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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between kolme erimakua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enver Koskinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, kolme erimakua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enver Koskinen!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koskinen throws out a powerful jab.
Koskinen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
erimakua leaves Koskinen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
erimakua lands a head kick!
erimakua clinches.
erimakua drops down looking for an ankle pick but Koskinen pulls his leg out and moves away.
erimakua bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Koskinen is looking for a sweep.
erimakua decides to stand up, so the ref orders Koskinen to his feet.
erimakua connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Koskinen moves forwards but erimakua connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koskinen misses with a takedown attempt
and erimakua counters with a leg kick.
kolme erimakua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enver Koskinen.
erimakua pushes Koskinen away with a front kick.
Koskinen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
erimakua moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
erimakua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koskinen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as erimakua sprawls well. erimakua wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Koskinen gets slowly back to his feet.
Koskinen looks gassed!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Koskinen.
erimakua is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
erimakua tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Koskinen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
erimakua sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
erimakua is concentrating on defense, preventing Koskinen from advancing position.
Koskinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Koskinen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
erimakua has one foot on Koskinen's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Koskinen fails with the takedown
and erimakua counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by erimakua.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
erimakua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
erimakua lands a head kick!
Koskinen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. erimakua is trying to defend but Koskinen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
erimakua blocking the ground and pound attempt from Koskinen.
Koskinen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and erimakua defends it well.
erimakua might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
erimakua keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
erimakua keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen is working for a submission of some sort.
Koskinen stops erimakua from getting back to his feet.
erimakua is defending against the submission attempts here by Koskinen.
erimakua knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Koskinen on the ground.
Koskinen is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, erimakua has managed to free his arm - good work.
erimakua makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Koskinen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in erimakua's guard.
erimakua is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Koskinen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Koskinen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Koskinen throws a big right hand that misses.
erimakua scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from erimakua.
Koskinen misses with a takedown attempt
and erimakua counters with a body kick that stops Koskinen in his tracks momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koskinen misses with a takedown
and erimakua counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by erimakua.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koskinen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but erimakua can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Koskinen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but erimakua can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
kolme erimakua dominated that round.
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.
A jab from Koskinen does it's job there.
Koskinen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and erimakua counters with a straight right hand.
erimakua lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Koskinen looks to clinch
and erimakua counters by clinching up.
erimakua lands an elbow just above Koskinen 's eye.
erimakua is pushing Koskinen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
erimakua breaks the clinch.
erimakua scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by erimakua.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
erimakua scores with a nice body kick.
erimakua stalks Koskinen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Koskinen's face. Koskinen staggers backwards, shaken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
erimakua lands with a slapping head kick.
erimakua misses with a takedown
and Koskinen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Koskinen.
Enver Koskinen has got the better of the ground game so far.
erimakua is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
erimakua is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
erimakua wants to stand but Koskinen is controlling the position.
Koskinen stands and steps away. erimakua gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
A head kick by Koskinen misses
and erimakua counters by clinching up.
erimakua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
erimakua shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Koskinen napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
erimakua trying to control the action but Koskinen is working from the bottom.
Koskinen is looking to work his way out of this bad position but erimakua is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
erimakua decides to take the fight back to the feet.
erimakua leaves Koskinen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Enver Koskinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koskinen shoots in but no luck this time.
kolme erimakua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enver Koskinen.
Koskinen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Koskinen.
erimakua dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Koskinen. That did some damage!
Koskinen shoots in and bounces erimakua off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Koskinen stops erimakua from standing up.
Koskinen throwing strikes but missing.
erimakua looking for a sweep. Not yet erimakua, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
erimakua not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
erimakua wants to stand and escape but Koskinen is having none of it.
Koskinen throwing strikes from guard but erimakua blocks nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Koskinen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Koskinen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but erimakua swivels and escapes.
erimakua shoots in looking for a takedown. Koskinen tries to sprawl out of it but erimakua keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Koskinen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
erimakua misses with a head kick.
erimakua shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Koskinen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in erimakua's guard now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
erimakua looking to control.
erimakua is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Koskinen landing some decent shots from guard.
Koskinen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Koskinen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Koskinen has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of erimakua is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koskinen drops back looking for a leg! erimakua is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and erimakua manages to kick Koskinen off! Koskinen jumps back into erimakua's guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
erimakua lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enver Koskinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! erimakua's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
erimakua throws a series of punches but Koskinen avoids them all with ease.
Koskinen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Koskinen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but erimakua is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
erimakua is trying to control Koskinen's posture but Koskinen avoids it.
erimakua wants to get back to his feet but Koskinen drags him back down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koskinen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Koskinen scores with a couple of short elbows.
erimakua tries to buck Koskinen off but Koskinen is having none of it.
Koskinen swings around for an armbar but erimakua sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Koskinen's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Koskinen keeping moving, preventing erimakua from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
erimakua shoots in for a takedown but Koskinen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
No joy there for erimakua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
erimakua fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Koskinen tries to clinch up
and erimakua counters with a nice low kick that buckles Koskinen's knee momentarily.
Koskinen scores with a takedown into erimakua's guard.
Koskinen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Koskinen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
erimakua wants to stand up but Koskinen is controlling him.
Koskinen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Koskinen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Koskinen shoots in for a takedown but erimakua shows good takedown defense.
A slapping leg kick lands for erimakua.
Nice takedown defense from Koskinen. No joy for erimakua on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for kolme erimakua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koskinen tries for a takedown but erimakua circles away easily
and erimakua counters with a three punch combo that has Koskinen backing up. Koskinen nods at erimakua to acknowledge the strikes.
Koskinen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and erimakua counters with a head kick. That will keep Koskinen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
erimakua lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
erimakua tries to bum rush Koskinen with a series of wild strikes but Koskinen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Koskinen with a poor takedown
and erimakua counters with a low kick, right behind Koskinen 's knee.
erimakua goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
erimakua stuffs the takedown attempt from Koskinen. Koskinen gets slowly back to his feet.
erimakua gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
erimakua has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Koskinen avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Koskinen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. erimakua gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
erimakua manages to break the clinch.
Koskinen misses with a double jab
and erimakua finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
kolme erimakua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
erimakua looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Koskinen with a poor takedown
and erimakua connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
erimakua throws a quick inside leg kick.
Koskinen shoots in and drives through. erimakua sprawls well.
No joy there for Koskinen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
erimakua bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Koskinen falls off balance throwing a combination
and erimakua counters with an inside leg kick.
Koskinen feints and as erimakua raises his hands in defense, Koskinen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
erimakua is adopting a defensive guard.
Koskinen won't allow erimakua to get back to his feet.
Koskinen thows a big elbow that misses.
Koskinen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Koskinen throws a strike but erimakua rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Koskinen looking for a sweep. Not yet Koskinen, not yet.
erimakua got a little sloppy there for a moment and Koskinen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, erimakua has managed to get both his arms back between Koskinen's legs - danger averted.
Koskinen looking to hit a scissor sweep but erimakua is one step ahead there.
erimakua gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Enver Koskinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Koskinen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enver Koskinen!
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