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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Rampage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen's entrance music is Prodigy - Omen. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
45 - 16 - 2 |
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225 lbs
22 - 11 - 1 |
Good wrestling
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
45 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Ossi Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kyle Rampage!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen keeps the fight on the outside.
Rampage takes the fight into the clinch.
Jokinen avoids the elbow strike from Rampage, against the cage.
Jokinen avoids the elbow strike from Rampage, against the cage.
Rampage's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
I was talking to Jokinen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rampage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jokinen blocks the elbow strike.
Rampage misses with an elbow strike.
Jokinen avoids a wild elbow strike from Rampage.
Jokinen throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rampage throws an elbow but misses.
Rampage misses with an elbow strike.
Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rampage pushes off an throws an elbow but Jokinen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jokinen tries to stall but Rampage uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jokinen misses with a body punch.
Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jokinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen wants to clinch but Rampage slips to the side
and Rampage counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jokinen has Rampage up against the cage in a clinch.
Jokinen cracks Rampage with a nice body shot.
Jokinen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rampage misses with an elbow over the top.
Jokinen taking a breather.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jokinen is trying to stall.
Jokinen avoids a wild elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Nice body punch from Jokinen - that landed with a thud.
Rampage gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Ossi Jokinen has been cut.
Jokinen is looking to control Rampage's arms but Rampage gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jokinen has his back to the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jokinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rampage gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
Rampage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rampage misses with an elbow over the top.
Jokinen avoids a wild elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jokinen looking to throw knees to the head but Rampage is blocking nicely.
Nice elbow from Rampage.
Jokinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rampage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jokinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jokinen tries to work over Rampage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
Jokinen misses with a knee to the head.
Jokinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rampage lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rampage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen works on Rampage's body with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jokinen's brow.
Rampage managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
Jokinen dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rampage.
Jokinen blocks the elbow strike.
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Jokinen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
Rampage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike.
Jokinen looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Jokinen looking to stall.
Rampage lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jokinen avoids the elbow strike from Rampage, against the cage.
Rampage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Jokinen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rampage misses with an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nice body punch from Jokinen - that landed with a thud.
Jokinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jokinen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen gets through Rampage's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rampage avoids it.
A short left from Rampage.
Rampage throws an elbow but it 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 Ossi Jokinen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ossi Jokinen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jokinen misses with a body kick.
Rampage tries to clinch but Jokinen is having none of it.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Rampage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rampage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rampage keeps the fight on the outside.
Rampage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jokinen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jokinen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rampage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jokinen wants to clinch.
Jokinen is looking to clinch.
Rampage tries to clinch but Jokinen is having none of it.
Jokinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rampage fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jokinen, pushing him back against the cage.
Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jokinen stalling in the clinch but Rampage improves position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Kyle Rampage has been cut.
Rampage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jokinen avoids the elbow strike from Rampage, against the cage.
Jokinen has a couple of punches blocked by Rampage.
Jokinen lands a good knee to the midsection. Rampage won't want to take too many of those.
Rampage avoiding damage as Jokinen throws knees to the body.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Jokinen taking a breather.
Jokinen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
Jokinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Rampage controls his hands.
Jokinen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen is pushing Rampage up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rampage avoids it.
Jokinen dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jokinen's brow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rampage lands an elbow that stopped Jokinen in his tracks for a moment.
Jokinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jokinen can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Rampage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right hook to the body lands for Jokinen.
Jokinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rampage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jokinen avoids the elbow strike from Rampage, against the cage.
Jokinen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rampage is keeping busy.
Rampage misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rampage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jokinen's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rampage.
Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jokinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Jokinen gets through Rampage's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rampage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jokinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Rampage.
Jokinen working aggressively here.
Rampage misses with an elbow over the top.
Jokinen dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ossi Jokinen's cut is getting worse.
Jokinen pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jokinen clinches with his opponent.
Jokinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ossi Jokinen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rampage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jokinen blocks the elbow strike.
Jokinen is pushing Rampage up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jokinen seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Rampage is trying to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike.
Jokinen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rampage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ossi Jokinen dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Rampage tries to close the distance and clinch but Jokinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jokinen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rampage tries to clinch there but Jokinen circles away.
Jokinen gets tackled into the cage by Rampage. Rampage maintains the clinch.
Rampage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Jokinen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Jokinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jokinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rampage backwards.
Jokinen has had enough of the clinch but Rampage keeps him there for the moment.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Jokinen is trying to maintain a safe position but Rampage gets an underhook and turns Jokinen into the cage.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rampage as Jokinen tries to tie him up.
Jokinen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jokinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jokinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jokinen misses with a body punch.
Rampage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Jokinen can't find room to land a body shot as Rampage controls the action.
Jokinen scores a nice knee to the body.
Jokinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jokinen avoids a kick to the body.
Jokinen moves in looking to clinch but Rampage pushes him off.
Rampage tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jokinen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to clinch up.
Rampage is looking to clinch.
Rampage gets tackled into the cage by Jokinen. Jokinen maintains the clinch.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rampage pushes off an throws an elbow but Jokinen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Rampage lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rampage lands an elbow inside that Jokinen shrugs off.
Jokinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rampage or not.
Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rampage letting Jokinen take a breather here.
Rampage misses with an elbow strike.
Rampage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rampage letting Jokinen take a breather here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rampage throws an elbow that misses.
Jokinen dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Jokinen is looking to control Rampage's arms but Rampage gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jokinen has his back to the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rampage throws an elbow but misses.
Rampage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jokinen tries a body shot but Rampage blocks it.
Jokinen lands a right hand.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rampage misses with an elbow over the top.
Jokinen misses with a knee strike.
Rampage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rampage misses with an elbow over the top.
Jokinen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rampage.
Rampage misses with an elbow over the top.
Jokinen wants to stall.
Ossi Jokinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rampage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jokinen scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Jokinen - that landed with a thud.
Jokinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rampage misses with an elbow over the top.
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!
With the fighters up against the cage, Rampage throws an elbow but misses.
Rampage avoiding damage as Jokinen throws knees to the body.
Rampage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jokinen's defenses.
Rampage throws an elbow but it misses.
Kyle Rampage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen trying to control the position but instead, Rampage has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jokinen into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rampage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ossi Jokinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jokinen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ossi Jokinen!
Ossi Jokinen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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