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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ville Paakkari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taiki Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aoki is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cudi the Kid. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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167 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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155 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Decent boxing
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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
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ville Paakkari!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taiki Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paakkari stalks Aoki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Aoki's face. Aoki staggers backwards, shaken.
Paakkari looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Some wild striking there from Paakkari.
A cross from Aoki lands.
Paakkari scores with a kick to the body.
Paakkari walks into a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Aoki.
Paakkari closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Paakkari lands a big head kick that sends Aoki tumbling to the mat! Paakkari takes a step backwards and waves Aoki back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Aoki is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paakkari works the jab nicely.
Aoki is still on wobbly legs! Can Paakkari finish him?
Aoki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Aoki moves into range and clinches up with Paakkari.
Aoki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paakkari scores with a knee to the head.
Aoki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paakkari swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paakkari scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Paakkari misses with an elbow over the top.
Paakkari lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Aoki swings wildly with an uppercut but Paakkari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paakkari landing knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paakkari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paakkari blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aoki tries to pull guard but Paakkari holds him up against the cage and eventually Aoki drops back down to his feet.
Aoki seems to have recovered his senses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
Paakkari gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Aoki.
Paakkari is working Aoki over against the cage.
A short left from Aoki.
Paakkari digs a right hand into Aoki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Aoki's gas tank.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paakkari.
Paakkari just leaning against Aoki, taking a breather.
Aoki throws a punch but it's blocked by Paakkari.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Paakkari creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Paakkari lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Paakkari tries a body shot but Aoki blocks it.
Paakkari stalls.
Aoki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Aoki has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Paakkari.
Aoki is working for takedown but Paakkari is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ville Paakkari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Taiki Aoki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aoki digs a right hand into Paakkari's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Paakkari's gas tank.
Aoki takes an elbow to the temple.
Paakkari lands a knee to the body.
Paakkari lands an elbow just above Aoki 's eye.
Paakkari misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aoki working aggressively here.
Aoki has a couple of punches blocked by Paakkari.
Paakkari tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow.
A short uppercut from Paakkari.
A head punch on the inside from Aoki fails to land.
Paakkari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aoki misses with the head strike.
Aoki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paakkari misses with the head strike.
Aoki prevents a body shot from Paakkari.
Paakkari with a knee to the head.
Paakkari putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Aoki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Aoki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Paakkari backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Paakkari.
Aoki blocking some punches.
Aoki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paakkari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Paakkari stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Paakkari pushes Aoki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Paakkari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paakkari doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Paakkari lands a left hand.
Paakkari lands an uppercut.
Aoki lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aoki.
Paakkari lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Aoki or not.
Paakkari throws a head punch that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Paakkari.
Paakkari swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paakkari pushes Aoki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aoki lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paakkari lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Paakkari.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki tries to pull guard but Paakkari won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Paakkari.
A short uppercut from Paakkari.
Aoki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aoki decides to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aoki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Aoki can't control as he wanted to and Paakkari manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Aoki working over Paakkari with some ground and pound. Paakkari looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aoki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Paakkari wants to control but Aoki is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ville Paakkari dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Paakkari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aoki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Paakkari.
Paakkari swings widly with a right hand
and Aoki counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Paakkari's guard now.
Aoki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Aoki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Aoki wants to control from the top but Paakkari keeps moving.
Paakkari is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Aoki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Paakkari working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Aoki.
Aoki cracks Paakkari with a solid left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paakkari utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Aoki is working Paakkari over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Aoki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Aoki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Aoki advances position into side control!
Aoki working the body and head with strikes.
Aoki throws an elbow but Paakkari slips to the side and avoids it well.
Paakkari isn't going anywhere.
Aoki trying to control the action but Paakkari is working from the bottom.
Aoki is putting a hurting on Paakkari here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki scores with a couple of short elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aoki working the body and head with strikes.
Aoki is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Paakkari is trying to escape and Aoki transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Paakkari is forced to tap! Nice work there by Aoki! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Taiki Aoki!
Taiki Aoki is the new welterweight champion!
Taiki Aoki made sure to mention his sponsor, Zombie Nutrition in his post fight interview.
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