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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gorm Branting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiny Tim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tim has chosen Hot In Herre - Nelly as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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278 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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270 lbs
16 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gorm Branting!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tiny Tim!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Tim with that takedown attempt.
Tim changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Branting tries to avoid it but Tim manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Branting to the ground. Branting escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Branting gets tackled into the cage by Tim. Tim maintains the clinch.
Tim softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've been informed that Tim has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Branting lands a hook that snaps the head of Tim backwards.
Tim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Branting lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tim lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Branting pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Branting missing with a left hand there. Tim was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Branting misses with a straight right.
Tim buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tim with a poor takedown
enabling Branting to counter with a crisp jab.
Gorm Branting has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiny Tim.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tim moves into the clinch successfully.
Tim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tim swings wildly with an uppercut but Branting uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tim is trying to pull guard but Branting turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Tim working aggressively here.
Branting lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tim backwards.
Tim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tim is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Branting gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from Tim fails to land.
Branting blocking some punches.
Tim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Branting pushes Tim back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Branting.
Branting fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tim lands a right hand.
Tim working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Branting prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tim misses with the head strike.
Branting can't find room to land a body shot as Tim controls the action.
Tim lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Branting.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tim working aggressively here.
Branting throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tims head.
A right hand to the body from Branting.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Branting creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Branting.
Tim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tim is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Branting tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Branting blocks a body shot from Tim.
Tim working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Branting.
Tim misses with a punch to the body.
Branting works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Branting swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Branting working aggressively here.
Tim lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Branting breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Branting waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tim.
Tim wants to clinch up but Branting keeps it at a distance.
Branting is looking to counter punch.
Tim fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Branting, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Branting.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tim.
Tim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tim lands a hook that snaps the head of Branting backwards.
Branting prevents a body shot from Tim.
Tim looking for a takedown.
Tim prevents a body shot from Branting.
Tim can't find room to land a body shot as Branting controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Branting.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tim misses with a punch to the body.
Tim prevents a body shot from Branting.
Branting presses Tim against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Branting scores with a shoulder strike.
Tim swings wildly with an uppercut but Branting uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Branting lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tim backwards.
Tim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Branting lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Branting.
Tim wants to take the fight to the mat but Branting manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
I was talking to Branting's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Branting misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Branting tries a body shot but Tim blocks it.
Tim tries to throw a body punch but Branting avoids it by throwing Tim back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Tim.
Branting working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Gorm Branting 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.
Branting throws a jab when Tim was well out of range.
Branting lands a jab to Tim's midsection.
Tiny Tim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tim slips a straight right by Branting.
Branting changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tim doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Branting misses with a hook. Tim ducked under it nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Branting. Those never looked like landing.
Tim looks to clinch
and Branting counters with a huge left! Tim is in big trouble! He's backing up but Branting isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Tim from any more damage. A dominating finish by Branting!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gorm Branting!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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