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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Oketch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Te Rauparaha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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150 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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168 cm
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143 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vincent Oketch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Te Rauparaha!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oketch with a jab.
Rauparaha ducks under a wild hook from Oketch.
Oketch throws a looping overhand right but Rauparaha ducks down to avoid it.
Rauparaha looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Oketch tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rauparaha sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Oketch somewhat.
It seemed like Rauparaha was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rauparaha steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oketch.
Oketch misses with a few strikes there.
Oketch moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRauparaha.
Oketch throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rauparaha's waist but Rauparaha gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Oketch off to one side.
It seemed like Rauparaha was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vincent Oketch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oketch misses with a body kick.
A little jabbing left from Rauparaha on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rauparaha looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rauparaha throws a head kick that misses.
Rauparaha on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A decent looking cross lands there for Oketch.
Rauparaha blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oketch looks to land a right hand but Rauparaha moved out of range.
Oketch throws a right and a left that Rauparaha avoids nicely.
A shot to the liver by Oketch. Beautiful body shot.
Oketch looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rauparaha! But no joy.
Oketch swings widly with a right hand
and Rauparaha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oketch lunges at Rauparaha with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rauparaha's hand.
Oketch connects with a leg kick. Rauparaha looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Oketch throws a hook but Rauparaha blocks it.
Oketch throws a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Rauparaha on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oketch doesn't manage to clinch there - Rauparaha circles away.
Rauparaha stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Oketch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rauparaha lands a jab to the head.
Oketch misses with a low kick.
Rauparaha looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oketch misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Rauparaha on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rauparaha misses with a body shot.
Oketch clobbers Rauparaha with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
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!
Oketch tries to clinch but Rauparaha moves out of range.
Rauparaha swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Oketch misses with a wild body shot.
Oketch shoots in for a takedown but Rauparaha shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Oketch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rauparaha manages to avoid it.
Rauparaha scores with a jab to the body.
Oketch misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rauparaha counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rauparaha throws a hook to the side of Oketch's head but Oketch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rauparaha checks a leg kick.
Oketch cracks Rauparaha with an open hand slap.
Oketch tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rauparaha is able to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauparaha dodges the punch combination from Oketch.
Oketch closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Rauparaha pushes Oketch off and gets back to his feet.
Rauparaha checks the leg kick.
Te Rauparaha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oketch looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oketch misses with a takedown attempt - Rauparaha sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rauparaha takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oketch connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rauparaha slips under a jab.
Oketch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rauparaha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rauparaha moves out of range as Oketch throws a body kick.
Oketch misses with a body shot.
Oketch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rauparaha moves away.
Rauparaha throws a big counter head kick but Oketch avoids it with no problem.
Rauparaha gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Oketch cracks the inside of Rauparaha's front leg.
Oketch swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rauparaha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rauparaha connects with a single shot there.
Rauparaha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rauparaha circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent Oketch dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Oketch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rauparaha avoids the body shot from Oketch.
Rauparaha throws a fast counter high kick but Oketch manages to duck under it in time.
Rauparaha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oketch.
A little jabbing left from Rauparaha on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rauparaha displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oketch throws out the jab.
A left lands for Oketch.
Oketch tries for a takedown but Rauparaha circles away easily
and Rauparaha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oketch lands a jab to the nose.
Oketch rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rauparaha counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rauparaha avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rauparaha raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Oketch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rauparaha can do to turn this around?
Oketch misses with a wild body shot.
Oketch rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rauparaha counters with a stiff right hand.
Oketch tries to work over Rauparaha's front leg with a kick but Rauparaha checks it.
Rauparaha looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Rauparaha has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oketch throws out a leg kick but Rauparaha moves out of range and Oketch only half commits.
Rauparaha throws out a counter right but Oketch avoids it with no problem.
Oketch throws an off balance right hand
and Rauparaha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oketch connects with an inside leg kick.
Rauparaha moves out of range as Oketch throws a body kick.
Rauparaha shapes to counter with a head kick.
An inside leg kick from Oketch misses.
