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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Coach Chidios (ranked 3441 p4p, 4295 weight class) and Ohma Tokita (ranked 265 p4p, 312 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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181 cm 21 142 2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Solid Muay Thai Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Coach Chidios! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ohma Tokita! The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Chidios tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tokita swats him away and circles back towards the center. Chidios on the wrong end of a nice jab. Tokita misses with a two punch combination.
Tokita throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chidios. Tokita throws a quick inside leg kick. Tokita clinches. Tokita is trying to force a seperation but Chidios has the dominant position. Tokita tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chidios tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chidios's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Tokita is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Chidios swats away the attempt to clinch by Tokita. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Chidios avoids the head kick by Tokita.
Tokita throws a head kick but Chidios moves out of range.
Tokita lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Chidios backs up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Chidios avoids the head kick by Tokita.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tokita is looking to clinch but Chidios is avoiding it.
Chidios tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tokita manages to circle out of the way. Chidios clinches. Tokita is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tokita. Chidios with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chidios lands an elbow inside. Chidios is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tokita is defending well for now. Tokita goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tokita lands a hook to the side of the head. Chidios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Chidios checks a low kick from Tokita. Tokita tries to clinch up but Chidios circles away and keeps his distance. Tokita closes the distance looking to clinch and Chidios counters with a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tokita throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Chidios throws a quick counter head kick but Tokita was just out of range. Chidios gets a clinch. Tokita tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Chidios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Chidios stalling against the cage.
Tokita working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Tokita throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chidios breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tokita throws a sloppy head kick and Chidios moves out of range easily. Tokita throws a quick inside leg kick. Horrible takedown attempt by Chidios or perhaps it was just good defense by Tokita, which made it look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tokita throws a push kick but Chidios slaps the foot to one side. Tokita looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Chidios swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Chidios fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tokita. Tokita stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tokita wants it to stay on the feet. Tokita wants to clinch. Chidios blocks a head kick by Tokita.
Chidios appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick. A punch combination from Tokita misses. Tokita instigates a clinch. Tokita misses with the head strike.
Chidios misses with an elbow over the top. Chidios blocks the elbow strike.
Chidios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Ohma Tokita is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Chidios sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. Tokita moves in looking to clinch but Chidios pushes him off. Chidios is looking for a counter combo. Chidios dives in for a single leg takedown but Tokita sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coach Chidios. That's going to take a lot out of him. Chidios is breathing heavily. Tokita gets through Chidios's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Tokita works on Chidios's body with a couple of short punches. Chidios blocks an elbow strike. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Tokita has Chidios pressed against the cage, preventing Chidios from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Tokita fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tokita looking to throw knees to the head but Chidios is blocking nicely.
The referee calls for Tokita to work.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chidios just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tokita's brow. Tokita struggles to land a body shot inside as Chidios controls his hands.
Tokita lands a hook that snaps the head of Chidios backwards. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ohma Tokita dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action! Tokita throws out a powerful jab. Ohma Tokita seems to be getting the better of the standup. Tokita misses with the combination.
Horrible takedown attempt by Chidios or perhaps it was just good defense by Tokita, which made it look bad. Tokita tries to close the distance and clinch but Chidios swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Chidios tries to counter with a takedown but Tokita is quick to defend against it. Chidios circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Chidios blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Chidios has Tokita pressed against the cage, preventing Tokita from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Tokita swings wildly with an uppercut but Chidios uses good head movement to avoid it. Chidios is trying to break free. Tokita throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chidios blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round. Chidios blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chidios tries to break the clinch but Tokita is controlling the position. Chidios tries to land a knee to the head but Tokita blocks with his arms.
Tokita has a couple of punches blocked by Chidios.
Both guys are working to get underhooks. Tokita throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tokita throws an elbow but misses. Chidios manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ohma Tokita seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Tokita can't find room to land a body shot as Chidios controls the action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Tokita is pushing Chidios up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Tokita goes for a takedown in the clinch but Chidios prevents it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Chidios blocking some punches.
Chidios wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chidios missing with knees to the body.
Chidios landing knees to the head.
Tokita connects with a knee to the head.
Tokita lands an elbow inside. Tokita throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tokita throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Chidios blocks an elbow strike from Tokita.
Tokita cracks Chidios with a nice body shot. Chidios breaks the clinch.
Tokita throws a combination. Chidios tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tokita throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Tokita misses with a head kick.
Tokita tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chidios paws at him with a jab and circles away. Tokita throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Chidios throws a big counter combination but Tokita scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage. Tokita will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chidios throws a nice inside leg kick. Chidios thows a left - swing and a miss! Chidios scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Chidios in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Tokita is trying to get back to half guard. Chidios throwing strikes but missing, from side control. Tokita has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tokita is looking to regain half guard here but Chidios keeps moving and retains side control. The strikes coming from Chidios are missing the target in this wave of attacks. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Chidios moves into full mount! We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tokita can do anything to dispel that myth. Tokita is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Chidios 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. Poor strikes thrown by Chidios there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The referee warns Tokita that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tokita is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Chidios raining down hammerfists from mount. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ohma Tokita will probably get the nod - 10:9. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Chidios has closed the distance and engaged Tokita in a clinch.
Tokita blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Tokita looks to throw an elbow but misses. Chidios breaks from the clinch.
Tokita throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chidios. Chidios wants to land a leg kick but Tokita is out of range. Tokita tries to clinch but fails miserably and Chidios counters with a two punch combo. Tokita tries to clinch up. Tokita lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Tokita is looking to clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Chidios showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tokita.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tokita looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tokita misses with the combination.
