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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaaleppi Koskinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micah Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kaaleppi Koskinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Micah Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Daniels, right into the meat.
Daniels is looking to clinch.
Koskinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koskinen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Koskinen looks for a takedown but Daniels sprawls well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daniels looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Daniels rushes Koskinen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Daniels is pressed up against the cage. Koskinen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Daniels down to the mat. Daniels avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kaaleppi Koskinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Daniels, right into the meat.
Koskinen fails with a takedown attempt.
Daniels darts in and clinches Koskinen up against the cage.
Daniels breaks the clinch.
Daniels thuds his shin into the meat of Koskinen's side.
Koskinen is breathing heavily.
Daniels looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Micah Daniels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daniels clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koskinen takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels tries for a takedown. No joy.
Koskinen tries to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling the position.
Daniels lands an elbow just above Koskinen 's eye.
Daniels tries to land a knee to the head but Koskinen blocks with his arms.
Koskinen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Daniels stalling against the cage.
Daniels lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daniels scores a nice knee to the body.
Daniels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Koskinen jumps into guard, dragging Daniels to the mat.
Koskinen wants to sweep but no luck.
Koskinen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Koskinen working for a triangle but Daniels defends it easily.
Daniels looking to pass the guard.
Daniels postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koskinen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Koskinen tries to control but Daniels wriggling away.
Daniels working to try and regain half guard.
Koskinen landing strikes from the mount.
Koskinen with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Koskinen lands a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daniels really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Koskinen is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Daniels has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Daniels!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels tries to free his leg and advance position but Koskinen is retaining full guard.
Koskinen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Daniels's guard.
Daniels wants to sweep here but Koskinen controlling him for the moment.
Koskinen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Daniels wants to sweep but no luck.
Koskinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Daniels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Koskinen won't allow Daniels to sweep him here.
Koskinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Daniels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Koskinen would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Daniels scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Daniels is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Koskinen has managed to free his arm - good work.
Koskinen is pressing down on Daniels's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Daniels avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Koskinen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Koskinen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daniels passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Daniels thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Micah Daniels dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Koskinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daniels swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Daniels clinches.
Daniels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daniels tries for a takedown but Koskinen manages to get underhooks.
Nice elbow from Daniels.
Daniels with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daniels.
Daniels prevents the takedown attempt.
Koskinen managing to block the knees to the body from Daniels.
Daniels taking a breather.
Daniels is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Koskinen is keeping busy.
Daniels gets underhooks to prevent Koskinen's takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koskinen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Daniels looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Daniels lands a nice elbow.
Daniels manages to break the clinch.
Koskinen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Daniels tries to buck Koskinen off but Koskinen is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Daniels regains half guard.
Daniels is looking to improve his position.
Koskinen trying to control the action but Daniels is working from the bottom.
Daniels tries to roll over but Koskinen keeps him under control.
Daniels regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Koskinen.
Daniels looking for a guillotine here but Koskinen defends easily.
Koskinen distracts Daniels with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels can't keep his opponent in guard - Koskinen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Koskinen connects with a nice short shot to Daniels's temple.
Koskinen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Daniels defends it well.
Koskinen is tying to control. Daniels wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Koskinen with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Koskinen moves nicely into side control.
Daniels regains half guard there - taking advantage of Koskinen's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Koskinen is working for a kimura but Daniels is defending it quite comfortably.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is looking to improve his position.
Koskinen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Koskinen is trying to control the action in half guard but Daniels is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Koskinen winds up and cracks Daniels with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Koskinen wants to take a breather but Daniels is having none of it.
Koskinen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Daniels makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Daniels.
Daniels is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen trying to control but Daniels is working from the bottom.
Daniels bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Koskinen's guard.
Koskinen keeping full guard, as Daniels tries to pass.
Daniels postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Koskinen is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Daniels, into his guard.
Koskinen preventing the sweep.
Koskinen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Koskinen lands a couple of digs.
Daniels is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Koskinen content to stall in guard here.
Daniels is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaaleppi Koskinen dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Daniels tries to score with a low kick but Koskinen moves his leg out of the way.
Koskinen misses with a takedown
and Daniels counters by clinching up.
Koskinen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Daniels avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Daniels lands a damaging elbow.
Daniels gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Koskinen.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kaaleppi Koskinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koskinen tries to pull guard but Daniels won't allow it.
Koskinen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Daniels tries to break the clinch but Koskinen is controlling the position.
Koskinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Daniels backwards.
Daniels landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Koskinen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Daniels pulls his leg out and moves away.
Daniels dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Koskinen. That did some damage!
Koskinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Daniels can pounce on him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daniels scoring well with a low kick there.
Koskinen shoots and misses
and Daniels counters with a nice leg kick.
Daniels is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels misses with a low kick.
Koskinen misses with a takedown
and Daniels counters with a nice leg kick.
Daniels takes the fight into the clinch.
Daniels misses with a knee strike.
Daniels throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koskinen blocks it with crossed arms.
Koskinen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Daniels prevents it.
Koskinen avoiding damage as Daniels throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daniels.
Koskinen manages to pull guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Koskinen is on top in guard.
Koskinen pushes down on Daniels's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Koskinen is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Daniels moves into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Daniels is working for a kimura but Koskinen is defending it quite comfortably.
Kaaleppi Koskinen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Koskinen tries to roll over but Daniels keeps him under control.
Daniels is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Daniels passes to side control.
Daniels works to advance to full mount. Koskinen defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Koskinen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Daniels looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen regains half guard.
Koskinen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Koskinen looking to control.
Koskinen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Koskinen keeping full guard, as Daniels tries to pass.
Daniels drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Koskinen manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Daniels has Koskinen in his guard.
Koskinen trying to control but Daniels is working from the bottom.
Daniels manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels wants to finish this one by submission but Koskinen is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Daniels.
Daniels goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Koskinen turns into him and now he's in Daniels's guard.
Koskinen wants to pass the guard but Daniels is keeping the position.
Koskinen stands and throws Daniels's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Daniels takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Koskinen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Micah Daniels.
I think Daniels 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Micah Daniels!
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energy
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hype
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