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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jere Luokkamaki (ranked 2534 p4p, 1839 weight class) and Magnus Larsen (ranked 303 p4p, 240 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jere Luokkamaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 2, fighting out of London, Magnus Larsen!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been told by Luokkamaki's head coaches at Tappelukerho that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Luokkamaki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luokkamaki scores with a hook.
Magnus Larsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larsen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Luokkamaki throws out a loose jab but Larsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larsen connects with a jab.
Larsen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Larsen.
A shot to the liver by Larsen. Beautiful body shot.
Larsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larsen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Luokkamaki throws out a loose jab but Larsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luokkamaki misses with a straight right.
Larsen throws a head kick but Luokkamaki moves out of range.
Larsen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luokkamaki takes a swing at Larsen's ribcage but misses.
Luokkamaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Larsen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larsen cracks a nice hook into Luokkamaki's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsen missing with a left hand there. Luokkamaki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Larsen misses with a wild combination.
Larsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larsen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Luokkamaki ducks under a wild hook from Larsen.
Luokkamaki misses with a hook.
Larsen slips under a jab.
Larsen throws out a counter right but Luokkamaki avoids it with no problem.
Larsen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Luokkamaki blocks a jab.
Larsen throws a jab when Luokkamaki was well out of range.
Larsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luokkamaki is looking to counter the offense by Larsen and move into the clinch.
Luokkamaki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Larsen throws a looping overhand right but Luokkamaki ducks down to avoid it.
As Larsen tries to get set, Luokkamaki tries to push him back and clinch up but Larsen manages to avoid the attempt.
Larsen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luokkamaki.
Larsen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luokkamaki.
Larsen misses with a straight right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luokkamaki misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsen misses with a looping right.
Luokkamaki is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Larsen.
Luokkamaki throws a big shot that misses.
Larsen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Larsen, as that shot connected.
Larsen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Larsen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luokkamaki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Larsen throws a leg kick that misses.
Luokkamaki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larsen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Luokkamaki. That did some damage!
Larsen is looking to chop away at Luokkamaki's legs.
Luokkamaki takes a swing at Larsen's ribcage but misses.
Larsen throws a low kick, looking for Luokkamaki's leg but Luokkamaki calmly moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Luokkamaki.
Larsen lands a two punch combo.
Larsen clobbers Luokkamaki with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice uppercut there from Larsen.
Larsen misses with a straight right.
Larsen tries to land a leg kick but Luokkamaki saw it coming and moves away.
Luokkamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki checks the leg kick.
Luokkamaki wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Luokkamaki takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Luokkamaki connects with a crisp jab.
Larsen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Luokkamaki has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Luokkamaki there as he acknowledges the shot.
Luokkamaki's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Luokkamaki duly obliges.
Larsen swats away the attempt to clinch by Luokkamaki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larsen connects with a jab.
Larsen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Luokkamaki had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsen stuns Luokkamaki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Larsen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Larsen thuds his shin into the meat of Luokkamaki's side.
Luokkamaki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larsen misses the shot to the body.
Larsen looks to land a left hand but Luokkamaki moved out of range nicely.
Larsen misses with a looping right.
Larsen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Larsen throws a right and a left that Luokkamaki avoids nicely.
A big left from Larsen misses.
Larsen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Larsen slips a jab from Luokkamaki.
Larsen misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luokkamaki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Luokkamaki thows a left - swing and a miss!
A punch combination from Larsen misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Magnus Larsen dominated that round.
That's time! Luokkamaki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Luokkamaki works Larsen's body with a nice hook.
Larsen feints and then cracks Luokkamaki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Luokkamaki down.
Larsen throws the left hand but Luokkamaki avoids the punch easily.
Larsen throws a shot from downtown. Luokkamaki moves away and avoids it.
Luokkamaki lands a right hook to the body.
Larsen misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Larsen misses its intended target.
Luokkamaki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Larsen to score with a decent uppercut.
Luokkamaki misses the shot to the body.
Larsen throws a hook but Luokkamaki avoids it easily.
Larsen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Larsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luokkamaki manages to avoid it.
Larsen staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luokkamaki cracks a nice hook into Larsen's ribs.
Luokkamaki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Larsen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Larsen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Luokkamaki.
A slapping leg kick lands for Larsen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luokkamaki ducks right into an uppercut from Larsen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luokkamaki. Larsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Larsen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Magnus Larsen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luokkamaki slips a straight right by Larsen.
Larsen throws a right hand that Luokkamaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Luokkamaki also avoids with ease.
Larsen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice defenses there by Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Luokkamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luokkamaki misses with a hook.
Luokkamaki defending well as Larsen loads up on a big left hand.
Luokkamaki is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Larsen.
Luokkamaki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luokkamaki looks to throw the jab but Larsen is out of range.
Larsen swinging wildly here.
Larsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larsen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Luokkamaki is looking to counter the offense by Larsen and move into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsen misses with a hook. Luokkamaki ducked under it nicely.
Luokkamaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Larsen.
Luokkamaki's jab looks to have found its range, popping Larsen under the eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luokkamaki lands an overhand right.
Larsen throws out a leg kick but Luokkamaki moves out of range and Larsen only half commits.
Luokkamaki tests Larsen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Luokkamaki misses with a straight left.
Luokkamaki scores with a shot to the body.
Luokkamaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Luokkamaki.
Larsen punishes Luokkamaki's body with a nice straight punch.
Luokkamaki jabs at Larsen's body.
