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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kosti Johannes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calico Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johannes comes to the cage accompanied by Raised Fist - Killing It. The crowd seem to be enjoying Jack's choice of entrance music: Me Favourite Grog. Calico Jack acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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218 lbs
18 - 6 - 0 |
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210 lbs
13 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kosti Johannes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Calico Jack!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack throws a big shot that misses.
Johannes throws a shot from downtown. Jack moves away and avoids it.
Jack fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johannes manages to avoid it.
Johannes cracks Jack with a good jab.
Johannes thuds a left hand into Jack's body.
A jab from Johannes does it's job there.
Johannes wants to clinch.
A head kick misses from Johannes.
Nice body kick there by Johannes.
Johannes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Johannes misses with a few strikes there.
Johannes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jack.
Jack throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johannes on the side of the head.
Johannes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johannes misses with a body punch
and Jack connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johannes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johannes throws a sloppy head kick
and Jack counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jack walks into a left hand.
Johannes is looking to clinch but Jack is avoiding it.
Jack throws a hook to the side of Johannes's head but Johannes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johannes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jack can't find room to land a body shot as Johannes controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johannes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jack's brow.
Johannes gets through Jack's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johannes being controlled against the cage.
Johannes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack tries to work over Johannes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jack tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johannes trying to control the position but instead, Jack has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johannes into the cage.
Jack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jack blocking some punches.
Jack throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jack.
Johannes lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Johannes.
Jack lands a nice uppercut.
Johannes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jack's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johannes throws an elbow but misses.
Good body shot from Jack.
Stalling in the clinch from Johannes.
Johannes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jack.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack tries to break free but Johannes pushes him back against the cage.
Johannes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johannes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Johannes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jack avoids it.
Johannes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jack lands a shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jack as Johannes tries to tie him up.
A right hook to the body lands for Jack.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jack.
Jack pushes Johannes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jack tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johannes's elbow.
Jack lands a body punch.
Jack breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johannes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kosti Johannes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johannes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jack.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johannes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johannes lands a lovely overhand right.
Johannes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A slow jab from Jack misses its intended target.
A cross from Jack lands.
Jack misses with a body shot
and Johannes counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jack loads up on a big right hand but Johannes slips the punch.
Johannes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johannes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jack avoids the body shot from Johannes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big right from Jack misses.
Johannes misses with a kick to the body
and Jack counters with a left to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jack throws a predictable looking body shot
and Johannes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jack misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calico Jack dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Johannes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jack throws an overhand right that lands on Johannes's shoulder, as Johannes tries to avoid the shot.
Jack throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johannes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jack.
Jack swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Johannes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Johannes lands a hook that snaps the head of Jack backwards.
Jack tries to circle away but Johannes has him pinned against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Johannes.
Johannes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Johannes tries to work over Jack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jack tries to work over Johannes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Johannes.
Johannes throws a punch but it's blocked by Jack.
Jack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jack blocking some punches.
Jack struggles to land a body shot inside as Johannes controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Johannes.
Johannes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jack can't find room to land a body shot as Johannes controls the action.
Johannes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johannes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johannes stalls.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jack.
Jack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jack lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johannes has a couple of punches blocked by Jack.
Jack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jack tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johannes misses with a punch on the inside.
Jack looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johannes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jack can't find room to land a body shot as Johannes controls the action.
Jack blocking some punches.
Johannes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jack lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johannes or not.
Jack struggles to land a body shot inside as Johannes controls his hands.
Jack is trying to force a seperation but Johannes has the dominant position.
Johannes misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Johannes fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jack.
Jack content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Johannes's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Johannes lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johannes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johannes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jack tries to work over Johannes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Johannes.
Jack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johannes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jack throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jack tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jack is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johannes blocks a body shot from Jack.
Jack lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johannes is looking to control Jack's arms but Jack gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johannes has his back to the cage.
Johannes swings wildly with an uppercut but Jack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johannes is stalling here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack stalling.
Jack trying to stall but Johannes improves his position.
Jack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Johannes.
Jack tries a body shot but Johannes blocks it.
Johannes keeps control of Jack as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johannes blocks a body shot from Jack.
Jack avoids the elbow strike from Johannes, against the cage.
Jack has had enough of the clinch but Johannes keeps him there for the moment.
Johannes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johannes.
Johannes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Johannes fails to land.
The referee calls for Johannes to work.
Jack tries to work over Johannes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kosti Johannes dominated that second 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.
Jack drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johannes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Johannes moves away from the strike by Jack.
A big left from Jack misses.
Johannes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jack manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Jack misses its intended target.
Johannes takes one to the side of the head.
Johannes tries to clinch but Jack is having none of it.
Johannes dips to his left and cracks Jack with an uppercut!
Johannes throws a series of punches but Jack moves out of range.
Jack throws a right hand that Johannes ducks under and follows up with a left that Johannes also avoids with ease.
Jack swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Johannes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Johannes just misses with a punch to the body.
Jack throws out a loose jab but Johannes uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jack throws the left hand but Johannes avoids the punch easily.
Johannes is looking to wear down Jack with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Johannes lands an overhand right.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Johannes - that will leave a mark!
Jack lands a nice looking body shot.
Johannes lands the left hand.
Jack throws an overhand right that lands on Johannes's shoulder, as Johannes tries to avoid the shot.
Johannes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johannes throws a sloppy head kick and Jack moves out of range easily.
Calico Jack seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Jack misses.
