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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Morten Joikhaaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rain Ask (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rain Ask has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Decent wrestler
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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Morten Joikhaaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rain Ask!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ask shoots for a double leg takedown but Joikhaaja sprawls well. He's pushed Ask's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Joikhaaja fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ask has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joikhaaja dives in and scores a takedown into Ask's guard.
Ask working a defensive guard but Joikhaaja passes into half guard.
Ask wants to get back to full guard.
Ask is trying to stand up here but Joikhaaja is controlling him well.
Joikhaaja is trying to control. Ask wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ask is looking to improve his position.
Joikhaaja is nestled in close to Ask, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ask won't allow Joikhaaja to pass to mount.
Ask trying to control but Joikhaaja postures up.
Ask is trying to get back to full guard.
Ask is refusing to be controlled, as Joikhaaja sits in half guard.
Ask wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joikhaaja lands strikes from half guard.
Ask is trying to get back to full guard.
Ask is refusing to be controlled, as Joikhaaja sits in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Joikhaaja connects with a nice short shot to Ask's temple.
Ask is looking to improve his position.
Joikhaaja stalling.
Joikhaaja trying to advance position but Ask counters by regaining guard.
Joikhaaja trying to control but Ask is working from the bottom.
Ask looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ask looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ask can do anything to dispel that myth.
Joikhaaja looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Joikhaaja preventing the sweep.
Joikhaaja throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joikhaaja trying to control the position from guard on top but Ask is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ask is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Joikhaaja is controlling him.
Joikhaaja scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ask looking to control but Joikhaaja passes into half guard.
Joikhaaja wants to take a breather but Ask is having none of it.
Joikhaaja content to control rather than advance.
Ask is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ask is staying active underneath Joikhaaja, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joikhaaja working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Joikhaaja prevents Ask from improving his position.
Ask is trying to stand.
Joikhaaja wants to take a breather but Ask is having none of it.
Joikhaaja is thwarting Ask's attempts to control the position.
Joikhaaja stalling.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Joikhaaja dives in and grabs Ask's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ask pushes down on Joikhaaja's head and hops out.
Ask shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Joikhaaja's guard.
Joikhaaja keeping moving, preventing Ask from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ask accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joikhaaja avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ask wants to control from the top but Joikhaaja keeps moving.
Joikhaaja working a defensive guard here.
Ask trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ask is in close to Joikhaaja's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Joikhaaja looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ask is one step ahead there.
Ask trying to control the position from guard on top but Joikhaaja is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joikhaaja looking to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ask shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ask blocks a low kick nicely.
Ask closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Morten Joikhaaja dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Joikhaaja keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Joikhaaja walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ask checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Joikhaaja closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ask's guard.
Ask looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Joikhaaja with a flurry of punches that miss.
Joikhaaja trying to control the position from guard on top but Ask is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joikhaaja wants to pass the guard but Ask is keeping the position.
Joikhaaja trying to control the position from guard on top but Ask is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Joikhaaja 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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Morten Joikhaaja.
Joikhaaja throws a low kick but Ask moves out of range easily.
Ask fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ask doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Joikhaaja counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Morten Joikhaaja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rain Ask.
Joikhaaja showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Joikhaaja stops Ask from standing up.
Joikhaaja lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ask is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Joikhaaja keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ask's head.
Ask can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Joikhaaja controls the pace.
Ask controls Joikhaaja momentarily but Joikhaaja frees himself.
Ask keeping moving, preventing Joikhaaja from controlling successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joikhaaja controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ask with a lazy takedown attempt
and Joikhaaja counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joikhaaja throws a big right hand that misses.
Ask avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Joikhaaja throws a big elbow that misses.
Ask wants to stand up but Joikhaaja is controlling him.
Joikhaaja trying to control but Ask is working from the bottom.
Joikhaaja trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Joikhaaja wants to control from the top but Ask keeps moving.
Ask wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Morten Joikhaaja overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Joikhaaja content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ask is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Joikhaaja wants to control from the top but Ask keeps moving.
Joikhaaja engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Morten Joikhaaja wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Joikhaaja misses with a low kick as Ask jumps back.
Rain Ask is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joikhaaja connects with a solid leg kick.
Joikhaaja scores with a takedown into Ask's guard.
Ask wants to hit a switch here but Joikhaaja passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ask there!
Ask is wriggling around trying to escape.
Joikhaaja lands a heavy elbow.
Joikhaaja cracks Ask with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ask is squirming around, avoiding Joikhaaja's attempts to control the action.
Joikhaaja sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ask is bucking up trying to escape but Joikhaaja cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ask is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ask is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ask is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joikhaaja scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ask is rocked!
Joikhaaja looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Ask covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Morten Joikhaaja!
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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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