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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robbin Skoglund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thorin Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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177 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Robbin Skoglund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Thorin Gray!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skoglund swats away the attempt to clinch by Gray.
Skoglund throws a right hand that Gray ducks under and follows up with a left that Gray also avoids with ease.
Skoglund shoots for a takedown but Gray saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gray pushes Skoglund up against the cage in a clinch.
Gray gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Gray must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gray tries to free his leg and advance position but Skoglund is retaining full guard.
Gray is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Skoglund pulls Gray in to control the position.
Skoglund had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gray defends it easily.
Gray thows a big elbow that misses.
Gray tries to free his leg and advance position but Skoglund is retaining full guard.
Gray works over Skoglund with some ground and pound from guard.
Gray keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Skoglund's head.
Gray is working Skoglund over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gray is looking to stand up but Skoglund won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Skoglund is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gray scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gray trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gray working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Skoglund's head.
Gray works over Skoglund with some ground and pound from guard.
Skoglund avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gray scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gray postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gray postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Skoglund throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Gray with a flurry of punches that miss.
Skoglund wants to get back to his feet but Gray is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gray wants to pass the guard but Skoglund is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skoglund has control of Gray's left arm, preventing Gray from doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gray landing with the ground and pound.
Gray is in close to Skoglund's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gray scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Skoglund preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gray throws a strike but Skoglund rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gray keeping full guard, as Skoglund tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray is looking to stand up but Skoglund isn't so interested in that idea.
Gray is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Skoglund dives into side control.
Skoglund is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Gray will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Gray is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Skoglund asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Skoglund wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gray keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gray gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Skoglund fails to pull guard.
Gray jumps guard but Skoglund stands there with Gray around his waist. Gray gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gray looking for a takedown.
Skoglund goes for a takedown attempt but Gray pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robbin Skoglund. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Skoglund shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gray pinned against the cage. Gray gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Skoglund shoots in for a takedown but Gray shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gray misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Skoglund shoots in for a double leg but Gray sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thorin Gray 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.
Skoglund moves into the clinch.
Skoglund prevents the takedown attempt.
Skoglund goes for a takedown attempt but Gray pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gray tries to clinch but Skoglund is having none of it.
Skoglund tries to bum rush Gray with a series of wild strikes but Gray uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gray darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gray missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Skoglund is trying to maintain the position but Gray is very close to passing his half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Skoglund blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gray.
Gray throwing shots but Skoglund is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skoglund tries to kick Gray off but Gray keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ground and pound from Gray.
Gray lands strikes from half guard.
Gray is looking to advance position but Skoglund won't allow it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gray shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Skoglund napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gray working the head with strikes.
Gray creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Skoglund manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Skoglund trying to control here.
Gray with the ground and pound but Skoglund uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gray looking to pass the guard.
Gray throws and elbow that misses. Skoglund uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gray's guard. Nice move by Skoglund!
Skoglund looking to sit in guard and control but Gray gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gray working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gray wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Skoglund's closed guard. He's half up but Skoglund has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Skoglund pivots and extends the arm, Gray falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Skoglund! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Robbin Skoglund!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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