Johannes lands a leg kick that knocks Jack off balance momentarily.
Jack cracks Johannes with an open hand slap.
A lazy left from Jack finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johannes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jack momentarily.
Johannes moves into the clinch.
Johannes stalling in the clinch but Jack improves position.
Jack tries to work over Johannes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johannes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jack's elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jack tries to work over Johannes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johannes pushes Jack back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jack's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jack darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Johannes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Johannes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jack misses with a body punch
and Johannes counters with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Johannes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johannes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johannes lands a glancing blow to the side of Jack's head.
Nice cross by Johannes.
Jack takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Johannes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jack misses the jab.
Jab from Johannes.
Jack takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jack misses with a straight right.
Johannes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Johannes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jack manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jack takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johannes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jack gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Johannes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jack misses the jab.
Jack takes a swing at Johannes's ribcage but misses.
Johannes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jack misses with a hook to the body
and Johannes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
No joy there for Johannes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jack avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot lands for Johannes.
A right-left combo lands from Johannes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kosti Johannes clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jack missing with a left hand there. Johannes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jack steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johannes.
Jack misses with a looping right.
Jack takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johannes misses with a head kick.
Johannes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Johannes throws a nice head kick!
Johannes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johannes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johannes misses with a body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jack.
Johannes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johannes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johannes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johannes thows a body shot but no joy.
Johannes misses with a few strikes there.
Johannes delivers a nice body kick.
Johannes looks to land a body kick but Jack moved away.
Jack throws a hook but Johannes blocks it.
Nice cross by Johannes.
Johannes moves in looking to clinch but Jack pushes him off.
Jack misses the shot to the body.
Jack takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jack has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Johannes.
Johannes throws a right and a left that Jack avoids nicely.
Jack misses the body punch
and Johannes counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johannes punishes Jack's body with a nice straight punch.
Jack misses with a jab to the body
and Johannes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johannes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crunch! Johannes slams his shin into Jack's torso.
Johannes tries to clinch but Jack moves away
and Jack cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johannes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jack throws out the jab.
Jack looks to score with a jab to the body but Johannes is just out of range.
Johannes clinches with his opponent.
Good body shot from Jack.
Jack breaks the clinch.
Johannes staying out of range there.
Johannes throws the kick towards the body but Jack avoids it.
Jack throws a lazy right hand but Johannes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johannes moves in looking to clinch but Jack pushes him off.
Johannes misses with an uppercut. Jack saw that one coming.
A jab from Jack misses.
Johannes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johannes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Johannes ducks under a wild hook from Jack.
Jack is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Johannes.
Jack takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jack misses with a body punch
and Johannes counters with a one-two to the body.
Jack takes a swing at Johannes's ribcage but misses.
Jack scores with a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johannes lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jack throws a hook but Johannes avoids it easily.
Jack throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johannes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johannes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jack.
Johannes thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jack if he has to take too many more of those.
Johannes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jack's head.
Johannes ducks right into an uppercut from Jack.
Johannes throws a shot from downtown. Jack moves away and avoids it.
Nice body kick there by Johannes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jack misses the jab.
Jack walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johannes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kosti Johannes had his way with Calico Jack in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Jack throws a shot to the body.
Johannes fails to land with a series of punches.
Johannes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jack stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johannes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jack manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Johannes misses the target.
Jack has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Johannes scores with a nice body kick.
Johannes throws an overhand right that lands on Jack's shoulder, as Jack tries to avoid the shot.
Johannes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Johannes scores with a jab to the body.
Jack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johannes was well out of range. Poor timing from Jack.
Johannes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jack doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jack ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johannes moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johannes swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jack counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jack circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johannes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johannes lands a head shot.
A big right from Johannes misses.
Johannes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jack.
Jack throws a looping overhand right but Johannes ducks down to avoid it.
Johannes throws a combination that misses
and Jack connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A cross from Johannes lands.
Jack scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jack takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Calico Jack has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johannes avoids the body shot from Jack.
Johannes tries to land a body kick
and Johannes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johannes.
Johannes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jack was well out of range. Poor timing from Johannes.
A jab from Johannes does it's job there.
Johannes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jack sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab lands there for Johannes.
Johannes misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jack counters with a two punch combo.
Jack just misses with a punch to the body.
Jack misses with a wild body shot.
Johannes lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jack will feel that in the morning.
Jack swings for the body but Johannes moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johannes moves away from the strike by Jack.
Jack swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jack takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johannes throws a body punch but Jack moves out of range.
Jack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jack just misses with a punch to the body.
Johannes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johannes lands a jab to the head.
Johannes with a nice cross.
Johannes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jack.
Johannes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jack has time to react.
Jack swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Johannes moves into the clinch.
Jack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johannes lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack lands a body punch.
Johannes tries to stall but Jack uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Johannes cracks Jack with a nice body shot.
Johannes is pushing Jack up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Johannes prevents a body shot from Jack.
Kosti Johannes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Johannes.
Johannes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jack is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Jack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jack tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johannes.
Still in the clinch, Johannes scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A hook to the body from Johannes.
Jack struggles to land a body shot inside as Johannes controls his hands.
Jack works on Johannes's body with a couple of short punches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Still in the clinch, Johannes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kosti Johannes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jack can't find room to land a body shot as Johannes controls the action.
Jack misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kosti Johannes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johannes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 49:46
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 49:46
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kosti Johannes!
Kosti Johannes retains his light heavyweight title!
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