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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Griffiths (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustav Ragnarson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
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184 lbs
20 - 8 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Basic striking
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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
26 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Griffiths!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Gustav Ragnarson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffiths throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ragnarson on the side of the head.
Griffiths scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ragnarson doesn't seem bothered though.
Griffiths pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ragnarson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Griffiths counters with a stiff right hand.
Ragnarson shoots for a takedown but Griffiths saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
As Ragnarson looks to move away, Griffiths throws a big counter combo bu Ragnarson just gets out of the way.
Griffiths misses with a hook. Ragnarson ducked under it nicely.
Ragnarson feints the counter takedown.
Ragnarson fails to land the takedown.
Stephen Griffiths has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gustav Ragnarson.
Ragnarson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Griffiths circles away.
Griffiths lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Griffiths is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ragnarson.
Griffiths misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ragnarson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ragnarson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Griffiths circles away.
Ragnarson with a poor takedown
enabling Griffiths to counter with a crisp jab.
Ragnarson misses with a takedown attempt - Griffiths sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Griffiths avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Griffiths. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Griffiths.
Griffiths lands a jab to the head.
Ragnarson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Griffiths counters with a head kick that drops Ragnarson - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
Griffiths not doing much here.
Ragnarson is not content to let Griffiths control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ragnarson is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ragnarson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Griffiths.
Griffiths is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ragnarson sees it coming and defends easily.
Ragnarson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Griffiths's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Griffiths's back!
Griffiths wants to escape the position.
Griffiths just trying to survive but Ragnarson is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Griffiths tries to escape but Ragnarson has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Ragnarson lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Ragnarson.
Ragnarson lands shots from the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarson punches Griffiths on the ear.
Griffiths is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Zero Tolerance, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Griffiths covers up after that shot from Ragnarson.
Griffiths is rocked!
Ragnarson scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Oh Griffiths is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ragnarson controlling well, preventing Griffiths from escaping the position.
Ragnarson cracks Griffiths with a big shot to the side of the head Griffiths is covering up - he's in big trouble! Ragnarson connects with another shot that knocks Griffiths out cold! Ragnarson stands above his unconscious opponent and soaks up the roars from the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gustav Ragnarson!
During a confident post fight interview, Gustav Ragnarson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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