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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Damato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen's entrance music is Prodigy - Omen. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ossi Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pete Damato!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damato throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jokinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Damato slips a jab from Jokinen.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Jokinen. Damato shrugs it off though.
Jokinen tries to score with a low kick but Damato moves his leg out of the way.
Jokinen misses with a low kick as Damato jumps back.
Ossi Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Damato throws a leg kick
and Jokinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jokinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Damato is able to avoid easily.
Damato throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jokinen counters with a straight right hand.
Jokinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jokinen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Damato checks it well.
Jokinen tries to clinch
and Damato counters with a good, hard body kick but Jokinen shrugs it off.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses
and Damato counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jokinen is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jokinen misses the jab.
Nice body kick from Jokinen.
A low kick from Jokinen misses
and Damato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jokinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jokinen scores with a head kick. Damato tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jokinen misses with a leg kick
and Damato counters with a good low kick that Jokinen was not able to check.
Jokinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Damato steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Damato counters with a solid body kick.
Damato thows a body kick. Jokinen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damato closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen tries to clinch
and Damato counters with a straight right hand.
Jokinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Damato throws out the jab.
Jokinen slips a straight right by Damato.
Jokinen throws a jab when Damato was well out of range.
Jokinen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Damato lands a head kick!
Jokinen darts in trying to clinch
and Damato counters with a left to the body.
Damato feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jokinens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Damato misses with a lunging right hand
and Jokinen counters with an outside leg kick.
Damato throws a low kick, looking for Jokinen's leg but Jokinen calmly moves out of range.
Damato thuds his right hand into Jokinen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jokinen misses with a left hand
and Damato counters with a nice body shot.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
Jokinen throws a chopping leg kick but Damato manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A low kick from Damato is predictable there
and Jokinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Damato there.
Damato circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damato takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
An inside leg kick from Damato misses.
Damato will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Damato throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jokinen counters with a stiff right hand.
Jokinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jokinen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Damato counters with a nice body kick.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Damato manages to avoid it.
Damato looks for the body kick but Jokinen saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Damato throws a head kick but Jokinen moves out of range.
Damato scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen throws a lazy body kick
and Damato counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pete Damato will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jokinen misses with the body kick
and Jokinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Damato moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jokinen tries to bum rush Damato with a series of wild strikes but Damato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Damato keeps the fight on the outside.
Jokinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Damato counters with a slapping leg kick.
Damato fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jokinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Damato throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Damato jabs Jokinen right on the nose. Jokinen blinks but takes it well.
Damato lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jokinen takes a step back to recover.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen misses with the body kick
and Damato counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Jokinen counters with a nice leg kick.
Pete Damato seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Damato throws a good cross that connects.
Damato buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Damato throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Damato.
Damato lands a high kick!
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Damato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damato slips under a jab from Jokinen.
Damato scores with a leg kick.
Jokinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A shot to the liver by Damato. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damato swats away the attempt to clinch by Jokinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Damato under the eye.
Damato misses with a low kick as Jokinen jumps back.
Damato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Damato scores with a punch to the head.
Damato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jokinen throws a leg kick
and Jokinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Damato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Jokinen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jokinen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Damato swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato avoids a kick to the body.
Jokinen misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Damato to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheers as Damato lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jokinen doesn't seem phased though.
Damato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Damato throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jokinen staying out of range there.
Damato gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Damato scoring well with a low kick there.
A lazy body kick from Jokinen
and Damato counters with a body kick that stops Jokinen in his tracks momentarily.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Damato moves out of range.
Jokinen thows a leg kick but Damato checks it
and Damato counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Damato.
Jokinen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Damato counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damato swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jokinen misses with a right hand
and Damato counters with a nice uppercut.
Damato sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Damato works Jokinen's body with a nice hook.
Jokinen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Damato counters with a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Damato thuds his shin into the meat of Jokinen's side.
Damato is looking to chop away at Jokinen's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pete Damato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jokinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Damato makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jokinen throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Damato to counter with a crisp jab.
Jokinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Damato.
A head kick misses from Jokinen.
Damato connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jokinen. Jokinen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jokinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Damato counters with a body kick.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Damato.
An inside leg kick lands from Damato.
Nice shot by Damato.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Damato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jokinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Damato tries to land a body kick
and Jokinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jokinen moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Damato misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jokinen counters with an outside leg kick.
Damato swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Damato tries to land a front kick but Jokinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jokinen blocks the body kick.
Damato throws a leg kick that misses.
Damato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Damato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jokinen's sensitive parts.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses
and Damato counters with a nice leg kick.
Damato looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jokinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Damato can pounce on him.
Jokinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Damato counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Damato looks to throw a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Damato throws a leg kick that misses.
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Damato.
Jokinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen misses with a left hand
and Damato counters with a left to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jokinen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Damato - the referee stops the clock and Jokinen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Damato. Jokinen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Damato lands with a straight right. Jokinen didn't see that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato missing with a left hand there. Jokinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Damato fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Damato throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jokinen misses with a kick to the body
enabling Damato to counter with a crisp jab.
Jokinen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jokinen blocks the body kick.
Damato lands a glancing blow to the side of Jokinen's head.
Damato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jokinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Damato connects with an inside leg kick.
Jokinen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Damato counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Damato throws a low kick, looking for Jokinen's leg but Jokinen calmly moves out of range.
Jokinen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Damato thows a body shot but no joy.
Damato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Damato jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Damato.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Jokinen might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Damato lands a really nice looking cross but Jokinen seems unphased.
A slapping leg kick lands for Damato.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses
and Damato cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Damato connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pete Damato really dominated that round.
That's time! Jokinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Damato throws a sloppy head kick
and Jokinen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jokinen misses with the body kick
and Damato counters with a stiff right hand.
Damato misses with a series of wild punches.
Jokinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Damato counters with an inside leg kick.
Damato lands a leg kick that knocks Jokinen off balance momentarily.
Jokinen misses with a body kick.
Damato lands an overhand right.
Damato throws a leg kick which misses Jokinen's front leg but catches the back leg as Jokinen tries to avoid it.
Jokinen doesn't manage to clinch there - Damato circles away.
Damato throws a hook but Jokinen blocks it.
Damato rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jokinen counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato moves into range and connects with a jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Damato.
Jokinen throws a leg kick
and Damato counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A leg kick checked by Damato.
Jokinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Damato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jokinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Damato counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jokinen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Damato.
Jokinen throws a right hand that misses
and Damato counters with a nice uppercut.
Jokinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Damato.
A telegraphed right hand from Jokinen misses the target.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damato lands an overhand right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jokinen.
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!
Jokinen misses with the body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Damato throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Damato.
Jokinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Damato tried to score with a low kick but Jokinen checks it.
Damato scores with a jab.
Jokinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Damato thows a body shot but no joy.
Jokinen loads up on a big right hand but Damato slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato throws a right hand that misses
and Jokinen counters with a nice body kick.
Damato has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Damato misses with a right hand
and Jokinen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Damato's knee momentarily.
Damato misses with a wild body shot.
Jokinen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jokinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Damato counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Damato!
Jokinen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Damato listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Damato throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jokinen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Jokinen
and Damato counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen walks into a stiff left hand from Damato.
Damato tries to land a leg kick but Jokinen saw it coming and moves away.
Damato moves out of range of the body kick from Jokinen.
A head kick by Jokinen misses
and Damato counters with a left to the body.
A jab from Damato does it's job there.
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!
Jokinen moves to clinch but Damato breaks away
and Damato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jokinen swings widly with a right hand
and Damato counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pete Damato dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A low kick from Jokinen misses
and Damato counters with a left to the body.
Jokinen tries to clinch but Damato moves away
and Damato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Damato misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jokinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Damato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses
and Damato counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick by Jokinen misses
and Damato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jokinen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Damato throws a hook to the side of Jokinen's head but Jokinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Damato sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Damato moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jokinen slips a jab and a cross from Damato.
Damato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jokinen scores with a head kick.
Jokinen is looking to score with low kicks.
Jokinen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Damato.
Jokinen throws a right hand that misses
and Damato counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jokinen swings widly with a right hand
and Damato counters with a nice body shot.
Damato's corner calls for a 1-2. Damato obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Damato throws the kick towards the body but Jokinen avoids it.
Jokinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Damato is out of range.
Ossi Jokinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damato cracks Jokinen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jokinen slips a straight right by Damato.
Damato looks to land a left hand but Jokinen moved out of range nicely.
Damato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick by Jokinen misses
and Damato counters with a low kick, right behind Jokinen 's knee.
Jokinen moves out of range of the body kick from Damato.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the body
letting Damato counter with a right hand.
Damato misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato throws a wild body kick that Jokinen sees coming a mile off.
Jokinen scores with a spinning back kick!
Good standup being displayed there by Damato as he connects with a hook.
Jokinen loads up on a big right hand but Damato slips the punch.
Damato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Jokinen misses
and Damato counters with a good low kick that Jokinen was not able to check.
Jokinen rushes Damato and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Jokinen fails to land.
Jokinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Damato blocks a body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Damato.
Damato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jokinen cracks the inside of Damato's front leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Damato.
Damato misses with a lunging right hand
and Jokinen counters with a solid body kick.
Jokinen throws a lazy body kick
and Damato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Decent striking displayed by Damato there.
Jokinen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Damato throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damato connects with the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Damato with a nice cross.
Jokinen throws a leg kick
and Damato counters with a thumping low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Damato comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Damato winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 44:50
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 46:50
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pete Damato!
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