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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eric Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Svend Sved (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Koch is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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145 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Good wrestler
Good elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Koch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Svend Sved!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sved takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sved misses with a body shot.
Koch connects with an inside leg kick.
Koch takes the fight into the clinch.
Koch is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Koch.
It looks like Svend Sved has been cut.
Koch using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sved has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sved gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Koch throws a head punch that misses.
Sved manages to break the clinch.
Sved has closed the distance and engaged Koch in a clinch.
Sved throws an elbow that misses.
Sved breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Koch misses with a head kick.
Sved just misses with a punch to the body.
Sved checks a leg kick.
Koch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koch tries to clinch but Sved moves out of range.
Sved closes the distance and pushes Koch back into the cage.
Koch blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sved prevents a body shot from Koch.
Sved managing to block the knees to the body from Koch.
Sved wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Koch has him pressed against the cage.
Sved throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Koch letting Sved take a breather here.
Koch avoids a wild elbow strike from Sved.
Koch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koch just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sved's brow.
Sved taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koch.
Sved pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sved has had enough of the clinch but Koch keeps him there for the moment.
Koch landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sved lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Koch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Koch lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sved prevents a body shot from Koch.
Sved trying to land knees to the body.
Sved gets through Koch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sved escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Sved misses.
Koch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Koch closes the distance and clinches.
Sved is trying to break free.
Sved blocks a body shot from Koch.
Sved missing with knees to the body.
Koch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sved avoids it.
Koch looking to throw knees to the head but Sved is blocking nicely.
Sved misses with a knee strike.
Sved tries to break free but Koch pushes him back against the cage.
Koch looking to stall.
Koch tries a knee to the head but Sved blocks it.
Sved lands a damaging elbow.
Koch tries to land a knee to the head but Sved blocks with his arms.
Koch pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Koch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sved avoids it.
Sved pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sved tries to circle away but Koch has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sved creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sved manages to break the clinch.
Sved gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Koch landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Koch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koch works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sved breaks from the clinch.
Koch swings for the body but Sved moves out of range.
Sved forces Koch back against the cage and clinches.
Sved breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sved clinches with his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koch just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sved's brow.
Koch misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sved.
Koch tries to throw a body punch but Sved avoids it by throwing Koch back against the cage.
Koch trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koch takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koch just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sved's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Koch blocks an elbow strike.
Koch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Koch throws a knee to the head but misses.
Koch avoids a wild elbow strike from Sved.
Koch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee calls for Sved to work.
Koch takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sved throws an elbow but misses.
Sved with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sved blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sved comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sved throws an elbow that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sved breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sved lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Koch circles away quickly and effectively.
Koch does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Eric Koch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sved checks a low kick from Koch.
Sved moves into range and clinches up with Koch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Svend Sved will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Svend Sved's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sved swings for the body but Koch moves out of range.
Koch throws a solid leg kick but Sved takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Koch.
Sved closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Koch tries a body shot but Sved blocks it.
Sved breaks from the clinch.
Sved clinches with his opponent.
Koch misses with a punch on the inside.
Sved breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Koch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Koch throws a hook but Sved blocks it.
Koch gets tackled into the cage by Sved. Sved maintains the clinch.
Sved prevents a body shot from Koch.
Sved misses with an elbow strike.
Koch throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sved breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Koch buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sved darts in and clinches Koch up against the cage.
Sved is trying to break the clinch but Koch is controlling him.
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sved throws an elbow but misses.
Koch prevents Sved from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Koch.
Koch avoids the elbow strike from Sved, against the cage.
Koch throws an elbow that misses.
Sved blocks a body shot from Koch.
Sved blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sved tries to break free but Koch pushes him back against the cage.
Koch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koch pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Koch using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sved has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Koch throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sved blocks it with crossed arms.
Koch trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Koch as Sved tries to tie him up.
Koch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sved working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sved blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Koch trying to stall but Sved improves his position.
Sved is trying to break the clinch but Koch is controlling him.
Koch misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sved pushes off an throws an elbow but Koch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sved is trying to stall.
Koch with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sved taking a breather.
Sved misses with a knee strike.
