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hands misses the jab.
Hands scores with a spinning back kick!
Jokinen 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.
Hands misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen moves out of range of the body kick.
Jokinen is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Jokinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jokinen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hands scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Jokinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jokinen is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Hands throws a nice head kick!
Hands connects with a leg kick.
Jokinen lands with a shot to the body.
Hands misses with a low kick.
Hands fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jokinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hands scores with a decent looking hook.
Jokinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hands connects with a body shot that sends Jokinen's belly button to the back.
Hands connects with a crisp jab.
Hands scores with a three punch combo!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hands walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jokinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jokinen gets the takedown into side control.
Hands prevents Jokinen from moving into mount.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hands is trying to control Jokinen's posture but Jokinen avoids it.
Jokinen is looking to take a break and control but Hands is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jokinen tries to advance to mount but Hands denies him.
Hands is looking for a sweep.
Hands struggling a bit here.
Hands is looking for a sweep.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hands is holding Jokinen down, trying to stall.
Jokinen is trying to get an arm triangle but Hands is defending well.
Hands struggling a bit here.
Jokinen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hands is trying to control Jokinen's posture but Jokinen avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Happy Hands dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Happy Hands's cut.
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.
Hands showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jokinen.
Jokinen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hands lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jokinen will feel that in the morning.
Jokinen looks to throw the jab but Hands is out of range.
Jokinen throws an off balance right hand
and Hands counters with a nice uppercut.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Happy Hands is winning the standup battle so far.
Hands scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jokinen connects with a single shot there.
Hands scores with a push kick.
Hands looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
Hands takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jokinen lands with an overhand left.
Hands is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jokinen can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands slips a jab from Jokinen.
Hands lands with an overhand left.
Hands misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
Jokinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hands throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hands slips under a jab from Jokinen.
It looked like Hands wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hands misses with a body shot
and Jokinen counters with a straight right hand.
Some wild striking there from Jokinen.
Jokinen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jokinen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hands is looking to slow Jokinen down with leg kicks.
A head kick by Hands misses
enabling Jokinen to counter with a crisp jab.
Hands ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen cracks a nice hook into Hands's ribs.
Hands looks for the body kick but Jokinen saw that one coming.
Jokinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hands can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hands scores with a jab. Jokinen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hands misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jokinen scores with a nice head shot.
Hands with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jokinen misses with a double jab.
Hands throws a low kick but Jokinen avoids it.
Jokinen takes one to the chin there.
Nice body kick there by Hands.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hands moves away.
Jokinen throws a shot from downtown. Hands moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab lands there for Hands.
Hands throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jokinen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jokinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jokinen trying to pass the guard but Hands defending well.
Hands is trying to get back to full guard.
Jokinen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hands preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hands kicks off Jokinen and gets to his feet.
Hands with a nice calf kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen pushes Hands up against the cage in a clinch.
Hands prevents the takedown attempt.
Jokinen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Hands blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jokinen.
Tre Jokinen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jokinen stalling away here and it's allowed Hands to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Hands controlling the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen trying to control but Hands is working from the bottom.
Hands controlling Jokinen's posture.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jokinen controlling from the top position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Hands finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jokinen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hands connects with a nice looking jab.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A combination from Hands does no damage.
Hands throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jokinen drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hands defends it well.
Hands lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Tre Jokinen has been cut.
Hands lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jokinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hands throws out the jab.
A low kick from Hands is predictable there
and Jokinen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Jokinen stalling away here and it's allowed Hands to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Jokinen wants to control from the top but Hands keeps moving.
Jokinen forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hands is not content to let Jokinen control the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is working for a kimura but Hands is defending it quite comfortably.
Jokinen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hands has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jokinen throwing shots but Hands is blocking nicely.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nice strikes from Jokinen there.
Hands is trying to control but can't.
Jokinen throws a strike but Hands avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Jokinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Hands is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hands pulls Jokinen in to control the position.
Jokinen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jokinen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hands is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jokinen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen slips under a jab.
Hands bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hands lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jokinen avoids a kick to the body.
Hands throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hands uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jokinen.
Hands throws a leg kick
and Jokinen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hands's guard.
Hands is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hands working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jokinen.
Hands keeping full guard, as Jokinen tries to pass.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Happy Hands will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
An inside leg kick from Hands misses.
Hands connects with a body shot that sends Jokinen's belly button to the back.
Hands looks to throw a body kick
and Jokinen counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Hands!
Jokinen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hands has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hands is trying to buck Jokinen off.
Jokinen is looking to take a break and control but Hands is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hands is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
You can see the frustration on Hands's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hands is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jokinen is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hands is trying to improve his position.
Jokinen postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hands is not content to let Jokinen control the position.
Hands tries to buck Jokinen off but Jokinen is having none of it.
Jokinen happy to just control the position for now.
Hands is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jokinen throws out a loose jab but Hands uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Hands wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hands throws a hook but Jokinen blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands scores with a spinning back kick!
Hands ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jokinen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hands.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hands.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jokinen misses with a few strikes there.
A cross from Hands lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hands.
Hands lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jokinen will feel that in the morning.
Hands punishes Jokinen's body with a nice straight punch.
Jokinen is looking to clinch.
Hands throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hands motions for Jokinen to come forward. Hands throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hands chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hands paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hands.
Hands tries to keep at a distance but Jokinen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hands taking a breather.
Hands misses with a body punch.
Hands scores with a hook to the body.
Jokinen jumps guard.
Hands has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hands seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Hands has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Hands has passed into half guard!
Hands stalling.
Jokinen is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hands prevents Jokinen from improving his position.
Jokinen looking for submissions off his back.
Hands passes into side control, despite Jokinen's attempt to control the position.
Jokinen tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Hands easily slips into full mount!
Hands looking to control but Jokinen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is looking to improve his position but Hands isn't that keen on the idea.
Hands looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jokinen is looking to get to half guard.
Jokinen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hands content just to control the position here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jokinen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jokinen is still trying to improve position.
Jokinen wants to control but Hands is having none of it.
Tre Jokinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen working to try and regain half guard.
Jokinen keeps trying to improve his position.
Hands content just to control the position here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jokinen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Happy Hands is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hands controlling his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Happy Hands showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hands, 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Happy Hands!
A relieved looking Happy Hands thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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