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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uno Louner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orpo Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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183 lbs
22 - 12 - 0 |
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180 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
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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
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Uno Louner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Orpo Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Jokinen.
Jokinen wants to slow Louner down by chopping away at his legs.
Jokinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Jokinen throws a lazy right hand but Louner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Louner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Louner closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Louner lands in his opponent's guard.
Jokinen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Louner being controlled here momentarily.
Louner working some strikes from top position.
Louner connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jokinen looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jokinen looking for a guillotine here but Louner defends easily.
Jokinen is trying to control the position but Louner postures up.
Jokinen is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Louner postures up and lands a big shot to Jokinen's brow.
Jokinen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Louner can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jokinen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Louner defends it easily.
Louner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jokinen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Louner defends it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louner advances to half guard.
Jokinen has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Louner scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Louner is keen to just control but Jokinen is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen trying to control from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Louner.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Louner lands a nice short elbow.
Louner looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Louner works his way into full mount!
Louner looking to finish with strikes here!
Louner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Louner lands with some strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jokinen defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Louner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is working to get back to half guard.
Louner dominating with strikes here.
Louner landing strikes from the mount and Jokinen is in trouble!
Jokinen is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louner lands a heavy elbow.
Louner is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Louner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jokinen hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Uno Louner dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A jab from Jokinen misses.
Louner misses the jab.
Louner ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Louner misses with a wild body shot.
Louner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Louner.
Louner throws a right hand that misses
and Jokinen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jokinen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jokinen trying to control but Louner is working from the bottom.
Louner can't keep his opponent in guard - Jokinen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen wants to work for an arm triangle but Louner is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jokinen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are battling for position here. Louner manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Louner trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jokinen wants to pass the guard but Louner is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louner is trying to control the position but Jokinen postures up.
We're going to have a standup here because Uno Louner wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Jokinen misses with a head kick.
Nice jab there from Louner.
Uno Louner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen tries to land a leg kick but Louner saw it coming and moves away.
Louner misses with a two punch combination.
Jokinen takes a swing at Louner's ribcage but misses.
Jokinen slips a jab from Louner.
Louner takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jokinen shoots for a takedown but Louner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jokinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louner misses with a hook
and Jokinen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Louner won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen tries to move to mount but Louner blocks the move with his legs.
Jokinen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Louner knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Louner tries to escape but Jokinen is in control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Orpo Jokinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Louner.
Jokinen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Louner throws a right and a left that Jokinen avoids nicely.
Jokinen feints and then cracks Louner's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Louner down.
Louner lands with a kick to the temple. Jokinen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jokinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Louner throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Louner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Louner throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Louner misses with a straight right.
Louner scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Louner in side control lands a decent elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen is not content to let Louner control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louner in side control lands a decent elbow.
Jokinen parries the strikes from Louner easily there. Louner is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jokinen to escape.
Jokinen sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jokinen moves into full guard.
Louner looking to sit in guard and control but Jokinen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jokinen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen wants to control from the top but Louner keeps moving.
Jokinen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen wants to control from the top but Louner keeps moving.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Uno Louner.
Louner on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jokinen. Jokinen obviously looking to wear him down.
Louner lands a jab to Jokinen's midsection.
Louner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jokinen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Jokinen wants to pass the guard but Louner is defending well.
Jokinen is looking to take a break and control but Louner is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Orpo Jokinen was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Louner looks to land a right hand but Jokinen moved out of range.
A big left from Louner misses.
Jokinen slips under a jab from Louner.
Louner throws a series of punches but Jokinen avoids them all with ease.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Louner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Louner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Louner scores with a jab. Jokinen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Uno Louner.
Well Louner has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Uno Louner!
Uno Louner managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Perkele!, into his post fight interview.
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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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