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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between King Cooper (ranked 4907 p4p, 5094 weight class) and Toke Axelsen (ranked 547 p4p, 555 weight class). Axelsen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dervhengrym - Ulfhednar kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, King Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toke Axelsen!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Axelsen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Axelsen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cooper has time to react.
Axelsen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cooper's head.
Cooper takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Axelsen drops Cooper with a beautiful combination! Cooper stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Axelsen is looking for the KO!
Cooper is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Axelsen blocks a jab.
Oh Cooper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Axelsen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cooper seems to have got his legs back now.
Cooper doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cooper takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Axelsen lands a nice shot that snaps Cooper's head back.
Cooper scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cooper trying to control the position but Axelsen is working away.
Axelsen is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cooper has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cooper trying to control the action but Axelsen is working from the bottom.
Axelsen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cooper trying to control the position but Axelsen is working away.
Cooper working away.
Axelsen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cooper thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Axelsen is trying to improve his position.
Axelsen stops Cooper from passing to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Axelsen has escaped the position, nice work there.
Axelsen tries to bench press Cooper off him but Cooper keeps the position.
Cooper misses with the ground and pound.
Cooper trying to control the position but Axelsen is working away.
Cooper working the ground and pound but Axelsen is defending the strikes.
Axelsen is not content to let Cooper control the position.
Axelsen is looking for a sweep.
Axelsen sneaks back into half guard.
Axelsen is refusing to be controlled, as Cooper sits in half guard.
Cooper controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Axelsen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cooper wants to pass to mount but Axelsen is defending the position.
Axelsen tries to roll over but Cooper keeps him under control.
Axelsen wants to control but Cooper is keeping busy.
Cooper seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Axelsen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Axelsen is trying to get back to full guard.
Cooper seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Axelsen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Axelsen moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Cooper postures up.
Axelsen looking for a sweep. Not yet Axelsen, not yet.
Axelsen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cooper. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cooper is fighting to break Axelsen's control of his arms but Axelsen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Axelsen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cooper's guard.
Cooper working a defensive guard here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cooper is on top in guard.
Axelsen looking for a sweep. Not yet Axelsen, not yet.
Axelsen keeping moving, preventing Cooper from controlling successfully.
Cooper is really struggling to control Axelsen but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Axelsen trying to keep a closed guard but Cooper is proving a slippery customer.
Cooper trying to control but Axelsen is working from the bottom.
Cooper drops back looking for a leg! Axelsen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Axelsen manages to kick Cooper off! Cooper jumps back into Axelsen's guard.
Axelsen looking to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Toke Axelsen dominated that round.
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.
Cooper misses with a takedown
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Axelsen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cooper dives in and grabs Axelsen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Axelsen pushes down on Cooper's head and hops out.
Axelsen scores with a punch to the head.
Axelsen scores with a body shot.
Axelsen drops Cooper with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Cooper looks back up at him and smiles so Axelsen waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooper gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Axelsen points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Cooper wakes up just in time to hear Axelsen thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Toke Axelsen!
After winning the bout, Toke Axelsen 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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hype
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pop
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