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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scully Rudd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Sletten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Markus Sletten is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Scully Rudd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Markus Sletten!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rudd rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sletten makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sletten tried to score with a low kick but Rudd checks it.
Sletten's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rudd under the eye.
Rudd misses with a hook.
Sletten wants to clinch but Rudd slips to the side
and Rudd moves into the clinch.
Sletten takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rudd lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rudd has Sletten pressed against the cage, preventing Sletten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sletten tries to work over Rudd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rudd obliges.
Rudd has Sletten pressed against the cage, preventing Sletten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rudd blocking some punches.
Rudd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sletten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rudd with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rudd connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sletten fails to land.
Rudd misses with a knee to the head.
Rudd connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sletten's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees to the body from Rudd.
Sletten looks gassed!
Rudd blocking some punches.
Rudd misses with a knee strike.
Come on Rudd - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rudd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sletten blocks it with crossed arms.
Rudd pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sletten tries to stall but Rudd uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rudd will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sletten up against the cage.
Sletten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rudd obliges.
Sletten is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rudd misses with a knee to the head.
Sletten misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sletten managing to block the knees to the body from Rudd.
Rudd blocks an uppercut.
Rudd putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sletten in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sletten has a couple of punches blocked by Rudd.
Rudd throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rudd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sletten lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rudd scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Rudd.
Rudd throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rudd scores a nice knee to the body.
Rudd utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rudd with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but Sletten blocks it.
Sletten wants to get back to striking at distance but Rudd won't allow it.
Rudd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but Sletten blocks it.
Sletten tries to break free but Rudd pushes him back against the cage.
Rudd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sletten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rudd tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sletten avoids it.
Sletten looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rudd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sletten is defending well for now.
Sletten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sletten makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rudd with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sletten trying to control the position but instead, Rudd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sletten into the cage.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but Sletten blocks it.
Sletten wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rudd tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sletten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sletten wants to break free but Rudd has control.
Sletten misses with a punch on the inside.
Sletten is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Good body shot from Sletten.
Rudd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sletten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rudd keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sletten's efforts to push away.
Rudd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sletten blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Sletten's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sletten is trying to break the clinch but Rudd is controlling him.
Sletten lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rudd backwards.
Rudd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rudd tries to land a knee to the head but Sletten blocks with his arms.
Sletten throws a head punch that misses.
Sletten working aggressively here.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but Sletten blocks it.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sletten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sletten trying to control the position but instead, Rudd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sletten into the cage.
Sletten doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rudd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but Sletten blocks it.
Sletten has a couple of punches blocked by Rudd.
Sletten wants to get back to striking at distance but Rudd won't allow it.
Sletten tries to circle away but Rudd has him pinned against the cage.
Sletten is trying to maintain a safe position but Rudd gets an underhook and turns Sletten into the cage.
Rudd misses with a knee to the head.
Sletten has a couple of punches blocked by Rudd.
Sletten throws a punch but it's blocked by Rudd.
Rudd throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sletten lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sletten working aggressively here.
Sletten tries to break free but Rudd pushes him back against the cage.
Sletten tries a body shot but Rudd blocks it.
Sletten is looking to control Rudd's arms but Rudd gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sletten has his back to the cage.
Sletten swings wildly with an uppercut but Rudd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rudd with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sletten struggles to land a body shot inside as Rudd controls his hands.
Rudd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sletten wants to break free but Rudd has control.
Sletten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rudd scores with a knee to the head.
Rudd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sletten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scully Rudd dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sletten fails to land the takedown.
Rudd misses with a left hand
letting Sletten counter with a right hand.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rudd displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sletten throws out the jab.
Sletten tried to score with a low kick but Rudd checks it.
Sletten wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rudd throws a lazy uppercut
and Sletten counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sletten misses with a low kick as Rudd jumps back.
Rudd doesn't manage to clinch there - Sletten circles away.
Rudd throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sletten counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circling - Rudd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rudd clinches with his opponent.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rudd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rudd misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sletten is looking to control Rudd's arms but Rudd gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sletten has his back to the cage.
Sletten fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sletten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sletten swings wildly with an uppercut but Rudd uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rudd.
Rudd tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rudd blocks an uppercut.
Rudd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sletten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rudd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sletten wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sletten is looking to break free of the clinch but Rudd has double underhooks.
Rudd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sletten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sletten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rudd's elbow.
Sletten tries to break free but Rudd pushes him back against the cage.
Rudd blocks a body shot from Sletten.
Sletten wants to stall.
Rudd has a couple of punches blocked by Sletten.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sletten.
Rudd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
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.
Sletten wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rudd scores with a knee to the head.
Rudd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sletten.
Rudd blocks an uppercut.
Rudd throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sletten fails to land.
Sletten tries to break free but Rudd pushes him back against the cage.
Sletten throws a punch but it's blocked by Rudd.
Rudd putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sletten in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rudd avoiding damage.
Rudd blocks an uppercut.
Rudd throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sletten swings wildly with an uppercut but Rudd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sletten is trying to break free.
Sletten tries to break the clinch but Rudd is controlling the position.
Rudd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Sletten's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sletten wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rudd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sletten blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Sletten fails to land.
