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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nils Holgersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chisulo Kalagho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holgersson comes to the cage accompanied by Theme. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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155 lbs
12 - 10 - 0 |
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177 cm
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155 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nils Holgersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chisulo Kalagho!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jonathan Paton and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holgersson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kalagho. Holgersson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kalagho just misses with a punch to the body.
Kalagho gets tackled into the cage by Holgersson. Holgersson maintains the clinch.
Holgersson misses with a punch to the body.
Holgersson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kalagho gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kalagho gets control of Holgersson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Kalagho will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Holgersson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Holgersson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kalagho throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Holgersson trying to control but Kalagho is working from the bottom.
Holgersson throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalagho working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Holgersson has passed into half guard!
Kalagho looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holgersson drops an elbow to the side of Kalagho's head.
Kalagho is trying to get back to full guard.
Holgersson content to control rather than advance.
Holgersson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Holgersson seems to be looking for submissions.
Holgersson is looking to advance position but Kalagho won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kalagho wants to improve his position but Holgersson is controlling well.
Kalagho is defending against the submission attempts here by Holgersson.
Kalagho is looking for a sweep. Holgersson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kalagho trying to hold on to Holgersson's head to control him but Holgersson postures up.
Holgersson trying to mount his opponent but Kalagho defends it.
Holgersson wants to control but Kalagho is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holgersson prevents Kalagho from improving his position.
Holgersson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kalagho keeps trying to improve his position.
Holgersson passes the guard and advances to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holgersson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Holgersson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kalagho is bucking up trying to escape but Holgersson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Holgersson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Holgersson prevents Kalagho from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holgersson goes for an armbar but Kalagho turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Kalagho.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kalagho postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kalagho lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Holgersson controlling Kalagho's posture.
Kalagho has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at LOD - Phoenix Mixed Martial Arts. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Kalagho passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kalagho is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Holgersson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Kalagho works to advance to full mount. Holgersson defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
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 Nils Holgersson will probably get the nod.
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.
Kalagho tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Holgersson defends well and Kalagho ends up having to push Holgersson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Holgersson half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Holgersson throws a hook to the side of Kalagho's head but Kalagho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Holgersson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Holgersson clinches with his opponent.
Holgersson lands with a short shot to the head.
Kalagho effectively controlling the action here.
Holgersson scores a nice knee to the body.
Holgersson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kalagho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holgersson wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holgersson has a couple of punches blocked by Kalagho.
Holgersson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kalagho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holgersson.
Kalagho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holgersson misses with a knee strike.
Holgersson misses with a knee strike.
Holgersson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kalagho can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holgersson trying to land knees to the body.
Holgersson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Holgersson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Holgersson fails to land the takedown.
Kalagho avoids the head kick by Holgersson.
Holgersson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kalagho but Kalagho pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Holgersson throws a low kick but Kalagho moves out of range easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kalagho lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Holgersson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Holgersson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Holgersson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kalagho moves out of range of the body kick.
Holgersson backing away here, and Kalagho unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Holgersson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nils Holgersson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalagho misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Holgersson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kalagho throws a shot from downtown. Holgersson moves away and avoids it.
Holgersson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kalagho sprawls and moves away.
Kalagho stuffs the takedown.
Kalagho lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kalagho.
Kalagho closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kalagho wants to control but Holgersson is keeping him busy.
Holgersson desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Holgersson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kalagho is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalagho throws a big elbow that misses.
Kalagho distracts Holgersson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Holgersson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Kalagho postures up.
Kalagho slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Kalagho throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Holgersson works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Holgersson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kalagho working over Holgersson with some ground and pound. Holgersson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holgersson won't allow Kalagho to pass to mount.
Kalagho is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Holgersson is just riding it out for now. Kalagho eventually gives up the hold.
Holgersson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kalagho winds up and cracks Holgersson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kalagho trying to pass the guard but Holgersson defending well.
Holgersson trying to control from the bottom.
Holgersson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kalagho is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chisulo Kalagho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Holgersson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Kalagho thumps Holgersson with a low kick.
Holgersson shoots and misses
and Kalagho counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Holgersson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice takedown defense from Holgersson. No joy for Kalagho on that attempt.
Kalagho swats away the attempt to clinch by Holgersson.
Kalagho feints the counter takedown.
Holgersson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Holgersson rushes Kalagho and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalagho prevents a takedown attempt there.
Holgersson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Holgersson tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nils Holgersson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holgersson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kalagho pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kalagho pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Holgersson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kalagho sprawls and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalagho throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Holgersson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Holgersson tries to clinch up.
Kalagho counters with a body kick.
Holgersson rushes Kalagho and presses him up against the cage.
Holgersson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kalagho backwards.
Holgersson lands a hook to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Holgersson trying to land knees to the body.
Kalagho lands with a left to the head.
Kalagho is trying to stall.
Holgersson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kalagho avoids it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Holgersson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nils Holgersson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Holgersson gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Holgersson is keen to just control but Kalagho is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holgersson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kalagho doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Holgersson.
Kalagho is trying to get back to full guard.
Nils Holgersson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Holgersson wants to work for an arm triangle but Kalagho is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Holgersson tries to pass to full mount but Kalagho defends it.
Kalagho makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kalagho.
Holgersson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalagho is looking for a triangle but Holgersson pushes his legs off easily.
Holgersson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Holgersson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Holgersson controlling the position from side mount.
Kalagho can't do much from the bottom here.
Kalagho is looking for a sweep.
Holgersson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalagho is looking to regain half guard here but Holgersson keeps moving and retains side control.
Kalagho tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Kalagho is not content to let Holgersson control the position.
Holgersson is really struggling to control Kalagho but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Holgersson avoids the strikes from the bottom by Kalagho.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nils Holgersson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Holgersson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nils Holgersson!
A victorious Nils Holgersson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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