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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gerard Esqueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrik Torhammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Esqueda might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cant del Barça. Torhammer has chosen Doom Unit - Killing Time as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the cage it seems that Gerard Esqueda has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Gerard Esqueda seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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169 lbs
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159 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Gerard Esqueda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henrik Torhammer!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torhammer misses with a leg kick
and Esqueda counters with a takedown into side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Torhammer takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Esqueda lands a decent elbow from side control.
Torhammer is trying to get back to half guard.
Esqueda trying to control the position but Torhammer is working away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torhammer is trying to get back to half guard.
Esqueda fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Esqueda connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Torhammer some visible discomfort.
Esqueda throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torhammer wants to control but Esqueda postures up.
Torhammer taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sloppy strikes there by Esqueda.
Esqueda 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.
A lull in the action here as Esqueda stalls from top position.
Esqueda trying to control the action but Torhammer is working from the bottom.
Torhammer tries to bench press Esqueda off him but Esqueda keeps the position.
Torhammer has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Torhammer is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Esqueda looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Torhammer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Torhammer looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer is trying to maintain the position but Esqueda is very close to passing his half guard.
Esqueda wants to take a breather but Torhammer is having none of it.
Torhammer trying to control here.
Esqueda is looking for a kimura here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torhammer is looking to improve his position.
Torhammer is looking to control Esqueda's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Torhammer avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Esqueda advances position into side control!
Esqueda is putting a hurting on Torhammer here, landing some big shots from side control.
Torhammer is not content to let Esqueda control the position.
Torhammer tries to improve position but can't.
Torhammer is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Torhammer can't do much from the bottom here.
Torhammer is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer is trying to control Esqueda's posture but Esqueda avoids it.
Esqueda is looking to take a break and control but Torhammer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Torhammer is trying to control Esqueda's posture but Esqueda avoids it.
Esqueda lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Torhammer down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torhammer gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torhammer is pressing down on Esqueda's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Esqueda avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerard Esqueda dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Esqueda throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Torhammer lands with a shot to the body.
Esqueda moves forwards but Torhammer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Gerard Esqueda has been cut.
Esqueda takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Torhammer keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Torhammer, right into the meat.
That kick from Torhammer tenderised Esqueda's leg. Esqueda is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torhammer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Torhammer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Torhammer looks to land a right hand but Esqueda moved out of range.
Torhammer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Esqueda with a hook.
Torhammer lands the left hand.
Henrik Torhammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Esqueda changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torhammer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Esqueda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Esqueda drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Henrik Torhammer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Torhammer throws a body punch but Esqueda moves out of range.
Esqueda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torhammer.
Esqueda misses the shot to the body.
A big left from Torhammer misses.
Henrik Torhammer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Torhammer lands with a slapping head kick.
Torhammer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Esqueda connects with a nice looking jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Esqueda blocks the leg kick.
Esqueda throws a sloppy head kick and Torhammer moves out of range easily.
Torhammer lands a head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torhammer throws a lazy right hand but Esqueda sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Esqueda ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Esqueda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torhammer manages to avoid it.
Torhammer takes one on the button.
Esqueda takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Torhammer jabs Esqueda to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Esqueda blocks a head kick by Torhammer.
Torhammer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Esqueda avoids a kick to the body.
Torhammer digs a good hook to Esqueda's body.
Torhammer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Esqueda connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A shot to the body from Esqueda misses
and Torhammer counters by moving into the clinch.
Esqueda blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esqueda prevents a body shot from Torhammer.
Esqueda stalling.
Torhammer can't find room to land a body shot as Esqueda controls the action.
Torhammer scores with a nice hook to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Esqueda misses with a punch to the body.
Esqueda stalling in the clinch but Torhammer improves position.
Esqueda blocks a body shot from Torhammer.
Esqueda misses with a punch to the body.
Torhammer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Torhammer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Esqueda misses with a hook from the clinch.
Esqueda scores with a shot to the side of Torhammer's head.
Torhammer has a couple of punches blocked by Esqueda.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer blocking some punches.
Esqueda lands a left hand.
Esqueda misses with a hook from the clinch.
Torhammer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esqueda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Torhammer gets control of Esqueda's arms and successfully pulls guard. Torhammer will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Torhammer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torhammer throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Torhammer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gerard Esqueda overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Esqueda is squirming around, avoiding Torhammer's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henrik Torhammer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gerard Esqueda's cut.
That's time! Esqueda's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Esqueda takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Esqueda throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Torhammer's waist but Torhammer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Esqueda off to one side.
Esqueda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Torhammer works Esqueda's body with a nice hook.
Esqueda is looking to wear down Torhammer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Torhammer, as that shot connected.
Torhammer fakes the leg kick and cracks Esqueda in the body.
Torhammer scores with a nice right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Esqueda.
Nice shot lands for Torhammer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torhammer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Esqueda has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Torhammer.
Torhammer looks to throw the jab but Esqueda is out of range.
Torhammer sizes up Esqueda with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Esqueda closes this distance looking for a takedown but Torhammer circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torhammer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Esqueda bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Torhammer's head.
The fighters circling - Torhammer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Torhammer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Esqueda.
Esqueda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Torhammer.
Esqueda uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Torhammer.
Torhammer misses with a hook.
Torhammer lands with an uppercut that bounces Esqueda off the cage and back into range.
Torhammer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Torhammer looks to throw the jab but Esqueda is out of range.
Esqueda digs a good hook to Torhammer's body.
Torhammer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Torhammer misses with a wild combination.
Torhammer scores with a hook to the body. Esqueda takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torhammer misses with a low kick as Esqueda jumps back.
Esqueda avoids a kick to the body.
Esqueda feints and then cracks Torhammer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Torhammer down.
Torhammer scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torhammer misses with a leg kick
and Esqueda counters with a takedown into side control.
Torhammer is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Esqueda off and has taken his back!
Esqueda breaks Torhammer's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Torhammer is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Esqueda stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Torhammer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Torhammer working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Esqueda doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Esqueda manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Torhammer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esqueda trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Esqueda won't allow Torhammer to sweep him here.
Esqueda postures up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Henrik Torhammer has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Esqueda throws a poor cross that misses
and Torhammer counters by moving into the clinch.
Esqueda misses with a body punch.
Esqueda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Esqueda jumps guard and drags Torhammer to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Esqueda looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esqueda pulls Torhammer in close to his closed guard and prevents Torhammer from doing any damage or advancing position.
Esqueda wants to improve his position but instead Torhammer has moved into half guard.
Esqueda won't allow Torhammer to pass to mount.
Torhammer is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Torhammer is looking to pass Esqueda's guard but actually Esqueda recovers to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torhammer wants to control from the top but Esqueda keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henrik Torhammer really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerard Esqueda's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Esqueda takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Torhammer's jab looks to have found its range, popping Esqueda under the eye.
Esqueda throws a solid leg kick but Torhammer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Esqueda.
Esqueda takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A telegraphed right hand from Esqueda misses the target.
Torhammer connects with the punch.
Esqueda is rocked!
Esqueda with a nice cross.
Oh Esqueda is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torhammer steps in with a hook that catches Esqueda right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Torhammer follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Esqueda looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henrik Torhammer!
During a confident post fight interview, Henrik Torhammer thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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