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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gunnbjorn Ulfsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Gatho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gatho is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by 666 - Bomba!. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gunnbjorn Ulfsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ben Gatho!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Chad Campbell and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ulfsson lands with a straight right. Gatho didn't see that one coming.
Ulfsson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gatho has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The fighters circling - Ulfsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ulfsson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ulfsson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gatho gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ulfsson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ulfsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Gatho is just out of range.
Ulfsson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gatho doesn't seem bothered though.
Ulfsson throws a sloppy head kick and Gatho moves out of range easily.
Ulfsson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gatho checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gatho looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gatho slips a jab and a cross from Ulfsson.
Ulfsson forces Gatho back against the cage and clinches.
Ulfsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ulfsson moves in looking to clinch but Gatho pushes him off.
Ulfsson throws a hook to the side of Gatho's head but Gatho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gunnbjorn Ulfsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulfsson scores with a decent looking hook.
Ulfsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gatho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ulfsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ulfsson scores with a sloppy right hand. Gatho should have avoided that one.
Gatho moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gatho keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gatho moves out of range of the leg kick from Ulfsson.
A big right from Ulfsson misses.
Gatho connects with a leg kick. Ulfsson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gatho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ulfsson manages to avoid it.
Ulfsson tries to land a leg kick but Gatho saw it coming and moves away.
Ulfsson swinging wildly here.
Ulfsson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gatho will feel that in the morning.
Gatho blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ulfsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ulfsson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gatho checks it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ulfsson throws a jab when Gatho was well out of range.
Ulfsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gatho throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ulfsson throws an overhand right that lands on Gatho's shoulder, as Gatho tries to avoid the shot.
Gatho thows a body kick. Ulfsson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gatho throws out a leg kick but Ulfsson moves out of range and Gatho only half commits.
Ulfsson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Gatho tries to work over Ulfsson's front leg with a kick but Ulfsson checks it.
Gatho blocks the body kick.
Ulfsson moves forwards but Gatho connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ulfsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Ulfsson misses with a kick to the body.
Gatho needs to keep his hands up - Ulfsson had a free shot at his head there.
Gatho scores with a decent looking hook.
Ulfsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulfsson is looking to clinch but Gatho is avoiding it.
Ulfsson tries to bum rush Gatho with a series of wild strikes but Gatho uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gatho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ulfsson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gatho on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ulfsson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gatho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gatho moves out of range of the body kick.
Gatho misses with a low kick.
Ulfsson misses with a body kick.
No joy there for Ulfsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gatho avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gatho throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ulfsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gatho ducks under a wild hook from Ulfsson.
Ulfsson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gatho in his tracks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ulfsson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ulfsson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ulfsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gatho closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ulfsson did well to prevent Gatho getting side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ulfsson trying to control but Gatho postures up.
Gatho tries to pass to full mount but Ulfsson defends it.
Ulfsson tries to get to full guard but Gatho has control of the leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gatho is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnbjorn Ulfsson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gatho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ulfsson.
Ulfsson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gatho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ulfsson.
Some wild striking there from Ulfsson.
Ulfsson tries to score with a low kick but Gatho moves his leg out of the way.
An inside leg kick lands from Ulfsson.
Ulfsson misses with a series of wild punches.
Ulfsson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gatho checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gatho tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gatho drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ulfsson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Gatho is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatho looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ulfsson tries to hold on but Gatho postures up.
Ulfsson is looking to get to half guard.
Gatho punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ulfsson tries to hold on but Gatho postures up.
Gatho is landing with some decent strikes but Ulfsson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gatho prevents Ulfsson from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ulfsson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Gatho looking for a guillotine from mount but Ulfsson is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ulfsson is trying to escape the mount.
Gatho pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ben Gatho has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ulfsson is looking to improve his position but Gatho isn't that keen on the idea.
Ulfsson tries to hold on but Gatho pushes him away.
BOOM! Gatho connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Gatho.
Ulfsson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gatho has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ulfsson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Gatho landing strikes from the mount.
Gatho goes for an armbar but Ulfsson turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Ulfsson.
Gatho working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ulfsson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ulfsson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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!
Gatho looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ulfsson is pushing down on Gatho's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gatho is fighting to maintain full guard but Ulfsson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Gatho tries to get to full guard but Ulfsson has control of the leg.
Ulfsson is thwarting Gatho's attempts to control the position.
Gatho has a hand on Ulfsson's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Ulfsson takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Gatho working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gatho manages to regain half guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Gatho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ulfsson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gatho is out of range and Ulfsson settles back down.
Ulfsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ulfsson thows a leg kick but Gatho checks it
and Gatho counters with a nice body shot.
Gatho's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gatho fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ulfsson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ulfsson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ulfsson throws a leg kick but Gatho sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ulfsson throws out a powerful jab.
Ulfsson misses with an uppercut. Gatho saw that one coming.
Ulfsson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gatho counters with a right hand to the body.
Ulfsson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gatho backs up against the cage.
Gatho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ulfsson doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gatho digs a good hook to Ulfsson's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gatho throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatho scores with a shot to the body.
Gatho throws a body kick that misses.
Gatho manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Ulfsson on his heels. He'll look to pass Ulfsson's guard now, I'm sure.
Gatho pushes down on Ulfsson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Gatho is working for a kimura but Ulfsson is defending it quite comfortably.
Gatho lands with a punch from half guard.
Gatho tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ulfsson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatho is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gatho thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ulfsson's head.
Gatho passes into side control, despite Ulfsson's attempt to control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gatho lands a few punches from side control.
Gatho scores with punches from side control.
Ulfsson is looking to regain half guard here but Gatho keeps moving and retains side control.
Gatho landing a few strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatho landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gatho throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gatho wants to control for a moment but Ulfsson uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Ulfsson is looking for a sweep. Gatho is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gatho lands a nice short elbow.
Gatho is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gatho tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ulfsson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatho throwing shots but Ulfsson is blocking nicely.
Ulfsson is looking to get back to full guard here but Gatho has managed to pass to side control instead.
Ulfsson looks to move to half guard but instead Gatho has passed into mount! Damn!
Ulfsson tries to hold on but Gatho pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gatho working the ground and pound effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gatho lands a heavy elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Gatho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gatho 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Gatho!
Our winner, Ben Gatho, 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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hype
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