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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esko Morko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Enqvist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morko kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Sound Of Thunder. Enqvist has chosen Powerglove - Storm Eagle as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Esko Morko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lars Enqvist!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Enqvist misses.
The fighters circling - Enqvist throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morko smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
It looks like Lars Enqvist has been cut.
Morko throws a sloppy head kick and Enqvist moves out of range easily.
Morko getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Morko throws a head kick but Enqvist moves out of range.
Enqvist avoids the head kick by Morko.
Enqvist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Enqvist swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Enqvist thows a body shot but no joy.
Morko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Enqvist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Enqvist moves out of range of the leg kick from Morko.
Enqvist throws a jab but it's blocked by Morko.
Morko drives through and clinches with Enqvist against the cage.
Morko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Enqvist's face.
Enqvist tries to score a body lock takedown but Morko shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Morko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Enqvist can't get the takedown.
Morko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Enqvist tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Enqvist lands a nice shot to the body.
Enqvist tries a body shot but Morko blocks it.
Enqvist on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morko crunches a lovely knee into Enqvist's ribcage.
Enqvist wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Enqvist.
Morko presses Enqvist against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Enqvist looks gassed!
Morko scores a nice knee to the body.
Morko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Enqvist fails to land.
Morko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Enqvist in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morko is working Enqvist over against the cage.
Morko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Morko.
Morko lands a knee to the head.
Morko lands a good knee to the midsection. Enqvist won't want to take too many of those.
Morko prevents a body shot from Enqvist.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morko landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morko obliges.
Morko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morko leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko working Enqvist over with knees to the body.
Enqvist wants to break free but Morko has control.
Enqvist scores with a hook to the body.
Morko scores with a knee to the head.
Morko crunches a lovely knee into Enqvist's ribcage.
Morko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Enqvist's face.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Enqvist.
Morko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Enqvist misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morko controlling the action here for a moment.
Enqvist goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morko scores with a knee to the head.
Morko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Enqvist avoids it.
Enqvist swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Enqvist has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morko is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Esko Morko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lars Enqvist.
Enqvist doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Enqvist takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morko scores with a knee to the head.
Enqvist takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Enqvist takes a knee to the side of the body.
Enqvist misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Enqvist working aggressively here.
Enqvist misses with a body punch.
Morko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Enqvist has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Enqvist lands a body shot in the clinch.
Enqvist throws a punch but it's blocked by Morko.
Enqvist pushes Morko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morko lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Enqvist or not.
Morko blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Enqvist.
Morko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Enqvist's face.
Morko landing knees to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Enqvist.
Enqvist looking for a takedown.
Morko with a knee to the head.
Enqvist misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Enqvist lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Enqvist lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morko backwards.
Morko working Enqvist over with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Enqvist.
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Enqvist.
Morko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Enqvist lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morko or not.
Enqvist tries to work over Morko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morko lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Enqvist tries to throw a body punch but Morko avoids it by throwing Enqvist back against the cage.
Morko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Enqvist has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good body shot from Enqvist.
Morko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morko prevents a takedown attempt there.
Enqvist misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morko prevents the takedown attempt.
Morko looking to throw knees to the head but Enqvist is blocking nicely.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Enqvist blocks it with crossed arms.
Morko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Enqvist misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Enqvist.
Enqvist throws a head punch that misses.
Morko taking a breather.
Enqvist breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Enqvist lands a nice shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Enqvist connects with the punch.
Morko takes one to the side of the head.
Enqvist showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esko Morko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lars Enqvist's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Enqvist looks to score with a jab to the body but Morko is just out of range.
Enqvist is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Morko rather than just go for the knockout.
Enqvist lands a nice shot to the body.
Enqvist misses with a series of wild punches.
Enqvist loads up on a big right hand but Morko slips the punch.
Morko throws a hook but Enqvist avoids it easily.
Morko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Enqvist throws a jab when Morko was well out of range.
Morko lands with a thumping leg kick.
Morko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Enqvist misses with a body shot.
Enqvist lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morko circles away quickly and effectively.
Enqvist is breathing heavily.
Morko connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko throws a head kick that Enqvist semi-blocks.
Morko has closed the distance and engaged Enqvist in a clinch.
Enqvist tries to pull guard but Morko holds him up against the cage and eventually Enqvist drops back down to his feet.
Enqvist has Morko pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Morko manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Enqvist lands a shoulder strike.
Enqvist tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Morko.
Enqvist takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Esko Morko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morko working Enqvist over with knees to the body.
Morko landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Morko.
Morko lands a nice knee to the body.
Enqvist takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Enqvist misses with a punch on the inside.
Morko stops a takedown attempt from Enqvist.
Esko Morko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lars Enqvist.
Enqvist tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right from Morko on the inside.
