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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zane Alexander (ranked 1097 p4p, 1916 weight class) and Bjorn Akerfeldt (ranked 149 p4p, 264 weight class). Alexander kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Enter Sandman by Metallica . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zane Alexander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bjorn Akerfeldt!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akerfeldt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alexander has managed to clinch.
Akerfeldt blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Akerfeldt.
Akerfeldt has a couple of punches blocked by Alexander.
Alexander misses with a punch on the inside.
Akerfeldt taking a breather.
Akerfeldt is trying to pull guard but Alexander has him pressed against the cage.
Akerfeldt tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Alexander just stands there and leans against the cage.
Alexander throws a punch but it's blocked by Akerfeldt.
Alexander lands a left hand.
Akerfeldt blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alexander working aggressively here.
Akerfeldt jumps guard but Alexander turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Zane Alexander has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bjorn Akerfeldt.
Akerfeldt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alexander shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Akerfeldt's guard.
Akerfeldt scrambles and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Akerfeldt has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexander misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Akerfeldt.
Akerfeldt jumps guard.
Akerfeldt looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Akerfeldt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alexander is one step ahead there.
Alexander avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Alexander is working Akerfeldt over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Alexander wants to control from the top but Akerfeldt keeps moving.
Akerfeldt is looking for a triangle here but Alexander uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Akerfeldt on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt is looking for a sweep.
Alexander is staying tight to Akerfeldt's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Akerfeldt manages to work his way to half guard, despite Alexander's best efforts.
Alexander is looking to take a break and control but Akerfeldt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Akerfeldt looking for submissions off his back.
Alexander content to control rather than advance.
Alexander missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt gets full guard.
Akerfeldt is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Alexander defends well.
Alexander controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Alexander wants to control from the top but Akerfeldt keeps moving.
Alexander lands a couple of digs.
Alexander scoring with some ground and pound.
Alexander throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alexander throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Akerfeldt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Akerfeldt has an active guard here but Alexander has managed to pass into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexander is trying to control the action in half guard but Akerfeldt is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Akerfeldt punching from the bottom.
Alexander trying to control the action but Akerfeldt is working from the bottom.
Akerfeldt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alexander.
Akerfeldt trying to control here.
Alexander slips a nice elbow through Akerfeldt's hands, connecting with Akerfeldt's forehead.
Alexander is thwarting Akerfeldt's attempts to control the position.
Alexander seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Akerfeldt does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Akerfeldt moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Akerfeldt keeping moving, preventing Alexander from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Zane Alexander will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Akerfeldt swinging wildly here.
Akerfeldt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Alexander moves into the clinch.
Akerfeldt trying to control the position but instead, Alexander has worked for underhooks and has pushed Akerfeldt into the cage.
Akerfeldt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Akerfeldt.
Akerfeldt swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Alexander counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Alexander.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akerfeldt manages to break the clinch.
Alexander shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Akerfeldt but Akerfeldt pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Alexander's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Akerfeldt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Alexander scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akerfeldt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Akerfeldt slips a straight right by Alexander.
Alexander drives through and clinches with Akerfeldt against the cage.
I was talking to Alexander's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Akerfeldt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alexander clinches up against the cage.
Alexander is leaning against Akerfeldt and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Akerfeldt's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Akerfeldt pushes off an throws an elbow but Alexander leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Alexander misses with a punch on the inside.
Alexander lands with a left to the head.
Akerfeldt stalling the fight.
Akerfeldt jumps guard but Alexander turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Akerfeldt drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Alexander gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Akerfeldt misses with an uppercut.
Akerfeldt looks to land a body kick but Alexander moved away.
Alexander clinches up against the cage.
Alexander lands a body punch in the clinch.
Alexander wants a takedown but no success here.
Alexander scores with a shot to the side of Akerfeldt's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alexander tries to work over Akerfeldt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alexander.
Alexander misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alexander misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alexander goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alexander misses with a punch to the body.
Akerfeldt is trying to drag Alexander to the mat but Alexander just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Zane Alexander has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bjorn Akerfeldt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alexander's elbow.
Akerfeldt is trying to drag Alexander to the mat but Alexander just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Akerfeldt prevents a takedown attempt there.
Akerfeldt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alexander lands a hook that snaps the head of Akerfeldt backwards.
Akerfeldt takes a shot to the head.
Alexander gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Akerfeldt regains guard.
Akerfeldt looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Akerfeldt trying to control the position.
Alexander with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Akerfeldt keeping moving, preventing Alexander from controlling successfully.
Alexander sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Alexander keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Akerfeldt's head.
Akerfeldt is looking for a triangle but Alexander pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alexander slips nicely into half guard.
Alexander stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zane Alexander dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Nice sprawl there from Alexander as Akerfeldt shoots in.
Alexander moves into the clinch.
Akerfeldt jumps guard but Alexander turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Alexander swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Akerfeldt has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alexander.
Alexander is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Akerfeldt can do to turn this around?
Alexander lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Akerfeldt backwards.
Akerfeldt throws an elbow that misses.
Akerfeldt jumps guard and drags Alexander to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Akerfeldt looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Akerfeldt has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Alexander can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akerfeldt keeping moving, preventing Alexander from controlling successfully.
Akerfeldt had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Alexander defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexander connects with a couple of short punches.
Alexander content to stall in guard here.
Akerfeldt has his foot on Alexander's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Alexander works his way back into a safe position though.
Zane Alexander overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alexander connects with a couple of short punches.
Akerfeldt is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Akerfeldt looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Akerfeldt stops Alexander from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexander wants to get back to full guard.
Alexander regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Akerfeldt.
Akerfeldt wants to control from the top but Alexander keeps moving.
Akerfeldt throwing strikes from guard but Alexander blocks nicely.
Akerfeldt gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Akerfeldt misses with a double jab.
Alexander darts in and clinches Akerfeldt up against the cage.
Akerfeldt looking to slow down the pace here.
Alexander goes for a takedown attempt but Akerfeldt pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Alexander connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Zane Alexander is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alexander checks a leg kick nicely.
Alexander tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Akerfeldt manages to circle out of the way.
Some wild striking there from Akerfeldt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alexander checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bjorn Akerfeldt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown attempt by Alexander or perhaps it was just good defense by Akerfeldt, which made it look bad.
Bjorn Akerfeldt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Akerfeldt looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Akerfeldt wants to get back to his feet.
Akerfeldt working the head and body with strikes.
Bjorn Akerfeldt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Akerfeldt seems to be working for a kimura but Alexander defends the submission attempt.
Akerfeldt trying to work for an americana but Alexander has managed to regain full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bjorn Akerfeldt.
I think Alexander has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zane Alexander!
Zane Alexander decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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hype
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