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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Muuka Laine (ranked 1443 p4p, 1379 weight class) and Chu Ho Soon (ranked 80 p4p, 77 weight class). Laine's entrance music is Thats Not Me. A fine choice. Ho Soon has chosen Carl Orff - O Fortuna as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 32 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Muuka Laine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chu Ho Soon!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laine connects with a right hand. Ho Soon shakes it off.
Ho Soon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laine.
Laine missing with a left hand there. Ho Soon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ho Soon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laine fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ho Soon connects with a right hand. Laine shakes it off.
Muuka Laine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ho Soon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laine.
Laine is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Laine misses with a looping right.
Laine moves out of range of the strikes.
Ho Soon throws a series of punches but Laine avoids them all with ease.
Ho Soon swings for the body but Laine moves out of range.
Laine looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ho Soon misses with a body shot.
Laine throws a lazy right hand but Ho Soon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ho Soon scores with a decent looking hook.
Ho Soon throws a hook but Laine blocks it.
Laine scores with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Laine misses its intended target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ho Soon checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Soon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Laine throws an overhand right that lands on Ho Soon's shoulder, as Ho Soon tries to avoid the shot.
A good leg kick by Laine.
Ho Soon misses with a few strikes there.
Laine appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ho Soon slips a jab from Laine.
It seemed like Ho Soon was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ho Soon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ho Soon lands a two punch combo.
Laine attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ho Soon misses with a hook. Laine ducked under it nicely.
Laine tries a head kick but it misses.
Laine misses with a low kick as Ho Soon jumps back.
Ho Soon throws out a counter right but Laine avoids it with no problem.
Laine 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.
Ho Soon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ho Soon throws a hook but Laine blocks it.
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!
Ho Soon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice side step and Ho Soon releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ho Soon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Laine looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Donk. Laine catches Ho Soon right on the button with a cross.
Laine throws a shot from downtown. Ho Soon moves away and avoids it.
Laine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Laine thuds a left hand into Ho Soon's body.
Laine throws an overhand right that lands on Ho Soon's shoulder, as Ho Soon tries to avoid the shot.
Ho Soon blocks the body kick.
Ho Soon appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Laine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ho Soon.
Laine throws a body kick that misses
and Ho Soon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ho Soon lands a glancing blow to the side of Laine's head.
Laine lands a jab to Ho Soon's midsection.
Ho Soon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ho Soon punishes Laine's body with a nice straight punch.
Laine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ho Soon moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ho Soon! But no joy.
Ho Soon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon throws a body punch but Laine moves out of range.
Ho Soon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho Soon throws a body shot but no joy.
Laine was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ho Soon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ho Soon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ho Soon stuns Laine with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ho Soon lands with a good body shot.
Laine lands with a cross.
Ho Soon slips a jab and a cross from Laine.
That kick from Laine tenderised Ho Soon's leg. Ho Soon is trying to keep his angry face on.
Laine 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ho Soon just misses with a punch to the body.
Laine throws a head kick that misses.
Laine connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ho Soon momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine lands a lovely overhand right.
Ho Soon takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Laine throws a jab but it's blocked by Ho Soon.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laine.
Laine throws a lazy uppercut
and Ho Soon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ho Soon throws a shot from downtown. Laine moves away and avoids it.
Laine throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ho Soon counters with a one-two to the body.
Ho Soon lands a jab to Laine's midsection.
Laine misses with a lunging right hand
and Ho Soon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Laine throws a lazy head kick
and Ho Soon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Laine scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Laine.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho Soon lands a jab to the head.
Ho Soon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ho Soon lands with a hook. Laine tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The fighters circling - Ho Soon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chu Ho Soon dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Ho Soon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ho Soon scores with a hook to the body. Laine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ho Soon fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut there from Ho Soon.
Laine throws a leg kick that misses.
Laine connects with a looping right hand.
Ho Soon tests Laine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Laine moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ho Soon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ho Soon throws a body punch but Laine moves out of range.
Laine is looking to counter punch.
Ho Soon checks a leg kick nicely.
Ho Soon unleashes a big counter combination but Laine bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Laine throws a series of punches but Ho Soon avoids them all with ease.
Ho Soon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laine is looking to counter with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ho Soon.
Laine ducks right into an uppercut from Ho Soon.
Laine lands with a thumping leg kick.
Laine avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laine swings for the body but Ho Soon moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Laine misses.
Ho Soon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Laine misses with an uppercut. Ho Soon saw that one coming.
Ho Soon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laine.
Ho Soon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ho Soon misses with a straight right.
