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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between PePe Hapitchou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eliitti Paavo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hapitchou might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Blackalicious - Sky is falling. PePe Hapitchou has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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142 lbs
13 - 3 - 0 |
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137 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, PePe Hapitchou!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eliitti Paavo!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Paavo.
Hapitchou takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hapitchou lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Paavo rushes Hapitchou and presses him up against the cage.
Paavo scores with a nice hook to the head.
I was talking to Hapitchou's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paavo.
Paavo stalling the fight.
Paavo throws a punch but it's blocked by Hapitchou.
Hapitchou throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hapitchou cracks Paavo with a nice body shot.
Paavo blocking some punches.
Hapitchou throws a head punch that misses.
Paavo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hapitchou throws a head punch that misses.
Paavo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paavo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paavo slows down the pace here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hapitchou.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paavo blocks an uppercut.
Hapitchou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paavo throws an elbow that misses.
Hapitchou has a couple of punches blocked by Paavo.
Paavo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hapitchou manages to break the clinch.
Hapitchou slips under a jab.
Hapitchou half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Paavo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hapitchou has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Paavo clinches.
Paavo stalls.
A head punch on the inside from Paavo fails to land.
Hapitchou makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Paavo.
Paavo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hapitchou backwards.
Paavo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou dodges an elbow strike from Paavo.
Hapitchou throws a head punch that misses.
Hapitchou blocking some punches.
Hapitchou throws a punch but it's blocked by Paavo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hapitchou swings wildly with an uppercut but Paavo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hapitchou gets through Paavo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hapitchou as Paavo tries to tie him up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Paavo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hapitchou's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hapitchou.
Paavo blocks an uppercut.
Hapitchou blocks the elbow strike.
Paavo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hapitchou working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hapitchou tries to pull guard but Paavo holds him up against the cage and eventually Hapitchou drops back down to his feet.
Hapitchou gets through Paavo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hapitchou blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paavo.
Paavo can't find room to land a body shot as Hapitchou controls the action.
Hapitchou tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hapitchou doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Paavo scores with a shoulder strike.
Paavo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hapitchou avoids a wild elbow strike from Paavo.
Paavo misses with a punch on the inside.
Hapitchou jumps guard but Paavo stands there with Hapitchou around his waist. Hapitchou gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Paavo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hapitchou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paavo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Paavo misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hapitchou fails to land.
Hapitchou has a couple of punches blocked by Paavo.
Hapitchou softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hapitchou fails to land.
Hapitchou pulls guard effortlessly.
Hapitchou being controlled here, momentarily.
Paavo passes Hapitchou's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paavo is thwarting Hapitchou's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that PePe Hapitchou will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hapitchou connects with a body shot that sends Paavo's belly button to the back.
Hapitchou cracks Paavo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A telegraphed right hand from Paavo misses the target.
Hapitchou bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Hapitchou.
Hapitchou scoring well with a low kick there.
Paavo drives through and clinches with Hapitchou against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hapitchou.
Hapitchou throws a punch but it's blocked by Paavo.
A right handed body shot lands from Hapitchou.
Hapitchou tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Paavo just stands there and leans against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paavo keeps control of Hapitchou as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Paavo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paavo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hapitchou misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paavo lands an uppercut.
Paavo leaning against his opponent.
Paavo tries to throw a body punch but Hapitchou avoids it by throwing Paavo back against the cage.
Paavo throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hapitchou.
Hapitchou manages to pull guard.
Hapitchou is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Paavo is aware though and is defending well.
Paavo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Paavo got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hapitchou has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Paavo has managed to get both his arms back between Hapitchou's legs - danger averted.
Paavo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Paavo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou pulls Paavo in to control the position.
Paavo content to stall in guard here.
Let's hope that Paavo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hapitchou throws out a loose jab but Paavo uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paavo throws a leg kick that misses.
Hapitchou throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Paavo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hapitchou throws out the jab.
PePe Hapitchou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Hapitchou there.
Paavo misses with a straight right.
Hapitchou is looking to counter with a body kick.
Paavo connects with a nice looking jab.
Paavo tries to clinch but Hapitchou moves out of range.
Paavo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hapitchou scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hapitchou moves out of range of the leg kick from Paavo.
Hapitchou swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hapitchou just misses with a punch to the body.
