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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antti Sokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ardian Shiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sokka comes to the cage accompanied by Black Sun Aeon - Core of Winter. Shiba has chosen Theme tune Mohammed rapes children as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 lbs
21 - 13 - 0 |
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186 cm
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198 lbs
7 - 7 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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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
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antti Sokka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Ardian Shiba!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Sokka.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sokka taking a breather here.
Sokka wants to control but Shiba is keeping him busy.
Sokka working away.
Shiba is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sokka is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Shiba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shiba being controlled for a moment.
Shiba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sokka 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sokka tries to move into full mount but can't pass Shiba's legs.
Shiba on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Shiba takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shiba tries to buck Sokka off but Sokka is having none of it.
Sokka lands some shots froms side control.
Sokka is putting a hurting on Shiba here, landing some big shots from side control.
Shiba is looking for a sweep.
Sokka slows the pace down.
Shiba prevents Sokka from improving position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shiba tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sokka wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sokka in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sokka throws a strike aimed at the side of Shiba's head but Shiba avoids it well.
Shiba takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shiba is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sokka connects with a decent elbow.
Shiba is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sokka cracks Shiba with a big right hand but Shiba just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sokka trying to control the action but Shiba is working from the bottom.
Shiba is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shiba is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Sokka is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Sokka landing strikes, looking to finish!
Shiba is looking to improve his position but Sokka isn't that keen on the idea.
Sokka cracks Shiba with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sokka punishing his opponent with strikes.
Shiba is trying to escape the mount.
Sokka pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sokka lands a big shot there that rocks Shiba but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sokka landing strikes from the mount and Shiba is in trouble!
Sokka lands with some strikes.
Sokka sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sokka tries to control but Shiba wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shiba tries to hold on but Sokka postures up.
Sokka tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sokka trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shiba keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sokka looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sokka sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sokka lands a heavy elbow.
Shiba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Sokka dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sokka looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sokka throws a head kick but Shiba moves out of range.
Sokka misses with a combination
and Shiba counters with a nice uppercut.
Sokka drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sokka content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Shiba struggling a bit here.
Sokka remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shiba is looking to reverse the position.
Shiba sneaks back into half guard.
Sokka is trying to control. Shiba wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Shiba looking for submissions off his back.
Sokka thows a huge punch but Shiba dodges it nicely.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Sokka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Shiba tries to get to full guard but Sokka has control of the leg.
Antti Sokka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sokka not doing much here.
Shiba on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sokka prevents Shiba from improving his position.
Sokka controlling the action here.
Sokka lands with a punch from half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shiba is not content to let Sokka control the position.
Shiba punching from the bottom.
Shiba is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Sokka jumps into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sokka working the head and body with strikes.
The referee asks Sokka politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Sokka prefers to stall for the moment though.
Shiba tries to improve position but can't.
Sokka 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.
Sokka trying to control the action but Shiba is working from the bottom.
Shiba tries to bench press Sokka off him but Sokka keeps the position.
Sokka is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Shiba will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Shiba is not content to let Sokka control the position.
Shiba is trying to get back to half guard.
Sokka controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Antti Sokka.
Sokka throws an off balance right hand
and Sokka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sokka takes a swing at Shiba's ribcage but misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shiba.
Sokka dives in and scores a takedown into Shiba's guard.
Shiba is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shiba wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Sokka is now in half guard.
Sokka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sokka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Shiba tries to get to full guard but Sokka has control of the leg.
Sokka sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shiba defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Sokka dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Sokka decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sokka is trying to control the action in half guard but Shiba is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sokka drops an elbow to the side of Shiba's head.
Shiba wants to control but Sokka is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sokka prevents Shiba from improving his position.
Sokka trying to control the action but Shiba is working from the bottom.
Sokka is taking a breather. Shiba says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Sokka is trying to control the action in half guard but Shiba is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sokka trying to control the pace.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
We're going to have a standup here because Antti Sokka wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Sokka thuds a left hand into Shiba's body.
Antti Sokka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shiba moves out of range as Sokka throws a body kick.
Sokka misses with a wild body shot.
Sokka feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sokka stopping the sweep attempt from Shiba.
Shiba takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sokka trying to control the position from guard on top but Shiba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sokka is really struggling to control Shiba but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Sokka scoring with punches to the head and body.
Shiba working for a triangle but Sokka defends it easily.
Shiba can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sokka controls the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sokka stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shiba swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shiba can't keep his opponent in guard - Sokka advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Shiba wants to improve his position but Sokka is controlling well.
Shiba keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sokka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sokka performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sokka's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Shiba trying to control from the bottom.
Sokka passes to full mount!
Shiba is bucking up trying to escape but Sokka cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sokka landing punches.
Sokka prevents Shiba from getting the reversal.
Sokka is landing with some decent strikes but Shiba is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sokka controlling from mount.
Sokka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shiba hang on?
Sokka looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sokka working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shiba is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Shiba is still trying to improve position.
Sokka controlling the position easily from mount.
Sokka tries to control but Shiba wriggling away.
Shiba slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Shiba manages to get to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sokka landing some decent shots from guard.
Ardian Shiba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Antti Sokka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sokka controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antti Sokka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sokka 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antti Sokka!
A relieved looking Antti Sokka thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Ardian Shiba was interviewed post fight and said 'It's at times like this, one must reach deeply into his soul,challenge his heart, feel new courage, endure the fuck pain and say 'FUCK ISLAM AND MOHAMMED WAS A PEDOPHILE''.
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energy
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hype
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