Morko lands a good knee to the midsection. Enqvist won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko lands a knee to the body.
Morko is looking to control Enqvist's arms but Enqvist gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morko has his back to the cage.
Enqvist wants a takedown.
Enqvist blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Enqvist takes a knee right on the jaw!
Enqvist lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Enqvist up against the cage.
Morko prevents Enqvist from breaking the clinch.
Enqvist fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morko has Enqvist pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Enqvist - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morko tries a knee to the head but Enqvist blocks it.
Enqvist lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Enqvist swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Enqvist struggles to land a body shot inside as Morko controls his hands.
Morko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Enqvist is defending well for now.
Enqvist pushes Morko back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Enqvist tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Enqvist misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morko takes a shot to the head.
Morko trying to control the position but instead, Enqvist has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morko into the cage.
Morko misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Enqvist is trying to drag Morko to the mat but Morko just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Enqvist has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morko is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Morko blocks an uppercut.
Morko lands a good knee to the midsection. Enqvist won't want to take too many of those.
Morko stalling against the cage.
Morko scores a nice knee to the body.
Enqvist can't get the takedown.
Morko looking to throw knees to the head but Enqvist is blocking nicely.
Enqvist fails to pull guard.
Enqvist wants a takedown.
Morko leaning against his opponent.
Enqvist stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Morko holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Morko looking to slow down the pace here.
Enqvist lands a body shot in the clinch.
Morko lands a knee to the head.
Enqvist looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Enqvist throws a punch but it's blocked by Morko.
Enqvist misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Morko.
Enqvist jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Morko walks away with a smile on his face. Enqvist gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Morko throws a shot from downtown. Enqvist moves away and avoids it.
Enqvist ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morko moves away.
Morko clinches with his opponent.
Enqvist fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morko prevents a body shot from Enqvist.
Morko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Enqvist blocks it with crossed arms.
Enqvist doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Enqvist working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Enqvist.
Enqvist working aggressively here.
Enqvist lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Enqvist tries for a takedown but Morko manages to get underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Enqvist's face.
Enqvist wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morko scores a nice knee to the body.
Enqvist lands with a light punch inside.
Morko landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esko Morko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lars Enqvist's cut.
That's time! Morko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Morko moves into the clinch.
Morko stalling against the cage.
Enqvist on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morko is trying to stall.
Enqvist scores with a hook to the body.
Enqvist swings wildly with an uppercut but Morko uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short body shot lands from Enqvist as the two fighters clinch.
Enqvist working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Enqvist.
A short right from Enqvist on the inside.
Morko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Enqvist.
Enqvist has Morko pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Enqvist pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Morko tumbling to the mat - Enqvist dives into Morko's guard.
Enqvist advances position into side control!
Enqvist wants to control but Morko is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko is trying to control Enqvist's posture but Enqvist avoids it.
Enqvist throws an elbow but Morko slips to the side and avoids it well.
Enqvist tries to score with some ground and pound. Morko controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Morko gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Morko manages to get to full guard.
Enqvist keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Morko's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morko not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Enqvist throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Enqvist trying to control the position from guard on top but Morko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Enqvist slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Morko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morko.
Morko lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A slow jab from Enqvist misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Enqvist misses with a body shot.
Enqvist scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Enqvist misses with an uppercut.
Morko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Enqvist swats away the attempt to clinch by Morko.
Morko throws a nice inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Morko.
Morko misses the shot to the body.
Enqvist rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Enqvist avoids the body shot from Morko.
Morko misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morko lands a head kick. Enqvist smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A slow jab from Morko misses its intended target.
Enqvist slips under a jab from Morko.
Enqvist lands a jab to the nose.
Enqvist looks to throw the jab but Morko is out of range.
Some wild striking there from Enqvist.
Enqvist misses with a looping right.
Good work by Enqvist as he checks the leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Morko.
Enqvist moves out of range of the strikes.
Morko misses with a wild body shot.
Morko connects with a right hand. Enqvist shakes it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Lars Enqvist just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Lars Enqvist's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Morko throws a hook but Enqvist avoids it easily.
Enqvist misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Morko counters with a nice leg kick.
Morko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Enqvist.
Enqvist on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Enqvist throws a sloppy body shot
and Morko counters with a leg kick.
Morko lands a nice leg kick that just misses Enqvist's sensitive parts.
Morko lands a nice hook to Enqvist's body. Enqvist takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lars Enqvist is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morko throws a wild body kick that Enqvist sees coming a mile off.
Morko goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morko throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Enqvist's head.
Some wild striking there from Enqvist.
Enqvist avoids the body shot from Morko.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Enqvist takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Enqvist on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Esko Morko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Enqvist is rocked!
Crack! A monster head kick from Morko and Enqvist falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Morko!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Esko Morko!
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