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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lars Paulsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adegoke Olujimi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulsson comes to the cage accompanied by Soldaat van Oranje Theme. Olujimi has chosen Jovivaa - Vigilant as his entrance music. Lars Paulsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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2 - 2 - 0 |
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192 cm
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195 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lars Paulsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adegoke Olujimi!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olujimi lands a nice hook to Paulsson's body. Paulsson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Olujimi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Olujimi lands with a nice body punch.
Olujimi misses with a wild combination.
Paulsson jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
We've been hearing reports that Paulsson has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Paulsson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Olujimi's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Olujimi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Olujimi looking to control.
Olujimi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Paulsson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Paulsson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Olujimi holds on and takes a little breather.
Paulsson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Paulsson lands a couple of digs.
Olujimi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Paulsson chips away with some ground and pound.
Paulsson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Olujimi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Paulsson manages to get himself to full guard.
Paulsson 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olujimi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Olujimi won't allow Paulsson to sweep him here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Paulsson is on top in guard.
Paulsson preventing the sweep.
Paulsson trying to control the position from guard on top but Olujimi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paulsson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Olujimi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Paulsson has managed to get both his arms back between Olujimi's legs - danger averted.
Olujimi keeping moving, preventing Paulsson from controlling successfully.
Paulsson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Paulsson wants to control from the top but Olujimi keeps moving.
Paulsson with a nice head shot there.
Paulsson wants to control from the top but Olujimi keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olujimi can't keep his opponent in guard - Paulsson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Olujimi tries to roll over but Paulsson keeps him under control.
Olujimi taking some punishment here, with Paulsson in his half guard.
Paulsson wants to take a breather but Olujimi is having none of it.
Olujimi tries to roll over but Paulsson keeps him under control.
Olujimi is looking to control Paulsson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Olujimi avoid being mounted?
Paulsson trying to mount his opponent but Olujimi defends it.
Paulsson trying to control from half guard but Olujimi is working away.
Olujimi is looking to control Paulsson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Olujimi avoid being mounted?
Paulsson is looking to advance position but Olujimi won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulsson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Paulsson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Paulsson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Olujimi tries to get to full guard but Paulsson has control of the leg.
Paulsson passes to side control.
Olujimi is trying to get back to half guard.
Olujimi trying to remain calm as Paulsson controls from the top position.
Olujimi pushes Paulsson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Paulsson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Olujimi wants to control but Paulsson postures up.
Paulsson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Paulsson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Paulsson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Olujimi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Paulsson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulsson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Olujimi down.
A lull in the action here as Paulsson stalls from top position.
Olujimi wants to control but Paulsson postures up.
Paulsson lands a few punches from side control.
Olujimi is rocked!
Olujimi tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Paulsson lands a big elbow - Olujimi is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Olujimi is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Lars Paulsson!
A very excited looking Lars Paulsson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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