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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mooses Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimbo Karinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzales comes to the ring accompanied by Liehuva Liekinvarsi. Karinen is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ieva on talossa vitun homot!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 cm
25
155 lbs
8 - 3 - 1 |
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179 cm
26
150 lbs
11 - 0 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mooses Gonzales! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kimbo Karinen! The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gonzales works Karinen's body with a nice hook. Karinen wants to clinch. Karinen ducks under a wild hook from Gonzales. Gonzales slips a jab and a cross from Karinen.
Gonzales connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Karinen's hands. Gonzales thumps Karinen with a low kick. Karinen checks the leg kick. Karinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Gonzales avoids a lazy jab quite easily. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Gonzales cracks Karinen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Gonzales tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Gonzales ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Karinen swings for the body but Gonzales moves out of range.
Karinen staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gonzales connects with a leg kick. Karinen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Gonzales lands a lovely overhand right. Gonzales lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Gonzales showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karinen.
Karinen is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gonzales swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gonzales thows a left - swing and a miss! Gonzales throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karinen counters with a right hand to the body. Karinen blocks a jab. Gonzales fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Gonzales throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Gonzales avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gonzales attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gonzales uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karinen.
Karinen misses with a body shot
and Gonzales counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Gonzales throws a low kick, looking for Karinen's leg but Karinen calmly moves out of range. Gonzales thows a body shot but no joy. Gonzales throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Karinen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Gonzales throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karinen counters with a right hand to the body. Gonzales throws a nice looking combination but Karinen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Karinen misses with a hook. Gonzales ducked under it nicely. Karinen works the jab nicely. Karinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gonzales lands a leg kick that knocks Karinen off balance momentarily. Gonzales wants to slow Karinen down by chopping away at his legs. Gonzales dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karinen. That did some damage! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mooses Gonzales dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Gonzales throws a nice head kick!
Gonzales looks to score with a jab to the body but Karinen is just out of range. Gonzales lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gonzales throws a leg kick but Karinen checks it. Karinen takes a body punch but keeps moving. Karinen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Karinen tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Gonzales manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Gonzales gets tackled into the ropes by Karinen. Karinen maintains the clinch. A battle for position here, against the ropes. Gonzales looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Karinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes. Gonzales swings wildly with an uppercut but Karinen uses good head movement to avoid it. Karinen stalling the fight.
Gonzales wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Karinen has him pressed against the ropes. Karinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gonzales wants to get back to striking at distance but Karinen won't allow it.
Karinen takes a shot to the head. Gonzales lands a shoulder strike. Karinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes. Karinen lands a hook to the side of the head. Karinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gonzales's elbow. Gonzales throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karinens head. Gonzales misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Gonzales. Gonzales swings wildly with an uppercut but Karinen uses good head movement to avoid it. Karinen leaning his opponent against the ropes. Karinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Karinen is controlling him. Karinen looking to slow down the pace here. Gonzales lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes. Karinen slows down the pace here.
Karinen lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Karinen presses Gonzales against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Karinen cracks Gonzales with a nice body shot. A battle for position here, against the ropes. Still in the clinch, Karinen scores with a nice short uppercut. Gonzales wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Gonzales working aggressively here.
Gonzales can't find room to land a body shot as Karinen controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gonzales. Karinen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gonzales's efforts to push away. Gonzales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes. Karinen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gonzales's efforts to push away. Gonzales has had enough of the clinch but Karinen keeps him there for the moment. Gonzales tries to break the clinch but Karinen is controlling the position. The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Karinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Good body shot from Karinen.
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! Karinen misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mooses Gonzales will probably get the nod. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Gonzales loads up on a big right hand but Karinen slips the punch. Gonzales misses with a wild body shot. Gonzales lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Karinen at a distance.
A big right from Gonzales misses. Karinen moves out of range as Gonzales strikes. Gonzales misses with a straight left. Karinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab. No joy there for Gonzales, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Karinen just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Gonzales misses with a body shot.
Gonzales misses with a wild combination.
Karinen moves away from the strike by Gonzales. Gonzales keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round. Karinen avoids the head kick by Gonzales.
Gonzales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karinen. Karinen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gonzales, pushing him back against the ropes. Karinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes. Karinen lands a shot to the body. Gonzales being controlled against the ropes. A nice right hand lands inside from Karinen. Karinen lands an uppercut. Karinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karinen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gonzales is trying to stall.
Karinen lands a good knee to the midsection. Gonzales won't want to take too many of those. A body shot lands from Karinen.
Karinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes. Karinen digs a right hand into Gonzales's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gonzales's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A left hand lands to the body for Karinen.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Gonzales is trying to push Karinen away but Karinen has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere. Gonzales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Gonzales is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes. Karinen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gonzales looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Karinen lands a body shot. Karinen pressing his opponent against the ropes. Karinen lands a body shot. A nice left hand lands by Karinen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Karinen digs a right hand underneath Gonzales's ribcage. Gonzales let out a lung full of air as it connected. Gonzales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes. Karinen stalling in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Karinen.
Kimbo Karinen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Karinen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Karinen is controlling him. Gonzales being controlled against the ropes.
And that's the end of the fight! Kimbo Karinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I think Gonzales has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight for Kimbo Karinen! Judge Nard Betker scores the fight for Kimbo Karinen! Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Kimbo Karinen!
Kimbo Karinen wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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