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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Gray (ranked 2199 p4p, 2577 weight class) and Bjorn Haelfson (ranked 288 p4p, 334 weight class). Haelfson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 80/20SKYBEEF kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alex Gray has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bjorn Haelfson!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Roberts and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray scores with a jab. Haelfson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Haelfson throws a body kick that misses
and Gray counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gray scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gray lands a head shot.
Haelfson drops his hands momentarily and Gray takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Haelfson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gray misses with a body shot.
Gray moves out of range of the strikes.
Gray looks to score with a jab to the body but Haelfson is just out of range.
Haelfson was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Gray is looking to wear down Haelfson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haelfson manages to avoid it.
Haelfson feints a counter leg kick.
Haelfson throws a looping overhand right but Gray ducks down to avoid it.
Haelfson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gray counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice uppercut lands for Gray. That snapped Haelfson's head back.
Gray checks a leg kick nicely.
Gray was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gray closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gray throws a body punch but Haelfson moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gray. Haelfson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gray misses with a wild body shot.
Bjorn Haelfson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray misses with a body shot.
Haelfson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Haelfson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Haelfson is looking for a kimura but Gray is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Haelfson to get the leverage.
Gray preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Haelfson wants to pass to mount but Gray is defending the position.
Gray is not content to let Haelfson control the position.
Haelfson wants to free his trapped foot but Gray is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gray trying to hold on to Haelfson's head to control him but Haelfson postures up.
Gray is refusing to be controlled, as Haelfson sits in half guard.
Haelfson lands with a punch from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haelfson is looking for a kimura here.
Haelfson is trying to work for a kimura but Gray is defending well.
Gray is staying active underneath Haelfson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gray is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Haelfson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Haelfson is thwarting Gray's attempts to control the position.
Gray won't allow Haelfson to pass to mount.
Gray trying to hold on to Haelfson's head to control him but Haelfson postures up.
Gray keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Haelfson works his way into full mount!
Gray looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Haelfson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gray manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Haelfson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gray is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Gray prevents Haelfson from moving into mount.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gray can't do much from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haelfson is trying to get an arm triangle but Gray is defending well.
Gray keeps Haelfson under control for a moment.
Gray prevents Haelfson from moving into mount.
Haelfson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
You can see the frustration on Gray's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Haelfson tries to advance to mount but Gray denies him.
Gray manages to get back to half guard.
Gray is staying active underneath Haelfson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gray won't allow Haelfson to pass to mount.
Gray is controlling Haelfson's trapped leg to prevent Haelfson from advancing to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gray wants to improve his position but Haelfson is controlling well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bjorn Haelfson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gray. Haelfson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haelfson throws a good cross that connects.
Gray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haelfson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gray swings for the body but Haelfson moves out of range.
Haelfson slips a jab from Gray.
A low kick from Haelfson is predictable there
and Haelfson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gray just misses with a punch to the body.
Gray throws a body punch but Haelfson moves out of range.
Haelfson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gray is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gray defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Haelfson.
No luck for Haelfson with that takedown attempt.
Alex Gray is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haelfson avoids the body shot from Gray.
Gray lands a nice hook to Haelfson's body. Haelfson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A low kick from Haelfson is predictable there
and Gray counters with a nice uppercut.
Gray keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Decent striking displayed by Gray there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haelfson scores with a hook.
Gray defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Haelfson.
Alex Gray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bjorn Haelfson.
Haelfson lands a body shot.
Haelfson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from Gray misses its target.
Alex Gray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gray jabs Haelfson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gray lands with a hook. Haelfson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Haelfson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gray paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Haelfson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gray lands a nice shot that snaps Haelfson's head back.
Haelfson tries for a takedown but Gray circles away easily
and Gray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gray lands a lovely overhand right.
Haelfson shoots and misses
and Gray counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gray instigates a clinch.
Haelfson is looking to take this one to the mat.
I was talking to Gray's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gray stops a takedown attempt from Haelfson.
Gray lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray is leaning against Haelfson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gray lands a left hand.
Haelfson goes for a takedown attempt but Gray pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gray stuffs the takedown attempt from Haelfson. Haelfson gets slowly back to his feet.
Haelfson is breathing heavily.
Gray ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gray cracks Haelfson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Haelfson moves away from the strike by Gray.
Haelfson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gray counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gray stuffs the takedown attempt from Haelfson. Haelfson gets slowly back to his feet.
Gray fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Haelfson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gray lands a glancing blow to the side of Haelfson's head.
Haelfson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gray defends well and Haelfson ends up having to push Gray into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Gray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haelfson can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haelfson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Gray counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gray lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gray swings for the body but Haelfson moves out of range.
Gray throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gray scores with a shot to the body.
Gray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haelfson moves away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gray.
Haelfson misses the shot to the body.
Haelfson connects with the punch.
Gray throws a body punch but Haelfson moves out of range.
Gray just misses with a punch to the body.
Gray throws a good cross that connects.
Haelfson misses with a looping left.
Haelfson tries to clinch
and Gray counters with a left to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haelfson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gray.
Haelfson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gray.
Haelfson shoots in and drives through. Gray sprawls well.
Gray misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body punch from Gray.
Haelfson shoots in for a takedown but Gray shows good takedown defense.
Gray digs a good hook to Haelfson's body.
Gray punishes Haelfson's body with a nice straight punch.
Haelfson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gray fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gray connects with a nice looking jab.
Gray works the jab nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haelfson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gray as he avoids it easily.
Haelfson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gray counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Gray dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Haelfson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Gray avoids it really well and circles away.
Gray appears to be looking for a big counter.
Haelfson tries for a takedown but Gray sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
It looked like Gray was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Haelfson.
Gray moves in looking to clinch but Haelfson pushes him off.
Nice shot lands for Gray.
Gray scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Haelfson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gray is fending him off so far but Haelfson persists. Nope, Gray circles away and we're back to standing.
Alex Gray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bjorn Haelfson.
A jab from Gray does it's job there.
Haelfson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gray to score with a decent uppercut.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Haelfson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gray can't do much from the bottom here.
Gray tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Haelfson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gray wants to control but Haelfson postures up.
Gray is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Haelfson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray is trying to improve his position.
Gray is trying to control Haelfson's posture but Haelfson avoids it.
Haelfson has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Gray!
Gray is looking to get to half guard.
Haelfson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gray is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray regains half guard.
Haelfson wants to pass to mount but Gray is defending the position.
Gray trying to control here.
Haelfson wants to pass to mount but Gray is defending the position.
Gray gets full guard.
Gray pulls Haelfson in close to prevent any damage.
Gray utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Haelfson being controlled here momentarily.
Gray controls Haelfson momentarily but Haelfson frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haelfson wants to pass the guard but Gray is keeping the position.
Haelfson postures up.
Gray is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Gray trying to control the position.
Gray has control of Haelfson's left arm, preventing Haelfson from doing any damage.
Haelfson postures up.
Haelfson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gray swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gray keeping moving, preventing Haelfson from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gray swings away with a body shot that misses
and Haelfson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gray instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray lands a nice uppercut.
Gray lands with a left to the head.
Haelfson tries for a takedown but Gray manages to get underhooks.
A short left from Gray.
Gray lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Haelfson ducks right into an uppercut from Gray.
Haelfson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gray moves away.
Haelfson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gray misses with a punch to the body.
Gray stops a takedown attempt from Haelfson.
Gray is working Haelfson over against the cage.
Haelfson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gray lands a left hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gray.
Gray lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gray lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haelfson backwards.
Gray lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Haelfson backwards.
Gray scores with a shoulder strike.
Gray lands a shoulder strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Gray showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gray 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Gray!
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