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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lolo Delaroca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimo Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pukki comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Trololo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Lolo Delaroca has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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168 cm
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136 lbs
23 - 7 - 1 |
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170 cm
35
146 lbs
36 - 16 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lolo Delaroca! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
36 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raimo Pukki! The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Delaroca dives in and grabs Pukki's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pukki pushes down on Delaroca's head and hops out. Pukki just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Delaroca misses. Delaroca is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pukki. Pukki scores with a hook. Pukki takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pukki ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Delaroca stuns Pukki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Delaroca looks to land a left hand but Pukki moved out of range nicely. Delaroca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pukki.
Delaroca looks to land a right hand but Pukki moved out of range. Pukki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Delaroca moves away. Pukki ducks right into an uppercut from Delaroca. Nice takedown defense from Pukki. No joy for Delaroca on that attempt. Pukki scores with a nice head shot. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Pukki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Delaroca throws out a loose jab but Pukki uses good head movement to avoid it. Delaroca cracks Pukki with an open hand slap.
That's one minute gone in the round. Delaroca tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pukki swivels and escapes. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lolo Delaroca. That's going to take a lot out of him. Delaroca ducks under a wild hook from Pukki. Delaroca misses with a hook. Pukki ducked under it nicely. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pukki lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Delaroca has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Delaroca and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Delaroca looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Pukki moves out of range as Delaroca strikes. Delaroca loads up on a big right hand but Pukki slips the punch. Delaroca throws an overhand right that lands on Pukki's shoulder, as Pukki tries to avoid the shot. Delaroca looks to land a combination but Pukki avoids it well. Delaroca is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Delaroca shoots in and gets a takedown into Pukki's guard. If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup. Delaroca missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Pukki looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Delaroca accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pukki keeping moving, preventing Delaroca from controlling successfully. Pukki wants to stand but Delaroca is controlling the position. Pukki wants to sweep but no luck. Delaroca trying to control the position from guard on top but Pukki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Delaroca stopping the sweep attempt from Pukki. Delaroca throws a big elbow that misses. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Pukki keeping moving, preventing Delaroca from controlling successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Delaroca swings for the body but Pukki moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Pukki misses with a hook. Delaroca ducked under it nicely. Delaroca is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight. Delaroca fails with the takedown. Delaroca has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pukki finds it's way round the side to connect with Delaroca's head. Pukki throws a jab but it's blocked by Delaroca. The fighters circling - Pukki throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Delaroca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pukki.
Pukki lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Lolo Delaroca has been cut. Nice body punch from Delaroca. Delaroca fails with a takedown attempt. A looping hook to the body misses from Pukki. Delaroca does a little dance to reset his feet. Delaroca on the wrong end of a nice jab. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Delaroca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pukki.
Delaroca throws a right hand that misses
and Pukki counters with a nice body shot. Delaroca lands with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Delaroca gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Delaroca moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. Pukki on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Delaroca fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pukki avoids it really well and circles away. Pukki steps in with a hook that catches Delaroca right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Pukki follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Delaroca looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raimo Pukki! Raimo Pukki tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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