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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Beucher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jokke Mokkelime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jokke Mokkelime was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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195 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
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185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Beucher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jokke Mokkelime!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Mokkelime or perhaps it was just good defense by Beucher which made him look bad.
Mokkelime fails to land the takedown.
Beucher throws a one two combo.
Beucher tries to close the distance and clinch but Mokkelime swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beucher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Beucher misses with a few strikes there.
Mokkelime is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Beucher.
Horrible takedown by Mokkelime or perhaps it was just good defense by Beucher which made him look bad.
Bobby Beucher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jokke Mokkelime.
Beucher is looking to clinch.
Beucher defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mokkelime.
Horrible takedown by Mokkelime or perhaps it was just good defense by Beucher which made him look bad.
Mokkelime showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beucher.
Beucher stuffs the takedown attempt from Mokkelime. Mokkelime gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mokkelime shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Beucher stalks Mokkelime and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mokkelime's face. Mokkelime staggers backwards, shaken.
Beucher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mokkelime circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beucher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mokkelime shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Beucher bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Mokkelime is pulling down on Beucher's head to control his posture.
Beucher postures up and lands a big shot to Mokkelime's brow.
Beucher has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Beucher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Beucher loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mokkelime throws a couple of heel strikes.
Mokkelime controls Beucher momentarily but Beucher frees himself.
Mokkelime working for a triangle but Beucher defends it easily.
Beucher throwing strikes but missing.
Beucher sitting in guard here, content to control.
Mokkelime isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Beucher stacks Mokkelime on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Beucher!
Mokkelime is looking for a sweep.
Beucher working the head with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beucher is chipping away with strikes.
Beucher lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mokkelime down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Mokkelime's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mokkelime sneaks back into half guard.
Mokkelime on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mokkelime is not content to let Beucher control the position.
Beucher is nestled in close to Mokkelime, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Beucher throwing shots but Mokkelime is blocking nicely.
Mokkelime is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Beucher pulls his head out easily.
Mokkelime manages to get to full guard.
Mokkelime looks gassed!
Mokkelime tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beucher trying to control the position from guard on top but Mokkelime is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beucher chips away with some ground and pound.
Mokkelime is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mokkelime is looking to stand up but Beucher isn't so interested in that idea.
Mokkelime is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Beucher is aware though and is defending well.
Beucher postures up in Mokkelime's guard and throws a big left but Mokkelime blocks it.
Mokkelime throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Beucher wants to pass the guard but Mokkelime is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Beucher dominated that round.
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.
Mokkelime avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bobby Beucher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Mokkelime.
Mokkelime misses with a takedown attempt - Beucher sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Beucher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mokkelime paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beucher scores with a nice head shot.
Beucher lands a slapping body shot.
Mokkelime moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beucher breaks from the clinch.
Beucher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beucher scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mokkelime tries for a takedown but Beucher sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Beucher stuffs the takedown.
Bobby Beucher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jokke Mokkelime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beucher is looking to clinch but Mokkelime is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Beucher misses.
Beucher tries to clinch up but Mokkelime circles away and keeps his distance.
Beucher misses with a wild combination.
Beucher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mokkelime closes this distance looking for a takedown but Beucher circles away.
No joy there for Beucher, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mokkelime showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beucher.
Bobby Beucher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Beucher throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mokkelime.
A nice combination there by Beucher.
Mokkelime misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Beucher throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mokkelime.
Beucher looks to land a combination but Mokkelime avoids it well.
Beucher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mokkelime moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Beucher misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beucher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beucher tries to clinch but Mokkelime moves away
and Mokkelime counters with a single leg into guard. Beucher didn't expect that.
Mokkelime working some strikes from top position.
Beucher trying to control the position here.
Mokkelime postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Beucher knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mokkelime on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beucher trying to control the position.
Mokkelime looking to pass the guard.
Beucher is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Mokkelime working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mokkelime wants to control from the top but Beucher keeps moving.
Mokkelime forces his way into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mokkelime works his foot free and advances to mount.
Mokkelime landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mokkelime pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Beucher is desperately trying to improve his position but Mokkelime has a good base and remains in mount.
Beucher holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mokkelime tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Poor strikes thrown by Mokkelime there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jokke Mokkelime showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Beucher slaps away a takedown attempt from Mokkelime, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A punch combination from Beucher misses.
Mokkelime shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Beucher's guard.
Mokkelime trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mokkelime pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beucher is keeping the position for now.
Beucher keeping moving, preventing Mokkelime from controlling successfully.
Mokkelime thows a big elbow that misses.
Jokke Mokkelime has got the better of the ground game so far.
Beucher keeping moving, preventing Mokkelime from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beucher working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mokkelime.
Mokkelime throws a big right hand that misses.
Beucher on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Beucher tries to get out of the position.
Mokkelime trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Beucher misses with a series of wild punches.
Beucher goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mokkelime shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Beucher pinned against the cage. Beucher gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mokkelime shoots in but Beucher avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bobby Beucher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jokke Mokkelime.
Mokkelime takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mokkelime showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beucher.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Beucher misses with the combination.
Mokkelime misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mokkelime shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Beucher's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Beucher duly obliges.
Beucher scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Beucher tries to clinch there but Mokkelime circles away.
Beucher throws a series of punches but Mokkelime moves out of range.
Beucher wants to clinch up but Mokkelime keeps it at a distance.
Mokkelime closes the distance and pushes Beucher back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mokkelime has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Beucher avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mokkelime has Beucher pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Beucher manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mokkelime looking for a takedown.
Mokkelime has Beucher pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Beucher manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Beucher breaks the clinch.
Jab from Beucher.
Some wild striking there from Beucher.
Beucher clinches with his opponent.
Beucher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beucher keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Beucher closes the distance but Mokkelime moves to the side
and Mokkelime counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mokkelime.
Mokkelime being controlled here momentarily.
Beucher looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beucher not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mokkelime landing some decent shots from guard.
Beucher avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mokkelime missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mokkelime trying to control the position from guard on top but Beucher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mokkelime stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Beucher swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jokke Mokkelime.
I think Mokkelime 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jokke Mokkelime!
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