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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erik Ragnaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Guzman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ragnaar kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dead Soul Tribe - Let The Hammer Fall. Guzman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. La Cucaracha kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm
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260 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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194 cm
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250 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Good knees
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Erik Ragnaar! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Guzman! The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Guzman throws a right and a left that both miss. Guzman throws a lazy uppercut
and Ragnaar counters by moving into the clinch. Ragnaar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guzman is defending well for now. Nice body punch from Ragnaar. Ragnaar lands a shot to the body. Ragnaar lands a nice knee to the body. Guzman looks gassed! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Ragnaar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Ragnaar lands an elbow inside that Guzman shrugs off.
It looks like Chris Guzman has been cut. A short left from Ragnaar. Ragnaar lands a body shot in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar stalling against the cage.
Ragnaar with a knee to the head.
Ragnaar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guzman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Come on Ragnaar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ragnaar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Guzman's face.
Ragnaar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guzman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Ragnaar lands a knee to the body.
Ragnaar lands a hook that snaps the head of Guzman backwards. Ragnaar lands a body punch. Ragnaar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ragnaar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ragnaar working Guzman over with knees to the body. Ragnaar is working Guzman over against the cage. Guzman takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ragnaar lands a nice knee to the body. Ragnaar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Ragnaar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guzman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Guzman letting Ragnaar take a breather here. Ragnaar digs a right hand underneath Guzman's ribcage. Guzman let out a lung full of air as it connected. Guzman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Guzman tries to circle away but Ragnaar has him pinned against the cage. Ragnaar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ragnaar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guzman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Ragnaar working Guzman over with knees to the body. Ragnaar lands a good knee to the midsection. Guzman won't want to take too many of those. Guzman managing to block the knees to the body from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar tries a knee to the head but Guzman blocks it.
Ragnaar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guzman avoids it. Guzman wants to get back to striking at distance but Ragnaar won't allow it.
Ragnaar lands a body punch in the clinch. Ragnaar lands a body punch. Guzman is trying to push Ragnaar away but Ragnaar has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Ragnaar missing with knees to the body.
Ragnaar keeps control of Guzman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Ragnaar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Guzman working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Guzman wants to get back to striking at distance but Ragnaar won't allow it.
Ragnaar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guzman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Guzman is trying to break the clinch but Ragnaar has him pressed against the cage. Guzman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Guzman managing to block the knees to the body from Ragnaar.
Guzman is trying to break the clinch but Ragnaar has him pressed against the cage. Ragnaar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guzman wants to break free but Ragnaar has control.
Guzman is trying to break the clinch but Ragnaar has him pressed against the cage. Ragnaar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Guzman has had enough of the clinch but Ragnaar keeps him there for the moment. Guzman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world. A low kick from Ragnaar is predictable there and Guzman counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Guzman misses with an uppercut. Ragnaar saw that one coming. Guzman misses with a body punch
letting Ragnaar counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A left lands for Guzman. Ragnaar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Ragnaar moves away from the strike by Guzman. Ragnaar avoids the body shot from Guzman.
Guzman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Guzman misses with a hook. Ragnaar ducked under it nicely. Guzman misses with a hook to the body
and Ragnaar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Guzman is lucky that one didn't land flush. Ragnaar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Guzman. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Ragnaar wants to slow Guzman down by chopping away at his legs. Guzman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ragnaar counters into the clinch. Nicely done. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Ragnaar dominated that round. The cut man is working on Chris Guzman'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.
Ragnaar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Guzman. Ragnaar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ragnaar lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Guzman has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Guzman and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Guzman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ragnaar on the side of the head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ragnaar on the wrong end of a nice hook. Guzman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Guzman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ragnaar walks into a left hand. Guzman swings widly with a right hand
and Ragnaar counters by clinching up. Guzman working hard to break the clinch. Ragnaar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Guzman is breathing heavily. Ragnaar scores a nice knee to the body.
Ragnaar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. 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! Ragnaar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. The referee is keeping an eye on Ragnaar - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ragnaar lands an elbow inside. Guzman working hard to break the clinch. Ragnaar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ragnaar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Ragnaar lands a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ragnaar.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ragnaar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ragnaar lands a knee to the head.
Ragnaar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Ragnaar as the two fighters clinch.
Ragnaar lands a knee to the body.
