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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thor Skarsgard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubba Gump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gump has chosen Fucking Hostile - Pantera as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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270 lbs
31 - 12 - 0 |
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200 cm
31
250 lbs
24 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor Skarsgard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bubba Gump!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skarsgard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Skarsgard lunges at Gump with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gump's hand.
Skarsgard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gump takes a swing at Skarsgard's ribcage but misses.
Skarsgard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Skarsgard's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gump under the eye.
Skarsgard darts in and clinches Gump up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gump lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Skarsgard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gump misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gump blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gump leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gump lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Skarsgard blocking some punches.
Skarsgard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gump jumps guard but Skarsgard stands there with Gump around his waist. Gump gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skarsgard has a couple of punches blocked by Gump.
Still in the clinch, Gump scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gump tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gump leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gump jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Skarsgard walks away with a smile on his face. Gump gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Thor Skarsgard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bubba Gump.
Skarsgard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Skarsgard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gump throws out the jab.
Gump throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gump cracks Skarsgard with an open hand slap.
Skarsgard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thor Skarsgard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gump throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Skarsgard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've been told by Skarsgard's head coaches at Ballas Only that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Skarsgard misses with a looping right.
Skarsgard looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Skarsgard with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skarsgard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gump, pushing him back against the cage.
Skarsgard throws a punch but it's blocked by Gump.
Gump doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gump misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gump blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skarsgard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skarsgard lands an uppercut.
Skarsgard tries to throw a body punch but Gump avoids it by throwing Skarsgard back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Gump scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gump blocking some punches.
Gump tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Skarsgard just stands there and leans against the cage.
Skarsgard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gump misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gump.
Gump fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gump scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skarsgard misses with a punch to the body.
Skarsgard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gump cracks Skarsgard with a nice body shot.
Gump is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Skarsgard is keeping busy.
Gump drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Skarsgard gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Still in the clinch, Gump scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good body shot from Gump.
Gump throws a head punch that misses.
Skarsgard is looking to control Gump's arms but Gump gets an underhook and turns him. Now Skarsgard has his back to the cage.
Gump swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gump blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gump tries to throw a body punch but Skarsgard avoids it by throwing Gump back against the cage.
Skarsgard is looking to control Gump's arms but Gump gets an underhook and turns him. Now Skarsgard has his back to the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gump takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Skarsgard trying to control the position but instead, Gump has worked for underhooks and has pushed Skarsgard into the cage.
Skarsgard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gump.
Gump lands a right hand.
Skarsgard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gump blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gump.
Skarsgard tries to throw a body punch but Gump avoids it by throwing Skarsgard back against the cage.
Gump has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Skarsgard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gump tries a body shot but Skarsgard blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Skarsgard.
A shot in the inside from Skarsgard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Thor Skarsgard will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gump thows a left - swing and a miss!
Skarsgard lands a brutal head kick. Gump looks out on his feet and Skarsgard throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Thor Skarsgard!
Thor Skarsgard retains his heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Thor Skarsgard thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Bubba Gump stepped up to the mic, saying 'I knew he was gonna be a challenge coming in. I guess I just wasn't up to it tonight...'.
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energy
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hype
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