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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ingolf Ulfriksson (ranked 3449 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Goolson (ranked 4802 p4p, 0 weight class). Ulfriksson comes to the cage accompanied by Hvem Er Hun. Tom Goolson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ingolf Ulfriksson's chin.
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194 cm
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215 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ingolf Ulfriksson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Goolson! The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ulfriksson throws a leg kick which misses Goolson's front leg but catches the back leg as Goolson tries to avoid it. Goolson moves in looking to clinch but Ulfriksson pushes him off. Ulfriksson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Ingolf Ulfriksson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Ulfriksson takes the fight into the clinch. Ulfriksson lands a nice uppercut. Ulfriksson working Goolson over with knees to the body. Ulfriksson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Goolson's defenses. Goolson breaks from the clinch.
Goolson walks into a straight right hand from Ulfriksson. Ulfriksson rushes Goolson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Ulfriksson being controlled against the cage. Ulfriksson scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Goolson has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Ulfriksson regains guard immediately. Ulfriksson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Goolson on the ground. Ulfriksson is trying to keep Goolson in close.
Ulfriksson wants to get back to his feet but Goolson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Goolson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. Ulfriksson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Ulfriksson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Goolson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Goolson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Ulfriksson leaves Goolson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Ulfriksson closes the distance and pushes Goolson back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Goolson is trying to pull guard but Ulfriksson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch. Goolson tries to score a body lock takedown but Ulfriksson shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Ingolf Ulfriksson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Goolson. Ulfriksson lands a good knee to the midsection. Goolson won't want to take too many of those. Goolson looks winded! Ulfriksson lands with a light punch inside. Our sources have told us that Ulfriksson has been working on his elbows in the gym. Goolson takes an elbow to the forehead. Ulfriksson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Ulfriksson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Goolson's efforts to push away. Ulfriksson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ulfriksson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Ulfriksson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ulfriksson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ulfriksson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Goolson looking to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ulfriksson obliges. Ulfriksson pushes Goolson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ulfriksson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Goolson or not. Ulfriksson digs a right hand underneath Goolson's ribcage. Goolson let out a lung full of air as it connected. Ulfriksson connects with a knee to the head.
Ulfriksson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Goolson's face.
Ulfriksson lands a shoulder strike. Ulfriksson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ulfriksson with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Ulfriksson.
Knees to the body from Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Goolson's defenses. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Ulfriksson lands an elbow inside that Goolson shrugs off. Ulfriksson lands an elbow inside that Goolson shrugs off. Ulfriksson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Ulfriksson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ulfriksson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Goolson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Ulfriksson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Ulfriksson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ulfriksson lands with a short shot to the head. Ulfriksson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ulfriksson throws an elbow but misses. Ulfriksson scores with a shot to the side of Goolson's head. A hook to the body from Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson lands with a short head shot on the inside. Ulfriksson scores a nice knee to the body.
Ulfriksson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Goolson's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Ulfriksson lands a left hand.
Ulfriksson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Ulfriksson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ulfriksson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Goolson's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ingolf Ulfriksson dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Goolson leaves Ulfriksson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Goolson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Ulfriksson. Ulfriksson instigates a clinch. Ulfriksson misses with a punch to the body.
Ulfriksson misses with an elbow over the top. Ulfriksson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Goolson can do to turn this around? Goolson avoids a wild elbow strike from Ulfriksson. Goolson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ingolf Ulfriksson has scored more points in the clinch so far. Ulfriksson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Goolson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Ulfriksson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Goolson prevents a body shot from Ulfriksson. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Goolson missing with knees to the body.
Ulfriksson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Ulfriksson lands with a left to the head. Goolson is breathing heavily. Ulfriksson landing knees to the head.
Ulfriksson lands an elbow inside that Goolson shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ulfriksson working Goolson over with knees to the body. Ulfriksson gets through Goolson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Ulfriksson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Ulfriksson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Ulfriksson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ulfriksson lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Ulfriksson lands an elbow that stopped Goolson in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Tom Goolson has been cut. Ulfriksson tries a knee to the head but Goolson blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson lands a good knee to the midsection. Goolson won't want to take too many of those. Goolson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ulfriksson smiles and moves away.
Ulfriksson closes the distance and clinches. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Ulfriksson lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Goolson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Ulfriksson can't find room to land a body shot as Goolson controls the action.
Goolson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ulfriksson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Goolson's face.
