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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ari Katajamaki (ranked 5533 p4p, 23758 weight class) and Chel Diokno (ranked 242 p4p, 276 weight class). Diokno has chosen This is my story as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Ari Katajamaki has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ari Katajamaki seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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5 - 8 - 0 |
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135
0 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ari Katajamaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chel Diokno!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katajamaki shoots in and drives through. Diokno sprawls well.
Some wild striking there from Diokno.
Katajamaki shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Diokno pinned against the cage. Diokno gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Katajamaki looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Good standup being displayed there by Katajamaki as he connects with a hook.
A head kick from Diokno lands but Katajamaki takes it in his stride.
Diokno throws a head kick that misses
so Katajamaki counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Katajamaki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Katajamaki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Diokno has control of Katajamaki's left arm, preventing Katajamaki from doing any damage.
Katajamaki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Diokno preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Katajamaki landing some decent shots from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diokno trying to keep a closed guard but Katajamaki is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katajamaki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Diokno seems keen to control Katajamaki's posture.
Diokno looking to control but Katajamaki passes into half guard.
Diokno is looking to get back to is feet but Katajamaki passes into side control.
Diokno felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Diokno struggling a bit here.
Katajamaki working the ground and pound.
Katajamaki landing strikes.
Diokno is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Diokno is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Katajamaki scores with a couple of nice shots.
Katajamaki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Diokno on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Katajamaki is thwarting Diokno's attempts to control the position.
Katajamaki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diokno trying to control but Katajamaki postures up.
Katajamaki seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Diokno does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Diokno is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Katajamaki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Diokno defending well though.
Katajamaki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Katajamaki 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.
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!
The fighters are battling for position here. Diokno manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Katajamaki has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Katajamaki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Katajamaki trying to control but Diokno is working from the bottom.
Katajamaki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Katajamaki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Diokno controlling Katajamaki's posture.
Diokno looking to control but Katajamaki passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diokno is holding on to half guard well.
Diokno trying to control here.
Diokno keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Katajamaki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Diokno is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Katajamaki is thwarting Diokno's attempts to control the position.
Katajamaki is nestled in close to Diokno, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Katajamaki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Diokno is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Katajamaki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katajamaki lands with a punch from half guard.
Katajamaki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Diokno wants to control but Katajamaki is keeping busy.
Diokno wants to improve his position but Katajamaki is controlling well.
Katajamaki is nestled in close to Diokno, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Diokno moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Diokno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Katajamaki trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Katajamaki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Katajamaki postures up and lands a big shot to Diokno's brow.
Katajamaki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Katajamaki is in close to Diokno's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ari Katajamaki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Katajamaki shoots in looking for a takedown. Diokno tries to sprawl out of it but Katajamaki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Diokno manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Katajamaki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Diokno stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ari Katajamaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diokno keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
No joy there for Diokno, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Katajamaki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diokno can do to turn this around?
Diokno throws a shot to the body.
Diokno scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diokno throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Horrible takedown attempt by Katajamaki or perhaps it was just good defense by Diokno, which made it look bad.
Chel Diokno is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Katajamaki blocks a head kick by Diokno.
Diokno tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diokno misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katajamaki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Diokno but Diokno pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Katajamaki swats away the attempt to clinch by Diokno.
Chel Diokno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diokno goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Chel Diokno seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diokno throws a right hand that Katajamaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Katajamaki also avoids with ease.
Katajamaki dives in and grabs Diokno's left leg, looking for a takedown. Diokno pushes down on Katajamaki's head and hops out.
Diokno fails to land with a series of punches.
Diokno looks to land a body kick but Katajamaki moved away.
Katajamaki appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Katajamaki shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Diokno sprawls well. Diokno wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Katajamaki gets slowly back to his feet.
Katajamaki misses with a takedown
and Diokno counters by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diokno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diokno connects with a knee to the head.
Katajamaki is trying to drag Diokno to the mat but Diokno just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Katajamaki avoiding damage as Diokno throws knees to the body.
