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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pooby Phants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Gustavsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phants comes to the cage accompanied by Voodoo Chile. Gustavsson has chosen nate dogg - regulators as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 cm
25
219 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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195 cm
24
205 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Pooby Phants! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Gustavsson! The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gustavsson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Phants finds it's way round the side to connect with Gustavsson's head.
It looks like Alexander Gustavsson has been cut. Gustavsson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phants. Gustavsson lands with an uppercut that bounces Phants off the cage and back into rage. Gustavsson looks to land a combination but Phants avoids it well. Gustavsson jabbing away but nothing is landing. Gustavsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Gustavsson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Pooby Phants has been cut. Gustavsson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gustavsson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Phants on the side of the head. This has been an exciting period of action! Gustavsson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Phants gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Gustavsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Phants drives through and clinches with Gustavsson against the cage.
Phants ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Phants no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Gustavsson postures up.
Gustavsson wants to stand and escape but instead Phants has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. Gustavsson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Phants tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Phants tries to clinch up. Gustavsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Phants scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Gustavsson looks gassed! Phants instigates a clinch. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Phants creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Gustavsson wants to break free but Phants has control.
Gustavsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Phants digs a right hand into Gustavsson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gustavsson's gas tank. Phants lands with a left to the head. Phants makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. A left hand lands to the body for Phants.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Phants lands with a short head shot on the inside. Phants is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Gustavsson can't fight it off and eventually Phants manages to take the fight to the floor. Gustavsson looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard. Phants slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Phants trying to control but Gustavsson is working from the bottom. Phants gets to his feet - Gustavsson follows without any prompting.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gustavsson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Phants taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Phants.
Phants lands with a left to the head. Phants lands with a short shot to the head. Phants just leaning against Gustavsson, taking a breather. Nice body punch from Phants - that landed with a thud.
A short left from Phants. Phants gets through Gustavsson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Phants makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Phants pulls guard. Phants has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Phants is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Gustavsson wants to stand but Phants has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Phants lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Phants is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Gustavsson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Phants with a momentary lay and pray from half guard. Phants working the head and body with strikes. Phants lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Phants scoring with strikes to the body and head. Gustavsson is trying to stand up here but Phants is controlling him well. Gustavsson is trying to escape back to his feet but Phants uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Phants working the body and head with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Phants is putting a hurting on Gustavsson here, landing some big shots from side control. Phants wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gustavsson keeps working. Phants cracks Gustavsson with a big elbow. Phants in side control lands a decent elbow. Gustavsson wants to get back to his feet but Phants is dominant here and he's now got Gustavsson's back! Phants throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Gustavsson!
Phants lands shots from the back. Phants lands punches and elbows. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Phants scores with punches and elbows. Phants trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Gustavsson doesn't escape. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Gustavsson trying to get back to his feet but Phants is in full control for now. Phants lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Gustavsson hold on?!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pooby Phants dominated that round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. 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.
Phants wants to clinch. Phants tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gustavsson swats him away and circles back towards the center. Gustavsson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Phants has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Phants there as he acknowledges the shot. Phants uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Gustavsson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Phants throws a left that rocks Gustavsson and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Phants dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Gustavsson regain composure!
Gustavsson is rocked! 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! Phants lands a decent elbow from side control. Gustavsson is still in real trouble! Can Phants finish him? Pooby Phants overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Phants lands a few punches from side control. Phants looks up at the clock and then as Gustavsson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Phants smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Phants moves into full mount! Phants content just to control the position here. Gustavsson seems to have recovered his senses. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Gustavsson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Phants raining down shots from the mount! Phants lands a heavy elbow. A nice elbow there by Phants. Phants has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Gustavsson is squirming around, avoiding Phants's attempts to control the action. Gustavsson really wants to buck Phants off and get back to his feet. Phants controlling from mount. Phants scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gustavsson?
The referee warns Gustavsson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Phants trying to control but he's not successful this time. A nice elbow there by Phants.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gustavsson wants to get back to his feet.
Gustavsson is bucking up trying to escape but Phants cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Gustavsson trying desperately to get to his feet.
Phants lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Phants working Gustavsson over with strikes here. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Phants raining down shots from the mount! Gustavsson taking shots to the head. Gustavsson wants to try and get back to his feet. Phants lands a big elbow. Phants cracks Gustavsson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gustavsson tries to buck Phants off but he can't manage it. Phants working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Phants lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gustavsson hang on? Phants lands a big elbow - Gustavsson is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Gustavsson is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Pooby Phants!
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energy
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