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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hjalmar Klason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muhamad Alli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klason comes to the ring accompanied by (Hed) Pe - Raise Hell. Alli is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by De la Souls, by POS. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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214 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hjalmar Klason!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Muhamad Alli!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klason displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Alli.
Klason jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Alli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Klason throws a jab when Alli was well out of range.
Alli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Klason misses with a hook.
Klason waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alli.
Klason dodges the punch combination from Alli.
Alli slips a straight right by Klason.
Klason misses with a straight right.
Alli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alli scores with a decent looking hook.
Klason throws a hook but Alli avoids it easily.
Klason throws a hook to the side of Alli's head but Alli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Alli misses the target.
Alli swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Klason. That snapped Alli's head back.
Klason ducks under a wild hook from Alli.
Alli moves out of range of the strikes.
Alli will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Klason walks forward, straight into a front kick from Alli.
Klason loads up on a big right hand but Alli slips the punch.
A slow jab from Klason misses its intended target.
Alli blocks a jab.
Klason throws a shot from downtown. Alli moves away and avoids it.
Alli throws a sloppy head kick and Klason moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alli scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Alli loads up on a big right hand but Klason slips the punch.
Klason defending well as Alli loads up on a big left hand.
Hjalmar Klason is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Klason throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Klason misses its intended target.
Alli misses with an uppercut. Klason saw that one coming.
Nice uppercut lands for Klason. That snapped Alli's head back.
Klason dips to his left and cracks Alli with an uppercut!
Alli swinging wildly here.
Klason connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klason throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alli.
Klason throws a hook but Alli blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alli. Klason does a little dance to reset his feet.
Klason throws a shot from downtown. Alli moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alli shoots in but no luck this time.
Alli checks a low kick from Klason.
Klason lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alli at a distance.
Alli looks to score with a jab to the body but Klason is just out of range.
Klason swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Alli slips under a jab.
Alli throws a solid leg kick but Klason takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Alli.
Klason looks to score with a jab to the body but Alli is just out of range.
Klason takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Alli lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Klason at a distance.
Alli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Klason.
Klason misses with a hook.
Alli swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alli tries to work over Klason's front leg with a kick but Klason checks it.
Klason tried to score with a low kick but Alli checks it.
Klason bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alli cracks a nice hook into Klason's ribs.
Klason on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alli. Alli obviously looking to wear him down.
Alli misses with a low kick as Klason jumps back.
Alli shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Alli is stalling here. Klason is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Alli seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Klason has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alli is trying to control Klason's posture but Klason avoids it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Alli sneaks back into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Hjalmar Klason will probably get the nod.
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.
Alli connects with a body shot.
Alli lands a head shot.
Klason lands a jab to the head.
Klason throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Klason misses with a looping right.
Alli darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Klason slips a straight right by Alli.
Klason throws a hook to the side of Alli's head but Alli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alli misses with a wild combination.
Alli throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Klason sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Klason moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason throws a hook but Alli blocks it.
Klason pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alli thows a body shot but no joy.
Alli scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Klason.
Klason misses with a series of wild punches.
Alli will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Klason throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klason.
Klason displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alli throws out the jab.
Alli shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Klason as he jumps to the side.
Alli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Alli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Klason.
Klason throws a hook but Alli blocks it.
Alli throws a head kick that misses.
Alli shoots in looking for a takedown. Klason tries to sprawl out of it but Alli keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Klason manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hjalmar Klason has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muhamad Alli.
A jab from Klason misses.
Hjalmar Klason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alli fails to land with a series of punches.
Klason scores with a nice head shot.
Alli takes a swing at Klason's ribcage but misses.
Klason takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Klason leaves Alli with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Alli throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klason throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Klason waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alli.
A swing and a miss from Klason.
Alli swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Klason.
Klason swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Klason is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alli.
A swing and a miss from Klason.
Alli throws a sloppy head kick and Klason moves out of range easily.
Alli lands a body shot.
Alli staying out of range there.
Klason lands a two punch combo.
Klason cracks Alli with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alli shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Klason pinned against the cage. Klason gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Alli moves away from the strike by Klason.
A decent looking cross lands there for Alli.
Alli scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Klason doesn't seem bothered though.
Alli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A shot to the body from Klason misses
and Alli counters with a straight right hand.
Klason swings for the body but Alli moves out of range.
Alli walks into a straight right hand from Klason.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alli slips under a jab from Klason.
Alli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Klason.
Klason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alli was well out of range. Poor timing from Klason.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hjalmar Klason will probably get the nod.
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.
Klason throws a looping overhand right but Alli ducks down to avoid it.
Klason connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Klason throws a series of strikes that have Alli backpedaling.
Alli misses with a leg kick
and Klason counters with a head kick. That will keep Alli thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Klason thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alli feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Klason's calf.
Klason misses the shot to the body.
Klason is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Alli's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
The fighters circling - Klason throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Klason misses with a looping left.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Alli drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Alli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Klason keeps working.
Klason regains half guard there - taking advantage of Alli's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alli throwing shots but Klason is blocking nicely.
Klason keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Klason avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alli.
