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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joaquin Buckley (ranked 2687 p4p, 2489 weight class) and Joel Kangas (ranked 374 p4p, 382 weight class). Joaquin Buckley had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joaquin Buckley !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joel Kangas!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buckley clinches up with Kangas and pushes him back against the cage.
Buckley blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kangas.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kangas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Buckley 's brow.
Kangas lands an elbow inside.
Buckley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kangas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kangas landing knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Buckley throws an elbow but misses.
Kangas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kangas misses with an elbow strike.
Buckley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kangas or not.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kangas throws an elbow but misses.
Kangas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kangas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Buckley 's defenses.
Kangas missing with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kangas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kangas missing with knees to the body.
Kangas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Buckley 's defenses.
Buckley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Buckley holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Buckley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kangas scores a nice knee to the body.
Kangas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kangas lands a damaging elbow.
Kangas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kangas missing with knees to the body.
Buckley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Buckley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Buckley closes the distance and clinches.
Kangas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kangas takes a shot to the head.
Buckley managing to block the knees to the body from Kangas.
Kangas tries to land knees in the clinch but Buckley avoids the damage to the body.
Kangas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buckley avoids it.
Buckley lands an elbow that stopped Kangas in his tracks for a moment.
Buckley lands an elbow just above Kangas 's eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kangas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Buckley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kangas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buckley avoids it.
Kangas throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kangas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Buckley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kangas's brow.
Buckley pushes Kangas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Buckley .
Kangas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kangas tries to land knees in the clinch but Buckley avoids the damage to the body.
Buckley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kangas scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Kangas.
Kangas lands a nice knee to the body.
Buckley is breathing heavily.
Kangas misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kangas.
Buckley misses with a body punch.
Kangas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kangas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Buckley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buckley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kangas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Buckley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kangas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Buckley blocks an elbow strike.
Buckley is struggling to control the position.
Buckley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kangas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Buckley 's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kangas.
Buckley misses with the head strike.
Buckley has a couple of punches blocked by Kangas.
Buckley avoiding damage as Kangas throws knees to the body.
Kangas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Buckley lands a body punch.
Kangas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kangas blocks an elbow strike from Buckley .
Buckley blocks an elbow strike from Kangas.
Buckley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kangas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buckley lands with a short shot to the head.
Kangas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Buckley is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kangas misses with an elbow strike.
Kangas throws an elbow but it misses.
Buckley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Buckley lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buckley misses with an elbow over the top.
Kangas blocking some punches.
Buckley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kangas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Buckley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buckley dodges an elbow strike from Kangas.
Kangas lands an elbow just above Buckley 's eye.
Buckley avoiding damage as Kangas throws knees to the body.
Kangas throws an elbow that misses.
Kangas blocks a body shot from Buckley .
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kangas lands a good knee to the midsection. Buckley won't want to take too many of those.
Kangas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buckley avoids it.
Kangas throws an elbow but it misses.
Kangas avoids the elbow strike from Buckley , against the cage.
Buckley lands a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joel Kangas dominated that round.
That's time! Buckley 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Buckley has Kangas up against the cage in a clinch.
Kangas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buckley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Buckley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Buckley avoids a wild elbow strike from Kangas.
Buckley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kangas trying to land knees to the body.
Kangas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Buckley is defending well for now.
Kangas lands a nice elbow.
Buckley avoids the elbow strike from Kangas, against the cage.
Kangas missing with knees to the body.
Kangas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kangas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Buckley .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buckley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kangas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Buckley .
Kangas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Buckley pushes off an throws an elbow but Kangas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kangas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buckley digs a right hand underneath Kangas's ribcage. Kangas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Buckley lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kangas lands a good knee to the midsection. Buckley won't want to take too many of those.
Buckley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kangas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kangas crunches a lovely knee into Buckley 's ribcage.
Buckley misses with an elbow over the top.
Kangas lands an elbow inside that Buckley shrugs off.
Buckley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kangas tries to land knees in the clinch but Buckley avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Buckley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kangas's brow.
Kangas tries to land a knee to the head but Buckley blocks with his arms.
Kangas lands an elbow inside that Buckley shrugs off.
Buckley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kangas throws an elbow but it misses.