Ragnaar lands a nice knee to the body. Ragnaar lands a nice elbow. A short uppercut from Ragnaar. A right handed body shot lands from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ragnaar is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Ragnaar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Guzman backwards. Ragnaar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guzman blocks it with crossed arms. Guzman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Erik Ragnaar has scored more points in the clinch so far. Ragnaar lands a knee to the head.
Guzman dodges an elbow strike from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ragnaar prevents Guzman from breaking the clinch. Guzman tries to break free but Ragnaar pushes him back against the cage. Guzman working hard to break the clinch. Guzman wants to break free but Ragnaar has control.
Ragnaar has Guzman pressed against the cage, preventing Guzman from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Guzman managing to block the knees to the body from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar lands a good knee to the midsection. Guzman won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ragnaar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Guzman can't break the clinch.
Ragnaar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Guzman's efforts to push away. Ragnaar looking to throw knees to the head but Guzman is blocking nicely.
Guzman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Guzman tries to circle away but Ragnaar has him pinned against the cage. Ragnaar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Knees in the clinch landing for Ragnaar.
Ragnaar crunches a lovely knee into Guzman's ribcage. Ragnaar crunches a lovely knee into Guzman's ribcage. Ragnaar is trying to stall.
Ragnaar scores with an uppercut up the middle. Ragnaar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guzman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Guzman is trying to push Ragnaar away but Ragnaar has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Ragnaar tries to stall but Guzman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Guzman tries to break the clinch but Ragnaar is controlling the position. Guzman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Ragnaar looking to stall.
Ragnaar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guzman.
Ragnaar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Guzman's efforts to push away. Guzman avoiding damage as Ragnaar throws knees to the body.
Ragnaar tries a knee to the head but Guzman blocks it.
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. Guzman is trying to break free. Guzman tries to circle away but Ragnaar has him pinned against the cage. Guzman wants to break free but Ragnaar has control.
Guzman has had enough of the clinch but Ragnaar keeps him there for the moment. Guzman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ragnaar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Guzman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Knees to the body from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Guzman manages to break the clinch.
Ragnaar walks into a straight right hand from Guzman. Ragnaar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Guzman takes a kick to the side of the head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Ragnaar dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Chris Guzman's cut. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ragnaar moves out of range of the strikes. Guzman lands with a shot to the body. Ragnaar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Guzman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ragnaar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ragnaar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Guzman misses with the combination.
Chris Guzman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Guzman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ragnaar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Guzman blocks a head kick by Ragnaar.
Guzman misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ragnaar stuns Guzman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Guzman throws an off balance right hand
and Ragnaar counters with an inside leg kick. Guzman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Guzman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ragnaar.
Guzman throws a right hand that misses
and Ragnaar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Guzman's knee momentarily. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Ragnaar misses with an uppercut. Guzman saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ragnaar moves into the clinch. A frustrated look appears on Guzman's face as he tries to break the clinch. A knee to the head by Ragnaar.
Knees to the body from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar lands a nice knee to the body. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Ragnaar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ragnaar misses with a knee strike.
Ragnaar controlling the action here for a moment.
Ragnaar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guzman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Ragnaar lands a damaging elbow. Ragnaar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ragnaar lands a knee to the body.
Ragnaar has Guzman pressed against the cage.
Ragnaar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Ragnaar scores with a shot to the side of Guzman's head. Ragnaar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guzman backwards. Guzman wants to break free but Ragnaar has control.
Ragnaar digs a right hand into Guzman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Guzman's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ragnaar lands a nice knee to the body. Ragnaar is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Guzman letting Ragnaar take a breather here. Ragnaar lands a nice shot to the body. Ragnaar lands a shot to the body. Guzman tries to break the clinch but Ragnaar is controlling the position. Guzman takes a knee to the side of the body. A right hand to the body from Ragnaar.
Ragnaar keeps control of Guzman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Ragnaar scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ragnaar obliges. Ragnaar lands a nice shot to the body. Guzman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ragnaar working Guzman over with knees to the body. A hook to the body from Ragnaar.
A right hand to the body from Ragnaar.
Guzman is trying to break the clinch but Ragnaar is controlling him. Ragnaar presses Guzman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Guzman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ragnaar has him pressed against the cage. Ragnaar lands a nice knee to the body. Ragnaar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guzman avoiding damage as Ragnaar throws knees to the body.
Chris Guzman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Guzman is trying to break the clinch but Ragnaar is controlling him. Ragnaar misses with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight! Erik Ragnaar showed his dominance in that final round. Well Ragnaar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:25 Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:25 Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erik Ragnaar!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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