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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Svensson comes into the arena with Flickorna på TV2 blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Svensson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Davidson!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Davidson.
Svensson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidson.
Svensson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Davidson throws a sloppy head kick and Svensson moves out of range easily.
Davidson slips a jab and a cross from Svensson.
Svensson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Svensson looks to score with a jab to the body but Davidson is just out of range.
Davidson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Davidson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Svensson is able to avoid easily.
Svensson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Davidson counters with a body kick that stops Svensson in his tracks momentarily.
A good leg kick by Davidson.
Davidson scoring well with a low kick there.
Svensson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Svensson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Svensson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice cross by Svensson.
Svensson avoids the body shot from Davidson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson throws a sloppy head kick and Svensson moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Svensson misses the target.
Davidson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Davidson throws a leg kick but Svensson checks it.
Svensson avoids a kick to the body.
Svensson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidson.
A head kick misses from Davidson.
Svensson looks to land a left hand but Davidson moved out of range nicely.
Svensson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Svensson lands a nice shot to the body.
Davidson thows a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Davidson misses.
Svensson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Davidson doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Svensson's sensitive parts.
Svensson swings for the body but Davidson moves out of range.
Davidson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Svensson is out of range and Davidson settles back down.
Svensson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Svensson throws a jab but it's blocked by Davidson.
Davidson stuffs the takedown attempt from Svensson. Svensson gets slowly back to his feet.
Svensson lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davidson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Svensson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Svensson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davidson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Davidson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Svensson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davidson manages to avoid it.
Svensson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davidson. Davidson obviously looking to wear him down.
Svensson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Good leg kick by Davidson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Svensson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Davidson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Svensson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Svensson won't allow Davidson to sweep him here.
Svensson lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson postures up in Davidson's guard and throws a big left but Davidson blocks it.
Davidson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Svensson tries to free his leg and advance position but Davidson is retaining full guard.
Svensson throws a big right hand that misses.
Svensson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Svensson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Svensson is looking to work some ground and pound but Davidson has wrist control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davidson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Svensson's guard.
Svensson has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Davidson is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Svensson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Michael Svensson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Svensson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Davidson.
Davidson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Svensson. That did some damage!
Svensson misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from Davidson.
Davidson throws a head kick but Svensson moves out of range.
Svensson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Davidson thuds his shin into the meat of Svensson's side.
Svensson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davidson staying out of range there.
Svensson moves out of range of the leg kick from Davidson.
Svensson lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson misses with a head kick.
Svensson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Davidson to the mat! Davidson manages to get full guard.
Svensson stops Davidson from standing up.
Svensson lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davidson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Svensson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Svensson postures up in Davidson's guard and throws a big left but Davidson blocks it.
Davidson is looking to stand up but Svensson isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Svensson.
Svensson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Davidson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Svensson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svensson advances position into side control!
Svensson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson working the head and body with strikes.
Svensson working the ground and pound from side control.
Svensson scores with punches from side control.
Svensson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Davidson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Svensson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Svensson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The ground and pound from Svensson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Svensson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Davidson parries the strikes from Svensson easily there. Svensson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Davidson to escape.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Svensson working the ground and pound but Davidson is defending the strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Svensson.
Davidson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Svensson.
Davidson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Svensson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Davidson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Svensson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Davidson is avoiding damage well.
Svensson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Svensson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Svensson works Davidson's body with a nice hook.
Good work by Svensson as he checks the leg kick.
Svensson just misses with a punch to the body.
Davidson wants to land a leg kick but Svensson is out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Davidson. No joy for Svensson on that attempt.
Davidson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Svensson.
Svensson ducks under a wild hook from Davidson.
Aaron Davidson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Svensson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Davidson tries to move into range but Svensson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Svensson lands with a right hand.
Davidson throws a leg kick but Svensson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Svensson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A low kick from Davidson misses
letting Svensson counter with a right hand.
Svensson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Davidson lands with a kick to the temple. Svensson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Svensson.
Svensson misses with a hook
and Davidson counters with a nice leg kick.
Svensson fails with the takedown.
Svensson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidson.
Svensson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Davidson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Svensson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davidson moves away.
Svensson is looking to wear down Davidson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Davidson throws a leg kick which misses Svensson's front leg but catches the back leg as Svensson tries to avoid it.
Aaron Davidson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davidson looks to land a combination but Svensson avoids it well.
Svensson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Svensson misses with a straight left.
Svensson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svensson throws a jab when Davidson was well out of range.
Svensson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Svensson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davidson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davidson avoids the body shot from Svensson.
Svensson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Davidson's hands.
