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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Piranha Chonan (ranked 1760 p4p, 236 weight class) and Keijo Tapaus (ranked 1510 p4p, 210 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Keijo Tapaus was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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190 lbs
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Excellent 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
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Piranha Chonan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keijo Tapaus!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Kavanagh and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Tapaus misses.
Tapaus paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tapaus keeps the fight on the outside.
Chonan avoids the body shot from Tapaus.
Chonan wants to clinch up but Tapaus keeps it at a distance.
Tapaus slips under a jab from Chonan.
Chonan swings widly with a right hand
and Tapaus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tapaus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chonan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tapaus.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Tapaus has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Tapaus scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tapaus winds up and cracks Chonan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tapaus is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Chonan wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tapaus lands a nice short elbow.
Tapaus working over Chonan with some ground and pound. Chonan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tapaus trying to control from half guard but Chonan is working away.
Tapaus thows a huge punch but Chonan dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapaus trying to control from half guard but Chonan is working away.
Tapaus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Chonan is looking to get back to is feet but Tapaus passes into side control.
Tapaus lands a decent elbow from side control.
Tapaus cracks Chonan with a big elbow.
Tapaus is putting a hurting on Chonan here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tapaus tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Chonan is trying to get back to his feet.
Tapaus in side control, throwing shots but Chonan defends.
Tapaus cracks Chonan with a big elbow.
Tapaus landing strikes.
It looks like Piranha Chonan has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Tapaus crashes against the mat.
Tapaus is chipping away with strikes.
Chonan tries to escape but Tapaus is in control.
Chonan sneaks out the side door and pushes Tapaus away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tapaus throws a nice looking combination but Chonan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chonan is looking to clinch.
Tapaus takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Chonan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chonan moves into the clinch.
Tapaus stalls.
Tapaus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chonan lands with a light punch inside.
Tapaus manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Chonan lands an elbow inside that Tapaus shrugs off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tapaus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Chonan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tapaus's defenses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chonan.
Tapaus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chonan lands a right hand.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tapaus tries to work over Chonan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chonan misses with a body punch.
Chonan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tapaus looking to slow down the pace here.
Tapaus can't find room to land a body shot as Chonan controls the action.
Chonan tries a body shot but Tapaus blocks it.
Tapaus lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chonan.
Chonan throws a punch but it's blocked by Tapaus.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chonan throws a head punch that misses.
Chonan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chonan stalls.
A short right from Tapaus.
Tapaus misses with some punches.
Tapaus scores with a shoulder strike.
Tapaus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tapaus misses with a punch to the body.
Our sources have told us that Chonan has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Tapaus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chonan backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chonan.
Tapaus gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Chonan regains guard.
Tapaus distracts Chonan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tapaus throwing strikes from guard but Chonan blocks nicely.
Tapaus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tapaus throwing strikes from guard but Chonan blocks nicely.
Tapaus is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keijo Tapaus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Piranha Chonan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Tapaus misses with a hook. Chonan ducked under it nicely.
Chonan is looking to clinch.
Tapaus gets tackled into the cage by Chonan. Chonan maintains the clinch.
Tapaus misses with a body punch.
Chonan scores with a shot to the side of Tapaus's head.
Tapaus tries to work over Chonan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tapaus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tapaus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tapaus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tapaus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chonan lands a damaging elbow.
Tapaus is trying to break the clinch but Chonan has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tapaus.
Tapaus wants a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tapaus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chonan backwards.
Chonan lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Tapaus - that landed with a thud.
Piranha Chonan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Chonan.
Tapaus lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tapaus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chonan pushes Tapaus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chonan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tapaus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tapaus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chonan is stalling here.
Chonan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tapaus lands with a light punch inside.
Tapaus lands with a short shot to the head.
Chonan has a couple of punches blocked by Tapaus.
Chonan misses with a punch on the inside.
Chonan effectively controlling the action here.
Come on Chonan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tapaus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chonan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Chonan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tapaus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chonan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tapauss head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tapaus looking to slow down the pace here.
Tapaus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chonan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chonan blocking some punches.
Tapaus has a couple of punches blocked by Chonan.
Chonan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tapaus working aggressively here.
Chonan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chonan misses with an elbow strike.
Tapaus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Tapaus.
Tapaus is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chonan misses with an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chonan.
Tapaus gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Chonan wants to get back to his feet but Tapaus is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tapaus looking to sit in guard and control but Chonan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Chonan stands up and waves to Tapaus to follow him.
Chonan rushes Tapaus and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Chonan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tapaus working aggressively here.
Chonan throws a punch but it's blocked by Tapaus.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tapaus pushes Chonan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chonan lands with a left to the head.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Tapaus.
Chonan has a couple of punches blocked by Tapaus.
Chonan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tapaus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tapaus.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tapaus has Chonan pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Tapaus pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Chonan tumbling to the mat - Tapaus dives into Chonan's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tapaus prevents Chonan from getting back to his feet.
Tapaus is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Chonan can't keep his opponent in guard - Tapaus advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Chonan has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Tapaus is on him like a limpet, forcing Chonan back against the cage.
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 Piranha Chonan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Piranha Chonan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Tapaus keeps the fight on the outside.
Tapaus looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A punch lands to the side of Chonan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chonan tries to close the distance and clinch but Tapaus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tapaus throws out a counter right but Chonan avoids it with no problem.
Chonan throws a big shot that misses.
Chonan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chonan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chonan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tapaus.
Chonan tries to clinch up but Tapaus circles away and keeps his distance.
Tapaus is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Chonan tries to clinch but Tapaus is having none of it.
Chonan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Keijo Tapaus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chonan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tapaus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tapaus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chonan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Chonan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tapaus.
Chonan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tapaus looks to score with a jab to the body but Chonan is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapaus throws a nice looking combination but Chonan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chonan tries to clinch up.
Piranha Chonan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chonan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tapaus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chonan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chonan 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.
Chonan is looking to clinch.
Tapaus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Chonan slips a straight right by Tapaus.
Tapaus with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tapaus shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Chonan is trying to defend but Tapaus finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Tapaus looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chonan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Chonan is trying to escape back to his feet but Tapaus uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Chonan wants to get back to his feet.
Chonan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chonan regains half guard, as Tapaus was trying to land strikes.
Tapaus frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tapaus with good strikes from the mount here!
Tapaus scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chonan?
Tapaus working Chonan over with strikes here.
Tapaus connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tapaus with a couple of short strikes.
Chonan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Chonan wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tapaus is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Chonan can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Tapaus landing strikes from the mount.
Chonan is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Chonan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tapaus jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Chonan is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Chonan and Tapaus has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Chonan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tapaus grinds an elbow into Chonan's temple.
Chonan is pushing Tapaus's head away, looking to escape. Tapaus manages to hold on to the position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tapaus cracks Chonan with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tapaus prevents Chonan from escaping the position.
Tapaus working the ground and pound from side control.
The referee asks Tapaus politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Tapaus prefers to stall for the moment though.
Tapaus lands some shots froms side control.
Tapaus tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tapaus has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
A lull in the action here.
Tapaus in side control lands a decent elbow.
Chonan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keijo Tapaus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tapaus 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keijo Tapaus!
A victorious Keijo Tapaus thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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