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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Orange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orange comes into the arena with Bob Seger- Turn the Page blaring out of the sound system. Jokinen has chosen Prodigy - Omen as his entrance music. 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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214 lbs
27 - 11 - 0 |
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215 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Orange!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ossi Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orange buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Orange tries to clinch up.
Jokinen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jokinen throws a shot to the body.
Jokinen catches Orange with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jokinen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Orange does a little dance to reset his feet.
Orange throws a nice outside leg kick.
Orange moves out of range of the strikes.
Orange lands a slapping body shot.
Jokinen misses with a wild body shot.
Ossi Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orange thows a body shot but no joy.
Orange feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jokinen's calf.
Jokinen looks to land a left hand but Orange moved out of range nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jokinen.
Nice uppercut lands for Jokinen. That snapped Orange's head back.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen misses with a looping right.
A head kick misses from Jokinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen throws the left hand but Orange avoids the punch easily.
Jokinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Orange moves out of range.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Orange.
Jokinen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jokinen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Orange walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jokinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Orange misses with a head kick.
Jokinen throws an overhand right that lands on Orange's shoulder, as Orange tries to avoid the shot.
Orange blocks a head kick by Jokinen.
Orange looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Orange was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orange looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Orange does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Orange will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orange bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jokinen throws a body punch but Orange moves out of range.
Jokinen misses the body punch
and Orange counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orange moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen misses the jab.
Jokinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Orange feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jokinen's calf.
Orange is looking to wear down Jokinen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Orange misses with an uppercut.
Orange lands with a right hand.
Orange cracks the inside of Jokinen's front leg.
Jokinen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Orange throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That kick from Jokinen tenderised Orange's leg. Orange is trying to keep his angry face on.
Orange avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Nice uppercut lands for Orange. That snapped Jokinen's head back.
Orange feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jokinens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jokinen tries to work over Orange's front leg with a kick but Orange checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jokinen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jokinen lunges at Orange with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Orange's hand.
Jokinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Orange bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jokinen misses with a series of wild punches.
Orange throws a sloppy body shot
and Jokinen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jokinen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Orange checks a low kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Oranges jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jokinen slips a straight right by Orange.
Orange is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Orange moves out of range as Jokinen throws a body kick.
Orange throws a hook but Jokinen blocks it.
Jokinen misses with a straight left.
Jokinen digs a good hook to Orange's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen lands a right hook to the body.
Orange uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Orange avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Orange there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Orange keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jokinen.
Orange slips a jab from Jokinen.
Orange throws the left hand but Jokinen avoids the punch easily.
Jokinen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jokinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Orange moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jokinen scores with a three punch combo!
Jokinen loads up on a big right hand but Orange slips the punch.
Ossi Jokinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Orange looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Orange tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Orange.
Jokinen lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen loads up on a big right hand but Orange slips the punch.
Jokinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Orange fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jokinen.
Jab from Orange.
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 Jake Orange will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Orange.
Orange keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Orange ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Jokinen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Orange changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A cross from Orange lands.
Jokinen swings for the body but Orange moves out of range.
Jokinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Orange lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jokinen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jokinen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Orange throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Orange scores with a push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orange fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Orange.
Orange misses with a body shot.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Orange moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jokinen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Orange takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jake Orange is winning the standup battle so far.
Jokinen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice uppercut lands for Jokinen. That snapped Orange's head back.
Jokinen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jokinen looks to land a right hand but Orange moved out of range.
Orange will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Orange fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jokinen manages to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Jokinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A shot to the liver by Jokinen. Beautiful body shot.
Orange misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orange bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Orange wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Orange trying to control the action but Jokinen is working from the bottom.
Jokinen parries the strikes from Orange easily there. Orange is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jokinen to escape.
Jokinen can't do much from the bottom here.
Jokinen is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Orange is staying active.
Jokinen wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Orange controls the position from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Orange.
Orange wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jokinen keeps working.
Jokinen is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orange creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Jokinen regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jokinen won't allow Orange to pass to mount.
Orange tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Jokinen is concentrating on defense, preventing Orange from advancing position.
Orange wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jokinen keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Orange dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Jokinen looks to land a right hand but Orange moved out of range.
Jokinen keeps the fight on the outside.
Jokinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Orange is just out of range.
Orange lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Ossi Jokinen has been cut.
Jokinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Orange tried to score with a low kick but Jokinen checks it.
Jokinen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Orange throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Orange staying out of range there.
Orange dives in and scores a takedown into Jokinen's guard.
Orange distracts Jokinen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Orange postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jokinen trying to control the position here.
Jokinen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jake Orange overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orange working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jokinen wants to sweep here but Orange controlling him for the moment.
Orange throwing strikes from guard but Jokinen blocks nicely.
Orange looking to pass the guard.
Orange loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ossi Jokinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jokinen holds on and takes a little breather.
Orange in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Orange accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Orange passes into half guard.
Orange is looking to advance position but Jokinen won't allow it.
Jokinen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Orange.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orange working over Jokinen with some ground and pound. Jokinen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jokinen is trying to control but can't.
Jokinen is refusing to be controlled, as Orange sits in half guard.
Orange is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Orange thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Orange not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jokinen trying to hold on to Orange's head to control him but Orange postures up.
Orange thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jokinen's head.
Jake Orange is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is looking to control Orange's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jokinen avoid being mounted?
Orange wants to take a breather but Jokinen is having none of it.
Orange tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jokinen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jokinen is staying active underneath Orange, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Orange is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
We're going to have a standup here because Jake Orange wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Jokinen throws a hook but Orange avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Orange thuds a left hand into Jokinen's body.
Orange ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jokinen moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Orange showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Orange has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Orange!
Jake Orange really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Untouchable Fight Gear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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hype
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