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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Raimo Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiapo Okina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hiapo Okina acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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170 cm
21
146 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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170 cm
25
147 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raimo Pukki! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiapo Okina! The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Okina looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Pukki moves out of range of the body kick from Okina.
Raimo Pukki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Pukki throws a leg kick but Okina sees it coming and checks it nicely. Pukki misses with a wild combination.
Pukki cracks Okina with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Pukki throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Pukki ducks under a wild hook from Okina. Pukki throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Okina misses the shot to the body. Pukki throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pukki is looking to clinch. Pukki walks into a jab. Okina keeps the fight on the outside. Pukki misses the jab. Pukki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Okina uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pukki.
That's one minute gone in the round. Okina closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Pukki is looking to improve his position.
Okina is looking to take a break and control but Pukki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Pukki gets full guard. Okina loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Pukki looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Pukki keeping moving, preventing Okina from controlling successfully. Okina is working Pukki over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Pukki is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Okina trying to control the position from guard on top but Pukki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Pukki keeping full guard, as Okina tries to pass. Okina trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. A head kick misses from Okina. Pukki lands an overhand right. A swing and a miss from Pukki. Jab by Pukki. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Okina. Okina jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Pukki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pukki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Okina. Okina throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pukki sees it coming and avoids it easily. Pukki moves into the clinch. A left hand lands to the body for Okina.
Pukki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Okina misses with an uppercut. Pukki saw that one coming. Okina misses with a body punch
and Pukki counters by clinching up. Pukki cracks Okina with a nice body shot. Pukki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Okina throws a one two combo.
Okina slips under a jab from Pukki. Pukki bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Okina's head. A jab from Okina misses. Pukki takes the fight into the clinch. A head punch blocked on the inside by Pukki.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Pukki scores with a shot to the side of Okina's head. Okina looking to slow down the pace here. Okina blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pukki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Okina backwards. Pukki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pukki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pukki moves out of range of the strikes. Pukki throws a head kick but Okina moves out of range.
Pukki jabs Okina right on the nose. Okina blinks but takes it well. Pukki throws a predictable looking body shot
and Okina connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Pukki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Okina drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. A nice leg kick lands there from Pukki. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Pukki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Okina looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Okina looks gassed! Okina takes one on the button. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raimo Pukki 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.
Okina misses with an uppercut. Pukki saw that one coming. Nice straight punches there by Pukki. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pukki. Okina uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pukki.
Pukki lands a jab to the nose.
Okina is rocked! Pukki missing with a left hand there. Okina was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Okina is still on wobbly legs! Can Pukki finish him? Pukki drops Okina with a big left hand! Okina is injured, injured bad! Pukki jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raimo Pukki!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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