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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Takanori Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven S Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomi comes to the cage accompanied by Scary. Svensson has chosen Muay Thai as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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160 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Takanori Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sven S Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomi moves into the clinch successfully.
A shot in the inside from Gomi.
Gomi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomi lands a left hand.
Gomi misses with a punch on the inside.
Gomi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Svensson prevents it.
Gomi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gomi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gomi dodges the punch combination from Svensson.
Gomi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Svensson.
Svensson throws a leg kick but Gomi moved away.
Svensson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gomi closes the distance and clinches.
Svensson tries a body shot but Gomi blocks it.
Svensson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gomi gets a trip takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svensson tries to roll over but Gomi keeps him under control.
Gomi is pressing down on Svensson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Svensson is holding on for now.
Svensson trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gomi working the head and body with strikes.
Gomi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Svensson is looking for a sweep. Gomi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gomi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Svensson taking some punishment here, with Gomi in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svensson is concentrating on defense, preventing Gomi from advancing position.
Svensson is trying to maintain the position but Gomi is very close to passing his half guard.
Gomi trying to pass the guard but Svensson defending well.
Gomi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Svensson keeps working.
Gomi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Svensson is looking to improve his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gomi sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gomi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi wants to free his trapped foot but Svensson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gomi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Svensson is trying to control but can't.
Svensson is refusing to be controlled, as Gomi sits in half guard.
Svensson tries to get to full guard but Gomi has control of the leg.
Gomi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Svensson is looking to control Gomi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Svensson avoid being mounted?
Gomi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Svensson defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi trying to mount his opponent but Svensson defends it.
Gomi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gomi is looking to pass Svensson's guard but actually Svensson recovers to full guard.
Svensson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gomi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Gomi 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomi lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svensson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takanori Gomi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Svensson cracks a nice hook into Gomi's ribs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gomi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Svensson - the referee stops the clock and Gomi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Svensson. Gomi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Svensson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gomi doesn't seem bothered though.
Gomi closes the distance and clinches.
Svensson pushes off an throws an elbow but Gomi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gomi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Svensson misses with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Svensson.
Gomi can't get the takedown.
Gomi avoiding damage as Svensson throws knees to the body.
Gomi avoiding damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Svensson.
With the fighters up against the cage, Svensson throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Gomi fails to land.
Gomi tries to work over Svensson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gomi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi dodges the punch combination from Svensson.
Svensson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gomi.
Svensson stuffs the takedown.
Gomi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Svensson slaps away a takedown attempt from Gomi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takanori Gomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomi lands a jab to the head.
Gomi moves away from the strike by Svensson.
Gomi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gomi blocks a head kick by Svensson.
Sven S Svensson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slow jab from Svensson misses its intended target.
Svensson throws a leg kick
and Gomi counters with a thumping low kick.
Gomi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Svensson's calf.
Svensson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Svensson feints a jab promting Gomi to slip. Svensson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gomi slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svensson is looking to land body kicks.
Svensson feints and then cracks Gomi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gomi down.
Gomi closes the distance and clinches.
Gomi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gomi misses with the head strike.
Gomi tries to throw a body punch but Svensson avoids it by throwing Gomi back against the cage.
Svensson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gomi avoids it.
Still in the clinch, Gomi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Svensson wants to stall.
Gomi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Svensson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomi.
Gomi avoiding damage as Svensson throws knees to the body.
Gomi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gomi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Gomi.
Svensson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Svensson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gomi takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gomi.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gomi.
Svensson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gomi lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Svensson.
Gomi being controlled against the cage.
Svensson stalling in the clinch but Gomi improves position.
Gomi misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Gomi.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gomi.
Gomi breaks the clinch.
Svensson looks to score with a jab to the body but Gomi is just out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svensson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Svensson catches Gomi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Svensson is looking to chop away at Gomi's legs.
Gomi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Svensson sprawls well initially but Gomi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Svensson trying to control from the bottom.
Gomi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gomi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Svensson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Svensson is trying to get back to full guard.
Gomi working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Takanori Gomi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Svensson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Svensson takes a swing at Gomi's ribcage but misses.
Svensson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Svensson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gomi rather than just go for the knockout.
Svensson stuffs the takedown.
Svensson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gomi throws a head kick that half lands.
Gomi rushes Svensson and presses him up against the cage.
Svensson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gomi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gomi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Svensson tries a knee to the head but Gomi blocks it.
Svensson prevents a body shot from Gomi.
Svensson lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Svensson lands with a short shot to the head.
Gomi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gomi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Svensson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takanori Gomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Svensson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomi's defenses.
A right hand to the body from Svensson.
Svensson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gomi has a couple of punches blocked by Svensson.
Gomi can't get the takedown.
Takanori Gomi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gomi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomi can't get the takedown.
Gomi tries to throw a body punch but Svensson avoids it by throwing Gomi back against the cage.
Gomi stalling in the clinch.
Svensson trying to stall but Gomi improves his position.
Gomi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Svensson's elbow.
Gomi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Svensson backwards.
Svensson lands a hook that snaps the head of Gomi backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Svensson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Svensson.
Gomi misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Svensson breaks from the clinch.
Svensson defending well as Gomi loads up on a big left hand.
Svensson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gomi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Svensson throws a head kick but Gomi moves out of range.
Gomi misses with a hook. Svensson ducked under it nicely.
Svensson throws a leg kick which misses Gomi's front leg but catches the back leg as Gomi tries to avoid it.
Gomi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gomi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Svensson checks a low kick from Gomi.
Svensson throws an overhand right that lands on Gomi's shoulder, as Gomi tries to avoid the shot.
Svensson digs a good hook to Gomi's body.
Svensson tries to clinch up.
Svensson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomi was well out of range. Poor timing from Svensson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Gomi.
Donk. Svensson catches Gomi right on the button with a cross.
Nice takedown defense from Svensson. No joy for Gomi on that attempt.
Svensson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gomi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Svensson. No joy for Gomi on that attempt.
Gomi blocks a leg kick.
Svensson works Gomi's body with a nice hook.
Svensson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Svensson.
Svensson lands a head kick. Gomi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gomi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Svensson throws a body punch but Gomi moves out of range.
Svensson throws a jab when Gomi was well out of range.
Sven S Svensson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Svensson lands with a cross.
Svensson is looking to land body kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson thumps Gomi with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svensson slips under a jab.
Gomi pushes Svensson up against the cage in a clinch.
Gomi is trying to drag Svensson to the mat but Svensson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gomi tries to work over Svensson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gomi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Svensson misses with a leg kick
and Gomi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gomi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Svensson pinned against the cage. Svensson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Svensson throws a low kick, looking for Gomi's leg but Gomi calmly moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Svensson misses with a low kick.
Svensson misses with a body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sven S Svensson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gomi 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Takanori Gomi!
Takanori Gomi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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