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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noah Tafoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen has chosen Prodigy - Omen as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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180 cm
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210 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
23
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Noah Tafoya! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ossi Jokinen! The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tafoya takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It looks like Noah Tafoya has been cut. Tafoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Tafoya looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen swings for the body but Tafoya moves out of range.
Jokinen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tafoya backs up against the cage.
Tafoya fails to land with a series of punches.
Tafoya connects with the punch. Jokinen scores with the left hand. Tafoya knows he should have avoided that one.
Tafoya is rocked! A big left from Jokinen misses. Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tafoya closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jokinen circles away. Jokinen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tafoya moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Tafoya throws a jab when Jokinen was well out of range. Jokinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jokinen misses with the combination.
Tafoya closes the distance and clinches up with Jokinen, looking for a takedown. Tafoya pushes Jokinen against the cage but Jokinen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Noah Tafoya. That's going to take a lot out of him. Jokinen throws a hook but Tafoya blocks it. Tafoya takes a swing at Jokinen's ribcage but misses. Tafoya shoots in but Jokinen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tafoya looks to land a left hand but Jokinen moved out of range nicely. Ossi Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Jokinen scores with a jab to the jaw. Jokinen drops Tafoya with a huge uppercut! Tafoya drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Jokinen is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ossi Jokinen!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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