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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Lodbrok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Palikka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lodbrok comes to the cage accompanied by Killing in the name of.... Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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180 cm
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180 lbs
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181 cm
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176 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bjorn Lodbrok! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kalle Palikka! The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Palikka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Palikka throws a hook to the side of Lodbrok's head but Lodbrok sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Lodbrok keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lodbrok motions for Palikka to come forward. Lodbrok throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Palikka checks a leg kick. Palikka sizes up Lodbrok with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. A head kick misses from Lodbrok. Palikka thows a left - swing and a miss! Lodbrok thumps Palikka with a low kick. Lodbrok tries a head kick but it misses.
Lodbrok throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Palikka digs a good body shot into Lodbrok's ribs. A looping hook to the body misses from Palikka. Lodbrok does a little dance to reset his feet. Lodbrok is looking to clinch. Lodbrok pushes Palikka away with a front kick. A head kick by Lodbrok misses and Palikka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Palikka has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. This has been an exciting period of action! Palikka throws a low kick but Lodbrok avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lodbrok slips under a jab. Lodbrok thows a body kick. Palikka tries to catch it but that hurt him. Lodbrok slips a straight right by Palikka. Palikka takes a swing at Lodbrok's ribcage but misses. A big right from Lodbrok misses. Palikka gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lodbrok. Lodbrok throws a nice inside leg kick. Lodbrok uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Palikka. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lodbrok, right into the meat.
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! Lodbrok fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Palikka is rocked! Palikka scores with a hook. Palikka is still on wobbly legs! Can Lodbrok finish him? Lodbrok lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Palikka seems to have recovered his senses. Palikka throws the left hand but Lodbrok avoids the punch easily. Lodbrok lands a nice looking body kick. Bjorn Lodbrok is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lodbrok throws a nice inside leg kick. Palikka looks winded! Lodbrok swings for the body but Palikka moves out of range.
Lodbrok throws a nice outside leg kick. Palikka on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Palikka gets tackled into the cage by Lodbrok. Lodbrok maintains the clinch. The referee calls for Palikka to work.
Lodbrok lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Kalle Palikka has been cut. The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Palikka takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. Lodbrok breaks the clinch.
Palikka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Palikka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lodbrok.
Lodbrok pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lodbrok stuns Palikka with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Palikka avoids the head kick by Lodbrok.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Palikka lands an overhand right. Palikka punishes Lodbrok's body with a nice straight punch. Lodbrok looks to score with a jab to the body but Palikka is just out of range. Lodbrok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palikka.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lodbrok. Palikka does a little dance to reset his feet. Lodbrok attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Palikka connects with a looping right hand.
Lodbrok uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Palikka has time to react. Palikka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Palikka blocks the body kick.
Jab, jab by Palikka - just one landing. Palikka looks to score with a jab to the body but Lodbrok is just out of range. Lodbrok walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! A looping hook to the body misses from Palikka. Lodbrok does a little dance to reset his feet. Palikka tried to score with a low kick but Lodbrok checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lodbrok jabs Palikka right on the nose. Palikka blinks but takes it well. Lodbrok lands with a kick to the ribs.
Palikka checks a low kick from Lodbrok. Lodbrok thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Palikka if he has to take too many more of those.
Lodbrok moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Lodbrok lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Lodbrok gets off balance looking for a body kick and Palikka counters with a stiff right hand. Lodbrok looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Palikka throws a looping overhand right but Lodbrok ducks down to avoid it. Lodbrok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Palikka.
Lodbrok throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Lodbrok looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Palikka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lodbrok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palikka moves away. Palikka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lodbrok. Lodbrok obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bjorn Lodbrok dominated that round. The cut man is working on Kalle Palikka's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lodbrok tests Palikka's chin there with a solid looking shot. Lodbrok misses with a kick to the body.
Lodbrok looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Palikka takes a swing at Lodbrok's ribcage but misses. Nice straight punches there by Lodbrok. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lodbrok. Palikka throws a big shot that misses. Bjorn Lodbrok is winning the standup battle so far. Palikka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lodbrok cracks Palikka with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Lodbrok has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Palikka to stand back up! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Lodbrok tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Lodbrok does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Palikka misses with a hook. Lodbrok ducked under it nicely. Palikka looks to land a right hand but Lodbrok moved out of range. Palikka gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Lodbrok gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bjorn Lodbrok! After the fight, Bjorn Lodbrok was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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