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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olaf Thorsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Lethal high kicks
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taylor Powell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Olaf Thorsson!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thorsson.
Powell takes the fight into the clinch.
Powell lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Powell.
Powell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Powell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thorsson blocks a body shot from Powell.
Powell struggles to land a body shot inside as Thorsson controls his hands.
Thorsson throws a head punch that misses.
Thorsson blocks an uppercut.
Thorsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Powells head.
Powell blocking some punches.
Powell lands a right hand.
Powell lands a shot to the body.
Powell stalling the fight.
Powell lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Powell.
Powell lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thorsson.
Thorsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Powell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thorsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thorsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Powell.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thorsson.
Powell throws a punch but it's blocked by Thorsson.
Thorsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Powell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Powell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like Olaf Thorsson has been cut.
Powell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thorsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Powell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thorsson is rocked!
Thorsson can't find room to land a body shot as Powell controls the action.
Thorsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Powell finish him?
We've been hearing reports that Powell has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Powell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Thorsson looks winded!
Thorsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Powell throws a big uppercut that drops Thorsson! More strikes from Powell and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Thorsson lies dazed against the cage as Powell celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taylor Powell!
After the fight, Taylor Powell was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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