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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Lie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberich Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to we right here. Alberich Svensson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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165 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Lie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alberich Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lie throws a nice looking combination but Svensson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Svensson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Svensson has managed to clinch.
Lie is looking to break free of the clinch but Svensson has double underhooks.
Svensson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Svensson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Svensson lands with a left to the head.
Svensson lands a damaging elbow.
Svensson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lie is defending well for now.
Svensson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Svensson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lie's defenses.
Lie is trying to break the clinch but Svensson is controlling him.
A short right from Svensson.
Lie is trying to break the clinch but Svensson has him pressed against the cage.
Lie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Svensson has him pressed against the cage.
Svensson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Svensson to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lie misses with a double jab
and Svensson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lie moves into the clinch.
Svensson trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svensson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lie has managed to clinch.
Svensson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Svensson takes the fight into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Svensson.
Lie takes an elbow to the temple.
Lie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Lie. Those never looked like landing.
Lie gets tackled into the cage by Svensson. Svensson maintains the clinch.
A knee to the head by Svensson.
Svensson lands a hook that snaps the head of Lie backwards.
Lie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lie wants to get back to striking at distance but Svensson won't allow it.
Svensson lands with a left to the head.
Lie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lie is trying to break the clinch but Svensson has him pressed against the cage.
Svensson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lie backwards.
Svensson lands an elbow inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lie wants to get back to striking at distance but Svensson won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svensson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lie's efforts to push away.
Nice body punch from Svensson - that landed with a thud.
Svensson lands a left hand.
Svensson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Svensson missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Svensson.
Lie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Svensson lands with a left to the head.
Lie working hard to break the clinch.
Svensson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lie working hard to break the clinch.
Svensson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lie's efforts to push away.
Svensson scores with a shot to the side of Lie's head.
Svensson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lie is defending well for now.
Svensson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lies head.
Svensson lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Svensson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Svensson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Lie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lie blocks a body shot from Svensson.
Svensson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lie has taken the fight to the clinch.
Svensson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A frustrated look appears on Lie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lie managing to block the knees to the body from Svensson.
Svensson has a couple of punches blocked by Lie.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Svensson.
Svensson gets through Lie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lie tries to break the clinch but Svensson is controlling the position.
Svensson trying to land knees to the body.
Lie is trying to break the clinch but Svensson has him pressed against the cage.
Svensson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Svensson forces Lie back against the cage and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Svensson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lie's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Svensson looks winded!
A frustrated look appears on Lie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Svensson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lie backwards.
Svensson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lie is trying to push Svensson away but Svensson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lie.
A head punch on the inside from Svensson fails to land.
Svensson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lie.
Lie working hard to break the clinch.
Lie can't break the clinch.
Svensson gets through Lie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Svensson has Lie pressed against the cage, preventing Lie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Svensson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Svensson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lie moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Svensson breaks the clinch.
Lie throws a series of punches but Svensson moves out of range.
Lie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Svensson counters with a good low kick that Lie was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alberich Svensson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lie drives through and clinches with Svensson against the cage.
Lie has had enough of the clinch but Svensson keeps him there for the moment.
Svensson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lie is looking to break free of the clinch but Svensson has double underhooks.
Lie is trying to break the clinch but Svensson is controlling him.
Svensson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Svensson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Svensson tries to clinch there but Lie circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lie.
Lie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Svensson has a couple of punches blocked by Lie.
Lie blocks a body shot from Svensson.
A frustrated look appears on Lie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lie managing to block the knees to the body from Svensson.
Svensson lands an elbow inside that Lie shrugs off.
Svensson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svensson misses with some punches.
Svensson tries to throw a body punch but Lie avoids it by throwing Svensson back against the cage.
Svensson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lie breaks the clinch.
Lie closes the distance and clinches.
Svensson works on Lie's body with a couple of short punches.
Svensson scores with a shoulder strike.
Lie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lie wants to get back to striking at distance but Svensson won't allow it.
Svensson misses with a body punch.
Svensson has Lie pressed against the cage, preventing Lie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Svensson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Svensson lands with a left to the head.
Lie is trying to break free.
Lie tries to break the clinch but Svensson is controlling the position.
Lie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lie has had enough of the clinch but Svensson keeps him there for the moment.
Svensson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Svensson has a couple of punches blocked by Lie.
Svensson prevents Lie from breaking the clinch.
Svensson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lie wants to get back to striking at distance but Svensson won't allow it.
Svensson lands with a left to the head.
Svensson missing with knees to the body.
Svensson is breathing heavily.
