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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Finn The Human (ranked 1374 p4p, 164 weight class) and Taine Raharuhi (ranked 1625 p4p, 194 weight class). The Human's entrance music is Adventure Time. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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160 lbs
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165 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Finn The Human!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taine Raharuhi!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Human on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Human looks to land a right hand but Raharuhi moved out of range.
Raharuhi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Human.
The Human looks to score with a jab to the body but Raharuhi is just out of range.
The Human throws a hook but Raharuhi avoids it easily.
The Human defending well as Raharuhi loads up on a big left hand.
The Human lands with a shot to the body.
The Human bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Human misses the shot to the body.
Raharuhi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Raharuhi scores with a jab. The Human acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Raharuhi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The Human explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The Human has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Razor Sharp Training Systems in the buildup to the fight.
The Human throws out a loose jab but Raharuhi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raharuhi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Raharuhi slips under a jab from The Human.
Raharuhi misses with a looping left.
The Human tried to counter with a leg kick but Raharuhi avoided it.
Raharuhi gets tackled into the cage by The Human. The Human maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raharuhi misses with an elbow over the top.
Raharuhi tries to land knees in the clinch but The Human avoids the damage to the body.
The Human blocks a body shot from Raharuhi.
A shot in the inside from The Human.
Raharuhi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Raharuhi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Human fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Raharuhi manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raharuhi throws a looping overhand right but The Human ducks down to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Raharuhi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and The Human has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from The Human and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Raharuhi jabs The Human right on the nose. The Human blinks but takes it well.
The Human swings for the body but Raharuhi moves out of range.
Raharuhi moves out of range as The Human strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Raharuhi! But no joy.
The Human doesn't manage to clinch there - Raharuhi circles away.
Raharuhi throws out a counter right but The Human avoids it with no problem.
Raharuhi looks to throw the jab but The Human is out of range.
Raharuhi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Raharuhi misses with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Human pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raharuhi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Raharuhi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and The Human connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Raharuhi scrambles back to his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Raharuhi, right into the meat.
Raharuhi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Human.
Raharuhi takes one on the button.
The Human is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Raharuhi.
The Human swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The Human tries a low kick but Raharuhi avoids it.
The Human throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Human gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Human lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Human fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by The Human.
The Human tries to throw a body punch but Raharuhi avoids it by throwing The Human back against the cage.
The Human swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raharuhi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from The Human.
The Human lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Human misses with a body punch.
Raharuhi lands a shoulder strike.
Raharuhi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab lands there for Raharuhi.
The Human checks a low kick from Raharuhi.
The Human doesn't manage to clinch there - Raharuhi circles away.
Raharuhi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Raharuhi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but The Human checks it well.
The Human half committed to a counter leg kick.
The Human stuns Raharuhi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Raharuhi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Human.
The Human goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Raharuhi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The Human blocks a head kick by Raharuhi.
Raharuhi looks to throw the jab but The Human is out of range.
The Human checks the leg kick nicely there.
Raharuhi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and The Human is able to avoid easily.
Raharuhi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Human misses with a body shot.
Raharuhi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Raharuhi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but The Human is out of range.
The Human throws a sloppy body shot
and Raharuhi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice shot by The Human.
Raharuhi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The Human avoids the body shot from Raharuhi.
The Human tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Raharuhi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Human takes the fight into the clinch.
Raharuhi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raharuhi blocking some punches.
The Human throws a head punch that misses.
The Human lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for The Human.
The Human can't find room to land a body shot as Raharuhi controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raharuhi.
Raharuhi misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from The Human.
Raharuhi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Raharuhi can't find room to land a body shot as The Human controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Human scores with a shot to the side of Raharuhi's head.
Raharuhi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Raharuhi blocks a body shot from The Human.
Raharuhi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Human's elbow.
A body shot lands from The Human.
Raharuhi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Human avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Human digs a good hook to Raharuhi's body.
Raharuhi throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Human.
Raharuhi misses with a low kick as The Human jumps back.
Raharuhi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Human.
