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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baldur Torsten (ranked 173 p4p, 808 weight class) and Rayful Edmond (ranked 31 p4p, 117 weight class). Torsten's entrance music is Temple of Odin. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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12 - 6 - 0 |
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16 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Baldur Torsten!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rayful Edmond!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edmond lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Baldur Torsten has been cut.
Edmond gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Edmond has a couple of punches blocked by Torsten.
Torsten working aggressively here.
Edmond blocks a body shot from Torsten.
Edmond misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Edmond swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Torsten's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Torsten.
Edmond wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Torsten has him pressed against the cage.
Edmond lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Torsten backwards.
Torsten lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Torsten tries a body shot but Edmond blocks it.
Edmond manages to break the clinch.
Torsten lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torsten connects with a good right hand that stumbles Edmond. Edmond circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Edmond gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Torsten lands a left hand.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torsten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Edmond.
Torsten lands with a short shot to the head.
Torsten tries a body shot but Edmond blocks it.
Torsten has a couple of punches blocked by Edmond.
Torsten throws a punch but it's blocked by Edmond.
Edmond working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Torsten throws an elbow that misses.
Edmond misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Torsten blocks an uppercut.
Edmond misses with a hook from the clinch.
Edmond working hard to break the clinch.
Torsten has a couple of punches blocked by Edmond.
Torsten misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torsten stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torsten.
Torsten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Torsten tries a body shot but Edmond blocks it.
Edmond prevents a body shot from Torsten.
Edmond makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Torsten struggles to land a body shot inside as Edmond controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edmond is trying to force a seperation but Torsten has the dominant position.
Edmond tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Torsten's elbow.
Edmond manages to break the clinch.
Torsten avoids the head kick by Edmond.
As Edmond backs away, Torsten returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Torsten looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torsten throws a body kick that misses
and Edmond counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Edmond tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Torsten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Edmond on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Torsten. Torsten obviously looking to wear him down.
Torsten scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Edmond doesn't seem bothered though.
Edmond throws a right and a left that Torsten avoids nicely.
Torsten is looking to counter with a body kick.
Edmond misses with a lunging right hand
and Torsten cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torsten checks a low kick from Edmond.
Torsten feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Torsten.
A lazy body kick from Torsten
and Edmond counters with a straight right hand.
Torsten swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Torsten takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Edmond scores with a leg kick.
Torsten with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Edmond moves out of range of the strikes.
Edmond appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Edmond misses with a few strikes there.
Edmond fails with an attempt to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Edmond.
Baldur Torsten's cut is getting worse.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Edmond throws a right hand that misses
and Torsten makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Edmond looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Edmond tries to land a body kick
and Torsten counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheers as Edmond lands an impressive looking overhand right. Torsten doesn't seem phased though.
Edmond throws a lazy uppercut
and Torsten counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Edmond misses with a looping right.
Edmond lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Baldur Torsten's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Edmond throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Torsten throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rayful Edmond will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Baldur Torsten's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Torsten. That's going to slow Edmond down.
It looks like Torsten has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Edmond rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Torsten counters with a straight right hand.
Edmond misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torsten.
Edmond moves in looking to clinch but Torsten pushes him off.
Edmond fails with an attempt to clinch.
Torsten half committed to a counter leg kick.
Edmond wants to clinch
and Torsten counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edmond takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Edmond throws a head kick but Torsten moves out of range.
Torsten checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torsten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Torsten rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Edmond connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A lazy left from Torsten finds it's target.
Rayful Edmond is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Torsten swats away the attempt to clinch by Edmond.
Torsten is looking to counter the offense by Edmond and move into the clinch.
A low kick from Torsten is predictable there
and Edmond counters with a nice uppercut.
Torsten connects with a right hand. Edmond shakes it off.
Edmond takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Baldur Torsten is winning the standup battle so far.
Edmond on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Torsten. Torsten obviously looking to wear him down.
A low kick from Torsten misses
and Edmond counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Edmond.
Jeez, Baldur Torsten's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Torsten dodges the punch combination from Edmond.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Edmond swinging wildly here.
Torsten appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Edmond throws a head kick that Torsten semi-blocks.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Baldur Torsten's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rayful Edmond!
Rayful Edmond is the new light heavyweight champion!
Rayful Edmond thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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