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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vidar Strom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vilhjalmur Hinrik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Vilhjalmur Hinrik was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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254 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vidar Strom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vilhjalmur Hinrik!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hinrik wants to clinch.
Hinrik doesn't manage to clinch there - Strom circles away.
Strom feints and as Hinrik raises his hands in defense, Strom changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Strom won't allow Hinrik to sweep him here.
Hinrik looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Strom puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Strom thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hinrik wants to improve his position but Strom is controlling well.
Hinrik is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Strom pulls his head out easily.
Strom prevents Hinrik from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strom 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.
Strom seems to be working for a kimura but Hinrik defends the submission attempt.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Strom misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hinrik tries to clinch up.
Strom keeps the fight on the outside.
Hinrik tries to clinch but Strom is having none of it.
Hinrik tries to clinch but Strom moves out of range.
Hinrik takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hinrik using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Strom wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Strom is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Hinrik.
Hinrik connects with a nasty looking knee right to Strom's face.
Hinrik scores a nice knee to the body.
Hinrik tries to land knees in the clinch but Strom avoids the damage to the body.
Strom wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hinrik misses with a knee strike.
Hinrik trying to land knees to the body.
Strom is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Hinrik.
Strom tries to break the clinch but Hinrik is controlling the position.
Strom breaks from the clinch.
Hinrik tries to clinch up.
Strom shoots in and drives through. Hinrik sprawls well.
Strom has a takedown stuffed.
Hinrik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Hinrik. No joy for Strom on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vidar Strom. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Strom does no damage.
Nice uppercut lands for Strom. That snapped Hinrik's head back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hinrik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strom shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hinrik as he jumps to the side.
Hinrik wants to clinch.
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.
Hinrik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Strom.
Hinrik tries to clinch up.
Hinrik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hinrik tries to clinch but Strom is having none of it.
Strom fails with a takedown attempt.
Strom throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vilhjalmur Hinrik dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hinrik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hinrik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Strom misses with a few strikes there.
Hinrik doesn't manage to clinch there - Strom circles away.
Hinrik tries to clinch up.
Strom swats away the attempt to clinch by Hinrik.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hinrik gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice elbow from Hinrik.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hinrik lands a knee to the body.
Strom wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strom wants to get back to striking at distance but Hinrik won't allow it.
Hinrik tries a knee to the head but Strom blocks it.
Strom wants to break free but Hinrik has control.
Knees to the body from Hinrik.
Hinrik throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hinrik lands a damaging elbow.
Hinrik crunches a lovely knee into Strom's ribcage.
Hinrik should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Hinrik lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hinrik throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strom blocks it with crossed arms.
Strom wants to break free but Hinrik has control.
Hinrik keeps control of Strom as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Strom tries to break the clinch but Hinrik is controlling the position.
Strom wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hinrik throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strom blocks it with crossed arms.
Strom tries to break the clinch but Hinrik is controlling the position.
Hinrik throws an elbow but it misses.
Strom avoiding damage as Hinrik throws knees to the body.
Hinrik trying to land knees to the body.
Strom managing to block the knees to the body from Hinrik.
Strom manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hinrik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strom dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hinrik. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strom scores with a head kick.
Strom fails to land the takedown.
Strom shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hinrik as he jumps to the side.
Hinrik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hinrik tries to clinch there but Strom circles away.
Strom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Strom fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vidar Strom. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hinrik fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinrik throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Strom's waist but Strom gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hinrik off to one side.
Hinrik fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strom closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hinrik circles away.
Hinrik doesn't manage to clinch there - Strom circles away.
Strom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hinrik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hinrik blocks a head kick by Strom.
Hinrik wants to clinch up but Strom keeps it at a distance.
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.
Hinrik is looking to clinch.
Hinrik tries to clinch up.
Hinrik is looking to clinch but Strom is avoiding it.
Hinrik is looking to clinch.
Strom fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hinrik is out of range.
Hinrik is looking to clinch but Strom is avoiding it.
Strom fails with the takedown
and Hinrik moves into the clinch.
Hinrik throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strom blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hinrik throws an elbow but misses.
Strom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vilhjalmur Hinrik will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Strom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Strom dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hinrik. That did some damage!
Hinrik doesn't manage to clinch there - Strom circles away.
Strom doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hinrik counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Strom!
Hinrik is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Strom can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Strom is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strom regains half guard.
Strom is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Hinrik jumps into side control!
Strom is looking to regain half guard here but Hinrik keeps moving and retains side control.
Strom struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Strom is looking for a sweep.
Strom defending against the ground and pound.
Hinrik tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hinrik has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
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.
Strom is looking for a sweep.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Strom with a poor takedown
and Hinrik counters with a takedown into side control.
Strom is not content to let Hinrik control the position.
Strom is looking for a sweep.
Hinrik looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Strom is looking to regain half guard here but Hinrik keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinrik working away.
Hinrik just content to control the position.
Strom tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Strom wants to control but Hinrik postures up.
Strom sneaks back into half guard.
Hinrik works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hinrik controlling from the full mount.
Strom regains half guard.
Hinrik winds up and cracks Strom with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hinrik stalling.
Hinrik is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vilhjalmur Hinrik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hinrik winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Vilhjalmur Hinrik!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Vilhjalmur Hinrik!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Vilhjalmur Hinrik!
Vilhjalmur Hinrik wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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