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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gustaf Stenbeck (ranked 414 p4p, 52 weight class) and Terry Bogard (ranked 432 p4p, 53 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gustaf Stenbeck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terry Bogard!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stenbeck throws out a powerful jab.
Bogard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bogard checks a leg kick.
Bogard throws a nice inside leg kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Bogard has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Bogard lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bogard throws a leg kick which misses Stenbeck's front leg but catches the back leg as Stenbeck tries to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Stenbeck. Beautiful body shot.
Stenbeck throws a head kick that misses.
Bogard walks into a left hand.
Stenbeck misses with an uppercut. Bogard saw that one coming.
Stenbeck throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stenbeck rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bogard counters with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stenbeck steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bogard. That one must have hurt.
Stenbeck ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stenbeck misses with a low kick.
Bogard dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stenbeck. That did some damage!
Bogard lunges at Stenbeck with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stenbeck's hand.
Bogard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stenbeck fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bogard just manages to avoid it.
Bogard dives in and grabs Stenbeck's left leg, looking for a takedown. Stenbeck pushes down on Bogard's head and hops out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenbeck closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stenbeck throws a head punch that misses.
Bogard breaks the clinch.
Bogard misses with a hook to the body
and Stenbeck cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bogard throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stenbeck walks into a jab.
Stenbeck does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bogard throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bogard doesn't manage to clinch there - Stenbeck circles away.
Bogard throws a jab when Stenbeck was well out of range.
Stenbeck tries to land a leg kick but Bogard saw it coming and moves away.
Stenbeck checks a leg kick.
Bogard is looking to clinch but Stenbeck is avoiding it.
Bogard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stenbeck throws a push kick but Bogard slaps the foot to one side.
Stenbeck throws a body shot but no joy.
Stenbeck moves out of range as Bogard strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenbeck stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Stenbeck wants it to stay on the feet.
Bogard punishes Stenbeck's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bogard fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stenbeck avoids the head kick by Bogard.
Bogard throws a body shot but no joy.
Bogard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stenbeck.
Gustaf Stenbeck is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bogard wants to land a leg kick but Stenbeck is out of range.
Bogard misses with a low kick.
Bogard connects with a leg kick. Stenbeck looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A bone on bone clash there as Bogard blocks the leg kick.
Bogard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stenbeck gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Stenbeck thumps Bogard with a low kick.
A jab from Bogard misses.
Stenbeck doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bogard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stenbeck circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bogard misses with a wild body shot.
Bogard throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bogard tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bogard moves in looking to clinch but Stenbeck pushes him off.
Terry Bogard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Bogard misses its intended target.
Bogard doesn't manage to clinch there - Stenbeck circles away.
Stenbeck bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bogard throws a front kick that sends Stenbeck stumbling back into the cage.
Bogard swings for the body but Stenbeck moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bogard.
Bogard misses with a hook.
Stenbeck swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Stenbeck wants to clinch.
Stenbeck takes one to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bogard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stenbeck swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stenbeck throws a big shot that misses.
Stenbeck misses the jab.
Bogard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stenbeck manages to avoid it.
Bogard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stenbeck is trying to stall.
Bogard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bogard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bogard's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stenbeck tries a body shot but Bogard blocks it.
Stenbeck fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bogard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stenbeck has him pressed against the cage.
Stenbeck misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stenbeck stalling the fight.
Stenbeck misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terry Bogard dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bogard fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bogard blocks a leg kick.
Bogard is looking to land body kicks.
Stenbeck walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bogard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stenbeck can pounce on him.
Bogard has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stenbeck blocks an uppercut.
Stenbeck lands a body shot.
Bogard misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bogard.
Stenbeck blocks a body shot from Bogard.
Stenbeck cracks Bogard with a nice body shot.
Bogard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bogard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stenbeck can't find room to land a body shot as Bogard controls the action.
Bogard misses with a punch to the body.
Bogard misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stenbeck.
Bogard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stenbeck is keeping busy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stenbeck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenbeck escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crunch! Stenbeck slams his shin into Bogard's torso.
Bogard ducks under a wild hook from Stenbeck.
Stenbeck scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Stenbeck stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Terry Bogard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bogard slips under a jab from Stenbeck.
Stenbeck lands a really nice looking cross but Bogard seems unphased.
Bogard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bogard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stenbeck.
Bogard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bogard bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stenbeck's head.
Stenbeck pushes Bogard up against the cage in a clinch.
Stenbeck's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bogard explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stenbeck throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bogard tries to counter by closing the distance.
Bogard lands with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bogard misses with a left hand
and Stenbeck counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bogard on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Stenbeck lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stenbeck swats away the attempt to clinch by Bogard.
Stenbeck tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bogard manages to circle out of the way.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bogard is looking to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bogard.
