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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antero Rokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Rude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rokka's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Twilight Guardians - Out of Our Hands. Rude has chosen Gunslinger as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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208 lbs
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218 lbs
22 - 6 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antero Rokka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dominic Rude!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rokka moves away from the strike by Rude.
Rokka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rude was well out of range. Poor timing from Rokka.
Rokka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rude staying out of range there.
Rude dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rokka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rokka loads up on a big right hand but Rude slips the punch.
Rokka looks for the body kick but Rude saw that one coming.
Rude scores with a body shot.
Rokka has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gangsterdamage in the buildup to the fight.
Rokka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rude circles away quickly and effectively.
Rude uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rokka.
Rude slips under a jab from Rokka.
Rude fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rokka checks it well.
Rude turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rude takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rude lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rokka at a distance.
Rude lands a front kick.
A punch lands to the side of Rokka 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rokka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rude throws a lazy body kick
and Rokka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slow jab from Rude misses its intended target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rokka fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rokka throws a body kick that misses.
Rude throws a jab but it's blocked by Rokka.
Rude takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rokka just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rude takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rude waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rokka.
Rude digs a good hook to Rokka's body.
Rude lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rude closes the distance and clinches up with Rokka, looking for a takedown. Rude pushes Rokka against the cage but Rokka circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rude avoids a kick to the body.
Rude fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rokka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Antero Rokka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rude throws a wild body kick that Rokka sees coming a mile off.
Rokka throws a combination that misses
and Rude counters with a stiff right hand.
Rude connects with a leg kick. Rokka looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rokka stuns Rude with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Rokka lands but Rude takes it in his stride.
Nice shot lands for Rude.
Rude avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rude lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rude has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Rokka looks to throw a body kick
and Rude counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rude just misses with a punch to the body.
Rude swings for the body but Rokka moves out of range.
Rude throws a right hand that Rokka ducks under and follows up with a left that Rokka also avoids with ease.
Rude has a takedown stuffed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rude cracks Rokka with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rude lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sloppy strikes from Rokka. Those never looked like landing.
Rokka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rude waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rokka.
Dominic Rude seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rude 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.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rude got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rokka has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rude has managed to get both his arms back between Rokka's legs - danger averted.
Rude looking to sit in guard and control but Rokka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rude has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rokka can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominic Rude dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
No joy there for Rokka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rokka gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Rude counter with a right hand.
Rokka thows a body shot but no joy.
Rude lands with a nice body punch.
Rokka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rude.
Rude uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rokka.
Rude shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rokka defends it nicely.
Rokka cracks Rude with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rude scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rokka scores with a shot to the body.
Rokka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rude fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rude comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rude slips a jab from Rokka.
Rokka throws a hook but Rude avoids it easily.
Rude lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rude.
Rokka attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rude fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rude motions for Rokka to come forward. Rude throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rokka lands a slapping body shot.
Dominic Rude seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rude throws a nice head kick!
Rokka clobbers Rude with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rokka misses with a low kick.
Rokka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rude throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Rokka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rude wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rokka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rokka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rokka connects with a single shot there.
Rokka scores with a hook to the body. Rude takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rude.
Rude throws a looping overhand right but Rokka ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Rude misses the target.
Rude pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rokka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rokka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rude paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rokka throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rude keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Rokka. Those never looked like landing.
Rokka wants to slow Rude down by chopping away at his legs.
Rokka looks for the body kick but Rude saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rokka throws a leg kick but Rude checks it.
Rude avoids the head kick by Rokka.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rude.
Rokka gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rokka tries to throw a body punch but Rude avoids it by throwing Rokka back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rokka jumps guard and drags Rude to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Rokka looking for a guillotine here but Rude defends easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rokka working for submissions but it's allowed Rude to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Antero Rokka will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rokka moves out of range of the body kick.
Rude misses the shot to the body.
Rude avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rude fails to land with a series of punches.
Rude shoots for a takedown but Rokka saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rude misses with a double jab
and Rokka counters with a body kick that stops Rude in his tracks momentarily.
Rude connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rokka thumps Rude with a low kick.
