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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donny Dane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veli Rokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dane comes to the cage accompanied by Candy Paint. Donny Dane had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donny Dane!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Veli Rokka!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rokka pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dane is out of range and Rokka settles back down.
Rokka misses with a hook. Dane ducked under it nicely.
Rokka shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rokka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dane connects with a nice looking jab.
Dane blocks a head kick by Rokka.
Rokka walks into a jab.
Rokka lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rokka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rokka throws a head kick that Dane semi-blocks.
It looks like Donny Dane has been cut.
Rokka throws a chopping leg kick but Dane manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rokka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokka throws an overhand right that lands on Dane's shoulder, as Dane tries to avoid the shot.
Rokka is looking to clinch.
Dane digs a good body shot into Rokka's ribs.
A big left from Rokka misses.
Dane moves out of range of the leg kick from Rokka.
Dane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rokka.
A swing and a miss from Dane.
Veli Rokka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dane scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rokka walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dane checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dane checks a leg kick.
Dane staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rokka doesn't manage to clinch there - Dane circles away.
Rokka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dane.
Rokka tries to land a leg kick but Dane saw it coming and moves away.
Rokka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dane paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dane lands a slapping body shot.
Rokka gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dane.
Rokka wants to clinch.
Rokka takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rokka looks to land a left hand but Dane moved out of range nicely.
Rokka fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dane checks a leg kick.
Rokka tries a head kick but it misses.
Rokka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dane loads up on a big right hand but Rokka slips the punch.
Dane is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rokka.
Rokka pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dane is out of range and Rokka settles back down.
Nice defenses there by Rokka.
Rokka attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rokka throws a head kick that misses.
Veli Rokka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dane moves away from the strike by Rokka.
Rokka wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dane dips to his left and cracks Rokka with an uppercut!
Rokka loads up on a big right hand but Dane slips the punch.
Rokka misses with a head kick.
Rokka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dane.
Rokka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dane swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rokka is looking to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rokka will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dane fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dane avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Dane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donny Dane's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nice shot by Dane.
Rokka is looking to clinch but Dane is avoiding it.
Rokka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dane on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rokka tries to clinch but Dane moves out of range.
Rokka misses the body punch
and Dane counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dane avoids the head kick by Rokka.
Dane scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dane checks a low kick from Rokka.
Rokka tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Dane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokka looks to clinch
enabling Dane to counter with a crisp jab.
Dane checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rokka wants to clinch
enabling Dane to counter with a crisp jab.
Dane takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dane moves out of range of the strikes.
Dane moves out of range of the strikes.
Rokka swings for the body but Dane moves out of range.
Dane missing with a left hand there. Rokka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rokka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rokka walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dane checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokka wants to clinch
and Dane counters with a left to the body.
Rokka fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dane is out of range.
Rokka throws a hook but Dane blocks it.
Dane takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rokka motions for Dane to come forward. Rokka throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rokka throws a leg kick but Dane sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dane moves out of range of the body kick.
Rokka fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dane checks it well.
Rokka tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dane is able to avoid easily.
Rokka wants to clinch but Dane slips to the side
and Dane counters with a shoot takedown. Rokka fights it but they end up in guard.
Dane is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dane wants to control from the top but Rokka keeps moving.
Dane is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Dane lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dane wants to control from the top but Rokka keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Donny Dane wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Rokka tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Dane counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rokka wants to clinch but Dane slips to the side
and Dane counters with a stiff right hand.
Rokka throws a lazy right hand but Dane sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dane on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dane loads up on a big right hand but Rokka slips the punch.
Rokka misses with a body kick.
Rokka scores with a jab to the body.
Dane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rokka tries to clinch
and Dane counters with a stiff right hand.
Dane keeps the fight on the outside.
Rokka tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dane counters with a right hand to the body.
Rokka throws a nice head kick!
Rokka takes one to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Dane dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Donny Dane's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Good work by Dane as he checks the leg kick.
Rokka takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rokka wants to clinch
and Dane counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rokka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dane blocks a leg kick.
Rokka wants to clinch but Dane slips to the side
and Dane counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rokka lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rokka misses with a body kick.
Veli Rokka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dane. Rokka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dane connects with a right hand. Rokka shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Dane blocks the low kick.
Dane scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dane stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rokka.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rokka, right into the meat.
Rokka avoids the body shot from Dane.
Rokka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rokka throws a leg kick but Dane sees it coming and moves out of range.
A jab from Rokka misses.
Rokka moves to clinch but Dane breaks away
enabling Dane to counter with a crisp jab.
Rokka avoids the body shot from Dane.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokka throws an overhand right that lands on Dane's shoulder, as Dane tries to avoid the shot.