Sletten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rudd has him pressed against the cage.
Sletten managing to block the knees to the body from Rudd.
Sletten is trying to break the clinch but Rudd has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sletten can't break the clinch.
Rudd has Sletten pressed against the cage, preventing Sletten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rudd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sletten working aggressively here.
Rudd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rudd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sletten is defending well for now.
Sletten tries to break free but Rudd pushes him back against the cage.
Sletten working hard to break the clinch.
Sletten working hard to break the clinch.
Sletten is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sletten is trying to break the clinch but Rudd is controlling him.
Sletten tries to break free but Rudd pushes him back against the cage.
Rudd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sletten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rudd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sletten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sletten has had enough of the clinch but Rudd keeps him there for the moment.
Sletten doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rudd blocking some punches.
Sletten working aggressively here.
Sletten has a couple of punches blocked by Rudd.
Rudd tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sletten avoids it.
Sletten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rudd or not.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sletten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sletten misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sletten is trying to break the clinch but Rudd is controlling him.
Sletten throws a punch but it's blocked by Rudd.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sletten tries to circle away but Rudd has him pinned against the cage.
Sletten scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rudd blocks an uppercut.
Sletten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rudd keeps control of Sletten as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rudd tries to land a knee to the head but Sletten blocks with his arms.
Rudd looking to throw knees to the head but Sletten is blocking nicely.
Rudd's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rudd.
Sletten tries to stall but Rudd uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sletten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rudd has him pressed against the cage.
Rudd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sletten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rudd has Sletten pressed against the cage, preventing Sletten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rudd keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sletten's efforts to push away.
Rudd prevents Sletten from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Markus Sletten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Rudd walks into a left hand.
Rudd wants to clinch up but Sletten keeps it at a distance.
Sletten swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rudd clinches up with Sletten and pushes him back against the cage.
Rudd connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sletten's face.
Rudd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sletten blocks it with crossed arms.
Rudd looking to throw knees to the head but Sletten is blocking nicely.
Rudd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sletten blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rudd.
Sletten takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rudd tries to land a knee to the head but Sletten blocks with his arms.
Rudd looking to throw knees to the head but Sletten is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sletten tries to circle away but Rudd has him pinned against the cage.
Sletten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rudd misses with a knee to the head.
Sletten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sletten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sletten doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sletten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rudd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sletten blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sletten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rudd has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sletten.
Sletten has had enough of the clinch but Rudd keeps him there for the moment.
Rudd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sletten throws a punch but it's blocked by Rudd.
Sletten tries to circle away but Rudd has him pinned against the cage.
Sletten swings wildly with an uppercut but Rudd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rudd lands a good knee to the midsection. Sletten won't want to take too many of those.
Sletten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rudd's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sletten has had enough of the clinch but Rudd keeps him there for the moment.
Rudd pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sletten tries to circle away but Rudd has him pinned against the cage.
Rudd tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sletten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rudd lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sletten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rudd has him pressed against the cage.
Rudd throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sletten throws a head punch that misses.
Sletten wants to break free but Rudd has control.
Rudd tries to land knees in the clinch but Sletten avoids the damage to the body.
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.
Sletten wants to get back to striking at distance but Rudd won't allow it.
A short right from Sletten.
Rudd blocking some punches.
Rudd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sletten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sletten wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sletten misses with the head strike.
Sletten is trying to push Rudd away but Rudd has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sletten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sletten misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rudd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sletten is defending well for now.
Rudd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sletten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scully Rudd has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A frustrated look appears on Sletten's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sletten is trying to break the clinch but Rudd has him pressed against the cage.
Rudd looking to throw knees to the head but Sletten is blocking nicely.
Sletten lands with a left to the head.
Sletten is trying to force a seperation but Rudd has the dominant position.
Sletten lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sletten wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sletten makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Sletten's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rudd leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rudd throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rudd has Sletten pressed against the cage, preventing Sletten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rudd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sletten blocks it with crossed arms.
Sletten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sletten is trying to push Rudd away but Rudd has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rudd looking to throw knees to the head but Sletten is blocking nicely.
Rudd blocks an uppercut.
Rudd using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Sletten fails to land.
Sletten swings wildly with an uppercut but Rudd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sletten wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sletten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rudd has him pressed against the cage.
Rudd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rudd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rudd as Sletten tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rudd.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but Sletten blocks it.
Sletten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sletten tries to break the clinch but Rudd is controlling the position.
Rudd is stalling here.
Sletten taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sletten can't break the clinch.
Rudd blocking some punches.
Rudd has Sletten pressed against the cage, preventing Sletten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sletten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rudd landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sletten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sletten is trying to push Rudd away but Rudd has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rudd keeps control of Sletten as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rudd keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sletten's efforts to push away.
Sletten wants to get back to striking at distance but Rudd won't allow it.
Rudd missing with knees to the body.
Rudd misses with a knee to the head.
Rudd blocks an uppercut.
Rudd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sletten.
Sletten doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rudd blocks an uppercut.
Rudd tries a knee to the head but Sletten blocks it.
Sletten is trying to break the clinch but Rudd has him pressed against the cage.
Sletten tries to stall but Rudd uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scully Rudd showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rudd 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scully Rudd!
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FIGHT
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