Chidios takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tokita tries to clinch but Chidios is having none of it. Chidios tries to counter by clinching up but Tokita breaks away and moves out of range. Chidios has managed to clinch.
Chidios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Tokita misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chidios blocks a leg kick. Chidios dodges the punch combination from Tokita.
Chidios throws a head kick that half lands.
Tokita lands with a kick to the temple. Chidios shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tokita throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Tokita takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Tokita misses with a series of wild punches.
Chidios changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tokita tries to avoid it but Chidios manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tokita to the ground. Tokita escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. This has been an exciting period of action! Tokita tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chidios swats him away and circles back towards the center. Chidios seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance. Tokita throws a head kick that misses. Chidios fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Chidios throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tokita tries to clinch but Chidios moves out of range. Tokita swinging wildly here.
Tokita throws a sloppy head kick and Chidios moves out of range easily. Chidios keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tokita lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. Chidios showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tokita.
Ohma Tokita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Tokita throws a leg kick that is checked and Chidios counters with a shoot takedown. Tokita fights it but they end up in guard. Tokita avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Chidios throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tokita works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Chidios postures up in Tokita's guard and throws a big left but Tokita blocks it. Tokita wants to sweep here but Chidios controlling him for the moment. Chidios throwing strikes from guard but Tokita blocks nicely. Chidios throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tokita looking for a sweep. Not yet Tokita, not yet. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chidios accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Chidios lands a couple of elbows. Chidios cracks Tokita with a solid left hand. Chidios stands up from Tokita's guard - Chidios perhaps looking for a knockout. Tokita throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chidios counters with a one-two to the body. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Chidios misses with a takedown attempt - Tokita sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Tokita tries to clinch but Chidios is having none of it. A head kick from Tokita lands but Chidios takes it in his stride. Tokita throws a leg kick but Chidios sees it coming and moves out of range. Chidios lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick. Chidios with a nice calf kick. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Coach Chidios did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Tokita throws a head kick that Chidios semi-blocks.
Tokita tries to close the distance and clinch but Chidios swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Chidios appears to be looking for a big counter. Tokita wants to clinch. Chidios wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch. Tokita throws a series of strikes that have Chidios backpedaling.
Tokita throws a nice looking combination but Chidios bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Tokita tries to clinch there but Chidios circles away.
As Tokita looks to move away, Chidios throws a big counter combo but Tokita just gets out of the way. Tokita tries to clinch but Chidios moves away and Chidios counters with a left and a right that stings Tokita. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Chidios lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tokita has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tokita and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Tokita throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Chidios looks for a takedown but Tokita sprawls well. It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tokita tries to clinch up and Chidios counters with a one-two to the body. Tokita throws a combination that misses and Chidios counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. The fight stays on the outside here - Tokita looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Chidios tries to counter by clinching up but Tokita breaks away and moves out of range. Tokita falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chidios counters with a three punch combo that has Tokita backing up. Tokita nods at Chidios to acknowledge the strikes. Tokita darts in and clinches Chidios up against the cage. Chidios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Chidios has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Tokita throws a combination. Chidios tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Tokita throws a head kick that misses. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Chidios is defended easily by Tokita. Tokita misses with a wild combination.
Coach Chidios is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Chidios fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Chidios circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tokita tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chidios paws at him with a jab and circles away. Tokita throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Tokita stuffs the takedown. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coach Chidios. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tokita feints a jab promting Chidios to slip. Tokita then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Chidios slips again and ducks right into an uppercut. Tokita is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Tokita throws a nice head kick!
Left hook, right uppercut from Tokita. Tokita misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chidios closes the distance and clinches up with Tokita, looking for a takedown. Chidios pushes Tokita against the cage but Tokita circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Chidios tries to move into range but Tokita moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Tokita pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chidios fails with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tokita lands a head kick. Chidios smiles back at him and beckons him forward. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Chidios takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice takedown defense from Tokita. No joy for Chidios on that attempt. Chidios takes a kick to the side of the head. Tokita misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Tokita does no damage. Tokita will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chidios shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ohma Tokita dominated that fourth round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round! Tokita lands with a slapping head kick. Tokita throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Chidios fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Tokita tries to bum rush Chidios with a series of wild strikes but Chidios uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Tokita scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tokita throws a sloppy head kick and Chidios counters with a low kick, right behind Tokita 's knee. Horrible takedown attempt by Chidios or perhaps it was just good defense by Tokita, which made it look bad. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Tokita tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Chidios tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tokita is able to avoid easily. Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt. Chidios takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Tokita tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tokita is looking to clinch but Chidios is avoiding it.
It looked like Chidios was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit. Tokita lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. Chidios misses with a takedown attempt - Tokita sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coach Chidios. That's going to take a lot out of him. Tokita scores with a head kick.
Tokita tries to bum rush Chidios with a series of wild strikes but Chidios uses good footwork to avoid the assault. The fight moves into the clinch position. Chidios is stalling here.
Chidios ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Chidios no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tokita trying to control but Chidios is working from the bottom. Tokita wanted to stand there but Chidios had control of the position. Tokita looking to sit in guard and control but Chidios gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tokita throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tokita controls Chidios momentarily but Chidios frees himself. Tokita might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Chidios haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time. Tokita is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. A slapping body kick lands there for Tokita. Tokita pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Tokita. Tokita misses with a series of wild punches.
Chidios has Tokita up against the cage in a clinch.
Chidios just leaning against Tokita, taking a breather. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. A shot in the inside from Tokita. Coach Chidios has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Ohma Tokita is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. Chidios landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight! Ohma Tokita comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I think Tokita 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 46:49 Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 46:49 Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ohma Tokita! Ohma Tokita is the new featherweight champion!
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