Paavo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hapitchou looks to throw the jab but Paavo is out of range.
Paavo throws a good cross that connects.
A big right from Paavo misses.
Hapitchou slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paavo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paavo tries to clinch up
and Hapitchou counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paavo rushes Hapitchou and presses him up against the cage.
Hapitchou blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Paavo.
Hapitchou tries a body shot but Paavo blocks it.
Paavo lands a nice elbow.
It looks like PePe Hapitchou has been cut.
Hapitchou lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Hapitchou.
Paavo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hapitchou blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hapitchou lands with a right to the head.
Paavo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hapitchou decides to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
PePe Hapitchou dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on PePe Hapitchou's cut.
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.
Paavo punishes Hapitchou's body with a nice straight punch.
Paavo takes one to the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hapitchou, right into the meat.
Hapitchou scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Paavo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A lazy left from Paavo finds it's target.
Paavo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hapitchou is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hapitchou changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hapitchou throws a leg kick
letting Paavo counter with a right hand.
A good leg kick by Paavo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hapitchou moves into the clinch.
Paavo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Paavo fails to land.
Paavo is trying to maintain a safe position but Hapitchou gets an underhook and turns Paavo into the cage.
Paavo stalling against the cage.
Hapitchou pushes Paavo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paavo looking to stall.
Paavo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Paavo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hapitchou misses with a body punch.
Hapitchou misses with a body punch.
Hapitchou has a couple of punches blocked by Paavo.
Paavo lands with a right to the head.
PePe Hapitchou has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hapitchou misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hapitchou.
Paavo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Paavo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hapitchou.
Hapitchou throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paavos head.
Paavo has a couple of punches blocked by Hapitchou.
Paavo misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Paavo.
Paavo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hapitchou softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hapitchou misses with a punch to the body.
Hapitchou working aggressively here.
Paavo lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hapitchou working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Hapitchou.
Hapitchou throws an elbow but it misses.
Paavo avoiding damage as Hapitchou throws knees to the body.
Paavo swings wildly with an uppercut but Hapitchou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paavo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hapitchou's elbow.
Hapitchou misses with some punches.
Hapitchou working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hapitchou misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paavo struggles to land a body shot inside as Hapitchou controls his hands.
Hapitchou takes a shot to the head.
Hapitchou swings wildly with an uppercut but Paavo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hapitchou blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Hapitchou fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hapitchou creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Paavo lands a damaging elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Paavo.
Hapitchou tries to work over Paavo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hapitchou blocks the elbow strike.
Hapitchou softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Come on Paavo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hapitchou pushes Paavo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Paavo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hapitchou has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Hapitchou.
Hapitchou blocks a body shot from Paavo.
Hapitchou misses with some punches.
Paavo lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hapitchou.
Hapitchou swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hapitchou avoids a wild elbow strike from Paavo.
Paavo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hapitchou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paavo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paavo lands a hook that snaps the head of Hapitchou backwards.
Hapitchou prevents a body shot from Paavo.
Paavo throws an elbow but it misses.
Hapitchou prevents a body shot from Paavo.
Paavo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hapitchou backwards.
A shot in the inside from Hapitchou.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but PePe Hapitchou did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on PePe Hapitchou's cut.
That's time! Hapitchou's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hapitchou thuds his right hand into Paavo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hapitchou uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paavo.
Decent striking displayed by Hapitchou there.
Paavo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hapitchou counters with a nice body shot.
PePe Hapitchou is winning the standup battle so far.
Paavo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hapitchou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paavo throws a head kick that misses
and Hapitchou counters with a nice leg kick.
Paavo tries to clinch but Hapitchou moves out of range.
Paavo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hapitchou.
Paavo avoids the head kick by Hapitchou.
Nice jab there from Paavo.
Paavo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hapitchou throws an off balance right hand
and Paavo counters with a low kick, right behind Hapitchou 's knee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hapitchou has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Paavo.
Paavo walks into a left hand.
Hapitchou is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Paavo slips a straight right by Hapitchou.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hapitchou throws an overhand right that lands on Paavo's shoulder, as Paavo tries to avoid the shot.
Hapitchou throws a low kick but Paavo avoids it.
A jab from Hapitchou finds it's way through Paavo's defenses.
