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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kuai Lai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kosti Johannes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lai comes into the arena with CKY - Chinese Rap blaring out of the sound system. Johannes has chosen Raised Fist - Killing It as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kosti Johannes has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kuai Lai's chin.
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215 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
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181 cm
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218 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kuai Lai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kosti Johannes!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lai throws a shot to the body.
Lai takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Johannes avoids the head kick by Lai.
Lai throws a head kick but Johannes moves out of range.
Lai tries to land a leg kick but Johannes saw it coming and moves away.
Lai throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Kosti Johannes has been cut.
Good exchange - Johannes coming out on top.
Johannes looks to throw the jab but Lai is out of range.
Johannes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Johannes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lai fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johannes checks it well.
Kuai Lai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johannes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johannes looks to score with a jab to the body but Lai is just out of range.
Johannes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lai throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lai gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Johannes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lai lands a head kick. Johannes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lai scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lai lands with a slapping head kick.
Kosti Johannes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johannes.
Johannes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lai throws a head kick but Johannes moves out of range.
Lai throws a half hearted mid kick.
Johannes stuns Lai with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lai misses with the body kick
and Johannes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lai takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lai swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johannes counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johannes moves out of range of the body kick.
Lai is looking to land body kicks.
Lai throws a low kick, looking for Johannes's leg but Johannes calmly moves out of range.
Lai misses with a hook. Johannes ducked under it nicely.
Lai misses with a body kick.
Lai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lai avoids a kick to the body.
Lai closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
It looks like Kuai Lai has been cut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Johannes.
Lai takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lai is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Johannes misses
and Lai counters with a head kick.
Johannes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lai gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Johannes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lai on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lai steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Johannes. That one must have hurt.
Johannes throws the kick towards the body but Lai avoids it.
Johannes throws the kick towards the body but Lai avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lai tries to land a body kick
and Johannes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johannes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kosti Johannes dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Johannes misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lai counters with a good, hard body kick but Johannes shrugs it off.
Johannes swinging wildly here.
Lai throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Lai takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lai looks to land a left hand but Johannes moved out of range nicely.
Johannes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lai is looking to land body kicks.
Johannes lands a jab-cross combination.
Lai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johannes manages to avoid it.
Lai looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Lai
and Johannes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johannes avoids the head kick by Lai.
Johannes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lai rather than just go for the knockout.
Lai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johannes manages to avoid it.
Johannes moves out of range of the strikes.
Lai looks to throw a body kick
enabling Johannes to counter with a crisp jab.
Johannes throws a right hand that Lai ducks under and follows up with a left that Lai also avoids with ease.
Lai tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Johannes counters with a nice right hand that sends Lai toppling to the canvas! Lai scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Johannes finish him?!
Lai is rocked!
Kuai Lai's cut is getting worse.
Kosti Johannes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johannes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lai, pushing him back against the cage.
Johannes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Lai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Johannes.
Lai seems to have got his legs back now.
Lai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johannes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johannes throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Lai counters with a body kick that stops Johannes in his tracks momentarily.
Johannes takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Johannes is breathing heavily.
Lai lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A head kick by Lai misses
and Johannes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice body kick there by Lai.
Johannes is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lai misses with a kick to the body
and Johannes makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lai really felt that one!
Lai throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Johannes counters with a series of strikes. Lai will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lai throws a head kick but Johannes moves out of range.
A head kick by Lai misses
and Johannes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Johannes.
Johannes catches Lai with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johannes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johannes digs a good hook to Lai's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lai gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kuai Lai's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Johannes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johannes throws a jab when Lai was well out of range.
Johannes lands a hook that stumbles Lai back into the cage. Johannes follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Lai to the canvas! Johannes pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Lai has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kosti Johannes!
Kosti Johannes is the new light heavyweight champion!
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hype
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