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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antero Rokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phraya Phichai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rokka's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Twilight Guardians - Out of Our Hands. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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192 lbs
22 - 10 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antero Rokka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phraya Phichai!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phichai lands a two punch combo.
Good standup being displayed there by Rokka as he connects with a hook.
Rokka throws a big shot that misses.
Rokka throws a nice looking combination but Phichai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Phichai moves out of range as Rokka strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Phichai.
Rokka swinging wildly here.
We've been told by Rokka's head coaches at Gangsterdamage that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Rokka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Phichai 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.
Rokka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Phichai lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Rokka throws a right hand that Phichai ducks under and follows up with a left that Phichai also avoids with ease.
Phichai has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
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!
Rokka lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Phichai forces Rokka back against the cage and clinches.
Phichai misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Phichai on the inside.
Phichai lands with a short shot to the head.
Rokka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phichai's elbow.
Phichai slows down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokka jumps guard and drags Phichai to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Rokka looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Phichai wanted to stand there but Rokka had control of the position.
Rokka is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Phichai is aware though and is defending well.
Rokka working for submissions but it's allowed Phichai to get to half guard.
Rokka is looking to improve his position.
Rokka looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rokka wants to get back to full guard.
Rokka has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Phichai escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Phichai!
Rokka tries to improve position but can't.
Phichai is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Rokka is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Rokka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Phichai throws out a counter right but Rokka avoids it with no problem.
Rokka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokka misses with a looping left.
Phichai throws a leg kick but Rokka checks it.
Phichai takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Phichai drops his hands momentarily and Rokka takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rokka tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Phichai on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rokka gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Phichai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rokka fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Phichai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rokka throws a poor cross that misses
and Phichai counters with a stiff right hand.
Phichai staying out of range there.
Phichai dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rokka. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phichai blocks a head kick by Rokka.
Good leg kick by Phichai there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A jab from Rokka finds it's way through Phichai's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phichai manages to avoid it.
Phichai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rokka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phichai.
Rokka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Phichai getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Phichai tries to clinch there but Rokka circles away.
Phichai moves in looking to clinch but Rokka pushes him off.
A good leg kick by Phichai.
Sloppy strikes from Rokka. Those never looked like landing.
Rokka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rokka looks to score with a jab to the body but Phichai is just out of range.
Phichai throws a shot from downtown. Rokka moves away and avoids it.
Rokka misses with a few strikes there.
Phichai appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rokka tries a low kick but Phichai avoids it.
Rokka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rokka looks to land a left hand but Phichai moved out of range nicely.
Phichai is looking to slow Rokka down with leg kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Phichai.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Antero Rokka will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Phichai misses with an uppercut
and Rokka counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Phichai.
Phichai let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Rokka throws a hook but Phichai blocks it.
Rokka tries a head kick but it misses.
Phichai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Phichai takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Phichai avoids the body shot from Rokka.
Antero Rokka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rokka throws a head kick that misses
and Phichai counters with a two punch combo.
Phichai avoids the head kick by Rokka.
Rokka walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Phichai checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Phichai swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Phichai lands a slapping body shot.
The fighters circling - Rokka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Phichai looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rokka stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A jab from Phichai does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phichai works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rokka tries to bum rush Phichai with a series of wild strikes but Phichai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rokka on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Phichai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rokka is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Phichai.
A low kick from Phichai misses
letting Rokka counter with a right hand.
Phichai is looking to slow Rokka down with leg kicks.
Rokka attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Phichai lands with an uppercut that bounces Rokka off the cage and back into range.
Rokka throws a body punch but Phichai moves out of range.
Rokka misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Phichai counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rokka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Phichai.
Phichai connects with a body shot.
Rokka moves out of range of the body kick from Phichai.
Rokka misses with a head kick.
Phichai follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Phichai takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rokka misses with a head kick.
Phichai drives through and clinches with Rokka against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phichai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rokka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phichai's elbow.
