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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rigel Ko Nachi (ranked 235 p4p, 411 weight class) and Aku Serronen (ranked 36 p4p, 62 weight class). Ko Nachi comes to the cage accompanied by Echoing Thunder. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rigel Ko Nachi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Aku Serronen!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Serronen scores with a head kick. Ko Nachi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ko Nachi throws a leg kick which misses Serronen's front leg but catches the back leg as Serronen tries to avoid it.
Ko Nachi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ko Nachi defending well as Serronen loads up on a big left hand.
Ko Nachi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ko Nachi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ko Nachi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Serronen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Serronen is looking to clinch.
A jab lands there for Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi throws a leg kick but Serronen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Serronen throws a body punch but Ko Nachi moves out of range.
Ko Nachi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rigel Ko Nachi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Ko Nachi lands a lovely overhand right.
Serronen 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.
The fighters circling - Ko Nachi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Serronen tries to land a leg kick but Ko Nachi saw it coming and moves away.
Serronen blocks a jab.
Ko Nachi throws a shot from downtown. Serronen moves away and avoids it.
Serronen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Both fighters circling a little - Serronen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ko Nachi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Serronen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Serronen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ko Nachi connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Ko Nachi misses.
Serronen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ko Nachi tries a head kick but it misses.
Ko Nachi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ko Nachi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LVPED in the buildup to the fight.
Serronen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ko Nachi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Serronen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ko Nachi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Serronen.
A slow jab from Serronen misses its intended target.
Ko Nachi clobbers Serronen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Serronen connects with a right hand. Ko Nachi shakes it off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Serronen.
Ko Nachi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Serronen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ko Nachi throwing a counter right hand but Serronen manages to avoid it.
Ko Nachi throws a shot to the body.
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!
A punch lands to the side of Serronen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Serronen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ko Nachi checks it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ko Nachi thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Ko Nachi misses.
Ko Nachi cracks Serronen with a good jab.
Serronen blocks a jab.
Ko Nachi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Serronen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Serronen lands with a shot to the body.
Serronen avoids the body shot from Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi swings for the body but Serronen moves out of range.
Serronen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ko Nachi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Serronen is looking to chop away at Ko Nachi's legs.
Ko Nachi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Serronen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
An inside leg kick from Ko Nachi misses.
Serronen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Serronen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ko Nachi looks to land a right hand but Serronen moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serronen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Serronen tries a head kick but it misses.
Good work by Ko Nachi as he checks the leg kick.
As Serronen backs away, Ko Nachi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Serronen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ko Nachi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Serronen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ko Nachi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Serronen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ko Nachi tries to land a leg kick but Serronen saw it coming and moves away.
Serronen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That kick from Ko Nachi tenderised Serronen's leg. Serronen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ko Nachi throws a leg kick
and Serronen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Serronen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ko Nachi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Serronen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ko Nachi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ko Nachi just misses with a punch to the body.
Serronen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ko Nachi connects with a right hand. Serronen shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Ko Nachi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ko Nachi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Serronen doesn't seem bothered though.
Ko Nachi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Serronen connects with a right hand. Ko Nachi shakes it off.
Ko Nachi scores with a jab to the head.
Ko Nachi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ko Nachi lands a nice shot to the body.
Ko Nachi throws a shot from downtown. Serronen moves away and avoids it.
Serronen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Serronen throws a looping overhand right but Ko Nachi ducks down to avoid it.
Serronen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ko Nachi to score with a decent uppercut.
Serronen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ko Nachi scores with a hook.
Ko Nachi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Serronen clinches with his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Ko Nachi - that landed with a thud.
Serronen throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Serronen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Serronen misses with a punch on the inside.
Serronen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ko Nachi's elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rigel Ko Nachi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ko Nachi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ko Nachi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Serronen's hands.
Ko Nachi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ko Nachi scores with a nice right hand.
Serronen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ko Nachi.
Serronen throws out a counter right but Ko Nachi avoids it with no problem.
Ko Nachi misses with a low kick.
Serronen throws a body kick that misses.
Ko Nachi throws a jab but it's blocked by Serronen.
A countering left hand to the body from Serronen misses.
Serronen connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Ko Nachi to the floor! Serronen dives in looking for the finish!
It looks like Rigel Ko Nachi has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Serronen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ko Nachi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Serronen wants to work for an arm triangle but Ko Nachi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Serronen is working for a kimura but Ko Nachi is defending it quite comfortably.
