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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kolohe Hakoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hakoa comes into the arena with Ol Dirty Bastard - Snakes blaring out of the sound system. Ken Li struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Ken Li has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kolohe Hakoa's chin.
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208 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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224 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kolohe Hakoa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Li!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hakoa darts in and clinches Li up against the cage.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Li lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Kolohe Hakoa has been cut.
Li has Hakoa pressed against the cage, preventing Hakoa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hakoa managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Hakoa is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Li is defending well.
A knee to the head by Li.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Li.
Li landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Li controlling the action here for a moment.
Li keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hakoa's efforts to push away.
Hakoa wants a takedown but no success here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Li.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hakoa goes for a takedown attempt but Li pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kolohe Hakoa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown by Hakoa or perhaps it was just good defense by Li which made him look bad.
Hakoa is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ken Li is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Li tries to clinch but Hakoa moves away
and Hakoa counters with a nice body shot.
Hakoa rushes Li and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hakoa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hakoa is trying to break the clinch but Li has him pressed against the cage.
Hakoa misses with a punch on the inside.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hakoa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li manages to break the clinch.
Li connects with a single shot there.
Li rushes Hakoa and presses him up against the cage.
Li stops a takedown attempt from Hakoa.
Li's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hakoa fails to land the takedown.
Li clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Li.
Hakoa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Li smiles and moves away.
Hakoa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Li closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Li obliges.
Li's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a nice knee to the body.
Hakoa trying to stall but Li improves his position.
Knees to the body from Li.
Li escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hakoa takes one to the side of the head.
Li lands an overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hakoa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Li fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Li.
Ken Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Li tries to clinch up but Hakoa circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li lands with a good body shot.
Li has closed the distance and engaged Hakoa in a clinch.
Hakoa changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Li fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hakoa slips a jab and a cross from Li.
Li lands a jab to the nose.
Kolohe Hakoa's cut is getting worse.
Li scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Left hook, right uppercut from Li.
Kolohe Hakoa's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Li slaps away a takedown attempt from Hakoa, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Li looks to throw the jab but Hakoa is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Li dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kolohe Hakoa's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Li clinches up with Hakoa and pushes him back against the cage.
Hakoa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Li gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hakoa jumps guard but Li turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Li putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hakoa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hakoa can't break the clinch.
Li pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Li lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hakoa circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Hakoa misses.
Hakoa shoots in and drives through. Li sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kolohe Hakoa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hakoa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
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!
Li throws a series of punches but Hakoa moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li closes the distance and clinches.
Hakoa looking for a takedown.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hakoa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Li with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jeez, Kolohe Hakoa's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Li.
Li crunches a lovely knee into Hakoa's ribcage.
Li has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Li working Hakoa over with knees to the body.
Li landing knees to the body.
Hakoa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Li has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hakoa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Li landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Li escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Li clinches up with Hakoa and pushes him back against the cage.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hakoa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Li lands a nice knee to the body.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hakoa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Li gets a clinch.
Li lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hakoa looking to stall.
Li scores a nice knee to the body.
Li connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hakoa's face.
Li putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hakoa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Li breaks the clinch.
Li forces Hakoa back against the cage and clinches.
Li landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Li.
Li landing knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ken Li seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hakoa's face.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kolohe Hakoa's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ken Li!
Our winner, Ken Li, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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