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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Siul Esor (ranked 24337 p4p, 3686 weight class) and Thorvald Espensen (ranked 0 p4p, 448 weight class). Thorvald Espensen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Siul Esor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Thorvald Espensen!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esor shoots in and drives through. Espensen sprawls well.
Espensen feints a counter leg kick.
Espensen scores with a nice head shot.
Esor takes one to the side of the head.
Esor misses with a takedown attempt
and Espensen counters with a nice uppercut.
Espensen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Esor gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Espensen counters with a low kick, right behind Esor 's knee.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Siul Esor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Espensen moves into range and connects with a jab.
A head kick misses from Esor.
Esor walks into a jab.
Esor dives in for a single leg takedown but Espensen sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Esor takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Esor is looking to break free of the clinch but Espensen has double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Espensen has Esor pressed against the cage, preventing Esor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Espensen lands a nice uppercut.
Espensen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Esor misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Espensen floors Esor with a big punch on the inside! Esor is trying to recover but Espensen dives into side control.
Esor is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Espensen gets to mount! Esor was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Oh Esor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Espensen controlling the position easily from mount.
Esor is trying desperately to improve position.
Espensen avoids the attempt from Esor to control.
Espensen controlling the position easily from mount.
Esor wants to control but Espensen is having none of it.
Esor seems to have got his legs back now.
Espensen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Esor is trying desperately to improve position.
Esor is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Espensen stands up from mount. Strange move.
Esor with a lazy takedown attempt
and Espensen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Esor throws a leg kick
letting Espensen counter with a right hand.
Esor moves to clinch but Espensen breaks away
and Espensen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Esor wants to clinch
and Espensen counters with a straight right hand.
Espensen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Espensen feints a counter leg kick.
Esor is breathing heavily.
Esor misses with a takedown
and Espensen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Esor definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Esor has his takedown stuffed
and Espensen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espensen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Espensen lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Esor falls backwards - clearly groggy! Espensen dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thorvald Espensen!
During a confident post fight interview, Thorvald Espensen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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