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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Karokaro (ranked 1030 p4p, 1471 weight class) and Billy Graham (ranked 134 p4p, 202 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Roberto Karokaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Billy Graham !
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham takes a swing at Karokaro's ribcage but misses.
Karokaro connects with a looping right hand.
Karokaro misses with a combination
and Graham counters by clinching up.
Karokaro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Graham misses with a takedown
and Karokaro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karokaro throws a nice looking combination but Graham bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And Graham tries to counter it with a takedown but Karokaro pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Graham has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Karokaro finds it's way round the side to connect with Graham 's head.
Graham has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Karokaro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Graham .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karokaro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Graham 's sensitive parts.
Karokaro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Graham with a lazy takedown attempt
and Karokaro counters with a straight right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Karokaro.
Karokaro keeps the fight on the outside.
Graham fails with the takedown
and Karokaro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Roberto Karokaro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Graham .
Karokaro scores with a decent looking hook.
Graham goes for a double leg but Karokaro avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Karokaro continues to drive forward.
Good shot there by Karokaro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Karokaro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Karokaro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Graham looks to clinch
and Karokaro counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Karokaro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Graham moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Karokaro throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Graham stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Karokaro bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Graham tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Karokaro looks for the body kick but Graham saw that one coming.
Graham wants to counter with a clinch but Karokaro pushes him away.
Karokaro misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham misses with a left hand
letting Karokaro counter with a right hand.
Karokaro throws a series of punches but Graham moves out of range.
Graham tries to counter with a clinch but Karokaro shakes him off and moves away.
Graham misses the jab.
Graham instigates a clinch.
Graham tries a body shot but Karokaro blocks it.
Graham misses with some punches.
Karokaro is trying to push Graham away but Graham has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Karokaro breaks from the clinch.
Karokaro walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Graham throws a combination that misses
and Karokaro counters with a left and a right that stings Graham .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Karokaro.
Karokaro misses with a low kick.
Graham bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Graham wants to counter the offense by Karokaro and move into the clinch position.
Karokaro lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karokaro scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Karokaro lands a head shot.
Graham slips a jab and a cross from Karokaro.
Graham looks to land a right hand but Karokaro moved out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Karokaro.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Karokaro 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.
Graham gets a clinch.
Graham can't find room to land a body shot as Karokaro controls the action.
Graham lands a shot to the body.
Karokaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karokaro slips a straight right by Graham .
Graham on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A big right from Graham misses.
Graham throws an overhand right that lands on Karokaro's shoulder, as Karokaro tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karokaro slips a jab from Graham .
Roberto Karokaro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karokaro throws a nice looking combination but Graham bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Graham with the counter takedown but Karokaro avoids it easily.
Karokaro looks for the body kick but Graham saw that one coming.
Graham tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Karokaro.
Karokaro with a nice cross.
Karokaro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Graham doesn't seem bothered though.
Karokaro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Karokaro.
Graham shoots in for a takedown but Karokaro shows good takedown defense.
Graham misses with an uppercut
and Karokaro counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Karokaro scores with a hook to the body. Graham takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Karokaro displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karokaro appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Karokaro.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karokaro lands with a thumping leg kick.
Graham darts in and clinches Karokaro up against the cage.
Graham is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Karokaro can't fight it off and eventually Graham manages to take the fight to the floor. Karokaro looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Graham working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Graham trying to control the position from guard on top but Karokaro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karokaro wants to stand up but Graham is controlling him.
Graham distracts Karokaro with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro wants to stand and escape but Graham is having none of it.
Graham controlling from the top position.
Karokaro wants to stand up but Graham is controlling him.
Graham keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Karokaro's head.
Graham trying to control but Karokaro is working from the bottom.
Karokaro wants to stand up but Graham is controlling him.
Graham content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Karokaro pushes Graham off and scrambles back to his feet.
Karokaro ducks under a wild hook from Graham .
Graham swings widly with a right hand
and Karokaro counters with a series of strikes. Graham will be more careful next time no doubt.
Graham gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Karokaro counters with a series of strikes. Graham will be more careful next time no doubt.
Graham walks into a left hand.
Karokaro 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.
Karokaro throws a nice looking combination but Graham bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Graham feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Karokaros jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Karokaro dominated that second round.
That's time! Karokaro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Graham misses with a looping right.
Graham throws a jab but it's blocked by Karokaro.
Graham showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karokaro.
Graham tries to counter by closing the distance.
Karokaro swats away the attempt to clinch by Graham .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graham takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Graham misses with a left hand
and Karokaro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karokaro scores with a decent looking hook.
Karokaro throws a leg kick but Graham sees it coming and moves out of range.
Graham tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Karokaro swivels and escapes.
Graham shoots for a double leg takedown but Karokaro sprawls well. He's pushed Graham 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Graham takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Roberto Karokaro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karokaro thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Graham if he has to take too many more of those.
Karokaro wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Graham misses with an uppercut
and Karokaro counters with a nice uppercut.
Karokaro sizes up Graham with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro catches Graham with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Graham might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Graham needs to keep his hands up - Karokaro had a free shot at his head there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graham takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Graham rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Karokaro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Graham thinking.
Graham on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Graham tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Karokaro counters with a stiff right hand.
Graham is rocked!
Graham has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Karokaro finds it's way round the side to connect with Graham 's head.
Graham is still on wobbly legs! Can Karokaro finish him?
A combination from Karokaro does no damage.
Graham seems to have recovered his senses.
Karokaro circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Karokaro counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Graham fails with the takedown
enabling Karokaro to counter with a crisp jab.
Roberto Karokaro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Graham .
Graham rushes Karokaro and presses him up against the cage.
Graham is trying to drag Karokaro to the mat but Karokaro just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Graham has Karokaro pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Karokaro gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Karokaro prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from Graham fails to land.
Karokaro breaks from the clinch.
Graham tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roberto Karokaro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Karokaro connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Graham momentarily.
Karokaro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Graham throws a poor cross that misses
and Karokaro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Graham swings widly with a right hand
and Karokaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Billy Graham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Karokaro connects with the punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Karokaro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Karokaro, 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roberto Karokaro!
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