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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Otso Koski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel La Bor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Bor has chosen Centuries as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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154 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Good low kicks
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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
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Otso Koski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 2, fighting out of New York, Manuel La Bor!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - La Bor coming out on top.
Koski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Bor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Koski. Koski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
La Bor tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
La Bor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koski.
Koski backing away here, and La Bor unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Koski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La Bor.
Jab, jab by Koski - just one landing.
A telegraphed right hand from La Bor misses the target.
Koski moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koski just misses with a elbow thrown towards La Bor's brow.
Koski breaks the clinch.
Koski throws a nice inside leg kick.
La Bor connects with a right hand. Koski shakes it off.
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!
Koski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Otso Koski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Bor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Koski on the side of the head.
La Bor defending well as Koski loads up on a big left hand.
Koski just misses with a punch to the body.
Koski lands a jab to the nose.
A good leg kick by Koski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Bor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koski closes the distance and clinches.
La Bor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La Bor wants to get back to striking at distance but Koski won't allow it.
La Bor avoids a wild elbow strike from Koski.
Koski throws an elbow that misses.
Koski is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
La Bor avoids the elbow strike from Koski, against the cage.
La Bor gets through Koski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Koski displaying some good clinch control by pressing La Bor up against the cage.
La Bor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Bor breaks the clinch.
La Bor comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
La Bor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Koski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and La Bor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Koski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Some bone on bone action there as La Bor checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koski is looking to slow La Bor down with leg kicks.
Koski tries to score with a low kick but La Bor moves his leg out of the way.
Koski looks to score with a jab to the body but La Bor is just out of range.
Koski tries to move into range but La Bor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
La Bor throws a looping overhand right but Koski ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Koski does it's job there.
Koski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Koski tries to close the distance and clinch up but La Bor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
La Bor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
La Bor has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
La Bor misses with a looping left.
Koski was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
La Bor throws a hook but Koski blocks it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Koski.
La Bor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
La Bor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Koski lands with an uppercut that bounces La Bor off the cage and back into range.
La Bor misses with a lunging right hand
and Koski counters with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koski lands a high kick!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts La Bor, as that shot connected.
Koski ducks right into an uppercut from La Bor.
Koski walks into a left hand.
La Bor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Bor manages to avoid it.
La Bor throws a counter combo.
Koski misses with a hook
and La Bor counters with a stiff right hand.
A swing and a miss from Koski.
A jab from La Bor does it's job there.
Koski is rocked!
La Bor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La Bor swings for the body but Koski moves out of range.
La Bor looks to throw the jab but Koski is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Koski.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Bor wants to slow Koski down by chopping away at his legs.
Koski lands with a hook. La Bor tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
La Bor looks to land a combination but Koski avoids it well.
La Bor is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Koski had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Koski drives through and clinches with La Bor against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koski.
Koski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Koski tries to clinch there but La Bor circles away.
La Bor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koski.
Koski slips a jab and a cross from La Bor.
Koski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Koski tries a head kick but it misses.
Koski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Bor.
La Bor's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
La Bor takes one to the chin there.
A telegraphed right hand from La Bor misses the target.
Koski attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from La Bor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
La Bor takes a swing at Koski's ribcage but misses.
Koski wants to land a leg kick but La Bor is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koski fails in his attempt to clinch.
La Bor's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Koski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! La Bor scrambles back to his feet.
La Bor bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Koski's head backwards.
A jab from Koski does it's job there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Koski dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Koski punishes La Bor's body with a nice straight punch.
La Bor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Koski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La Bor.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
La Bor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Koski moves out of range as La Bor strikes.
Koski moves out of range as La Bor strikes.
Koski misses with a looping right.
La Bor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koski throws a hook to the side of La Bor's head but La Bor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
La Bor unleashes a big counter combination but Koski bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Koski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Bor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Koski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Koski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Koski tries to work over La Bor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Bor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koski's elbow.
Koski can't break the clinch.
Koski throws an elbow that misses.
La Bor tries to circle away but Koski has him pinned against the cage.
Koski misses with an elbow over the top.
Koski throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Koski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koski misses with an elbow over the top.
Koski creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Koski holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Koski stalling against the cage.
La Bor stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
La Bor lands a body shot.
Koski tries to throw a body punch but La Bor avoids it by throwing Koski back against the cage.
La Bor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koski's elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Koski throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koski misses with an elbow over the top.
Koski breaks the clinch.
La Bor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
La Bor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koski was well out of range. Poor timing from La Bor.
Koski avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
La Bor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
La Bor's corner calls for a 1-2. La Bor obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koski misses with a wild body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by La Bor as he connects with a hook.
Koski avoids the body shot from La Bor.
Koski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La Bor tries to keep at a distance but Koski has taken the fight into the clinch.
La Bor tries to throw a body punch but Koski avoids it by throwing La Bor back against the cage.
Koski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La Bor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koski was well out of range. Poor timing from La Bor.
Koski fires out a quick counter leg kick but La Bor just manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Koski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koski just misses with a punch to the body.
Koski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from La Bor.
Koski tries to clinch but La Bor is having none of it.
La Bor doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Koski avoids a kick to the body.
Koski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but La Bor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from La Bor.
Some bone on bone action there as Koski checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
La Bor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Koski misses with a low kick.
Koski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
La Bor was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Koski moves into the clinch.
La Bor prevents a body shot from Koski.
La Bor avoids the elbow strike from Koski, against the cage.
Koski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koski prevents La Bor from breaking the clinch.
Koski throws an elbow but it misses.
Koski misses with an elbow strike.
La Bor dodges an elbow strike from Koski.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Bor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Otso Koski is winning the standup battle so far.
Koski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
La Bor scores with a shot to the body.
Koski staying out of range there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koski lands a really nice looking cross but La Bor seems unphased.
Koski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Koski throws a big shot that misses.
Koski throws a body punch but La Bor moves out of range.
La Bor moves out of range as Koski strikes.
Koski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice shot lands for La Bor.
Koski moves into range and connects with a jab.
La Bor throws the left hand but Koski avoids the punch easily.
Koski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
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 Otso Koski will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
La Bor checks a low kick from Koski.
La Bor connects with a looping right hand.
Koski misses with a wild body shot.
Koski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Koski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Bor is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Koski with a body shot.
La Bor lands a head shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Koski as he connects with a hook.
Koski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Oh Koski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Koski throws a low kick, looking for La Bor's leg but La Bor calmly moves out of range.
La Bor cracks Koski with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Koski tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but La Bor pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Koski is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manuel La Bor!
Manuel La Bor seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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