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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Det Bulten (ranked 6086 p4p, 4027 weight class) and Ragnar Volarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Det Bulten has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Det Bulten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ragnar Volarus!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volarus jabs Bulten right on the nose. Bulten blinks but takes it well.
Volarus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Volarus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bulten prevents Volarus from breaking the clinch.
Volarus tries to work over Bulten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Volarus is trying to break the clinch but Bulten is controlling him.
Volarus working hard to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Volarus.
Volarus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Volarus throws a right hand that misses
and Bulten counters with a takedown into side control.
Volarus is trying to control Bulten's posture but Bulten avoids it.
Volarus looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bulten is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Volarus has escaped the position, nice work there.
Bulten tries for a kimura but Volarus is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volarus gets back to half guard.
Volarus throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Volarus tries to kick Bulten off but Bulten keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Volarus misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Bulten seems to be working for a kimura but Volarus defends the submission attempt.
Volarus throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Volarus trying to control here.
Volarus regains full guard. Nicely done.
Volarus is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bulten is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Volarus pulls his head out easily.
Volarus working the head and body with strikes.
Bulten looking for submissions off his back.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Volarus lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bulten looking for submissions off his back.
Bulten on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bulten tries to get out of the position.
Bulten gets back to full guard.
Bulten looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bulten has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Volarus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Volarus chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Volarus scoring with some ground and pound.
Volarus keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bulten's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bulten throws his legs up looking for a submission but Volarus uses it to pass to side control.
Volarus works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bulten is looking to regain half guard here but Volarus keeps moving and retains side control.
Bulten takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Volarus landing strikes.
Bulten is working to avoid the ground and pound but Volarus connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Volarus lands a nice forearm strike.
Bulten manages to work his way to half guard, despite Volarus's best efforts.
Volarus seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bulten does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Volarus looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ragnar Volarus dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Volarus throws a body shot but no joy.
Bulten is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Volarus.
A shot to the body from Volarus misses
and Bulten decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Volarus's guard.
Bulten slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Volarus.
Volarus wants to get back to full guard.
Volarus is defending against the submission attempts here by Bulten.
Bulten is trying to work for a kimura but Volarus is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volarus is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulten 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.
Bulten is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Volarus defends it well.
Bulten is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bulten is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Volarus is controlling Bulten's trapped leg to prevent Bulten from advancing to side control.
Bulten is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Volarus trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Bulten swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Volarus is now in Bulten's guard. A big mistake from Bulten there, giving up the dominant position!
Volarus connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volarus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Volarus avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bulten is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Volarus's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Volarus works over Bulten with some ground and pound from guard.
Volarus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bulten throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bulten is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volarus throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Bulten drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Volarus dives on top into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Volarus's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Volarus landing with the ground and pound.
Bulten is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Volarus is aware though and is defending well.
Volarus trying to control the position from guard on top but Bulten is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Volarus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bulten escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Volarus gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Det Bulten will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Volarus misses with a hook to the body
and Bulten counters with a takedown into side control.
Volarus struggling a bit here.
Det Bulten overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Volarus manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bulten's best efforts.
Volarus is looking to improve his position.
Volarus trying to control from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volarus landing strikes from the bottom.
Bulten seems to be looking for submissions.
Volarus throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulten is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Volarus defends it well.
Bulten is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Volarus sees it coming and defends easily.
Bulten is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Volarus defends it well.
Bulten seems to be working for a kimura but Volarus defends the submission attempt.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Volarus is looking for a sweep. Bulten is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bulten is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bulten takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice shot by Volarus.
Volarus misses with a lunging right hand
and Bulten counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bulten drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Volarus dives on top into guard.
Volarus is in close to Bulten's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volarus connects with a couple of short punches.
Volarus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bulten throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bulten is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Volarus postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bulten is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Volarus is aware though and is defending well.
Volarus scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bulten keeping moving, preventing Volarus from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bulten looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Volarus has picked Bulten up and slammed him! Bulten can't keep hold of the triangle and Volarus manages to pass to side control!
Volarus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bulten keeps working.
Volarus looks up at the clock and then as Bulten takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Volarus smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Bulten is looking for a sweep.
Bulten manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Volarus lands strikes from half guard.
Bulten is staying active underneath Volarus, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Volarus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bulten slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Volarus is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Det Bulten.
I think Bulten has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Det Bulten!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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