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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kobe Okoro (ranked 55 p4p, 53 weight class) and Haruki Johnson (ranked 13 p4p, 12 weight class). Okoro comes to the cage accompanied by TOP OF MY GAME. Johnson has chosen Shooting Stars ft. Toro y moi (Flume Cover) as his entrance music. 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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190 cm
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24 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kobe Okoro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Haruki Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Okoro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Haruki Johnson has been cut.
Okoro lands an overhand right.
Okoro lands a nice looking body shot.
Okoro throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okoro tries to clinch up
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okoro wants to clinch but Johnson slips to the side
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
It looks like Kobe Okoro has been cut.
Okoro gets a clinch.
Okoro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Okoro tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Okoro back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Okoro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Okoro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Okoro throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Okoro.
A right hook to the body lands for Okoro.
A head punch on the inside from Okoro fails to land.
Okoro looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Okoro trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okoro.
Still in the clinch, Okoro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson avoiding damage as Okoro throws knees to the body.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Okoro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Okoro swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Okoro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Johnson avoiding damage as Okoro throws knees to the body.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Okoro backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okoro lands a right hand.
Okoro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Okoro lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Okoro.
Okoro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Okoro swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
Okoro misses with the head strike.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson lands with a good body shot.
Okoro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch lands to the side of Johnson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Okoro misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson unleashes a big counter combination but Okoro bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A shot to the liver by Okoro. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Okoro wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Okoro slips a jab from Johnson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kobe Okoro dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Okoro throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
Okoro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Okoro misses the body punch
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Okoro tries to clinch but Johnson moves away
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson is looking for the big counter here.
Johnson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Okoro has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Johnson swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Okoro to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Okoro saw that one coming.
Johnson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromOkoro.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Okoro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okoro has managed to clinch.
Okoro misses with a knee to the head.
Okoro tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Okoro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Okoro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Okoro throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Okoro throws a body kick that misses
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
Okoro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okoro lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the body from Okoro misses
and Johnson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Okoro throws a lazy body kick
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kobe Okoro's cut is getting worse.
Okoro moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Okoro misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okoro tries a head kick but it misses.
Okoro tries to clinch up.
A little jabbing left from Johnson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Okoro moved out of range.
Okoro is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Okoro misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Haruki Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Okoro smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Okoro throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Okoro just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Okoro throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a one-two to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
Okoro throws a lazy body kick
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okoro misses with a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Okoro's knee momentarily.
Okoro gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Okoro is looking to wear down Johnson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Okoro throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Okoro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okoro swings away with a body shot that misses
and Johnson counters with a crisp one two that drops Okoro! Johnson thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Okoro to his feet! Okoro is in big trouble!
Okoro is rocked!
Johnson flashes Okoro a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Okoro's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Okoro crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Johnson punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Haruki Johnson!
Haruki Johnson is the new light heavyweight champion!
Haruki Johnson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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