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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lennart Hohenthal (ranked 40 p4p, 237 weight class) and Jay Reepo (ranked 2 p4p, 19 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lennart Hohenthal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jay Reepo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Hohenthal.
Hohenthal lands with a nice body punch.
Reepo throws an off balance right hand
and Hohenthal counters with a shoot takedown. Reepo fights it but they end up in guard.
Hohenthal stays in close to Reepo's body and controls the position.
Reepo is looking for a triangle but Hohenthal pushes his legs off easily.
Hohenthal stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reepo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Reepo looking for subs off his back but Hohenthal has passed one foot through into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reepo tries to roll over but Hohenthal keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hohenthal wants to lay and pray for a moment but Reepo keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reepo is trying to get back to full guard.
Hohenthal wants to control but Reepo is keeping him busy.
Reepo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Reepo looking for submissions off his back.
Hohenthal slips a nice elbow through Reepo's hands, connecting with Reepo's forehead.
Reepo wants to improve his position but Hohenthal is controlling well.
Reepo wants to control but Hohenthal is keeping busy.
We've been hearing that Hohenthal has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Reepo works his way to full guard. Good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reepo looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Hohenthal has picked Reepo up and slammed him! Reepo can't keep hold of the triangle and Hohenthal manages to pass to side control!
Reepo is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hohenthal happy to just control the position for now.
Hohenthal looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reepo is looking for a sweep.
Hohenthal landing strikes.
Reepo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hohenthal won't allow Reepo to pass to mount.
Hohenthal is defending against the submission attempts here by Reepo.
Reepo is trying to control. Hohenthal wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hohenthal moves into full guard.
Hohenthal controls Reepo momentarily but Reepo frees himself.
Hohenthal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Reepo trying to control but Hohenthal is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Reepo looking to pass the guard.
Hohenthal trying to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lennart Hohenthal dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hohenthal dives in and scores a takedown into Reepo's guard.
Reepo looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hohenthal passes into side control.
Reepo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Reepo tries to bench press Hohenthal off him but Hohenthal keeps the position.
Hohenthal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reepo can do to turn this around?
Hohenthal controlling from side mount.
Reepo sneaks back into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hohenthal working over Reepo with some ground and pound. Reepo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hohenthal not doing much here.
Hohenthal looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hohenthal passes to side control.
Reepo 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.
Reepo is looking for a sweep.
Reepo wants to control but Hohenthal postures up.
Reepo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hohenthal trying to control the action but Reepo is working from the bottom.
Hohenthal lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reepo sneaks back into half guard.
Hohenthal is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Reepo has hold of Hohenthal's hands but Hohenthal slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hohenthal trying to control the pace.
Reepo looking for submissions off his back.
Reepo is refusing to be controlled, as Hohenthal sits in half guard.
Hohenthal 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hohenthal in particular looking to stall.
Reepo is refusing to be controlled, as Hohenthal sits in half guard.
Still in half guard, Hohenthal seems content to control.
Hohenthal working Reepo over with strikes.
Reepo is defending against the submission attempts here by Hohenthal.
Reepo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Reepo is staying active underneath Hohenthal, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Reepo looking for submissions off his back.
Hohenthal controlling the action here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hohenthal connects with a nice short shot to Reepo's temple.
Ground and pound from Hohenthal.
Hohenthal is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Lennart Hohenthal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hohenthal is working Reepo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Reepo looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hohenthal passes into side control.
Reepo is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lennart Hohenthal dominated that second round.
That's time! Hohenthal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hohenthal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hohenthal shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Reepo manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Reepo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hohenthal works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hohenthal landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hohenthal wants to lay and pray for a moment but Reepo keeps working.
Hohenthal is controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hohenthal drops an elbow to the side of Reepo's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hohenthal slows the pace down in half guard.
Hohenthal has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nice strikes from Hohenthal there.
Hohenthal controlling the action here.
Reepo makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Reepo.
Hohenthal is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Reepo keeping moving, preventing Hohenthal from controlling successfully.
That's two 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.
Reepo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hohenthal is aware though and is defending well.
Reepo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hohenthal gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hohenthal is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Reepo looking for a guillotine here but Hohenthal defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hohenthal trying to control the position from guard on top but Reepo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hohenthal looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reepo takes one to the chin there.
Reepo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Lennart Hohenthal has been cut.
