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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Hamasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juha Tappio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tappio is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Kari Tapio - Juna kulkee vaan. Juha Tappio is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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163 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jordan Hamasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juha Tappio!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Tappio. Those never looked like landing.
Tappio looks for a takedown but Hamasaki sprawls well.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hamasaki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tappio drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hamasaki looking to control.
Tappio won't allow Hamasaki to sweep him here.
Hamasaki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tappio postures up in Hamasaki's guard and throws a big left but Hamasaki blocks it.
Tappio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tappio won't allow Hamasaki to get back to his feet.
Tappio with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tappio in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tappio controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Tappio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tappio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamasaki is working an open guard so Tappio takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Hamasaki.
Hamasaki misses with a looping left.
Jordan Hamasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hamasaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tappio manages to avoid it.
Hamasaki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hamasaki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tappio.
Hamasaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hamasaki throws a lazy right hand but Tappio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No luck for Tappio with that takedown attempt.
Tappio shoots in and gets a takedown into Hamasaki's guard.
Tappio decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Tappio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Hamasaki counter with a right hand.
Hamasaki gets caught flat footed, as Tappio shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Hamasaki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tappio on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tappio trying to control the position from guard on top but Hamasaki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tappio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hamasaki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tappio throws a big right hand that misses.
Tappio is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hamasaki leaves Tappio with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jordan Hamasaki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juha Tappio.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tappio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hamasaki.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamasaki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hamasaki ducks under a wild hook from Tappio.
Tappio misses the jab.
Hamasaki throws a body punch but Tappio moves out of range.
Hamasaki works Tappio's body with a nice hook.
Hamasaki shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tappio eats them both and turns towards Hamasaki to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jordan Hamasaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tappio fails with a takedown attempt.
Tappio scores with a hook to the body. Hamasaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tappio shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hamasaki pinned against the cage. Hamasaki gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tappio looks gassed!
A head kick from Hamasaki lands but Tappio takes it in his stride.
Hamasaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamasaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hamasaki leaves Tappio with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tappio swats away the attempt to clinch by Hamasaki.
Hamasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tappio.
Tappio throws a combination that misses
and Hamasaki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tappio checks a leg kick.
Hamasaki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hamasaki on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hamasaki stuffs the takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A combination from Hamasaki does no damage.
Hamasaki lands a jab to the nose.
Tappio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hamasaki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Juha Tappio will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hamasaki closes the distance and clinches.
Tappio tries to score a body lock takedown but Hamasaki shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hamasaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tappio avoids it.
Tappio tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hamasaki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hamasaki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hamasaki pushes off an throws an elbow but Tappio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tappio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hamasaki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hamasaki throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hamasaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tappio's brow.
Tappio avoids the elbow strike from Hamasaki, against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hamasaki working Tappio over with knees to the body.
Hamasaki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hamasaki connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Hamasaki.
Hamasaki crunches a lovely knee into Tappio's ribcage.
Hamasaki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tappio has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hamasaki avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jordan Hamasaki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juha Tappio.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hamasaki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hamasaki throws an elbow but it misses.
Hamasaki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tappio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hamasaki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hamasaki lands an elbow inside that Tappio shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tappio wants a takedown but no success here.
Hamasaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tappio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tappio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hamasaki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tappio blocks an elbow strike from Hamasaki.
Tappio wants a takedown but no success here.
Hamasaki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tappio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hamasaki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hamasaki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hamasaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Tappio avoids the damage to the body.
Tappio wants a takedown but no success here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hamasaki.
Hamasaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tappio wants the takedown. Hamasaki is fighting it off but Tappio persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Hamasaki's guard against the cage.
Tappio thows a big elbow that misses.
Hamasaki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tappio passes Hamasaki's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Tappio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamasaki on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tappio moves nicely into side control.
The referee asks Tappio politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Tappio prefers to stall for the moment though.
Tappio working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Tappio scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hamasaki wants to control but Tappio postures up.
Hamasaki has one of Tappio's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamasaki tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Tappio controlling from the back.
Tappio lands shots from the back.
Tappio throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Tappio softening up his opponent with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tappio has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Hamasaki.
Tappio is punishing Hamasaki with strikes - can he finish him?!
Tappio scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Tappio is landing with strikes from the back.
Tappio has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Hamasaki's body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tappio is working the ground and pound. Can Hamasaki escape?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tappio loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Hamasaki hold on?
Hamasaki is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juha Tappio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Tappio shoots for a takedown but Hamasaki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hamasaki tries to clinch up but Tappio circles away and keeps his distance.
Hamasaki throws a series of punches but Tappio moves out of range.
Tappio shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hamasaki defends it nicely.
Tappio misses with a double jab
and Hamasaki counters with a nice leg kick.
Hamasaki scores with the left hand. Tappio knows he should have avoided that one.
Hamasaki throws a jab but it's blocked by Tappio.
Tappio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hamasaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tappio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hamasaki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tappio stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tappio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tappio misses with a straight left.
Tappio shoots in for a double leg but Hamasaki sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jordan Hamasaki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juha Tappio.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamasaki throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hamasaki pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tappio takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hamasaki thuds a left hand into Tappio's body.
Hamasaki lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tappio throws a right hand that Hamasaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Hamasaki also avoids with ease.
Hamasaki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jordan Hamasaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tappio shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hamasaki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tappio's hands.
Hamasaki throws a jab when Tappio was well out of range.
Tappio misses with a two punch combination.
Hamasaki throws a head kick that misses.
Jordan Hamasaki is winning the standup battle so far.
Hamasaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tappio fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hamasaki avoids it really well and circles away.
Hamasaki digs a good body shot into Tappio's ribs.
Tappio takes a jab right on the kisser.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hamasaki.
A combination from Hamasaki does no damage.
No joy there for Tappio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hamasaki connects with a leg kick. Tappio looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice uppercut there from Hamasaki.
Hamasaki scores with a jab to the body.
Hamasaki scores with a hook to the body. Tappio takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hamasaki lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hamasaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Tappio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamasaki lands a body shot.
Hamasaki fails to land with a series of punches.
Hamasaki throws a shot from downtown. Tappio moves away and avoids it.
Hamasaki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hamasaki defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tappio.
Hamasaki works over Tappio's head and body with a nice combination.
Tappio throws a lazy right hand but Hamasaki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jordan Hamasaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hamasaki throws a shot from downtown. Tappio moves away and avoids it.
Hamasaki feints and then cracks Tappio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tappio down.
Tappio avoids the body shot from Hamasaki.
A swing and a miss from Hamasaki.
Some wild striking there from Hamasaki.
Tappio changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hamasaki looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tappio lands a nice forearm strike.
Hamasaki struggling a bit here.
Tappio in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hamasaki on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hamasaki tries to get out of the position.
Hamasaki is trying to improve his position.
Hamasaki looks to move to half guard but instead Tappio has passed into mount! Damn!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tappio lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jordan Hamasaki showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tappio 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Juha Tappio!
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energy
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hype
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