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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jani Koskinen (ranked 619 p4p, 336 weight class) and Jacks Sole (ranked 96 p4p, 56 weight class). Jacks Sole acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jani Koskinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacks Sole!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sole takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sole slips a jab from Koskinen.
Koskinen throws a right and a left that Sole avoids nicely.
Sole flicks out a counter leg kick but Koskinen steps away.
Sole displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koskinen throws out the jab.
Koskinen misses with an uppercut.
Sole takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Koskinen misses with a wild combination.
Sole throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sole looks to land a left hand but Koskinen moved out of range nicely.
Sole tries to land a leg kick but Koskinen saw it coming and moves away.
Nice uppercut lands for Sole. That snapped Koskinen's head back.
Koskinen keeps the fight on the outside.
Sole moves out of range as Koskinen strikes.
Koskinen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sole lands with an overhand left.
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!
Koskinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jacks Sole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Koskinen.
Koskinen feinted with a counter takedown.
Koskinen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sole is looking to slow Koskinen down with leg kicks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sole avoids the body shot from Koskinen.
Sole loads up on a big right hand but Koskinen slips the punch.
Koskinen connects with a nice looking jab.
Sole has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sole avoids the body shot from Koskinen.
Sole only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Koskinen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sole stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Koskinen throws a right hand that Sole ducks under and follows up with a left that Sole also avoids with ease.
Koskinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sole wants to clinch but Koskinen slips to the side
and Koskinen counters with an inside leg kick.
Koskinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sole was well out of range. Poor timing from Koskinen.
Koskinen misses the shot to the body.
Koskinen misses with a straight right.
Sole avoids the body shot from Koskinen.
Sole flicks out a counter leg kick but Koskinen steps away.
Koskinen tries to clinch but Sole is having none of it.
Sole fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Koskinen.
Sole misses with a leg kick.
Sole takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sole instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sole lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sole tries to throw a body punch but Koskinen avoids it by throwing Sole back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sole fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sole pulls guard effortlessly.
Koskinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Sole is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Koskinen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Koskinen wants to control from the top but Sole keeps moving.
Sole is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Koskinen wants to control from the top but Sole keeps moving.
Koskinen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sole wants to sweep but no luck.
Sole is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Koskinen tries to get to full guard but Sole has control of the leg.
Koskinen wants to control but Sole passes into side.
Sole moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Koskinen tries to control but Sole manages to take his back.
Well, with Sole on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Koskinen is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Sole controlling well, preventing Koskinen from escaping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Sole slows the pace down in half guard.
Koskinen tries to roll over but Sole keeps him under control.
Sole sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Sole is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koskinen has his hands clasped together around Sole's back. He's all about the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jacks Sole will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Koskinen misses with a looping right.
Koskinen takes a swing at Sole's ribcage but misses.
Sole slips a jab and a cross from Koskinen.
Sole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koskinen.
Koskinen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sole counters with a stiff right hand.
Koskinen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sole.
Sole lands a nice looking body shot.
Sole lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Koskinen lands a nice shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Koskinen.
Koskinen staying out of range there.
Koskinen throws out a loose jab but Sole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jani Koskinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Koskinen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koskinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sole.
Nice jab there from Koskinen.
Nice straight punches there by Sole. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sole.
Sole throws a leg kick but Koskinen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sole chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Koskinen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen misses with a looping left.
Koskinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sole circles away quickly and effectively.
Koskinen checks a low kick from Sole.
Sole turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Koskinen looks to land a combination but Sole avoids it well.
Koskinen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Koskinen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Koskinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Koskinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sole manages to avoid it.
Koskinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koskinen throws an overhand right that lands on Sole's shoulder, as Sole tries to avoid the shot.
Sole looks to throw the jab but Koskinen is out of range.
Good leg kick by Sole.
Koskinen connects with a looping right hand.
Sole with a nice calf kick.
Sole dodges the punch combination from Koskinen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sole lands the left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole tries to land a leg kick but Koskinen saw it coming and moves away.
It appears Koskinen was looking to counter with a kick there.
Jab from Koskinen.
Sole cracks Koskinen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sole blocks a jab.
Koskinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Koskinen cracks Sole with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Koskinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sole circles away quickly and effectively.
Sole flicks out a counter leg kick but Koskinen steps away.
Sole swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sole throws a leg kick which misses Koskinen's front leg but catches the back leg as Koskinen tries to avoid it.
Sole tries to clinch but Koskinen is having none of it.
Koskinen slips under a jab from Sole.
Koskinen misses with a wild body shot.
Koskinen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sole walks into a jab.
Sole is looking to slow Koskinen down with leg kicks.
A low kick lands for Sole.
Sole thuds his right hand into Koskinen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sole throws a low kick but Koskinen moves out of range easily.
Sole looks to land a left hand but Koskinen moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sole fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sole on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Koskinen. Koskinen obviously looking to wear him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Sole.
Sole on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A big left from Koskinen misses.
Sole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koskinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Donk. Koskinen catches Sole right on the button with a cross.
Koskinen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sole lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sole walks into a left hand.
Sole motions for Koskinen to come forward. Sole throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koskinen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A combination from Koskinen does no damage.
Sole tries to land a leg kick but Koskinen saw it coming and moves away.
Some bone on bone action there as Koskinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sole misses with a low kick.
Sole punishes Koskinen's body with a nice straight punch.
Sole connects with a leg kick.
Sole misses with a low kick as Koskinen jumps back.
Sole throws a solid leg kick but Koskinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sole.
Koskinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sole.
Koskinen loads up on a big right hand but Sole slips the punch.
Koskinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Sole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sole misses with a hook. Koskinen ducked under it nicely.
Sole on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Koskinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sole lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Koskinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sole takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Koskinen lands with a shot to the body.
Sole throws an overhand right that lands on Koskinen's shoulder, as Koskinen tries to avoid the shot.
Sole connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jani Koskinen will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Koskinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sole.
Sole misses with a low kick.
Koskinen misses the shot to the body.
Koskinen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sole misses with an uppercut.
Koskinen throws out a loose jab but Sole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koskinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koskinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Sole.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sole! But no joy.
Sole attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sole gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Koskinen lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sole walks into a left hand.
Koskinen misses with a two punch combination.
Koskinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Koskinen lands a really nice looking cross but Sole seems unphased.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Koskinen checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen moves out of range of the leg kick from Sole.
Koskinen lands a glancing blow to the side of Sole's head.
Sole is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sole scoring well with a low kick there.
Sole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sole pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good leg kick by Sole.
Sole has Koskinen up against the cage in a clinch.
Sole tries a body shot but Koskinen blocks it.
Koskinen lands a body shot.
Koskinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Koskinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Koskinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Sole controls his hands.
Sole goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sole just leaning against Koskinen, taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole scores with a shoulder strike.
Koskinen misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Koskinen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Koskinen lands a body shot.
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!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Koskinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sole breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Koskinen scores with a jab.
A low kick lands for Sole.
Koskinen cracks Sole with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sole turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Sole misses.
Sole scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Koskinen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sole fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Koskinen is out of range.
Koskinen with a hook.
Sole throws out a leg kick but Koskinen moves out of range and Sole only half commits.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sole misses with an uppercut.
Sole swings for the body but Koskinen moves out of range.
Sole has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sole tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sole throws a jab when Koskinen was well out of range.
Koskinen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Koskinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sole moves away.
Koskinen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A nice leg kick lands there from Sole.
Sole misses the jab.
A head kick misses from Koskinen.
Sole attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick lands for Sole.
Sole lands with a kick to the ribs.
Koskinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sole waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Koskinen.
A counter left hand to the body from Koskinen misses its target.
Koskinen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sole.
Sole gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sole misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Koskinen.
Sole misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sole misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sole works on Koskinen's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sole doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Sole.
Sole is trying to pull guard but Koskinen has him pressed against the cage.
Sole fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sole lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Koskinen tries a body shot but Sole blocks it.
Koskinen looking to stall.
Sole lands a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Sole.
A short body shot lands from Sole as the two fighters clinch.
Sole escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koskinen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Koskinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jacks Sole.
I think Sole has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacks Sole!
After winning the bout, Jacks Sole thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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