Hapitchou lands a nice looking body shot.
Hapitchou punishes Paavo's body with a nice straight punch.
Paavo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hapitchou thuds his right hand into Paavo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Paavo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hapitchou, pushing him back against the cage.
Paavo managing to block the knees to the body from Hapitchou.
Paavo slows down the pace here.
Hapitchou lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hapitchou blocks the elbow strike.
Paavo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hapitchou avoiding damage as Paavo throws knees to the body.
Hapitchou can't find room to land a body shot as Paavo controls the action.
Paavo scores with a shot to the side of Hapitchou's head.
Paavo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paavo tries to throw a body punch but Hapitchou avoids it by throwing Paavo back against the cage.
Paavo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paavo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hapitchou seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Paavo can turn it around.
Hapitchou throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paavos head.
Hapitchou misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paavo.
Paavo misses with some punches.
Paavo controlling the action here for a moment.
Hapitchou lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Hapitchou fails to land.
Paavo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hapitchou backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paavo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hapitchou is trying to pull guard but Paavo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Hapitchou's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Paavo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hapitchou.
Paavo throws a head punch that misses.
Paavo throws a punch but it's blocked by Hapitchou.
Hapitchou takes a shot to the head.
Hapitchou being controlled against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Paavo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Paavo.
Hapitchou lands with a left to the head.
Paavo prevents a body shot from Hapitchou.
Hapitchou misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Paavo.
Paavo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Paavo tries a body shot but Hapitchou blocks it.
Paavo misses with a punch on the inside.
Hapitchou lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paavo lands a nice shot to the body.
Hapitchou tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paavo misses with a knee strike.
Paavo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paavo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hapitchou scores with a shot to the side of Paavo's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that PePe Hapitchou will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on PePe Hapitchou's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hapitchou lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Paavo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Paavo swings for the body but Hapitchou moves out of range.
Paavo moves away from the strike by Hapitchou.
Paavo slips under a jab.
Paavo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hapitchou can pounce on him.
Paavo tries to clinch but Hapitchou moves out of range.
Paavo tries to clinch there but Hapitchou circles away.
Paavo lands a nice shot that snaps Hapitchou's head back.
Hapitchou clinches up with Paavo and pushes him back against the cage.
Paavo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hapitchou tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paavo's elbow.
Hapitchou is trying to pull guard but Paavo has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hapitchou throws an elbow but misses.
Paavo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Paavo has Hapitchou pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Paavo.
Paavo slows down the pace here.
Paavo slows down the pace here.
Paavo continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Paavo misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Paavo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Paavo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Hapitchou.
Paavo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hapitchou up against the cage.
Paavo lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paavo leaning against his opponent.
Hapitchou lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Hapitchou - that landed with a thud.
Paavo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hapitchou lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Paavo.
Hapitchou is trying to break the clinch but Paavo has him pressed against the cage.
Paavo has Hapitchou pressed against the cage.
Hapitchou tries to pull guard but Paavo won't allow it.
Paavo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hapitchou swings wildly with an uppercut but Paavo uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hapitchou creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paavo throws a punch but it's blocked by Hapitchou.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paavo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hapitchou scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Paavo avoiding damage.
Paavo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paavo cracks Hapitchou with a nice body shot.
Paavo misses with a punch to the body.
Hapitchou lands with a light punch inside.
Paavo looking to stall.
Eliitti Paavo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hapitchou scores with a nice hook to the head.
Paavo working aggressively here.
Paavo tries to land knees in the clinch but Hapitchou avoids the damage to the body.
Paavo blocks a body shot from Hapitchou.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paavo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paavo blocks an uppercut.
Paavo lands a nice uppercut.
Paavo misses with an elbow over the top.
Hapitchou lands a left hand.
Hapitchou misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paavo just leaning against Hapitchou, taking a breather.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Come on Paavo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hapitchou has a couple of punches blocked by Paavo.
PePe Hapitchou is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paavo lands with a right to the head.
Hapitchou's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hapitchou takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Paavo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hapitchou blocks an elbow strike from Paavo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hapitchou.
Hapitchou lands a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eliitti Paavo.
Well Hapitchou 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 50:46
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 49:47
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 50:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... PePe Hapitchou!
PePe Hapitchou retains his bantamweight title!
A victorious PePe Hapitchou thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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