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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Officer Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flex Kellosalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kellosalo's choice of entrance music: Contra - Jungle Jam . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Officer Franklin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Flex Kellosalo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kellosalo connects with the punch.
Kellosalo keeps the fight on the outside.
Franklin moves forwards but Kellosalo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Franklin connects with a crisp jab.
Kellosalo stalks Franklin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Franklin's face. Franklin staggers backwards, shaken.
Franklin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Franklin takes a swing at Kellosalo's ribcage but misses.
Kellosalo tries to close the distance and clinch but Franklin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Franklin wants to clinch up but Kellosalo keeps it at a distance.
A big left from Franklin misses.
A big right from Franklin misses.
Franklin gets a clinch.
Kellosalo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Franklin's defenses.
Franklin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kellosalo's elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kellosalo effectively controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kellosalo struggles to land a body shot inside as Franklin controls his hands.
Kellosalo misses with an elbow over the top.
Franklin lands a shoulder strike.
Kellosalo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Franklin blocking some punches.
Kellosalo stalls.
Franklin misses with a punch on the inside.
Franklin taking a breather.
Kellosalo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Franklin misses with some punches.
Kellosalo blocks an elbow strike from Franklin.
Franklin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kellosalo swings wildly with an uppercut but Franklin uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin is trying to stall.
Franklin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kellosalo throws an elbow but it misses.
Franklin misses with a body punch.
Kellosalo tries to stall but Franklin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Franklin slowing the pace effectively.
Franklin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franklin misses with the head strike.
Kellosalo is trying to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kellosalo misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo just leaning against Franklin, taking a breather.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kellosalo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Franklin looking to slow down the pace here.
Kellosalo throws an elbow but it misses.
Kellosalo pushes off an throws an elbow but Franklin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Franklin letting Kellosalo take a breather here.
Kellosalo throws an elbow that misses.
Franklin lands a body punch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kellosalo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Franklin backwards.
Kellosalo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franklin avoids it.
Kellosalo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Franklin managing to block the knees to the body from Kellosalo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Franklin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo can't find room to land a body shot as Franklin controls the action.
Kellosalo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Franklin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kellosalo lands an elbow that stopped Franklin in his tracks for a moment.
Franklin throws a head punch that misses.
Kellosalo working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Franklin.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Franklin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Franklin.
Franklin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kellosalo misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Franklin.
Kellosalo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kellosalo throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Officer Franklin will probably get the nod.
That's time! Franklin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kellosalo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kellosalo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Franklin with a nice cross.
Franklin misses with a wild body shot.
Franklin throws an off balance right hand
enabling Kellosalo to counter with a crisp jab.
Franklin loads up on a big right hand but Kellosalo slips the punch.
Franklin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kellosalo circles away.
Officer Franklin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franklin defending well as Kellosalo loads up on a big left hand.
Franklin lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Franklin misses with a series of wild punches.
Franklin tests Kellosalo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kellosalo is rocked!
Franklin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kellosalo is still on wobbly legs! Can Franklin finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Kellosalo.
Franklin misses with a wild combination.
Kellosalo seems to have recovered his senses.
Franklin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kellosalo.
Franklin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kellosalo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kellosalo drives through and clinches with Franklin against the cage.
Kellosalo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kellosalo pushes off an throws an elbow but Franklin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kellosalo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kellosalo has a couple of punches blocked by Franklin.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kellosalo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kellosalo leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kellosalo lands a nice elbow.
Kellosalo lands an elbow inside.
Kellosalo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flex Kellosalo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from Kellosalo fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kellosalo as Franklin tries to tie him up.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kellosalo.
Kellosalo tries to work over Franklin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Franklin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Franklin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kellosalo is looking to control Franklin's arms but Franklin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kellosalo has his back to the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Franklin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo lands a damaging elbow.
Kellosalo takes a shot to the head.
Franklin is trying to maintain a safe position but Kellosalo gets an underhook and turns Franklin into the cage.
Franklin misses with a body punch.
Kellosalo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kellosalo misses with an elbow over the top.
Franklin lands a hook that snaps the head of Kellosalo backwards.
Franklin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Franklin lands a nice shot to the body.
Kellosalo misses with a punch to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Kellosalo.
Kellosalo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Franklin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kellosalo tries to throw a body punch but Franklin avoids it by throwing Kellosalo back against the cage.
Franklin wants to stall.
Kellosalo throws a punch but it's blocked by Franklin.
Franklin trying to control the position but instead, Kellosalo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Franklin into the cage.
