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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Raimo Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samm Mah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raimo Pukki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samm Mah!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mah fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mah tries to clinch but Pukki is having none of it.
Mah drives through and clinches with Pukki against the cage.
Mah misses with a knee strike.
Pukki misses with some punches.
Mah unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pukki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pukki blocks it with crossed arms.
Mah lands an elbow just above Pukki 's eye.
A short body shot lands from Pukki as the two fighters clinch.
Mah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pukki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pukki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pukki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mah lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hook to the body lands for Pukki.
Pukki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mah looks gassed!
Pukki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Mah.
Mah is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pukki pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pukki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pukki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mah lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pukki looking to throw knees to the head but Mah is blocking nicely.
Mah throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pukki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mah's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mah.
Mah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mah stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Still in the clinch, Pukki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mah has Pukki pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pukki manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Raimo Pukki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samm Mah.
Mah is looking to control Pukki's arms but Pukki gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mah has his back to the cage.
Pukki scores with a shot to the side of Mah's head.
Pukki scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pukki stalling.
Pukki is trying to stall.
Mah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pukki blocks it with crossed arms.
Mah is trying to stall.
Pukki pushes Mah back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pukki lands a shot to the body.
Pukki lands with a light punch inside.
Mah wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pukki tries to land a knee to the head but Mah blocks with his arms.
Pukki trying to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Pukki as the two fighters clinch.
Pukki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pukki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pukki lands a nice uppercut.
Mah is looking to control Pukki's arms but Pukki gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mah has his back to the cage.
Mah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pukki.
Pukki managing to block the knees to the body from Mah.
Pukki controlling the action here for a moment.
Mah avoiding damage as Pukki throws knees to the body.
Mah prevents the takedown attempt.
Pukki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mah lands a knee to the head.
Pukki working aggressively here.
Mah scores with a knee to the head.
Mah lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mah lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pukki throws a head punch that misses.
Mah tries to land knees in the clinch but Pukki avoids the damage to the body.
Mah lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mah manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pukki keeps the fight on the outside.
Mah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pukki misses with the combination.
Mah tries to clinch there but Pukki circles away.
Samm Mah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mah pushes Pukki up against the cage in a clinch.
Pukki is leaning against Mah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mah scores a nice knee to the body.
Mah scores a nice knee to the body.
Mah with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pukki prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mah is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mah tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pukki throws a punch but it's blocked by Mah.
Pukki throws a punch but it's blocked by Mah.
Pukki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mah drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pukki pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pukki looks to land a combination but Mah avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pukki doesn't manage to clinch there - Mah circles away.
Mah scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mah on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mah wants to clinch
and Pukki counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pukki lands with a left to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mah.
Mah avoids the elbow strike from Pukki, against the cage.
Mah lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pukki has Mah pushed against the cage.
Pukki keeps control of Mah as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mah tries to land knees in the clinch but Pukki avoids the damage to the body.
Pukki lands a nice elbow.
Mah looking to throw knees to the head but Pukki is blocking nicely.
Pukki avoiding damage.
Mah tries a knee to the head but Pukki blocks it.
Mah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mah with a knee to the head.
Pukki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pukki avoids the elbow strike from Mah, against the cage.
Pukki is looking to control Mah's arms but Mah gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pukki has his back to the cage.
Mah is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pukki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mah backwards.
Mah creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mah tries a knee to the head but Pukki blocks it.
Mah landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mah with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pukki manages to break the clinch.
Pukki forces Mah back against the cage and clinches.
Mah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice body punch from Pukki - that landed with a thud.
Pukki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mah closes the distance and clinches.
Mah tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mah misses with a knee to the head.
Mah missing with knees to the body.
Pukki lands a body shot in the clinch.
The is referee keeping an eye on Pukki - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pukki blocks an elbow strike.
Pukki leaning against his opponent.
Mah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short right from Pukki.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pukki pushes Mah back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pukki works on Mah's body with a couple of short punches.
Mah looking to slow down the pace here.
Pukki breaks the clinch.
Pukki jabs at Mah's body.
Pukki lands a jab-cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raimo Pukki 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.
Pukki throws a series of punches but Mah avoids them all with ease.
Mah tries to clinch but Pukki moves away
and Pukki moves into the clinch.
Mah is stalling here.
Pukki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mah looking to throw knees to the head but Pukki is blocking nicely.
Mah landing knees to the body.
Mah is trying to stall.
Mah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mah.
Mah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pukki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pukki tries a knee to the head but Mah blocks it.
Mah missing with knees to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Pukki - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pukki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mah or not.
A knee to the head by Mah.
It looks like Raimo Pukki has been cut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mah tries to land a knee to the head but Pukki blocks with his arms.
A body shot lands from Pukki.
Pukki wants to stall.
Mah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pukki.
Mah tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pukki just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pukki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mah tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mah missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mah blocks an elbow strike from Pukki.
Pukki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pukki stalling the fight.
Mah tries to land a knee to the head but Pukki blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pukki.
Mah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mah lands a knee to the body.
Mah unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pukki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mah throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mah tries to stall but Pukki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pukki misses with some punches.
Mah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pukki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice body punch from Pukki - that landed with a thud.
Pukki manages to break the clinch.
