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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takehiko Takaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuomas Keto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takaki comes to the cage accompanied by Mahavishnu Orchestra - Meeting Of The Spirits. Takehiko Takaki is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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193 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Takehiko Takaki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tuomas Keto!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Takaki to score with a decent uppercut.
Takaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Keto is just out of range.
Takaki moves out of range of the body kick.
Takaki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Keto circles away quickly and effectively.
Keto avoids a kick to the body.
Takaki slips a straight right by Keto.
A slapping body kick lands there for Keto.
Keto dips to his left and cracks Takaki with an uppercut!
Keto avoids the body shot from Takaki.
Keto lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice straight punches there by Takaki. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Takaki.
Keto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Keto slips a jab from Takaki.
Takaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Keto is just out of range.
Keto throws a leg kick that misses.
Takaki tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Keto to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takaki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takaki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Takaki is looking to wear down Keto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A nice leg kick lands there from Takaki.
Takehiko Takaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Keto throws a looping overhand right but Takaki ducks down to avoid it.
Takaki lands with a kick to the ribs.
A head kick by Takaki misses
and Takaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Takaki chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Keto slips under a jab.
Takaki pivots, looking for a leg kick but Keto is out of range and Takaki settles back down.
Keto is looking to land body kicks.
Keto lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Takaki at a distance.
Keto gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Keto avoids a wild elbow strike from Takaki.
Takaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Keto's elbow.
Keto can't find room to land a body shot as Takaki controls the action.
Keto blocks a body shot from Takaki.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takaki blocking some punches.
Takaki tries to work over Keto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Takaki digs a right hand into Keto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Keto's gas tank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takaki misses with some punches.
Takaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takaki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Takaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takaki fails to pull guard.
Keto is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Takaki prevents a body shot from Keto.
Takaki blocks an uppercut.
Keto is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Takaki is defending well.
Takaki blocking some punches.
Takaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takaki lands a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takaki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Keto fails to land.
Keto is working for takedown but Takaki is calmly controlling the position for now.
Takaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Keto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Takaki's elbow.
Keto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Takehiko Takaki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tuomas Keto.
Takaki scores with a shoulder strike.
Takaki misses with an elbow over the top.
Takaki is trying to pull guard but Keto turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Keto is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Takaki misses with a body punch.
Keto tries to pull guard but Takaki won't allow it.
Keto managing to block the knees to the body from Takaki.
Keto fails to pull guard.
Keto pulls guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takaki lands a couple of digs.
Keto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Takaki sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Keto's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takaki is looking to advance position but Keto won't allow it.
Takaki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Keto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Takaki uses his free foot to push down on Keto's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Keto.
Keto sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Takaki looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Keto gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takehiko Takaki dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Takaki misses with a body shot.
Takaki tests Keto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Takaki blocks a head kick by Keto.
Takaki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Takaki scores with a body shot.
Takaki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Keto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Takaki throws a big shot that misses.
Takaki misses with an uppercut. Keto saw that one coming.
Takaki misses with a body punch
and Keto counters with a nice uppercut.
Takaki misses the body punch
and Keto counters with a single leg into guard. Takaki didn't expect that.
Keto postures up in Takaki's guard and throws a big left but Takaki blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keto postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Takaki is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Keto, into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takaki wants to control from the top but Keto keeps moving.
Keto trying to keep a closed guard but Takaki is proving a slippery customer.
Takaki would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Keto throws his legs up looking for a submission but Takaki uses it to pass to side control.
Takaki in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
You can see the frustration on Keto's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Takaki throws a strike aimed at the side of Keto's head but Keto avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takaki working the head and body with strikes.
Keto manages to work his way to half guard, despite Takaki's best efforts.
Takaki seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Keto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Keto trying to hold on to Takaki's head to control him but Takaki postures up.
Keto regains full guard. Nicely done.
Keto is looking for a triangle here but Takaki uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takaki working the strikes but Keto uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Keto has his hands clasped together around Takaki's back. He's all about the action.
Keto regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keto working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Takaki doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Takaki manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Keto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Takaki.
Takaki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Keto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keto keeping moving, preventing Takaki from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Takaki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Takaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Keto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takaki stopping the sweep attempt from Keto.
Takaki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Keto throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Keto keeping moving, preventing Takaki from controlling successfully.
Keto keeping full guard, as Takaki tries to pass.
Keto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Takaki postures up in Keto's guard and throws a big left but Keto blocks it.
Takaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Keto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Takaki here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Keto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Takaki is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Takehiko Takaki will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Keto tries to clinch but Takaki is having none of it.
Good leg kick by Takaki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Takaki throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Takaki.
Keto just misses with a punch to the body.
Keto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Takaki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Keto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Takaki.
Takaki slips a jab and a cross from Keto.
Takaki's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Takaki duly obliges.
Keto forces Takaki back against the cage and clinches.
Keto stalling.
Keto throws a head punch that misses.
Takaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Keto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takaki blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takaki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Keto backwards.
Keto misses with a body punch.
Keto lands a body punch.
Keto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Takaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Keto controls his hands.
Keto gets control of Takaki's arms and successfully pulls guard. Keto will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Keto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Takaki is aware though and is defending well.
Keto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Takaki throws a big right hand that misses.
Keto keeping moving, preventing Takaki from controlling successfully.
Takaki won't allow Keto to get back to his feet.
