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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Bjorkman (ranked 454 p4p, 821 weight class) and Essien Ekuoba (ranked 31 p4p, 52 weight class). Ekuoba has chosen Pure Water as his entrance music. Essien Ekuoba acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Bjorkman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Essien Ekuoba!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bjorkman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ekuoba stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd cheers as Bjorkman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ekuoba doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Essien Ekuoba has been cut.
Bjorkman missing with a left hand there. Ekuoba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ekuoba throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bjorkman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ekuoba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ekuoba takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jab by Bjorkman.
Bjorkman missing with a left hand there. Ekuoba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Ekuoba misses the target.
Bjorkman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bjorkman throws a jab but it's blocked by Ekuoba.
Ekuoba misses with a two punch combination.
Bjorkman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ekuoba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big right from Ekuoba misses.
Bjorkman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bjorkman throws out a powerful jab.
Bjorkman throws a jab but it's blocked by Ekuoba.
Bjorkman scores with a sloppy right hand. Ekuoba should have avoided that one.
Ekuoba fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ekuoba loads up on a big right hand but Bjorkman slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjorkman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ekuoba swings widly with a right hand
and Bjorkman counters with a left and a right that stings Ekuoba.
Good shot there by Ekuoba.
Daniel Bjorkman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Ekuoba misses.
Ekuoba throws a big shot that misses.
Ekuoba tries to keep at a distance but Bjorkman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bjorkman misses with a body punch.
Bjorkman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ekuoba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ekuoba blocks a body shot from Bjorkman.
Still in the clinch, Bjorkman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bjorkman digs a right hand underneath Ekuoba's ribcage. Ekuoba let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stalling in the clinch from Ekuoba.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ekuoba takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ekuoba continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Ekuoba looking to throw knees to the head but Bjorkman is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ekuoba lands a good knee to the midsection. Bjorkman won't want to take too many of those.
Bjorkman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ekuoba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bjorkman letting Ekuoba take a breather here.
Bjorkman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ekuoba prevents a body shot from Bjorkman.
Ekuoba is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Ekuoba controlling the action here for a moment.
Bjorkman swings wildly with an uppercut but Ekuoba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bjorkman can't find room to land a body shot as Ekuoba controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Bjorkman fails to land.
A short right from Bjorkman.
That has opened up Essien Ekuoba's cut even more.
Bjorkman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ekuoba stalling the fight.
Bjorkman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjorkman can't find room to land a body shot as Ekuoba controls the action.
Bjorkman working aggressively here.
Bjorkman can't find room to land a body shot as Ekuoba controls the action.
Bjorkman misses with the head strike.
Ekuoba blocks an uppercut.
Bjorkman can't find room to land a body shot as Ekuoba controls the action.
Ekuoba is trying to stall.
Ekuoba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bjorkman blocks it with crossed arms.
Bjorkman has a couple of punches blocked by Ekuoba.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ekuoba.
Bjorkman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ekuoba stalling.
Ekuoba tries to stall but Bjorkman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ekuoba.
Ekuoba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ekuoba scores with a shoulder strike.
It looks like Daniel Bjorkman has been cut.
Ekuoba prevents a body shot from Bjorkman.
Bjorkman gets through Ekuoba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ekuoba tries to throw a body punch but Bjorkman avoids it by throwing Ekuoba back against the cage.
Ekuoba doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Bjorkman fails to land.
Bjorkman blocks the elbow strike.
Ekuoba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bjorkman is defending well for now.
Ekuoba lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bjorkman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ekuoba pushes off an throws an elbow but Bjorkman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Ekuoba scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bjorkman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bjorkman takes an elbow to the temple.
Bjorkman tries to work over Ekuoba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bjorkman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bjorkman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ekuoba blocking some punches.
Bjorkman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bjorkman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Bjorkman dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bjorkman misses with a hook to the body
letting Ekuoba counter with a right hand.
Bjorkman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ekuoba's head.
Ekuoba moves out of range as Bjorkman strikes.
Bjorkman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ekuoba.
Bjorkman slips a straight right by Ekuoba.
Bjorkman throwing a counter right hand but Ekuoba manages to avoid it.
Ekuoba walks into a stiff left hand from Bjorkman.
Bjorkman is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A big right from Ekuoba misses.
Ekuoba takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bjorkman throws a hook but Ekuoba avoids it easily.
