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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danny Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rokki Kukko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kurupt - I Didn't Change. Kukko has chosen Rokki approaches the cage. Oh man I wouldn't want to fight him! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Rokki Kukko enters the cage!
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175 lbs
30 - 18 - 1 |
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173 lbs
20 - 7 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Danny Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rokki Kukko!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kukko.
Kukko shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kukko gets slowly back to his feet.
Brown throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kukko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kukko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
It looked like Brown wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kukko. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kukko shoots in looking for a takedown. Brown tries to sprawl out of it but Kukko keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Brown manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Brown misses with a head kick.
We've been told by Brown's head coaches at Green Line that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kukko throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kukko scores with a body shot.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kukko.
Jab from Brown.
Kukko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brown connects with a solid leg kick.
Kukko walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kukko's calf.
Kukko moves out of range of the body kick from Brown.
Kukko throws a low kick but Brown avoids it.
Kukko takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kukko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brown. That did some damage!
A bone on bone clash there as Kukko blocks the leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kukko! But no joy.
Kukko shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Brown is trying to keep Kukko in close.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kukko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brown is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kukko is aware though and is defending well.
Kukko looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kukko lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brown controls Kukko momentarily but Kukko frees himself.
Brown seems keen to control Kukko's posture.
Kukko tries to free his leg and advance position but Brown is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kukko's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Brown bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kukko's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown tries to free his leg and advance position but Kukko is retaining full guard.
Kukko manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Brown manages to get himself to full guard.
Brown looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kukko is one step ahead there.
Kukko keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brown's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukko won't allow Brown to sweep him here.
Brown controlling Kukko's posture.
Kukko wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Brown wants to sweep but no luck.
Kukko is pushing down on Brown's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brown is fighting to maintain full guard but Kukko has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kukko is looking for a kimura but Brown is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kukko to get the leverage.
Ground and pound from Kukko.
Brown trying to hold on to Kukko's head to control him but Kukko postures up.
Kukko winds up and cracks Brown with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kukko lands a nice short elbow.
Kukko wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brown keeps working.
Brown tries to get to full guard but Kukko has control of the leg.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kukko connects with a nice short shot to Brown's temple.
Brown wants to get back to full guard.
Brown wants to get back to his feet.
Kukko seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Kukko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brown defending well though.
Brown tries to roll over but Kukko keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rokki Kukko dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kukko blocks the body kick.
Kukko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A leg kick checked by Kukko.
Brown is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kukko throws a hook but Brown avoids it easily.
Brown cracks Kukko with a good jab.
Brown is looking to slow Kukko down with leg kicks.
Kukko fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brown chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kukko can pounce on him.
Brown moves out of range as Kukko strikes.
Brown jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Kukko throws a shot from downtown. Brown moves away and avoids it.
Brown shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kukko throws a hook to the side of Brown's head but Brown sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kukko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brown finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Brown is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Brown avoids a kick to the body.
Brown throws a chopping leg kick but Kukko manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And Kukko tries to counter it with a takedown but Brown pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Kukko is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukko takes one to the chin there.
Kukko moves out of range as Brown throws a body kick.
Nice cross by Brown.
Kukko tries to work over Brown's front leg with a kick but Brown checks it.
Kukko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kukko takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kukko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Kukko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brown swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kukko defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Kukko was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Brown tries to clinch up.
Brown tests Kukko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brown chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A good leg kick by Kukko.
An inside leg kick lands from Kukko.
Kukko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A low kick from Kukko is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown misses with a two punch combination.
Kukko unleashes a big counter combination but Brown bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Brown misses with a hook. Kukko ducked under it nicely.
Danny Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kukko.
A counter left hand to the body from Brown misses its target.
Brown misses with the combination.
Kukko looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brown is fending him off so far but Kukko persists. Nope, Brown circles away and we're back to standing.
Brown throws a low kick but Kukko moves out of range easily.
Brown wants to clinch.
Kukko is looking for the big counter here.
Danny Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good work by Kukko as he checks the leg kick.
It seemed like Kukko was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kukko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Brown!
Brown checks a leg kick.
Brown scores with a hook.
Kukko connects with a solid leg kick.
Brown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kukko manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kukko cracks Brown with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kukko scores with a nice right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brown, as that shot connected.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown lands a nice looking body kick.
Brown throws a lazy right hand but Kukko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kukko motions for Brown to come forward. Kukko throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kukko just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Brown on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
No luck for Kukko with that takedown attempt.
Brown misses with a looping right.
Kukko lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kukko connects with a single shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A big right from Brown misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kukko jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kukko.
Kukko ducks right into an uppercut from Brown.
Decent striking displayed by Kukko there.
Some bone on bone action there as Kukko checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brown looks to throw the jab but Kukko is out of range.
Brown's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kukko under the eye.
Kukko fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brown.
Kukko looks to land a body kick but Brown moved away.
Nice shot lands for Kukko.
Brown throws a leg kick but Kukko moved away.
Brown backing away here, and Kukko unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Brown fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kukko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kukko connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kukko ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Kukko swinging wildly here.
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 Danny Brown 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. This is the final round!
Jab from Kukko.
Brown throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kukko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Brown.
Kukko shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kukko throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Brown was covering up waiting for the punch and Kukko finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Brown manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Kukko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kukko manages to avoid it.
Kukko appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kukko defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Kukko follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Brown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kukko.
Kukko fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Brown on the side of the head.
Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kukko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukko throws a leg kick that misses.
Kukko looks to land a body kick but Brown moved away.
Brown throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kukko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brown moves out of range as Kukko strikes.
Kukko scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kukko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big left from Brown misses.
Kukko checks a low kick from Brown.
Brown on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fighters circling - Brown throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brown misses with a looping right.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brown.
Kukko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice body kick there by Brown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a head kick.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Kukko.
Brown slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kukko slips under a jab from Brown.
Kukko lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brown at a distance.
Kukko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Brown misses with a hook.
Crunch! Brown slams his shin into Kukko's torso.
Brown thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kukko.
Brown throws out a loose jab but Kukko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown connects with the punch.
Kukko keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brown has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kukko.
Kukko throws a front kick aimed at Brown's knee but Brown avoids it well.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kukko slips under a jab.
A leg kick checked by Brown.
Brown scores with a jab to the body.
Kukko lands a really nice looking cross but Brown seems unphased.
Kukko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brown.
Kukko throws the kick towards the body but Brown avoids it.
Kukko lands a nice looking body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Kukko as he connects with a hook.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Kukko's shoulder, as Kukko tries to avoid the shot.
Kukko with the counter takedown but Brown avoids it easily.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kukko.
Nice uppercut there from Kukko.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kukko or perhaps it was just good defense by Brown, which made it look bad.
Kukko dives in for a single leg takedown but Brown sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Brown jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kukko throws a big shot that misses.
Kukko takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brown throws a series of punches but Kukko moves out of range.
Brown lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brown keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brown swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kukko throws a series of punches but Brown avoids them all with ease.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brown, as that shot connected.
Brown smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Brown.
Brown keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kukko.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kukko.
Kukko connects with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown walks into a left hand.
Brown throws a lazy right hand but Kukko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Danny Brown.
I think Brown has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Danny Brown!
During a confident post fight interview, Danny Brown thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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