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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ken Aoiki (ranked 3593 p4p, 2955 weight class) and Ozaki Buakaw (ranked 193 p4p, 166 weight class). 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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Aoiki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ozaki Buakaw!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoiki shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Buakaw's guard.
Aoiki with a nice head shot there.
Buakaw is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Aoiki defends well.
Buakaw had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Aoiki defends it easily.
Buakaw is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Aoiki is aware though and is defending well.
Aoiki landing some decent shots from guard.
Buakaw is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Aoiki with a nice head shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buakaw is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Aoiki avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Buakaw had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Aoiki defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buakaw is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Aoiki seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Aoiki scoring with some ground and pound.
Aoiki is in close to Buakaw's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Aoiki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Buakaw looking for a guillotine here but Aoiki defends easily.
Buakaw has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad MMA Rio. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Aoiki working some strikes from top position.
Aoiki is in close to Buakaw's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Buakaw is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoiki wants to control from the top but Buakaw keeps moving.
Aoiki is in close to Buakaw's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Aoiki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Aoiki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Buakaw looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Aoiki lands a couple of elbows.
Aoiki stands up over Buakaw, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Buakaw is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Aoiki is aware though and is defending well.
Buakaw is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Buakaw looks winded!
Aoiki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Buakaw's head.
Aoiki content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Aoiki is in close to Buakaw's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Aoiki slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoiki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Aoiki is in close to Buakaw's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Buakaw working for a triangle but Aoiki defends it easily.
Aoiki working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Buakaw's head.
Aoiki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Aoiki might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Buakaw is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Buakaw throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Aoiki stands up over Buakaw, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Aoiki works over Buakaw with some ground and pound from guard.
Aoiki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Aoiki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Aoiki controls the pace.
Aoiki distracts Buakaw with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Buakaw looking to control.
Aoiki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Aoiki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Buakaw wants to sweep but no luck.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Buakaw is on top in guard.
Aoiki is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Buakaw throwing strikes from guard but Aoiki blocks nicely.
Buakaw is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Aoiki is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Aoiki has escaped and now he's on top!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aoiki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Aoiki 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.
Buakaw misses with a straight left.
Buakaw keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Aoiki dives in and grabs Buakaw's left leg, looking for a takedown. Buakaw pushes down on Aoiki's head and hops out.
Buakaw goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Buakaw throws a looping overhand right but Aoiki ducks down to avoid it.
Buakaw scores with a head kick.
Aoiki's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Buakaw connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Aoiki scrambles back to his feet.
Aoiki is rocked!
Aoiki is looking to clinch.
Aoiki moves in looking to clinch but Buakaw pushes him off.
Buakaw scores with a decent looking hook.
Aoiki looking to score a takedown here. Buakaw is defending well but Aoiki drives through and ends up in Buakaw's guard.
Aoiki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Buakaw can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buakaw looking for a guillotine here but Aoiki defends easily.
Buakaw is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Aoiki is aware though and is defending well.
Aoiki works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buakaw tries to get to full guard but Aoiki has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Buakaw is breathing heavily.
Aoiki tries to pass the half guard into mount. Buakaw knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Aoiki working over Buakaw with some ground and pound. Buakaw looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Aoiki lands strikes from half guard.
Aoiki drops an elbow to the side of Buakaw's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Aoiki lands a nice short elbow.
Aoiki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Buakaw is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Aoiki pulls his head out easily.
Ground and pound from Aoiki.
Ken Aoiki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Aoiki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Aoiki is nestled in close to Buakaw, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Buakaw is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Aoiki pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Aoiki is looking for a kimura but Buakaw is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Aoiki to get the leverage.
Buakaw has hold of Aoiki's hands but Aoiki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Aoiki controlling the pace.
Aoiki looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Aoiki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nice strikes from Aoiki there.
Ground and pound from Aoiki.
Aoiki lands with a punch from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buakaw is not content to let Aoiki control the position.
Aoiki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Buakaw wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoiki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Aoiki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Buakaw with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Aoiki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Aoiki takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Buakaw looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Aoiki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Aoiki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Aoiki.
Buakaw has hold of Aoiki's hands but Aoiki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aoiki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Aoiki prevents Buakaw from improving his position.
Aoiki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoiki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Buakaw trying to control from the bottom.
Aoiki seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Aoiki slips a nice elbow through Buakaw's hands, connecting with Buakaw's forehead.
Buakaw moves into full guard.
Aoiki connects with a couple of short punches.
Aoiki content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aoiki makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Aoiki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Buakaw's head.
Buakaw is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Aoiki defends well.
Aoiki stands up over Buakaw, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Aoiki dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Buakaw throws a hook but Aoiki blocks it.
Buakaw throws a hook but Aoiki blocks it.
Aoiki misses with a right hand
and Buakaw cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Aoiki takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Aoiki looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Buakaw!
Aoiki working the head with strikes.
Aoiki creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Aoiki working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Buakaw taking a bit of punishment here - Aoiki scoring with strikes.
Buakaw takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoiki working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Buakaw taking a bit of punishment here - Aoiki scoring with strikes.
Aoiki lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Buakaw taking a bit of punishment here - Aoiki scoring with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoiki looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Aoiki lands some shots froms side control.
Aoiki wants to control for a moment but Buakaw uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Aoiki working over Buakaw with some ground and pound. Buakaw looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Buakaw trying to control but Aoiki postures up.
Buakaw on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Aoiki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Buakaw looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Aoiki working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoiki winds up and cracks Buakaw with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Buakaw is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Aoiki pulls his head out easily.
Aoiki is nestled in close to Buakaw, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Aoiki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Aoiki working Buakaw over with strikes.
Buakaw is pressing down on Aoiki's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Buakaw throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Aoiki controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Aoiki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Aoiki lands a couple of elbows.
Buakaw has momentary wrist control but Aoiki slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoiki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Aoiki makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Aoiki lands a couple of digs.
Aoiki distracts Buakaw with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Aoiki postures up and lands a big shot to Buakaw's brow.
Aoiki lands a couple of elbows.
Aoiki connects with a couple of short punches.
Buakaw manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Aoiki manages to get himself to full guard.
Buakaw is looking to stand up but Aoiki won't let him.
Aoiki has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Buakaw wants to control from the top but Aoiki keeps moving.
Ken Aoiki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw postures up in Aoiki's guard and throws a big left but Aoiki blocks it.
Aoiki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Buakaw drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Aoiki manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Buakaw has Aoiki in his guard.
Aoiki slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ozaki Buakaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aoiki avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Aoiki scoring with some ground and pound.
Aoiki is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Aoiki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Aoiki, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Aoiki!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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