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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hojo Hojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimbo Karinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Karinen's choice of entrance music: Necro - Poetry in the streets. This should be a great matchup!
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156 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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179 cm
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150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hojo Hojo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kimbo Karinen!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hojo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Karinen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hojo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hojo Hojo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hojo ducks right into an uppercut from Karinen.
Hojo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karinen.
A shot to the liver by Karinen. Beautiful body shot.
Karinen avoids the head kick by Hojo.
Hojo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Karinen cracks Hojo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Karinen forces Hojo back against the ropes and clinches.
Hojo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karinen is defending well for now.
Karinen misses with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Karinen.
Hojo letting Karinen take a breather here.
Hojo misses with a punch on the inside.
Hojo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karinen's defenses.
Karinen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hojo is trying to force a seperation but Karinen has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hojo.
Karinen cracks Hojo with a nice body shot.
Karinen tries to land a knee to the head but Hojo blocks with his arms.
Karinen lands a nice uppercut.
Hojo taking a breather.
Hojo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hojo wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karinen leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Hojo taking a breather.
Karinen stalls.
Hojo wants to break free but Karinen has control.
Karinen lands a shot to the body.
Hojo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hojo working hard to break the clinch.
Karinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hojo backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Karinen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting on Karinen's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Hojo managing to block the knees to the body from Karinen.
That's two 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.
Hojo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Karinen is keeping busy.
Karinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Karinen has Hojo pressed against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kimbo Karinen.
Karinen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hojo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Karinen gets through Hojo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Karinen.
Karinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hojo throws an elbow that misses.
Hojo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Karinen is keeping busy.
Maybe Hojo would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
A short right from Karinen on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kimbo Karinen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hojo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Karinen is out of range.
Hojo tries to land a leg kick but Karinen saw it coming and moves away.
Karinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Karinen connects with the punch.
Karinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hojo. Hojo obviously looking to wear him down.
Hojo tries to clinch
and Karinen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hojo looks to clinch
and Karinen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karinen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Karinen lunges at Hojo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hojo's hand.
Karinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hojo avoids the body shot from Karinen.
Karinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hojo.
Hojo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karinen blocks a head kick by Hojo.
Hojo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hojo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Karinen is able to avoid easily.
Karinen connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hojo dodges the punch combination from Karinen.
Hojo darts in trying to clinch
and Karinen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hojo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hojo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karinen.
Karinen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hojo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hojo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nice cross by Karinen.
Karinen lands a nice hook to Hojo's body. Hojo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hojo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hojo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karinen lands a nice hook to Hojo's body. Hojo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Karinen tests Hojo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karinen moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Karinen - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Karinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hojo avoiding damage as Karinen throws knees to the body.
Hojo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Karinen.
Karinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Karinen lands a body shot.
Hojo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karinen slows down the pace here.
Karinen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hojo blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Karinen.
A body shot lands from Karinen.
Karinen leaning his opponent against the ropes.
A short right from Karinen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hojo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hojo takes a shot to the head.
Karinen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Karinen prevents Hojo from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kimbo Karinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hojo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Karinen looks to land a combination but Hojo avoids it well.
Nice straight punches there by Karinen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Karinen.
A clash of legs there as Karinen blocks the low kick.
Hojo scoring well with a low kick there.
Karinen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hojo on the side of the head.
Hojo tries to keep at a distance but Karinen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Karinen blocks an elbow strike.
Hojo is looking to control Karinen's arms but Karinen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hojo has his back to the ropes.
Hojo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Karinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hojo throws a punch but it's blocked by Karinen.
Hojo looking to stall.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Hojo throws an elbow but misses.
Karinen pushes Hojo back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karinen pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Karinen digs a right hand into Hojo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hojo's gas tank.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hojo takes a shot to the head.
Hojo lands a nice elbow.
Hojo throws an elbow but it misses.
Karinen scores with a shot to the side of Hojo's head.
Karinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karinen stalling in the clinch.
Karinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hojo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Karinen backwards.
A short body shot lands from Karinen as the two fighters clinch.
Karinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hojo backwards.
Karinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Karinen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hojo up against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Hojo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hojo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Karinen missing with knees to the body.
Hojo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Karinen lands a left hand.
Hojo Hojo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Karinen leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Hojo misses with the head strike.
Hojo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Karinen digs a right hand underneath Hojo's ribcage. Hojo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Karinen lands with a left to the head.
Hojo lands a damaging elbow.
A right hand to the body from Karinen.
Karinen slows down the pace here.
Karinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Karinen cracks Hojo with a nice body shot.
Karinen effectively controlling the action here.
A hook to the body from Karinen.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hojo blocks an elbow strike from Karinen.
Karinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hojos head.
A short left from Karinen.
Karinen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Hojo throws an elbow but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kimbo Karinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Karinen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight for Kimbo Karinen!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Kimbo Karinen!
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Kimbo Karinen!
Kimbo Karinen wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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