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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jiri Ahokas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trung Lu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahokas kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Fort Minor - 100 Degrees. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jiri Ahokas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trung Lu!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Alyssa Summers and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahokas goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lu throws a hook but Ahokas avoids it easily.
Trung Lu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Ahokas misses.
Lu throws the left hand but Ahokas avoids the punch easily.
Lu is looking to chop away at Ahokas's legs.
Ahokas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lu's calf.
Lu throws a big shot that misses.
Lu shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lu swings for the body but Ahokas moves out of range.
Lu misses with a wild combination.
Lu misses with a few strikes there.
Lu walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ahokas.
Lu avoids the head kick by Ahokas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lu throws a body punch but Ahokas moves out of range.
Ahokas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lu's calf.
A good leg kick by Ahokas.
Lu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ahokas throws out the jab.
Lu scores with a jab to the head.
Ahokas dodges the punch combination from Lu.
Lu misses with a series of wild punches.
Lu just misses with a punch to the body.
Ahokas throws a sloppy head kick and Lu moves out of range easily.
Ahokas scores with a spinning back kick!
Ahokas thumps Lu with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas scores with a head kick.
Ahokas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lu.
No joy there for Lu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ahokas lands with a nice body kick.
Ahokas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ahokas gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lu.
Ahokas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ahokas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lu's face.
Lu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ahokas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ahokas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lu's brow.
Lu is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ahokas misses with a knee strike.
Ahokas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Ahokas fails to land.
Ahokas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lu blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Ahokas as the two fighters clinch.
Ahokas tries to land knees in the clinch but Lu avoids the damage to the body.
Lu prevents a body shot from Ahokas.
Ahokas pushes Lu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ahokas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lu's brow.
Lu takes a shot to the head.
Knees to the body from Ahokas.
Ahokas tries to land a knee to the head but Lu blocks with his arms.
Ahokas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ahokas lands a nice knee to the body.
Lu looks gassed!
Ahokas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lu blocks it with crossed arms.
Ahokas prevents Lu from breaking the clinch.
Ahokas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ahokas lands a nice knee to the body.
Ahokas misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas misses with a knee to the head.
Ahokas can't find room to land a body shot as Lu controls the action.
Ahokas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lu is defending well for now.
Ahokas with a knee to the head.
Ahokas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ahokas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ahokas looking to throw knees to the head but Lu is blocking nicely.
Ahokas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ahokas throws an elbow but it misses.
Ahokas tries a knee to the head but Lu blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ahokas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ahokas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jiri Ahokas dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lu throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ahokas counters with an inside leg kick.
Lu thows a leg kick but Ahokas checks it
and Ahokas counters with an outside leg kick.
Lu needs to keep his hands up - Ahokas had a free shot at his head there.
Trung Lu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ahokas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ahokas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lu moves out of range of the strikes.
Ahokas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lu throws a nice looking combination but Ahokas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ahokas scores with a nice head shot.
Lu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A slow jab from Lu misses its intended target.
Lu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ahokas to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ahokas doesn't seem bothered though.
Lu throws and low kick but Ahokas moves out of range easily.
A leg kick checked by Lu.
Lu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lu misses with a combination
and Ahokas counters with a head kick.
Lu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ahokas counters with a leg kick.
Lu is looking to land body kicks.
Crunch! Ahokas slams his shin into Lu's torso.
Lu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ahokas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ahokas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lu throws a body punch but Ahokas moves out of range.
Lu throws a lazy body kick
and Ahokas counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ahokas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ahokas thows a body kick. Lu tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ahokas.
Ahokas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ahokas.
Lu connects with a single shot there.
Ahokas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lu.
Ahokas looks for the body kick but Lu saw that one coming.
Lu looks for a takedown but Ahokas sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas tries to clinch but Lu moves out of range.
Lu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A lazy left from Ahokas finds it's target.
Ahokas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lu. That did some damage!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ahokas.
Lu has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ahokas.
Lu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ahokas walks into a stiff left hand from Lu.
Lu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ahokas counters with a right hand to the body.
Lu misses with a hook to the body
and Ahokas counters with a leg kick.
Ahokas is looking to clinch but Lu is avoiding it.
Ahokas throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ahokas counters with a leg kick.
Lu is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lu swings for the body but Ahokas moves out of range.
Lu throws a hook but Ahokas avoids it easily.
Ahokas ducks under a wild hook from Lu.
Lu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ahokas moves away.
Jiri Ahokas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ahokas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lu.
Jiri Ahokas is winning the standup battle so far.
Ahokas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ahokas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Ahokas.
Ahokas lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lu misses with a two punch combination.
Nice body kick from Ahokas.
Lu lands with an overhand left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jiri Ahokas dominated that second 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.
Ahokas tries to clinch there but Lu circles away.
Lu misses with an uppercut.
Ahokas misses with the combination.
Ahokas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Lu misses.
Lu misses with a combination
and Ahokas makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ahokas.
Lu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ahokas counters with a body kick that stops Lu in his tracks momentarily.
Ahokas scores with a spinning back kick!
Ahokas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lu thows a body shot but no joy.
Lu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ahokas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ahokas, right into the meat.
