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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Egil Skallagrimsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silver Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Skallagrimsson comes to the cage accompanied by Guardians of Aasgard. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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262 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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235 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Egil Skallagrimsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Silver Haze!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Skallagrimsson.
Skallagrimsson throws a sloppy head kick and Haze moves out of range easily.
Haze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Skallagrimsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haze shoots for a double leg takedown but Skallagrimsson sprawls well. He's pushed Haze's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Skallagrimsson throws a nice looking combination but Haze bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haze scores with a nice head shot.
Haze shoots in for a takedown but Skallagrimsson shows good takedown defense.
Skallagrimsson throws a hook but Haze avoids it easily.
Haze shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Skallagrimsson sprawls well. Skallagrimsson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Haze gets slowly back to his feet.
Egil Skallagrimsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silver Haze.
Skallagrimsson throws the left hand but Haze avoids the punch easily.
Haze changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Skallagrimsson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Haze tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The strikes coming from Haze are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skallagrimsson tries to buck Haze off but Haze is having none of it.
Haze looks up at the clock and then as Skallagrimsson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Haze smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
It looks like Egil Skallagrimsson has been cut.
Skallagrimsson tries to bench press Haze off him but Haze keeps the position.
Skallagrimsson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Haze.
Haze tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Haze has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Haze decides to stand back up. Haze steps back and let's Skallagrimsson get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skallagrimsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haze fails with a takedown attempt.
Haze shoots in for a takedown but Skallagrimsson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice jab there from Haze.
Haze shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Skallagrimsson's guard.
Haze pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Skallagrimsson is keeping the position for now.
Haze postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Skallagrimsson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Haze, into his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skallagrimsson being controlled here momentarily.
Skallagrimsson wants to stand but Haze is controlling his posture from full guard.
Skallagrimsson postures up.
That's four 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.
Haze has a closed guard, preventing Skallagrimsson from standing up.
Haze is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Skallagrimsson gets to his feet - Haze follows without any prompting.
Skallagrimsson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Haze to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Haze advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silver Haze dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Egil Skallagrimsson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Haze shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Skallagrimsson sprawls well. Skallagrimsson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Haze gets slowly back to his feet.
Skallagrimsson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Skallagrimsson wants it to stay on the feet.
Skallagrimsson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Skallagrimsson thows a body shot but no joy.
Egil Skallagrimsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haze is trying hard to land a takedown here. Skallagrimsson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Egil Skallagrimsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silver Haze.
Haze is trying hard to land a takedown here. Skallagrimsson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Skallagrimsson throws a hook but Haze blocks it.
Skallagrimsson throws a nice looking combination but Haze bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Skallagrimsson throws a hook to the side of Haze's head but Haze sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Skallagrimsson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Haze but Haze pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skallagrimsson tries to bum rush Haze with a series of wild strikes but Haze uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch combination from Skallagrimsson misses.
Skallagrimsson throws a series of punches but Haze moves out of range.
Haze closes the distance and clinches up with Skallagrimsson, looking for a takedown. Haze pushes Skallagrimsson against the cage but Skallagrimsson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Haze shoots in for a double leg but Skallagrimsson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skallagrimsson shoots in and bounces Haze off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Haze looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Haze looking to hit a scissor sweep but Skallagrimsson is one step ahead there.
Haze looking to control.
Skallagrimsson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haze is trying to control the position but Skallagrimsson postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skallagrimsson wants to stand but Haze has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Haze trying to control the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Haze shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Skallagrimsson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Haze working the head with strikes.
Skallagrimsson is not content to let Haze control the position.
Haze advances to full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze looking to secure an arm triangle but Skallagrimsson defends it well.
Haze thowing shots but they're missing.
Haze goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Skallagrimsson turns into him and now he's in Haze's guard.
Skallagrimsson wanted to stand there but Haze had control of the position.
Skallagrimsson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
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.
Haze working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Skallagrimsson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Skallagrimsson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Skallagrimsson wanted to stand there but Haze had control of the position.
Haze trying to keep a closed guard but Skallagrimsson is proving a slippery customer.
Skallagrimsson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Haze's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Silver Haze will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Egil Skallagrimsson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Skallagrimsson throws a big shot that misses.
Skallagrimsson shoots and misses
and Haze decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Skallagrimsson's guard.
Haze showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Haze trying to control the position from guard on top but Skallagrimsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Skallagrimsson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Haze.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Haze is looking to work some ground and pound but Skallagrimsson has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze has gone for a leg lock! Skallagrimsson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Haze's guard.
Haze has Skallagrimsson pulled in close to control his posture.
Haze trying to control the position.
Haze working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Skallagrimsson has passed into half guard!
Skallagrimsson wants to stand but Haze has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Haze trying to control but Skallagrimsson postures up.
Skallagrimsson tries to stand but can't do so whilst Haze controls his leg.
Haze is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Skallagrimsson pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are battling for position here. Haze manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Skallagrimsson postures up in Haze's guard and throws a big left but Haze blocks it.
Skallagrimsson is looking to stand up but Haze won't let him.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Haze gets a clinch.
Skallagrimsson prevents the takedown attempt.
Skallagrimsson trying to stall but Haze improves his position.
Skallagrimsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Haze has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Skallagrimsson is trying to keep an underhook but Haze manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Haze wants to control but Skallagrimsson is keeping him busy.
Skallagrimsson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Haze.
Haze looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Haze not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Egil Skallagrimsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze thows a huge punch but Skallagrimsson dodges it nicely.
Silver Haze is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Skallagrimsson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Haze is working away from the top position though.
Haze wants to control but Skallagrimsson is keeping him busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Silver Haze comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Haze winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silver Haze!
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RATING
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