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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Pouta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tobias Makela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tobias Makela has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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195 lbs
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187 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pekka Pouta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tobias Makela!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pouta shoots in but Makela avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pouta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Makela swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Makela misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Makela misses the shot to the body.
Makela lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pouta at a distance.
Pouta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pouta closes the distance and clinches.
Pouta will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Makela up against the ropes.
Makela is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Makela can't break the clinch.
Pouta prevents Makela from breaking the clinch.
Pouta gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Makela wants to get back to his feet.
Pouta is keen to just control but Makela is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouta is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pouta missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pouta tries to stand and escape but Makela is controlling the position.
Pouta thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Makela's head.
Makela is trying to stand up here but Pouta is controlling him well.
Pouta is breathing heavily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pouta takes the fight into the clinch.
Pouta keeps control of Makela as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Makela has had enough of the clinch but Pouta keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Makela wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pouta has him pressed against the ropes.
Pouta has hold of one of Makela's legs. Makela is fighting the takedown attempt but Pouta gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Pouta trying to control but Makela is working from the bottom.
Pouta won't allow Makela to get back to his feet.
Pouta trying to control but Makela is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Makela is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pouta stands up and waves to Makela to follow him.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Makela stalks Pouta and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pouta's face. Pouta staggers backwards, shaken.
Pouta scores with a takedown into Makela's guard.
Makela wants to get back to his feet but Pouta is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makela preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pouta stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Makela swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pouta wants to control from the top but Makela keeps moving.
Pouta wants to pass the guard but Makela is keeping the position.
Makela keeping moving, preventing Pouta from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pekka Pouta dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Makela throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Makela swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Makela misses with a few strikes there.
Oooh a lovely combination from Makela sends Pouta down but not out. Makela dives into side control looking to finish.
Pouta is rocked!
Pouta is looking to reverse the position.
Pouta wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Pouta can't do much from the bottom here.
Pouta wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makela stands up and beckons Pouta to his feet.
Makela looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Pouta.
Makela fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pouta moves into range and clinches up with Makela.
Makela is looking to break free of the clinch but Pouta has double underhooks.
Pouta keeps control of Makela as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Makela wants to get back to striking at distance but Pouta won't allow it.
Pouta has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Makela clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Pouta missing with punches from the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makela defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Makela prevents Pouta from getting a body triangle.
Pouta throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Makela covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Pouta. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Pouta is landing with strikes from the back.
Makela is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Pouta gets his way!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pouta tries to keep control of the position but Makela is staying busy.
Pouta missing with strikes from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pouta throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Makela is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Makela covering up well under a series of strikes from Pouta.
Makela wants to get back to his feet.
Makela fending off the submission attempt from Pouta.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tobias Makela showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Pouta shoots for a takedown but Makela saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Makela will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A head kick misses from Makela.
Pouta wants to clinch up but Makela keeps it at a distance.
Pouta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Makela.
Makela throws a right and a left that Pouta avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makela looks to land a combination but Pouta avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pouta clinches with his opponent.
Pouta landing knees to the head.
Pouta turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Makela is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Pouta is controlling him well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouta has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Makela lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pouta shoots in but no luck this time.
Pouta thows a body shot but no joy.
Some wild striking there from Makela.
Pouta scores with a takedown into Makela's guard.
Pouta works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Pouta tries to stand but can't do so whilst Makela controls his leg.
Pouta wants to lay and pray for a moment but Makela keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makela wants to get back to his feet.
Makela is staying active underneath Pouta, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Makela throws a series of punches but Pouta avoids them all with ease.
Makela throws a series of punches but Pouta avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pouta looks for the body kick but Makela saw that one coming.
Pouta has taken the fight to the clinch.
Makela wants to get back to striking at distance but Pouta won't allow it.
Pouta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Makela.
Pouta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Makela backwards.
Makela wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pouta has him pressed against the ropes.
Makela wants to break free but Pouta has control.
Makela wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Makela can't break the clinch.
Makela wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pouta has him pressed against the ropes.
Pouta landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pouta will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Makela up against the ropes.
Pouta drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pekka Pouta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pouta prevents Makela from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Makela wants to break free but Pouta has control.
Makela can't break the clinch.
Makela wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pouta has him pressed against the ropes.
Makela is looking to break free of the clinch but Pouta has double underhooks.
Makela tries to break the clinch but Pouta is controlling the position.
Makela has had enough of the clinch but Pouta keeps him there for the moment.
Pouta tries for a takedown but Makela manages to get underhooks.
Makela can't break the clinch.
Pouta content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pouta is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Makela pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The is referee keeping an eye on Pouta - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Makela is trying to break free.
Makela wants to break free but Pouta has control.
Pouta crunches a lovely knee into Makela's ribcage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pouta works on Makela's body with a couple of short punches.
Pouta prevents Makela from breaking the clinch.
Pouta stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pouta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pekka Pouta showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pouta 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pekka Pouta!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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