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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Bjornsson (ranked 732 p4p, 1560 weight class) and Floyd Gayweather (ranked 97 p4p, 203 weight class). Floyd Gayweather has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Eddie Bjornsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Floyd Gayweather!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gayweather with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bjornsson to score with a decent uppercut.
Bjornsson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bjornsson is pushing down on Gayweather's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gayweather is fighting to maintain full guard but Bjornsson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bjornsson controlling the action here.
Bjornsson wants to control but Gayweather is keeping him busy.
Gayweather trying to control but Bjornsson postures up.
Gayweather is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Bjornsson is staying active.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bjornsson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gayweather does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gayweather looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bjornsson trying to pass the guard but Gayweather defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornsson is looking to take a break and control but Gayweather is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bjornsson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gayweather throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Bjornsson manages to pass to side control.
Bjornsson controls the position.
Bjornsson trying to control the position but Gayweather is working away.
Gayweather manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bjornsson's best efforts.
Gayweather is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gayweather keeps trying to improve his position.
Gayweather is trying to control but can't.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bjornsson misses with a hook. Gayweather ducked under it nicely.
Bjornsson misses with a body shot.
Bjornsson looks for a takedown but Gayweather sprawls well.
Gayweather scores with a one two! Bjornsson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Eddie Bjornsson has been cut.
Eddie Bjornsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Gayweather.
Gayweather looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bjornsson lands with a nice body punch.
Nice cross by Gayweather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bjornsson working away.
Gayweather is not content to let Bjornsson control the position.
Bjornsson controls the position.
Bjornsson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Gayweather is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Bjornsson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Gayweather regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson controlling from the top position.
Bjornsson throwing strikes but missing.
Bjornsson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bjornsson won't allow Gayweather to sweep him here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bjornsson stands up over Gayweather, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Bjornsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Bjornsson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gayweather looks to land a combination but Bjornsson avoids it well.
Bjornsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gayweather can do to turn this around?
Bjornsson misses with a takedown attempt
and Gayweather counters with a right hand to the body.
Bjornsson shoots for a double leg takedown but Gayweather sprawls well. He's pushed Bjornsson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gayweather's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gayweather duly obliges.
Bjornsson takes a swing at Gayweather's ribcage but misses.
Bjornsson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bjornsson lands in his opponent's guard.
Bjornsson won't allow Gayweather to sweep him here.
Gayweather is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gayweather is looking to stall here but Bjornsson recovers full guard.
Gayweather is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Eddie Bjornsson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornsson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gayweather.
Gayweather in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bjornsson pulls Gayweather in close to his closed guard and prevents Gayweather from doing any damage or advancing position.
Gayweather works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gayweather is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gayweather lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gayweather is just content to waste time from the top position. Bjornsson takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Gayweather wants to control from the top but Bjornsson keeps moving.
Gayweather throws an elbow that misses. Bjornsson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gayweather's guard. Nice move by Bjornsson!
Gayweather lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Gayweather trying to control but Bjornsson is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gayweather sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bjornsson's guard.
Bjornsson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gayweather is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's four 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.
Gayweather throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gayweather is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bjornsson sees it coming and defends easily.
Gayweather with the ground and pound but Bjornsson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Gayweather controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Gayweather postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Floyd Gayweather showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eddie Bjornsson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gayweather connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gayweather throws a hook to the side of Bjornsson's head but Bjornsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gayweather throws a nice looking combination but Bjornsson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bjornsson attempts a counter takedown but Gayweather avoids it well and moves away.
Bjornsson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Eddie Bjornsson's cut is getting worse.
Gayweather misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fighters circling - Bjornsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gayweather throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bjornsson counters with a straight right hand.
Bjornsson has Gayweather up against the cage in a clinch.
Bjornsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Gayweather controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gayweather breaks the clinch.
Bjornsson misses with an uppercut. Gayweather saw that one coming.
Bjornsson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bjornsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Floyd Gayweather seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Gayweather.
Floyd Gayweather is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gayweather lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bjornsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gayweather.
Bjornsson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gayweather.
Gayweather scores with a jab to the head.
Eddie Bjornsson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bjornsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gayweather moves away.