The Human showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The Human bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Human avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raharuhi moves out of range as The Human strikes.
Jab, jab by The Human - just one landing.
The Human throws a body shot but no joy.
Raharuhi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Raharuhi throws the left hand but The Human avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Finn The Human dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Raharuhi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Finn The Human is winning the standup battle so far.
Raharuhi clobbers The Human with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The Human is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raharuhi can do to turn this around?
Raharuhi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The Human ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Raharuhi moves away.
The Human has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The Human thuds a left hand into Raharuhi's body.
The Human tries to clinch there but Raharuhi circles away.
Finn The Human seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Raharuhi. The Human does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raharuhi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Human manages to avoid it.
The Human avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Human finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Raharuhi throws the left hand but The Human avoids the punch easily.
Raharuhi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Human cracks Raharuhi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Raharuhi takes a swing at The Human's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Raharuhi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raharuhi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A jab from The Human misses.
Raharuhi checks a leg kick nicely.
It seemed like Raharuhi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Raharuhi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters circling a little - Raharuhi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Human throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Raharuhi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The Human looks to throw the jab but Raharuhi is out of range.
Raharuhi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Human lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Raharuhi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Raharuhi there as he acknowledges the shot.
The Human misses with an uppercut
and Raharuhi counters with a thumping low kick.
The Human blocks a leg kick.
The Human takes a swing at Raharuhi's ribcage but misses.
Raharuhi looks to land a right hand but The Human moved out of range.
The Human misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi throws a body punch but The Human moves out of range.
The Human lands with a shot to the body.
The Human misses with a body shot.
The Human fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Raharuhi on the side of the head.
The Human misses with a hook.
The Human shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Raharuhi tries a quick counter leg kick but The Human is wise to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Human moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Raharuhi avoids the body shot from The Human.
The Human throws a low kick but Raharuhi avoids it.
The Human cracks the inside of Raharuhi's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A punch combination from Raharuhi misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Raharuhi.
The Human takes the fight into the clinch.
The Human blocks an elbow strike.
The Human misses with a body punch.
The Human lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Raharuhi.
Raharuhi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Human tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from The Human as the two fighters clinch.
The Human swings wildly with an uppercut but Raharuhi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raharuhi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Human dodges an elbow strike from Raharuhi.
The Human struggles to land a body shot inside as Raharuhi controls his hands.
The Human is working Raharuhi over against the cage.
Good body shot from Raharuhi.
The Human managing to block the knees to the body from Raharuhi.
The Human takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Human or not.
Raharuhi gets through The Human's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Human tries to throw a body punch but Raharuhi avoids it by throwing The Human back against the cage.
The Human lands a body shot.
The Human lands an uppercut.
The Human lands an uppercut.
The Human misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raharuhi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Human struggles to land a body shot inside as Raharuhi controls his hands.
Raharuhi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Human lands an overhand right.
Raharuhi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raharuhi slips a straight right by The Human.
Raharuhi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The Human throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Human just misses with a punch to the body.
Raharuhi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from The Human with a body shot.
Raharuhi looks to score with a jab to the body but The Human is just out of range.
Raharuhi throws a nice outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Human takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The Human throws a hook to the side of Raharuhi's head but Raharuhi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Raharuhi unleashes a big counter combination but The Human bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The Human works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Human uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Human with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good work by The Human as he checks the leg kick.
The Human moves out of range as Raharuhi strikes.
The Human half committed to a counter leg kick.
The Human fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Raharuhi is out of range.
Raharuhi feints a counter leg kick.
The Human scores with a jab to the body.
The Human scores with a hook to the body. Raharuhi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Human scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Raharuhi lands with a kick to the ribs.
The Human ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Human tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Raharuhi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The Human takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Human throws a leg kick but Raharuhi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Raharuhi misses with a looping right.
Raharuhi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Raharuhi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The Human.
The Human works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Finn The Human dominated that second round.
That's time! The Human's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
The Human throws a body punch but Raharuhi moves out of range.
Raharuhi flicks out a counter leg kick but The Human steps away.
