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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Jose Binay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rokki Kukko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kukko has chosen Rokki Sees Fire as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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179 lbs
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mario Jose Binay!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rokki Kukko!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Binay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Binay takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Binay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Binay avoids the head kick by Kukko.
Binay lands with a nice body punch.
Binay tries to clinch but Kukko is having none of it.
Kukko throws the left hand but Binay avoids the punch easily.
Binay has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Binay bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kukko's head backwards.
Binay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kukko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Binay tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kukko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kukko misses with a low kick.
That kick from Kukko tenderised Binay's leg. Binay is trying to keep his angry face on.
Binay throws a lazy uppercut
and Kukko decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Binay's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Kukko throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kukko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukko is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kukko distracts Binay with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kukko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kukko in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kukko wants to control from the top but Binay keeps moving.
Kukko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Binay is keeping the position for now.
Kukko with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kukko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Binay keeping full guard, as Kukko tries to pass.
Kukko trying to control the position from guard on top but Binay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kukko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kukko missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kukko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Binay pulls Kukko in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukko looking to sit in guard and control but Binay gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kukko is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Binay is aware though and is defending well.
Binay wants to control from the top but Kukko keeps moving.
Kukko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kukko had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Binay defends it easily.
Binay is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kukko manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Binay in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
It looks like Mario Jose Binay has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kukko throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rokki Kukko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mario Jose Binay's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Binay is looking to clinch.
Binay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kukko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Binay clinches.
Binay using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kukko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Binay tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kukko avoids it.
Kukko trying to stall but Binay improves his position.
Binay throws an elbow but it misses.
Kukko is trying to pull guard but Binay turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kukko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kukko working aggressively here.
Binay landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Binay can't find room to land a body shot as Kukko controls the action.
Kukko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Binay tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Binay using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kukko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kukko breaks the clinch.
Binay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Binay blocks a low kick nicely.
Binay steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kukko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Binay lands a jab to Kukko's midsection.
Kukko throws a sloppy head kick and Binay moves out of range easily.
Kukko throws a hook but Binay blocks it.
Binay tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kukko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Binay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Binay tries to clinch up
and Kukko counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kukko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kukko looking to pass the guard.
Rokki Kukko has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kukko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Binay works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kukko is working Binay over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kukko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kukko postures up in Binay's guard and throws a big left but Binay blocks it.
Kukko slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Kukko is putting a hurting on Binay here, landing some big shots from side control.
Kukko scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Binay to see if he's OK.
Kukko postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Kukko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kukko in side control, throwing shots but Binay defends.
Kukko lands a decent elbow from side control.
Kukko misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Kukko landing a few strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Binay wants to control but Kukko postures up.
Kukko trying to control the position but Binay is working away.
The strikes coming from Kukko are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Kukko with the ground and pound but Binay regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Binay is refusing to be controlled, as Kukko sits in half guard.
Kukko is working for a kimura but Binay is defending it quite comfortably.
Kukko is pressing down on Binay's thigh, looking to free his foot. Binay is holding on for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kukko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Binay defending well though.
Kukko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kukko missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Binay makes his way to full guard, as Kukko worked for a kimura.
Kukko missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Binay avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rokki Kukko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mario Jose Binay's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Binay walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Binay instigates a clinch.
Binay tries to work over Kukko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kukko taking a breather.
Kukko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Binay cracks Kukko with a nice body shot.
Kukko looking to stall.
Binay struggles to land a body shot inside as Kukko controls his hands.
Binay throws an elbow that misses.
Kukko dodges an elbow strike from Binay.
Binay tries a body shot but Kukko blocks it.
Kukko is trying to stall.
A short uppercut from Binay.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Binay missing with knees to the body.
Kukko blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Binay.
Binay prevents Kukko from breaking the clinch.
Binay lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kukko backwards.
Binay lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kukko backwards.
Kukko managing to block the knees to the body from Binay.
Kukko has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Binay seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kukko can turn it around.
Binay lands with a short shot to the head.
Binay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Binay tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kukko's elbow.
