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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ilari Rahamies (ranked 643 p4p, 954 weight class) and Jean Luc Petit (ranked 54 p4p, 80 weight class). Petit has chosen Dirty Beaches - Lord Knows Best as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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 19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ilari Rahamies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jean Luc Petit!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Petit does it's job there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rahamies.
Rahamies throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petit wants to counter with a clinch but Rahamies pushes him away.
Petit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rahamies paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Petit looks to land a left hand but Rahamies moved out of range nicely.
Rahamies pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Petit tries to counter by closing the distance.
Petit avoids the body shot from Rahamies.
Rahamies throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rahamies throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rahamies lands with a cross.
Petit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Petit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Petit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Petit avoids the head kick by Rahamies.
A good leg kick by Rahamies.
Ilari Rahamies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Petit goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rahamies with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Petit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Petit has closed the distance and engaged Rahamies in a clinch.
Petit makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rahamies.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petit working aggressively here.
Rahamies breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Petit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rahamies.
A head kick misses from Petit.
Petit throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rahamies misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Petit.
Petit gets a clinch.
Rahamies swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rahamies scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rahamies tries a body shot but Petit blocks it.
Rahamies is trying to pull guard but Petit has him pressed against the cage.
Petit throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Petit missing with knees to the body.
Petit stalls.
Petit working aggressively here.
Rahamies manages to break the clinch.
Petit lands with a hook. Rahamies tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rahamies lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Petit circles away quickly and effectively.
Petit tries to clinch but Rahamies is having none of it.
It appears Rahamies was looking to counter with a kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahamies fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Petit manages to avoid it.
Rahamies tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petit was well out of range. Poor timing from Rahamies.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rahamies throws a jab when Petit was well out of range.
A leg kick checked by Petit.
Petit takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rahamies connects with a jab.
Petit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rahamies swings for the body but Petit moves out of range.
Petit throws a chopping leg kick but Rahamies manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Petit wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Petit with a nice cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Petit closes the distance and pushes Rahamies back into the cage.
Petit is trying to maintain a safe position but Rahamies gets an underhook and turns Petit into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Rahamies scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rahamies misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rahamies misses with a body punch.
Petit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Petit misses with the head strike.
Rahamies blocks an uppercut.
Rahamies jumps guard but Petit stands there with Rahamies around his waist. Rahamies gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahamies blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rahamies is trying to pull guard but Petit turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ilari Rahamies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rahamies.
Rahamies tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rahamies breaks from the clinch.
Rahamies looks to score with a jab to the body but Petit is just out of range.
Rahamies misses with a leg kick.
Good shot there by Rahamies.
Rahamies cracks Petit with a good jab.
Rahamies ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petit moves away.
Petit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rahamies swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Petit throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rahamies looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Petit scoring well with a low kick there.
Rahamies lands with a cross.
Rahamies turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rahamies is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Petit looks to land a right hand but Rahamies moved out of range.
Nice jab there from Petit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petit takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rahamies throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Petit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rahamies throws a leg kick but Petit sees it coming and moves out of range.
Petit gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rahamies breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rahamies fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rahamies misses with a two punch combination.
Rahamies lands a nice shot that snaps Petit's head back.
A clash of legs there as Rahamies blocks the low kick.
Rahamies is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rahamies lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Petit circles away quickly and effectively.
Petit looks to land a right hand but Rahamies moved out of range.
Petit with a hook.
Petit swings widly with a right hand
and Rahamies counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petit loads up on a big right hand but Rahamies slips the punch.
Donk. Petit catches Rahamies right on the button with a cross.
Petit throws a hook but Rahamies blocks it.
Petit checks a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ilari Rahamies dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Petit with a nice calf kick.
Rahamies tries to keep at a distance but Petit has taken the fight into the clinch.
Petit lands a nice uppercut.
Petit working aggressively here.
Rahamies blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rahamies softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rahamies misses with a punch to the body.
Petit with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rahamies blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Petit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rahamies backwards.
Rahamies lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Petit.
Jean Luc Petit seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Petit can't find room to land a body shot as Rahamies controls the action.
Rahamies blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rahamies is defending well for now.
Rahamies blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rahamies breaks the clinch.
Jab by Rahamies.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rahamies lands with a good body shot.
A combination from Rahamies does no damage.
Rahamies fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Petit checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rahamies.
Rahamies throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rahamies scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Petit misses with an uppercut. Rahamies saw that one coming.
Rahamies avoids the body shot from Petit.
Rahamies swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rahamies connects with a single shot there.