Lie tries to break free but Svensson pushes him back against the cage.
Alberich Svensson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
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!
Svensson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Svensson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Svensson missing with knees to the body.
Svensson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lie wants to get back to striking at distance but Svensson won't allow it.
Svensson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Svensson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Svensson has Lie pressed against the cage, preventing Lie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Svensson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lie's efforts to push away.
Svensson throws a punch but it's blocked by Lie.
Lie blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Svensson fails to land.
Lie is trying to break free.
Svensson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lie wants to break free but Svensson has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Lie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lie is trying to force a seperation but Svensson has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Lie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lie manages to break the clinch.
Lie walks into a straight right hand from Svensson.
Svensson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lie closes the distance and clinches.
Lie breaks from the clinch.
Lie moves into range and clinches up with Svensson.
Svensson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lie tries to circle away but Svensson has him pinned against the cage.
Svensson misses with the head strike.
Svensson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Svensson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lie instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Svensson - that landed with a thud.
Lie tries to break the clinch but Svensson is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Svensson has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Lie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Svensson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Svensson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lie avoids it.
Lie is looking to break free of the clinch but Svensson has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Lie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lie is looking to break free of the clinch but Svensson has double underhooks.
Lie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Svensson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Svensson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lie tries to circle away but Svensson has him pinned against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Svensson scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Svensson misses with the head strike.
Lie tries to break free but Svensson pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Lie dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Svensson tries to clinch up.
Svensson lands a high kick!
Lie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Svensson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Svensson lands with a light punch inside.
Lie tries to circle away but Svensson has him pinned against the cage.
Lie is trying to force a seperation but Svensson has the dominant position.
Svensson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Svensson lands an elbow that stopped Lie in his tracks for a moment.
Svensson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Svensson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lie backwards.
Svensson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Svensson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Svensson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lie wants to get back to striking at distance but Svensson won't allow it.
Svensson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lie throws a right and a left that Svensson avoids nicely.
Svensson is looking to clinch but Lie is avoiding it.
Svensson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Svensson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mike Lie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lie instigates a clinch.
Svensson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Svensson manages to break the clinch.
Svensson dodges the punch combination from Lie.
Lie has managed to clinch.
Svensson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Svensson misses with some punches.
Svensson works on Lie's body with a couple of short punches.
Lie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lie is trying to break the clinch but Svensson is controlling him.
Lie avoiding damage as Svensson throws knees to the body.
Lie wants to get back to striking at distance but Svensson won't allow it.
Lie tries to break the clinch but Svensson is controlling the position.
Svensson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Svensson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lie's elbow.
Svensson missing with knees to the body.
Lie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lie is trying to break free.
Lie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lie pushes Svensson up against the cage in a clinch.
Lie is trying to force a seperation but Svensson has the dominant position.
A shot in the inside from Svensson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lie wants to break free but Svensson has control.
Lie is trying to push Svensson away but Svensson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lie wants to get back to striking at distance but Svensson won't allow it.
Lie wants to get back to striking at distance but Svensson won't allow it.
Svensson trying to land knees to the body.
Svensson keeps control of Lie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Svensson prevents Lie from breaking the clinch.
Lie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lie wants to break free but Svensson has control.
Lie is trying to push Svensson away but Svensson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lie is looking to break free of the clinch but Svensson has double underhooks.
Lie is trying to push Svensson away but Svensson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lie has had enough of the clinch but Svensson keeps him there for the moment.
Svensson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lie is looking to break free of the clinch but Svensson has double underhooks.
Svensson lands a hook that snaps the head of Lie backwards.
Svensson lands an elbow that stopped Lie in his tracks for a moment.
Lie breaks the clinch.
Lie swats away the attempt to clinch by Svensson.
Lie darts in and clinches Svensson up against the cage.
Lie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Svensson trying to land knees to the body.
Lie is trying to break the clinch but Svensson has him pressed against the cage.
Lie breaks from the clinch.
Lie throws a combination that misses
and Svensson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lie's knee momentarily.
Svensson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lie looks to land a combination but Svensson avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Svensson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Svensson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lie throws a left and a right that both miss
and Svensson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice elbow from Svensson.
Lie managing to block the knees to the body from Svensson.
Lie is looking to break free of the clinch but Svensson has double underhooks.
Lie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lie throws a right and a left that both miss.
A jab lands there for Svensson.
Lie rushes Svensson and presses him up against the cage.
Svensson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lie misses with a few strikes there.
Lie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lie fails to land with a series of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mike Lie.
I think Lie 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Lie!
A victorious Mike Lie thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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