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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Thorup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Irvin Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross has chosen Harlem Shake as his entrance music. Irvin Ross told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stefan Thorup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Irvin Ross!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ross keeps the fight on the outside.
Irvin Ross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ross lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ross has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thorup.
Thorup scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ross moves out of range as Thorup throws a body kick.
Ross misses with a wild body shot.
Thorup will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ross connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ross keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ross stuffs the takedown attempt from Thorup. Thorup gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stefan Thorup. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thorup tries for a takedown but Ross sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ross fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thorup moves out of range of the strikes.
Ross throws a body punch but Thorup moves out of range.
Thorup wants to clinch.
Ross fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Thorup to the ground. Ross is now in Thorup's guard.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross throwing strikes but missing.
Ross landing some decent shots from guard.
Ross stands up over Thorup, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ross missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ross postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ross stopping the sweep attempt from Thorup.
Ross distracts Thorup with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ross cracks Thorup with a solid left hand.
Ross works over Thorup with some ground and pound from guard.
Thorup is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ross works over Thorup with some ground and pound from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ross's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ross works over Thorup with some ground and pound from guard.
Ross must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ross works over Thorup with some ground and pound from guard.
Ross chips away with some ground and pound.
Ross works over Thorup with some ground and pound from guard.
Ross is working Thorup over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ross landing with the ground and pound.
Ross content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ross working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Thorup's head.
Thorup is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Thorup is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ross stands up over Thorup, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ross distracts Thorup with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ross lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ross distracts Thorup with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ross lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ross postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Thorup has momentary wrist control but Ross slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ross is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ross working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Thorup's head.
Ross distracts Thorup with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ross is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ross's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ross makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ross connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross chips away with some ground and pound.
Thorup throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thorup has momentary wrist control but Ross slips an elbow through the middle.
Ross is working Thorup over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ross scoring with some ground and pound.
Ross scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ross lands a couple of digs.
Ross makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ross working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Thorup's head.
Thorup has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ross can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thorup working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ross doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ross manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ross looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Irvin Ross dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Thorup gets caught flat footed, as Ross shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Thorup bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ross's guard.
Thorup is working Ross over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Thorup wants to control from the top but Ross keeps moving.
Ross is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Ross is working for takedown but Thorup is calmly controlling the position for now.
Thorup keeps control of Ross as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ross has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Thorup regains guard immediately.
Ross really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thorup. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ross postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Thorup trying to control the position.
Thorup is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ross is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorup looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ross is one step ahead there.
Ross throws a big elbow that misses.
Ross lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ross postures up in Thorup's guard and throws a big left but Thorup blocks it.
Ross landing some decent shots from guard.
Ross postures up and lands a big shot to Thorup's brow.
Ross is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Thorup working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ross doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ross manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ross is working Thorup over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thorup working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ross.
Ross is in close to Thorup's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ross lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ross scoring with some ground and pound.
Ross is in close to Thorup's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ross's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Irvin Ross has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ross lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thorup is rocked!
Ross chips away with some ground and pound.
Oh Thorup is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ross cracks Thorup with a solid left hand.
Ross postures up.
Thorup seems to have got his legs back now.
Ross lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ross chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorup trying to keep a closed guard but Ross is proving a slippery customer.
Ross cracks Thorup with a solid left hand.
Ross has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ross stands up over Thorup, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ross with a nice head shot there.
Ross advances to half guard.
Ross working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Thorup has hold of Ross's hands but Ross slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ross working the head and body with strikes.
Ross winds up and cracks Thorup with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Thorup tries to roll over but Ross keeps him under control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thorup on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ross working over Thorup with some ground and pound. Thorup looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ross lands a nice short elbow.
Thorup looking for submissions off his back.
Ross drops an elbow to the side of Thorup's head.
Thorup tries to roll over but Ross keeps him under control.
Ross uses his free foot to push down on Thorup's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Thorup.
Ross with shots to the head and body - Thorup looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ross landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thorup is looking to get to half guard.
Ross lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Irvin Ross showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nice uppercut there from Ross.
Thorup shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ross defends it nicely.
Ross looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ross drops Thorup with a beautiful combination! Thorup stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Ross is looking for the KO!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ross takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ross.
Ross has picked Thorup up - he's going for a ride! Ross dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ground and pound from Ross.
Ross looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thorup with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ross lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ross lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Thorup! More strikes land and this one is all over! Ross jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Irvin Ross!
A relieved looking Irvin Ross thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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