Franklin leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franklin looking to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Officer Franklin.
Franklin throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Officer Franklin dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Franklin scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Flex Kellosalo has been cut.
A slow jab from Franklin misses its intended target.
Kellosalo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Franklin avoids the head kick by Kellosalo.
Kellosalo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Franklin.
Kellosalo connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Kellosalo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kellosalo.
Kellosalo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Franklin works Kellosalo's body with a nice hook.
Officer Franklin is winning the standup battle so far.
Kellosalo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Franklin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kellosalo throws out the jab.
Kellosalo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Franklin. Kellosalo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Franklin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kellosalo.
Franklin with a nice cross.
Franklin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Franklin misses the shot to the body.
Kellosalo blocks a jab.
Franklin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Franklin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kellosalo lands an elbow that stopped Franklin in his tracks for a moment.
Franklin blocks an elbow strike.
Kellosalo blocks an elbow strike from Franklin.
Franklin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kellosalo taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kellosalo throws an elbow but misses.
Franklin blocks an elbow strike from Kellosalo.
A bit of stalling here from Franklin.
Nice body punch from Kellosalo - that landed with a thud.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Franklin as Kellosalo tries to tie him up.
Kellosalo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kellosalo.
Franklin blocks the elbow strike.
Kellosalo missing with knees to the body.
Franklin working aggressively here.
Kellosalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kellosalo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kellosalo lands an elbow inside.
Franklin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Franklin misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Franklin as Kellosalo tries to tie him up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kellosalo throws an elbow but misses.
Kellosalo trying to land knees to the body.
Franklin digs a right hand into Kellosalo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kellosalo's gas tank.
Kellosalo trying to land knees to the body.
Kellosalo takes a shot to the head.
Kellosalo prevents a body shot from Franklin.
Franklin avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin trying to stall but Kellosalo improves his position.
Franklin misses with some punches.
Franklin blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kellosalo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Franklin's brow.
Kellosalo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kellosalo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Franklin pushes Kellosalo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kellosalo misses with an elbow over the top.
Franklin misses with a body punch.
Kellosalo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franklin avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franklin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kellosalo up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Officer Franklin clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Flex Kellosalo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Franklin lands a right hook to the body.
Franklin cracks Kellosalo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Franklin blocks a head kick by Kellosalo.
Franklin slips under a jab.
Franklin throws a shot to the body.
Franklin moves into range and clinches up with Kellosalo.
Kellosalo throws an elbow that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Franklin.
Kellosalo is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Kellosalo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Franklin.
Franklin blocks an elbow strike.
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!
Franklin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kellosalo misses with an elbow strike.
Kellosalo being controlled against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kellosalo blocks an elbow strike from Franklin.
Kellosalo wants to stall.
Franklin tries to work over Kellosalo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Franklin blocks an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Franklin - that landed with a thud.
Kellosalo throws an elbow that misses.
Come on Franklin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kellosalo.
Franklin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kellosalo.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kellosalo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Franklin's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kellosalo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Franklin's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kellosalo backwards.
Franklin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kellosalo backwards.
Kellosalo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Franklin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Franklin slows down the pace here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kellosalo throws an elbow but misses.
Franklin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Franklin blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franklin slowing the pace effectively.
Franklin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kellosalo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Franklins head.
Franklin is trying to stall.
Franklin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin blocking some punches.
Franklin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kellosalo prevents a body shot from Franklin.
Kellosalo misses with a punch to the body.
Franklin managing to block the knees to the body from Kellosalo.
Franklin misses with some punches.
Kellosalo missing with knees to the body.
Franklin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Franklin works on Kellosalo's body with a couple of short punches.
Kellosalo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franklin blocks an elbow strike from Kellosalo.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Franklin.
Franklin misses with a body punch.
Franklin lands a right hand.
Franklin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kellosalo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Franklin is defending well for now.
Franklin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Franklin avoids the elbow strike from Kellosalo, against the cage.
Franklin managing to block the knees to the body from Kellosalo.
Franklin pushes Kellosalo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franklin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kellosalo up against the cage.
Franklin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Officer Franklin had his way with Flex Kellosalo in that round.
The cut man is working on Flex Kellosalo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.
Franklin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kellosalo.
Franklin connects with a stiff jab that staggers Kellosalo - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Officer Franklin!
Officer Franklin retains his featherweight title!
Officer Franklin very nearly forgot to thank Vandal Fight Boutique (prices $8 - $30) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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