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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paw Paw Udomprecha (ranked 904 p4p, 915 weight class) and Eero Jukola (ranked 58 p4p, 60 weight class). Udomprecha's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Danger. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Paw Paw Udomprecha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eero Jukola!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jukola on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Udomprecha. Udomprecha obviously looking to wear him down.
Udomprecha slips a straight right by Jukola.
Udomprecha seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Jukola ducks under a wild hook from Udomprecha.
Udomprecha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jukola.
Jukola works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jukola closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jukola lands in his opponent's guard.
Jukola working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jukola is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jukola stopping the sweep attempt from Udomprecha.
Jukola wants to pass the guard but Udomprecha is keeping the position.
Jukola slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Udomprecha is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jukola connects with a decent elbow.
Jukola throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jukola wants to control but Udomprecha is keeping him busy.
Udomprecha is trying to escape the position but Jukola is controlling the position.
Jukola tries to move to mount but Udomprecha blocks the move with his legs.
Jukola connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Udomprecha some visible discomfort.
Jukola tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Udomprecha is not content to let Jukola control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jukola throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Udomprecha is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jukola is controlling him well.
Udomprecha can't do much from the bottom here.
Jukola working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Udomprecha is looking for a sweep.
Udomprecha can't do much from the bottom here.
Udomprecha taking a bit of punishment here - Jukola scoring with strikes.
Jukola landing a few strikes.
Jukola sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Udomprecha is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Udomprecha managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jukola.
Jukola creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Jukola tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Udomprecha is trying to control Jukola's posture but Jukola avoids it.
Jukola landing strikes.
Jukola looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Udomprecha is looking for a sweep.
Jukola in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Jukola tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Jukola cracks Udomprecha with a big elbow.
Jukola is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Udomprecha knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Udomprecha trying to remain calm as Jukola controls from the top position.
You can see the frustration on Udomprecha's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jukola throws an elbow but Udomprecha slips to the side and avoids it well.
Jukola lands a decent elbow from side control.
Udomprecha takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Jukola misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Jukola in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Udomprecha is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Jukola's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
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!
Udomprecha is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jukola's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jukola's back!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eero Jukola dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jukola keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Udomprecha.
Jukola throws a body punch but Udomprecha moves out of range.
Eero Jukola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Udomprecha does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Udomprecha jabs at Jukola's body.
Jukola checks the leg kick nicely there.
Udomprecha misses with a hook. Jukola ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Jukola misses the target.
Jukola misses with a straight left.
Jukola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jukola shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Udomprecha sprawls well. Udomprecha wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jukola gets slowly back to his feet.
It looked like Udomprecha was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jukola.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jukola connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Udomprecha momentarily.
Jukola misses with a body shot.
Udomprecha thows a body kick. Jukola tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jukola dives in for a single leg takedown but Udomprecha sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jukola is defended easily by Udomprecha.
Paw Paw Udomprecha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eero Jukola.
Jukola tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Udomprecha swivels and escapes.
Jukola shoots for a takedown but Udomprecha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jukola takes a swing at Udomprecha's ribcage but misses.
Jukola misses with a hook.
Udomprecha dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jukola. That did some damage!
Jukola takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jukola does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Udomprecha fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jukola has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jukola shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Udomprecha but Udomprecha pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Udomprecha feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Udomprecha connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jukola or perhaps it was just good defense by Udomprecha, which made it look bad.
Jukola takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jukola throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Udomprecha on the side of the head.
Jukola shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Udomprecha as he avoids it easily.
Udomprecha fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jukola just manages to avoid it.
Udomprecha tried to score with a low kick but Jukola checks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jukola misses with a hook to the body
and Udomprecha counters with a nice body shot.
Jukola is looking to chop away at Udomprecha's legs.
Paw Paw Udomprecha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jukola lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jukola's jab looks to have found its range, popping Udomprecha under the eye.
Jukola moves forwards but Udomprecha connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jukola misses with a looping right.