Rokka misses with a leg kick.
Rokka misses with a leg kick.
Rokka tries to clinch but Dane moves away
and Dane counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rokka thinking.
Rokka looks to clinch
enabling Dane to counter with a crisp jab.
Donny Dane is winning the standup battle so far.
Dane misses with an uppercut. Rokka saw that one coming.
Rokka darts in trying to clinch
and Dane counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rokka tries to clinch but Dane moves away
and Dane counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice shot lands for Rokka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokka slips under a jab from Dane.
Rokka is looking to slow Dane down with leg kicks.
Dane with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A head kick misses from Rokka.
Dane jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dane stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rokka.
Rokka closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rokka throws the kick towards the body but Dane avoids it.
Rokka looks to clinch
enabling Dane to counter with a crisp jab.
Dane is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dane.
Dane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rokka.
Rokka motions for Dane to come forward. Rokka throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Rokka misses the target.
Dane lands a right hook to the body.
Dane takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dane throws a hook to the side of Rokka's head but Rokka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rokka moves to clinch but Dane breaks away
and Dane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rokka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dane.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Donny Dane did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Donny Dane's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dane jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rokka throws a combination that misses
letting Dane counter with a right hand.
Rokka is looking to score with low kicks.
Dane looks to land a left hand but Rokka moved out of range nicely.
Dane blocks a head kick by Rokka.
Rokka takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rokka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rokka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rokka doesn't manage to clinch there - Dane circles away.
Rokka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rokka pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dane is out of range and Rokka settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokka tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rokka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rokka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rokka tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Dane counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rokka thinking.
Rokka misses with a looping left.
Rokka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donk. Dane catches Rokka right on the button with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokka tries to clinch but Dane moves away
and Dane counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rokka tries to clinch up
and Dane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rokka darts in trying to clinch
and Dane counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rokka tries to clinch up
and Dane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A good leg kick by Rokka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokka tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Dane counters with a nice uppercut.
Rokka has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rokka slips a straight right by Dane.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dane.
Dane circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dane counters with a straight right hand.
Good leg kick by Rokka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rokka misses the body punch
and Dane counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokka ducks under a wild hook from Dane.
Dane takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rokka dips to his left and cracks Dane with an uppercut!
Dane checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rokka misses with a hook. Dane ducked under it nicely.
Rokka throws a push kick but Dane slaps the foot to one side.
Rokka darts in trying to clinch
and Dane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rokka throws a leg kick which misses Dane's front leg but catches the back leg as Dane tries to avoid it.
Rokka wants to clinch
and Dane counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Dane had his way with Veli Rokka in that round.
The cut man is working on Donny Dane's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Dane looks to land a left hand but Rokka moved out of range nicely.
Dane checks a low kick from Rokka.
Rokka throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dane moves out of range of the body kick.
Rokka throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dane counters with a straight right hand.
Rokka closes the distance but Dane moves to the side
and Dane counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Dane misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rokka tries to clinch up
and Rokka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokka is looking to slow Dane down with leg kicks.
Rokka tries to clinch
and Dane counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rokka throws a head kick but Dane moves out of range.
Rokka tries to close the distance and clinch but Dane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rokka tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dane counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rokka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rokka wants to clinch but Dane slips to the side
and Dane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rokka looks to throw the jab but Dane is out of range.
Rokka darts in trying to clinch
and Dane counters with a right hand to the body.
Veli Rokka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokka tries a low kick but Dane avoids it.
Dane misses with an uppercut.
Rokka wants to clinch
and Dane counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rokka darts in trying to clinch
enabling Dane to counter with a crisp jab.
Rokka lands with a slapping head kick.
Rokka looks to land a right hand but Dane moved out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dane crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rokka - the referee stops the clock and Dane gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rokka. Dane manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokka throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dane cracks Rokka with an open hand slap.
Rokka goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Dane.
Rokka does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rokka tries to clinch
enabling Dane to counter with a crisp jab.
Rokka throws a leg kick that misses.
Rokka misses with an uppercut.
Rokka takes one to the side of the head.
Dane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rokka.
Dane misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rokka lands a glancing blow to the side of Dane's head.
Rokka scores with a jab to the head.
Rokka looks to clinch
and Dane counters with a nice uppercut.
Rokka tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Dane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rokka throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dane.
Rokka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rokka throws a leg kick but Dane moved away.
Donny Dane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rokka walks into a stiff left hand from Dane.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Donny Dane.
Well Dane 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 50:45
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 49:46
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Dane!
Donny Dane is the new middleweight champion!
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