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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Osama Akharraz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Laine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Osama Akharraz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Osama Akharraz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Boris Laine!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akharraz shoots for a double leg takedown but Laine sprawls well. He's pushed Akharraz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Laine bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Laine decides to stand back up. Laine steps back and let's Akharraz get back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Laine as Akharraz shoots in.
Laine misses with a jab, cross combination.
Akharraz wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Akharraz goes for a double leg but Laine avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Laine continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Osama Akharraz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Laine takes the fight into the clinch.
Laine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Akharraz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Laine clinches up with Akharraz and pushes him back against the ropes.
Laine breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laine looks to land a combination but Akharraz avoids it well.
Akharraz scores with a nice head shot.
Laine misses with a combination
and Laine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akharraz shoots for a double leg takedown but Laine sprawls well. He's pushed Akharraz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Laine throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Akharraz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Laine darts in and clinches Akharraz up against the ropes.
Akharraz wants a takedown but no success here.
Laine manages to break the clinch.
Akharraz throws a head kick but Laine moves out of range.
Akharraz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laine looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Laine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Akharraz.
Laine instigates a clinch.
Laine throws a punch but it's blocked by Akharraz.
Akharraz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Laine.
Akharraz misses with a body punch.
Laine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Akharraz.
Laine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Laine. No joy for Akharraz on that attempt.
Laine has managed to clinch.
Akharraz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akharraz tries to pull guard but Laine holds him up against the ropes and eventually Akharraz drops back down to his feet.
Laine lands with a right to the head.
Laine is pressed up against the ropes. Akharraz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Laine down to the mat. Laine avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Akharraz clinches.
Akharraz tries to pull guard but Laine won't allow it.
Laine tries to land knees in the clinch but Akharraz avoids the damage to the body.
Akharraz jumps guard.
Laine stands and steps away. Akharraz gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Akharraz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Laine circles away.
Laine clinches up against the ropes.
Laine stalling the fight.
Laine breaks from the clinch.
Boris Laine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Laine does no damage.
Laine swinging wildly here.
Laine has closed the distance and engaged Akharraz in a clinch.
Akharraz fails to pull guard.
Akharraz tries to pull guard but Laine won't allow it.
Laine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laine jumps guard and drags Akharraz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Akharraz won't allow Laine to get back to his feet.
Laine manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Laine throws a left and a right that both miss
and Akharraz counters by clinching up.
Akharraz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Akharraz wants to stall.
Laine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine prevents a takedown attempt there.
Akharraz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Laine is keeping busy.
Akharraz is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Laine to keep the fight standing.
Laine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Akharrazs head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laine lands a hook that snaps the head of Akharraz backwards.
Laine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laine swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Laine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Akharraz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Laine throws a series of punches but Akharraz moves out of range.
Laine gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Akharraz blocks an uppercut.
Akharraz taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boris Laine dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Laine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Akharraz throws a quick counter head kick but Laine was just out of range.
Laine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Akharraz looks for a takedown but Laine sprawls well.
Akharraz drives through and clinches with Laine against the ropes.
Laine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Akharraz has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Laine after a bit of a struggle.
Akharraz jumps guard but Laine stands there with Akharraz around his waist. Akharraz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Osama Akharraz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Laine is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Laine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Akharraz jumps guard but Laine turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Akharraz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Laine smiles and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine clinches up with Akharraz and pushes him back against the ropes.
Laine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Akharraz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laine.
Akharraz slips a jab and a cross from Laine.
A little feinted left hand from Akharraz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Laine swings for the body but Akharraz moves out of range.
Laine rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Akharraz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laine misses with the combination.
Akharraz wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Akharraz fails with a takedown attempt.
Laine leaves Akharraz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Laine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Akharraz swats away the attempt to clinch by Laine.
Laine rushes Akharraz and presses him up against the ropes.
Akharraz is trying to pull guard but Laine has him pressed against the ropes.
Laine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Akharraz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Laine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laine has Akharraz up against the ropes in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laine.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laine.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine lands with a left to the head.
Laine lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Akharraz or not.
Laine tries to land knees in the clinch but Akharraz avoids the damage to the body.
Laine avoiding damage as Akharraz throws knees to the body.
Akharraz has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Laine after a bit of a struggle.
Laine tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Akharraz smiles and moves away.
Akharraz wants to clinch up but Laine keeps it at a distance.
Laine clinches with his opponent.
Laine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Akharraz is trying to push Laine away but Laine has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Akharraz blocks an elbow strike from Laine.
Laine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Laine scores with a nice hook to the head.
Akharraz goes for a takedown attempt but Laine pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine throws a series of punches but Akharraz avoids them all with ease.
Akharraz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Akharraz thinks about countering with a body kick.
Akharraz darts in looking for a takedown but Laine gets double underhooks and turns Akharraz into the ropes.
Laine moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Laine.
Laine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laine moves into the clinch.
Laine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Akharraz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Laine fails to land with a series of punches.
Akharraz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Laine.
Akharraz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laine clinches.
Laine breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boris Laine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Akharraz keeps the fight on the outside.
Laine tries to clinch there but Akharraz circles away.
Laine misses with a double jab.
Akharraz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Laine is fending him off so far but Akharraz persists. Nope, Laine circles away and we're back to standing.
Laine clinches.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Akharraz jumps guard but Laine turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Akharraz tries to land a knee to the head but Laine blocks with his arms.
Akharraz tries to pull guard but Laine won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Osama Akharraz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Laine fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laine jumps guard but Akharraz turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Laine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Akharraz clobbers Laine with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine shoots in and drives through. Akharraz sprawls well.
Akharraz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Laine fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Akharraz or perhaps it was just good defense by Laine, which made it look bad.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Akharraz.
Laine is looking for the big counter here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Akharraz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Laine as he jumps to the side.
Laine has Akharraz up against the ropes in a clinch.
Boris Laine seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Akharraz tries to pull guard but Laine forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Akharraz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Laine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Akharraz looking for a takedown.
Laine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Akharraz shoots in for a takedown but Laine shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Akharraz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Laine circles away.
Laine looks to land a combination but Akharraz avoids it well.
Akharraz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Boris Laine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laine moves into range and clinches up with Akharraz.
Akharraz avoiding damage as Laine throws knees to the body.
Laine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akharraz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Laine fails with a takedown attempt.
Laine throws a body punch but Akharraz moves out of range.
Akharraz appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz shoots in for a takedown but Laine shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Laine is looking for the big counter here.
Laine changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Akharraz looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Laine has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Laine looks to land a combination but Akharraz avoids it well.
Akharraz gets tackled into the ropes by Laine. Laine maintains the clinch.
Laine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laine shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Akharraz but Akharraz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Akharraz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Laine has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laine misses with a few strikes there.
Akharraz is looking to clinch but Laine is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz closes the distance but Laine moves to the side
and Laine counters with a two punch combo.
Laine throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Akharraz counters with a one-two to the body.
Akharraz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Laine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Akharraz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Akharraz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Laine smiles and moves away.
Akharraz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Laine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Laine misses.
Boris Laine is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Akharraz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Laine's waist but Laine gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Akharraz off to one side.
Osama Akharraz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Akharraz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Laine avoids it really well and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Boris Laine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Laine has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boris Laine!
Boris Laine was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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