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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seth Mansour (ranked 900 p4p, 736 weight class) and Hargol Svenkter (ranked 28 p4p, 21 weight class). Svenkter has chosen heavy bass test as his entrance music. Seth Mansour is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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201 cm 35 263 18 - 6 - 0 |
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189 cm 33 259 18 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling World class MT Granite chin |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Seth Mansour! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hargol Svenkter! The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and Phil Schofield.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mansour takes a swing at Svenkter's ribcage but misses. Mansour tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Svenkter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
 It looks like Seth Mansour has been cut. Svenkter takes one to the side of the head.
 It looks like Hargol Svenkter has been cut. Svenkter has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Mansour throws a wild body kick that Svenkter sees coming a mile off. Svenkter doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Svenkter explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Svenkter walks into a straight right hand from Mansour. Svenkter moves out of range of the strikes. Seth Mansour seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Svenkter walks into a straight right hand from Mansour.
Mansour moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Svenkter's face as he tries to break the clinch. Svenkter tries to break free but Mansour pushes him back against the cage.
Svenkter manages to break the clinch.
Mansour moves out of range as Svenkter throws a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Mansour misses the target. A big left from Mansour misses.
Mansour moves into the clinch.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Svenkter wants to break free but Mansour has control.
Mansour throws a head punch that misses. Mansour has a couple of punches blocked by Svenkter.
Mansour has Svenkter pressed against the cage, preventing Svenkter from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Mansour looking to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch. Mansour seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Svenkter is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment. Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Svenkter manages to break the clinch.
Mansour misses with a shot to the body and Svenkter counters with a stiff right hand. Mansour throws a poor cross that misses
and Svenkter counters with a lovely straight right hand! Mansour looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Mansour misses with a combination
and Svenkter makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Svenkter misses with a looping right. Svenkter jabbing away but nothing is landing. Mansour throws a quick counter kick to the body but Svenkter avoids it. Mansour scores with a kick to the body.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Mansour tries to clinch up. Svenkter defending well as Mansour loads up on a big left hand. Mansour takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
 Seth Mansour's cut is getting worse. Svenkter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mansour.
Mansour misses with a left hand and Svenkter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Mansour moves out of range of the strikes. Svenkter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mansour. A nice side step and Svenkter releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Mansour thuds his shin into the meat of Svenkter's side. Svenkter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. Mansour doesn't manage to clinch there - Svenkter circles away.
Svenkter feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mansours jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Nice defenses there by Svenkter. Svenkter goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. The crowd cheers as Svenkter lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mansour doesn't seem phased though.
 Mansour is rocked!
 Seth Mansour's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Svenkter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Mansour misses with a body kick. Svenkter let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. A big right from Svenkter misses. Svenkter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mansour. Mansour staying out of range there. Mansour misses with a body kick. Mansour tries to clinch but Svenkter moves out of range. Svenkter looks to land a left hand but Mansour moved out of range nicely. Mansour tried to counter with a leg kick but Svenkter avoided it. Mansour's corner calls for a 1-2. Mansour obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Mansour throws a lazy uppercut
and Svenkter makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Mansour tries to bum rush Svenkter with a series of wild strikes but Svenkter uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Mansour takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Mansour is breathing heavily. Mansour throws an off balance right hand
and Svenkter counters with a stiff right hand. Mansour looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Svenkter now looks to counter with a shot at the body. Mansour slips under a jab from Svenkter.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Mansour walks straight into a right hand from Svenkter - that's dropped him! Svenkter jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Mansour from any more punishment! Mansour complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Hargol Svenkter! Hargol Svenkter seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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