Diokno doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Katajamaki tries for a takedown but Diokno manages to get underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Katajamaki wants a takedown.
Katajamaki wants to take the fight to the mat but Diokno manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Diokno with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diokno missing with knees to the body.
Diokno tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diokno is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Diokno tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diokno is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Diokno lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katajamaki looking for a takedown.
Diokno with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diokno lands a hook to the side of the head.
Katajamaki has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Diokno after a bit of a struggle.
Nice elbow from Diokno.
It looks like Ari Katajamaki has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Diokno obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diokno working Katajamaki over with knees to the body.
Diokno lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diokno lands a nice knee to the body.
Diokno lands an elbow inside.
Diokno lands an elbow that stopped Katajamaki in his tracks for a moment.
Katajamaki blocking some punches.
Katajamaki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Diokno gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Katajamaki avoiding damage as Diokno throws knees to the body.
The referee calls for Diokno to work.
Diokno scores with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diokno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Katajamaki is defending well for now.
Diokno tries to stall but Katajamaki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Katajamaki has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Diokno is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Diokno trying to land knees to the body.
Diokno looking to throw knees to the head but Katajamaki is blocking nicely.
Diokno looking to throw knees to the head but Katajamaki is blocking nicely.
Katajamaki blocking some punches.
Katajamaki is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Diokno gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Katajamaki is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Diokno pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Katajamaki looking for a takedown.
Katajamaki is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chel Diokno seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Diokno is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Katajamaki is keeping busy.
Diokno is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Katajamaki is looking for a takedown.
Diokno tries to throw a body punch but Katajamaki avoids it by throwing Diokno back against the cage.
Diokno tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chel Diokno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ari Katajamaki's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Katajamaki looks for a takedown but Diokno sprawls well.
Diokno misses with a body kick.
Katajamaki feints and as Diokno raises his hands in defense, Katajamaki changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Katajamaki postures up in Diokno's guard and throws a big left but Diokno blocks it.
Diokno pulls Katajamaki in close to prevent any damage.
Katajamaki postures up.
Diokno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Katajamaki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Katajamaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Katajamaki working some strikes from top position.
Diokno is trying to control the position but Katajamaki postures up.
Diokno is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Katajamaki postures up in Diokno's guard and throws a big left but Diokno blocks it.
Diokno pulls Katajamaki in close to prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katajamaki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Diokno is pulling down on Katajamaki's head. It's preventing any offense from Katajamaki, at least for the moment.
Katajamaki looking to pass the guard.
Diokno seems keen to control Katajamaki's posture.
Katajamaki is working Diokno over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Diokno has control of Katajamaki's left arm, preventing Katajamaki from doing any damage.
Katajamaki working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Diokno's head.
Katajamaki throwing strikes from guard but Diokno blocks nicely.
Katajamaki is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diokno pulls Katajamaki in close to prevent any damage.
Diokno's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Katajamaki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Katajamaki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Diokno pulls Katajamaki in close to prevent any damage.
Katajamaki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Katajamaki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Diokno is controlling Katajamaki's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katajamaki throwing strikes from guard but Diokno blocks nicely.
Katajamaki working some strikes from top position.
Katajamaki throwing strikes but missing.
Katajamaki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Katajamaki is looking to work some ground and pound but Diokno has wrist control.
Katajamaki working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Diokno's head.
Diokno has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Diokno wants to control but Katajamaki passes easily into half guard.
Katajamaki thows a huge punch but Diokno dodges it nicely.
Katajamaki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diokno trying to control from the bottom.
Katajamaki winds up and cracks Diokno with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Katajamaki not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Diokno has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Katajamaki is working away from the top position though.
Katajamaki throwing shots but Diokno is blocking nicely.
Katajamaki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Diokno keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Katajamaki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ari Katajamaki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Diokno controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Diokno makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Diokno.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diokno is controlling Katajamaki's posture.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ari Katajamaki showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Katajamaki has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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