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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akekae Pokaku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sasha Lakovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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181 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
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189 cm
30
181 lbs
22 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Akekae Pokaku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sasha Lakovic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pokaku looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lakovic is fending him off so far but Pokaku persists. Nope, Lakovic circles away and we're back to standing.
Pokaku checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lakovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pokaku manages to avoid it.
Pokaku throws out a loose jab but Lakovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pokaku shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lakovic manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lakovic is trying to control the position but Pokaku postures up.
Pokaku tries to free his leg and advance position but Lakovic is retaining full guard.
Lakovic pulls Pokaku in close to prevent any damage.
Lakovic working a defensive guard but Pokaku passes into half guard.
Lakovic avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pokaku.
Lakovic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pokaku throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lakovic taking some punishment here, with Pokaku in his half guard.
Pokaku throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lakovic has a hand on Pokaku's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Pokaku takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pokaku breaks from Lakovic's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lakovic is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pokaku lands a heavy elbow.
Pokaku cracks Lakovic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lakovic is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pokaku working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pokaku unloading with bombs!
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!
Lakovic is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pokaku in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lakovic tries to lock up and control but Pokaku gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Pokaku scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lakovic is bucking up trying to escape but Pokaku cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pokaku lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lakovic hang on?
Lakovic is rocked!
Lakovic wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Pokaku.
Pokaku landing strikes from the mount and Lakovic is in trouble!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pokaku cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pokaku 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.
Lakovic working to try and regain half guard.
Lakovic is bucking up trying to escape but Pokaku cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pokaku lands with some strikes.
Pokaku landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pokaku scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lakovic?
Lakovic is still in real trouble! Can Pokaku finish him?
It looks like Sasha Lakovic has been cut.
Pokaku landing punches.
Pokaku breaks from Lakovic's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lakovic is looking to get to half guard.
Pokaku avoids the attempt from Lakovic to control.
Pokaku pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pokaku with good strikes from the mount here!
Pokaku cracks Lakovic with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akekae Pokaku!
A victorious Akekae Pokaku thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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