As Jukola backs away, Udomprecha returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Udomprecha throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jukola counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Udomprecha will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Udomprecha cracks Jukola with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Paw Paw Udomprecha is winning the standup battle so far.
Udomprecha steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jukola.
Jukola uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Udomprecha.
Jukola throws a looping overhand right but Udomprecha ducks down to avoid it.
Udomprecha feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Jukola works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jukola shoots in looking for a takedown but Udomprecha manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jukola's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jukola blocks a jab.
Jukola misses with an uppercut. Udomprecha saw that one coming.
Jukola jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jukola throws a lazy right hand but Udomprecha sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jukola throws a shot from downtown. Udomprecha moves away and avoids it.
Udomprecha fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jukola just manages to avoid it.
Jukola checks the leg kick nicely there.
Udomprecha blocks a low kick nicely.
Udomprecha was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Udomprecha thows a left - swing and a miss!
Udomprecha feints and then cracks Jukola's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jukola down.
Jukola throws a push kick but Udomprecha slaps the foot to one side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jukola shoots for a double leg takedown but Udomprecha sprawls well. He's pushed Jukola's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jukola decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jukola has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
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!
Udomprecha blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jukola.
Udomprecha is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jukola throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jukola not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jukola looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jukola scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Paw Paw Udomprecha will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Jukola takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Udomprecha misses with a straight left.
A leg kick checked by Udomprecha.
Jukola throws a shot from downtown. Udomprecha moves away and avoids it.
Jukola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jukola moves out of range of the leg kick from Udomprecha.
Udomprecha pushes Jukola away with a front kick.
Jukola lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Udomprecha lands a nice shot that snaps Jukola's head back.
Udomprecha does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jukola throws a leg kick but Udomprecha sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Udomprecha feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jukolas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jukola throws out a loose jab but Udomprecha uses good head movement to avoid it.
A cross from Jukola lands.
Jukola looks to land a left hand but Udomprecha moved out of range nicely.
Jukola throws a shot from downtown. Udomprecha moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jukola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Udomprecha.
Udomprecha slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Udomprecha on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Udomprecha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jukola.
An attempted straight right counter from Udomprecha misses the target.
Udomprecha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jukola.
It looked like Udomprecha was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jukola.
Udomprecha attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Udomprecha lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A nice leg kick lands there from Udomprecha.
Jukola throws a lazy right hand but Udomprecha sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Udomprecha throws the left hand but Jukola avoids the punch easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Jukola misses.
A jab from Jukola misses.
Nice shot by Jukola.
Udomprecha throws a leg kick but Jukola checks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jukola checks a leg kick.
Jukola takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Udomprecha throws a solid leg kick but Jukola takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Udomprecha.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jukola checks a low kick from Udomprecha.
Jukola is trying to counter with his kicks.
Udomprecha tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jukola is able to avoid easily.
Jukola connects with a crisp jab.
Jukola steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Udomprecha. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jukola takes a swing at Udomprecha's ribcage but misses.
Jukola misses with a takedown attempt
and Udomprecha counters with a thumping low kick.
Jukola rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Udomprecha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A right-left combo lands from Udomprecha.
Udomprecha looks to land a right hand but Jukola moved out of range.
Udomprecha throws a sloppy head kick and Jukola moves out of range easily.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Udomprecha enables Jukola to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Udomprecha manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Jukola with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jukola throws a big right hand that misses.
Jukola trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jukola is looking to work some ground and pound but Udomprecha has wrist control.
Udomprecha seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Udomprecha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Udomprecha looking to control.
Jukola landing some decent shots from guard.
Udomprecha keeping moving, preventing Jukola from controlling successfully.
Jukola passes Udomprecha's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Udomprecha trying to control here.
Eero Jukola has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jukola thows a huge punch but Udomprecha dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jukola seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jukola looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jukola is looking for a kimura here.
Udomprecha wants to control but Jukola is keeping busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eero Jukola.
I think Jukola 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Eero Jukola!
After the fight, Eero Jukola was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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