Kukko avoiding damage as Binay throws knees to the body.
Binay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Binay creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kukko's defenses.
Kukko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Binay misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Binay - that landed with a thud.
Binay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kukko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kukko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kukko tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mario Jose Binay has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Binay with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Binay doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from Kukko.
Binay creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kukko's defenses.
Binay trying to land knees to the body.
Binay tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kukko avoids it.
Binay tries a body shot but Kukko blocks it.
Binay has Kukko pressed against the cage, preventing Kukko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Binay trying to land knees to the body.
Kukko looking to slow down the pace here.
Kukko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kukko lands a nice uppercut.
Kukko scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Binay.
Kukko avoids the elbow strike from Binay, against the cage.
Kukko turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Kukko manages to end up in side control.
Binay defending against the ground and pound.
Kukko throwing strikes but Binay manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Binay wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kukko keeps working.
Kukko is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kukko is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Binay off and has taken his back!
Kukko working for the choke.
Kukko punches the canvas rather than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Binay is trapped and Kukko is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Kukko missing with strikes from the back.
Kukko trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Kukko misses with a punch to the head.
Kukko lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Well, with Kukko on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Binay is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kukko keeps control of the position as Binay tries to break free.
Binay prevents Kukko from getting a body triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Rokki Kukko just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Mario Jose Binay's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Binay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kukko misses with a body kick.
Binay tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kukko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Binay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Binay checks a leg kick.
Kukko misses with a low kick as Binay jumps back.
Binay tries to clinch but Kukko moves out of range.
Binay steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kukko.
Binay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kukko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kukko takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Binay throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kukko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Binay wants to clinch up but Kukko keeps it at a distance.
Kukko connects with the punch.
Binay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kukko.
Binay takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Binay is looking to clinch but Kukko is avoiding it.
Binay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kukko tries for a takedown but Binay sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kukko shoots in and bounces Binay off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Kukko trying to control the position from guard on top but Binay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kukko makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kukko postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kukko content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kukko with a nice head shot there.
Kukko throws a strike but Binay rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Binay stopping the sweep attempt from Kukko.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukko had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Binay defends it easily.
Kukko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kukko tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Binay content to stall in guard here.
Binay avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kukko wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rokki Kukko dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Mario Jose Binay's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Kukko swats away the attempt to clinch by Binay.
Kukko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kukko misses with a body kick.
Binay tries to clinch up but Kukko circles away and keeps his distance.
Kukko scores with a jab.
Kukko connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Binay throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kukko bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Binay's head backwards.
Kukko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Binay manages to avoid it.
Kukko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kukko misses the jab.
Kukko wants to slow Binay down by chopping away at his legs.
Kukko is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Binay tries to close the distance and clinch but Kukko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Binay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Binay on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kukko throws a jab but it's blocked by Binay.
Kukko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Binay blocks a low kick nicely.
Binay gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Binay misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Binay is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kukko is defending well for now.
Binay with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Binay lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Kukko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Binay using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Binay trying to land knees to the body.
Binay misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Binay.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Binay tries to throw a body punch but Kukko avoids it by throwing Binay back against the cage.
Kukko pulls guard effortlessly.
Kukko looking to control.
Kukko looking to hit a scissor sweep but Binay is one step ahead there.
Kukko keeping moving, preventing Binay from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukko controls Binay momentarily but Binay frees himself.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kukko throws a body punch but Binay moves out of range.
Binay fails with an attempt to clinch.
Binay tests Kukko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kukko misses with the combination.
Binay closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kukko decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Binay's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Binay is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kukko is looking to work some ground and pound but Binay has wrist control.
Kukko throwing strikes from guard but Binay blocks nicely.
Kukko tries to free his leg and advance position but Binay is retaining full guard.
Kukko lands a couple of digs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Binay pulls Kukko in to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kukko wants to control from the top but Binay keeps moving.
Mario Jose Binay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Rokki Kukko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kukko winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rokki Kukko!
Rokki Kukko is the new welterweight champion!
After the fight, Rokki Kukko was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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