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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alphons Draclau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olle Koskinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
29 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
18 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alphons Draclau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olle Koskinen!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Alyssa Summers and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Draclau with that takedown attempt.
Draclau walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Koskinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Draclau fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Koskinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Draclau tries to clinch but Koskinen moves out of range.
Draclau throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Koskinen.
Koskinen defending well as Draclau loads up on a big left hand.
Koskinen lands with a hook. Draclau tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Draclau keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koskinen.
Draclau looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good work by Koskinen as he checks the leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Koskinen. That snapped Draclau's head back.
Koskinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Koskinen's corner calls for a 1-2. Koskinen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Draclau steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koskinen.
Good standup being displayed there by Draclau as he connects with a hook.
Koskinen is looking to score with low kicks.
Draclau fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Koskinen is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Draclau there.
Draclau with a nice cross.
Draclau takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Olle Koskinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Draclau closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Koskinen.
A short right from Koskinen on the inside.
Koskinen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Draclau.
Koskinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Draclaus head.
Koskinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Koskinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Koskinen.
Koskinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Koskinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draclau's elbow.
Koskinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Draclau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koskinen has a couple of punches blocked by Draclau.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koskinen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koskinen misses with a low kick.
Draclau misses with a takedown attempt - Koskinen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alphons Draclau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A leg kick checked by Koskinen.
Draclau gets a clinch.
Koskinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koskinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koskinen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Draclau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Koskinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Draclau is working Koskinen over against the cage.
Koskinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Draclau blocking some punches.
Koskinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draclau misses with some punches.
Koskinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koskinen breaks from the clinch.
Draclau avoids the body shot from Koskinen.
Koskinen lands a jab.
Alphons Draclau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draclau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Draclau is looking to score with low kicks.
Draclau lands with a good body shot.
Koskinen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Draclau tries to land a leg kick but Koskinen saw it coming and moves away.
Koskinen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Draclau is looking to clinch but Koskinen is avoiding it.
Draclau lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Koskinen at a distance.
Koskinen slips a jab from Draclau.
Koskinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Draclau.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Koskinen.
Draclau throws the left hand but Koskinen avoids the punch easily.
Draclau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koskinen manages to avoid it.
Draclau throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Koskinen's waist but Koskinen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Draclau off to one side.
Draclau throws a nice inside leg kick.
Koskinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koskinen tests Draclau's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Draclau throws a leg kick but Koskinen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A jab from Draclau misses.
Koskinen digs a good body shot into Draclau's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Draclau throws a nice inside leg kick.
Draclau chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Koskinen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Draclau had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Draclau thows a body shot but no joy.
Koskinen leaves Draclau with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Olle Koskinen will probably get the nod.
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.
Draclau swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Koskinen counters with a nice body shot.
Alphons Draclau is winning the standup battle so far.
Draclau misses with a looping right.
Koskinen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Draclau.
Draclau takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Koskinen walks into a straight right hand from Draclau.
Draclau moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Koskinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Koskinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Draclau can pounce on him.
Koskinen throws a shot from downtown. Draclau moves away and avoids it.
Some bone on bone action there as Koskinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Koskinen throws a series of punches but Draclau moves out of range.
Draclau cracks Koskinen with a good jab.
Draclau stuns Koskinen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Draclau connects with a solid leg kick.
No joy there for Draclau, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
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!
Draclau takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Draclau tenderised Koskinen's leg. Koskinen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Draclau throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Koskinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Koskinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Draclau decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Draclau controlling the pace.
Koskinen manages to get to full guard.
Koskinen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Koskinen lands with some strikes.
Draclau really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen unloads with some shots from mount but Draclau bucks and avoids them well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koskinen looking to finish Draclau with some ground and pound. This is bad for Draclau!
Draclau tries to hold on but Koskinen pushes him away.
Koskinen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Draclau tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Koskinen lands with some strikes.
Draclau regains half guard.
Koskinen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Draclau gets back to full guard.
Koskinen is looking to work some ground and pound but Draclau has wrist control.
Draclau throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koskinen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draclau is looking for a triangle but Koskinen pushes his legs off easily.
Koskinen decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Draclau, up you get!
Koskinen cracks Draclau with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Koskinen misses with a straight left.
Draclau throws a body punch but Koskinen moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Koskinen.
The fighters circle momentarily. Koskinen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Koskinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Draclau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Koskinen counters with a stiff right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Draclau misses the target.
Draclau misses with a right hand
and Koskinen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Koskinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Draclau displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koskinen throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Koskinen.
Draclau steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koskinen.
Draclau thumps Koskinen with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Draclau ducks under a wild hook from Koskinen.
Draclau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Draclau throws out a leg kick but Koskinen moves out of range and Draclau only half commits.
An inside leg kick lands from Draclau.
Draclau walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Koskinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Koskinen throws a leg kick but Draclau moved away.
Koskinen misses with a jab to the body
and Draclau counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Koskinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koskinen with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Koskinen.
Draclau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koskinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Draclau motions for Koskinen to come forward. Draclau throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Olle Koskinen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Draclau avoids the body shot from Koskinen.
Koskinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Draclau can pounce on him.
A telegraphed right hand from Koskinen misses the target.
Nice uppercut lands for Draclau. That snapped Koskinen's head back.
Draclau lands a nice hook to Koskinen's body. Koskinen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Draclau feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Draclau slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Draclau slips nicely into half guard.
Koskinen has a hand on Draclau's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Draclau takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Draclau tries to control but Koskinen wriggling away.
Koskinen slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draclau stops Koskinen from getting back to his feet.
Koskinen moves into full guard.
Draclau pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Koskinen is keeping the position for now.
Koskinen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Koskinen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Koskinen.
The referee warns Draclau that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koskinen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Draclau because Koskinen loaded up on that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen prevents Draclau from getting the reversal.
Koskinen with the ground and pound from mount.
Draclau is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Koskinen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Koskinen misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Draclau wants to control but Koskinen is having none of it.
Draclau is looking to get to half guard.
Alphons Draclau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Koskinen trying to control but Draclau is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koskinen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The referee warns Draclau that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Draclau is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draclau is working to get back to half guard.
Oh Draclau is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Koskinen cracks Draclau with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olle Koskinen!
Olle Koskinen made sure to mention his sponsor, [WAO]MADE IN GERMANY in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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