Goolson takes an elbow to the forehead. Ulfriksson lands an elbow that stopped Goolson in his tracks for a moment. Ulfriksson lands a nice knee to the body. Ulfriksson lands a nice elbow. Nice elbow from Ulfriksson. A right hook to the body lands for Ulfriksson.
Goolson has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Ulfriksson regains guard immediately. Ulfriksson kicks Goolson off and gets to his feet. Ulfriksson feints and as Goolson raises his hands in defense, Ulfriksson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Ingolf Ulfriksson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ulfriksson throwing strikes but missing. Ulfriksson cracks Goolson with a solid left hand. Ulfriksson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Ulfriksson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Ulfriksson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Goolson, up you get! Ulfriksson lands a head kick!
Ulfriksson shoots in looking for a takedown. Goolson tries to sprawl out of it but Ulfriksson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Goolson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Ulfriksson is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Goolson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ulfriksson with a body shot. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ulfriksson.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ulfriksson is looking to score with low kicks. Goolson wants to counter with a clinch but Ulfriksson pushes him away. Goolson throws a series of punches but Ulfriksson moves out of range. Goolson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Ulfriksson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ulfriksson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Ingolf Ulfriksson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Goolson. Ulfriksson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Goolson takes one to the side of the head.
Ulfriksson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range. A head kick from Ulfriksson lands but Goolson takes it in his stride. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Ulfriksson tries to clinch up. Ulfriksson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Goolson gets a takedown into half guard. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Goolson prevents Ulfriksson from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ingolf Ulfriksson dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Tom Goolson's cut. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Goolson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ulfriksson avoids it really well and circles away. Ulfriksson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. A head kick from Ulfriksson lands but Goolson takes it in his stride. Ulfriksson dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Goolson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ulfriksson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Goolson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ulfriksson defends well and Goolson ends up having to push Ulfriksson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch. Ulfriksson has managed to clinch.
Ulfriksson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Goolson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Ulfriksson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Ulfriksson lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ulfriksson lands a nice elbow. Ulfriksson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Ulfriksson scores with a shoulder strike. Ulfriksson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short right from Ulfriksson. A short right hand to the side of the head by Ulfriksson. Goolson tries to pull guard but Ulfriksson forces him back to his feet, against the cage. Ingolf Ulfriksson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Goolson. Ulfriksson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Ulfriksson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ulfriksson is working Goolson over against the cage. A knee to the head by Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson lands an elbow inside. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ulfriksson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Goolson's defenses. Ulfriksson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Goolson's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ulfriksson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Ulfriksson scores with a shot to the side of Goolson's head. Ulfriksson lands an elbow that stopped Goolson in his tracks for a moment. Ulfriksson misses with a knee to the head. Ulfriksson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ulfriksson lands an elbow inside. Goolson is trying to break free. Goolson jumps guard but Ulfriksson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. Ulfriksson lands an elbow inside that Goolson shrugs off. Goolson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Ulfriksson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Ulfriksson clinches. Ulfriksson lands an elbow that stopped Goolson in his tracks for a moment. Ulfriksson misses with a short punch on the inside. Ulfriksson lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ulfriksson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. A nice glancing elbow lands by Ulfriksson. Come on Goolson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ulfriksson lands an elbow inside. Goolson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Goolson is trying to pull guard but Ulfriksson has him pressed against the cage. Ulfriksson lands an elbow that stopped Goolson in his tracks for a moment. Ulfriksson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Ulfriksson avoids the elbow strike from Goolson, against the cage.
Ulfriksson misses with an elbow strike.
Ulfriksson keeps control of Goolson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Goolson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ulfriksson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ulfriksson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Goolson takes an elbow to the forehead. A right hand to the body from Ulfriksson.
This has been an exciting period of action! Ulfriksson lands an elbow just above Goolson 's eye. Goolson looking for a takedown. Ulfriksson crunches a lovely knee into Goolson's ribcage. Ulfriksson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Ulfriksson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Goolson's defenses. Ulfriksson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Ulfriksson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Ulfriksson lands a hook that snaps the head of Goolson backwards. A right hand to the body from Ulfriksson.
Tom Goolson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Ingolf Ulfriksson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Ulfriksson lands an elbow inside.
And that's the end of the fight! Ingolf Ulfriksson showed his dominance in that final round. Well Ulfriksson 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:25 Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:25 Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ingolf Ulfriksson! A very excited looking Ingolf Ulfriksson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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