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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Tsoi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ode Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tsoi comes to the cage accompanied by Zvezda po Imeni Solnce. On his way into the cage it seems that Viktor Tsoi has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Viktor Tsoi seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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138 lbs
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144 lbs
28 - 16 - 4 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Viktor Tsoi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 4, fighting out of London, Ode Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsoi throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Tsoi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jokinen.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tsoi manages to avoid it.
Jokinen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tsoi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tsoi feints and then cracks Jokinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jokinen down.
Jokinen misses with a looping right.
Tsoi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jokinen.
As Jokinen backs away, Tsoi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Tsoi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tsoi blocks a jab.
Tsoi with a hook.
Jokinen slips a straight right by Tsoi.
Jokinen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tsoi is looking to slow Jokinen down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tsoi connects with an inside leg kick.
Jokinen dives in for a single leg takedown but Tsoi sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Jokinen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tsoi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jokinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsoi feints and then cracks Jokinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jokinen down.
Tsoi cracks Jokinen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tsoi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tsoi throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen only half commits to the counter leg kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Jokinen 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.
Tsoi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jokinen's head.
Jokinen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tsoi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tsoi misses with a straight right.
Jokinen works the jab nicely.
Tsoi checks a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokinen. That's going to slow Tsoi down.
Tsoi throws a leg kick that misses.
Tsoi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jokinen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsoi. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tsoi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen shoots in but no luck this time.
Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tsoi.
No joy there for Tsoi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jokinen only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Viktor Tsoi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen moves away from the strike by Tsoi.
Jokinen slips a straight right by Tsoi.
Jokinen throws a fast counter high kick but Tsoi manages to duck under it in time.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jokinen.
Tsoi moves in looking to clinch but Jokinen pushes him off.
Tsoi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Viktor Tsoi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ode Jokinen.
Tsoi scores with the left hand. Jokinen knows he should have avoided that one.
Tsoi punishes Jokinen's body with a nice straight punch.
Jokinen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tsoi on the side of the head.
Tsoi connects with a single shot there.
Jokinen avoids the body shot from Tsoi.
Tsoi backing away here, and Jokinen unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Tsoi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jokinen walks into a straight right hand from Tsoi.
Tsoi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jokinen.
Jokinen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice uppercut lands for Tsoi. That snapped Jokinen's head back.
Jokinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tsoi. Jokinen shrugs it off though.
Tsoi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tsoi drives through with a takedown into Jokinen's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Tsoi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jokinen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tsoi controlling from the top position.
Tsoi has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Jokinen working a defensive guard here.
Jokinen looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Tsoi passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi works his foot free and advances to mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen can't escape the position.
Tsoi wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Tsoi cracks Jokinen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jokinen holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tsoi tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viktor Tsoi dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jokinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jokinen is looking to slow Tsoi down with leg kicks.
Tsoi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tsoi throws a leg kick
and Jokinen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Tsoi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tsoi. That's going to slow Jokinen down.
Jokinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jokinen moves out of range as Tsoi strikes.
Jokinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tsoi.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Tsoi moves out of range.
Jokinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tsoi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsoi throws a hook but Jokinen blocks it.
Tsoi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jokinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tsoi misses with an uppercut. Jokinen saw that one coming.
Viktor Tsoi is winning the standup battle so far.
Jokinen throws a right hand that Tsoi ducks under and follows up with a left that Tsoi also avoids with ease.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jokinen throws a lazy right hand but Tsoi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsoi.
Jokinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tsoi.
Jokinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jokinen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
An attempted straight right counter from Tsoi misses the target.
Jokinen moves forwards but Tsoi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jokinen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jokinen fails to land the takedown.
Tsoi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tsoi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jokinen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tsoi.
Tsoi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tsoi defends well and Jokinen ends up having to push Tsoi into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tsoi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jokinen can do to turn this around?
Jokinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jokinen.
Tsoi digs a good body shot into Jokinen's ribs.
Jokinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tsoi misses with a straight right.
Tsoi misses with a wild body shot.
Tsoi lands a slapping body shot.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tsoi.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jokinen.
Jokinen thumps Tsoi with a low kick.
Tsoi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tsoi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jokinen checks a leg kick nicely.
Jokinen walks into a jab.
Tsoi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tsoi misses with a leg kick.
