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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shark Attack (ranked 1791 p4p, 209 weight class) and John Rydeland (ranked 1048 p4p, 130 weight class). Rydeland has chosen Robbery - Not sneak attack as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Shark Attack could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to John Rydeland's chin.
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202 lbs
27 - 29 - 0 |
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185 cm
29
185 lbs
14 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
27 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shark Attack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Rydeland!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rydeland throws a body shot but no joy.
Attack is looking to counter punch.
Rydeland getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
It looks like Shark Attack has been cut.
Attack shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Attack takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've been hearing reports that Attack has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Rydeland throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rydeland throws a good cross that connects.
Rydeland has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rydeland stuns Attack with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rydeland scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rydeland throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Attack stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rydeland.
Rydeland listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rydeland listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Attack walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Attack is rocked!
Jab, jab by Rydeland - just one landing.
Rydeland throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Attack misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland stuns Attack with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rydeland misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Attack is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rydeland throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Attack stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rydeland looks to land a combination but Attack avoids it well.
Attack seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Rydeland lands with an uppercut that bounces Attack off the cage and back into range.
John Rydeland is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rydeland misses with a jab, cross combination.
Attack is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland scores with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Rydeland. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rydeland.
Rydeland cracks Attack with a good jab.
Rydeland connects with a jab.
Rydeland lands with a straight right. Attack didn't see that one coming.
Rydeland swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Attack wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rydeland catches Attack with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rydeland jabs Attack to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Attack takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab lands there for Rydeland.
Rydeland getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rydeland throws out a powerful jab.
Rydeland thuds a left hand into Attack's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Rydeland dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shark Attack's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rydeland scores with a crisp jab that stopped Attack in his tracks.
Attack takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oh Attack is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
John Rydeland seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rydeland lands a big right hand that sends Attack crashing to the mat! Rydeland stays standing though and waves Attack back to his feet!
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Attack might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rydeland lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rydeland 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.
Attack on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
John Rydeland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rydeland scores with a body shot.
Attack seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rydeland throws a shot to the body.
Rydeland lands a nice shot that snaps Attack's head back.
Attack takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rydeland looks to land a combination but Attack avoids it well.
Rydeland misses with a wild combination.
Rydeland cracks Attack with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Shark Attack's cut is getting worse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Rydeland.
Jab from Rydeland.
Rydeland bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Attack's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rydeland cracks Attack with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Attack falls to his knees and Rydeland doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Rydeland!
A victorious John Rydeland thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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
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