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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earl Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Earl Grey has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Earl Grey seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Earl Grey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svensson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Magnus Svensson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grey fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Svensson throws a leg kick that misses.
Grey moves into range and clinches up with Svensson.
Svensson wants to get back to striking at distance but Grey won't allow it.
Grey throws an elbow that misses.
Svensson avoids the elbow strike from Grey, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Grey - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Grey stalls.
Grey gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Grey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Svensson blocks an elbow strike from Grey.
Svensson blocks an elbow strike from Grey.
Grey is trying to stall.
Grey throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Svensson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svensson lands a left hand.
Grey pushes off an throws an elbow but Svensson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Svensson wants to get back to striking at distance but Grey won't allow it.
Grey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Svensson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Svensson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Grey fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Svensson, pushing him back against the cage.
Svensson dodges an elbow strike from Grey.
Svensson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Grey gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Grey pushes off an throws an elbow but Svensson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Svensson is looking to break free of the clinch but Grey has double underhooks.
Svensson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Svensson manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svensson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Grey tries to clinch up but Svensson circles away and keeps his distance.
Grey is looking to clinch.
Grey tries to clinch but Svensson is having none of it.
Grey avoids the head kick by Svensson.
Grey tries to counter by clinching up but Svensson breaks away and moves out of range.
Svensson throws a sloppy head kick and Grey moves out of range easily.
Svensson looks to land a left hand but Grey moved out of range nicely.
Grey tries to clinch but Svensson moves out of range.
Grey clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svensson trying to control the position but instead, Grey has worked for underhooks and has pushed Svensson into the cage.
Svensson wants to break free but Grey has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson blocks the elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Grey.
Svensson tries to break the clinch but Grey is controlling the position.
Svensson controlling the action here for a moment.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Grey throws an elbow that misses.
Svensson breaks from the clinch.
Grey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Svensson throws out the jab.
Svensson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Svensson is looking to slow Grey down with leg kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Svensson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey darts in and clinches Svensson up against the cage.
Grey lands an elbow inside that Svensson shrugs off.
Svensson breaks from the clinch.
Svensson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Grey is looking to chop away at Svensson's legs.
A clash of legs there as Svensson blocks the low kick.
Svensson with the counter takedown but Grey avoids it easily.
Grey has Svensson up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grey throws an elbow but misses.
Svensson blocks an elbow strike from Grey.
Svensson stalling in the clinch but Grey improves position.
Grey throws an elbow but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Svensson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Svensson looking to slow down the pace here.
Grey misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Earl Grey dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Grey has closed the distance and engaged Svensson in a clinch.
Grey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Grey misses with an elbow strike.
Grey has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Grey prevents Svensson from breaking the clinch.
Svensson can't break the clinch.
Svensson is trying to push Grey away but Grey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Svensson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Grey up against the cage.
Svensson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Svensson misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grey wants to clinch up but Svensson keeps it at a distance.
A countering left hand to the body from Svensson misses.
A head kick misses from Svensson.
Grey throws a low kick but it's checked well by Svensson.
Grey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Svensson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey moves into the clinch successfully.
Grey manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Svensson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Svensson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grey throws a low kick but Svensson moves out of range easily.
Svensson follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Grey forces Svensson back against the cage and clinches.
Grey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Svensson's brow.
Grey pushes off an throws an elbow but Svensson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Grey lands a nice elbow.
Svensson blocks the elbow strike.
Grey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Svensson can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svensson presses Grey against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Svensson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grey takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Grey tries to clinch up but Svensson circles away and keeps his distance.
Svensson throws a head kick but Grey moves out of range.
Grey wants to clinch.
Grey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crunch! Svensson slams his shin into Grey's torso.
The fighters circling - Svensson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Svensson keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Grey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Grey tries to clinch up.
Svensson keeps the fight on the outside.
Svensson is trying to counter with his kicks.
Svensson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Grey has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Svensson.
A head kick misses from Svensson.
Grey keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grey pushes Svensson up against the cage in a clinch.
Grey throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grey lands an elbow inside that Svensson shrugs off.
It looks like Magnus Svensson has been cut.
Grey keeps control of Svensson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Svensson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Grey seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Svensson can turn it around.
Grey pushes off an throws an elbow but Svensson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Svensson tries to break free but Grey pushes him back against the cage.
Svensson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body kick from Grey.
Grey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Svensson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Svensson throws out a counter right but Grey avoids it with no problem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svensson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Grey is out of range.
Grey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Magnus Svensson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Magnus Svensson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Svensson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Grey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Svensson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Grey blocks it well.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Svensson checks a leg kick.
Grey moves out of range as Svensson throws a body kick.
Grey tries to clinch but Svensson is having none of it.
Svensson checks a low kick from Grey.
Grey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Svensson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Svensson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Svensson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grey is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Svensson.
Grey throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svensson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Grey misses with a head kick.
Svensson flicks out a counter leg kick but Grey steps away.
Svensson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Magnus Svensson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Svensson misses with a two punch combination.
Grey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Svensson throws a wild body kick that Grey sees coming a mile off.
Svensson misses with a head kick.
Svensson throws a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Svensson - just one landing.
Svensson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey wants to clinch up but Svensson keeps it at a distance.
Svensson throws a hook but Grey blocks it.
Grey tries to counter by clinching up but Svensson breaks away and moves out of range.
Grey drives through and clinches with Svensson against the cage.
Svensson wants to break free but Grey has control.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Svensson.
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!
Grey misses with an elbow over the top.
Grey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grey misses with an elbow strike.
Grey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grey is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Grey tries to stall but Svensson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Grey is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Svensson is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Svensson breaks from the clinch.
A low kick from Grey misses
enabling Svensson to counter with a crisp jab.
Grey misses with a low kick as Svensson jumps back.
Grey moves in looking to clinch but Svensson pushes him off.
Grey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grey doesn't manage to clinch there - Svensson circles away.
Grey is looking to clinch but Svensson is avoiding it.
Svensson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grey on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Grey.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grey has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Grey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Svensson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Svensson throws a wild body kick that Grey sees coming a mile off.
Svensson avoids the head kick by Grey.
Svensson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Grey throws a leg kick but Svensson checks it.
Svensson is trying to counter with his kicks.
Grey wants to land a leg kick but Svensson is out of range.
Svensson checks a leg kick.
Svensson lands with a nice body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Svensson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grey takes one to the chin there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Magnus Svensson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Svensson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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hype
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