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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobo Brazil (ranked 3095 p4p, 3404 weight class) and Jeppe Bjoergen (ranked 358 p4p, 378 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobo Brazil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jeppe Bjoergen!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brazil thows a body kick. Bjoergen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Brazil gets a clinch.
Bjoergen looking to stall.
Bjoergen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brazil misses with some punches.
Brazil misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brazil lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Brazil fails to land.
Brazil misses with a punch on the inside.
Brazil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brazil throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brazil connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bjoergen. Bjoergen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bjoergen tried to score with a low kick but Brazil checks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brazil checks a leg kick.
Brazil swinging wildly here.
Bjoergen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brazil closes the distance and clinches up with Bjoergen, looking for a takedown. Brazil pushes Bjoergen against the cage but Bjoergen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bjoergen drops his hands momentarily and Brazil takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A jab from Brazil does it's job there.
Brazil scores with a decent looking hook.
Bjoergen closes the distance and clinches.
Brazil misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brazil breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bjoergen lands a high kick!
It looks like Bobo Brazil has been cut.
Brazil lands with an uppercut that bounces Bjoergen off the cage and back into range.
Brazil lands the left hand.
Bjoergen tries to clinch but Brazil moves out of range.
Bjoergen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brazil moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Brazil misses the target.
Bobo Brazil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brazil throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Brazil scores with a push kick.
Brazil is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Brazil scores with a decent looking hook.
Brazil scores with a nice head shot.
Brazil keeps Bjoergen at a distance using the push kick.
Brazil jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Brazil is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bjoergen misses with a leg kick.
Brazil punishes Bjoergen's body with a nice straight punch.
Brazil looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Brazil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bjoergen tries to keep at a distance but Brazil has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bjoergen blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brazil lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bjoergen backwards.
Brazil throws a punch but it's blocked by Bjoergen.
Brazil's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brazil working aggressively here.
Brazil misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brazil throws a punch but it's blocked by Bjoergen.
Brazil working aggressively here.
Bjoergen stalls.
Bjoergen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brazil struggles to land a body shot inside as Bjoergen controls his hands.
Brazil swings wildly with an uppercut but Bjoergen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bjoergen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brazil has a couple of punches blocked by Bjoergen.
Brazil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brazil creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bjoergen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brazil has a couple of punches blocked by Bjoergen.
Brazil lands a shoulder strike.
It looks like Jeppe Bjoergen has been cut.
Bjoergen misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bjoergen blocking some punches.
Brazil swings wildly with an uppercut but Bjoergen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bjoergen has a couple of punches blocked by Brazil.
Bjoergen pushes Brazil back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bjoergen throws a head punch that misses.
Brazil throws a head punch that misses.
Brazil misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bjoergen.
Bjoergen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brazil lands a left hand.
Bjoergen effectively controlling the action here.
Brazil misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bobo Brazil dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Brazil pushes Bjoergen up against the cage in a clinch.
Bjoergen lands a shoulder strike.
Brazil can't break the clinch.
Brazil tries to work over Bjoergen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brazil lands a shot to the body.
Brazil breaks the clinch.
Brazil connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bjoergen momentarily.
Brazil lands a jab.
Brazil throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brazil throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bjoergen tries to clinch there but Brazil circles away.
Brazil lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjoergen misses with the combination.
Brazil throws a right hand that misses
and Bjoergen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brazil looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brazil scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bjoergen swinging wildly here.
Brazil plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bjoergen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brazil tries to close the distance and clinch but Bjoergen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bjoergen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bjoergen throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Brazil to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brazil throws a body punch but Bjoergen moves out of range.
Brazil tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bjoergen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brazil avoids the body shot from Bjoergen.
Brazil drives through and clinches with Bjoergen against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Bjoergen.
Bjoergen blocking some punches.
Bjoergen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brazil swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brazil throws a punch but it's blocked by Bjoergen.
Bjoergen is pushing Brazil up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brazil gets through Bjoergen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brazil misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brazil throws a punch but it's blocked by Bjoergen.
Brazil tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brazil throws a head punch that misses.
Bjoergen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brazil is keeping busy.
Brazil misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brazil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brazil cracks Bjoergen with a nice body shot.
Brazil lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Brazil scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Brazil.
Brazil tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bobo Brazil has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brazil tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brazil throws a head punch that misses.
Brazil working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brazil's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brazil lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bjoergen's sensitive parts.
Brazil misses with a head kick.
Decent striking displayed by Brazil there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brazil cracks Bjoergen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brazil thows a left - swing and a miss!
A head kick from Brazil lands but Bjoergen takes it in his stride.
Bjoergen throws a wild body kick that Brazil sees coming a mile off.
Brazil uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bjoergen.
Brazil throwing a counter right hand but Bjoergen manages to avoid it.
Brazil scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brazil takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bobo Brazil is winning the standup battle so far.
Bjoergen wants to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bobo Brazil dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Brazil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bjoergen throws a body kick that misses
and Brazil counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Brazil gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Bjoergen counters with a nice body shot.
Bjoergen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bjoergen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bjoergen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brazil. That's going to slow Bjoergen down.
Brazil tries to clinch there but Bjoergen circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brazil scores with a one two! Bjoergen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bjoergen moves in looking to clinch but Brazil pushes him off.
Jeppe Bjoergen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brazil displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brazil fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bjoergen.
Bjoergen drops his hands momentarily and Brazil takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bjoergen throws a solid leg kick but Brazil takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bjoergen.
Brazil lands a jab.
Brazil lands with a straight right. Bjoergen didn't see that one coming.
Brazil connects with a looping right hand.
Bjoergen throws a wild body kick that Brazil sees coming a mile off.
Brazil throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bjoergen unleashes a big counter combination but Brazil bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Brazil connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bjoergen. Bjoergen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Brazil clinches up with Bjoergen and pushes him back against the cage.
Bobo Brazil is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brazil swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brazil throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bjoergens head.
Brazil manages to break the clinch.
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!
Bjoergen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brazil is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bjoergen can do to turn this around?
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bjoergen misses with a body punch.
Brazil lands a shoulder strike.
Brazil tries to work over Bjoergen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brazil creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brazil has a couple of punches blocked by Bjoergen.
Bjoergen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brazil misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjoergen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brazil misses with a punch on the inside.
Bjoergen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Brazil lands a right hand.
Brazil softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brazil jumps guard but Bjoergen turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Brazil misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brazil lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Brazil.
Brazil breaks the clinch.
Bjoergen avoids the head kick by Brazil.
Brazil throws a head kick but Bjoergen moves out of range.
Brazil lunges at Bjoergen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bjoergen's hand.
Bjoergen misses with a kick to the body
and Brazil counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brazil closes the distance and pushes Bjoergen back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brazil throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Brazil on the inside.
Brazil blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bjoergen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brazil has a couple of punches blocked by Bjoergen.
A short uppercut from Brazil.
Brazil wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bjoergen pushes Brazil back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brazil swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Brazil.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jeppe Bjoergen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brazil blocks an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bobo Brazil showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brazil, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobo Brazil!
Bobo Brazil managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Brooklyn Apothecary, into his post fight interview.
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