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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juha Ahokas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Karwoski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ahokas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to ...Baby one more time!. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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288 lbs
29 - 16 - 1 |
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210 cm
32
287 lbs
20 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
29 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Juha Ahokas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirk Karwoski!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karwoski throws a series of punches but Ahokas avoids them all with ease.
Karwoski gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ahokas to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Karwoski uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Karwoski's corner calls for a 1-2. Karwoski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kirk Karwoski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ahokas throws a body shot but no joy.
Ahokas has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ahokas blocks a head kick by Karwoski.
Karwoski misses with a hook. Ahokas ducked under it nicely.
Ahokas misses with a straight left.
Karwoski throws out a powerful jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ahokas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ahokas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Karwoski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Karwoski takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Kirk Karwoski has been cut.
Ahokas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ahokas throws a lazy right hand but Karwoski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karwoski lands a body shot.
Karwoski blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ahokas. Karwoski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karwoski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ahokas swings for the body but Karwoski moves out of range.
Karwoski takes a swing at Ahokas's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Ahokas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ahokas lands a lovely overhand right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ahokas. Karwoski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ahokas swats away the attempt to clinch by Karwoski.
Ahokas misses with a body shot.
Karwoski stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Karwoski wants it to stay on the feet.
Ahokas throws a jab when Karwoski was well out of range.
Karwoski looks to score with a jab to the body but Ahokas is just out of range.
Ahokas is looking to wear down Karwoski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Karwoski lands.
Ahokas tries for a takedown but Karwoski sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ahokas tries to move into range but Karwoski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Karwoski cracks the inside of Ahokas's front leg.
Karwoski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ahokas counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab lands there for Karwoski.
Ahokas just misses with a punch to the body.
Karwoski swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Karwoski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ahokas counters with a right hand to the body.
Karwoski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ahokas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karwoski throws the left hand but Ahokas avoids the punch easily.
Karwoski throws a good cross that connects.
A jab from Karwoski finds it's way through Ahokas's defenses.
Karwoski is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ahokas just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski feints and then cracks Ahokas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ahokas down.
Ahokas takes one to the side of the head.
Ahokas checks a leg kick.
Karwoski throws a head kick but Ahokas moves out of range.
Karwoski clinches up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Karwoski.
Ahokas is stalling here.
Karwoski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ahokas avoids a wild elbow strike from Karwoski.
Karwoski lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Juha Ahokas has been cut.
Karwoski lands a nice elbow.
Ahokas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Karwoski up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Karwoski fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski pushes Ahokas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karwoski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karwoski misses with an elbow over the top.
Ahokas looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juha Ahokas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karwoski lands a left hand.
Karwoski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ahokas blocks an elbow strike from Karwoski.
Karwoski tries to throw a body punch but Ahokas avoids it by throwing Karwoski back against the cage.
Ahokas blocks an elbow strike from Karwoski.
Ahokas blocks an elbow strike from Karwoski.
Karwoski lands a nice uppercut.
Karwoski pushes Ahokas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ahokas displaying some good clinch control by pressing Karwoski up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirk Karwoski dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Ahokas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Karwoski throws a combination. Ahokas tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Karwoski throws a sloppy head kick
and Ahokas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ahokas looks to score with a jab to the body but Karwoski is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Karwoski! But no joy.
Karwoski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ahokas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Karwoski.
Karwoski throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ahokas.
Ahokas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karwoski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karwoski lands a high kick!
Ahokas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karwoski moves away.
Karwoski connects with a leg kick. Ahokas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karwoski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karwoski lands a lovely overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Ahokas. Beautiful body shot.
Karwoski avoids the body shot from Ahokas.
Ahokas fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Karwoski avoids it really well and circles away.
Karwoski gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ahokas to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ahokas with a nice head shot there.
Ahokas wants to pass the guard but Karwoski is keeping the position.
Ahokas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Karwoski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ahokas throws a big elbow that misses.
Ahokas working some strikes from top position.
Ahokas scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ahokas trying to control but Karwoski is working from the bottom.
Ahokas keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Karwoski's head.
Ahokas not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ahokas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Karwoski wants to sweep here but Ahokas controlling him for the moment.
Ahokas lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahokas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Karwoski seems keen to control Ahokas's posture.
Ahokas landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas works over Karwoski with some ground and pound from guard.
Ahokas postures up and lands a big shot to Karwoski's brow.
Karwoski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ahokas defends well.
Karwoski can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ahokas controls the pace.
Ahokas trying to control but Karwoski is working from the bottom.
Karwoski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ahokas throwing strikes but missing.
That's four 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.
Ahokas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ahokas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ahokas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ahokas scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ahokas content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ahokas working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Karwoski's head.
Karwoski is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ahokas is controlling him.
Ahokas throwing strikes from guard but Karwoski blocks nicely.
Karwoski looking for a sweep. Not yet Karwoski, not yet.
Ahokas looking to pass the guard.
Ahokas throwing strikes from guard but Karwoski blocks nicely.
Karwoski looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juha Ahokas dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. 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.
Karwoski misses with an uppercut.
Karwoski lands a really nice looking cross but Ahokas seems unphased.
Ahokas cracks a nice hook into Karwoski's ribs.
Karwoski attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Karwoski misses with a straight right.
Kirk Karwoski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karwoski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horrible takedown attempt by Ahokas or perhaps it was just good defense by Karwoski, which made it look bad.
Ahokas throws a big shot that misses.
Karwoski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ahokas was well out of range. Poor timing from Karwoski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahokas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ahokas moves away from the strike by Karwoski.
Ahokas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karwoski manages to avoid it.
Karwoski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Karwoski misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Karwoski tries to improve position but can't.
Ahokas lands an elbow.
Ahokas fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ahokas working the ground and pound.
Juha Ahokas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ahokas scoring with punches and elbows.
Ahokas lands a few punches from side control.
Ahokas trying to control the position but Karwoski is working away.
Karwoski tries to improve position but can't.
Karwoski takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ahokas controls the position.
Ahokas working away.
Karwoski defending against the ground and pound.
Karwoski has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ahokas connects with a decent elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karwoski takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Karwoski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Karwoski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karwoski takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Ahokas working the head and body with strikes.
Ahokas lands a strong strike to the head of Karwoski. That's dazed him! Ahokas looking to finish here. Karwoski is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Ahokas lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juha Ahokas!
Post fight, Juha Ahokas stared into the camera and said 'Sucker!'.
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hype
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