Sved tries to land a knee to the head but Koch blocks with his arms.
Koch misses with an elbow over the top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sved pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sved gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sved moves into the clinch.
Sved lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sved throws an elbow but misses.
Sved lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Koch backwards.
Sved throws an elbow that misses.
Sved doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sved throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sved's elbow.
Koch stalling in the clinch but Sved improves position.
Sved tries to break the clinch but Koch is controlling the position.
Sved is trying to maintain a safe position but Koch gets an underhook and turns Sved into the cage.
Sved blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sved blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koch blocks the elbow strike.
Sved tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Koch.
Sved misses with an elbow strike.
Koch missing with knees to the body.
Svend Sved seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Koch keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sved's efforts to push away.
Koch tries to land a knee to the head but Sved blocks with his arms.
Koch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sved backwards.
Sved wants to get back to striking at distance but Koch won't allow it.
Koch is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sved slows down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sved pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sved pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sved has taken the fight to the clinch.
Koch tries a body shot but Sved blocks it.
Nice elbow from Sved.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sved breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Koch checks a low kick from Sved.
Koch gets tackled into the cage by Sved. Sved maintains the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Koch.
Sved manages to break the clinch.
Sved has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Koch.
Koch lands with a straight right. Sved didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sved takes a kick to the side of the head.
Koch stuns Sved with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sved moves into the clinch successfully.
Koch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sved breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Svend Sved will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Svend Sved's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Sved clinches up with Koch and pushes him back against the cage.
Sved wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Koch has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Koch.
Sved blocks an uppercut.
Sved looking to throw knees to the head but Koch is blocking nicely.
Koch dodges an elbow strike from Sved.
Sved is trying to push Koch away but Koch has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Koch tries a body shot but Sved blocks it.
Koch throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koch just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sved's brow.
Koch throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sved blocks a body shot from Koch.
Koch throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Koch.
Koch scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sved is trying to break the clinch but Koch is controlling him.
Sved is trying to break the clinch but Koch is controlling him.
Sved managing to block the knees to the body from Koch.
Koch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Koch connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sved throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Koch lands an elbow just above Sved 's eye.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Koch.
Koch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koch unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sved lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sved looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sved blocks an elbow strike from Koch.
A short right from Koch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sved.
Sved escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sved closes the distance and clinches.
Koch tries to throw a body punch but Sved avoids it by throwing Koch back against the cage.
Koch landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Koch using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sved has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sved breaks from the clinch.
Koch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sved closes the distance and clinches.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Sved uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sved throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koch has Sved pressed against the cage, preventing Sved from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Koch takes an elbow to the forehead.
A frustrated look appears on Sved's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sved tries to land knees in the clinch but Koch avoids the damage to the body.
Koch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koch with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sved blocks an uppercut.
Sved lands an elbow inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Koch.
Koch blocks an elbow strike from Sved.
Sved is trying to break the clinch but Koch has him pressed against the cage.
Sved breaks the clinch.
Sved closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Koch obliges.
Koch misses with an elbow over the top.
Sved throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sved blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sved avoids it.
Nice elbow from Koch.
Koch working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sved lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sved with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sved misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koch.
Sved takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Koch.
Sved tries to land a knee to the head but Koch blocks with his arms.
Koch missing with knees to the body.
Sved blocks an elbow strike from Koch.
Koch missing with knees to the body.
Sved breaks from the clinch.
A head kick from Koch lands but Sved takes it in his stride.
Koch misses the jab.
Koch just misses with a punch to the body.
Sved takes a swing at Koch's ribcage but misses.
Koch throws a head kick but Sved moves out of range.
Sved rushes Koch and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sved breaks the clinch.
Koch darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koch tries to keep at a distance but Sved has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sved wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Koch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koch lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sved has had enough of the clinch but Koch keeps him there for the moment.
Koch lands an elbow that stopped Sved in his tracks for a moment.
Sved breaks from the clinch.
Koch bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sved's head backwards.
Koch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sved closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Eric Koch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sved avoids a wild elbow strike from Koch.
Koch dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Koch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sved is defending well for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Koch showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sved has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Svend Sved!
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energy
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hype
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