Rauparaha looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Oketch throws a jab when Rauparaha was well out of range.
Oketch feints and then cracks Rauparaha's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rauparaha down.
Oketch moves into range and connects with a jab.
Oketch comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rauparaha tries a head kick but it misses.
Oketch lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Oketch scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oketch prevents Rauparaha from standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oketch is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rauparaha has managed to free his arm - good work.
Rauparaha wants to get back to his feet.
Oketch is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Rauparaha is just riding it out for now. Oketch eventually gives up the hold.
Oketch seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rauparaha does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Oketch seems content to control.
Oketch prevents Rauparaha from standing back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rauparaha takes one to the chin there.
Oketch connects with a leg kick. Rauparaha looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Oketch misses with an attempted mid kick.
Oketch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rauparaha manages to avoid it.
Rauparaha might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A bone on bone clash there as Rauparaha blocks the leg kick.
Rauparaha swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Oketch misses with an uppercut. Rauparaha saw that one coming.
Oketch tries to clinch up
and Rauparaha connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oketch misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauparaha takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rauparaha looks to score with a jab to the body but Oketch is just out of range.
Oketch swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rauparaha.
Donk. Rauparaha catches Oketch right on the button with a cross.
Oketch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rauparaha.
Rauparaha moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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!
Oketch throws a leg kick but Rauparaha sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Oketch missing with a left hand there. Rauparaha was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oketch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rauparaha shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oketch has managed to clinch.
Oketch stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent Oketch dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Oketch misses with a hook
and Rauparaha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oketch throws a body kick that misses.
Rauparaha circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little jabbing left from Rauparaha on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oketch shoots for a takedown but Rauparaha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Oketch misses with an uppercut
letting Rauparaha counter with a right hand.
Oketch throws a right hand that Rauparaha ducks under and follows up with a left that Rauparaha also avoids with ease.
Rauparaha throws a shot from downtown. Oketch moves away and avoids it.
Oketch looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Rauparaha slips a jab and a cross from Oketch.
Oketch just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rauparaha chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Oketch can pounce on him.
Oketch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rauparaha manages to avoid it.
Rauparaha misses with a looping right.
Oketch throws a leg kick which misses Rauparaha's front leg but catches the back leg as Rauparaha tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauparaha takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Oketch takes a swing at Rauparaha's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rauparaha! But no joy.
A low kick from Oketch misses
and Oketch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oketch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rauparaha.
Rauparaha raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Rauparaha's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Oketch misses with a takedown attempt
and Rauparaha counters with a head kick that drops Oketch to the mat! Oketch scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Oketch is rocked!
Oketch misses with an uppercut. Rauparaha saw that one coming.
Oh Oketch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oketch throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oketch seems to have got his legs back now.
Oketch gets a clinch.
Oketch misses with some punches.
Oketch misses with some punches.
Rauparaha blocks an uppercut.
Oketch misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oketch throws an elbow that misses.
Oketch misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oketch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rauparaha backwards.
Rauparaha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oketch tries for a takedown but Rauparaha sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Rauparaha on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Oketch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oketch misses with a shot to the body
and Rauparaha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oketch attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Oketch doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Oketch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oketch has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Oketch there as he acknowledges the shot.
Oketch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oketch lands a leg kick that knocks Rauparaha off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oketch misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rauparaha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rauparaha walks into a stiff left hand from Oketch.
Rauparaha throws a lazy head kick
and Oketch counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rauparaha won't be happy with that.
Vincent Oketch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rauparaha defending against the ground and pound.
Oketch throws an elbow but Rauparaha slips to the side and avoids it well.
Rauparaha taking punishment in the form of punches.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Oketch has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Rauparaha wants to get back to his feet but Oketch is dominant here and he's now got Rauparaha's back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauparaha is trying to stand back up.
Oketch tries to get the hooks in deep but Rauparaha pushed the leg off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rauparaha trying to get back to his feet but Oketch is in full control for now.
Oketch controlling from the back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vincent Oketch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oketch 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincent Oketch!
A relieved looking Vincent Oketch thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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