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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Renner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stampe Eklund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Renner comes into the arena with God Particle blaring out of the sound system. Eklund has chosen Troll - Trollberg 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeremy Renner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Stampe Eklund!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eklund misses with a series of wild punches.
Renner misses with a hook
and Eklund counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Eklund tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eklund has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Renner is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Eklund throws a series of punches but Renner avoids them all with ease.
Jeremy Renner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Renner shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Eklund sprawls well. Eklund wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Renner gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eklund fails to land with a series of punches.
Renner scores with a decent looking hook.
Renner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eklund moves away.
Renner shoots for a takedown but Eklund saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Renner shoots in but Eklund avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Renner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Renner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Renner is looking for a counter combo.
Eklund is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Renner.
Eklund will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Renner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Eklund misses.
Renner gets tackled into the cage by Eklund. Eklund maintains the clinch.
Eklund gets through Renner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Eklund scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Renner avoiding damage as Eklund throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eklund with a knee to the head.
Renner blocks the elbow strike.
Renner gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eklund has hold of Renner's hands but Renner slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Renner trying to advance position but Eklund counters by regaining guard.
Renner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Renner will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Renner throwing strikes from guard but Eklund blocks nicely.
Renner is looking to pass into half guard but Eklund pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Eklund is in guard.
Eklund stopping the sweep attempt from Renner.
Renner wants to stand up but Eklund is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renner controls Eklund momentarily but Eklund frees himself.
Renner looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Eklund stays in close to Renner's body and controls the position.
Renner is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Eklund trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Renner is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Eklund stays in close to Renner's body and controls the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Eklund scores with a nice right hand.
Eklund lands a jab-cross combination.
Eklund throws a right hand that Renner ducks under and follows up with a left that Renner also avoids with ease.
Renner slips under a jab from Eklund.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stampe Eklund dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Eklund throws a right and a left that Renner avoids nicely.
Eklund misses with a straight left.
Eklund wants to clinch up but Renner keeps it at a distance.
Renner drops down looking for a counter takedown but Eklund sprawls and moves away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Eklund.
Renner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Renner misses with a low kick as Eklund jumps back.
Renner gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Eklund counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Eklund.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Renner is working for takedown but Eklund is calmly controlling the position for now.
Renner is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Renner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Eklund throws a knee to the head but misses.
Eklund lands an elbow inside.
Eklund misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Renner avoids it.
Renner is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Eklund gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Eklund tries to work over Renner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Eklund gets underhooks to prevent Renner's takedown attempt.
Eklund scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eklund lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Eklund connects with a nasty looking knee right to Renner's face.
Eklund trying to land knees to the body.
Eklund lands an elbow inside that Renner shrugs off.
Eklund stops a takedown attempt from Renner.
Renner wants a takedown.
Renner blocks an uppercut.
Renner has Eklund pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Renner pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Eklund tumbling to the mat - Renner dives into Eklund's guard.
Eklund wants to stand up but Renner is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Renner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Renner wants to control from the top but Eklund keeps moving.
Eklund has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Renner makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Renner trying to control the position from guard on top but Eklund is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Renner throws a strike but Eklund rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Eklund sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renner looking for a sweep. Not yet Renner, not yet.
Renner is pulling down on Eklund's head. It's preventing any offense from Eklund, at least for the moment.
Jeremy Renner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Eklund trying to move into half guard but instead Renner has managed to sweep!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Renner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Renner trying to control but Eklund is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Renner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Renner throwing strikes from guard but Eklund blocks nicely.
Renner throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Renner trying to control the position from guard on top but Eklund is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Renner closes the distance and clinches up with Eklund, looking for a takedown. Renner pushes Eklund against the cage but Eklund circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Eklund wants to counter the offense by Renner and move into the clinch position.
Eklund lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stampe Eklund showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Eklund throws a combination. Renner tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Renner closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Eklund wants to get back to his feet.
Renner with the ground and pound but Eklund regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Eklund is trying to stand up here but Renner is controlling him well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eklund avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Renner.
Renner trying to control from Eklund's half guard. Eklund has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Renner trying to control the position from guard on top but Eklund is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Renner trying to control but Eklund is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Renner misses with a takedown attempt
and Eklund counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Eklund.
Renner blocks the elbow strike.
Renner blocks the elbow strike.
Eklund lands with a light punch inside.
Renner can't get the takedown.
Eklund trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eklund landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Renner is working for takedown but Eklund is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Renner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Eklund lands a damaging elbow.
Eklund lands a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Eklund.
Eklund tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eklund putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Renner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Renner takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eklund utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Eklund.
Eklund with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eklund lands an elbow that stopped Renner in his tracks for a moment.
Eklund tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Renner's elbow.
Renner working hard to break the clinch.
Eklund is pressed up against the cage. Renner has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Eklund down to the mat. Eklund avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Stampe Eklund is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Eklund is looking to clinch but Renner is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Eklund showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Renner.
Eklund misses with a series of wild punches.
A little feinted left hand from Renner on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Renner looks to score with a jab to the body but Eklund is just out of range.
Eklund throws out a counter right but Renner avoids it with no problem.
Eklund fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Renner seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Renner changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Eklund tries to avoid it but Renner manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Eklund to the ground. Eklund escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Eklund lands a jab to the nose.
Renner takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eklund fails to land with a series of punches.
Renner takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Eklund wants to clinch up but Renner keeps it at a distance.
Jeremy Renner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Eklund misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Renner throwing a counter right hand but Eklund manages to avoid it.
Eklund forces Renner back against the cage and clinches.
Renner is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Eklund pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eklund tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Renner's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Eklund just misses with a elbow thrown towards Renner's brow.
Eklund makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Eklund fails to land.
Renner has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Eklund is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jeremy Renner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Renner tries to throw a body punch but Eklund avoids it by throwing Renner back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stampe Eklund comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Eklund winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stampe Eklund!
Stampe Eklund made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Eat my shorts!'.
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