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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fritz Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prince Symbol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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180 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fritz Larsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Prince Symbol!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larsson looks to throw the jab but Symbol is out of range.
Larsson misses with a left hand
and Symbol counters with a nice uppercut.
Symbol has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Larsson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Symbol fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Symbol just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab by Larsson.
Symbol lands with a nice body punch.
Symbol misses the shot to the body.
Larsson swings for the body but Symbol moves out of range.
Symbol is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Larsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Symbol sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larsson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Larsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Larsson looks to land a left hand but Symbol moved out of range nicely.
Symbol throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good standup being displayed there by Symbol as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Symbol wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Symbol misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Symbol takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Larsson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Symbol uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Larsson.
Symbol misses with a hook.
Larsson misses with a shot to the body
and Symbol connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Larsson misses with a body shot.
Larsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Donk. Symbol catches Larsson right on the button with a cross.
Symbol throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Symbol circles away from the clinch attempt.
Larsson throws a shot from downtown. Symbol moves away and avoids it.
Larsson gets a clinch.
Symbol wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsson keeps control of Symbol as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Larsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Larsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Symbol backwards.
Larsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Larsson.
Symbol wants to get back to striking at distance but Larsson won't allow it.
Symbol tries to throw a body punch but Larsson avoids it by throwing Symbol back against the cage.
Symbol has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Larsson tries to work over Symbol's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Symbol breaks from the clinch.
Symbol connects with a single shot there.
Larsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Symbol manages to avoid it.
Larsson misses with a looping right.
Larsson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Larsson missing with a left hand there. Symbol was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Symbol scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Symbol is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Symbol swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Larsson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Symbol's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Larsson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Symbol.
Symbol getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Larsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Larsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Symbol can't break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Larsson.
Symbol tries to circle away but Larsson has him pinned against the cage.
Symbol can't break the clinch.
Larsson prevents Symbol from breaking the clinch.
Symbol is trying to force a seperation but Larsson has the dominant position.
Symbol wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Larsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Symbol takes a shot to the head.
Symbol wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsson scores with a shot to the side of Symbol's head.
Symbol has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Larsson keeps control of Symbol as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Symbol tries to circle away but Larsson has him pinned against the cage.
Larsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Symbol backwards.
Symbol breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Symbol connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Symbol tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Symbol.
Larsson misses with a hook
and Symbol cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Larsson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Symbol takes one to the chin there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Larsson tries to clinch but Symbol is having none of it.
Symbol slips under a jab.
Symbol keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Prince Symbol dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Symbol throws a hook to the side of Larsson's head but Larsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Symbol lands with a cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Symbol. Larsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Symbol scores with a sloppy right hand. Larsson should have avoided that one.
Larsson swings for the body but Symbol moves out of range.
Symbol scores with a nice right hand.
Larsson loads up on a big right hand but Symbol slips the punch.
Symbol cracks Larsson with a good jab.
Symbol connects with a right hand. Larsson shakes it off.
Symbol keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Larsson wants to clinch.
Larsson misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Symbol lands an overhand right.
Larsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Symbol swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Larsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Symbol sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Symbol swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Larsson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Larsson drives through and clinches with Symbol against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Symbol.
Larsson blocks a body shot from Symbol.
Symbol wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Larsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Symbol backwards.
Symbol has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Symbol's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Symbol misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Symbol lands a jab to Larsson's midsection.
Symbol slips under a jab.
Symbol on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Symbol lands with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Symbol lands the left hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Symbol!
Symbol catches Larsson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Larsson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Symbol lands with a hook. Larsson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Larsson is rocked!
Larsson misses with a body shot.
Oh Larsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Larsson misses with an uppercut. Symbol saw that one coming.
Larsson seems to have got his legs back now.
Larsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Symbol moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsson moves in looking to clinch but Symbol pushes him off.
Larsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Symbol swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Larsson moves in looking to clinch but Symbol pushes him off.
Symbol lands a nice shot to the body.
Symbol lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Larsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Symbol. Those never looked like landing.
Larsson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Symbol dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Symbol throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Symbol connects with a right hand. Larsson shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Symbol throws a right hand that Larsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Larsson also avoids with ease.
Larsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Symbol was well out of range. Poor timing from Larsson.
Larsson clinches up with Symbol and pushes him back against the cage.
Larsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Larsson has a couple of punches blocked by Symbol.
Symbol breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Larsson misses with a straight right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larsson blocks a jab.
Larsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Symbol circles away.
Symbol scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Larsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Symbol.
Larsson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Symbol manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Symbol connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Prince Symbol showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Larsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Symbol.
Symbol scores with a nice strike.
Symbol swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Larsson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Larsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larsson misses with an uppercut. Symbol saw that one coming.
Larsson avoids the body shot from Symbol.
Symbol connects with a nice looking jab.
Symbol bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Symbol bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Larsson's head backwards.
Larsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Symbol has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Larsson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsson has a couple of punches blocked by Symbol.
Symbol is trying to push Larsson away but Larsson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Larsson misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Larsson.
Symbol wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Symbol is trying to break the clinch but Larsson has him pressed against the cage.
Larsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Symbol is trying to push Larsson away but Larsson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Larsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Symbol blocking some punches.
Larsson prevents Symbol from breaking the clinch.
Larsson prevents Symbol from breaking the clinch.
Symbol wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Larsson has Symbol pressed against the cage, preventing Symbol from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Larsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Symbol.
Symbol tries to break free but Larsson pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Symbol wants to break free but Larsson has control.
Symbol tries to circle away but Larsson has him pinned against the cage.
Symbol looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Symbol has had enough of the clinch but Larsson keeps him there for the moment.
Larsson can't find room to land a body shot as Symbol controls the action.
Symbol working hard to break the clinch.
Symbol wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Larsson has him pressed against the cage.
Larsson cracks Symbol with a nice body shot.
Larsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Larsson misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Symbol.
Larsson lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larsson is working Symbol over against the cage.
Larsson keeps control of Symbol as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Larsson prevents Symbol from breaking the clinch.
Larsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Symbol is trying to break free.
Symbol wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Symbol breaks from the clinch.
Larsson slips a jab from Symbol.
Symbol throws a looping overhand right but Larsson ducks down to avoid it.
Symbol lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Symbol takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jab from Symbol.
Larsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Symbol swats away the attempt to clinch by Larsson.
Larsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Symbol.
Larsson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Larsson cracks a nice hook into Symbol's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Symbol moves away.
Symbol missing with a left hand there. Larsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Symbol avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Symbol avoids the body shot from Larsson.
Symbol bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Larsson's head backwards.
Symbol swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Symbol moves away from the strike by Larsson.
Larsson walks into a straight right hand from Symbol.
Prince Symbol is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Larsson throws the left hand but Symbol avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Larsson misses.
Fritz Larsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Larsson throws an overhand right that lands on Symbol's shoulder, as Symbol tries to avoid the shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Prince Symbol.
I've got Symbol winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Prince Symbol!
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