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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Danneskjöld (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kabal Labak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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200 lbs
19 - 16 - 0 |
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198 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ragnar Danneskjöld!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kabal Labak!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danneskjöld shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Labak eats them both and turns towards Danneskjöld to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Kabal Labak has been cut.
Danneskjöld swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Labak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Danneskjöld shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Labak as he jumps to the side.
Labak is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Danneskjöld with a body shot.
Danneskjöld scores with a hook.
Jab, jab by Labak - just one landing.
Danneskjöld cracks Labak with an open hand slap.
A head kick misses from Labak.
We've been told by Danneskjöld's head coaches at Jitz MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Labak throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Danneskjöld on the side of the head.
Danneskjöld scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Labak works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Danneskjöld looking to score a takedown here. Labak is defending well but Danneskjöld drives through and ends up in Labak's guard.
Danneskjöld got a little sloppy there for a moment and Labak has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Danneskjöld has managed to get both his arms back between Labak's legs - danger averted.
Danneskjöld wants to control from the top but Labak keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Labak trying to control the position here.
Danneskjöld controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Labak seems keen to control Danneskjöld's posture.
Danneskjöld tries to free his leg and advance position but Labak is retaining full guard.
Danneskjöld is working hard here to advance position.
Danneskjöld engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Labak is trying to keep Danneskjöld in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Danneskjöld stopping the sweep attempt from Labak.
Danneskjöld trying to control but Labak is working from the bottom.
Danneskjöld tries to free his leg and advance position but Labak is retaining full guard.
Labak looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Labak being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A punch combination from Danneskjöld misses.
Labak appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Danneskjöld looks to throw the jab but Labak is out of range.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Labak.
Danneskjöld tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjöld takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Danneskjöld tries to bench press Labak off him but Labak keeps the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Danneskjöld trying his best to control but Labak has mounted him.
Danneskjöld is desperately trying to improve his position but Labak has a good base and remains in mount.
Danneskjöld is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Danneskjöld is trying desperately to improve position.
Labak dominating with strikes here.
Danneskjöld is looking to improve his position but Labak isn't that keen on the idea.
Labak with shots to the head and body - Danneskjöld looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danneskjöld taking shots to the head.
Danneskjöld tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Labak landing punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Labak tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Labak lands a heavy elbow.
Labak scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Danneskjöld?
Danneskjöld is rocked!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Danneskjöld can't escape the position.
Labak working Danneskjöld over with strikes here.
Oh Danneskjöld is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Labak connects with a bit shot that sees Danneskjöld covering up! More strikes from Labak and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Labak is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kabal Labak!
Kabal Labak managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Sully's Bar & Grill, into his post fight interview.
Ragnar Danneskjöld spoke after the fight, saying 'Who is John Galt?'.
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energy
A | B |
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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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