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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Soren Hansen (ranked 4062 p4p, 5863 weight class) and Darko Stosic (ranked 424 p4p, 522 weight class). Hansen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is If I had a heart. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Soren Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darko Stosic!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hansen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hansen throwing shots but Stosic is blocking nicely.
Hansen controlling the pace.
Stosic is refusing to be controlled, as Hansen sits in half guard.
Stosic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stosic regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Hansen.
Stosic keeping full guard, as Hansen tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hansen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Stosic's head.
Hansen wants to control from the top but Stosic keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Stosic is trying to control the position but Hansen postures up.
Hansen is stalling in the full guard.
Hansen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hansen passes Stosic's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hansen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stosic defending well though.
Hansen is looking for a kimura but Stosic is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hansen to get the leverage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stosic tries to get to full guard but Hansen has control of the leg.
Hansen winds up and cracks Stosic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hansen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hansen content to control rather than advance.
Stosic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hansen seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Stosic for as long as he can get away with.
Hansen is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stosic is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen drops an elbow to the side of Stosic's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hansen in particular looking to stall.
Hansen seems to be working for a kimura but Stosic defends the submission attempt.
Hansen is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hansen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hansen seems to be working for a kimura but Stosic defends the submission attempt.
Stosic is looking to control Hansen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Stosic avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen moves into full mount! Stosic won't be happy about that!
Hansen goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Stosic turns into him and now he's in Hansen's guard.
Hansen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Soren Hansen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Stosic tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hansen is able to avoid easily.
Hansen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stosic as he avoids it easily.
Hansen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Stosic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Soren Hansen has been cut.
Stosic gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hansen to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hansen lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hansen looking to pass the guard.
Hansen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hansen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hansen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen drops back, looking for a kneebar! Stosic looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Stosic looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Stosic!
Hansen gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Hansen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hansen looking for a sweep. Not yet Hansen, not yet.
Hansen is pulling down on Stosic's head to control his posture.
Hansen has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stosic's guard.
Hansen distracts Stosic with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stosic keeping moving, preventing Hansen from controlling successfully.
Hansen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen wants to control from the top but Stosic keeps moving.
Stosic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hansen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hansen postures up.
Hansen is stalling in the full guard.
Hansen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stosic can do to turn this around?
Hansen trying to control the position from guard on top but Stosic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Darko Stosic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hansen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Stosic's guard.
Hansen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stosic is keeping the position for now.
Hansen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Stosic's head.
Hansen looking to pass the guard.
Soren Hansen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hansen cracks Stosic with a solid left hand.
Stosic can't keep his opponent in guard - Hansen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hansen is trying to work for a kimura but Stosic is defending well.
Hansen passes to side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Soren Hansen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Soren Hansen's cut.
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!
Hansen shoots and misses
and Stosic counters with a right hand to the body.
Hansen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hansen is trying to control the action in half guard but Stosic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hansen throwing shots but Stosic is blocking nicely.
Stosic looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hansen is looking for submissions but instead, Stosic has regained full guard.
Stosic is controlling Hansen's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hansen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stosic keeping moving, preventing Hansen from controlling successfully.
Hansen looking to sit in guard and control but Stosic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hansen holds on and takes a little breather.
Hansen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hansen wants to work for an arm triangle but Stosic is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen passes to side control.
Hansen working the body and head with strikes.
Stosic is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hansen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Stosic has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hansen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hansen controls the position.
Hansen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Stosic down.
Hansen lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stosic is not content to let Hansen control the position.
Stosic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hansen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stosic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hansen wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stosic, who protects the arm well.
Hansen cracks Stosic with a big right hand but Stosic just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hansen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Stosic some visible discomfort.
Hansen wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stosic, who protects the arm well.
Hansen working the body and head with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen moves into full mount!
Hansen lands a couple of good shots and Stosic has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Stosic is rocked!
Hansen working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Stosic is doing well to defend. Hansen seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Stosic is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Soren Hansen!
In his post fight interview, Soren Hansen started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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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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