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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Bantrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Atomic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atomic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: A Kiss to Build a Dream On . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 cm
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270 lbs
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198 cm
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275 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sebastian Bantrell! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tom Atomic! The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Atomic lands a nice looking body shot.
Atomic misses with a body shot
and Bantrell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Atomic connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Atomic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Bantrell tries to clinch up and Atomic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Bantrell stuffs the takedown attempt from Atomic. Atomic gets slowly back to his feet. Bantrell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Atomic paws at him with a jab and circles away. Atomic scores with a body shot.
Bantrell is breathing heavily. Bantrell misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bantrell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Atomic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Atomic closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Atomic cracks Bantrell with an elbow. That is naaassty. Atomic lands a nice forearm strike. Atomic lands a nice forearm strike. Atomic in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Atomic fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bantrell is working to avoid the ground and pound but Atomic connects with a decent elbow. Atomic fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Atomic in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Atomic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bantrell keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bantrell is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Atomic landing strikes. Atomic working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter. Atomic in side control lands a decent elbow. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Atomic working the strikes but Bantrell uses the opportunity to regain half guard. Bantrell is in trouble now - Atomic has advanced to mount! Bantrell is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Atomic sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! Bantrell wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Atomic.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Atomic lands a big elbow. Atomic punishing his opponent with strikes. BOOM! Atomic connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Atomic throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Atomic lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Atomic throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bantrell because Atomic loaded up on that one. Atomic unloading with bombs! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Poor strikes thrown by Atomic there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Atomic with a couple of short strikes. Bantrell is in a horrible position here. Atomic smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bantrell blocking the ground and pound. Atomic prevents Bantrell from getting the reversal. Atomic thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. Atomic working the ground and pound effectively.
Atomic in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bantrell holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Atomic tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Atomic thowing shots but they're missing. Atomic with the ground and pound from mount. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Atomic dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Atomic jabs Bantrell to the body, keeping him at a distance. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bantrell.
Atomic throws a sloppy body shot
and Bantrell counters with a right hand to the body. Bantrell looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Atomic slips a jab and a cross from Bantrell.
Atomic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Atomic misses with a hook
and Bantrell counters with a right hand to the body. Bantrell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. 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! Bantrell scores with a jab. Atomic is breathing heavily. Atomic misses with a lunging right hand
and Bantrell counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bantrell with a jab. Atomic moves away from the strike by Bantrell. Atomic throws a combination that misses and Bantrell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Bantrell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Atomic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Bantrell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Atomic. Bantrell connects with an inside leg kick. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A looping hook to the body misses from Bantrell. Atomic does a little dance to reset his feet. Bantrell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Bantrell lets loose with a powerful body kick. Atomic will feel that in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A swing and a miss from Bantrell. Atomic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Atomic throws a right hand that misses
and Bantrell counters with a lovely shot to the body. Bantrell cracks Atomic with a good jab. Bantrell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Atomic doesn't seem bothered though. Atomic tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Bantrell lands a big head kick that sends Atomic tumbling to the mat! Bantrell takes a step backwards and waves Atomic back to his feet - he wants the finish! Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Bantrell! Atomic is out on his feet! Bantrell rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Atomic is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Atomic is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebastian Bantrell! Sebastian Bantrell retains his heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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