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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruben Yvel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Koijaaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kari Koijaaja has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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235 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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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 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ruben Yvel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kari Koijaaja!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koijaaja looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yvel is fending him off so far but Koijaaja persists. Nope, Yvel circles away and we're back to standing.
Koijaaja fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yvel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Koijaaja moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yvel throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Kari Koijaaja has been cut.
Yvel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koijaaja.
Koijaaja avoids the head kick by Yvel.
Yvel throws a head kick that misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Koijaaja.
Ruben Yvel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kari Koijaaja.
Koijaaja scores with a hook to the body. Yvel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yvel stuffs the takedown.
Koijaaja tries for a takedown but Yvel sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Yvel throws a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koijaaja closes the distance and clinches up with Yvel, looking for a takedown. Koijaaja pushes Yvel against the ropes but Yvel circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Koijaaja looks gassed!
Yvel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Koijaaja decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Yvel's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Yvel holds on and takes a little breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yvel is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Yvel has his feet on Koijaaja's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Koijaaja tries to clinch but Yvel moves out of range.
Yvel tries to bum rush Koijaaja with a series of wild strikes but Koijaaja uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yvel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yvel swinging wilding here.
Yvel has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yvel manages to break the clinch.
Yvel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Koijaaja, pushing him back against the ropes.
Yvel is struggling to control the position.
Yvel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Yvel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yvel throws a head kick but Koijaaja moves out of range.
Ruben Yvel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yvel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Koijaaja has time to react.
Koijaaja blocks a head kick by Yvel.
Yvel throws a head kick that Koijaaja semi-blocks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yvel scores with a kick to the body.
Yvel plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Yvel lands with a slapping head kick.
Yvel clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yvel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Yvel lands a knee to the head.
Yvel effectively controlling the action here.
A knee to the head by Yvel.
Yvel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yvel lands with a slapping head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yvel.
Yvel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Koijaaja takes a kick to the side of the head.
Yvel moves into the clinch.
Yvel manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yvel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yvel manages to break the clinch.
Yvel lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Koijaaja pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yvel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Koijaaja's calf.
A head kick misses from Yvel.
Yvel has closed the distance and engaged Koijaaja in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yvel manages to break the clinch.
Yvel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yvel breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yvel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Koijaaja takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Yvel.
Yvel avoiding damage.
Yvel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruben Yvel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kari Koijaaja's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yvel throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Koijaaja.
Koijaaja looks to score with a jab to the body but Yvel is just out of range.
Yvel misses with the combination.
Yvel lands a big head kick that sends Koijaaja tumbling to the mat! Yvel takes a step backwards and waves Koijaaja back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koijaaja fails with the takedown.
Yvel gets a clinch.
Yvel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yvel closes the distance and clinches.
Yvel landing knees to the body.
Yvel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yvel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Koijaaja up against the ropes.
Koijaaja is breathing heavily.
Yvel breaks from the clinch.
Yvel lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That has opened up Kari Koijaaja's cut even more.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Yvel.
Yvel scoring well with a low kick there.
Yvel lets loose with a powerful body kick. Koijaaja will feel that in the morning.
Yvel explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Yvel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yvel throws a right and a left that Koijaaja avoids nicely.
Ruben Yvel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yvel throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yvel rushes Koijaaja and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Yvel taking a breather.
Yvel manages to break the clinch.
Yvel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yvel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Koijaaja's sensitive parts.
Yvel misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koijaaja takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Yvel throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Yvel scores with a nice body kick.
Yvel throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Koijaaja.
Yvel throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Koijaaja's head.
Yvel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Koijaaja can do to turn this around?
Yvel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Koijaaja, pushing him back against the ropes.
Yvel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Koijaaja's face.
Yvel breaks the clinch.
Yvel fails to land with a series of punches.
Yvel lands a high kick!
Ruben Yvel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yvel cracks the inside of Koijaaja's front leg.
Yvel keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Yvel instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yvel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Koijaaja as Yvel tries to tie him up.
Yvel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Koijaaja in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yvel scores with a knee to the head.
Yvel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Koijaaja's face.
Yvel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yvel stalling against the ropes.
Yvel lands a body punch.
Yvel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yvel lands a nice looking body kick.
Koijaaja throws a head kick that misses
and Yvel counters with a body kick that stops Koijaaja in his tracks momentarily.
Koijaaja takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Yvel clinches up with Koijaaja and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yvel obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yvel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yvel lands a nice knee to the body.
Koijaaja has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Yvel.
Koijaaja tries to pull guard but Yvel won't allow it.
Ruben Yvel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kari Koijaaja.
Yvel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Yvel.
Yvel breaks the clinch.
Yvel throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Yvel lands with a kick to the temple. Koijaaja shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Koijaaja moves out of range of the body kick.
Yvel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Yvel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yvel is looking to control Koijaaja's arms but Koijaaja gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yvel has his back to the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yvel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koijaaja fails with a takedown attempt.
Yvel throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruben Yvel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kari Koijaaja'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Yvel feints and then cracks Koijaaja's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Koijaaja down.
Yvel tries to clinch up.
Yvel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Koijaaja takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Yvel throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Koijaaja takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koijaaja takes a kick to the side of the head.
Yvel rushes Koijaaja and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yvel.
Yvel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Koijaaja tries to break free but Yvel pushes him back against the ropes.
Yvel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yvel throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The cut above Kari Koijaaja's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yvel throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yvel throws a sloppy head kick and Koijaaja moves out of range easily.
Yvel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yvel throws a nice head kick!
No joy there for Koijaaja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yvel throws a head kick that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yvel.
Koijaaja's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Koijaaja avoids a kick to the body.
Yvel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Koijaaja, pushing him back against the ropes.
Ruben Yvel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A bit of stalling here from Yvel.
Yvel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Koijaaja tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Yvel lands a damaging elbow.
Yvel breaks from the clinch.
A combination from Yvel does no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yvel lands with a kick to the temple. Koijaaja shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Koijaaja has his takedown stuffed
and Yvel counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yvel.
Koijaaja fails to pull guard.
Ruben Yvel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kari Koijaaja.
Yvel lands a left hand.
Koijaaja wants to get back to striking at distance but Yvel won't allow it.
Yvel lands a knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Yvel.
Yvel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koijaaja avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yvel throws a head kick but Koijaaja moves out of range.
Yvel throws a sloppy head kick and Koijaaja moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koijaaja shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yvel sprawls well. Yvel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Koijaaja gets slowly back to his feet.
Yvel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Koijaaja throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yvel lands the left hand.
Yvel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yvel lands with a nice combination. Koijaaja backs away looking to recover.
Yvel throws a series of punches but Koijaaja moves out of range.
Koijaaja takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Koijaaja changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Yvel tries to avoid it but Koijaaja manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Yvel to the ground. Yvel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Koijaaja tries for a takedown but Yvel sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Yvel tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yvel throws a combination. Koijaaja tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Koijaaja moves out of range of the body kick from Yvel.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yvel.
Koijaaja tries to clinch up but Yvel circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Yvel misses.
Koijaaja closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yvel circles away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Yvel!
Koijaaja misses with a takedown attempt - Yvel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Yvel lands a front kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yvel swinging wilding here.
Yvel throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ruben Yvel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Yvel, 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruben Yvel!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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