Raharuhi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Raharuhi misses the shot to the body.
The Human misses with an uppercut. Raharuhi saw that one coming.
Raharuhi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from The Human with a body shot.
Raharuhi cracks the inside of The Human's front leg.
Jab from Raharuhi.
The Human avoids the head kick by Raharuhi.
The Human tries to land a leg kick but Raharuhi saw it coming and moves away.
Raharuhi throws out a counter right but The Human avoids it with no problem.
The Human steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Raharuhi.
The Human avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Human is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Raharuhi staying out of range there.
The Human moves out of range of the strikes.
The Human fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Raharuhi manages to avoid it.
The Human throws the left hand but Raharuhi avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raharuhi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Human.
Raharuhi throws a shot from downtown. The Human moves away and avoids it.
The Human on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The Human throws a low kick but it's checked well by Raharuhi.
The Human throws the left hand but Raharuhi avoids the punch easily.
The Human bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Human with a hook.
The Human dips to his left and cracks Raharuhi with an uppercut!
A telegraphed right hand from The Human misses the target.
Raharuhi misses with a looping right.
Raharuhi 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.
Raharuhi avoids the body shot from The Human.
Raharuhi misses with a hook. The Human ducked under it nicely.
Raharuhi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Raharuhi throws a push kick but The Human slaps the foot to one side.
Raharuhi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Raharuhi lands with an overhand left.
The Human dips to his left and cracks Raharuhi with an uppercut!
Raharuhi misses the shot to the body.
The Human misses with a looping left.
Raharuhi throws a wild body kick that The Human sees coming a mile off.
The Human tries a low kick but Raharuhi avoids it.
Raharuhi is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
The Human connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
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!
The Human connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Raharuhi throws a low kick but The Human moves out of range easily.
Donk. The Human catches Raharuhi right on the button with a cross.
Raharuhi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi missing with a left hand there. The Human was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A chopping leg kick lands by Raharuhi.
Raharuhi walks into a jab.
Raharuhi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Human ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Human misses with an uppercut. Raharuhi saw that one coming.
Raharuhi scores with a nice right hand.
The Human throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Human cracks Raharuhi with a good jab.
Raharuhi throws a hook but The Human blocks it.
Raharuhi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Raharuhi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Human was well out of range. Poor timing from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It looked like The Human wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Raharuhi throws a body punch but The Human moves out of range.
The Human moves out of range as Raharuhi strikes.
The Human tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raharuhi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Human tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raharuhi was well out of range. Poor timing from The Human.
Raharuhi misses with a looping left.
The Human scores with the left hand. Raharuhi knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Raharuhi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The Human tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raharuhi was well out of range. Poor timing from The Human.
The Human moves out of range of the leg kick from Raharuhi.
The Human digs a good body shot into Raharuhi's ribs.
Raharuhi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Human on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Human closes the distance and pushes Raharuhi back into the cage.
The Human lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Raharuhi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Raharuhi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Human's elbow.
Taine Raharuhi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Human digs a right hand into Raharuhi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Raharuhi's gas tank.
Raharuhi misses with the head strike.
Raharuhi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Raharuhi blocks a body shot from The Human.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Human.
Raharuhi can't find room to land a body shot as The Human controls the action.
Raharuhi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Human has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Finn The Human has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The Human blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raharuhi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Human lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Human lands a left hand.
The Human makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Human lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raharuhi backwards.
Raharuhi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Human lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Human misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raharuhi misses with some punches.
Raharuhi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Human misses with a punch to the body.
The Human struggles to land a body shot inside as Raharuhi controls his hands.
Raharuhi lands with a short shot to the head.
The Human prevents a body shot from Raharuhi.
The Human lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Raharuhi or not.
Raharuhi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Human blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Human throws a punch but it's blocked by Raharuhi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from The Human.
Raharuhi pushes off an throws an elbow but The Human leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Raharuhi misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Human softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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 Finn The Human.
Well The Human has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Finn The Human!
A less than humble Finn The Human misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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