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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jens Pedersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pedersen's choice of entrance music: Killing in the name of.... Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 cm
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200 lbs
14 - 8 - 1 |
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188 cm
31
195 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, William Lord! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jens Pedersen! The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice shot lands for Pedersen. Pedersen misses with a straight left. Lord lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Jens Pedersen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Pedersen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pedersen throws an off balance right hand
and Lord counters with a lovely shot to the body. Pedersen 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. Pedersen with a nice cross. Pedersen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lord. Lord goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Pedersen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lord. Lord slips under a jab. Lord ducks under a wild hook from Pedersen. Lord explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Pedersen drives through and clinches with Lord against the cage.
Lord manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Pedersen throws out a loose jab but Lord uses good head movement to avoid it. Lord feinted with a counter takedown. Pedersen scores with a jab. Lord lands a head shot. Lord avoids the body shot from Pedersen.
Pedersen pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Jens Pedersen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round. Pedersen throws a body shot but no joy. Pedersen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lord. An inside leg kick from Lord misses. Pedersen missing with a left hand there. Lord was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Pedersen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. Pedersen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lord swats him away and circles back towards the center. Lord throws a nice inside leg kick. Lord walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. A combination from Lord does no damage. A leg kick checked by Pedersen. Pedersen ducks under a wild hook from Lord. Pedersen is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Pedersen looks to land a right hand but Lord moved out of range. Lord tried to counter with a leg kick but Pedersen avoided it. Pedersen gets a clinch. Pedersen misses with a punch on the inside.
Lord is trying to break free. Lord breaks from the clinch.
Lord drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lord displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pedersen throws out the jab. Pedersen moves into range and connects with a jab. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Lord displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pedersen throws out the jab. Pedersen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lord misses with an uppercut. Pedersen saw that one coming. Pedersen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lord.
Pedersen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pedersen throws a body punch but Lord moves out of range. Lord is looking to counter with a body kick. Pedersen darts in and clinches Lord up against the cage. Pedersen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like William Lord has been cut. Pedersen lands a body punch in the clinch. Pedersen has Lord pressed against the cage, preventing Lord from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Lord has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Pedersen uses from the top position. Pedersen wants to stand but Lord is controlling his posture from full guard. Pedersen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Pedersen postures up.
Lord is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Pedersen defends well. Lord throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lord looking to control.
Pedersen looking to pass the guard. Lord is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Lord looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lord is looking for a triangle here but Pedersen uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Lord can't do much from the bottom here. Lord tries to bench press Pedersen off him but Pedersen keeps the position. Lord is being controlled here. Pedersen tries to stand but Lord is controlling his head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jens Pedersen dominated that round. The cut man is working on William Lord's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lord throws a leg kick which misses Pedersen's front leg but catches the back leg as Pedersen tries to avoid it. Lord chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A shot to the liver by Lord. Beautiful body shot. Pedersen misses with a body shot.
Pedersen avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Lord closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Pedersen's guard. Lord trying to control the position from guard on top but Pedersen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Lord postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Pedersen is trying to control the position but Lord postures up. Lord throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pedersen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round. Pedersen keeping full guard, as Lord tries to pass. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Pedersen wants to sweep but no luck. Pedersen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Lord stands up over Pedersen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Lord sitting in guard, not really doing much. Lord trying to control the position from guard on top but Pedersen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Pedersen is trying to control the position but Lord postures up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet. Pedersen slips under a jab from Lord.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Lord throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lord lands the left hand. Pedersen pushes Lord up against the cage in a clinch. Pedersen looks to throw an elbow but misses. A head punch blocked on the inside by Lord. With the fighters up against the cage, Pedersen throws an elbow but misses. Lord blocks an uppercut.
Lord gets control of Pedersen's arms and successfully pulls guard. Lord will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. Lord had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pedersen defends it easily. Lord is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Pedersen rolls with it to try and escape but Lord cranks on the arm and Pedersen is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). William Lord!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
45% |
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