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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henrik Ivarson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Hartig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hartig's choice of entrance music: Can't be touched. Jesse Hartig has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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205 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henrik Ivarson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesse Hartig!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivarson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hartig tries to avoid it but Ivarson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hartig to the ground. Hartig escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hartig is looking to clinch.
Hartig tries to clinch but Ivarson is having none of it.
Hartig fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hartig tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ivarson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ivarson fails to land the takedown.
Hartig tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ivarson moves out of range of the body kick.
Ivarson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henrik Ivarson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ivarson tries for a takedown but Hartig sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hartig has managed to clinch.
Hartig goes for a takedown attempt but Ivarson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ivarson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ivarson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Ivarson trying to control the position but Hartig is working away.
Hartig wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivarson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hartig pushes Ivarson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Ivarson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Ivarson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hartig is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Ivarson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ivarson tries to advance position but instead Hartig slips a leg back in to half guard.
Ivarson wants to take a breather but Hartig is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ivarson tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hartig moves forwards but Ivarson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hartig tries to clinch there but Ivarson circles away.
Ivarson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hartig avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ivarson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ivarson tries to stall but Hartig uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ivarson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hartig darts in trying to clinch
and Ivarson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hartig really felt that one!
Ivarson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ivarson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartig wriggles free and stands up.
Ivarson is breathing heavily.
Ivarson feints and as Hartig raises his hands in defense, Ivarson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ivarson tries to free his leg and advance position but Hartig is retaining full guard.
Ivarson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hartig has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Ivarson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Hartig tries to clinch there but Ivarson circles away.
Ivarson shoots in but no luck this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartig blocks a low kick nicely.
Hartig looks to clinch
and Ivarson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hartig won't be happy with that.
Ivarson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ivarson tries to advance to mount but can't.
Ivarson trying to control the action but Hartig is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ivarson wants to stand but Hartig has his arm trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henrik Ivarson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hartig buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ivarson looks to land a combination. Hartig sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hartig instigates a clinch.
Hartig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ivarson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ivarson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hartig trying to land knees to the body.
Ivarson wants to break free but Hartig has control.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hartig.
Hartig landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ivarson managing to block the knees to the body from Hartig.
Hartig crunches a lovely knee into Ivarson's ribcage.
Hartig gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ivarson tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Hartig has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Ivarson is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivarson wants to control but Hartig is having none of it.
Ivarson is trying to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hartig stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Ivarson rushes Hartig and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hartig misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ivarson.
Ivarson breaks from the clinch.
Hartig goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ivarson lands with a nice body punch.
Hartig stuffs the takedown attempt from Ivarson. Ivarson gets slowly back to his feet.
Hartig moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hartig lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ivarson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ivarson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ivarson trying to control the position from guard on top but Hartig is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivarson throws a big right hand that misses.
Hartig can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ivarson controls the pace.
Ivarson wants to control from the top but Hartig keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ivarson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ivarson won't allow Hartig to get back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ivarson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hartig!
Ivarson tries to control but Hartig wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesse Hartig showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Ivarson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hartig sprawls well initially but Ivarson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ivarson is looking to stall here but Hartig recovers full guard.
Ivarson is stalling in the full guard.
Ivarson wants to stand but Hartig is controlling his posture from full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartig wants to stand and escape but Ivarson is having none of it.
Ivarson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jesse Hartig is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ivarson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ivarson closes the distance and clinches.
Ivarson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hartig won't allow it.
Hartig manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ivarson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ivarson fails with a takedown attempt.
Hartig closes the distance and clinches.
Hartig breaks from the clinch.
Hartig is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ivarson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ivarson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ivarson throwing strikes from guard but Hartig blocks nicely.
Ivarson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivarson tries to free his leg and advance position but Hartig is retaining full guard.
Hartig keeping moving, preventing Ivarson from controlling successfully.
Ivarson looking to sit in guard and control but Hartig gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hartig gets to his feet. Ivarson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ivarson moves out of range of the body kick.
Ivarson closes the distance and clinches.
Hartig misses with a knee strike.
Hartig wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ivarson has him pressed against the cage.
Ivarson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ivarson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henrik Ivarson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ivarson has a takedown stuffed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Henrik Ivarson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ivarson 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henrik Ivarson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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