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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aribert Heim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfredo Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alfredo Torres has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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132 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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145 lbs
28 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aribert Heim!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Alfredo Torres!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Torres darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Heim really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Torres lands a jab to the head.
Torres misses with a low kick.
Heim looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Torres is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Torres misses with a lunging right hand
and Heim counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Torres chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Heim can pounce on him.
Heim has Torres up against the cage in a clinch.
Heim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Torres is pressed up against the cage. Heim has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Torres down to the mat. Torres avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Heim throws a predictable looking body shot
and Torres counters with a straight right hand.
Heim takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A swing and a miss from Torres.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torres lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Heim takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Heim scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Torres works Heim's body with a nice hook.
Heim will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heim waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Torres.
Torres connects with a body shot.
Torres pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Heim back to the cage. Torres follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Torres throws a head kick but Heim moves out of range.
Heim feinted with a counter takedown.
Torres moves out of range as Heim strikes.
Torres scoring well with a low kick there.
Heim slips a jab from Torres.
It looked like Heim wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Torres throws out a loose jab but Heim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torres throws a nice inside leg kick.
Heim throws a good cross that connects.
Torres defending well as Heim loads up on a big left hand.
And Torres tries to counter it with a takedown but Heim pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Torres has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Heim blocks a leg kick.
Torres lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Heim circles away quickly and effectively.
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!
Heim attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Heim pivots, looking for a leg kick but Torres is out of range and Heim settles back down.
Torres defending well as Heim loads up on a big left hand.
Torres lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres gets caught flat footed, as Heim shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Torres wants to sweep here but Heim controlling him for the moment.
Heim wants to control from the top but Torres keeps moving.
Heim is in close to Torres's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Heim missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Heim working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Torres's head.
Heim preventing the sweep.
Torres keeping full guard, as Heim tries to pass.
Torres is looking for a triangle but Heim pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heim works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Heim trying to control the action but Torres is working from the bottom.
Torres is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Heim is trying to control. Torres wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Heim throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Torres looking for submissions off his back.
Heim drops an elbow to the side of Torres's head.
Torres wants to get back to full guard.
Heim wants to free his trapped foot but Torres is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Heim prevents Torres from improving his position.
Heim working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Torres is looking for a sweep. Heim is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Heim drops an elbow to the side of Torres's head.
Heim missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Torres looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Heim is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Heim is nestled in close to Torres, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alfredo Torres will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Heim stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Torres.
Heim bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Torres throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Torres tries to score with a low kick but Heim moves his leg out of the way.
Torres throws a right and a left that both miss.
Heim jabs Torres to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Heim closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Torres keeps control of Heim as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Torres prevents a body shot from Heim.
I was talking to Heim's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Torres blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torres misses with the head strike.
Heim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Heim creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heim.
Heim drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Torres blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Heim scores with a nice short uppercut.
Heim lands a right hand.
Heim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heim is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Torres is defending well.
Torres blocks a body shot from Heim.
Heim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heim has a couple of punches blocked by Torres.
Heim can't find room to land a body shot as Torres controls the action.
Heim tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heim breaks the clinch.
Alfredo Torres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torres misses with a body shot.
Heim changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Heim fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torres manages to avoid it.
Heim fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torres misses with a left hand
enabling Heim to counter with a crisp jab.
Torres throws a leg kick
and Heim counters with a left and a right that stings Torres.
Alfredo Torres is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Heim is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Torres.
Heim sizes up Torres with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torres uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Heim.
Torres throws a head kick that misses.
Torres cracks the inside of Heim's front leg.
Heim throws out a leg kick but Torres moves out of range and Heim only half commits.
Torres tried to score with a low kick but Heim checks it.
Torres defending well as Heim loads up on a big left hand.
Alfredo Torres seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Heim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Torres.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heim wants to clinch.
Torres shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Torres throws a low kick, looking for Heim's leg but Heim calmly moves out of range.
Torres on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Torres lands with a nice body punch.
A jab lands there for Heim.
Heim will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aribert Heim. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Torres lands a really nice looking cross but Heim seems unphased.
Torres stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Torres wants it to stay on the feet.
A slow jab from Heim misses its intended target.
Torres is looking for the big counter here.
Heim uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Torres.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres throws out a loose jab but Heim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torres throws a poor cross that misses
and Heim counters with a stiff right hand.
Torres scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danga de danga de dang - Torres scores with a four punch combination!
Torres slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Torres throws a series of punches but Heim moves out of range.
Torres misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heim.
Heim looks to throw the jab but Torres is out of range.
Torres misses with a looping right.
Heim was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Torres slips a straight right by Heim.
Heim throws a jab but it's blocked by Torres.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Heim checks a leg kick.
Heim connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Torres swings widly with a right hand
and Heim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Heim throws a big shot that misses.
Torres lands the left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Aribert Heim will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A good leg kick by Torres.
Heim shoots in but no luck this time.
Torres wants to slow Heim down by chopping away at his legs.
Heim on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Torres. Torres obviously looking to wear him down.
Heim takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Heim tests Torres's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Torres throws a solid leg kick but Heim takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Torres.
Torres walks into a stiff left hand from Heim.
Heim throws out a loose jab but Torres uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heim moves out of range of the strikes.
Heim misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heim tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Torres counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Torres.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torres postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Torres working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Torres must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Heim utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres throws a sloppy strike and Heim has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Torres is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Heim!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aribert Heim!
Aribert Heim retains his bantamweight title!
A relieved looking Aribert Heim thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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