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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pacal Votan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tor hegglund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tor hegglund has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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265 lbs
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240 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pacal Votan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tor hegglund!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Votan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
hegglund takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Votan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Votan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Votan tries to score with some ground and pound. hegglund controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Votan looking to punish the body of his opponent here but hegglund is avoiding damage well.
hegglund is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Votan off and has taken his back!
hegglund just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Votan wants to escape the position.
hegglund doesn't have the hooks in and Votan manages to turn into his guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now hegglund is on top in guard.
Votan trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Votan wants to sweep here but hegglund controlling him for the moment.
hegglund is looking to stand up but Votan won't let him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Votan looking for a sweep. Not yet Votan, not yet.
hegglund wants to control from the top but Votan keeps moving.
Votan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Votan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Votan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish hegglund?
hegglund in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Votan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
hegglund is rocked!
Votan jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but hegglund manages to avoid the submission attempt.
hegglund is still in real trouble! Can Votan finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Votan working the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hegglund tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Votan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
hegglund is trying to control Votan's posture but Votan avoids it.
hegglund seems to have recovered his senses.
hegglund holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
hegglund looks gassed!
Votan lands a few punches from side control.
hegglund wants to control but Votan postures up.
The ground and pound from Votan seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
hegglund tries to bench press Votan off him but Votan keeps the position.
hegglund is working to avoid the ground and pound but Votan connects with a decent elbow.
Votan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
hegglund isn't going anywhere.
Votan lands a few punches from side control.
hegglund takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Votan has knee on belly momentarily but hegglund bucks him off and regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Votan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. hegglund defending well though.
hegglund works his way to full guard. Good work.
Votan passes into half guard.
hegglund taking some punishment here, with Votan in his half guard.
Votan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Votan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Votan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks hegglund with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Votan tries to pass to full mount but hegglund defends it.
Votan stands up out of the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Votan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Votan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
hegglund tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Votan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
hegglund holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Votan working away.
hegglund gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
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!
hegglund keeping hold of Votan's head, controlling as best he can.
hegglund gets full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
hegglund pulls Votan in close to his closed guard and prevents Votan from doing any damage or advancing position.
hegglund preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pacal Votan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Votan fails to land the takedown.
Votan looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Votan wants to clinch.
Votan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts hegglund as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pacal Votan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Votan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
hegglund swats away the attempt to clinch by Votan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
hegglund lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice sprawl there from hegglund as Votan shoots in.
hegglund feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
hegglund is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Votan wants to sweep but no luck.
hegglund gets to his feet - Votan follows without any prompting.
Votan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before hegglund can pounce on him.
Votan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Votan showed some decent athleticism there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Votan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
hegglund tries to get to full guard but Votan has control of the leg.
Votan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Votan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pacal Votan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Votan is looking to take a break and control but hegglund is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - hegglund has eaten all the pies!
hegglund wants to control but Votan passes into side.
hegglund tries to improve position but can't.
Votan wants to control but hegglund is keeping him busy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Votan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Votan with shots to the head and body - hegglund looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Votan with the ground and pound from mount.
hegglund is bucking up trying to escape but Votan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Votan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
hegglund wants to hold on but Votan pushes him away.
Votan unloading with bombs!
Votan lands with some strikes.
Votan unloads with some shots from mount but hegglund bucks and avoids them well.
hegglund working to try and regain half guard.
hegglund holds on to Votan around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
hegglund is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Poor strikes thrown by Votan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
hegglund regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Votan thows a huge punch but hegglund dodges it nicely.
Votan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Votan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
hegglund controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
hegglund is looking to control Votan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can hegglund avoid being mounted?
Votan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
hegglund is in trouble now - Votan has advanced to mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
hegglund wants to control but Votan is having none of it.
Votan lands a big shot there that rocks hegglund but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pacal Votan dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
hegglund shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. hegglund showed some decent athleticism there.
Votan missing with punches from the bottom.
hegglund stalling.
Votan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
hegglund slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Votan controls hegglund momentarily but hegglund frees himself.
hegglund takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Votan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Votan 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.
hegglund wants to control from the top but Votan keeps moving.
Votan doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
hegglund preventing the sweep.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Votan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Votan forces his way into half guard.
Votan works his way into side control.
Votan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. hegglund knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Votan in side control lands a decent elbow.
hegglund can't do much from the bottom here.
hegglund is looking to regain half guard here but Votan keeps moving and retains side control.
Votan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but hegglund is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Votan misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Votan trying to control the position but hegglund is working away.
hegglund takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hegglund is trying to get back to half guard.
Votan working the head with strikes.
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hegglund is looking for a sweep.
Votan working away.
hegglund is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Votan off and has taken his back!
hegglund is looking for the choke from the back position but Votan is controlling his hands well.
Votan is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Votan is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by hegglund.
hegglund doesn't have the hooks in and Votan manages to turn into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
hegglund working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Votan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Votan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Votan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as hegglund works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Votan landing with the ground and pound.
Votan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
hegglund has momentary wrist control but Votan slips an elbow through the middle.
Tor hegglund has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
hegglund preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
hegglund managing to control the position.
Votan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
hegglund controlling the position.
Votan is pushing down on hegglund's leg trying to pass to half guard. hegglund is fighting to maintain full guard but Votan has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pacal Votan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Votan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pacal Votan!
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