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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Kiely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oswald Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kiely comes into the arena with Mouth For War blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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265 lbs
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240 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eddie Kiely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oswald Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiely displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jokinen throws out the jab.
Jokinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Jokinen throws a shot from downtown. Kiely moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Kiely was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kiely crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jokinen - the referee stops the clock and Kiely gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jokinen. Kiely manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A right-left combo lands from Jokinen.
Jokinen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A jab from Kiely misses.
Kiely misses with a combination
and Jokinen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jokinen lands with a good body shot.
Kiely tries to bum rush Jokinen with a series of wild strikes but Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jokinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Kiely counters with a straight right hand.
Kiely misses with a hook. Jokinen ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jokinen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Jokinen.
Jokinen drives through and clinches with Kiely against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kiely thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kiely on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jokinen clinches up against the cage.
Kiely is looking to break free of the clinch but Jokinen has double underhooks.
Jokinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jokinen is looking to clinch.
Jokinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've been hearing reports that Kiely has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A cross from Kiely lands.
Jokinen lands a right hook to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Kiely.
Kiely throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kiely listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jokinen rushes Kiely and presses him up against the cage.
Jokinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kiely looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kiely throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kiely throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jokinen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kiely misses with the combination.
Jokinen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Eddie Kiely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kiely will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jokinen misses with a double jab
and Kiely counters with a two punch combo.
Kiely staying out of range there.
Kiely on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jokinen takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiely is trying to push Jokinen away but Jokinen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kiely's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kiely throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kiely tries a head kick but it misses.
Kiely takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jokinen tries to clinch there but Kiely circles away.
Jokinen misses with a leg kick.
As Jokinen backs away, Kiely returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
A quick step to the side and Kiely tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jokinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Kiely.
It looked like Kiely wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kiely tries to keep at a distance but Jokinen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kiely escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice defenses there by Kiely.
Jokinen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kiely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiely throws a big shot that misses.
Jokinen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kiely throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jokinen counters with a right hand to the body.
Jokinen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kiely at a distance.
Jokinen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kiely had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jokinen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kiely doesn't seem bothered though.
Kiely throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kiely looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses.
Kiely throws a big counter combination but Jokinen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kiely swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jokinen clinches up against the cage.
Kiely wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jokinen manages to break the clinch.
Kiely takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jokinen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kiely on the side of the head.
Jokinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Kiely counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jokinen thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oswald Jokinen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kiely takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kiely throws a right hand that Jokinen ducks under and follows up with a left that Jokinen also avoids with ease.
Jokinen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jokinen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kiely counters with a nice uppercut.
Kiely scores with a nice strike.
Jokinen has managed to clinch.
Kiely wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kiely breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jokinen dodges the punch combination from Kiely.
Kiely fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A good leg kick by Jokinen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kiely pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jokinen tries to bum rush Kiely with a series of wild strikes but Kiely uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As Jokinen looks to move away, Kiely throws a big counter combo but Jokinen just gets out of the way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kiely on the side of the head.
Kiely on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jokinen moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen stalling in the clinch.
Kiely fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kiely tries a body shot but Jokinen blocks it.
Jokinen manages to break the clinch.
Jokinen throws a lazy right hand but Kiely sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kiely is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jokinen throws a shot to the body.
No joy there for Kiely, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Eddie Kiely is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jokinen has closed the distance and engaged Kiely in a clinch.
Jokinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jokinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Kiely should have avoided that one.
Kiely looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
Jokinen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kiely ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kiely is looking to counter punch.
Kiely just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiely displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jokinen throws out the jab.
Jokinen gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiely manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Kiely.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen has Kiely up against the cage in a clinch.
Kiely is trying to push Jokinen away but Jokinen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jokinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Kiely moves out of range.
Kiely uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jokinen.
Kiely is looking to counter punch.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Jokinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A jab from Jokinen does it's job there.
Kiely rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jokinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jokinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kiely scores with a body shot.