Tsoi throws a hook but Jokinen blocks it.
Jokinen was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Jokinen tries to land a body kick
and Tsoi counters with a nice body shot.
Jokinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi blocks a leg kick.
Tsoi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tsoi misses with a looping right.
Tsoi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tsoi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tsoi ducks right into an uppercut from Jokinen.
Tsoi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jokinen.
Tsoi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jokinen counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsoi manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jokinen's best efforts.
Jokinen is thwarting Tsoi's attempts to control the position.
Jokinen thows a huge punch but Tsoi dodges it nicely.
Tsoi tries to get to full guard but Jokinen has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen works his way into side control.
Jokinen just content to control the position.
Jokinen lands some shots froms side control.
Jokinen working the ground and pound.
Jokinen scoring with punches and elbows.
Tsoi is trying to improve his position.
Jokinen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tsoi down.
Tsoi avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jokinen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ode Jokinen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jokinen misses with a body punch
and Tsoi counters with a good low kick that Jokinen was not able to check.
Jokinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
Jokinen throws a solid leg kick but Tsoi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jokinen.
Jokinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tsoi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tsoi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jokinen on the side of the head.
Jokinen shoots in but Tsoi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jokinen shoots in looking for a takedown. Tsoi tries to sprawl out of it but Jokinen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tsoi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jokinen fails with the takedown
and Jokinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Viktor Tsoi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ode Jokinen.
Tsoi misses with a hook.
Tsoi fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsoi throws a hook but Jokinen avoids it easily.
A lazy left from Tsoi finds it's target.
Jokinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Jokinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsoi.
Jokinen checks a low kick from Tsoi.
Jokinen scores with a jab. Tsoi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jokinen gets the takedown into side control.
Tsoi tries to improve position but can't.
Jokinen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tsoi keeps working.
Jokinen in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Tsoi is trying to control Jokinen's posture but Jokinen avoids it.
Tsoi is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jokinen off and has taken his back!
Ode Jokinen has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsoi trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Jokinen tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Jokinen can't escape the position.
Jokinen avoids a series of strikes thrown by Tsoi.
Jokinen is trying to escape the mount.
Tsoi looking to control but Jokinen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tsoi with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Jokinen wants to hold on but Tsoi pushes him away.
Jokinen is desperately trying to improve his position but Tsoi has a good base and remains in mount.
Jokinen keeps trying to improve his position.
Jokinen gets back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is trying to get back to full guard.
Jokinen trying to control here.
Tsoi works his way into side control.
Jokinen tries to bench press Tsoi off him but Tsoi keeps the position.
Tsoi landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Tsoi has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Jokinen!
Jokinen is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viktor Tsoi clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tsoi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut
and Tsoi counters with a one-two to the body.
Good shot there by Tsoi.
Jokinen misses with a takedown attempt - Tsoi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tsoi lands a glancing blow to the side of Jokinen's head.
Jokinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jokinen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jokinen tries to score with a low kick but Tsoi moves his leg out of the way.
Tsoi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jokinen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jokinen throws the kick towards the body but Tsoi avoids it.
Tsoi misses the jab.
Tsoi looks to throw the jab but Jokinen is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tsoi. Tsoi obviously looking to wear him down.
Tsoi connects with a single shot there.
Tsoi lands with a right hand.
Jokinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tsoi.
Tsoi misses with a looping right.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Tsoi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tsoi blocks a low kick nicely.
Tsoi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tsoi misses with a jab to the body
and Jokinen counters with a right hand to the body.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tsoi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jokinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen delivers a nice body kick.
Tsoi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tsoi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jokinen blocks a jab.
Jokinen is trying to counter with his kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tsoi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen checks a leg kick nicely.
Tsoi throws a low kick but Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Tsoi scores with a hook.
Jokinen ducks under a wild hook from Tsoi.
Jokinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tsoi throws out the jab.
Jokinen flicks out a counter leg kick but Tsoi steps away.
Jokinen ducks under a wild hook from Tsoi.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Tsoi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jokinen throws a push kick but Tsoi slaps the foot to one side.
Tsoi feints and then cracks Jokinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jokinen down.
Jokinen moves out of range as Tsoi strikes.
Tsoi throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jokinen connects with a right hand. Tsoi shakes it off.
