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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Belyakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belyakov comes to the cage accompanied by Chocolate Salty Balls. The crowd seem to be enjoying Jokinen's choice of entrance music: Prodigy - Omen. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
11 - 0 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexander Belyakov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ossi Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belyakov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jokinen.
Belyakov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jokinen throws out a loose jab but Belyakov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belyakov throws a leg kick but Jokinen checks it.
Ossi Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Belyakov pushes Jokinen up against the cage in a clinch.
Jokinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Belyakov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Belyakov with a knee to the head.
Jokinen lands a body punch.
Belyakov keeps control of Jokinen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jokinen working hard to break the clinch.
Jokinen scores with a shot to the side of Belyakov's head.
Belyakov blocking some punches.
Jokinen is trying to break free.
Jokinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Jokinen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jokinen.
Jokinen is looking to break free of the clinch but Belyakov has double underhooks.
Jokinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jokinen.
Belyakov lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen has had enough of the clinch but Belyakov keeps him there for the moment.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body.
Jokinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Belyakov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jokinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jokinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jokinen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jokinen throws a hook to the side of Belyakov's head but Belyakov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
Jokinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Belyakov.
Ossi Jokinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jokinen throws a looping overhand right but Belyakov ducks down to avoid it.
Belyakov throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jokinen connects with a looping right hand.
A punch combination from Jokinen misses.
Jokinen throws a right hand that Belyakov ducks under and follows up with a left that Belyakov also avoids with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belyakov moves into range and clinches up with Jokinen.
Jokinen is trying to break the clinch but Belyakov has him pressed against the cage.
Jokinen scores with a shoulder strike.
Jokinen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Belyakov misses with a knee strike.
Belyakov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jokinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jokinen avoiding damage as Belyakov throws knees to the body.
Belyakov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Belyakov misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Jokinen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jokinen is trying to break the clinch but Belyakov is controlling him.
Belyakov tries a knee to the head but Jokinen blocks it.
Jokinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jokinen misses with the head strike.
Jokinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen presses Belyakov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jokinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belyakov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Belyakov has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Jokinen clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Jokinen is holding onto Belyakov's left hand, preventing any choke attempts.
Jokinen tries to break free.
Jokinen just trying to survive but Belyakov is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Belyakov missing with punches from the back.
Jokinen covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Jokinen looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Jokinen is in bad spot here.
Belyakov controlling from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belyakov is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Jokinen is defending well though. Belyakov let's go of the attempt for now.
Jokinen wants to control his opponent's hands but Belyakov gets his hands free.
Jokinen wants to get back to his feet.
Belyakov throwing damaging strikes from the back! Jokinen could be in trouble here!
Belyakov misses with punches from the back.
Jokinen is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Belyakov 's hooks.
Belyakov swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Jokinen is now in Belyakov's guard. A big mistake from Belyakov there, giving up the dominant position!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jokinen throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ossi Jokinen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jokinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Belyakov.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut. Belyakov saw that one coming.
Belyakov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jokinen but Jokinen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut. Belyakov saw that one coming.
Belyakov slips a jab from Jokinen.
Belyakov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Belyakov slips under a jab.
Jokinen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jokinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Belyakov drives through and clinches with Jokinen against the cage.
Jokinen pushes Belyakov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Belyakov looking to throw knees to the head but Jokinen is blocking nicely.
Belyakov throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jokinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jokinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Belyakov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jokinen scores with a nice strike.
Belyakov avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Belyakov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Belyakov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Belyakov defending well as Jokinen loads up on a big left hand.
A big left from Jokinen misses.
Jokinen fails to land with a series of punches.
Belyakov moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Jokinen.
A big right from Jokinen misses.
Jokinen throws a big shot that misses.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Belyakov moves away.
Jokinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jokinen throws a lazy right hand but Belyakov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jokinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jokinen lands a glancing blow to the side of Belyakov's head.
Jokinen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Belyakov backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belyakov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jokinen swivels and escapes.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut.
Jokinen throws a looping overhand right but Belyakov ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a jab to the head.
Belyakov shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Belyakov showed some decent athleticism there.
Jokinen is trying to stand up here but Belyakov is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jokinen controlling the position for now.
Jokinen slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Belyakov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jokinen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jokinen keeping moving, preventing Belyakov from controlling successfully.
Jokinen has his hands on Belyakov's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jokinen is trying to control the position but Belyakov postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen pushes Belyakov off and gets back to his feet.
Belyakov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Belyakov.
Jokinen is looking to clinch but Belyakov is avoiding it.
Jokinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jokinen throws a one two combo.
Jokinen keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Belyakov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jokinen is fending him off so far but Belyakov persists. Nope, Jokinen circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Belyakov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Belyakov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Belyakov misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ossi Jokinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Jokinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Belyakov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jokinen connects with a looping right hand.
Belyakov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jokinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Belyakov.
Belyakov dives in and grabs Jokinen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jokinen pushes down on Belyakov's head and hops out.
Belyakov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jokinen feints and then cracks Belyakov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Belyakov down.
Jokinen throws a hook to the side of Belyakov's head but Belyakov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jokinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Belyakov moves away.
Jokinen tests Belyakov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Belyakov scores with a hook to the body. Jokinen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The fighters circle momentarily. Belyakov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jokinen is looking to clinch but Belyakov is avoiding it.
Belyakov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Belyakov wants to clinch.
Jokinen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Belyakov thows a body shot but no joy.
Belyakov wants to clinch up but Jokinen keeps it at a distance.
The fighters circling - Belyakov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jokinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jokinen loads up on a big right hand but Belyakov slips the punch.
Alexander Belyakov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ossi Jokinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen misses with a looping right.
Belyakov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jokinen.
Belyakov dodges the punch combination from Jokinen.
Jokinen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jokinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Belyakov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jokinen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Belyakov's head.
A swing and a miss from Jokinen.
Belyakov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Belyakov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Belyakov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jokinen is out of range and Belyakov settles back down.
Jokinen lands a lovely overhand right.
Belyakov slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belyakov darts in trying to clinch
and Jokinen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Belyakov thinking.
Jokinen throws a looping overhand right but Belyakov ducks down to avoid it.
Belyakov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Belyakov lands a hook that snaps the head of Jokinen backwards.
Jokinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jokinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jokinen working hard to break the clinch.
Belyakov looking to throw knees to the head but Jokinen is blocking nicely.
Jokinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Belyakov shoots in for a double leg but Jokinen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Belyakov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Belyakov lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Belyakov.
Jokinen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Belyakov's head.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Jokinen fails to land with a series of punches.
Jokinen misses with a wild combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Belyakov misses the target.
Nice jab there from Jokinen.
Belyakov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jokinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Belyakov fails to land the takedown.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Belyakov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ossi Jokinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jokinen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ossi Jokinen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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