Ekuoba walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A swing and a miss from Ekuoba.
A jab from Ekuoba misses.
A left and a right from Ekuoba both land. Nice combination.
Daniel Bjorkman's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ekuoba drops his hands momentarily and Bjorkman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ekuoba might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bjorkman walks into a left hand.
Bjorkman throws a series of punches but Ekuoba avoids them all with ease.
Ekuoba looks to land a right hand but Bjorkman moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Bjorkman misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjorkman swings for the body but Ekuoba moves out of range.
Ekuoba tests Bjorkman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ekuoba moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bjorkman.
Ekuoba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ekuoba has Bjorkman pushed against the cage.
Bjorkman lands a right hand.
Bjorkman is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A short uppercut from Bjorkman.
Ekuoba lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ekuoba prevents a body shot from Bjorkman.
Ekuoba will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bjorkman up against the cage.
Ekuoba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bjorkman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bjorkman scores with a body shot.
Ekuoba moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ekuoba throws a poor cross that misses
and Bjorkman counters with a stiff right hand.
Bjorkman misses with a wild body shot.
Bjorkman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Daniel Bjorkman is winning the standup battle so far.
Ekuoba misses with a hook.
Ekuoba dodges the punch combination from Bjorkman.
Ekuoba throws a one two combo.
The fighters circling - Ekuoba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bjorkman doesn't manage to clinch there - Ekuoba circles away.
A big right from Bjorkman misses.
Bjorkman scores with a jab to the body.
Bjorkman looks to throw the jab but Ekuoba is out of range.
Ekuoba uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bjorkman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Ekuoba misses its intended target.
Bjorkman clobbers Ekuoba with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ekuoba on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bjorkman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Daniel Bjorkman's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ekuoba throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bjorkman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bjorkman lands with a nice body punch.
Bjorkman lands with an uppercut that bounces Ekuoba off the cage and back into range.
The cut above Essien Ekuoba's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A telegraphed right hand from Ekuoba misses the target.
Ekuoba throws a series of punches but Bjorkman avoids them all with ease.
Ekuoba walks into a left hand.
Bjorkman misses with a hook.
Bjorkman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ekuoba at a distance.
Bjorkman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ekuoba can do to turn this around?
Ekuoba gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bjorkman.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bjorkman cracks Ekuoba with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bjorkman misses the jab.
Bjorkman lands with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bjorkman lands the left hand.
A slow jab from Bjorkman misses its intended target.
Bjorkman with a nice cross.
Bjorkman wants to clinch up but Ekuoba keeps it at a distance.
Bjorkman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ekuoba.
Bjorkman looks to land a left hand but Ekuoba moved out of range nicely.
Ekuoba avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bjorkman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ekuoba.
Bjorkman scores with a jab to the head.
Essien Ekuoba's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A combination from Bjorkman does no damage.
Bjorkman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ekuoba was well out of range. Poor timing from Bjorkman.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ekuoba misses with a straight left.
Ekuoba slips a jab from Bjorkman.
Bjorkman lands a nice shot to the body.
Bjorkman connects with a nice looking jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Bjorkman dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Bjorkman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ekuoba.
Bjorkman wants to clinch up but Ekuoba keeps it at a distance.
Ekuoba swats away the attempt to clinch by Bjorkman.
Bjorkman moves out of range as Ekuoba strikes.
Bjorkman tries to clinch but Ekuoba is having none of it.
Bjorkman is looking to clinch but Ekuoba is avoiding it.
Ekuoba clinches up with Bjorkman and pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bjorkman.
Ekuoba is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ekuoba lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bjorkman backwards.
Ekuoba has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bjorkman seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ekuoba can turn it around.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ekuoba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ekuoba breaks from the clinch.
A slow jab from Bjorkman misses its intended target.
Ekuoba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bjorkman.
Ekuoba has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ekuoba throws a hook to the side of Bjorkman's head but Bjorkman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Ekuoba misses.
Bjorkman just misses with a punch to the body.
Bjorkman cracks Ekuoba with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jab, jab by Ekuoba - just one landing.
Ekuoba takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ekuoba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ekuoba moves out of range of the strikes.
Bjorkman throws a looping overhand right but Ekuoba ducks down to avoid it.
Bjorkman's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bjorkman duly obliges.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Essien Ekuoba's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Daniel Bjorkman!
After the fight, Daniel Bjorkman was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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