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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jone Cokanauto (ranked 25285 p4p, 25641 weight class) and Keegan Leonard (ranked 534 p4p, 526 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jone Cokanauto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Keegan Leonard!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonard throws a lazy right hand but Cokanauto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cokanauto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Leonard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cokanauto.
Leonard takes a swing at Cokanauto's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Cokanauto misses its target.
Good leg kick by Cokanauto.
Leonard slips under a jab from Cokanauto.
Cokanauto misses with an uppercut. Leonard saw that one coming.
Cokanauto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leonard.
Cokanauto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cokanauto with a nice calf kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Leonard!
Cokanauto with a nice cross.
It looks like Keegan Leonard has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cokanauto takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Leonard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cokanauto moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cokanauto getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Leonard looks to land a combination but Cokanauto avoids it well.
Cokanauto went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Keegan Leonard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leonard misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As Leonard looks to move away, Cokanauto throws a big counter combo but Leonard just gets out of the way.
Leonard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cokanauto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Leonard misses the shot to the body.
Cokanauto misses with a body shot.
Cokanauto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leonard throws out the jab.
Cokanauto closes the distance and clinches.
Leonard goes for a takedown attempt but Cokanauto pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cokanauto throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cokanauto dodges the punch combination from Leonard.
A left and a right from Leonard both land. Nice combination.
Leonard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cokanauto scores with a nice head shot.
Cokanauto definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Leonard looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leonard throws a series of punches but Cokanauto avoids them all with ease.
Cokanauto looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Cokanauto dodges the punch combination from Leonard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard misses with a wild body shot.
Cokanauto seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cokanauto lands a jab to the nose.
Cokanauto drops Leonard with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Leonard looks back up at him and smiles so Cokanauto waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Leonard is rocked!
A solid leg kick lands there for Cokanauto.
Cokanauto with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cokanauto scores with a leg kick.
Leonard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cokanauto lands a body shot.
Leonard walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cokanauto cracks Leonard with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Leonard looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Cokanauto finish him?
Leonard is still on wobbly legs! Can Cokanauto finish him?
Cokanauto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cokanauto is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cokanauto clinches up with Leonard and pushes him back against the cage.
Leonard being controlled against the cage.
Leonard seems to have recovered his senses.
Cokanauto lands with a left to the head.
Leonard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cokanauto feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Leonard sprawling to the canvas! Leonard rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Cokanauto finish him?!
Cokanauto lands a big right hand that sends Leonard crashing to the mat! Cokanauto stays standing though and waves Leonard back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leonard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cokanauto lands a nice looking body shot.
Cokanauto drops Leonard with a big left hand! Leonard is injured, injured bad! Cokanauto jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jone Cokanauto!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jone Cokanauto thanked BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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