Kangas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kangas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Buckley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buckley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Buckley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kangas throws an elbow but it misses.
Kangas misses with an elbow over the top.
Kangas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Buckley takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Joaquin Buckley has been cut.
Kangas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kangas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Buckley is working Kangas over against the cage.
Buckley avoids the elbow strike from Kangas, against the cage.
Buckley tries to throw a body punch but Kangas avoids it by throwing Buckley back against the cage.
Kangas throws an elbow that misses.
A short right from Buckley .
Kangas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Buckley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice elbow from Kangas.
Kangas throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kangas obliges.
Buckley managing to block the knees to the body from Kangas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kangas throws an elbow that misses.
Kangas lands an elbow inside that Buckley shrugs off.
Kangas tries a knee to the head but Buckley blocks it.
Kangas managing to block the knees to the body from Buckley .
Kangas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice elbow from Kangas.
Buckley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kangas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kangas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kangas misses with an elbow over the top.
Kangas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kangas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Buckley throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kangas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Buckley 's brow.
Kangas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buckley avoids it.
Buckley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Buckley has Kangas pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Buckley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Joel Kangas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice body punch from Buckley .
Buckley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Buckley pushes off an throws an elbow but Kangas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Buckley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kangas tries to land knees in the clinch but Buckley avoids the damage to the body.
Buckley avoiding damage as Kangas throws knees to the body.
Kangas misses with an elbow strike.
Buckley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kangas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kangas missing with knees to the body.
Kangas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kangas trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Buckley throws an elbow but misses.
Kangas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Buckley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kangas is defending well for now.
Kangas blocks the elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joel Kangas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joaquin Buckley 's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Kangas with the inside leg kick.
Buckley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kangas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kangas tries to land a knee to the head but Buckley blocks with his arms.
Kangas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Buckley blocks it with crossed arms.
Buckley struggles to land a body shot inside as Kangas controls his hands.
Buckley dodges an elbow strike from Kangas.
Buckley managing to block the knees to the body from Kangas.
Kangas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kangas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kangas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kangas being controlled against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buckley lands with a left to the head.
Buckley lands a shot to the body.
Kangas tries to land knees in the clinch but Buckley avoids the damage to the body.
Buckley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckley is pushing Kangas up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Still in the clinch, Buckley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kangas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Buckley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kangas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kangas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Buckley works on Kangas's body with a couple of short punches.
Kangas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kangas lands a nice knee to the body.
Buckley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kangas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Buckley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Buckley misses with a punch to the body.
Buckley managing to block the knees to the body from Kangas.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kangas throws an elbow but misses.
Kangas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckley slows down the pace here.
Kangas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Buckley .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buckley stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kangas trying to land knees to the body.
Buckley avoiding damage as Kangas throws knees to the body.
Kangas takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Joel Kangas has been cut.
Buckley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buckley struggles to land a body shot inside as Kangas controls his hands.
Buckley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kangas's elbow.
Buckley stalling against the cage.
Kangas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Buckley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kangas misses with an elbow strike.
Buckley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckley pushes Kangas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kangas lands an elbow just above Buckley 's eye.
Buckley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buckley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Buckley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Buckley misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Buckley throws an elbow but misses.
Buckley lands a right hand.
Buckley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joaquin Buckley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buckley scores with a shot to the side of Kangas's head.
Buckley stalling in the clinch.
Kangas dodges an elbow strike from Buckley .
Kangas throws an elbow that misses.
Kangas lands an elbow that stopped Buckley in his tracks for a moment.
Buckley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Buckley .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buckley avoids a wild elbow strike from Kangas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buckley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kangas misses with an elbow strike.
Buckley misses with a body punch.
Buckley avoids a wild elbow strike from Kangas.
Kangas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Buckley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Buckley avoiding damage.
Kangas missing with knees to the body.
Buckley throws an elbow but it misses.
Buckley misses with an elbow over the top.
Buckley lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kangas.
Kangas misses with a knee strike.
Nice body punch from Buckley - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Buckley .
Buckley misses with a knee strike.
Buckley is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kangas throws a knee to the head but misses.
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 Joaquin Buckley .
Well Kangas has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joel Kangas!
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