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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Moses Ohchooto (ranked 674 p4p, 72 weight class) and Li Kong Ho (ranked 3346 p4p, 303 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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145 lbs
40 - 21 - 2 |
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149 lbs
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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
40 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Moses Ohchooto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Li Kong Ho!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ohchooto scores with the left hand. Ho knows he should have avoided that one.
Ohchooto defending well as Ho loads up on a big left hand.
Ho misses with a hook
and Ohchooto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ohchooto misses with a body shot
and Ho counters with a right hand to the body.
Ohchooto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Ho.
Ho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ho misses with a body shot.
Ho moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Moses Ohchooto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ohchooto tries to close the distance and clinch but Ho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Ohchooto.
Ohchooto moves into range and clinches up with Ho.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ho makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ho takes a shot to the head.
Ohchooto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ho content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ho avoiding damage as Ohchooto throws knees to the body.
Ho misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Ho.
Ho is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ohchooto gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ohchooto lands a right hand.
Ohchooto lands a good knee to the midsection. Ho won't want to take too many of those.
Ho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ohchooto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ho dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ho scores with a hook to the body.
Ho tries to throw a body punch but Ohchooto avoids it by throwing Ho back against the cage.
Ohchooto throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ohchooto.
Ho has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ohchooto is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ohchooto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Ohchooto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Ho.
Ohchooto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ohchooto crunches a lovely knee into Ho's ribcage.
Ho looks winded!
Ho lands a hook that snaps the head of Ohchooto backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ho steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ohchooto. That one must have hurt.
A head kick misses from Ohchooto.
Ho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ohchooto is looking to counter punch.
Ohchooto chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ohchooto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ho moves away.
Ho looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Ohchooto!
Ohchooto struggling a bit here.
Ho is looking to take a break and control but Ohchooto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ho laying and praying for a moment but Ohchooto takes advantage and regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto moves into full guard.
Ho throwing strikes from guard but Ohchooto blocks nicely.
Ho sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ohchooto tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ho trying to control but Ohchooto is working from the bottom.
Ho throws a big elbow that misses.
Ho is fighting to break Ohchooto's control of his arms but Ohchooto is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Ho swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ohchooto feints and then cracks Ho's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ho down.
Ohchooto avoids the body shot from Ho.
Ohchooto wants to clinch
and Ho counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moses Ohchooto dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ho takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ohchooto wants to clinch.
Ho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ho digs a good body shot into Ohchooto's ribs.
Ho misses with a lunging right hand
and Ohchooto counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ho throws a body shot but no joy.
Moses Ohchooto is winning the standup battle so far.
Ho throws a hook but Ohchooto blocks it.
Ho misses with a body punch
and Ohchooto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ohchooto just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Ho misses.
Ho ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ohchooto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ohchooto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ohchooto scores with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Ho throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ohchooto misses with a head kick.
A slow jab from Ho misses its intended target.
Ho misses with a wild body shot.
Ohchooto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ho lands a nice hook to Ohchooto's body. Ohchooto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ohchooto swings for the body but Ho moves out of range.
Ohchooto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ho bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ohchooto's head.
Nice cross by Ho.
Some wild striking there from Ho.
Ohchooto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho tests Ohchooto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Ohchooto
and Ho counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ho lands an overhand right.
Ho misses with a body shot.
Ho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ho.
Ohchooto throws a push kick but Ho slaps the foot to one side.
Ho misses with a hook
and Ohchooto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ohchooto scores with a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Ohchooto.
Ho showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto throws a sloppy head kick and Ho moves out of range easily.
Ohchooto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ho shoots for a takedown but Ohchooto saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ohchooto was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ohchooto chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ohchooto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ho misses with a hook
and Ohchooto counters with a nice leg kick.
Ohchooto scores with a leg kick.
Ho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ohchooto slips a jab from Ho.
A leg kick checked by Ho.
Ohchooto wants to clinch up but Ho keeps it at a distance.
Ho lands a slapping body shot.
Ohchooto misses with a low kick.
Ohchooto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ho was well out of range. Poor timing from Ohchooto.
Moses Ohchooto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ho throws an off balance right hand
and Ohchooto counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ho counters with a straight right hand.
Ho with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ho throws a combination that misses
and Ho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ho lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ho avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ohchooto connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ho momentarily.
Ho works Ohchooto's body with a nice hook.
Ohchooto slips a jab from Ho.
Ho is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ohchooto cracks Ho with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ho blocks a head kick by Ohchooto.
Ohchooto is looking to slow Ho down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Li Kong Ho will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A slapping body kick lands there for Ohchooto.
Ohchooto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ho misses with a straight right.
Ohchooto missing with a left hand there. Ho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ohchooto throws a body shot but no joy.
Ho takes one on the button.
Ohchooto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ho.
Ho looks to land a right hand but Ohchooto moved out of range.
Ho throws the left hand but Ohchooto avoids the punch easily.
As Ho backs away, Ohchooto returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ho throws a hook to the side of Ohchooto's head but Ohchooto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohchooto scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ho in his tracks.
Ohchooto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho throws a jab but it's blocked by Ohchooto.
Ho misses with a straight right.
Ho throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ohchooto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohchooto throws out a loose jab but Ho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ho throws a counter combo.
Ho lands with a good body shot.
Ohchooto just misses with a punch to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ohchooto.
Ohchooto slips under a jab from Ho.
Ho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho throws out a counter right but Ohchooto avoids it with no problem.
Ohchooto throws a right hand that Ho ducks under and follows up with a left that Ho also avoids with ease.
Ho misses with a looping left.
Ohchooto lands a body shot.
Ohchooto lands a jab to Ho's midsection.
Ohchooto tries to clinch up
enabling Ho to counter with a crisp jab.
Ohchooto misses with a jab to the body
and Ho counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto connects with a leg kick. Ho looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ohchooto throws a sloppy head kick and Ho moves out of range easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ohchooto fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ohchooto moves away.
Ohchooto lands a nice looking body shot.
Ho throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ohchooto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ohchooto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ohchooto slaps away a takedown attempt from Ho, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ohchooto lands with a good body shot.
A head kick misses from Ohchooto.
Ho throws out a loose jab but Ohchooto uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ohchooto connects with a right hand. Ho shakes it off.
Ho checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ho misses with a left hand
and Ohchooto counters with a nice uppercut.
Ohchooto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ho.
Ho throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Ho. That snapped Ohchooto's head back.
Ho ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ohchooto lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ohchooto fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ho on the side of the head.
Ohchooto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ho.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donk. Ohchooto catches Ho right on the button with a cross.
A big left from Ohchooto misses.
Ohchooto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ho counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho swinging wildly here.
Ohchooto connects with a nice looking jab.
Ho misses with a series of wild punches.
Ohchooto misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ho. Ohchooto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ho walks into a stiff left hand from Ohchooto.
Ho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ohchooto.
Ohchooto tries a head kick but it misses.
Ohchooto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ho takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Moses Ohchooto showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ohchooto 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 30:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moses Ohchooto!
Moses Ohchooto very nearly forgot to thank Spartan Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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