Larsen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luokkamaki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Larsen lands a head kick. Luokkamaki smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larsen. Luokkamaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luokkamaki misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luokkamaki staying out of range there.
Luokkamaki scores with a punch to the head.
Luokkamaki throws a big shot that misses.
Larsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luokkamaki misses with an uppercut. Larsen saw that one coming.
Luokkamaki walks into a jab.
Larsen wants to slow Luokkamaki down by chopping away at his legs.
Luokkamaki takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Luokkamaki lands the left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Luokkamaki misses the target.
Larsen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Larsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Luokkamaki is just out of range.
A big left from Luokkamaki misses.
Larsen scores with a shot to the body.
Luokkamaki lands a jab to the nose.
Larsen missing with a left hand there. Luokkamaki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Larsen throws a low kick, looking for Luokkamaki's leg but Luokkamaki calmly moves out of range.
Luokkamaki blocks the body kick.
Luokkamaki tries to clinch but Larsen moves out of range.
It seemed like Larsen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Larsen throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Luokkamaki misses its intended target.
Luokkamaki checks a leg kick nicely.
Larsen tried to score with a low kick but Luokkamaki checks it.
Larsen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Luokkamaki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Larsen lands a jab-cross combination.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Luokkamaki might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Larsen looks to land a body kick but Luokkamaki moved away.
Larsen throws a push kick but Luokkamaki slaps the foot to one side.
Luokkamaki tries to counter by clinching up but Larsen breaks away and moves out of range.
Larsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Luokkamaki is just out of range.
Larsen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Luokkamaki misses with a body shot.
Luokkamaki misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luokkamaki misses with an uppercut. Larsen saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Magnus Larsen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Larsen feints a jab promting Luokkamaki to slip. Larsen then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Luokkamaki slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A big left from Larsen misses.
Larsen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luokkamaki.
Larsen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Luokkamaki's hands.
Luokkamaki lands with a nice combination. Larsen backs away looking to recover.
Luokkamaki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Larsen throws out a loose jab but Luokkamaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larsen throws a body punch but Luokkamaki moves out of range.
Larsen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki walks into a stiff left hand from Larsen.
Luokkamaki avoids the body shot from Larsen.
Luokkamaki tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Larsen manages to circle out of the way.
Luokkamaki misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luokkamaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larsen was well out of range. Poor timing from Luokkamaki.
Luokkamaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Larsen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luokkamaki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Larsen.
Nice uppercut there from Luokkamaki.
Larsen thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Larsen swings for the body but Luokkamaki moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Larsen.
Luokkamaki throws an overhand right that lands on Larsen's shoulder, as Larsen tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Larsen misses its intended target.
Luokkamaki throws a looping overhand right but Larsen ducks down to avoid it.
Luokkamaki throws a body shot but no joy.
Luokkamaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Larsen throws out the jab.
Larsen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Luokkamaki's head.
Luokkamaki throws a sloppy body shot
and Larsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Luokkamaki throws out a loose jab but Larsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larsen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Larsen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Larsen throws a low kick, looking for Luokkamaki's leg but Luokkamaki calmly moves out of range.
Luokkamaki takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Larsen throws an overhand right that lands on Luokkamaki's shoulder, as Luokkamaki tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luokkamaki throws a jab but it's blocked by Larsen.
Luokkamaki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Larsen.
Luokkamaki defending well as Larsen loads up on a big left hand.
Luokkamaki is looking to counter the offense by Larsen and move into the clinch.
Larsen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Luokkamaki to score with a decent uppercut.
Luokkamaki slips a straight right by Larsen.
Luokkamaki seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Luokkamaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Larsen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larsen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luokkamaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Larsen.
Luokkamaki avoids the head kick by Larsen.
Larsen looks to throw the jab but Luokkamaki is out of range.
Larsen feints and then cracks Luokkamaki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Luokkamaki down.
Luokkamaki throws a hook but Larsen avoids it easily.
Luokkamaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larsen cracks Luokkamaki with a right hand to the side of the head.
Luokkamaki loads up on a big right hand but Larsen slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luokkamaki. Larsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Larsen. Those never looked like landing.
Larsen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Luokkamaki.
Larsen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Larsen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luokkamaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Larsen.
Larsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luokkamaki manages to avoid it.
Luokkamaki ducks under a wild hook from Larsen.
Luokkamaki cracks a nice hook into Larsen's ribs.
Larsen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Luokkamaki is able to avoid easily.
Luokkamaki tries to counter by clinching up but Larsen breaks away and moves out of range.
Larsen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Larsen thuds a left hand into Luokkamaki's body.
Larsen misses with a wild body shot.
Luokkamaki scores with a punch to the head.
Luokkamaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Larsen is just out of range.
Luokkamaki throws a hook but Larsen avoids it easily.
Luokkamaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Larsen is just out of range.
Larsen with a nice calf kick.
Jere Luokkamaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsen scores with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larsen defending well as Luokkamaki loads up on a big left hand.
Larsen with a hook.
Luokkamaki checks a low kick from Larsen.
Larsen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Larsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larsen lands a jab.
Larsen staying out of range there.
Larsen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Luokkamaki in his tracks.
Larsen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Larsen slips under a jab.
Larsen blocks a jab.
A big right from Larsen misses.
Luokkamaki is looking to counter the offense by Larsen and move into the clinch.
Larsen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Luokkamaki counters by moving into the clinch.
Larsen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big right from Luokkamaki misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Magnus Larsen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Larsen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Magnus Larsen!
A victorious Magnus Larsen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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