Alli misses with a head shot. Klason uses the momentum to regain guard.
Alli with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alli connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Klason has momentary wrist control but Alli slips an elbow through the middle.
Klason working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alli.
Klason controls Alli momentarily but Alli frees himself.
Alli throws and elbow that misses. Klason uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alli's guard. Nice move by Klason!
Klason tries to free his leg and advance position but Alli is retaining full guard.
Alli looking to control.
Klason not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Alli looking for a sweep. Not yet Alli, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alli wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Alli wants to sweep here but Klason controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Alli is working an open guard so Klason takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Klason throws a jab when Alli was well out of range.
Klason thows a left - swing and a miss!
Klason misses the shot to the body.
Klason keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hjalmar Klason is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Alli throws a head kick that misses.
Alli throws a leg kick that is checked
and Klason counters with a nice uppercut.
Klason lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alli circles away quickly and effectively.
Alli misses the shot to the body.
Alli slips under a jab.
Klason throws a hook to the side of Alli's head but Alli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alli lands with a slapping head kick.
Alli lands with a straight right. Klason didn't see that one coming.
Alli misses with the combination.
Alli gets the takedown into side control.
Klason is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alli is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Klason has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muhamad Alli really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Klason walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alli checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Klason misses with a looping right.
Klason finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Klason throws a jab when Alli was well out of range.
Alli looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Alli.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klason moves away from the strike by Alli.
Alli connects with a jab.
Klason misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klason lands a jab to Alli's midsection.
Alli moves out of range of the strikes.
Klason ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alli moves away.
A jab from Klason misses.
Klason lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Alli lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Klason has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Klason and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Alli tries for a takedown but Klason sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hjalmar Klason has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muhamad Alli.
Klason looks to land a right hand but Alli moved out of range.
Alli swinging wildly here.
Nice defenses there by Alli.
Alli throws a head kick that half lands.
Klason looks to land a right hand but Alli moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klason keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Klason misses with a straight right.
Klason scores with a decent looking hook.
Klason jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Klason throws a head kick but Alli moves out of range.
Alli misses with a takedown
and Alli takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Klason thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Alli is defended easily by Klason.
Klason fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alli looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klason looks to land a left hand but Alli moved out of range nicely.
Klason misses with an attempted mid kick.
Klason scores with the left hand. Alli knows he should have avoided that one.
Alli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Klason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alli.
Alli throws a hook to the side of Klason's head but Klason sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alli wants to slow Klason down by chopping away at his legs.
Klason lands a nice shot to the body.
Klason cracks Alli with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Klason just misses with a punch to the body.
Alli misses with a hook.
Klason ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alli moves away.
Klason with a nice cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klason avoids the body shot from Alli.
Alli throws a leg kick
letting Klason counter with a right hand.
Alli throws a leg kick but Klason sees it coming and moves out of range.
Alli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Klason missing with a left hand there. Alli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alli throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Klason stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Klason keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Alli has taken the fight to the clinch.
Alli tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Klason smiles and moves away.
Klason misses with a jab to the body
and Alli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alli lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hjalmar Klason had his way with Muhamad Alli in 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A shot to the body from Alli misses
and Klason counters with a straight right hand.
Alli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Klason.
Good work by Klason as he checks the leg kick.
Alli looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Alli does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Alli moves out of range of the strikes.
Klason checks a low kick from Alli.
Klason throws out a loose jab but Alli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alli stalks Klason and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Klason's face. Klason staggers backwards, shaken.
Alli has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Klason loads up on a big right hand but Alli slips the punch.
Klason throws a hook but Alli blocks it.
Alli just misses with a punch to the body.
Alli staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Klason there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Klason checks a leg kick.
Klason lands a nice looking body shot.
Alli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Klason ducks under a wild hook from Alli.
Alli misses with a takedown
and Klason counters with a two punch combo.
Alli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Klason waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alli.
Alli staying out of range there.
Klason throws a series of punches but Alli avoids them all with ease.
Alli slips a jab from Klason.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klason scores with a crisp jab that stopped Alli in his tracks.
Klason misses with a looping left.
Alli decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Klason avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alli.
Klason is staying active underneath Alli, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Alli thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Klason's head.
Alli throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Klason wants to get back to his feet.
Alli with the ground and pound but Klason uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Alli postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alli with a nice head shot there.
Alli is looking to work some ground and pound but Klason has wrist control.
Alli has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Klason working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alli.
Alli with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alli throwing strikes from guard but Klason blocks nicely.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Alli is looking to work some ground and pound but Klason has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alli accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Alli trying to control but Klason is working from the bottom.
Alli stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Klason swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Muhamad Alli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hjalmar Klason is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No joy there for Klason, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Klason thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice takedown defense from Klason. No joy for Alli on that attempt.
Klason tries a head kick but it misses.
Alli misses with a takedown
and Klason counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hjalmar Klason has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muhamad Alli.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Klason!
Klason throws out a powerful jab.
Alli takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hjalmar Klason showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Klason 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 49:46
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 49:46
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hjalmar Klason!
Hjalmar Klason is the new light heavyweight champion!
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