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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kimmo Lisko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Hogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brett Hogers told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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295 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
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274 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kimmo Lisko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brett Hogers!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lisko avoids the head kick by Hogers.
Lisko shoots in but Hogers avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hogers throws a head kick but Lisko moves out of range.
Hogers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hogers lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lisko at a distance.
Hogers stuffs the takedown attempt from Lisko. Lisko gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kimmo Lisko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hogers throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lisko.
Lisko shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hogers but Hogers pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lisko avoids the head kick by Hogers.
Lisko fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lisko shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hogers wants to get back to his feet.
Lisko looking to control but Hogers is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hogers is trying to stand up.
Lisko thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Lisko could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogers wants to get back to his feet.
Lisko has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hogers is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Lisko looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
It looks like Brett Hogers has been cut.
Hogers looks gassed!
Lisko lands a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lisko looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Hogers takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hogers is trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lisko lands a big shot there that rocks Hogers but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lisko is landing with some decent strikes but Hogers is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lisko scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lisko with a couple of short strikes.
Lisko wants to finish this one by submission but Hogers is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Lisko.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hogers can do anything to dispel that myth.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hogers's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Lisko scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hogers?
Lisko punching from mount but Hogers doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hogers is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lisko scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lisko cracks Hogers with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hogers is trying to stand.
Lisko lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lisko working the ground and pound effectively.
Hogers squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lisko with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Lisko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hogers is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hogers's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Hogers in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hogers is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Lisko jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Hogers manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Lisko scoring with punches from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hogers is pushing Lisko's head away, looking to escape. Lisko manages to hold on to the position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kimmo Lisko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brett Hogers's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lisko shoots in for a takedown but Hogers shows good takedown defense.
A combination from Hogers does no damage.
Hogers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hogers throws a head kick that misses.
Lisko throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hogers's waist but Hogers gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lisko off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kimmo Lisko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hogers scores with a jab to the body.
Hogers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lisko walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hogers misses with a head kick.
Hogers goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lisko shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hogers as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogers misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lisko is looking to clinch.
Hogers looks to land a body kick but Lisko moved away.
Lisko moves out of range as Hogers throws a body kick.
Hogers lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lisko will feel that in the morning.
Hogers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogers looks to land a body kick but Lisko moved away.
Horrible takedown by Lisko or perhaps it was just good defense by Hogers which made him look bad.
Danga de danga de dang - Hogers scores with a four punch combination!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hogers throws a right and a left that Lisko avoids nicely.
Lisko drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lisko shoots for a takedown but Hogers saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hogers.
Lisko shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hogers pinned against the cage. Hogers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lisko fails to land the takedown.
Hogers scores with a shot to the body.
Hogers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hogers stuffs the takedown.
Danga de danga de dang - Hogers scores with a four punch combination!
A good leg kick by Hogers.
Lisko tries for a takedown but Hogers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Brett Hogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogers uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lisko has time to react.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogers moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lisko shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hogers but Hogers pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lisko shoots in looking for a takedown. Hogers tries to sprawl out of it but Lisko keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Hogers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck for Lisko with that takedown attempt.
Hogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hogers looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hogers scores with a nice head shot.
Hogers misses with a head kick.
Hogers lands with a kick to the temple. Lisko shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lisko tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hogers swivels and escapes.
Lisko changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hogers tries to avoid it but Lisko manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hogers to the ground. Hogers escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hogers connects with a looping right hand.
Lisko fails with a takedown attempt.
Hogers looks for the body kick but Lisko saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogers digs a good hook to Lisko's body.
Hogers digs a good hook to Lisko's body.
Hogers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lisko takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Lisko.
Hogers is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Lisko asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Lisko tries for a kimura but Hogers is defending well.
Hogers dodges the ground and pound from Lisko.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogers is not content to let Lisko control the position.
Lisko laying and praying for a moment but Hogers takes advantage and regains half guard.
Hogers looks like he's trying to stand up.
Lisko is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hogers is just riding it out for now. Lisko eventually gives up the hold.
Lisko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brett Hogers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brett Hogers's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Hogers paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hogers throws a head kick but Lisko moves out of range.
Brett Hogers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hogers works Lisko's body with a nice hook.
Lisko fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hogers with a jab.
Hogers lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lisko closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Lisko in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hogers is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Hogers throws Lisko to one side and escapes!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Hogers.
Hogers has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Danga de danga de dang - Hogers scores with a four punch combination!
Lisko feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lisko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lisko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hogers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lisko forces his way into half guard.
Hogers wants to get back to his feet.
Lisko is nestled in close to Hogers, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lisko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hogers defending well though.
Lisko throwing shots but Hogers is blocking nicely.
Hogers tries to kick Lisko off but Lisko keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kimmo Lisko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lisko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hogers defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lisko trying to pass the guard but Hogers defending well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A head kick misses from Hogers.
Hogers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hogers.
A left lands for Hogers.
Lisko avoids the head kick by Hogers.
Hogers shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lisko as he avoids it easily.
Lisko feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Lisko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hogers is keeping the position for now.
Lisko scoring with some ground and pound.
Hogers keeping moving, preventing Lisko from controlling successfully.
Hogers wants to stand up but Lisko is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lisko throwing strikes but missing.
Lisko wants to pass the guard but Hogers is keeping the position.
Lisko is working hard here to advance position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lisko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hogers throws a head kick but Lisko moves out of range.
Hogers misses with a series of wild punches.
Hogers misses with a low kick.
A shot to de liver by Hogers. Beautiful body shot.
A combination from Hogers does no damage.
Lisko shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hogers as he avoids it easily.
Lisko changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hogers tries to avoid it but Lisko manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hogers to the ground. Hogers escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kimmo Lisko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hogers throws a series of strikes that have Lisko backpedaling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nice sprawl there from Hogers as Lisko shoots in.
Nice sprawl there from Hogers as Lisko shoots in.
Hogers stuffs the takedown.
Hogers scores with a nice body kick.
Lisko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hogers.
Lisko shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hogers as he jumps to the side.
Hogers throws a head kick that misses.
Hogers throws a series of punches but Lisko avoids them all with ease.
Hogers stuffs the takedown attempt from Lisko. Lisko gets slowly back to his feet.
Lisko fails to land the takedown.
Hogers stuffs the takedown attempt from Lisko. Lisko gets slowly back to his feet.
Lisko fails with a takedown attempt.
Hogers lands a jab-cross combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kimmo Lisko.
I think Lisko has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kimmo Lisko!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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