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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Takayuki Okubo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joonas Peuralinna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peuralinna comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Blue moon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Takayuki Okubo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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178 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takayuki Okubo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joonas Peuralinna!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peuralinna fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Peuralinna fails with a takedown attempt.
Okubo misses with a few strikes there.
Okubo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Peuralinna checks it well.
Okubo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Peuralinna.
Okubo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Peuralinna is out of range and Okubo settles back down.
Takayuki Okubo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown by Peuralinna or perhaps it was just good defense by Okubo which made him look bad.
Takayuki Okubo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joonas Peuralinna.
Peuralinna takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okubo gets a takedown into half guard.
Okubo moves nicely into side control.
Peuralinna is working to avoid the ground and pound but Okubo connects with a decent elbow.
Peuralinna stops Okubo from passing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okubo trying to control the action but Peuralinna is working from the bottom.
Okubo in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Peuralinna is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Okubo passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Peuralinna!
Okubo lands a big shot there that rocks Peuralinna but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Okubo lands a big shot there that rocks Peuralinna but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Okubo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Peuralinna is rocked!
Okubo prevents Peuralinna from getting the reversal.
Okubo landing strikes from the mount.
Peuralinna bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Okubo is controlling Peuralinna's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peuralinna pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Okubo is keeping the position for now.
Okubo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Peuralinna is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Okubo lands a big elbow.
Okubo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Peuralinna looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Okubo is landing with some decent strikes but Peuralinna is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Peuralinna is bucking up trying to escape but Okubo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okubo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Peuralinna is still in real trouble! Can Okubo finish him?
Peuralinna looks gassed!
Peuralinna is squirming around, avoiding Okubo's attempts to control the action.
Peuralinna gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okubo stops Peuralinna from getting back to his feet.
Peuralinna seems to have recovered his senses.
Okubo is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Okubo 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.
Okubo prevents Peuralinna from improving his position.
Okubo 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.
The fighters are battling for position here. Peuralinna manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Peuralinna keeping moving, preventing Okubo from controlling successfully.
Peuralinna had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Okubo is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Peuralinna Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Okubo's back instead.
Okubo manages to reverse the position and now he's in Peuralinna's guard. Nice work there by Okubo.
Peuralinna looking for a sweep. Not yet Peuralinna, not yet.
Peuralinna looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Okubo passes into side control.
Peuralinna struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peuralinna tries to bench press Okubo off him but Okubo keeps the position.
Peuralinna is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Peuralinna gets back to full guard.
Okubo has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Peuralinna to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Okubo is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Peuralinna pulls down on the head and he's put Okubo to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Joonas Peuralinna!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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