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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnie Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hjalmar Klason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klason is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: (Hed) Pe - Raise Hell. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 lbs
28 - 13 - 0 |
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190 cm
31
216 lbs
25 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnie Ballantine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hjalmar Klason!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballantine getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Klason tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ballantine swivels and escapes.
Ballantine throws a shot from downtown. Klason moves away and avoids it.
Hjalmar Klason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klason tries to land a body kick
and Ballantine counters with a nice uppercut.
Klason scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ballantine waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klason.
Ballantine connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Klason throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ballantine staying out of range there.
Klason takes one to the side of the head.
Ballantine rushes Klason and presses him up against the cage.
Ballantine looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Ballantine fails to land.
Klason goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Klason prevents a body shot from Ballantine.
Ballantine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ballantine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Klason is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ballantine is defending well.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Klason.
Klason is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Johnie Ballantine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hjalmar Klason.
Ballantine misses with the head strike.
Ballantine lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballantine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Ballantine scores with a nice short uppercut.
Klason blocking some punches.
Ballantine throws a punch but it's blocked by Klason.
A right hand to the body from Klason.
Ballantine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ballantine wants to break the clinch but can't.
Klason blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Klason misses with a punch to the body.
Klason blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Klason is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ballantine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Klason tries to work over Ballantine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Klason misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ballantine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Klason tries to throw a body punch but Ballantine avoids it by throwing Klason back against the cage.
Ballantine misses with a body punch.
Ballantine lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballantine misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klason lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ballantine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Klason.
Klason makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Klason lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ballantine backwards.
Ballantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Klason lands a shot to the body.
Ballantine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ballantine avoids a wild elbow strike from Klason.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ballantine.
A short uppercut from Ballantine.
Klason lands with a light punch inside.
Klason is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ballantine is defending well for now.
Ballantine can't find room to land a body shot as Klason controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Ballantine fails to land.
Ballantine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ballantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Klason blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Klason.
Ballantine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Klason - that landed with a thud.
Ballantine is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klason blocking some punches.
Klason misses with a body punch.
Klason lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ballantine backwards.
Klason scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Klason.
Klason throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ballantines head.
Ballantine letting Klason take a breather here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Klason.
Klason lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballantine has a couple of punches blocked by Klason.
A short body shot lands from Klason as the two fighters clinch.
Ballantine tries to throw a body punch but Klason avoids it by throwing Ballantine back against the cage.
Klason scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ballantine is pressed up against the cage. Klason has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ballantine down to the mat. Ballantine avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Ballantine. Beautiful body shot.
Klason connects with a solid leg kick.
A jab from Klason misses.
Klason throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Klason.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klason pushes Ballantine up against the cage in a clinch.
Klason struggles to land a body shot inside as Ballantine controls his hands.
Klason misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ballantine breaks from the clinch.
Ballantine misses with a wild body shot.
Ballantine tries to clinch there but Klason circles away.
Ballantine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Klason swinging wildly here.
Ballantine takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Klason throws a body punch but Ballantine moves out of range.
Klason is looking to slow Ballantine down with leg kicks.
Klason shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Klason landing strikes from the mount.
Klason postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Ballantine in real trouble here! The ref calls for Ballantine to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hjalmar Klason!
Hjalmar Klason bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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