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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grey Black (ranked 6045 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Bjornsson (ranked 4826 p4p, 0 weight class). Grey Black has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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250 lbs
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285 lbs
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Grey Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Bjornsson!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bjornsson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bjornsson wants to control but Black passes easily into half guard.
Bjornsson wants to improve his position but Black is controlling well.
Black not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Black stalling away here and it's allowed Bjornsson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Black trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bjornsson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Black trying to control but Bjornsson is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornsson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bjornsson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black is in close to Bjornsson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Black definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Black knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bjornsson on the ground.
Black working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bjornsson keeping moving, preventing Black from controlling successfully.
Black looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bjornsson throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Black was covering up waiting for the punch and Bjornsson finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Black avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bjornsson tries to free his leg and advance position but Black is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Bjornsson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bjornsson is in close to Black's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Black looking for a sweep. Not yet Black, not yet.
Bjornsson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bjornsson lands a couple of elbows.
Bjornsson works over Black with some ground and pound from guard.
Bjornsson pushes down on Black's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Black is looking to improve his position.
Black is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bjornsson scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black wants to improve his position but Bjornsson is controlling well.
Nice strikes from Bjornsson there.
Black might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Black taking some punishment here, with Bjornsson in his half guard.
Bjornsson winds up and cracks Black with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Black blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bjornsson.
Bjornsson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bjornsson moves nicely into side control.
Bjornsson slows the pace down.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Black tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Magnus Bjornsson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nice sprawl there from Black as Bjornsson shoots in.
Black changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Bjornsson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A leg kick checked by Black.
Bjornsson tries to clinch up but Black circles away and keeps his distance.
Black attempts a counter takedown but Bjornsson avoids it well and moves away.
Black drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bjornsson keeping moving, preventing Black from controlling successfully.
Black stopping the sweep attempt from Bjornsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Black accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bjornsson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornsson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Black is one step ahead there.
Magnus Bjornsson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bjornsson has momentary wrist control but Black slips an elbow through the middle.
Black throws a strike but Bjornsson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bjornsson connects with a couple of short punches.
Black lands a decent punch to the body there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bjornsson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bjornsson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bjornsson trying to control but Black is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black working a defensive guard but Bjornsson manages to pass into side control anyway.
Bjornsson works to advance to full mount. Black defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Bjornsson cracks Black with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Black on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Black tries to get out of the position.
Bjornsson working Black over with strikes here.
Black tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee warns Black that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Black is rocked!
Bjornsson lands a big shot to the head and Black winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Magnus Bjornsson!
Magnus Bjornsson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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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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