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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ren Okimoto (ranked 1376 p4p, 2607 weight class) and Darius Joseph (ranked 152 p4p, 266 weight class). Ren Okimoto has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ren Okimoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Darius Joseph!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joseph misses the jab.
Joseph throws a nice looking combination but Okimoto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big left from Joseph misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Okimoto fails to land the takedown.
Ren Okimoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circle momentarily. Joseph darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Joseph ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Okimoto has his takedown stuffed
and Joseph connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Joseph lands a nice looking body shot.
Okimoto shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Okimoto showed some decent athleticism there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Okimoto is nestled in close to Joseph, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Okimoto is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Joseph wants to get back to full guard.
Okimoto seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Okimoto prevents Joseph from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okimoto seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Joseph taking some punishment here, with Okimoto in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okimoto lands strikes from half guard.
Joseph taking some punishment here, with Okimoto in his half guard.
Joseph is trying to stand up here but Okimoto is controlling him well.
Joseph on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Okimoto slips a nice elbow through Joseph's hands, connecting with Joseph's forehead.
Nice strikes from Okimoto there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Okimoto lands a nice short elbow.
Okimoto is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Okimoto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Okimoto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Joseph wants to get back to his feet.
Okimoto lands strikes from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joseph has hold of Okimoto's hands but Okimoto slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Okimoto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Joseph can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okimoto working over Joseph with some ground and pound. Joseph looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Joseph is rocked!
Okimoto working the head and body with strikes.
Joseph is still in real trouble! Can Okimoto finish him?
Okimoto lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Joseph! More strikes land and this one is all over! Okimoto jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ren Okimoto!
Ren Okimoto is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Ren Okimoto made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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mgr
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