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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Malingo (ranked 689 p4p, 76 weight class) and Kosken Jorma (ranked 920 p4p, 95 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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151 lbs
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149 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Malingo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kosken Jorma!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jorma looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jorma is thwarting Malingo's attempts to control the position.
Malingo is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malingo is looking to improve his position.
Malingo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Malingo has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jorma is thwarting Malingo's attempts to control the position.
Malingo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malingo looking for submissions off his back.
Jorma is looking to advance position but Malingo won't allow it.
Jorma working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jorma looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Malingo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jorma missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jorma content to control rather than advance.
Malingo is pressing down on Jorma's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malingo throws his legs up looking for a submission but Jorma uses it to pass to side control.
Jorma in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Malingo seems a little lost for a moment, as Jorma dominates the positioning.
Jorma trying to control the position but Malingo is working away.
Malingo sneaks back into half guard.
Malingo wants to control but Jorma is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Malingo wants to improve his position but Jorma is controlling well.
Malingo trying to control but Jorma postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malingo tries to get to full guard but Jorma has control of the leg.
Still in half guard, Jorma seems content to control.
Malingo looking for submissions off his back.
Jorma is nestled in close to Malingo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Malingo is looking to improve his position.
Malingo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jorma is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jorma trying to pass the guard but Malingo defending well.
Jorma passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Malingo!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jorma scoring with strikes but Malingo is staying in there.
Malingo bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Our spies down at at Gangsterdamage inform us that Jorma has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Malingo trying to control but Jorma is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Malingo slips nicely into half guard.
Malingo is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kosken Jorma dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jorma steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Malingo.
Jorma turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jorma uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Malingo.
Jorma throws a hook but Malingo avoids it easily.
Malingo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Malingo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jorma.
Malingo tries to counter with a takedown but Jorma is quick to defend against it.
Jorma explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jorma lands with a hook. Malingo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jorma connects with a leg kick. Malingo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kosken Jorma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jorma throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jorma throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Malingo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Malingo throws a body punch but Jorma moves out of range.
Jorma fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Malingo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Malingo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jorma.
Malingo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jorma, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malingo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jorma backs up against the cage.
Malingo 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.
Jorma misses with an uppercut
and Malingo counters with a nice uppercut.
Jorma looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Malingo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Jorma sprawls and moves away.
Jorma lands a jab to the head.
Jorma throws a wild body kick that Malingo sees coming a mile off.
Malingo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jorma finds it's way round the side to connect with Malingo's head.
Jorma connects with a solid leg kick.
Eddie Malingo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jorma scores with a nice right hand.
Jorma lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jorma throws a leg kick which misses Malingo's front leg but catches the back leg as Malingo tries to avoid it.
Jorma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jorma scores with a sloppy right hand. Malingo should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malingo throws an overhand right that lands on Jorma's shoulder, as Jorma tries to avoid the shot.
Kosken Jorma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jorma throws an off balance right hand
enabling Malingo to counter with a crisp jab.
Jorma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab, jab by Malingo - just one landing.
Jorma fails with a takedown attempt.
Jorma connects with a single shot there.
Jorma throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Malingo tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Jorma is in Malingo's guard.
Malingo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jorma has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malingo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jorma can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jorma pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Malingo is keeping the position for now.
Malingo throws his legs up looking for a submission but Jorma uses it to pass to side control.
Jorma has control of an arm but Malingo manages to advance to Jorma's back!
Malingo is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Jorma up.
Malingo working for the choke.
Malingo scores with punches from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorma fending off the submission attempt from Malingo.
Malingo controlling well, preventing Jorma from escaping the position.
Malingo gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Jorma prevents Malingo from getting a body triangle.
Jorma is taking damage to the body and head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jorma rolls, trying to escape but Malingo keeps control of the position.
Jorma is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kosken Jorma will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Malingo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jorma throws a right hand that Malingo ducks under and follows up with a left that Malingo also avoids with ease.
Jorma throws a lazy uppercut
and Malingo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Malingo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jorma misses with a leg kick
and Malingo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jorma trying to control here.
Malingo winds up and cracks Jorma with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Malingo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jorma sees it coming and defends easily.
Malingo prevents Jorma from improving his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jorma has a hand on Malingo's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Malingo takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Malingo lands a heavy elbow.
Eddie Malingo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malingo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jorma is trying desperately to improve position.
Jorma wants to control but Malingo is having none of it.
Jorma working to try and regain half guard.
Jorma tries to hold on but Malingo pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malingo working the ground and pound effectively.
Jorma working to try and regain half guard.
Malingo wants to control the pace but Jorma is squirming around nicely.
Jorma is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jorma is in a horrible position here. Malingo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Malingo tries to control but Jorma wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malingo lands with some strikes.
Malingo looking to finish Jorma with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jorma!
Jorma really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Malingo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Eddie Malingo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee warns Jorma that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jorma gets back to half guard.
Malingo lands strikes from half guard.
Jorma slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jorma working for a triangle but Malingo defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorma looking to hit a scissor sweep but Malingo is one step ahead there.
Jorma manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Malingo manages to get himself to full guard.
Malingo is trying to keep Jorma in close.
Jorma stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Malingo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Malingo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jorma has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kosken Jorma!
Kosken Jorma decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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RATING
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