Laine slips a jab from Ho Soon.
Laine feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ho Soon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ho Soon misses with a looping left.
Ho Soon cracks Laine with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ho Soon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Laine avoids the body shot from Ho Soon.
Laine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Laine.
Laine is looking to score with low kicks.
A slow jab from Ho Soon misses its intended target.
Laine looks for the body kick but Ho Soon saw that one coming.
Laine scores with a jab. Ho Soon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ho Soon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laine.
A little jabbing left from Ho Soon on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ho Soon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Laines jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Laine throws a head kick but Ho Soon moves out of range.
Ho Soon doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ho Soon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laine.
Ho Soon swings for the body but Laine moves out of range.
Laine throws the kick towards the body but Ho Soon avoids it.
Chu Ho Soon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laine misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ho Soon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Laine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Laine feints and then cracks Ho Soon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ho Soon down.
Laine takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Laine slips a straight right by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice body kick there by Laine.
Ho Soon loads up on a big right hand but Laine slips the punch.
Ho Soon takes a jab right on the kisser.
Laine takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Laine moves away from the strike by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Ho Soon misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon misses the jab.
Ho Soon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ho Soon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laine.
Ho Soon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laine manages to avoid it.
Ho Soon moves out of range of the body kick from Laine.
Laine waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ho Soon.
Despite the aggression on Ho Soon's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laine 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 Ho Soon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ho Soon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ho Soon's corner calls for a 1-2. Ho Soon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Laine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
Ho Soon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laine.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Laine. Ho Soon shrugs it off though.
Ho Soon throws a hook to the side of Laine's head but Laine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Laine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ho Soon misses with a looping left.
Laine swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Chu Ho Soon will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Laine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ho Soon throws out the jab.
Ho Soon sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Laine tries to work over Ho Soon's front leg with a kick but Ho Soon checks it.
Ho Soon throws a poor cross that misses
and Ho Soon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A combination from Ho Soon does no damage.
Laine has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ho Soon throws a body shot but no joy.
Laine 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.
Ho Soon moves out of range of the leg kick from Laine.
Laine looks for the body kick but Ho Soon saw that one coming.
Ho Soon moves into range and connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ho Soon. Laine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ho Soon misses the shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice leg kick from Laine, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laine misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine throws the kick towards the body but Ho Soon avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Laine.
A little jabbing left from Ho Soon on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Laine with a nice calf kick.
Ho Soon throws out a loose jab but Laine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laine scores with a kick to the body.
Ho Soon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice defenses there by Laine.
Ho Soon scores with a nice strike.
Ho Soon throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Laine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ho Soon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laine moves away.
Laine moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Laine misses with a low kick.
Ho Soon takes one to the chin there.
Laine scores with a spinning back kick!
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!
Ho Soon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ho Soon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Muuka Laine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laine.
Ho Soon moves away from the strike by Laine.
Laine drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Laine lands a front kick.
Laine throws a lazy uppercut
and Ho Soon counters with a nice uppercut.
Laine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho Soon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Laine.
Laine throws a lazy right hand but Ho Soon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Laine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laine throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Laine slips under a jab.
Ho Soon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ho Soon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Laine scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ho Soon jabs Laine right on the nose. Laine blinks but takes it well.
Chu Ho Soon is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon clobbers Laine with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Laine turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon digs a good hook to Laine's body.
Laine connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ho Soon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A clash of legs there as Ho Soon blocks the low kick.
Laine misses with a kick to the body.
Laine misses with a kick to the body.
Laine pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Laine looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Laine scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ho Soon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Laine misses with a looping right.
A nice side step and Ho Soon releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ho Soon misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine misses with a right hand
enabling Ho Soon to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho Soon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Laine takes a swing at Ho Soon's ribcage but misses.
Ho Soon just misses with a punch to the body.
Ho Soon loads up on a big right hand but Laine slips the punch.
Ho Soon has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Laine.
Ho Soon slips a jab from Laine.
Laine takes one to the side of the head.
Ho Soon digs a good hook to Laine's body.
Laine fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ho Soon checks it well.
A combination from Ho Soon does no damage.
Laine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ho Soon throws out the jab.
Ho Soon throws a poor cross that misses
and Laine counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho Soon throws out a loose jab but Laine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laine misses with a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chu Ho Soon.
Well Ho Soon 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chu Ho Soon!
Chu Ho Soon thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Muuka Laine was interviewed post fight and said 'Don’t Worry Ill Train Hard And Win'.
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