Hohenthal throws a combination that misses
and Reepo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Reepo misses with a right hand
and Hohenthal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hohenthal swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Reepo counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Reepo misses.
Hohenthal is looking to counter punch.
Reepo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reepo throws the left hand but Hohenthal avoids the punch easily.
Hohenthal connects with a body shot that sends Reepo's belly button to the back.
Hohenthal blocks a jab.
Hohenthal scores with a jab to the body.
Hohenthal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hohenthal connects with a body shot.
Hohenthal lands a jab to Reepo's midsection.
Hohenthal connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Reepo momentarily.
Hohenthal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reepo.
Reepo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hohenthal is looking to wear down Reepo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reepo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reepo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It looked like Hohenthal was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Reepo.
Hohenthal gets the takedown into side control.
Hohenthal is putting a hurting on Reepo here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lennart Hohenthal clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Lennart Hohenthal's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Reepo throws a body shot but no joy.
Hohenthal tries to counter with a takedown but Reepo is quick to defend against it.
Hohenthal tests Reepo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hohenthal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reepo.
Hohenthal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hohenthal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reepo lands a leg kick that knocks Hohenthal off balance momentarily.
Reepo scores with a kick to the body.
Hohenthal lands with a cross.
Hohenthal swings for the body but Reepo moves out of range.
Reepo tries a quick counter leg kick but Hohenthal is wise to it.
Reepo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hohenthal throws a body punch but Reepo moves out of range.
Lennart Hohenthal is winning the standup battle so far.
Hohenthal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reepo manages to avoid it.
Reepo tries a head kick but it misses.
Hohenthal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reepo tries to move into range but Hohenthal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hohenthal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reepo.
A little feinted left hand from Hohenthal on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hohenthal misses with a shot to the body
and Reepo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hohenthal misses the shot to the body.
Hohenthal throws a body punch but Reepo moves out of range.
Reepo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reepo throws out a counter right but Hohenthal avoids it with no problem.
Hohenthal dives in and scores a takedown into Reepo's guard.
Reepo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hohenthal doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hohenthal manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Reepo keeping moving, preventing Hohenthal from controlling successfully.
Reepo is looking for a triangle but Hohenthal pushes his legs off easily.
Hohenthal wants to control from the top but Reepo keeps moving.
Reepo working for submissions but it's allowed Hohenthal to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hohenthal passes the guard and advances to mount!
Hohenthal trying to control but Reepo is having none of it.
Reepo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hohenthal lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hohenthal prevents Reepo from improving his position.
Reepo keeps trying to improve his position.
Reepo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Reepo wants to get back to full guard.
Hohenthal slows the pace down in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hohenthal is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hohenthal lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hohenthal controlling the position easily from mount.
Hohenthal raining down hammerfists from mount.
Hohenthal is landing with some decent strikes but Reepo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hohenthal tries to control but Reepo wriggling away.
Hohenthal landing punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lennart Hohenthal had his way with Jay Reepo in that round.
The cut man is working on Lennart Hohenthal's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hohenthal swings away with a body shot that misses
and Reepo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hohenthal lands a head shot.
Hohenthal cracks Reepo with a good jab.
Reepo lands a head kick!
Hohenthal stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A jab from Reepo misses.
Hohenthal misses with a wild body shot.
Hohenthal gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hohenthal is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Reepo is looking for a sweep. Hohenthal is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hohenthal is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Reepo sees it coming and defends easily.
Hohenthal is looking to stall here but Reepo recovers full guard.
Hohenthal trying to control but Reepo is working from the bottom.
Hohenthal avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hohenthal pushes down on Reepo's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jay Reepo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Reepo with the active half guard here but Hohenthal passes nicely into side control.
Reepo is looking for a sweep.
Hohenthal takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Reepo to pass into mount.
Hohenthal landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hohenthal connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hohenthal sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Reepo working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hohenthal pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hohenthal controlling from the full mount.
Lennart Hohenthal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reepo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Hohenthal wants to free his trapped foot but Reepo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hohenthal with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Reepo is looking to improve his position.
Hohenthal not doing much here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reepo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hohenthal pulls his head out easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lennart Hohenthal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hohenthal has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 50:45
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 50:45
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lennart Hohenthal!
Lennart Hohenthal retains his bantamweight title!
In his post fight interview, Lennart Hohenthal started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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