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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Thorgard (ranked 3312 p4p, 4047 weight class) and Joe D Amato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe D Amato will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bjorn Thorgard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe D Amato!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Darius Henderson and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorgard closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into D Amato's guard.
D Amato working a defensive guard here.
D Amato throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Thorgard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for D Amato on the ground.
Thorgard cracks D Amato with a solid left hand.
Thorgard is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
D Amato is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Thorgard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of D Amato's head.
Thorgard keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of D Amato's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thorgard keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of D Amato's head.
Thorgard is working D Amato over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
D Amato trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Thorgard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Thorgard connects with a couple of short punches.
Thorgard cracks D Amato with a solid left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thorgard lands a couple of elbows.
Thorgard stands up over D Amato, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorgard cracks D Amato with a solid left hand.
Thorgard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
D Amato has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thorgard connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
D Amato is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
D Amato working a defensive guard here.
Thorgard postures up and lands a big shot to D Amato's brow.
D Amato looks winded!
Thorgard is in close to D Amato's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Thorgard wants to control from the top but D Amato keeps moving.
Thorgard postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Thorgard lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thorgard has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Thorgard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Thorgard is in close to D Amato's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Thorgard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorgard looking to sit in guard and control but D Amato gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thorgard is trying to keep D Amato in close.
Thorgard wants to sweep but no luck.
Thorgard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Thorgard tries to get out of the position.
Thorgard trying to control the position.
D Amato would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Thorgard working a defensive guard here.
Thorgard looking for a sweep. Not yet Thorgard, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
D Amato is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
D Amato postures up.
Thorgard wants to sweep but no luck.
Thorgard has D Amato pulled in close to control his posture.
Thorgard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
D Amato tries to free his leg and advance position but Thorgard is retaining full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Thorgard fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging D Amato to the ground. Thorgard is now in D Amato's guard.
Thorgard prevents D Amato from getting back to his feet.
Thorgard cracks D Amato with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorgard with a nice head shot there.
Thorgard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Thorgard is in close to D Amato's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Thorgard trying to control the position from guard on top but D Amato is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thorgard landing with the ground and pound.
Thorgard lands a couple of elbows.
Thorgard cracks D Amato with a solid left hand.
Thorgard stands up over D Amato, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Thorgard keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of D Amato's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thorgard trying to control the position from guard on top but D Amato is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thorgard postures up and lands a big shot to D Amato's brow.
D Amato is rocked!
Thorgard wants to control from the top but D Amato keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bjorn Thorgard 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.
Thorgard throws a big shot that misses.
D Amato drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Thorgard defends it well.
D Amato slips a jab from Thorgard.
Thorgard throws a big shot that misses.
D Amato fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thorgard avoids it really well and circles away.
Thorgard appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
D Amato closes the distance but Thorgard moves to the side
and Thorgard counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for D Amato!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thorgard trying to control the position but D Amato is working away.
Bjorn Thorgard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
D Amato on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorgard connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused D Amato some visible discomfort.
Thorgard landing strikes.
D Amato is breathing heavily.
D Amato on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
D Amato is still in real trouble! Can Thorgard finish him?
Thorgard landing a few strikes.
Thorgard scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh D Amato is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Thorgard can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bjorn Thorgard!
A relieved looking Bjorn Thorgard thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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