Gayweather lands a nice hook to Bjornsson's body. Bjornsson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bjornsson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bjornsson prevents Gayweather from improving his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gayweather is trying to control but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gayweather flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gayweather wants to control but Bjornsson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bjornsson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Bjornsson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gayweather has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Gayweather sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gayweather wants to improve his position but Bjornsson is controlling well.
Bjornsson content to control rather than advance.
Gayweather is looking for a sweep. Bjornsson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gayweather slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bjornsson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gayweather striking off his back but it's not causing Bjornsson any problems.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bjornsson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bjornsson tries to free his leg and advance position but Gayweather is retaining full guard.
Bjornsson wants to control from the top but Gayweather keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Gayweather lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gayweather scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gayweather lunges at Bjornsson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bjornsson's hand.
Bjornsson looks to land a right hand but Gayweather moved out of range.
Gayweather looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bjornsson throws a shot from downtown. Gayweather moves away and avoids it.
Bjornsson shoots in for a takedown but Gayweather shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A nice side step and Gayweather releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gayweather tries to clinch up.
Nice defenses there by Gayweather.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Floyd Gayweather really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Bjornsson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bjornsson throws a body shot but no joy.
Bjornsson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Gayweather!
Gayweather is trying to get back to half guard.
Bjornsson trying to control the action but Gayweather is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gayweather tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gayweather being controlled for a moment.
Check out the look on Bjornsson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gayweather wants to control but Bjornsson postures up.
The referee asks Bjornsson politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Bjornsson prefers to stall for the moment though.
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.
Bjornsson working away.
Gayweather tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gayweather manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Gayweather is looking to take a break and control but Bjornsson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bjornsson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gayweather with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Gayweather wants to pass to mount but Bjornsson is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gayweather is working away from the top position though.
Gayweather is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gayweather missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gayweather frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bjornsson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bjornsson wants to control but Gayweather is having none of it.
Gayweather looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gayweather lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bjornsson hang on?
Gayweather looking to control but Bjornsson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bjornsson is bucking up trying to escape but Gayweather cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gayweather looking to control but Bjornsson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bjornsson tries to lock up and control but Gayweather gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gayweather punching from mount but Bjornsson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Floyd Gayweather dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Bjornsson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Gayweather misses the target.
Gayweather displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gayweather slips under a jab from Bjornsson.
Gayweather steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bjornsson.
Gayweather lands with an overhand left.
Bjornsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Gayweather swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gayweather keeps the fight on the outside.
It seemed like Gayweather was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gayweather misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gayweather misses with a jab, cross combination.
A little feinted left hand from Bjornsson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bjornsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Bjornsson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bjornsson.
Eddie Bjornsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gayweather will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bjornsson half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Gayweather misses with a body shot.
Bjornsson feinted with a counter takedown.
Gayweather ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gayweather uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bjornsson.
Gayweather slips under a jab.
Bjornsson throws the left hand but Gayweather avoids the punch easily.
Gayweather looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gayweather misses with a body shot.
Gayweather fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gayweather fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Floyd Gayweather is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bjornsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Floyd Gayweather is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bjornsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Gayweather throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bjornsson counters with a nice body shot.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Gayweather enables Bjornsson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gayweather manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gayweather not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gayweather tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bjornsson postures up.
Bjornsson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Bjornsson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Gayweather for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson wants to control from the top but Gayweather keeps moving.
Gayweather is trying to control the position but Bjornsson postures up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Bjornsson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gayweather.
Bjornsson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gayweather tries to avoid it but Bjornsson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gayweather to the ground. Gayweather escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gayweather cracks a nice hook into Bjornsson's ribs.
Gayweather throws a nice looking combination but Bjornsson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bjornsson throws a right hand that misses
enabling Gayweather to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gayweather displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gayweather scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bjornsson with a poor takedown
and Gayweather cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bjornsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bjornsson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bjornsson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gayweather misses with a wild combination.
Bjornsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gayweather moves away.
Gayweather clinches up with Bjornsson and pushes him back against the cage.
Gayweather wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gayweather looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Floyd Gayweather comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gayweather has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 46:49
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 46:49
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Floyd Gayweather!
Floyd Gayweather is the new heavyweight champion!
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