A telegraphed right hand from Lu misses the target.
Lu shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lu showed some decent athleticism there.
Ahokas is looking for a sweep. Lu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas wants to control but Lu is keeping busy.
Lu is keen to just control but Ahokas is a slippery customer.
Ahokas is looking for a sweep. Lu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ahokas is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lu seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ahokas does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lu is working for a submission of some sort.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ahokas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lu. That did some damage!
Lu looks to land a left hand but Ahokas moved out of range nicely.
Lu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ahokas avoids the body shot from Lu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lu misses with a looping left.
Ahokas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ahokas tries to close the distance and clinch but Lu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lu fails to land with a series of punches.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ahokas, right into the meat.
Ahokas throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Lu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ahokas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ahokas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lu.
Both fighters circling a little - Ahokas finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ahokas connects with a solid leg kick.
Ahokas connects with a solid leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ahokas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jiri Ahokas clearly takes 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.
Ahokas closes the distance and clinches.
Ahokas lands a knee to the head.
Lu working hard to break the clinch.
Ahokas lands an elbow inside that Lu shrugs off.
Ahokas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ahokas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ahokas throws an elbow that misses.
Ahokas missing with knees to the body.
Lu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ahokas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ahokas throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Ahokas scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ahokas fails to land.
Ahokas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ahokas trying to land knees to the body.
Ahokas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas tries a knee to the head but Lu blocks it.
Lu is trying to break the clinch but Ahokas is controlling him.
Ahokas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lu is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Ahokas lands an elbow just above Lu 's eye.
Ahokas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ahokas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lu's brow.
Ahokas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ahokas pushes off an throws an elbow but Lu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ahokas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lu is trying to break free.
A knee to the head by Ahokas.
Ahokas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ahokas misses with the head strike.
Ahokas pushes Lu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lu is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas lands a knee to the head.
Ahokas lands a damaging elbow.
Ahokas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lu dodges an elbow strike from Ahokas.
Lu is trying to break the clinch but Ahokas is controlling him.
Ahokas misses with a knee to the head.
Lu can't break the clinch.
Ahokas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lu can do to turn this around?
Ahokas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ahokas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ahokas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ahokas trying to land knees to the body.
Ahokas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lu's elbow.
Lu can't break the clinch.
Ahokas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lu blocks it with crossed arms.
Lu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ahokas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ahokas is pressed up against the cage. Lu has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ahokas down to the mat. Ahokas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ahokas.
Lu throws a shot to the body.
Lu shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas actively working from the bottom here.
Lu is controlling the pace.
Ahokas tries to roll over but Lu keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Jiri Ahokas will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Ahokas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ahokas lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lu will feel that in the morning.
Lu throws a body punch but Ahokas moves out of range.
Ahokas tries to clinch but Lu is having none of it.
Lu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lu misses with a wild combination.
Lu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ahokas can pounce on him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ahokas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lu misses with a hook.
Ahokas tries to clinch but Lu moves out of range.
Ahokas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ahokas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good exchange - Ahokas coming out on top.
Lu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ahokas is looking to slow Lu down with leg kicks.
Lu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ahokas manages to avoid it.
Ahokas lands with a nice body kick.
Lu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ahokas can pounce on him.
Ahokas scores with a nice body kick.
Ahokas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lu.
Lu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lu's corner calls for a 1-2. Lu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Good exchange - Ahokas coming out on top.
Ahokas wants to clinch.
Lu misses with a takedown
and Ahokas counters with a straight right hand.
Lu is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Lu throws a leg kick but Ahokas sees it coming and moves out of range.
A big left from Lu misses.
Ahokas blocks a jab.
Lu throws a combination that misses
and Ahokas counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lu is rocked!
Lu throws a low kick, looking for Ahokas's leg but Ahokas calmly moves out of range.
Lu is still on wobbly legs! Can Ahokas finish him?
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lu.
Lu seems to have recovered his senses.
Ahokas thumps Lu with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Ahokas.
A right handed body shot lands from Ahokas.
Ahokas digs a right hand underneath Lu's ribcage. Lu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ahokas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ahokas tries a knee to the head but Lu blocks it.
Ahokas tries a knee to the head but Lu blocks it.
Ahokas misses with a knee to the head.
Ahokas lands an elbow just above Lu 's eye.
Lu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ahokas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lu backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ahokas.
Ahokas crunches a lovely knee into Lu's ribcage.
Trung Lu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas tries to land a knee to the head but Lu blocks with his arms.
Ahokas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ahokas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ahokas lands an elbow inside that Lu shrugs off.
Lu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ahokas lands a damaging elbow.
Ahokas looking to throw knees to the head but Lu is blocking nicely.
Ahokas looking to throw knees to the head but Lu is blocking nicely.
Ahokas lands a body shot.
Ahokas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ahokas misses with an elbow over the top.
Lu avoids a wild elbow strike from Ahokas.
Lu stalling.
Ahokas lands an elbow inside that Lu shrugs off.
Ahokas throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jiri Ahokas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ahokas, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 50:45
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 50:44
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jiri Ahokas!
Jiri Ahokas retains his bantamweight title!
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