Bogard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stenbeck jabs at Bogard's body.
A jab from Bogard finds it's way through Stenbeck's defenses.
Nice defenses there by Stenbeck.
Bogard tries a low kick but Stenbeck avoids it.
Bogard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bogard throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bogard cracks Stenbeck with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bogard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bogard scores with a sloppy right hand. Stenbeck should have avoided that one.
Bogard ducks under a wild hook from Stenbeck.
Stenbeck uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bogard turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Stenbeck misses with a looping right.
Stenbeck misses with an uppercut.
Stenbeck is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Stenbeck looks to land a left hand but Bogard moved out of range nicely.
Stenbeck throws the left hand but Bogard avoids the punch easily.
Bogard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stenbeck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bogard connects with a single shot there.
Bogard tries to keep at a distance but Stenbeck has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stenbeck blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bogard misses with a punch on the inside.
Bogard prevents a body shot from Stenbeck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bogard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stenbeck breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bogard shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Stenbeck counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bogard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stenbeck on the side of the head.
Stenbeck will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bogard tries to score with a low kick but Stenbeck moves his leg out of the way.
Stenbeck was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Good leg kick by Stenbeck there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stenbeck misses with a leg kick.
Stenbeck tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bogard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bogard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stenbeck scores with a push kick.
Stenbeck looks to throw a body kick
and Bogard counters with a leg kick.
Stenbeck moves in looking to clinch but Bogard pushes him off.
Bogard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bogard throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Gustaf Stenbeck 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Stenbeck throws the left hand but Bogard avoids the punch easily.
Stenbeck keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bogard throws a sloppy head kick
and Stenbeck connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bogard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stenbeck avoids the body shot from Bogard.
Stenbeck fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stenbeck throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Bogard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Stenbeck motions for Bogard to come forward. Stenbeck throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stenbeck rushes Bogard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stenbeck lands a body punch.
Bogard misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stenbeck misses with some punches.
Stenbeck scores with a shot to the side of Bogard's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stenbeck.
Stenbeck works on Bogard's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stenbeck blocks an uppercut.
Stenbeck scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogard misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stenbeck.
A head punch on the inside from Bogard fails to land.
Stenbeck breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stenbeck looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stenbeck throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bogard swinging wildly here.
Bogard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bogard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stenbeck's sensitive parts.
Stenbeck jabs Bogard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bogard feints and then cracks Stenbeck's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stenbeck down.
Stenbeck scores with a hook.
A lazy left from Bogard finds it's target.
Stenbeck throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenbeck throws a chopping leg kick but Bogard manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Stenbeck throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bogard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bogard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stenbeck.
Bogard throws a hook but Stenbeck avoids it easily.
Bogard moves out of range of the strikes.
Stenbeck throws a body shot but no joy.
Bogard only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bogard throws a big shot that misses.
Bogard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stenbeck throwing a counter right hand but Bogard manages to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stenbeck checks a leg kick.
As Bogard backs away, Stenbeck returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bogard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stenbeck's sensitive parts.
Bogard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bogard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A low kick from Bogard misses
and Stenbeck counters with a stiff right hand.
Bogard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenbeck lands a left and a right that send Bogard crashing to the mat, dazed. Stenbeck thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Bogard is rocked!
Stenbeck misses with a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bogard, right into the meat.
Stenbeck moves out of range of the body kick from Bogard.
Stenbeck steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bogard.
Stenbeck turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bogard is looking to slow Stenbeck down with leg kicks.
A slow jab from Bogard misses its intended target.
Bogard looks to score with a jab to the body but Stenbeck is just out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bogard throws a wild body kick that Stenbeck sees coming a mile off.
Bogard attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Stenbeck takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stenbeck.
Stenbeck lands a hook that snaps the head of Bogard backwards.
Bogard can't find room to land a body shot as Stenbeck controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stenbeck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bogard.
Bogard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bogard tries to circle away but Stenbeck has him pinned against the cage.
Bogard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bogard has a couple of punches blocked by Stenbeck.
Stenbeck scores with a shoulder strike.
Stenbeck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stenbeck takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stenbeck just misses with a punch to the body.
Bogard loads up on a big right hand but Stenbeck slips the punch.
Stenbeck swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bogard.
Stenbeck comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bogard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stenbeck lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bogard is still on wobbly legs! Can Stenbeck finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stenbeck steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bogard.
Bogard seems to have recovered his senses.
Stenbeck checks a leg kick nicely.
Stenbeck looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gustaf Stenbeck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stenbeck has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustaf Stenbeck!
Terry Bogard was interviewed post fight and said 'No excuses, you learn more from loses than you do from wins. Cheers!'.
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