Phichai lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokka is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Phichai to keep the fight standing.
Phichai lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rokka backwards.
Rokka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Phichai lands an elbow just above Rokka 's eye.
Phichai scores with a nice hook to the head.
Phichai lands with a short shot to the head.
Rokka is rocked!
Rokka lands with a left to the head.
Oh Rokka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rokka cracks Phichai with a nice body shot.
Rokka jumps into guard, dragging Phichai to the mat.
Rokka seems to have got his legs back now.
Rokka manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Phichai manages to get himself to full guard.
Rokka advances position into side control!
Phichai is trying to control Rokka's posture but Rokka avoids it.
Phichai tries to buck Rokka off but Rokka is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokka throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rokka with the ground and pound but Phichai regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Phichai regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Rokka.
Phichai is pulling down on Rokka's head to control his posture.
Rokka trying to control but Phichai is working from the bottom.
Phichai looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rokka trying to move into half guard but instead Phichai has managed to sweep!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rokka trying to keep a closed guard but Phichai is proving a slippery customer.
Rokka wants to improve his position but instead Phichai has moved into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Rokka trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Rokka tries to hold on but Phichai pushes him away.
Rokka is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rokka regains half guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Phichai takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Phraya Phichai will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Phichai avoids the head kick by Rokka.
Rokka lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Phichai takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice defenses there by Phichai.
Rokka misses with an uppercut
and Phichai counters with a thumping low kick.
Phichai digs a good body shot into Rokka's ribs.
Rokka drops his hands momentarily and Phichai takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Phichai swings for the body but Rokka moves out of range.
Rokka drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rokka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rokka backing away here, and Phichai unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Phichai ducks under a wild hook from Rokka.
Antero Rokka is winning the standup battle so far.
Phichai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Phichai scores with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phichai shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Phichai thumps Rokka with a low kick.
Phichai lands a leg kick that knocks Rokka off balance momentarily.
Phichai punishes Rokka's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokka misses with a straight left.
Rokka misses with a straight right.
Rokka walks into a jab.
Phichai throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rokka's head.
Rokka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Phichai throws a quick inside leg kick.
Phichai scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Phichai works the jab nicely.
Rokka throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Phichai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rokka bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Phichai's head.
Phichai takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phichai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rokka.
Rokka throws a jab but it's blocked by Phichai.
Phichai lands a nice looking body shot.
Phichai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phichai tries to clinch up but Rokka circles away and keeps his distance.
Rokka throws a nice looking combination but Phichai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rokka misses the body punch
and Phichai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Phichai throws out a loose jab but Rokka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Phichai lands with an overhand left.
A solid leg kick lands there for Phichai.
Phichai cracks the inside of Rokka's front leg.
The fighters circling - Rokka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Phichai. Rokka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Phichai lands a nice looking body shot.
Rokka takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rokka throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A jab from Phichai does it's job there.
Rokka throws a sloppy head kick and Phichai moves out of range easily.
Phichai tries a low kick but Rokka avoids it.
Rokka throws a lazy right hand but Phichai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Rokka.
A swing and a miss from Phichai.
Phichai is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rokka.
Phichai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Phichai closes the distance and pushes Rokka back into the cage.
Phichai lands a shot to the body.
Phichai misses with some punches.
Phichai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rokka.
Phichai misses with the head strike.
Phichai lands a nice knee to the body.
Rokka tries to pull guard but Phichai won't allow it.
Phichai works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Phichai misses with some punches.
Phichai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rokka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Phichai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokka wants to break free but Phichai has control.
Phichai tries to work over Rokka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rokka tries to throw a body punch but Phichai avoids it by throwing Rokka back against the cage.
Good body shot from Phichai.
Rokka throws a punch but it's blocked by Phichai.
Rokka manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phichai is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rokka looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rokka looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Phichai passes into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phraya Phichai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Phichai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phraya Phichai!
Phraya Phichai decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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