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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zacharias Sabel (ranked 1041 p4p, 3674 weight class) and Berni Paulsen (ranked 137 p4p, 395 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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 8 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zacharias Sabel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Berni Paulsen!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paulsen.
Left hook, right uppercut from Paulsen.
Sabel misses with a hook.
Sabel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Paulsen throws a lazy right hand but Sabel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sabel appears to be looking for a big counter.
A jab from Paulsen misses.
Sabel throws out a loose jab but Paulsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sabel misses with an uppercut
and Paulsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sabel on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sabel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sabel.
It looks like Berni Paulsen has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paulsen lands a nice shot that snaps Sabel's head back.
Paulsen is looking to clinch but Sabel is avoiding it.
Sabel is looking to counter punch.
Paulsen throws a hook to the side of Sabel's head but Sabel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paulsen moves out of range as Sabel strikes.
Paulsen misses with a straight right.
Sabel is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paulsen moves away.
Paulsen connects with a body shot.
Sabel ducks under a wild hook from Paulsen.
Sabel has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Tank Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Paulsen moves out of range as Sabel strikes.
Sabel moves out of range as Paulsen strikes.
Sabel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Berni Paulsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paulsen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sabel.
Sabel throws a shot from downtown. Paulsen moves away and avoids it.
Paulsen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Paulsen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Paulsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Sabel misses with a left hand
and Paulsen counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Sabel misses.
Paulsen has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sabel avoiding damage.
Sabel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paulsen is trying to break the clinch but Sabel has him pressed against the cage.
Sabel has Paulsen pressed against the cage, preventing Paulsen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sabel gets through Paulsen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Paulsen misses with a punch to the body.
Sabel lands with a light punch inside.
Sabel stalling in the clinch.
Paulsen throws a head punch that misses.
Paulsen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Paulsen prevents a body shot from Sabel.
Paulsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sabel's elbow.
Paulsen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sabel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sabel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sabel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Paulsen up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sabel on the inside.
Paulsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sabel's elbow.
Sabel prevents a body shot from Paulsen.
Paulsen throws a punch but it's blocked by Sabel.
Sabel is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Paulsen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Sabel stalls.
Paulsen misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Sabel.
Sabel is looking to control Paulsen's arms but Paulsen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sabel has his back to the cage.
Paulsen lands with a light punch inside.
Sabel gets through Paulsen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Paulsen tries to work over Sabel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paulsen has a couple of punches blocked by Sabel.
Sabel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paulsen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabel has a couple of punches blocked by Paulsen.
Paulsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sabel's elbow.
Paulsen lands a shoulder strike.
Paulsen working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Sabel.
Paulsen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sabels head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paulsen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sabel.
Sabel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sabel controlling the action here for a moment.
Sabel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sabel misses with a body punch.
Sabel has a couple of punches blocked by Paulsen.
Sabel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Paulsen backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Berni Paulsen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Berni Paulsen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sabel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Paulsen looks to land a right hand but Sabel moved out of range.
Zacharias Sabel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sabel loads up on a big right hand but Paulsen slips the punch.
Paulsen misses with a body shot
and Sabel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sabel throws a combination that misses
and Paulsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sabel throws an overhand right that lands on Paulsen's shoulder, as Paulsen tries to avoid the shot.
Paulsen throws the left hand but Sabel avoids the punch easily.
Sabel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sabel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sabel pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Paulsen back to the cage. Sabel follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Paulsen misses with a right hand
and Sabel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sabel throws out a powerful jab.
Paulsen is rocked!
Sabel throws a monster overhand right that drops Paulsen! Sabel follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zacharias Sabel!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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