Petit fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rahamies, pushing him back against the cage.
Petit blocks a body shot from Rahamies.
Rahamies breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Petit scores with a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Rahamies - just one landing.
Petit has closed the distance and engaged Rahamies in a clinch.
Petit has a couple of punches blocked by Rahamies.
Petit tries to land knees in the clinch but Rahamies avoids the damage to the body.
Petit lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Petit fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petit looking to stall.
Rahamies has a couple of punches blocked by Petit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petit struggles to land a body shot inside as Rahamies controls his hands.
Petit lands with a short shot to the head.
Petit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rahamies misses with a body punch.
Rahamies misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rahamies throws a punch but it's blocked by Petit.
Petit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rahamies working aggressively here.
Petit softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Petit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rahamies works on Petit's body with a couple of short punches.
Rahamies lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Petit backwards.
A short uppercut from Petit.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Petit.
Petit effectively controlling the action here.
Rahamies is working Petit over against the cage.
Rahamies swings wildly with an uppercut but Petit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petit makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petit misses with some punches.
Rahamies misses with some punches.
Petit working aggressively here.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Petit in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Petit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rahamies on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rahamies.
Rahamies lands a nice uppercut.
Rahamies managing to block the knees to the body from Petit.
Petit blocks an uppercut.
Petit lands a nice shot to the body.
Rahamies scores with a hook to the body.
Rahamies makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Petit.
Petit misses with a short punch on the inside.
Petit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rahamies manages to break the clinch.
Rahamies keeps the fight on the outside.
Petit clinches up against the cage.
Petit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petit landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rahamies fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Petit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rahamies jumps guard but Petit stands there with Rahamies around his waist. Rahamies gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rahamies working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Petit digs a right hand into Rahamies's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rahamies's gas tank.
Petit has a couple of punches blocked by Rahamies.
Rahamies misses with a body punch.
Petit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Petit scores with a shoulder strike.
Rahamies misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rahamies breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rahamies will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from Rahamies does it's job there.
Rahamies does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rahamies scores with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jean Luc Petit will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Petit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rahamies misses with a looping right.
A jab from Rahamies misses.
Petit tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rahamies showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Petit.
Rahamies is looking to counter punch.
Petit jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rahamies scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Petit clinches up with Rahamies and pushes him back against the cage.
Rahamies misses with some punches.
Rahamies on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rahamies tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Petit just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rahamies pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rahamies tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rahamies digs a good body shot into Petit's ribs.
Rahamies dodges the punch combination from Petit.
A quick step to the side and Rahamies tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petit moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rahamies as Petit tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rahamies.
Petit lands a knee to the body.
Petit misses with the head strike.
Rahamies throws a head punch that misses.
Rahamies wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Petit has him pressed against the cage.
Petit lands a shoulder strike.
Petit stalls.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Petit takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Petit connects with a knee to the head.
A short right from Rahamies on the inside.
Rahamies fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Petit looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right from Petit on the inside.
A short left from Rahamies.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rahamies misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Petit lands with a light punch inside.
Rahamies misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rahamies avoiding damage as Petit throws knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rahamies takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rahamies pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rahamies bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Petit instigates a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Petit scores with a knee to the head.
Rahamies breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rahamies moves out of range as Petit strikes.
Rahamies lands a nice looking body kick.
Rahamies is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A slow jab from Rahamies misses its intended target.
Ilari Rahamies is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahamies keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petit.
Rahamies throws a quick inside leg kick.
Petit looks to score with a jab to the body but Rahamies is just out of range.
Petit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petit throws a leg kick which misses Rahamies's front leg but catches the back leg as Rahamies tries to avoid it.
Petit gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rahamies breaks the clinch.
Petit staying out of range there.
Petit closes the distance and pushes Rahamies back into the cage.
Petit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Petit swings wildly with an uppercut but Rahamies uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rahamies prevents a body shot from Petit.
Petit throws a punch but it's blocked by Rahamies.
Petit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Petit stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rahamies lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petit blocking some punches.
Rahamies blocking some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Petit scores with a nice short uppercut.
Petit utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rahamies scores with a nice hook to the head.
Petit misses with a punch to the body.
Petit throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petit misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Petit.
Petit misses with some punches.
Petit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rahamies on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rahamies fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rahamies is trying to pull guard but Petit has him pressed against the cage.
Rahamies lands with a right to the head.
Rahamies manages to break the clinch.
Rahamies looks to throw the jab but Petit is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Luc Petit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Petit has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Luc Petit!
Jean Luc Petit decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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hype
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