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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baldur Eirikur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Roma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roma has chosen Breaking Benjamin - I Will Not Bow as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
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290 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Baldur Eirikur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricky Roma!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roma slips a straight right by Eirikur.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Roma.
Roma taking a breather here.
Roma working away.
Eirikur tries to improve position but can't.
Eirikur is not content to let Roma control the position.
Eirikur is looking for a sweep.
Eirikur managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Roma.
Roma works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Roma working the head and body with strikes.
Eirikur gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Eirikur is refusing to be controlled, as Roma sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eirikur wants to control but Roma is keeping busy.
Eirikur holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Eirikur blocking the ground and pound attempt from Roma.
Eirikur tries to get to full guard but Roma has control of the leg.
Eirikur is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roma thows a huge punch but Eirikur dodges it nicely.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Roma fails to land the takedown.
Roma moves into the clinch successfully.
Roma dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Roma is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Eirikur breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roma closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Baldur Eirikur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eirikur lands a body shot.
Eirikur avoids the body shot from Roma.
Eirikur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roma was well out of range. Poor timing from Eirikur.
Nice defenses there by Roma.
Roma avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eirikur bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Roma's head backwards.
Eirikur missing with a left hand there. Roma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roma looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Eirikur is fending him off so far but Roma persists. Nope, Eirikur circles away and we're back to standing.
Baldur Eirikur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Roma.
Roma looks gassed!
Roma moves out of range as Eirikur strikes.
Eirikur scores with a jab to the jaw.
Eirikur fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eirikur throws an overhand right that lands on Roma's shoulder, as Roma tries to avoid the shot.
Eirikur displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Ricky Roma has been cut.
Eirikur misses with a wild body shot.
Eirikur scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Eirikur swinging wildly here.
A swing and a miss from Roma.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roma connects with a looping right hand.
Eirikur misses with a two punch combination.
Roma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Eirikur.
Eirikur looks to land a right hand but Roma moved out of range.
Roma takes one on the button.
Roma shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Eirikur controls Roma momentarily but Roma frees himself.
Eirikur utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Eirikur not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Eirikur wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eirikur on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Eirikur tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Roma tries to clinch there but Eirikur circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Roma misses the target.
Roma shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Eirikur defends it nicely.
Eirikur misses with a straight left.
Eirikur throws a hook but Roma avoids it easily.
Eirikur lands a head shot.
Roma throws out a powerful jab.
Eirikur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eirikur misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Eirikur misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Roma counters with a straight right hand.
Eirikur looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Eirikur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roma.
Eirikur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roma was well out of range. Poor timing from Eirikur.
Eirikur throws a lazy right hand but Roma sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baldur Eirikur dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Roma's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Roma misses with a straight left.
Roma walks into a jab.
Eirikur misses with a looping left.
Roma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roma bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roma has closed the distance and engaged Eirikur in a clinch.
Eirikur can't break the clinch.
Roma doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Eirikur is trying to break free.
Eirikur is trying to force a seperation but Roma has the dominant position.
Eirikur wants to get back to striking at distance but Roma won't allow it.
Roma is pushing Eirikur up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Eirikur is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Roma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roma presses Eirikur against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Eirikur blocking some punches.
Roma lands a right hand.
Roma drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Eirikur blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roma drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Roma can't find room to land a body shot as Eirikur controls the action.
Roma works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Eirikur holds on and takes a little breather.
Eirikur controls Roma momentarily but Roma frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eirikur tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Roma wants to pass the guard but Eirikur is keeping the position.
Roma works over Eirikur with some ground and pound from guard.
Eirikur looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Eirikur keeping full guard, as Roma tries to pass.
Eirikur wants to sweep but no luck.
Roma throwing strikes from guard but Eirikur blocks nicely.
Roma sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Eirikur's guard.
Roma is breathing heavily.
Roma trying to control the action but Eirikur is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eirikur gets full guard.
Roma trying to control the position from guard on top but Eirikur is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roma stopping the sweep attempt from Eirikur.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Roma.
Eirikur is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eirikur regains half guard.
Eirikur is looking for a sweep. Roma is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Roma looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Roma throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Roma is thwarting Eirikur's attempts to control the position.
Roma has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Eirikur is looking to improve his position.
Roma wants to free his trapped foot but Eirikur is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Roma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ricky Roma's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Roma looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Eirikur.
Roma throws a body punch but Eirikur moves out of range.
Roma slips a jab and a cross from Eirikur.
Nice takedown defense from Eirikur. No joy for Roma on that attempt.
Roma blocks a jab.
Roma displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eirikur throws out the jab.
A jab from Eirikur misses.
Eirikur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roma manages to avoid it.
Roma slips a straight right by Eirikur.
Eirikur misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice defenses there by Roma.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eirikur misses with a hook. Roma ducked under it nicely.
Eirikur misses with a looping right.
Roma takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Eirikur is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Eirikur jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Roma ducks right into an uppercut from Eirikur.
Eirikur lands a jab to the nose.
Roma takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Eirikur scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eirikur is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Baldur Eirikur is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roma shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Eirikur regains full guard. Nicely done.
Roma passes into half guard.
Eirikur wants to control but Roma is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Roma tries to pass the half guard into mount. Eirikur knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Eirikur wants to get back to full guard.
Eirikur is positioning himself well to prevent Roma advancing to mount.
Eirikur trying to control here.
Roma wants to lay and pray for a moment but Eirikur keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eirikur is looking to control Roma's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Eirikur avoid being mounted?
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Roma dodges the punch combination from Eirikur.
Roma ducks under a wild hook from Eirikur.
Eirikur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roma.
A punch combination from Eirikur misses.
The fighters circling - Eirikur throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Eirikur looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Eirikur jabs at Roma's body.
Roma shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Eirikur's guard.
Eirikur pulls Roma in close to prevent any damage.
Eirikur is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roma stopping the sweep attempt from Eirikur.
Roma throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Eirikur works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Eirikur keeping moving, preventing Roma from controlling successfully.
Eirikur pulls Roma in close to prevent any damage.
Eirikur controls Roma momentarily but Roma frees himself.
Eirikur looking for a sweep. Not yet Eirikur, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Eirikur just misses with a punch to the body.
Eirikur will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Eirikur misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eirikur misses with a straight left.
Roma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eirikur.
Eirikur looks to land a right hand but Roma moved out of range.
Eirikur misses with a double jab.
Eirikur misses with a few strikes there.
Roma catches Eirikur with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Eirikur misses with a hook. Roma ducked under it nicely.
Baldur Eirikur is winning the standup battle so far.
Roma shoots in looking for a takedown. Eirikur tries to sprawl out of it but Roma keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Eirikur manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Baldur Eirikur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Roma.
Eirikur misses with a two punch combination.
A punch lands to the side of Roma 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Eirikur misses with a jab, cross combination.
Eirikur connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Eirikur moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Baldur Eirikur showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Eirikur has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baldur Eirikur!
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