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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bary Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Bary Allen has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Bary Allen seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bary Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Allen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Svensson ducks under a wild hook from Allen.
Svensson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Svensson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Svensson avoids the body shot from Allen.
We've been informed that Svensson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Allen checks a leg kick nicely.
Allen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Allen closes the distance and clinches.
Allen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Svensson moves out of range of the leg kick from Allen.
Allen looks to land a left hand but Svensson moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Svensson scores with a head kick.
Svensson is looking to score with low kicks.
The fighters circling - Allen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Allen blocks a head kick by Svensson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Allen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Svensson's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen wants to clinch up but Svensson keeps it at a distance.
Svensson throws a hook but Allen blocks it.
Allen motions for Svensson to come forward. Allen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Svensson blocks a head kick by Allen.
Svensson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Svensson throws a leg kick but Allen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Allen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Svensson moves away.
Allen thuds his shin into the meat of Svensson's side.
Magnus Svensson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Svensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bary Allen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Svensson slips a straight right by Allen.
Allen moves in looking to clinch but Svensson pushes him off.
An inside leg kick lands from Allen.
Allen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Allen misses with a straight left.
Allen avoids the head kick by Svensson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands a jab.
Allen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Svensson moves away.
Svensson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice inside leg kick there by Allen. That's going to slow Svensson down.
Svensson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Svensson ducks right into an uppercut from Allen.
A punch combination from Svensson misses.
Svensson thumps Allen with a low kick.
Allen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Allen fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Svensson to the ground. Allen is now in Svensson's guard.
Svensson keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
Svensson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Allen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen tries to free his leg and advance position but Svensson is retaining full guard.
Allen throws a big right hand that misses.
Allen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Svensson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Svensson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Allen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Allen cracks Svensson with an open hand slap.
Allen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Allen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A good leg kick by Allen.
A big left from Allen misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen looks for the body kick but Svensson saw that one coming.
Svensson scores with a nice strike.
Svensson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Allen takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Bary Allen has been cut.
Allen thumps Svensson with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Svensson thuds his shin into the meat of Allen's side.
A punch combination from Svensson misses.
Svensson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Allen throws a nice inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Svensson. Allen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Allen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Svensson was well out of range. Poor timing from Allen.
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
Svensson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Allen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Svensson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bary Allen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bary Allen's cut.
That's time! Allen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Allen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Svensson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Allen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Svensson lands a head kick. Allen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Svensson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Allen.
Allen drives through and clinches with Svensson against the cage.
I was talking to Allen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Allen controlling the action here for a moment.
Allen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Allen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick lands from Allen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Svensson swings for the body but Allen moves out of range.
Allen avoids the head kick by Svensson.
Svensson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Allen misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Svensson. That snapped Allen's head back.
Allen is looking to chop away at Svensson's legs.
Bary Allen is winning the standup battle so far.
Svensson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Allen scoring well with a low kick there.
Allen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Svensson is out of range and Allen settles back down.
Svensson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Allen will feel that in the morning.
Allen walks into a jab.
Allen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Svensson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Svensson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Allen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Allen wants to clinch but Svensson slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Allen lands a head kick!
Svensson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Svensson throws a head kick that misses
and Allen counters with a leg kick.
Allen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Svensson tried to score with a low kick but Allen checks it.
Allen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Allen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Allen looking to score a takedown here. Svensson is defending well but Allen drives through and ends up in Svensson's guard.
Allen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Svensson is rocked!
Allen engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Allen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
Svensson can't keep his opponent in guard - Allen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Allen wants to take a breather but Svensson is having none of it.
Svensson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Allen is trying to control the action in half guard but Svensson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four 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.
Allen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Svensson defending well though.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Svensson throws an overhand right that lands on Allen's shoulder, as Allen tries to avoid the shot.
Allen lands a really nice looking cross but Svensson seems unphased.
Svensson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Svensson is still on wobbly legs! Can Allen finish him?
Allen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Svensson seems to have recovered his senses.
Allen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Allen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Svensson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Allen rushes Svensson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Svensson blocks an uppercut.
Svensson blocking some punches.
Allen prevents Svensson from breaking the clinch.
Svensson misses with some punches.
Allen lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bary Allen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bary Allen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Allen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Svensson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Allen looks for the body kick but Svensson saw that one coming.
Allen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Allen throws a hook but Svensson avoids it easily.
Svensson lands a jab-cross combination.
Allen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Svensson's calf.
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Svensson.
Allen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Svensson is able to avoid easily.
Allen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Allen tries to clinch there but Svensson circles away.
Svensson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Allen was well out of range. Poor timing from Svensson.
Svensson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Allen - that will leave a mark!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allen thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Svensson on the side of the head.
Svensson tries a low kick but Allen avoids it.
Svensson avoids the body shot from Allen.
Allen tries to land a front kick but Svensson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Allen throws a leg kick but Svensson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Svensson.
Svensson walks into a straight right hand from Allen.
Svensson takes a swing at Allen's ribcage but misses.
Allen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Svensson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Svensson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Allen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Svensson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Svensson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Allen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svensson is staying active underneath Allen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Allen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Allen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Svensson defending well though.
Allen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Svensson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Allen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Allen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Svensson defending well though.
Magnus Svensson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Allen trying to control the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Svensson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Allen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Svensson can do to turn this around?
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
Svensson misses the shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Allen.
Allen throws a hook to the side of Svensson's head but Svensson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Svensson swats away the attempt to clinch by Allen.
Svensson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Allen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A good leg kick by Allen.
Svensson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Svensson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Allen.
A chopping leg kick lands by Allen.
Allen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Allen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Svensson moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Allen drives through with a takedown into guard.
Allen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Allen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bary Allen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Allen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bary Allen!
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