Keto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Takaki's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Takaki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Keto!
Keto is trying to escape the mount.
Takaki pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keto is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Keto tries to lock up and control but Takaki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Keto is trying desperately to improve position.
Tuomas Keto has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takaki working the ground and pound effectively.
Keto is working to get back to half guard.
Keto tries to lock up and control but Takaki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Keto is trying to escape the mount.
Takaki controlling the pace for now.
Takaki scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takaki lands a heavy elbow.
Keto keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Takaki dominating with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keto tries to lock up and control but Takaki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Keto is working to get back to half guard.
Keto tries to hold on but Takaki pushes him away.
Takaki lands with some strikes.
Keto is trying desperately to improve position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Takaki with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takehiko Takaki clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Takaki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Keto checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Takaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Keto.
Keto throws a head kick but Takaki moves out of range.
Takaki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice shot by Keto.
Jab, jab by Takaki - just one landing.
Takaki throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A good leg kick by Takaki.
Takaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Takaki throws a lazy head kick
and Keto counters with a stiff right hand.
Keto throws a right and a left that Takaki avoids nicely.
Takaki has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Keto walks into a jab.
Takaki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takaki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Takaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Takaki looks to land a right hand but Keto moved out of range.
Takaki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Takaki scoring well with a low kick there.
Keto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Takaki checks a leg kick.
Takaki motions for Keto to come forward. Takaki throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Takaki lands a head kick!
Takaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keto falls off balance throwing a combination
and Takaki counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keto throws a head kick that misses.
Keto looks to land a combination but Takaki avoids it well.
Keto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Takaki connects with an inside leg kick.
Keto throws a body punch but Takaki moves out of range.
Keto looks to land a combination but Takaki avoids it well.
Keto is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Takaki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Keto needs to keep his hands up - Takaki had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Keto misses.
Takaki moves out of range of the body kick from Keto.
Keto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Takaki can pounce on him.
Keto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Takaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Keto throws a looping overhand right but Takaki ducks down to avoid it.
Keto throws a front kick aimed at Takaki's knee but Takaki avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takaki lands with a nice combination. Keto backs away looking to recover.
Takaki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Keto looks for a takedown but Takaki sprawls well.
Takaki throws a low kick, looking for Keto's leg but Keto calmly moves out of range.
Takaki tries a head kick but it misses.
Keto attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Keto swinging wildly here.
Takehiko Takaki is winning the standup battle so far.
A good leg kick by Takaki.
Takaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keto was well out of range. Poor timing from Takaki.
Takaki misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takaki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Takaki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Keto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Keto bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Takaki's head backwards.
Keto is looking to clinch.
Keto throws a shot from downtown. Takaki moves away and avoids it.
Keto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Takaki counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Takaki lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keto throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Keto thows a body shot but no joy.
Takaki connects with a solid leg kick.
Keto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Takaki.
Takaki digs a good hook to Keto's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takehiko Takaki had his way with Tuomas Keto in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Takaki throws a body punch but Keto moves out of range.
Keto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Takaki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Keto throws a solid leg kick but Takaki takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Keto.
Takaki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Takaki.
Takaki connects with a crisp jab.
Keto just misses with a punch to the body.
Keto doesn't manage to clinch there - Takaki circles away.
Takaki looks to land a combination but Keto avoids it well.
Keto misses with a wild body shot.
Takaki misses with a double jab.
Takaki thumps Keto with a low kick.
Keto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Takaki throws a big shot that misses.
Keto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Takaki connects with a body shot.
Takaki looks for the body kick but Keto saw that one coming.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Takaki checks a leg kick.
Takaki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Keto looks to score with a jab to the body but Takaki is just out of range.
Takaki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Takaki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keto throws a head kick but Takaki moves out of range.
Keto slips a straight right by Takaki.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keto throws a jab when Takaki was well out of range.
Takaki throws a leg kick but Keto sees it coming and moves out of range.
Keto throws a big shot that misses.
Keto tries a low kick but Takaki avoids it.
Takaki lands a right hook to the body.
Takaki lands with a hook. Keto tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Takaki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice shot lands for Takaki.
Keto takes a swing at Takaki's ribcage but misses.
Takaki misses with a straight left.
A right-left combo lands from Takaki.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takaki.
Takehiko Takaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takaki throws a head kick but Keto moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keto misses with a double jab.
Takaki connects with a leg kick. Keto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Keto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Keto throws a series of punches but Takaki moves out of range.
Tuomas Keto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Takaki misses with a body shot.
Takaki defending well as Keto loads up on a big left hand.
Keto avoids the body shot from Takaki.
Takaki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Keto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Takaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keto manages to avoid it.
Keto moves out of range of the leg kick from Takaki.
Takaki swings for the body but Keto moves out of range.
Takaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takaki misses with a low kick.
Takaki scores with a nice strike.
Takaki feints and then cracks Keto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Keto down.
Takaki lands with a shot to the body.
Takaki misses the shot to the body.
Keto moves forwards but Takaki connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Keto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Keto misses with a body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Takaki.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Takaki lands a nice hook to Keto's body. Keto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keto throws a leg kick which misses Takaki's front leg but catches the back leg as Takaki tries to avoid it.
Takaki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Takehiko Takaki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Takaki has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 49:46
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 50:45
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takehiko Takaki!
Takehiko Takaki is the new middleweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Takehiko Takaki thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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