Rokka looks to score with a jab to the body but Rude is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rude uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rokka.
Rude takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rokka throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rokka scores with a nice right hand.
Rokka goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rokka throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rokka throws a leg kick which misses Rude's front leg but catches the back leg as Rude tries to avoid it.
Rokka fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rokka misses with a few strikes there.
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!
Rude avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rokka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rude drops his hands momentarily and Rokka takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rude fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rokka is out of range.
Rokka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rude. Rude obviously looking to wear him down.
Rude swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rude checks a leg kick nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rokka.
Rude misses with a hook
and Rokka counters with a stiff right hand.
Rokka walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rude checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rude fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rude ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rokka moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokka blocks the body kick.
Rokka ducks under a wild hook from Rude.
Rude sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rude throws a right and a left that Rokka avoids nicely.
Rude uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rokka.
Rude tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rokka sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Rude somewhat.
Antero Rokka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dominic Rude.
Rude takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jab from Rokka.
Rokka scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rude throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rokka on the side of the head.
Rokka checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rokka avoids the body shot from Rude.
Rokka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rokka lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rokka connects with a high kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rude keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Rokka misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rokka feints and then cracks Rude's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rude down.
Rokka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rokka fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rude.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antero Rokka clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rude misses with a wild body shot.
Rokka misses with a series of wild punches.
A big right from Rokka misses.
Rude looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rokka scoring well with a low kick there.
Rokka throws a leg kick but Rude sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rokka lands a nice hook to Rude's body. Rude takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rude throws a wild body kick that Rokka sees coming a mile off.
Rokka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rude. Rude obviously looking to wear him down.
Rude throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rude. Rokka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rude throws a shot from downtown. Rokka moves away and avoids it.
Rude scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick by Rokka misses
and Rude counters with a stiff right hand.
Rude finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rude throws a sloppy head kick and Rokka moves out of range easily.
Rokka scores with a nice right hand.
Rude circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rokka lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rokka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokka throws a leg kick
and Rude counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rude listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rokka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rude. Rude obviously looking to wear him down.
Rokka goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rude comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rokka takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rude circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rude lands with a right hand.
Rokka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rude avoids the body shot from Rokka.
Rude shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rokka manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rude stands up and waves to Rokka to follow him.
Rokka misses with a two punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rokka. Rude does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Rude misses.
Rokka lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rude tries to keep at a distance but Rokka has taken the fight into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Rokka.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokka lands an uppercut.
Rokka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rude.
Rude lands a nice looking body shot.
Rokka misses with a leg kick
and Rude counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rokka displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rude.
Rude lands a nice hook to Rokka's body. Rokka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rokka slaps away a takedown attempt from Rude, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rokka connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Dominic Rude will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Rokka tries to clinch up but Rude circles away and keeps his distance.
Rude ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rude misses with a takedown attempt - Rokka sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A punch combination from Rokka misses.
Rude uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rokka.
Rokka blocks a head kick by Rude.
Rokka moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rokka keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rokka connects with a leg kick. Rude looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rokka tries to clinch there but Rude circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokka cracks Rude with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rude throws a hook but Rokka blocks it.
Rokka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rude.
Rokka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rude has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Decent striking displayed by Rude there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rude. Rokka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rokka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rude dives in and grabs Rokka's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rokka pushes down on Rude's head and hops out.
Rude moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rokka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rude.
Rokka attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rokka scores with the left hand. Rude knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rude looks to land a right hand but Rokka moved out of range.
Rokka finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The fighters circling - Rude throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rude throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rokka.
Rude connects with a single shot there.
Rokka has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rude.
Rude tries for a takedown but Rokka sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Antero Rokka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dominic Rude.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rude throws a hook but Rokka avoids it easily.
Rokka scores with a head kick.
Rokka pushes Rude away with a front kick.
Rude is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Rude shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rokka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rokka connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Rude covering up! Rokka comes in with a big uppercut and Rude goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Antero Rokka!
Antero Rokka retains his light heavyweight title!
Antero Rokka spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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