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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rami Keimola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and joop buker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keimola comes to the cage accompanied by Trick Daddy Ft. Bad Guy - What Dey Do. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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174 cm
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190 lbs
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177 cm
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200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined |
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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
2 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rami Keimola! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, joop buker! The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! buker tries a head kick but it misses.
buker throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Rami Keimola has been cut. Keimola fails with an attempt to clinch.
Keimola is looking to clinch but buker is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Keimola looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Keimola could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. buker closes the distance and clinches. buker breaks the clinch.
buker scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. buker decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up. Keimola is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Keimola tries to grapple but his opponent circles so buker counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's one minute gone in the round. buker works a leg free and moves into half guard. Keimola gets full guard. buker stands and throws Keimola's legs to the side, diving into side control. buker stands up. Keimola is breathing heavily. buker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Keimola tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. buker just stands there and leans against the cage. buker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
buker throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Keimola tries to grapple but his opponent circles and buker counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round. buker is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Keimola trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from! buker decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Keimola, up you get! Keimola gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Keimola is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. buker advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. buker trying to control the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Despite being in the dominant position, joop buker just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Keimola is on the wrong end of a nice combination from buker. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. buker jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
joop buker dominated that round. The cut man is working on Rami Keimola's cut. That's time! Back to the action!
Keimola throws a lazy head kick and buker counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Keimola! Keimola is desperately trying to improve his position but buker has a good base and remains in mount. buker controlling the position easily from mount. Keimola is in all sorts of trouble here.
buker takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Keimola tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two 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. buker controlling the pace for now.
Despite being in the dominant position, joop buker just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up. buker lands with a nice combination. Keimola backs away looking to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round. buker has managed to clinch.
buker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
buker scores with a takedown into Keimola's guard. buker gets to his feet - Keimola follows without any prompting. buker scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. buker working over Keimola with some ground and pound. Keimola looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Keimola is trying to stand back up but buker is controlling him
buker content to control rather than advance. Keimola is looking for a sweep. buker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Keimola is working hard here to advance position. Keimola looking for submissions from an awkward position here. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Keimola makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Keimola. buker stands and steps away. Keimola gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
joop buker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Rami Keimola's cut. 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!
Keimola tries to clinch and buker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. buker avoids the head kick by Keimola.
buker lands with an overhand left. Rami Keimola is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. A good leg kick by buker. Keimola looks to clinch and buker counters with a left and a right that stings Keimola. Rami Keimola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Keimola takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
buker scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
buker lands a with a good body shot. buker closes the distance and clinches. buker breaks from the clinch.
buker lands a jab-cross combination. Both fighters are breathing heavily. buker gets the takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Keimola gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. buker controlling from the full mount. Keimola is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. buker controlling his opponent. joop buker has got the better of the ground game so far. Keimola is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round. buker controlling the position easily from mount. Rami Keimola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Despite being in the dominant position, joop buker just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up. buker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Keimola misses with an attempted mid kick.
buker gets the takedown into side control. buker decides to take the fight back to the feet. Keimola with a poor takedown and buker counters with a shoot takedown. Keimola fights it but they end up in guard. buker stops Keimola from standing up. Keimola throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
buker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
joop buker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Keimola thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight! joop buker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well buker 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 25:30 Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 25:30 Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... joop buker!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
56% |
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