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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Franks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Norling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norling has chosen Pendulum - Watercolour as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alan Franks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sebastian Norling!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norling lands with a hook. Franks tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Franks is looking to clinch but Norling is avoiding it.
Norling bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Franks's head.
Franks shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A combination from Norling does no damage.
Norling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Norling lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franks circles away quickly and effectively.
Franks wants to clinch up but Norling keeps it at a distance.
Franks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Norling swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Franks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Norling.
Norling throws a right and a left that Franks avoids nicely.
Norling looks to land a combination but Franks avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franks tries to clinch but Norling moves out of range.
Norling swats away the attempt to clinch by Franks.
Franks staying out of range there.
Franks tries to clinch there but Norling circles away.
Some wild striking there from Norling.
Franks avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sebastian Norling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franks tries to clinch but Norling is having none of it.
Franks wants to clinch.
Franks moves into range and clinches up with Norling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Franks looking to throw knees to the head but Norling is blocking nicely.
Norling is trying to force a seperation but Franks has the dominant position.
Franks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Franks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Franks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Franks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Franks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norling's efforts to push away.
Norling avoiding damage as Franks throws knees to the body.
Franks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norling avoids it.
Franks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Franks lands an elbow that stopped Norling in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Sebastian Norling has been cut.
Norling blocks an elbow strike.
Franks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Franks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Franks has Norling pressed against the cage, preventing Norling from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Norling is defending well for now.
Franks is breathing heavily.
Norling is trying to break the clinch but Franks is controlling him.
Franks scores a nice knee to the body.
Norling is trying to force a seperation but Franks has the dominant position.
Norling has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Franks misses with an elbow strike.
Norling is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Franks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Franks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norling's efforts to push away.
Norling on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Franks tries to land a knee to the head but Norling blocks with his arms.
Norling managing to block the knees to the body from Franks.
Norling wants to break free but Franks has control.
Franks using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norling has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Franks has Norling pressed against the cage, preventing Norling from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Franks keeps control of Norling as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Franks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Franks tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Norling looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Norling wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Norling tries to circle away but Franks has him pinned against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Franks just misses with a elbow thrown towards Norling's brow.
Norling is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Franks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Norling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Norling misses with a wild combination.
Norling looks to land a combination but Franks avoids it well.
Franks needs to keep his hands up - Norling had a free shot at his head there.
Norling misses with a wild combination.
Franks moves forwards but Norling connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Norling lands a nice hook to Franks's body. Franks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebastian Norling dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sebastian Norling's cut.
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.
Norling misses with a few strikes there.
Franks doesn't manage to clinch there - Norling circles away.
Alan Franks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franks staying out of range there.
Franks tries to close the distance and clinch but Norling swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Norling avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Franks is looking to clinch but Norling is avoiding it.
Norling throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Franks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Franks tries to clinch but Norling moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norling misses with a wild combination.
Norling misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norling swinging wildly here.
Norling misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Norling misses.
Franks slips under a jab.
Norling dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Norling circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norling misses with a wild combination.
Norling throws a right and a left that Franks avoids nicely.
That's two 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.
Nice body punch from Norling.
Franks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Norling tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Franks was well out of range. Poor timing from Norling.
Norling throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Franks.
Norling misses with a double jab.
Franks wants to clinch.
Norling avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norling misses with a two punch combination.
Franks wants to clinch.
Norling swats away the attempt to clinch by Franks.
Franks staying out of range there.
Franks wants to clinch up but Norling keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Norling throws a jab when Franks was well out of range.
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.
Norling throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Franks.
Norling lands a glancing blow to the side of Franks's head.
Norling looks to land a right hand but Franks moved out of range.
Franks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Norling.
A punch combination from Norling misses.
Norling fails to land with a series of punches.
Franks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Norling.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A combination from Norling does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebastian Norling showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sebastian Norling'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. And we move into the final round!
No joy there for Norling, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Franks tries to close the distance and clinch but Norling swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Norling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norling misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A lazy left from Norling finds it's target.
Franks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norling avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Norling swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Norling.
Franks wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franks dodges the punch combination from Norling.
Franks tries to clinch but Norling is having none of it.
Norling tries to bum rush Franks with a series of wild strikes but Franks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Norling throws a series of punches but Franks moves out of range.
Norling avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Norling avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Franks is looking to clinch but Norling is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Norling rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Franks moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Franks tries to close the distance and clinch but Norling swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Norling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Franks.
Sebastian Norling seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Franks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Norling.
Franks slips a jab from Norling.
Franks doesn't manage to clinch there - Norling circles away.
Norling lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Norling throws a shot from downtown. Franks moves away and avoids it.
Norling keeps the fight on the outside.
Norling throws a body punch but Franks moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norling misses with a wild combination.
Norling throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Norling swats away the attempt to clinch by Franks.
Norling throws a good cross that connects.
Alan Franks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Norling circles away from the clinch attempt.
Franks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Norling paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Norling.
Franks tries to clinch but Norling moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norling scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Norling misses with a wild combination.
Norling misses with a series of wild punches.
Franks tries to clinch but Norling is having none of it.
Norling misses the shot to the body.
Norling throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Norling takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sebastian Norling is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Franks throws a series of punches but Norling avoids them all with ease.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sebastian Norling comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Norling 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sebastian Norling!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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