Svensson looks to land a left hand but Davidson moved out of range nicely.
Davidson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davidson lands a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Svensson misses with a lunging right hand
and Davidson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Davidson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Svensson.
Davidson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidson takes a swing at Svensson's ribcage but misses.
Davidson tries to land a front kick but Svensson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Davidson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Davidson.
Svensson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Svensson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Svensson tries for a takedown but Davidson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Davidson throws a head kick but Svensson moves out of range.
Davidson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Davidson throws a sloppy head kick and Svensson moves out of range easily.
Svensson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Davidson avoids it really well and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson misses with a wild body shot.
Davidson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Davidson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Svensson.
Svensson throws a poor cross that misses
and Davidson counters with a nice body kick.
Svensson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Svensson throws a poor cross that misses
and Davidson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Svensson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davidson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Svensson takes a step back to recover.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davidson tries a head kick but it misses.
Davidson connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Davidson really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
The fighters circle momentarily. Svensson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Davidson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Svensson.
Davidson thumps Svensson with a low kick.
Svensson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davidson.
A nice leg kick lands there from Davidson.
Svensson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Svensson jabs Davidson right on the nose. Davidson blinks but takes it well.
Davidson throws a head kick but Svensson moves out of range.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Davidson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Svensson on the side of the head.
Svensson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davidson manages to avoid it.
Svensson blocks a head kick by Davidson.
Davidson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Svensson. That did some damage!
Svensson throws the left hand but Davidson avoids the punch easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Svensson.
Davidson throws a sloppy head kick and Svensson moves out of range easily.
A big right from Svensson misses.
Davidson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Davidson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Davidson wants it to stay on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Svensson. Davidson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davidson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Svensson blocks a head kick by Davidson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davidson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Horrible takedown by Svensson or perhaps it was just good defense by Davidson which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Svensson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davidson connects with a body shot that sends Svensson's belly button to the back.
Davidson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A cross from Davidson lands.
Davidson dodges the punch combination from Svensson.
Davidson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davidson moves away from the strike by Svensson.
Svensson throws an off balance right hand
and Davidson counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Svensson is defended easily by Davidson.
Svensson misses with the combination.
Davidson connects with an inside leg kick.
Svensson avoids the head kick by Davidson.
Davidson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Davidson scores with a jab to the body.
Davidson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Svensson.
Svensson throws a right hand that misses
and Davidson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidson slips under a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Davidson.
Svensson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davidson was well out of range. Poor timing from Svensson.
Davidson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Svensson misses the shot to the body.
Svensson manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Davidson on his heels. He'll look to pass Davidson's guard now, I'm sure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Svensson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Svensson throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davidson wants to stand and escape but Svensson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Davidson dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Davidson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Svensson will feel that in the morning.
Svensson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Svensson shoots for a double leg takedown but Davidson sprawls well. He's pushed Svensson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Davidson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Svensson throws a leg kick that misses.
Svensson with a nice cross.
Svensson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Davidson.
Svensson loads up on a big right hand but Davidson slips the punch.
Davidson misses with a wild body shot.
A jab lands there for Svensson.
Davidson misses with a two punch combination.
Svensson throws a nice looking combination but Davidson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson tries to score with a low kick but Svensson moves his leg out of the way.
Svensson lands a nice looking body shot.
Davidson lands a two punch combo.
Svensson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good shot there by Svensson.
Svensson just misses with a punch to the body.
Svensson throws a head kick that misses.
A lazy left from Davidson finds it's target.
Davidson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davidson wants to slow Svensson down by chopping away at his legs.
A bone on bone clash there as Svensson blocks the leg kick.
Svensson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davidson. Davidson obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svensson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Davidson swivels and escapes.
Davidson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Svensson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davidson. Davidson obviously looking to wear him down.
Davidson lands a jab to the head.
Davidson avoids the body shot from Svensson.
Svensson lands the left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svensson misses with a looping left.
Davidson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Svensson if he has to take too many more of those.
Svensson missing with a left hand there. Davidson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davidson tries to land a front kick but Svensson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Davidson scores with a leg kick.
Svensson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Davidson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson working the ground and pound but Davidson is defending the strikes.
Svensson moves into full mount!
Svensson punching from mount but Davidson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Svensson jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Davidson is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Davidson and Svensson has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Svensson throws a strike aimed at the side of Davidson's head but Davidson avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Svensson passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Davidson!
Svensson scoring with strikes but Davidson is staying in there.
Svensson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Svensson looking to ground and pound but Davidson is blocking nicely.
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!
Svensson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Svensson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Svensson 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 48:48
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 47:48
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 48:48
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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