Ko Nachi is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Serronen is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Ko Nachi to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Ko Nachi controls Serronen momentarily but Serronen frees himself.
Serronen looking to sit in guard and control but Ko Nachi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Serronen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ko Nachi is one step ahead there.
Serronen controls Ko Nachi momentarily but Ko Nachi frees himself.
Aku Serronen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Serronen is looking for a triangle but Ko Nachi pushes his legs off easily.
Serronen being controlled here, momentarily.
Ko Nachi preventing the sweep.
Serronen looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ko Nachi puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ko Nachi seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Ko Nachi throwing shots but Serronen is blocking nicely.
Serronen is looking to get back to full guard here but Ko Nachi has managed to pass to side control instead.
Serronen seems a little lost for a moment, as Ko Nachi dominates the positioning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serronen manages to get back to half guard.
Serronen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Serronen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ko Nachi sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Serronen is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ko Nachi is pressing down on Serronen's thigh, looking to free his foot. Serronen is holding on for now.
Serronen wants to get back to full guard.
Ko Nachi is taking a breather. Serronen says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Serronen wants to improve his position but Ko Nachi is controlling well.
Serronen is trying to control but can't.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ko Nachi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Serronen doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ko Nachi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Serronen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ko Nachi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Serronen misses with an uppercut. Ko Nachi saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Ko Nachi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ko Nachi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Serronen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
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 Rigel Ko Nachi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rigel Ko Nachi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Good exchange - Ko Nachi coming out on top.
Ko Nachi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Serronen.
Serronen defending well as Ko Nachi loads up on a big left hand.
Ko Nachi cracks a nice hook into Serronen's ribs.
Serronen slips a jab from Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Serronen.
Serronen misses with a body kick.
Ko Nachi lands a nice shot that snaps Serronen's head back.
Ko Nachi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Serronen manages to avoid it.
Ko Nachi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Serronen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Serronen takes a swing at Ko Nachi's ribcage but misses.
Serronen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Serronen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ko Nachi is looking to slow Serronen down with leg kicks.
Ko Nachi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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!
Ko Nachi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Serronen counters with a low kick, right behind Ko Nachi 's knee.
Rigel Ko Nachi is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Serronen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Serronen clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Serronen.
Ko Nachi works on Serronen's body with a couple of short punches.
Serronen tries a body shot but Ko Nachi blocks it.
Serronen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Serronen.
Serronen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Serronen blocks a body shot from Ko Nachi.
Serronen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Serronen throws a head punch that misses.
Ko Nachi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ko Nachi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ko Nachi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ko Nachi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from Ko Nachi misses.
Serronen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ko Nachi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Serronen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ko Nachi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Serronen can do to turn this around?
Ko Nachi controlling the action here for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ko Nachi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Serronen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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!
Serronen lands a shot to the body.
Serronen misses with a punch to the body.
Serronen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ko Nachi manages to break the clinch.
Serronen tries to clinch but Ko Nachi is having none of it.
Ko Nachi jabs at Serronen's body.
Serronen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Serronen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Serronen lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Ko Nachi on the inside.
Ko Nachi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aku Serronen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ko Nachi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Serronen tries to throw a body punch but Ko Nachi avoids it by throwing Serronen back against the cage.
Serronen lands an uppercut.
Serronen tries a body shot but Ko Nachi blocks it.
Ko Nachi misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Serronen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ko Nachi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ko Nachi throws a punch but it's blocked by Serronen.
Serronen lands with a left to the head.
Serronen lands with a light punch inside.
Rigel Ko Nachi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Serronen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Serronen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Serronen lands a body punch.
Ko Nachi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ko Nachi prevents a body shot from Serronen.
Ko Nachi prevents a body shot from Serronen.
Serronen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Serronen takes a shot to the head.
Serronen throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Serronen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serronen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ko Nachi blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ko Nachi.
Serronen can't find room to land a body shot as Ko Nachi controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Serronen fails to land.
Serronen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Serronen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ko Nachi's elbow.
Serronen throws a punch but it's blocked by Ko Nachi.
Serronen tries to throw a body punch but Ko Nachi avoids it by throwing Serronen back against the cage.
Serronen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Serronen misses with the head strike.
Ko Nachi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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 Rigel Ko Nachi.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ko Nachi, 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rigel Ko Nachi!
Our winner, Rigel Ko Nachi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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