Kiely misses with a right hand
and Jokinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jokinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kiely throws a right and a left that Jokinen avoids nicely.
Jokinen misses with a double jab.
A jab lands there for Kiely.
Kiely moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jokinen tries to clinch up.
Kiely looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jokinen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jokinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kiely throws a sloppy body shot
and Jokinen counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kiely eats them both and turns towards Jokinen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jokinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kiely throws a lazy right hand but Jokinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands with a straight right. Kiely didn't see that one coming.
Kiely looks to land a left hand but Jokinen moved out of range nicely.
Jokinen unleashes a big counter combination but Kiely bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Jokinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
A bone on bone clash there as Kiely blocks the leg kick.
Kiely misses with a series of wild punches.
Jokinen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kiely avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kiely is looking to counter punch.
Jokinen throws a looping overhand right but Kiely ducks down to avoid it.
Jokinen throws a leg kick that misses.
Jokinen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jokinen throws a hook to the side of Kiely's head but Kiely sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kiely throws a series of punches but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen clinches with his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jokinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jokinen tries to clinch there but Kiely circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oswald Jokinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Kiely uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Nice uppercut lands for Jokinen. That snapped Kiely's head back.
Jokinen connects with a body shot.
Jokinen missing with a left hand there. Kiely was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kiely is looking to counter punch.
Jokinen lands a jab-cross combination.
Kiely throws an overhand right that lands on Jokinen's shoulder, as Jokinen tries to avoid the shot.
Jokinen connects with a jab.
Jokinen throws a looping overhand right but Kiely ducks down to avoid it.
Jokinen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kiely counters with a stiff right hand.
Jokinen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jokinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kiely avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen tried to score with a low kick but Kiely checks it.
Kiely misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely looks to land a combination but Jokinen avoids it well.
Jokinen throws a fast counter high kick but Kiely manages to duck under it in time.
Jokinen swings for the body but Kiely moves out of range.
Kiely moves away from the strike by Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a head kick.
Kiely rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jokinen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Kiely checks it.
Jokinen looks to land a left hand but Kiely moved out of range nicely.
Jokinen is looking to score with low kicks.
Kiely pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jokinen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kiely counters with a nice uppercut.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut.
Jokinen misses with a hook. Kiely ducked under it nicely.
Jokinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kiely looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kiely displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jokinen throws out the jab.
Oswald Jokinen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Jokinen.
Jokinen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kiely.
Kiely looks for the body kick but Jokinen saw that one coming.
Jokinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice body kick there by Kiely.
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!
Kiely misses with a lunging right hand
and Jokinen counters with a three punch combo that has Kiely backing up. Kiely nods at Jokinen to acknowledge the strikes.
Oswald Jokinen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kiely lands a two punch combo.
Kiely misses with a wild combination.
Jokinen jabs Kiely right on the nose. Kiely blinks but takes it well.
Kiely needs to keep his hands up - Jokinen had a free shot at his head there.
Jokinen throws a right hand that Kiely ducks under and follows up with a left that Kiely also avoids with ease.
Jokinen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jokinen lands with an uppercut that bounces Kiely off the cage and back into range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen has Kiely up against the cage in a clinch.
Kiely working hard to break the clinch.
Kiely breaks the clinch.
Kiely throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jokinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kiely. Jokinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen misses with a low kick.
Jokinen scores with a head kick.
Jokinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kiely throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jokinen.
Jokinen throws out a counter right but Kiely avoids it with no problem.
Kiely misses with a double jab
and Jokinen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jokinen misses the jab.
Jokinen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kiely paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Kiely does no damage.
A big left from Kiely misses.
Nice cross by Jokinen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kiely counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Jokinen.
Jokinen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jokinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jokinen misses with a head kick.
Jokinen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jokinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kiely sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kiely throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jokinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jokinen moves into the clinch.
Eddie Kiely has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kiely is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jokinen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oswald Jokinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jokinen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oswald Jokinen!
After winning the bout, Oswald Jokinen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Eddie Kiely stepped up to the mic, saying 'I blame the crowd'.
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