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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Paulsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksi Borga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulsen comes to the cage accompanied by Strippekikk. The crowd seem to be enjoying Borga's choice of entrance music: People In Planes - Last Man Standing. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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275 lbs
23 - 4 - 1 |
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277 lbs
20 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
23 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jan Paulsen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aleksi Borga!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paulsen throws a body punch but Borga moves out of range.
Paulsen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Paulsen tests Borga's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Paulsen looks to land a body kick but Borga moved away.
Paulsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Borga.
Paulsen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Borga.
Paulsen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Borga.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paulsen jabs Borga to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jan Paulsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paulsen lands a head kick. Borga smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Aleksi Borga has been cut.
Paulsen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Borga fails to land with a series of punches.
Borga wants to clinch up but Paulsen keeps it at a distance.
Paulsen throws a body punch but Borga moves out of range.
Borga takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borga takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Borga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paulsen.
Paulsen thows a body shot but no joy.
Paulsen looks to throw the jab but Borga is out of range.
Aleksi Borga is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Paulsen misses with a body shot.
Borga clinches with his opponent.
Paulsen crunches a lovely knee into Borga's ribcage.
Paulsen misses with a knee strike.
Borga struggles to land a body shot inside as Paulsen controls his hands.
Paulsen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Borga avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Borga misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Borga fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen keeps control of Borga as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Borga misses with a body punch.
Paulsen tries for a takedown but Borga manages to get underhooks.
Borga misses with a punch on the inside.
Paulsen tries to land a knee to the head but Borga blocks with his arms.
Borga has Paulsen pressed against the cage, preventing Paulsen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Borga lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Paulsen is trying to push Borga away but Borga has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Borga can't find room to land a body shot as Paulsen controls the action.
Borga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Borga can't find room to land a body shot as Paulsen controls the action.
Borga pushes Paulsen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borga struggles to land a body shot inside as Paulsen controls his hands.
Borga throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paulsens head.
Paulsen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Borga gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jan Paulsen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Paulsen throws a punch but it's blocked by Borga.
Paulsen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Borga holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Paulsen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Borga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Borga tries a body shot but Paulsen blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borga throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Paulsen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Borga is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Borga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Borga takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paulsen has Borga pressed against the cage, preventing Borga from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Borga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Borga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Paulsen swings wildly with an uppercut but Borga uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paulsen lands a knee to the head.
Borga tries to work over Paulsen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Paulsen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aleksi Borga's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Borga throws a leg kick but Paulsen sees it coming and moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Paulsen.
Borga takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Paulsen throws a front kick aimed at Borga's knee but Borga avoids it well.
Paulsen tries to work over Borga's front leg with a kick but Borga checks it.
Borga ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paulsen moves away.
Paulsen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Borga tries to clinch there but Paulsen circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Paulsen does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paulsen. Borga does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borga thows a leg kick but Paulsen checks it
and Paulsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Paulsen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Paulsen decides to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulsen throws a chopping leg kick but Borga manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Borga swings for the body but Paulsen moves out of range.
Borga misses with a wild body shot.
Borga will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Borga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paulsen catches Borga with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Borga is looking to clinch.
Borga misses with a wild combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Paulsen.
Borga is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Borga stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Paulsen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Borga takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Paulsen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paulsen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Paulsen digs a good body shot into Borga's ribs.
Paulsen is looking to wear down Borga with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Paulsen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borga.
Borga stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Paulsen.
Paulsen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Paulsen throws a front kick that sends Borga stumbling back into the cage.
Paulsen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Paulsen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Borga on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good shot there by Paulsen.
Paulsen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Borga can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borga avoids the body shot from Paulsen.
Paulsen is looking to slow Borga down with leg kicks.
Paulsen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Borga doesn't seem bothered though.
Borga on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Paulsen. Paulsen obviously looking to wear him down.
Paulsen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Paulsen as he connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paulsen pushes Borga away with a front kick.
Paulsen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Borga will feel that in the morning.
Paulsen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Paulsen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Borga on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Paulsen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Borga has time to react.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen cracks the inside of Borga's front leg.
Paulsen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Borga's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Paulsen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Borga blocks the body kick.
Paulsen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Borga takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Paulsen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Borga drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paulsen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Borga is rocked!
Paulsen is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Borga flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Borga is out cold! Paulsen holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jan Paulsen!
Jan Paulsen retains his heavyweight title!
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