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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rolf Eriksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Halfdan Ragnarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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195 cm
26
210 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rolf Eriksson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Halfdan Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Eriksson misses
letting Ragnarsson counter with a right hand.
Ragnarsson moves into the clinch.
Ragnarsson prevents the takedown attempt.
Ragnarsson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ragnarsson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Eriksson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ragnarsson is defending well for now.
Eriksson is trying to force a seperation but Ragnarsson has the dominant position.
Eriksson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ragnarsson prevents it.
Eriksson pulls Ragnarsson into guard.
Ragnarsson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarsson wants to stand and escape but instead Eriksson has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ragnarsson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ragnarsson seems keen to control Eriksson's posture.
Ragnarsson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eriksson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ragnarsson has his hands on Eriksson's head, controlling the position.
We've been hearing that Eriksson has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Eriksson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Eriksson wants to control from the top but Ragnarsson keeps moving.
Eriksson throws an elbow that misses. Ragnarsson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Eriksson's guard. Nice move by Ragnarsson!
Eriksson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Eriksson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson wants to get back to full guard but Eriksson has passed into side control.
Eriksson has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Ragnarsson is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Eriksson yanks on the arm and Ragnarsson is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Eriksson.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rolf Eriksson!
Rolf Eriksson retains his light heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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