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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kaede Jun (ranked 2080 p4p, 199 weight class) and Harri Haaparanta (ranked 3127 p4p, 290 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaede Jun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harri Haaparanta!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haaparanta fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jun.
Haaparanta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jun blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Jun misses its intended target.
Haaparanta tries a head kick but it misses.
Haaparanta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jun wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Harri Haaparanta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jun lands a lovely overhand right.
Jun stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Haaparanta.
Jun throws a body punch but Haaparanta moves out of range.
Haaparanta takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Haaparanta tries a head kick but it misses.
Haaparanta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jun's calf.
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!
Jun closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Jun fails to land.
Haaparanta blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jun.
Haaparanta tries to break the clinch but Jun is controlling the position.
Haaparanta digs a right hand underneath Jun's ribcage. Jun let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jun misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haaparanta breaks from the clinch.
Jun lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jun cracks Haaparanta with a good jab.
The fighters circling - Jun throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jun slips a jab from Haaparanta.
Haaparanta ducks under a wild hook from Jun.
Haaparanta wants to slow Jun down by chopping away at his legs.
Jun ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haaparanta moves away.
Haaparanta raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Haaparanta throws a right hand that Jun ducks under and follows up with a left that Jun also avoids with ease.
Jun takes the fight into the clinch.
Jun misses with some punches.
Haaparanta wants to stall.
Haaparanta tries to throw a body punch but Jun avoids it by throwing Haaparanta back against the cage.
Haaparanta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jun chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Haaparanta can pounce on him.
Haaparanta scores with a head kick. Jun tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jun cracks Haaparanta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jun 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haaparanta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jun lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Haaparanta at a distance.
Haaparanta is looking to chop away at Jun's legs.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jun works on Haaparanta's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haaparanta.
Jun lands a nice uppercut.
Jun misses with some punches.
Jun avoids the elbow strike from Haaparanta, against the cage.
Jun working aggressively here.
Jun tries to work over Haaparanta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jun lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jun.
Haaparanta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jun blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haaparanta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Jun scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Jun.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haaparanta breaks from the clinch.
Jun misses the jab.
Haaparanta goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Haaparanta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jun throws a good cross that connects.
Haaparanta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jun moves away.
Haaparanta throws a quick inside leg kick.
Haaparanta misses with a kick to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Jun on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Haaparanta blocks a jab.
Jun looks to land a left hand but Haaparanta moved out of range nicely.
Jun pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Haaparanta back to the cage. Jun follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haaparanta moves forwards but Jun connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jun scores with a body shot.
Jun checks a low kick from Haaparanta.
The crowd cheers as Jun lands an impressive looking overhand right. Haaparanta doesn't seem phased though.
Jab by Jun.
Haaparanta with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jun throws an overhand right that lands on Haaparanta's shoulder, as Haaparanta tries to avoid the shot.
Jun tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Haaparanta counters with a big head kick but Jun shrugs it off.
A big right from Jun misses.
Haaparanta moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jun is rocked!
Haaparanta throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jun lands a head shot.
Jun lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Haaparanta backs up against the cage.
Jun clinches up with Haaparanta and pushes him back against the cage.
Jun has a couple of punches blocked by Haaparanta.
Haaparanta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haaparanta throws a head punch that misses.
Jun keeps control of Haaparanta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jun stalling against the cage.
Jun throws a head punch that misses.
Jun misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jun misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaede Jun dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Haaparanta fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jun.
Haaparanta throws a head kick but Jun moves out of range.
Haaparanta throws a head kick but Jun moves out of range.
Haaparanta throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jun takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jun swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Haaparanta.
A slow jab from Jun misses its intended target.
Haaparanta throws a low kick but Jun moves out of range easily.
Haaparanta attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jun closes the distance and clinches.
Jun stalling in the clinch.
Haaparanta can't find room to land a body shot as Jun controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jun lands a hook that snaps the head of Haaparanta backwards.
Haaparanta tries to break free but Jun pushes him back against the cage.
Haaparanta is trying to break the clinch but Jun has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Jun scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jun.
Haaparanta is trying to force a seperation but Jun has the dominant position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jun.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jun.
Haaparanta is trying to break the clinch but Jun has him pressed against the cage.
Haaparanta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jun lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Haaparanta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haaparanta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jun looks to land a left hand but Haaparanta moved out of range nicely.
Haaparanta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jun throws an overhand right that lands on Haaparanta's shoulder, as Haaparanta tries to avoid the shot.
Haaparanta connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jun tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haaparanta was well out of range. Poor timing from Jun.
Haaparanta wants to land a leg kick but Jun is out of range.
Haaparanta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jun.
Jun connects with a single shot there.
Jun avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jun swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Jun checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Haaparanta misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haaparanta misses with a body kick.
