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The Island Season 15, 205 lbs, Round 4 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pascal Popper (ranked 811 p4p, 226 weight class) and Erik Bjornsson (ranked 0 p4p, 29 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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9 - 5 - 0 |
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14 - 1 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pascal Popper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Erik Bjornsson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Popper misses with a right hand
and Bjornsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
 It looks like Pascal Popper has been cut.
Popper scores with a shot to the body.
Popper rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Bjornsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Bjornsson slips under a jab.
Popper walks into a jab.
Bjornsson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bjornsson misses with a left hand
and Bjornsson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bjornsson slips under a jab from Popper.
Popper throws a body punch but Bjornsson moves out of range.
Bjornsson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Popper connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
 It looks like Erik Bjornsson has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornsson throws out a loose jab but Popper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Popper throwing a counter right hand but Bjornsson manages to avoid it.
Popper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Popper went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sloppy strikes from Popper. Those never looked like landing.
Bjornsson misses with a lunging right hand
and Popper counters with a nice uppercut.
Popper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bjornsson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Popper misses with a hook
and Popper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Popper throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bjornsson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Popper thinking.
Popper misses with a lunging right hand
and Bjornsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bjornsson.
 Popper is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Popper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Popper misses with a double jab
and Bjornsson counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Erik Bjornsson!
After winning the bout, Erik Bjornsson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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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