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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taj al Din (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ansgar Axelsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Din comes to the cage accompanied by قنب هندي. Axelsson has chosen one bourbon one scotch one beer as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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207 lbs
42 - 7 - 0 |
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214 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taj al Din!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ansgar Axelsson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Axelsson pushes al Din up against the cage in a clinch.
Axelsson misses with a body punch.
Axelsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
al Din tries for a takedown but Axelsson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Axelsson thuds his shin into the meat of al Din's side.
al Din throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jab, jab by Axelsson - just one landing.
Axelsson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Axelsson misses with a body punch
and al Din counters with a nice low kick that buckles Axelsson's knee momentarily.
Axelsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from al Din.
al Din wants to land a leg kick but Axelsson is out of range.
A head kick from Axelsson lands but al Din takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
al Din swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Axelsson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Axelsson connects with a single shot there.
al Din looks to land a left hand but Axelsson moved out of range nicely.
al Din fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Axelsson is out of range.
Nice body punch from Axelsson.
al Din shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din lands a body shot.
al Din throws a wild body kick that Axelsson sees coming a mile off.
Axelsson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to al Din's calf.
Axelsson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before al Din can pounce on him.
Axelsson throws a leg kick but al Din sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Axelsson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice body punch from al Din.
Axelsson moves in looking to clinch but al Din pushes him off.
Axelsson throws a sloppy head kick and al Din moves out of range easily.
Nice defenses there by al Din.
Axelsson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps al Din's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
al Din uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Axelsson.
Axelsson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
al Din thuds his shin into the meat of Axelsson's side.
al Din checks a low kick from Axelsson.
al Din fakes the leg kick and cracks Axelsson in the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Din throws the kick towards the body but Axelsson avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Axelsson.
al Din scores with a jab to the body.
al Din misses with a kick to the body.
al Din tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Axelsson was well out of range. Poor timing from al Din.
The fighters circling - Axelsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Axelsson throws a series of punches but al Din moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Axelsson.
Axelsson scores with a nice head shot.
al Din ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
al Din is looking to wear down Axelsson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Axelsson throws a push kick but al Din slaps the foot to one side.
Axelsson misses with a kick to the body.
Axelsson scores with a punch to the head.
al Din scores with a hook.
al Din keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Axelsson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from al Din misses.
Axelsson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
al Din tried to score with a low kick but Axelsson checks it.
Axelsson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
al Din looks to score with a jab to the body but Axelsson is just out of range.
Axelsson throws a wild body kick that al Din sees coming a mile off.
Axelsson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Axelsson misses with a body kick.
A big right from al Din misses.
Axelsson dips to his left and cracks al Din with an uppercut!
Axelsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses al Din's sensitive parts.
Nice body punch from Axelsson.
al Din slips a jab and a cross from Axelsson.
Axelsson moves away from the strike by al Din.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Axelsson misses with a low kick.
al Din looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Din misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Axelsson.
An inside leg kick from al Din misses.
al Din takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Axelsson throws a combination. al Din tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A looping hook to the body misses from Axelsson. al Din does a little dance to reset his feet.
al Din works over Axelsson's head and body with a nice combination.
Axelsson ducks under a wild hook from al Din.
Axelsson scores with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Axelsson.
Axelsson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Axelsson misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
al Din doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Axelsson tries to clinch up but al Din circles away and keeps his distance.
Axelsson throws a leg kick
and al Din counters with a two punch combo.
al Din scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ansgar Axelsson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Axelsson thows a body shot but no joy.
al Din throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Axelsson misses with an uppercut
enabling al Din to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Ansgar Axelsson has been cut.
al Din checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
al Din ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Axelsson moves away.
al Din throws a leg kick but Axelsson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Axelsson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A head kick from Axelsson lands but al Din takes it in his stride.
Axelsson throws a head kick that al Din semi-blocks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
al Din lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Axelsson throws a leg kick
and al Din makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Axelsson really felt that one!
Axelsson connects with an inside leg kick.
al Din throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Axelsson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Axelsson.
al Din throws a sloppy head kick
and Axelsson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps al Din thinking.
Axelsson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and al Din counters with a good low kick that Axelsson was not able to check.
Axelsson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Axelsson does it's job there.
al Din throws a push kick but Axelsson slaps the foot to one side.
Axelsson misses with a looping left.
al Din ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
al Din uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Axelsson.
al Din swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
al Din misses with a head kick.
al Din connects with a solid leg kick.
Axelsson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to al Din's calf.
Axelsson scores with the left hand. al Din knows he should have avoided that one.
Axelsson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Axelsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Axelsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
al Din has Axelsson pressed against the cage.
A short left from al Din.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Din pulls guard effortlessly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Axelsson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Axelsson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Axelsson trying to control the position from guard on top but al Din is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Axelsson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
al Din keeping moving, preventing Axelsson from controlling successfully.
al Din working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Axelsson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Axelsson is posturing up here but al Din has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Axelsson tries to roll out but it's too tight and Axelsson has to tap! Slick submission there by al Din!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Taj al Din!
Taj al Din retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Taj al Din thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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