Haaparanta 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.
Jun connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jun scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Haaparanta does no damage.
Haaparanta throws the kick towards the body but Jun avoids it.
Jun has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Haaparanta.
Jun checks a low kick from Haaparanta.
Jun scores with a shot to the body.
Jun tries to clinch but Haaparanta moves out of range.
Jun takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jun connects with a jab.
Haaparanta moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jun is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jun looks to throw the jab but Haaparanta is out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jun.
Jun stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Haaparanta.
Jun misses with a straight right.
Haaparanta lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jun throws the left hand but Haaparanta avoids the punch easily.
Haaparanta lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jun's sensitive parts.
Jun stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Haaparanta.
Jun wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haaparanta lands a glancing blow to the side of Jun's head.
Haaparanta throws a leg kick which misses Jun's front leg but catches the back leg as Jun tries to avoid it.
Jun doesn't manage to clinch there - Haaparanta circles away.
Haaparanta looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jun appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Jun fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jun has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Haaparanta tries a head kick but it misses.
Haaparanta takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jun's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Jun pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jun misses with a looping left.
Jun is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jun misses with a hook
and Haaparanta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jun just misses with a punch to the body.
Jun is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jun tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haaparanta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haaparanta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jun dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haaparanta fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jun.
A solid leg kick lands there for Haaparanta.
Jun swings for the body but Haaparanta moves out of range.
Haaparanta lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Haaparanta misses with a low kick.
Jun dodges the punch combination from Haaparanta.
Haaparanta connects with an inside leg kick.
Haaparanta misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haaparanta digs a good body shot into Jun's ribs.
Jun tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jun swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Harri Haaparanta will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Jun swings for the body but Haaparanta moves out of range.
Haaparanta 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.
Jun moves out of range of the leg kick from Haaparanta.
Haaparanta tried to score with a low kick but Jun checks it.
Harri Haaparanta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Jun finds it's way through Haaparanta's defenses.
Haaparanta misses with a series of wild punches.
Haaparanta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jun.
Haaparanta throws a series of punches but Jun avoids them all with ease.
Jun misses with a looping right.
Jun fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haaparanta, pushing him back against the cage.
Jun takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jun throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haaparantas head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jun.
Haaparanta breaks from the clinch.
Haaparanta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A big left from Jun misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jun lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jun swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haaparanta throws a body punch but Jun moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jun. Haaparanta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haaparanta gets tackled into the cage by Jun. Jun maintains the clinch.
Jun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haaparanta is trying to force a seperation but Jun has the dominant position.
Jun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jun misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jun lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jun scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Haaparanta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Jun lands an impressive looking overhand right. Haaparanta doesn't seem phased though.
Jun thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jun showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Haaparanta.
Haaparanta thumps Jun with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jun loads up on a big right hand but Haaparanta slips the punch.
Jun swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jun misses with a straight left.
Jun moves out of range of the body kick from Haaparanta.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jun throws a hook to the side of Haaparanta's head but Haaparanta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haaparanta is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Haaparanta throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jun lands a glancing blow to the side of Haaparanta's head.
Haaparanta throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jun throws a body punch but Haaparanta moves out of range.
Jun punishes Haaparanta's body with a nice straight punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Haaparanta.
Jun tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haaparanta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haaparanta scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jun moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jun throws a big shot that misses.
Haaparanta tried to score with a low kick but Jun checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Jun misses.
Haaparanta moves out of range as Jun strikes.
Haaparanta was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Haaparanta has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jab by Haaparanta.
Haaparanta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jun on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Haaparanta. Haaparanta obviously looking to wear him down.
Jun moves into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Haaparanta.
Jun throws a punch but it's blocked by Haaparanta.
Jun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jun struggles to land a body shot inside as Haaparanta controls his hands.
A short right from Haaparanta.
Jun softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Haaparanta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haaparanta thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jun if he has to take too many more of those.
Jun is looking to clinch but Haaparanta is avoiding it.
Haaparanta throws a head kick but Jun moves out of range.
Haaparanta turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jun chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Haaparanta can pounce on him.
Haaparanta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jun checks a low kick from Haaparanta.
Jun jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haaparanta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jun checks the leg kick.
Haaparanta throws a head kick that Jun semi-blocks.
Harri Haaparanta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jun tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheers as Jun lands an impressive looking overhand right. Haaparanta doesn't seem phased though.
Jun keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jun fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haaparanta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fighters circling - Jun throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haaparanta unleashes a big counter combination but Jun bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Jun takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Haaparanta scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jun swings for the body but Haaparanta moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Harri Haaparanta.
I think Haaparanta 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harri Haaparanta!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Harri Haaparanta made sure he mentioned FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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RATING
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