Tsoi slips under a jab from Jokinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen misses with a wild body shot.
Jokinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tsoi can pounce on him.
Tsoi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jokinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tsoi checks a low kick from Jokinen.
It looked like Tsoi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jokinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tsoi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tsoi misses with an uppercut.
Jokinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tsoi throws an overhand right that lands on Jokinen's shoulder, as Jokinen tries to avoid the shot.
Tsoi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jokinen.
Jokinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tsoi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tsoi throwing a counter right hand but Jokinen manages to avoid it.
Tsoi dodges the punch combination from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a leg kick
and Tsoi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tsoi misses with a hook. Jokinen ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen misses with a body shot
and Tsoi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jokinen lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jokinen is defended easily by Tsoi.
Jokinen is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Jokinen shoots in looking for a takedown but Tsoi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jokinen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Tsoi throwing a counter right hand but Jokinen manages to avoid it.
Viktor Tsoi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ode Jokinen.
Good leg kick by Tsoi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tsoi moves out of range of the strikes.
Tsoi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jokinen on the side of the head.
Jokinen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tsoi is fending him off so far but Jokinen persists. Nope, Tsoi circles away and we're back to standing.
Tsoi misses with a kick to the body.
Tsoi tries to sprawl but Jokinen drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Jokinen takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jokinen misses with a head shot. Tsoi uses the momentum to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viktor Tsoi had his way with Ode Jokinen in that round.
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!
Tsoi misses the shot to the body.
Tsoi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jokinen counters with a stiff right hand.
Jokinen misses with the combination.
Tsoi throws a jab but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses
and Tsoi counters with a thumping low kick.
Tsoi 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.
Tsoi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jokinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jokinen keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsoi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jokinen works Tsoi's body with a nice hook.
Jokinen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tsoi as he avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Tsoi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jokinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Tsoi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tsoi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tsoi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jokinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jokinen throws a leg kick which misses Tsoi's front leg but catches the back leg as Tsoi tries to avoid it.
Jokinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tsoi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tsoi looks to land a left hand but Jokinen moved out of range nicely.
Jokinen is looking for the big counter here.
Tsoi misses with a wild body shot.
Jokinen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tsoi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jokinen.
Tsoi throws an overhand right that lands on Jokinen's shoulder, as Jokinen tries to avoid the shot.
Jokinen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tsoi with a body shot.
Tsoi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tsoi thumps Jokinen with a low kick.
Jokinen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tsoi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jokinen scrambles back to his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tsoi checks a leg kick.
Tsoi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tsoi scoring well with a low kick there.
Viktor Tsoi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little jabbing left from Jokinen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tsoi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jokinen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsoi lands with a hook. Jokinen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tsoi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jokinen ducks under a wild hook from Tsoi.
Jokinen misses with a hook. Tsoi ducked under it nicely.
Jokinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tsoi throws out the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tsoi.
Jokinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tsoi looks to throw the jab but Jokinen is out of range.
Tsoi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jokinen's head backwards.
Tsoi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tsoi. Tsoi obviously looking to wear him down.
Tsoi ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Ode Jokinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi motions for Jokinen to come forward. Tsoi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tsoi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tsoi - that will leave a mark!
Tsoi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jokinen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A punch combination from Jokinen misses.
Tsoi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tsoi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jokinen on the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tsoi.
Jokinen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jokinen misses with a low kick as Tsoi jumps back.
Jokinen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jokinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tsoi. Tsoi obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tsoi.
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!
Tsoi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jokinen manages to avoid it.
Tsoi throws a leg kick which misses Jokinen's front leg but catches the back leg as Jokinen tries to avoid it.
Jokinen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tsoi finds it's way round the side to connect with Jokinen's head.
Jokinen cracks Tsoi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tsoi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tsoi stuffs the takedown.
Jokinen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tsoi.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tsoi. That's going to slow Jokinen down.
Jokinen shoots for a takedown but Tsoi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Viktor Tsoi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ode Jokinen.
Jokinen is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Jokinen misses with a leg kick.
Jokinen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tsoi lands a nice looking body shot.
Jokinen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Viktor Tsoi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tsoi 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 50:46
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 50:45
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viktor Tsoi!
A relieved looking Viktor Tsoi 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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