Mah wants to clinch
and Pukki counters with a three punch combo that has Mah backing up. Mah nods at Pukki to acknowledge the strikes.
Pukki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pukki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pukki scores with a hook to the body. Mah takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pukki misses with a low kick.
Mah takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mah clinches but Pukki breaks the clinch
and Pukki counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mah is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pukki is controlling him.
Pukki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pukki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pukki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mah wants to sweep but no luck.
Mah pulls Pukki in close to his closed guard and prevents Pukki from doing any damage or advancing position.
Pukki controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mah is working an open guard so Pukki takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Mah tries to clinch but Pukki moves away
and Pukki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pukki misses with a series of wild punches.
Mah gets a clinch.
Mah with a knee to the head.
Mah tries to land knees in the clinch but Pukki avoids the damage to the body.
Mah missing with knees to the body.
Mah lands an elbow inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pukki.
Nice body punch from Pukki - that landed with a thud.
Pukki tries to land a knee to the head but Mah blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mah goes for a takedown attempt but Pukki pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pukki throws a shot from downtown. Mah moves away and avoids it.
Mah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pukki counters by clinching up.
Mah landing knees to the body.
Mah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pukki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mah tries to land a knee to the head but Pukki blocks with his arms.
Mah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pukki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mah instigates a clinch.
Pukki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pukki swings wildly with an uppercut but Mah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mah pushes off an throws an elbow but Pukki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pukki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mah tries to pull guard but Pukki holds him up against the cage and eventually Mah drops back down to his feet.
Raimo Pukki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samm Mah.
Mah is trying to maintain a safe position but Pukki gets an underhook and turns Mah into the cage.
Pukki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mah blocks it with crossed arms.
Mah is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pukki is keeping busy.
Pukki tries to land knees in the clinch but Mah avoids the damage to the body.
Pukki takes an elbow to the temple.
Pukki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pukki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mah backwards.
Pukki tries to stall but Mah uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pukki tries to stall but Mah uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pukki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raimo Pukki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pukki's face.
Mah is trying to stall.
Pukki swings wildly with an uppercut but Mah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mah jumps into guard, dragging Pukki to the mat.
Pukki 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.
Pukki landing some decent shots from guard.
Mah is working an open guard so Pukki takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice takedown defense from Pukki. No joy for Mah on that attempt.
Pukki fails to land with a series of punches.
Mah pushes Pukki away with a front kick.
Pukki blocks a head kick by Mah.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raimo Pukki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Raimo Pukki's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Mah avoids the body shot from Pukki.
Pukki just misses with a punch to the body.
Pukki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mah looks to land a combination but Pukki avoids it well.
Mah fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pukki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pukki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pukki throws the left hand but Mah avoids the punch easily.
Pukki clinches up with Mah and pushes him back against the cage.
Pukki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mah tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pukki counters with a three punch combo that has Mah backing up. Mah nods at Pukki to acknowledge the strikes.
Mah uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pukki shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pukki was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pukki avoids the attempt from Mah to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pukki looking to control but Mah is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mah is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pukki scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mah?
Pukki takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The referee warns Mah that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The referee warns Mah that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Pukki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pukki tries to push Mah's head away but Mah is holding on tight.
Mah flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Pukki tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Mah keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pukki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pukki won't let Mah get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Pukki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mah working to try and regain half guard.
Mah holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Pukki tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Mah bucks up and throws Pukki to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Mah misses with a takedown attempt
and Pukki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Pukki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mah looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mah is not content to let Pukki control the position.
Mah trying to control here.
Ground and pound from Pukki.
Pukki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mah wants to get back to full guard.
Pukki is tying to control. Mah wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mah looks to clinch
and Pukki holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pukki is working Mah over against the cage.
Pukki looking to stall.
Pukki lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Pukki.
Pukki is leaning against Mah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pukki has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Mah is trying to keep an underhook but Pukki manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Pukki wants to work for an arm triangle but Mah is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Mah is looking to improve his position.
Pukki is looking to take a break and control but Mah is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mah looks like he's trying to stand up.
Mah wants to control but Pukki is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mah is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Pukki there.
Pukki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Samm Mah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pukki.
Mah controlling the action here for a moment.
Pukki managing to block the knees to the body from Mah.
Pukki throws a head punch that misses.
Mah breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mah wants to clinch
and Pukki counters by clinching up.
Pukki has a couple of punches blocked by Mah.
Mah tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pukki tries to work over Mah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mah tries a knee to the head but Pukki blocks it.
Pukki struggles to land a body shot inside as Mah controls his hands.
Pukki scores with a hook to the body.
Mah looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Mah.
Mah gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mah trying to stall but Pukki improves his position.
Pukki scores with a shoulder strike.
Mah misses with a knee strike.
Pukki lands a nice shot to the body.
Pukki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pukki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mah trying to land knees to the body.
Mah lands an elbow inside that Pukki shrugs off.
Mah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mah wants to stall.
Mah tries for a takedown but Pukki manages to get underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mah throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mah misses with a knee to the head.
Mah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mah drags the fight down to the ground.
Pukki trying to control the position from guard on top but Mah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pukki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raimo Pukki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pukki 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raimo Pukki!
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hype
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FIGHT
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