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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rasva Jorma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daiju Kikuchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorma's entrance music is Captain Awesome's Theme Song . A fine choice. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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147 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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140 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rasva Jorma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daiju Kikuchi!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kikuchi. Jorma shrugs it off though.
Jorma throws a good cross that connects.
Jorma bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kikuchi avoids the head kick by Jorma.
Kikuchi ducks under a wild hook from Jorma.
Kikuchi lands a nice hook to Jorma's body. Jorma takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kikuchi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jorma at a distance.
Kikuchi misses with a head kick.
Jorma moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jorma works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kikuchi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jorma.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jorma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kikuchi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jorma takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kikuchi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kikuchi throws a front kick that sends Jorma stumbling back into the cage.
Kikuchi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jorma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kikuchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kikuchi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jorma.
Jorma wants to clinch up but Kikuchi keeps it at a distance.
Kikuchi moves out of range as Jorma strikes.
Jorma is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kikuchi.
Jorma thows a body shot but no joy.
Kikuchi connects with a body shot.
Kikuchi slips a jab from Jorma.
A clash of legs there as Jorma blocks the low kick.
Kikuchi slips under a jab from Jorma.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kikuchi dodges the punch combination from Jorma.
Jorma throws a hook to the side of Kikuchi's head but Kikuchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kikuchi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jorma throws out a loose jab but Kikuchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Jorma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jorma lands a right hook to the body.
Jorma moves in looking to clinch but Kikuchi pushes him off.
Kikuchi lands a body shot.
Kikuchi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jorma misses with a straight right.
Rasva Jorma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kikuchi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kikuchi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jorma.
Jorma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kikuchi manages to avoid it.
Kikuchi thows a body kick. Jorma tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jorma misses with a looping right.
Kikuchi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kikuchi scores with a jab.
Jorma is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jorma.
Kikuchi misses with an attempted mid kick.
A clash of legs there as Kikuchi blocks the low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorma thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Jorma. Kikuchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jorma fails to land with a series of punches.
Kikuchi connects with an inside leg kick.
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!
Jorma throws a hook but Kikuchi avoids it easily.
Jorma swings widly with a right hand
and Kikuchi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jorma throws a jab but it's blocked by Kikuchi.
Kikuchi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jorma is able to avoid easily.
Jorma chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kikuchi can pounce on him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jorma scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kikuchi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jorma swings for the body but Kikuchi moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Daiju Kikuchi will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jorma is looking to clinch but Kikuchi is avoiding it.
Kikuchi throws a hook to the side of Jorma's head but Jorma sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kikuchi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jorma just misses with a punch to the body.
Kikuchi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jorma checks a leg kick.
Jorma on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kikuchi. Kikuchi obviously looking to wear him down.
Jorma clinches up with Kikuchi and pushes him back against the cage.
Kikuchi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jorma is pushing Kikuchi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kikuchi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jorma backwards.
Jorma throws a punch but it's blocked by Kikuchi.
Kikuchi lands a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorma jumps guard.
Jorma keeping moving, preventing Kikuchi from controlling successfully.
Kikuchi controlling from the top position.
Jorma looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kikuchi is one step ahead there.
Jorma wants to hit a switch here but Kikuchi passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Jorma there!
Jorma bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Kikuchi trying to keep a closed guard but Jorma is proving a slippery customer.
Jorma scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorma throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jorma stands and throws Kikuchi's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kikuchi is looking for a sweep.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jorma in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kikuchi is trying to control Jorma's posture but Jorma avoids it.
Kikuchi might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jorma haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
An elbow from Jorma crashes against the mat.
Kikuchi has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Jorma in side control, just content to control the action for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kikuchi defending against the ground and pound.
Jorma working away.
Jorma tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Kikuchi wants to control but Jorma postures up.
Jorma happy to just control the position for now.
Jorma working the body and head with strikes.
Jorma working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorma is looking to take a break and control but Kikuchi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jorma lands a decent elbow from side control.
Kikuchi gets back to half guard.
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!
Kikuchi trying to control here.
Kikuchi is staying active underneath Jorma, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kikuchi wants to get back to full guard.
Kikuchi is not content to let Jorma control the position.
Kikuchi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jorma.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rasva Jorma dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Jorma thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jorma looks to score with a jab to the body but Kikuchi is just out of range.
Kikuchi with a hook.
Jorma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jorma gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kikuchi digs a right hand underneath Jorma's ribcage. Jorma let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kikuchi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kikuchi managing to block the knees to the body from Jorma.
Jorma misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kikuchi scores with a shot to the side of Jorma's head.
Kikuchi can't find room to land a body shot as Jorma controls the action.
Jorma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kikuchi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jorma backwards.
Jorma is trying to stall.
Kikuchi working aggressively here.
Kikuchi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kikuchi keeps the fight on the outside.
Kikuchi throws a good cross that connects.
Jorma moves in looking to clinch but Kikuchi pushes him off.
Jorma misses with a wild body shot.
Kikuchi avoids the body shot from Jorma.
Kikuchi thumps Jorma with a low kick.
Kikuchi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jorma.
Jorma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jorma clobbers Kikuchi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kikuchi moves away from the strike by Jorma.
Jorma tries to clinch there but Kikuchi circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kikuchi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jorma misses with a body punch
and Kikuchi counters with a stiff right hand.
Jorma fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jorma. Kikuchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Jorma misses.
Kikuchi throws out a leg kick but Jorma moves out of range and Kikuchi only half commits.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jorma tries to clinch up but Kikuchi circles away and keeps his distance.
Jorma lands a jab to the nose.
Daiju Kikuchi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jorma takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jorma tries to bum rush Kikuchi with a series of wild strikes but Kikuchi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jorma lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kikuchi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Jorma misses.
Jorma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jorma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kikuchi moves away.
Kikuchi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kikuchi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jorma stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jorma misses with a two punch combination.
Jorma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut lands for Kikuchi. That snapped Jorma's head back.
Jorma misses with a body shot.
Kikuchi thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kikuchi needs to keep his hands up - Jorma had a free shot at his head there.
Kikuchi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kikuchi slips a jab from Jorma.
Nice shot lands for Jorma.
Jorma throws a combination that misses
and Kikuchi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kikuchi, as that shot connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jorma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Jorma.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jorma throws a poor cross that misses
and Kikuchi counters with a low kick, right behind Jorma 's knee.
Jorma 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.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jorma misses with a few strikes there.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rasva Jorma.
I think Jorma has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Rasva Jorma!
Post fight, Rasva Jorma took to the microphone: 'Another awesome victory for captain Awesome!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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