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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lauri Puukko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masakatsu Yokasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yokasaki has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Masakatsu Yokasaki enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lauri Puukko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Masakatsu Yokasaki!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puukko swats away the attempt to clinch by Yokasaki.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Yokasaki.
Puukko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Puukko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yokasaki circles away quickly and effectively.
Puukko drops Yokasaki with a nice combination! Puukko dives into Yokasaki's guard, looking to finish!
It looks like Masakatsu Yokasaki has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Puukko thows a big elbow that misses.
Puukko in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yokasaki looks gassed!
Puukko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yokasaki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Puukko missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Puukko has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Puukko is looking to work some ground and pound but Yokasaki has wrist control.
Yokasaki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Puukko is one step ahead there.
Yokasaki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puukko tries to stand but Yokasaki is controlling from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Yokasaki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Puukko. Puukko obviously looking to wear him down.
Puukko throws a series of punches but Yokasaki moves out of range.
Puukko scores with a leg kick.
Puukko misses with an uppercut. Yokasaki saw that one coming.
Puukko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Yokasaki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puukko lands an overhand right.
Yokasaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Puukko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puukko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Puukko tries to bum rush Yokasaki with a series of wild strikes but Yokasaki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Puukko lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Puukko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yokasaki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Puukko lands a right hook to the body.
Puukko thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puukko.
Puukko thows a body shot but no joy.
Yokasaki blocks a low kick nicely.
Puukko stuffs the takedown.
Puukko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Puukko changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yokasaki moves out of range as Puukko strikes.
Yokasaki dodges the punch combination from Puukko.
Puukko throws a leg kick which misses Yokasaki's front leg but catches the back leg as Yokasaki tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Puukko.
Puukko getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That has opened up Masakatsu Yokasaki's cut even more.
Puukko thows a body shot but no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Puukko.
Puukko swinging wildly here.
Puukko takes a swing at Yokasaki's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puukko misses with a series of wild punches.
Puukko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lauri Puukko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Masakatsu Yokasaki's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Yokasaki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Puukko misses the shot to the body.
Puukko throws a nice looking combination but Yokasaki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Puukko does no damage.
Puukko is looking to wear down Yokasaki with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yokasaki closes the distance and clinches.
Puukko breaks the clinch.
Puukko throws a hook to the side of Yokasaki's head but Yokasaki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puukko throws a right hand that Yokasaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Yokasaki also avoids with ease.
Puukko walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yokasaki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yokasaki shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puukko defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yokasaki.
Lauri Puukko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Masakatsu Yokasaki.
Puukko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lauri Puukko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Puukko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yokasaki circles away quickly and effectively.
Good exchange - Puukko coming out on top.
Puukko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yokasaki shoots in looking for a takedown. Puukko tries to sprawl out of it but Yokasaki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Puukko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Yokasaki is trying desperately to land a takedown but Puukko is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Yokasaki.
Puukko moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Puukko misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puukko throws a nice outside leg kick.
Puukko throws a right and a left that Yokasaki avoids nicely.
Yokasaki scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Yokasaki is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yokasaki is looking to pass Puukko's guard but actually Puukko recovers to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puukko wants to stand up but Yokasaki is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yokasaki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Puukko is keeping the position for now.
Yokasaki looking to sit in guard and control but Puukko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Yokasaki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Puukko is one step ahead there.
Yokasaki is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Puukko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lauri Puukko is winning the standup battle so far.
A combination from Puukko does no damage.
Puukko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Puukko scoring well with a low kick there.
Puukko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lauri Puukko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Masakatsu Yokasaki's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Puukko motions for Yokasaki to come forward. Puukko throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yokasaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yokasaki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Puukko counters with a slapping leg kick.
Puukko thumps Yokasaki with a low kick.
Puukko looks to score with a jab to the body but Yokasaki is just out of range.
A big left from Puukko misses.
Puukko throws a series of punches but Yokasaki moves out of range.
Puukko throws a right hand that Yokasaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Yokasaki also avoids with ease.
Puukko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yokasaki manages to avoid it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yokasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puukko lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yokasaki backs up against the cage.
Yokasaki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Puukko swats away the attempt to clinch by Yokasaki.
Puukko scores with a body shot.
No joy there for Puukko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Puukko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
An inside leg kick from Puukko misses.
Yokasaki dives in and grabs Puukko's left leg, looking for a takedown. Puukko pushes down on Yokasaki's head and hops out.
Puukko misses with a double jab
and Yokasaki counters by clinching up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Puukko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Puukko is leaning against Yokasaki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Good body shot from Puukko.
Puukko gets underhooks to prevent Yokasaki's takedown attempt.
Puukko digs a right hand underneath Yokasaki's ribcage. Yokasaki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Puukko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puukko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yokasaki can do to turn this around?
Puukko works on Yokasaki's body with a couple of short punches.
Puukko is working Yokasaki over against the cage.
Puukko lands a body shot.
Puukko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yokasaki's elbow.
Puukko breaks the clinch.
Puukko thows a body shot but no joy.
Puukko lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Puukko.
Puukko throws a series of punches but Yokasaki moves out of range.
Yokasaki misses with a takedown attempt
and Puukko counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lauri Puukko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Masakatsu Yokasaki.
Puukko tries to work over Yokasaki's front leg with a kick but Yokasaki checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yokasaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Puukko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good leg kick by Puukko there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yokasaki misses with a takedown attempt
and Puukko counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Yokasaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yokasaki has a takedown stuffed.
Yokasaki misses with a takedown attempt
and Puukko counters with a stiff right hand.
Lauri Puukko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yokasaki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Puukko counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Puukko lands a jab to the nose.
Yokasaki checks a low kick from Puukko.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puukko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yokasaki.
Puukko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yokasaki circles away quickly and effectively.
Yokasaki darts in trying to clinch
and Puukko counters with a two punch combo.
Masakatsu Yokasaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lauri Puukko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A punch combination from Puukko misses.
Yokasaki is trying hard to land a takedown here. Puukko sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Puukko fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yokasaki.
Yokasaki slips a jab and a cross from Puukko.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lauri Puukko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Puukko, 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Lauri Puukko!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Lauri Puukko!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Lauri Puukko!
Lauri Puukko wins by unanimous decision!
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